Symposium

Monday, 5 December 2011

10:45 - 12:15

Symposium 1: Risk Factors for Recurrent Early Wheezing in Childhood
Gran Cancún 2 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Carlos Nunes (Portugal) and Silvia Sanchez-Garcia (Spain)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
1-1SY: Overview | Fernando D. Martinez (US)
11:10 - 11:30
1-2SY: Viral Infections | Robert Lemanske, MD (US)
11:30 - 11:50
1-3SY: Allergens | Dennis Ownby (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 2: 2012 WAO International Scientific Conference: Superantigens and Severe Airway Disease
Gran Cancún 3 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Lanny Rosenwasser (US) and Ashok Shah (India)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
2-1SY: New Insights Into Immunologic Mechanisms | Claus Bachert (Belgium)
11:10 - 11:30
2-2SY: Upper Airway | Hae-Sim Park (South Korea)
11:30 - 11:50
2-3SY: Lower Airway | Phillipe Gevaert (Belgium)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 3: Genetic Susceptibility to Airway Diseases
Isla Mujeres (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Michael Teng (US) and Stephen P. Peters (US)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 - 11:30
3-2SY: Asthma | Donata Vercelli (US)
11:30 - 11:50
3-3SY: COPD | Eugene R. Bleecker (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 4: Environmental Aspects of Asthma
Xcaret (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Roberto O. Aguila de la Coba (Cuba) and Ulrich Wahn (Germany)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
4-1SY: Asthma in Underserved Populations | Alvaro Cruz (Brazil)
11:10 - 11:30
4-2SY: Inner-City Asthma | Cheryl Hankin (US)
11:30 - 11:50
4-3SY: Rural Asthma | Roy Gerth van Wijk (Netherlands)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 5: Rhinosinusitis
Costa Maya 2 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Ralph Mösges (Germany) and Lawrence DuBuske (US)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
5-1SY: Asthma Exacerbations | Marek L Kowalski (Poland)
11:10 - 11:30
5-2SY: Otitis Media | Robert Naclerio (US)
11:30 - 11:50
5-3SY: Management | Michael A. Kaliner (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 6: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Syndrome and Allergic Respiratory Diseases
Bacalar (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Ivan Chérrez (Ecuador) and Stanley Fineman (US)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
6-1SY: Upper Airway Diseases | Athanasios Kaditis (Greece)
11:10 - 11:30
6-2SY: Asthma | Fulvio Braido (Italy)
11:30 - 11:50
6-3SY: Management | Timothy J. Craig (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion

15:00 - 16:30

Symposium 7: Allergen Avoidance Strategies
Gran Cancún 2 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Harold Nelson (US) and Antonio Castillo (Dominican Republic)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
7-1SY: Dust Mites | Roy Gerth van Wijk (Netherlands)
15:25 - 15:45
7-2SY: Storage Mites | Enrique Fernandez-Caldas (Spain)
15:45 - 16:05
7-3SY: Molds | Jonathan Bernstein (US)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion
Symposium 8: Mast Cell: The Central Inflammatory Cell
Gran Cancún 4 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Larry Schwartz (US) and Elham Hossny (Egypt)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
8-1SY: Mast Cells as Regulators and Effectors | Stephen Galli (US)
15:25 - 15:45
8-2SY: Mast Cells, Eosinophils and Nerves | Allison Fryer (US)
15:45 - 16:05
8-3SY: Mast Cells: Novel Ways for Suppression | Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Israel)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion
Symposium 9: Asthma and COPD: Are They a Spectrum of the Same Disease?
Cozumel 1 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Yehia El-Gamal (Egypt) and James Baraniuk (US)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
9-1SY: Pathophysiology | Nicola Hanania MD, (US)
15:25 - 15:45
9-2SY: Severe Asthma vs. COPD | Sally Wenzel (US)
15:45 - 16:05
9-3SY: Treatment Responses | Ronald Dahl (Denmark)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion
Symposium 10: Genetic Respiratory Diseases and Their Association with Asthma
Xcaret (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Deborah Meyers (US) and Marc Peters-Golden (US)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
10-1SY: Alpha1 Antitrypsin | Stephen P. Peters (US)
15:25 - 15:45
10-2SY: Ciliary Dyskinesia | Jose L. Lezana
15:45 - 16:05
10-3SY: Cystic Fibrosis | Nelson Rosario (Brazil)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion
Symposium 11: Pregnancy: Allergic Diseases and Asthma
Costa Maya 1 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Kamal Hanna (Egypt) and Myron Zitt (US)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
11-1SY: Rhinitis and Pregnancy | Glenis Scadding (United Kingdom)
15:25 - 15:45
11-2SY: Asthma and Pregnancy | Michael Schatz (US)
15:45 - 16:05
11-3SY: Anaphylaxis and Pregnancy | F. Estelle R. Simons (Canada)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

