Congress Program : Plenary Sessions and Symposia

 

Sunday, April 22, 10.00 – 10.30

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

Opening Ceremony

Revaz Sepiashvili

President, World Immunopathology Organization
Congress President, Program Committee Co-Chairman

 

 

Walter Canonica

Program Committee Co-Chairman

 

 

Sami Bahna

Program Committee Co-Chairman

 

 

Allen Kaplan

Program Committee Co-Chairman

 

 

Nikolai Khaltaev

World Health Organization (WHO)

 

Sunday, April 22, 10.30 – 11.15

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

ALAIN D'WECK HONORARY LECTURE

Moderators:

Allen Kaplan
Revaz Sepiashvili

 

Stephen Holgate   London, U.K.

Rethinking the pathogenesis of asthma

  

 

   

Sunday, April 22, 11.15 – 12.00

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

ALBERT OEHLING HONORARY LECTURE

Moderator:

Revaz Sepiashvili

 

 

Walter Canonica   Genoa, Italy

The future of asthma treatments: from blockbusters to biosimilars

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, April 22, 12.30 – 14.30

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Paul Greenberger
Stephen Holgate
Clive Page
Benjamin Volovitz

Nikolai Khaltaev   Geneva, Switzerland

WHO/GARD strategy for the prevention and control of chronic respiratory diseases

Clive Page   London, U.K.

PDE inhibitors in the treatment of Asthma and COPD

Adnan Custovic  Manchester, UK

Asthma: Nature or nurture

Paul A. Greenberger   Chicago, USA

Difficult respiratory phenotypes in adults with asthma

Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani   Cordoba, Argentina

Phenotype in severe asthma in children

Benjamin Volovitz   Petah Tiqva, Israel

New insights in the management of acute asthma exacerbation in young children


 

 

Sunday, April 22, 15.30 – 18.00

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Sergio Bonini
Walter Canonica
Adnan Custovic
Ruby Pawankar

Adnan Custovic   Manchester, UK

How many diseases are there in asthma?

Allen Kaplan   Charleston, USA

Endothelial cells and the inflammatory response

G. Walter Canonica   Genoa, Italy

Allergen specific immunotherapy in asthma treatment

Sergio Bonini   Rome, Italy

Regulatory aspects of allergen specific immunotherapy

Ruby Pawankar   Tokyo, Japan

IgE-immune cell interactions in allergic disease: clinical implications and therapeutic directions

Lawrence DuBuske   Gardner, USA

Toll like receptor modulation of allergen immunotherapy

 

 

 

Monday, April 23, 09.30 – 10.30

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Ronald Dahl
Lanny Rosenwasser

Ronald Dahl   Arthus, The Netherlands

Asthma exacerbations

Lanny Rosenwasser   Kansas City, USA

Biologic response modified in allergic diseases

Rudolf Valenta   Vienna, Austria

New developments in recombinant allergen-based immunotherapy

 

 

 

Monday, April 23, 10.30 – 11.00

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

WAO Presidential Lecture

Moderator:

Revaz Sepiashvili

Ruby Pawankar   Tokyo, Japan

Allergy a global health problem: The WAO White Book on Allergy

 

 


 

Monday, April 23, 11.00 – 12.00

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Sami Bahna
Allen Kaplan

Sami Bahna   Shreveport, USA

How does eNO measurement fit in asthma assessment?

