Symposia

Friday, 7 December 2012

10:00 - 11:45

Symposium 1: WAO-APAPARI Session: Food Allergy and Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract
Hall 3 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Mona Al-Ahmad (Kuwait) Jing-Long Huang (Taiwan) , Neelam Mohan (India)
10:00 - 10:05
Welcoming Remarks
10:05 - 10:25
1-1SY: Development of the GI Immune System and Oral Tolerance | Wesley Burks (United States)
10:25 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:05
11:05 - 11:25
1-4SY: Component Analysis for Diagnosis | Motohiro Ebisawa (Japan)
11:25 - 11:45
Discussion

10:00 - 11:30

Symposium 2: Severe Upper Airways Disease
Hall 1 and 2 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Yuzhi Chen (China) , Nishit Shah (India)
10:00 - 10:05
Welcoming Remarks
10:05 - 10:25
2-1SY: Mechanisms of Upper Airway Inflammation | Ruby Pawankar (Japan)
10:25 - 10:45
2-2SY: Upper Airway Barrier Function and Microbiome | Claus Bachert (Belgium)
10:45 - 11:05
2-3SY: Severe Rhinosinusitis | Robert Naclerio (United States)
11:05 - 11:30
Discussion
Symposium 3: EAACI-WAO World Allergy and Asthma Congress – Milan 2013: Immune Effector Mechanisms and Immune Tolerance in Allergic Disease
Hall 5 and 6 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Cezmi Akdis (Switzerland) , Dhiman Ganguly (India)
10:00 - 10:05
Welcoming Remarks
10:05 - 10:25
3-1SY: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Allergen Tolerance | Mübeccel Akdis (Switzerland)
10:25 - 10:45
3-2SY: Inflammatory Mediators of Allergic Asthma | Lanny J. Rosenwasser (United States)
10:45 - 11:05
3-3SY: Inflammatory Biomarkers in Severe Asthma | Stephen T. Holgate (United Kingdom)
11:05 - 11:30
Discussion

14:45 - 16:50

Symposium 6: The Environment and Occupational Allergies
Hall 5 and 6 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Jae-Won Oh (South Korea) , Young-Koo Jee (South Korea)
14:45 - 14:50
Welcoming Remarks
14:50 - 15:10
6-1SY: Occupational Airway Diseases | Roy Gerth Van Wijk (Netherlands)
15:10 - 15:30
15:30 - 15:50
6-3SY: Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollutants | Michael J. Abramson (Australia)
15:50 - 16:10
6-4SY: Biodiversity | Tari Haahtela (Finland)
16:10 - 16:30
6-5SY: Climate Change and Allergy | Gennaro D'Amato (Italy)
16:30 - 16:50
Discussion

14:45 - 16:30

Symposium 4: Life Altering Allergic Disorders
Hall 3 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Thomas Bieber (Germany) , Carla Irani (Lebanon)
14:45 - 14:50
Welcoming Remarks
14:50 - 15:10
4-1SY: Hereditary Angioedema | Konrad Bork (Germany)
15:10 - 15:30
4-2SY: Eosinophilic Esophagitis | Amal Assa'ad (United States)
15:30 - 15:50
4-3SY: Mastocytosis | F. Estelle R. Simons (Canada)
15:50 - 16:10
4-4SY: ICON Lecture on Eosinophilic Disorders | Lanny J. Rosenwasser (United States)
16:10 - 16:30
Discussion
Symposium 5: Severe Ocular Allergies
Hall 1 and 2 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Sunita Kanumury (US)
14:45 - 14:50
Welcoming Remarks
14:50 - 15:10
5-1SY: Pathophysiology of Ocular Allergies | Dana Wallace (United States)
15:10 - 15:30
5-2SY: Differential Diagnosis in Severe Ocular Allergies | Sergio Bonini (Italy)
15:30 - 15:50
5-3SY: Nasal Ocular Connections in Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis | Robert Naclerio (United States)
15:50 - 16:10
5-4SY: Treatment Options in Ocular Allergies | Connie Katelaris (Australia)
16:10 - 16:30
Discussion

