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Friday, 13 December 2013

08:00 - 10:00

Plenary Session 1: Novel Insights in the Biology of Allergic Responses in Immunotherapy
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Ruby Pawankar (Japan) Lanny J. Rosenwasser (US)
08:00 - 08:05
Welcoming Remarks
08:05 - 08:30
1-1: Personalized Medicine in Allergy and Asthma | Elliot Israel (United States)
08:30 - 08:55
1-2: Biologic Basis of the Allergic Response | Bruce S. Bochner (United States)
08:55 - 09:20
1-3: Overview of Allergen Immunotherapy and Tolerance | Cezmi Akdis (Switzerland)
09:20 - 09:45
1-4: New Treatments for Allergen Immunotherapy | Mübeccel Akdis (Switzerland)
09:45 - 10:00
Discussion

10:30 - 12:00

Biologics Track 1: Overview and Newer Uses of Anti-IgE
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom East (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Claus Bachert (Belgium) , Nelson Rosario-Filho (Brazil)
10:30 - 10:35
Welcoming Remarks
10:35 - 10:55
10:55 - 11:15
1-6: New Strategies with Anti-IgE in Allergic Diseases | Stephen T. Holgate (United Kingdom)
11:15 - 11:35
11:35 - 11:55
1-8: Anti-IgE in Chronic Urticaria | Sarbjit Saini (United States)
11:55 - 12:00
Discussion
Immunotherapy Track 1: Overview of Immunotherapy
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom West (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Mario Sanchez Borges (Venezuela) , Suwat Benjaponpitak (Thailand)
10:30 - 10:35
Welcoming Remarks
10:35 - 10:55
10:55 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:35
11:35 - 11:55
1-12: Management of Anaphylaxis during Immunotherapy | Phil Lieberman (United States)
11:55 - 12:00
Discussion

12:15 - 13:15

WAO Session WAO White Book Update and Allergen and Adherence Manifestos Launch
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom West (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
12:15 - 12:45
WAO White Book on Allergy Update | Ruby Pawankar (Japan)
12:45 - 12:53
Question and Answer
12:53 - 12:59
Manifesto on Adherence | G. Walter Canonica (Italy)
12:59 - 13:04
Question and Answer
13:04 - 13:10
Manifesto on Allergens | G. Walter Canonica (Italy)
13:10 - 13:15
Question and Answer

12:30 - 13:30

Poster Session 1
Michigan Ballroom (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairperson: Michael Foggs (US)
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1018: Evaluation Of CCR3 As a Basophil Activation Marker | Aaruni Khanolkar (United States)
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13:30 - 15:00

Biologics Track 2: Novel Anti-Cytokines
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom East (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Stephen T. Holgate (United Kingdom) , Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Israel)
13:30 - 13:35
Welcoming Remarks
13:35 - 13:55
13:55 - 14:15
1-14: Anti-IL-5 in Asthma and Beyond | Parameswaran Nair (Canada)
14:15 - 14:35
1-15: Anti-IL-13 Prospects in Asthma | Sally Wenzel (United States)
14:35 - 15:00
Discussion
Immunotherapy Track 2: Sublingual Immunotherapy
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom West (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Sandra Gonzalez-Diaz (Mexico) , Dana Wallace (US)
13:30 - 13:35
Welcoming Remarks
13:35 - 13:55
13:55 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:35
1-18: WAO Position Paper Update on Sublingual Immunotherapy | G. Walter Canonica (Italy)
14:35 - 15:00
Discussion

15:30 - 17:00

Immunotherapy Track 3: Immunotherapy Targets for Food
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom West (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Elham Hossny (Egypt) , Alessandro Fiocchi (Vatican City)
15:30 - 15:35
Welcoming Remarks
15:35 - 15:55
1-19: Use of Allergen Components: A New Era in Allergology | Motohiro Ebisawa (Japan)
15:55 - 16:15
1-20: Oral and Sublingual Immunotherapy for Food Allergy | Wesley Burks (United States)
16:15 - 16:35
1-21: Epicutaneous Immunotherapy for Food Allergy | Hugh Sampson (United States)
16:35 - 17:00
Discussion
Biologics Track 3: New Directions in Immunotherapy
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom East (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Luis Caraballo (Colombia) , Zhang Luo (China)
15:30 - 15:35
Welcoming Remarks
15:35 - 15:55
1-22: Identification of Therapeutic Epitopes from Allergens | Alessandro Sette (United States)
15:55 - 16:15
16:15 - 16:35
1-24: New Routes for Allergen Immunotherapy | Thomas Kündig (Switzerland)
16:35 - 17:00
Discussion