Allen Kaplan   Charleston, USA

A link between mast cell activation and bradykinin formation

Sergio Bonini   Rome, Italy

Clinical trials for registering new anti-allergic drugs

 

 

Monday, April 23, 12.30 – 14.30

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Ignacio Ansotegui
Tinatin Chikovani
Carlos Nunes
Rudolf Valenta

Rudolf Valenta   Vienna, Austria

Therapeutic targeting of IgE

Ignacio Ansotegui   Erandio, Bilbao, Spain

Update on allergy diagnosis

Ronald Dahl   Arthus, The Netherlands

Asthma treatment with 'temperature regulated laminar airflow'

Paul A. Greenberger   Chicago, USA

Achieving control of fungal asthma and allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis

Carlos Nunes   Portimao, Portugal

Swimming and asthma: myth and evidence


 

Monday, April 23, 15.30 – 17.15

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

Symposium

Chairmen:

Manana Chikhladze
Lawrence Du Buske
Todor Popov

Lawrence DuBuske   Gardner, USA

Biologicals for severe asthma

Gennaro D’Amato   Naples, Italy

Social networks and bronchial asthma

Carlos Nunes   Portimao, Portugal

Economic impact of rhinitis and asthma

Todor Popov   Sofia, Bulgaria

Airway inflammation in smokers: peculiarities of asthma diagnosis and treatment

 

 

 

Monday, April 23, 17.20 – 19.00

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

Symposium

Chairmen:

Kamal Maurice Hanna
Nikolai Khaltaev
Kristof Nekam

Kristóf Nékám   Budapest, Hungary

The clinical relevance and societal burden of geronto-immuno-allergies

Kamal Maurice Hanna   Cairo, Egypt

Complementary and alternative medicine for respiratory diseases: an update

Bogdan Petrunov   Sofia, Bulgaria

Allergen specific immunotherapy of respiratory allergic diseases – clinical and immunological changes

Nikolai Khaltaev   Geneva, Switzerland

Diet and chronic respiratory diseases

 

 

Tuesday, April 24, 10.00 – 12.00

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Carlos Baena-Cagnani
Gennaro D’Amato
Antero Palma-Carlos

Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani   Cordoba, Argentina

Asthma in children: from early symptoms to asthma in adults

Samuel Lin, Danielle Casanova, Joyce Jones, Julie Sanderson-Austin, Donald Fisher   Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Case studies of practical, patient-centered, parsimonious initiatives that significantly improve the care and quality of life for patients with COPD

Gennaro D’Amato   Naples, Italy

Update on climate change, extreme events and respiratory allergy

Ignacio Ansotegui   Erandio, Bilbao, Spain

Air pollution, climate change and hygiene hypothesis

Antero Palma-Carlos   Lisbon, Portugal

Bacterial immunomodulators in asthma, COPD and recurrent respiratory infections

Bogdan Petrunov   Sofia, Bulgaria

The role of fungal allergens in respiratory diseases in Bulgaria

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 24, 12.30 – 15.00

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North Entry

Symposium

Chairmen:

Tamaz Chkhikvadze
Kamal Maurice Hanna
Bogdan Petrunov
Elias Toubi

Elias Toubi   Haifa, Israel

Immunoregulatory mechanisms in asthma

Antero Palma-Carlos   Lisbon, Portugal

Protease inhibitors asthma and rhinosinusitis

Todor Popov   Sofia, Bulgaria

Symptoms of Nasal Inconvenience Fact Finding (SNIFF) project in Bulgaria

Kristóf Nékám   Budapest, Hungary

From sick building to sick residents - causes of and solutions for low indoor air quality 

S. Eyers, K. Perrin, M. Weatherall, R. Siebers, J. Crane, J. Travers, P. Shirtcliffe, R. Beasley   Wellington, New Zealand

A randomised controlled trial of the effect of regular paracetamol (acetaminophen) on airway responsiveness and asthma control

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 24, 15.00 – 15.30

New York Marriott Marquis Hotel,
Broadway Ballroom, North

ClosinG Ceremony

Revaz Sepiashvili

President, World Immunopathology Organization
Congress President, Program Committee Co-Chairman

 

 

 

Walter Canonica

Program Committee Co-Chairman

 

 

 

Allen Kaplan

Program Committee Co-Chairman

 

 

 

Sami Bahna

Program Committee Co-Chairman

 

 

 

Handling of Awards

to the Authors

of best poster presentations

 

 

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