Saturday, 8 December 2012

10:00 - 12:00

Symposium 8: Confounders of Asthma Treatment
Hall 2 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Narayan Mishra (India) , Tatiana Slavyanskaya (Russia)
10:00 - 10:05
Welcoming Remarks
10:05 - 10:25
8-1SY: Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD) | Rohit K. Katial (United States)
10:25 - 10:45
8-2SY: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) | Richard F. Lockey (United States)
10:45 - 11:05
8-3SY: Rhinosinusitis / Nasal Polyps | Claus Bachert (Belgium)
11:05 - 11:25
11:25 - 11:45
8-5SY: Difficult to Treat Asthma in the Indian Context | Zarir Udwadia (India)
11:45 - 12:00
Discussion

10:00 - 11:45

Symposium 9: Severe Adverse Reactions to Drugs
Hall 5 and 6 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Hiok Hee Chng (Singapore) , Jaideep Gogtay (India)
10:00 - 10:05
Welcoming Remarks
10:05 - 10:25
9-1SY: Pathomechanisms of Severe Drug Allergy | Werner Pichler (Switzerland)
10:25 - 10:45
9-2SY: Severe Reactions to Beta Lactam Antibiotics | Carsten Bindslev-Jensen (Denmark)
10:45 - 11:05
9-3SY: Allergic Reactions to Biological and Chemotherapeutic Drugs | Mario Sanchez Borges (Venezuela)
11:05 - 11:25
9-4SY: Management of Aspirin and NSAID Hypersensitivity | Hae-Sim Park (South Korea)
11:25 - 11:45
Discussion

10:00 - 11:30

Symposium 7: Childhood Asthma
Hall 3 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Stanley Fineman (US) , Elham Hossny (Egypt)
10:00 - 10:05
Welcoming Remarks
10:05 - 10:25
10:25 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:05
7-3SY: Non-Viral Triggers of Asthma Exacerbation | Mika Mäkelä (Finland)
11:05 - 11:30
Discussion

15:45 - 17:30

Symposium 10: Allergy Diagnostics: Current and Future Perspectives
Hall 3 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Mübeccel Akdis (Switzerland) , Syed Mohammed Hasnain (Saudi Arabia)
15:45 - 15:50
Welcoming Remarks
15:50 - 16:10
10-1SY: In-Vivo and In-Vitro Diagnostic Tests | Ignacio J. Ansotegui (Spain)
16:10 - 16:30
10-2SY: Molecular Characterization of Aeroallergens | Wayne Thomas (Australia)
16:30 - 16:50
10-3SY: Molecular Characterization of Food Allergens | Wesley Burks (United States)
16:50 - 17:10
10-4SY: Molecular Allergology | G. Walter Canonica (Italy)
17:10 - 17:30
Discussion
Symposium 11: Indian College of Allergy, Asthma and Applied Immunology (ICAAI): Highlights of Airway Diseases in India
Hall 2 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Ashok Shah (India) , Anand B Singh (India)
15:45 - 15:50
Welcoming Remarks
15:50 - 16:10
16:10 - 16:30
11-2SY: Genetics of Asthma in India | Balram Ghosh (India)
16:30 - 16:50
16:50 - 17:10
11-4SY: Pediatric Asthma in India | H. Paramesh (India)
17:10 - 17:30
Discussion
Symposium 12: Precision Treatments in Allergic Disorders
Hall 5 and 6 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Jonathan Bernstein (US) , Mario Castro (US)
15:45 - 15:50
Welcoming Remarks
15:50 - 16:10
12-1SY: Update on Anti-IgE | Stephen T. Holgate (United Kingdom)
16:10 - 16:30
12-2SY: Update on Anti-Cytokines | Lanny J. Rosenwasser (United States)
16:30 - 16:50
12-3SY: Designer Drugs: Antibodies to Inhibitory Receptors | Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Israel)
16:50 - 17:10
12-4SY: New Imaging Approaches to Asthma | Mario Castro (United States)
17:10 - 17:30
Discussion