10:45 - 12:15

Symposium 12: Eosinophilic Respiratory Problems
Gran Cancún 1 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: John Kelso (US) and Riccardo Polosa (Italy)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
12-1SY: Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD) | Hae-Sim Park (South Korea)
11:10 - 11:30
12-2SY: Churg Strauss Syndrome | John Sleasman (US)
11:30 - 11:50
12-3SY: Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) | Paul Greenberger (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 13: Immunomodulators in Allergic/Immunologic Diseases
Gran Cancún 4 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Zuhair Ballas (US) and Erika Jensen-Jarolim (Austria)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
13-1SY: Immune-modulatory Strategies in Severe Atopic Eczema | Johannes Ring (Germany)
11:10 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:50
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 14: Clinical Use of Probiotic Products for Allergy – A WAO Paper - WAO Special Committee on Food Allergy
Gran Cancún 5 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: A. Wesley Burks (US) and Rosa Elena Huerta Hernández (Mexico)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
14-1SY: Presentation of the WAO Paper | Alessandro Fiocchi (Italy)
11:10 - 11:30
14-2SY: The Microbiological Underpinnings | Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann (Germany)
11:30 - 11:50
14-3SY: Probiotics and Allergic Diseases | Leonard Bielory (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 15: Patient Education and Treatment Compliance in Allergic Rhinitis - Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Takeda
Isla Mujeres (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Ruby Pawankar (Japan) and Eli Meltzer (US)
10:45 - 10:55
15-1SY: Introduction to Allergic Rhinitis Surveys | Ruby Pawankar (Japan)
10:55 - 11:15
15-2SY: In Asia Pacific | Connie Katelaris (Australia)
11:15 - 11:35
15-3SY: In the United States | Michael S. Blaiss (US)
11:35 - 11:55
15-4SY: In Latin America | R Maximiliano Gomez (Argentina)
11:55 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 16: Smooth Muscle and Asthma
Tulum (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Andrew Wardlaw (United Kingdom) and Narasaiah Kolliputi (US)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
16-1SY: Inflammatory Cell | Klaus Rabe (Germany)
11:10 - 11:30
16-2SY: Response Element | Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr. (US)
11:30 - 11:50
16-3SY: Thermoplasty | Mario Castro (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 17: Neural Mechanisms in Airway Diseases
Xcaret (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Stephen Liggett (US) and Michael A. Kaliner (US)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
17-1SY: Cough Reflex | Bradley Undem (US)
11:10 - 11:30
17-2SY: Nasal Reflexes | James Baraniuk (US)
11:30 - 11:50
17-3SY: Novel Treatments for Neuromechanisms | Allison Fryer (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 18: Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) and the WAO Consensus Document - WAO HAE International Alliance
Costa Maya 2 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Timothy J. Craig (US) and Michihiro Hide (Japan)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 10:55
18-1SY: Summary of the WAO Document | Timothy J. Craig (US)
10:55 - 11:15
18-2SY: Pathogenesis | Michael Frank (US)
11:15 - 11:35
18-3SY: Clinical Presentation | Marco Cicardi (Italy)
11:35 - 11:55
18-4SY: New Approaches to Treatment | Aleena Banerji (US)
11:55 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 19: Air Pollution and Climate Change and Their Effects on Allergic Respiratory Diseases - WAO Special Committee on Climate Change
Auditorium (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Menachem Rottem (Israel) and Juan Jose Luis Sienra-Monge (Mexico)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 - 11:30
19-2SY: Air Pollution, Climate Change and Hygiene Hypothesis | Ignacio J. Ansotegui (Spain)
11:30 - 11:50
19-3SY: Interaction Between Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution | Thomas Platts-Mills (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion

