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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

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This page was last updated: 5 June 2010

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WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE

08.30 – 10.00


Plenary Symposium 7 - Immunotherapy past, present and future


Chairs:
Walter Canonica, Italy
Barbara Bohle, Austria

Mechanisms
Cezmi Akdis, Switzerland

Indications
Hans-Jørgen Malling, Denmark

SCIT versus SLIT for severe allergic rhinitis
Stephen Durham, United Kingdom

Future developments in immunotherapy
Rudolf Valenta, Austria

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break


10.30 – 12.00


Symposium 35 - Nasal Polyps


Chairs:
Marek Kowalski, Poland
Verena Niederberger, Austria

Differential diagnosis
Cemal Cingi, Turkey

Surgical versus medical management
Valerie Lund, United Kingdom

From pathogenesis to novel therapies
Philippe Gevaert, Belgium

Symposium 36 - Genetics of asthma and allergy


Chairs:
Reto Crameri, Switzerland
Hae Sim Park, Korea

Gene-environment interactions
Francine Kauffmann, France

Genome-wide associations
Ian Hall, United Kingdom

Epigenetics
Ian Adcock, United Kingdom

Symposium 37 - Viral infections and immunity


Chairs:
Sebastian Johnston, United Kingdom
William Busse, United States

Immune consequences of persistent herpes virus infections
Michael Rudenko, United Kingdom

Role of NK cells in viral infections
Lorenzo Moretta, Italy

Interferon mediated immunity in humans
Shen-Ying Zhang, United States

Symposium 38 - Asthma and sports: looking forward to the 2012 Olympics


Chairs:
Stefano del Giacco, Italy
Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Norway

Epidemiology of asthma and allergies in Olympic athletes
Connie Katelaris, Australia

Why and how exercise causes asthma symptoms 
Leif Bjermer, Sweden 

Diagnosing and managing exercise-induced bronchospasm
Matteo Bonini, Italy

CIS Symposium - Allergy and asthma: from basic science to clinical management


Chairs:
Revaz Sepiashvili, Georgia
Tatyana Slavyanskaya, Russia
Manana Chikhladze, Georgia

Th17 lymphocytes in pathogenesis of allergic diseases
Revaz Sepiashvili, Georgia

Recombinant allergens in diagnostics of pollen and latex allergies
Roman Khanferyan, Russia

Clinical immunological state in children with asthma and accompanied nematodosis
Tahira Panahova, Azerbaijan

Defects of interferon systems and its correction in asthma associated with recurrent viral infections
Irinia Nesterova, Russia

Microenvironment in various pathology
Ninel Berezhnaya, Ukraine

Workshop 14 - Tolerance induction in children


Chairs:
George du Toit, United Kingdom
Bodo Niggemann, Germany

Food allergy
Andrew Clark, United Kingdom

Rhinitis
Albrecht Bufe, Germany

Pet allergy
Adnan Custovic, United Kingdom

10.30 – 11.15 Debate 7 - Prebiotics and probiotics protect against allergy


Chair:
Liam O’Mahony, Switzerland

Pro: Erika Isolauri, Finland
Con: Matthias Kopp, Germany

11.15 – 12.00 Keynote Lecture - Vitamin D and allergic disease


Chair:
Andrew Wardlaw, United Kingdom

The role of Vitamin D in allergic disease
Jürgen Schauber, Germany

OAS 28 - News from the bench in experimental dermatology


Chairs:
Antti Lauerma, Finland
Ulrike Raap, Germany

Introductory lecture by Antti Lauerma: Novel developments in mediators of allergic skin inflammation

PDS 25 - Pathology of rhinitis and sinusitis


Chairs:
Livije Kalogjera, Croatia
Kees van Drunen, The Netherlands

PDS 26 - Challenges in skin allergy in clinics and research


Chairs:
Fabianne Rancé, France
Jörg Kleine-Tebbe, Germany

Business Meeting
Functional Genomics & Proteomics Interest Group



Chairs:
Lars Olaf Cardell, Sweden
Christian Scharf, Germany

Proteomics for beginners
Christian Scharf, Germany

12.15 Closing Ceremony, Abstract Prizes and Entertainment


Clinical highlights

Basic highlights

Ending with a get-together with drinks and snacks

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