Sunday, 9 December 2012

11:30 - 13:15

Symposium 15: Small Airways Disease
Hall 5 and 6 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Manori Amaraskera (Sri Lanka) , Mika Mäkelä (Finland) , Virendra Singh (India)
11:30 - 11:35
Welcoming Remarks
11:35 - 11:55
15-1SY: Particle Deposition and Pharmacotherapy | Lanny J. Rosenwasser (United States)
11:55 - 12:15
15-2SY: Pathophysiology of the Small Airways | Rohit K. Katial (United States)
12:15 - 12:35
15-3SY: Respiratory Function in Small Airways and Asthma | Thomas B. Casale (United States)
12:35 - 12:55
12:55 - 13:15
Discussion

11:30 - 13:00

Symposium 13: HIGHLIGHT ON IMMUNOTHERAPY 1
Hall 3 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Wesley Burks (US) , Hee-Bom Moon (South Korea)
11:30 - 11:35
Welcoming Remarks
11:35 - 11:55
13-1SY: Mechanisms of Immunotherapy | Cezmi Akdis (Switzerland)
11:55 - 12:15
13-2SY: Sublingual Immunotherapy | G. Walter Canonica (Italy)
12:15 - 12:35
13-3SY: Subcutaneous Immunotherapy: When and How to Start | Giovanni Passalacqua (Italy)
12:35 - 13:00
Discussion
Symposium 14: Disease Prevention in the New Millennium: Allergy in the Context of Other NCDs
Hall 2 (HICC)
Chairpersons: AG Ghoshal (India) , John Sinn (Australia)
11:30 - 11:35
Welcoming Remarks
11:35 - 11:55
11:55 - 12:15
12:15 - 12:35
12:35 - 13:00
Discussion

15:00 - 16:45

Symposium 16: HIGHLIGHT ON IMMUNOTHERAPY 2
Hall 3 (HICC)
Chairpersons: João Tebyrica (Brazil)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
16-1SY: Immunomodulators - Anti-IgE mAb | Thomas B. Casale (United States)
15:25 - 15:45
16-2SY: Immunotherapy in the Pediatric Population | Michael Blaiss (United States)
15:45 - 16:05
16:05 - 16:25
16-4SY: Insect Immunotherapy | Richard Weber (United States)
16:25 - 16:45
Discussion
Symposium 17: Microbiome
Hall 2 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff (Malaysia) , Wayne Thomas (Australia)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
17-1SY: Defining the Microbiome in the Healthy and Diseased Lung | Stephen T. Holgate (United Kingdom)
15:25 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:05
16:05 - 16:25
16:25 - 16:45
Discussion
Symposium 18: Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Hall 5 and 6 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Ho Joo Yoon (South Korea) , Luo Zhang (China)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
15:25 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:05
18-3SY: Surgical Therapy of CRS With and Without Nasal Polyps | Robert Naclerio (United States)
16:05 - 16:25
18-4SY: Difficult Cases of CRS | Achal Gulati (India)
16:25 - 16:45
Discussion

16:45 - 17:50

Symposium 19: HIGHLIGHT ON IMMUNOTHERAPY 3
Hall 3 (HICC)
Chairpersons: Karnen Baratawidjaja (Indonesia) , Giovanni Passalacqua (Italy)
16:45 - 16:50
Welcoming Remarks
16:50 - 17:10
19-1SY: Identification of Eligible Patients for Immunotherapy | G. Walter Canonica (Italy)
17:10 - 17:30
19-2SY: Prevention | Hugo Van Bever (Singapore)
17:30 - 17:50
Discussion