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6 Nov 2010, Sat   l   7 Nov 2010, Sun   l   8 Nov 2010, Mon   l   9 Nov 2010, Tue

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6 November 2010, Saturday 
Postgraduate Clinical Immunology Course click here
1300 - 1400 hr
Workshop 1  - Investigations in drug allergy
Chairperson: Heru SUNDARU
Speakers: Frank THIEN
Lynette SHEK
Workshop 2 - Practical aspects of immunotherapy
Chairperson: CHENG Yew Kuang
Speakers: Robyn O’HEHIR
Madeleine W SUMPAICO
1430 - 1530 hr
Workshop 3 - Pitfalls in skin testing and patch testing
Chairperson: Faith CHIA
Speakers: Audrey TAN
Bernard THONG
Workshop 4 - Lung function tests
Chairperson: Choon-Sik PARK
Speakers: Anne GOH
Noel TAY
1700 - 1745 hr
Plenary Lecture 1 - New approaches to the treatment of asthma
Chairpersons: Hiok Hee CHNG, Sang-Il LEE
Speaker: Stephen HOLGATE
1745 - 1830 hr
Plenary Lecture 2 - Future approaches to the management of food allergy
Chairpersons: Akihiro MORIKAWA, Bee Wah LEE
Speaker: Hugh SAMPSON
1830 - 1930 hr
Opening Ceremony
1930 - 2100 hr
Welcome Reception

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7 November 2010, Sunday 
Allergy and Clinical Immunology Course for Allied Health Professionals click here
0800 - 0845 hr
Plenary Lecture 3 - Anaphylaxis: Advances in the 21st Century 
Chairpersons: Hee-Bom MOON, Yu Zhi CHEN  
Speaker: Estelle SIMONS  
0845 - 0930 hr
Plenary Lecture 4 - Immune tolerance: What have we learnt from allergen immunotherapy?
Chairpersons: Ha-Baik LEE, Felicidad CUA LIM  
Speaker: Stephen DURHAM  
0930 - 1000 hr   Coffee/Tea Break
1000 - 1130 hr
Symposium 1 - Allergic and Inflammatory Eye Disorders
Chairperson: Felicidad CUA LIM, CHENG Yew Kuang  
Topics: Speakers:
▪ Evidence-based treatment of ocular allergy Connie KATELARIS
▪ Ocular inflammation for non-ophthalmologists Soon Phaik CHEE
▪ Severe allergic conjunctivitis – What to expect of it and how to
  manage it
Pakit VICHYANOND 
Symposium 2 - Allergy in Early Life
Chairpersons: Soo-Jong HONG, Madeleine W SUMPAICO
Topics: Speakers:
Role of epigenetics in the allergy epidemic Susan PRESCOTT
▪ Role of allergen exposure in the prevention of allergy Allen LIANG
▪ Role of viruses in asthma development – The viral march Stephen HOLGATE
Symposium 3 - Occupational Allergy
Chairpersons: Ashok SHAH, Ho-Joo YOON  
Topics: Speakers:
Occupational skin allergy – An update Chee Leok GOH
Recent advances in pathogenic mechanisms of occupational asthma Hae-Sim PARK
Recent progress in the management of occupational asthma 
  – Can it be cured?
Heung-Woo PARK
1130 - 1230 hr  
Symposium 4 - Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyposis
Chairpersons: Samuel YEAK, Suwannee UTHAISANGSOOK  
Topics: Speakers:
Eicosanoids and nasal polyposis Masami TANIGUCHI
Significance of susceptible gene expression profiles in chronic
  rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis
De Yun WANG
▪ Current concepts on pathomechanisms of rhinosinusitis and nasal
  polyposis
Ruby PAWANKAR
Debate 1 - Exhaled nitric oxide is a useful biomarker for the management of asthma 
Chairpersons: Milagros BAUSTITA, Chang-Keun KIM
Speakers: Gary WONG
Daniel GOH
 
Debate 2 - Mite avoidance is effective in the treatment of allergy
Chairpersons: Alfred TAM, Jessie DE BRUYNE  
Speakers: Hugo VAN BEVER
Pakit VICHYANOND
1230 - 1400 hr  
Nycomed Lunch Symposium  
GSK (Vaccine) Lunch Symposium  
MSD Lunch Symposium  
1400 - 1530 hr  
Symposium 5 - Atopic Dermatitis
Chairpersons: Zakiudin MUNASIR, Pantipa CHATCHATEE
Topics: Speakers:
Barrier dysfunction Peter ELIAS
The environment and atopic dermatitis: Role of special hospital wards Sang-IL LEE
Role of immunomodulation in the management of atopic dermatitis Hugo van BEVER
Symposium 6 - Food Allergy
Chairpersons: Joon-Sung LEE, Siregar SJAWITRI  
Topics: Speakers:
Diagnosis of food allergy – What's new Hugh SAMPSON
Food challenges – Getting it right Motohiro EBISAWA
▪ Food Allergy: dealing with the new epidemic Susan PRESCOTT
Symposium 7 - Aerobiology I
Chairperson: Chein-Soo HONG, Kuender D YANG  
Topics: Speakers:
Allergenic potential of insects-derived aeroallergens in India Mahendra K AGARWAL
▪ How important are pollen and fungal allergies in the tropics Suwannee UTHAISANGSOOK
▪ Impact of climate change on pollen and fungal allergens in relation to allergic   diseases AB SINGH
1530 - 1600 hr Coffee/Tea Break
1600 - 1730 hr
Symposium 8 - Allergic Rhinitis
Chairpersons: Chaweewan BUNNAG, Yeong-Ho RHA
Topics: Speakers:
▪ Challenges in monitoring treatment of allergic rhinitis Jovilia M ABONG
▪ Allergic rhinitis in Taiwanese school children Shyh-Dar SHYUR
▪ Unmet Needs in the Management of Childhood Rhinitis Jessie DEBRUYNE
Symposium 9 - Primary Immunodeficiency
Chairpersons: Amir LATIFF, Woei Kang LIEW  
Topics: Speakers:
Diagnostic tools for primary immunodeficiency Voravich LEUNGWEDCHAKARN
▪ Molecular diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency Yu Lung LAU
▪ Specific antibody deficiency – How to diagnose and manage Mimi TANG
Symposium 10 - Immunology of Allergy and Asthma I
Chairpersons: Fred WONG, Remedios C. ONG  
Topics: Speakers:
▪ Revisiting the role of eosinophils in asthma pathogenesis Takao FUJISAWA
▪ Role of Innate Immunity and T regulatory cells in allergic asthma Jiu-Yao WANG
▪ Neutrophilc inflammation in severe asthma Makoto NAGATA
▪ Th1 - and Th2-related chemokines in asthma Chih-Hsing HUNG
Free Paper 1
1930 hr onwards
Faculty Night (Offsite)

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8 November 2010, Monday 
0800 - 0845 hr
Plenary Lecture 5 - Aetiology and pathogenesis of atopic asthma in childhood – Progress towards development of preventive strategies
Chairpersons: Pasuree SANGSUPAWANICH, Siregar SJAWITRI
Speaker: Patrick HOLT  
0845 - 0930 hr
Plenary Lecture 6 - Predicting response to pharmacotherapy in rhinosinusitis: How close are we?
Chairpersons: Takemasa NAKAGAWA, Ruby PAWANKAR
Speaker: Michael BLAISS
0930 - 1000 hr Coffee/Tea Break
1000 - 1130 hr
Symposium 11 - Allergy and Immunology in the Elderly
Chairpersons: Ken OHTA, Karnen BARATAWIDJAJA  
Topics: Speakers:
▪ Age-related effects on the role of dust mite sensitization in airway
  inflammation
Jaw-Ji TSAI
▪ Clinical Characteristics of Asthma in the Elderly - Implications in Management Sang-Heon CHO
▪ Epidemiology and characteristics of asthma in the elderly Kazuo AKIYAMA
Symposium 12 - Severe Childhood Allergic Disorders
Chairpersons: KIV Jessie DEBRUYNE , Ha-Baik LEE  
Topics: Speakers:
Severe viral wheezing in children – Any headway in management? Chang-Keun KIM
▪ Management of difficult-to-control eczema Yoke Chin GIAM
▪ Food allergy: Dealing with the new epidemic Susan PRESCOTT
Symposium 13 - Epidemiology of Allergy in the Asia Pacific
Chairperson: Shyh-Dar SHYUR, You-Young KIM  
Topics: Speakers:
▪ Burden of asthma and allergies in the Asia Pacific Christopher LAI
▪ Allergy and asthma prevalence – A long term study from Korea Soo-Jong HONG
▪ Impact of air pollution on the prevalence of allergic disorders Takemasa NAKAGAWA
Symposium 14 - Round Table Discussion on Undergraduate Training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Moderator: Ronald WALLS  
Speakers: Bob LANIER
Hugo van BEVER
Hee-Bom MOON
Jiu-Yao WANG
Ruby PAWANKAR
 
1130 - 1230 hr
Symposium 15 - Urticaria and Angioedema
Chairpersons: Ken OHTA, Lynette SHEK  
Topics: Speakers:
▪ Update on management of HAE (Hereditary Angioedema) Connie KATELARIS
▪ Chronic and recurrent urticaria and angioedema in children Orathai JIRAPONGSANANURAK
▪ Human seminal plasma allergy Ashok SHAH
Symposium 16 - Genetics of Allergic Disorders
Chairpersons: Hee-Bom MOON, Fook Tim CHEW  
Topics: Speakers:
▪ Results of National Genome Project on Allergy Hirohisa SAITO
▪ Update of asthma genetics Choon-Sik PARK
▪ Genetics and epigenetic programming of childhood asthma Kuender D YANG
Debate 3 - House dust mite immunotherapy should be offered to all patients with allergic rhinitis monosensitized to dust mite allergens
Chairpersons: Cassim MOTALA, Madeleine W SUMPAICO
Speakers: Pascal DEMOLY
Stephen DURHAM
 
Workshop 5 - Food challenge: When and how to do it?
Chairperson: Yeong-Ho RHA  
Speakers: Motohiro EBISAWA
Wen Chin CHIANG
 
1230 - 1400 hr
GSK (Respiratory) Lunch Symposium
Abbott Lunch Symposium
AstraZeneca Lunch Symposium
1400 - 1530 hr
Symposium 17 - Immunotherapy for Allergic Disorders
Chairpersons: Jing ZHAO, Naomi KONDO  
Topics: Speakers:
▪ Prospects for peanut immunotherapy Robyn O’HEHIR
▪ Allergen immunotherapy in asthma: Current status and future
  perspective
Makoto NAGATA
▪ Is there a role in anti-IgE therapy in economically challenged
  communities?
Bob LANIER
▪ Immunotherapy for pollen airway allergy: From meta-analysis to
  evidence based medicine
Pascal DEMOLY
Symposium 18 - Phenotypes of Allergic Disease
Chairpersons: Wasu KAMCHAISATIAN, Zakiudin MUNASIR
Topics: Speakers:
▪ Atopic vs Non atopic eczema – Does it matter? Cassim MOTALA
▪ Challenges in the management of wheezing in the first year of life Suwat BENJAPONPITAK
▪ Recognizing phenotypes of rhinitis – How important is it? Michael BLAISS
Symposium 19 - Immunology of Allergy and Asthma II
Chairperson: Jiu-Yao WANG, Sang-Heon CHO  
Topics: Speakers:
▪ The role of microRNA as new anti-inflammatory targets Paul FOSTER
▪ Translational studies in allergic diseases Bor-Luen CHIANG
▪ Advances in our understandig of asthma pathogenesis
      - Should there be a paradigm shift?
Stephen HOLGATE
1530 - 1600 hr  Coffee/Tea Break
1600 - 1730 hr
Symposium 20 - Aerobiology II
Chairperson: De Yun WANG  
Topics: Speakers:
Regulation of T-cell immunity to aeroallergens Patrick HOLT
▪ Allergen cross reactivity – How to interpret Kaw Yan CHUA
▪ Monitoring of the environmental aeroallergens Kazuo AKIYAMA
Free Paper 2
Poster Judging for APAAACI Travel Grant Award at Ballroom 3 Foyer
1600 - 1830 hr
APAAACI House of Delegates Meeting
1930 - 2300 hr
Congress Dinner & Awards Ceremony 

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9 November 2010, Tuesday 
0800 - 0845 hr
Plenary Lecture 7 - How molecular genetics improves the management of ASA hypersenstivity
Chairpersons: Takeshi FUKUDA, Bernard THONG
Speaker: Hae-Sim PARK
0845 - 0930 hr
Plenary Lecture 8 - Drug Allergy: When to test and when not to
Chairperson: Hae-Sim PARK
Speaker: Pascal DEMOLY
0930 - 1000 hr  Coffee/Tea Break
1000 - 1130 hr
Symposium 21 - Adult Asthma Management
Chairpersons: Mahendra K AGARWAL, Sung-Hak PAK  
Topics: Speakers:
▪ Early asthma – Diagnosis and treatment Takeshi FUKUDA
▪ Airway remodelling in asthma – Pathophysiology and treatment
  approaches
Francis THIEN
▪ LABAs in asthma management – Friends or foes? Christopher LAI
Symposium 22 - Drug Allergy
Chairpersons: Chein-Soo HONG, Mona KIDON
Topics: Speakers:
Newly recognised cutaneous drug eruptions Audrey TAN
▪ ASA hypersensitivity and enhancement effect of ASA on
  food allergy
Zenro IKEZAWA
▪ Title TBA Hiok Hee CHNG
1130 - 1200 hr
Closing Ceremony

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