Saturday, 14 December 2013

08:00 - 09:30

Biologics Track 4: Critical Novel Molecules for Allergic Diseases
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom East (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Hirohisa Saito (Japan) , Tatiana Slavyanskaya (Russia)
08:00 - 08:05
Welcoming Remarks
08:05 - 08:25
08:25 - 08:45
08:45 - 09:05
2-3: Advances in Synthetic Peptide Immuno-Regulatory Epitopes | Peter Creticos (United States)
09:05 - 09:30
Discussion
Immunotherapy Track 4: Other Novel Approaches to Immunotherapy
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom West (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Richard F. Lockey (US) , Juan Carlos Ivancevich (Argentina)
08:00 - 08:05
Welcoming Remarks
08:05 - 08:25
2-4: Intralymphatic Immunotherapy | Gabriela Senti (Switzerland)
08:25 - 08:45
2-5: Recombinant Allergens: The Present and the Future | Rudolf Valenta (Austria)
08:45 - 09:05
09:05 - 09:30
Discussion

10:00 - 11:30

Biologics Track 5: Biomarkers, Biosimilars and Selection of Patients
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom East (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Stanley Fineman (US) , Alessandro Fiocchi (Vatican City)
10:00 - 10:05
Welcoming Remarks
10:05 - 10:25
2-7: The Use of Biomarkers in Asthma Clinical Research Trials | Robert Lemanske (United States)
10:25 - 10:45
2-8: Inner City Asthma and Anti-IgE | William Busse (United States)
10:45 - 11:05
2-9: Biosimilars | Sergio Bonini (Italy)
11:05 - 11:30
Discussion
Immunotherapy Track 5: Social Consequences and Evidence Based Medicine and Immunotherapy
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom West (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Linda Cox (US) , Giovanni Passalacqua (Italy)
10:00 - 10:05
Welcoming Remarks
10:05 - 10:25
10:25 - 10:45
2-11: Pharmacoeconomics of Immunotherapy | Cheryl Hankin (United States)
10:45 - 11:05
2-12: Selection of Patients for Sublingual versus Subcutaneous Immunotherapy | Désirée Larenas-Linnemann (Mexico)
11:05 - 11:30
Discussion

12:00 - 13:00

Poster Session 2
Michigan Ballroom (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: João Tebyrica (Brazil) , Ruchi Gupta (US)
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2008: Sublingual RUSH Immunotherapy | Ramandra Nath Mitra (India)
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2011: A DNA Vaccine Immunotherapy For Japanese Red Cedar Allergy | Lawrence Weiner (United States)
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2013: The Safety Of The United Allergy Services Immunotherapy Protocol | Frederick Schaffer (United States)
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13:00 - 13:30

Special Lecture 1: Molecular Mechanisms and Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairperson: Allen Kaplan (US)
13:00 - 13:05
Welcoming Remarks
13:05 - 13:25
13:25 - 13:30
Discussion

13:30 - 14:00

Keynote Lecture Personalized / Precision Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairperson: Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani (Argentina)
13:30 - 13:35
Welcoming Remarks
13:35 - 14:00
2-14: Speaker | Stephen J. Galli (United States)

14:00 - 14:45

WAO Presidential Session Advances in WAO: From Vision to Action
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairperson: Paul A. Greenberger (US)
14:00 - 14:05
Welcoming Remarks
14:05 - 14:30
Advances in WAO: From Vision to Action | Ruby Pawankar (Japan)
14:30 - 14:45
WAO Awards Presentation

15:15 - 16:00

WAO Junior Member Session Practical Course on Immunotherapy
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Michael Blaiss (US) , Ignacio J. Ansotegui (Spain)
15:15 - 15:20
Welcoming Remarks
15:20 - 15:35
15:35 - 15:50
15:50 - 16:00
Discussion

16:00 - 17:00

WAO & AAAAI Session Update on Urticaria Guidelines - This session is funded through an educational grant from Genentech
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
Chairpersons: Michael Blaiss (US) , Ignacio J. Ansotegui (Spain)
16:00 - 16:05
Welcoming Remarks
16:05 - 16:25
2-18: Overview of Acute and Chronic Urticaria | Bruce Zuraw (United States)
16:25 - 16:45
2-19: Chronic Urticaria: New Management Options | Paul A. Greenberger (United States)
16:45 - 17:00
Discussion