15:00 - 16:30

Symposium 20: Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) in Children
Gran Cancún 5 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Joel Oyoqui Flores (Mexico) and Juan Carlos Ivancevich (Argentina)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
15:25 - 15:45
20-2SY: Clinical Characteristics | Hector Stone-Aguilar (Mexico)
15:45 - 16:05
20-3SY: Management | José Antonio Sacre Hazouri (Mexico)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion
Symposium 21: The Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems
Tulum (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Alejandro Escobar-Gutiérrez (Mexico) and James Oleske (US)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
21-1SY: Innate | Elena Perez (US)
15:25 - 15:45
21-2SY: Adaptive Immune System | Cezmi Akdis (Switzerland)
15:45 - 16:05
21-3SY: Laboratory Testing | Thomas Fleisher (US)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion
Symposium 22: New Concepts about Occupational Asthma
Xcaret (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Louis-Philippe Boulet (Canada) and Jan Lötvall (Sweden)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
22-1SY: Genetic Predisposition | Hae-Sim Park (South Korea)
15:25 - 15:45
22-2SY: Pathogenesis | David Peden (US)
15:45 - 16:05
22-3SY: Prevention and Therapy | Jonathan Bernstein (US)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion
Symposium 23: WAO Junior Members Group
Bacalar (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Matteo Bonini (Italy) and Silvia Sanchez-Garcia (Spain)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:20
15:20 - 15:35
23-2SY: Allergic Rhinitis and Oral Malocclusion in Children | Claudia Gallego (Mexico)
15:35 - 15:50
15:50 - 16:05
16:05 - 16:20
16:20 - 16:30
Discussion

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

10:45 - 12:15

Symposium 24: Why are Small Airways Important in Asthma? - This WAO Symposium is supported through unrestricted educational grants from Teva and Takeda
Gran Cancún 2 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Lanny Rosenwasser (US) and Christian Virchow (Germany)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
24-1SY: Pathophysiology of Small Airways Disease | Qutayba Hamid (Canada)
11:10 - 11:30
24-2SY: Physiology of Small Airways Disease | Charles Irvin (US)
11:30 - 11:50
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 25: WAO Anaphylaxis Guidelines - WAO Anaphylaxis Special Committee
Gran Cancún 3 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Yehia El-Gamal (Egypt) and Stephen Galli (US)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
25-1SY: Epidemiology | Paul Greenberger (US)
11:10 - 11:30
25-2SY: Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis | Mario Sanchez-Borges (Venezuela)
11:30 - 11:50
25-3SY: Treatment | F. Estelle R. Simons (Canada)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 26: Vitamin D: How Important in Allergic Diseases?
Gran Cancún 4 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Robert Lemanske, MD (US) and Jeffrey Demain (US)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
26-1SY: Anaphylaxis | Carlos Camargo (US)
11:10 - 11:30
26-2SY: Asthma | Attilio Boner
11:30 - 11:50
26-3SY: Viral-Respiratory Infections | Robert C. Strunk
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 27: 2013 EAACI-WAO World Allergy & Asthma Congress - Milan, Italy: Novel and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies for Allergy and Asthma
Cozumel 1 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Cezmi Akdis (Switzerland) and Ruby Pawankar (Japan)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
27-1SY: Immunomodulators - A Brave New World | Zuhair Ballas (US)
11:10 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:50
27-3SY: Preventive Strategies | Susan L. Prescott (Australia)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Symposium 28: Immunobiologic Approaches in Allergy
Costa Maya 2 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Riccardo Polosa (Italy) and Hal Hoffman (US)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 - 11:30
28-2SY: Anti-IgE Use in Allergy | Pedro Giavina-Bianchi (Brazil)
11:30 - 11:50
28-3SY: Anti-Eosinophil Strategies | Seema Aceves (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion

15:00 - 16:30

Symposium 29: Primary Immune Deficiencies: Rapid Diagnosis and Referral
Gran Cancún 4 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Thomas Fleisher (US) and John Sleasman (US)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
29-1SY: Clinical Presentation | James Oleske (US)
15:25 - 15:45
29-2SY: Screening | Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles (US)
15:45 - 16:05
29-3SY: Treatment Options | Elena Perez (US)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion
Symposium 30: Allergy, Asthma and the Athlete
Gran Cancún 5 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: Estrella Asayag (Argentina) and Zineb Sayah (Morocco)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
30-1SY: Mechanisms of Exercise-Induced Asthma | Timothy J. Craig (US)
15:25 - 15:45
30-2SY: Exercise-Induced Allergic Diseases | Sergio Bonini (Italy)
15:45 - 16:05
30-3SY: Asthma and Elite Athletes | Marcin Kurowski (Poland)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion
Symposium 31: Hymenoptera Allergy: Ants and Flying Insects
Cozumel 1 (Cancún Center)
Chairpersons: John Kelso (US) and Ioana Agache (Romania)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
31-1SY: Overview | Jeffrey Demain (US)
15:25 - 15:45
31-2SY: Immunotherapy | James Tracy (US)
15:45 - 16:05
31-3SY: Immunologic Response with Venom Immunotherapy | Mubeccel Akdis (Switzerland)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion