The 8th Asia Pacific Congress of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Scientific Programme-at-a-Glance

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 (more details)

Time	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5
1200 - 1800	Registration at Ballroom Foyer, Level 2
0830 - 1000			Postgraduate Clinical Immunology Course
1000 - 1030
1030 - 1230
1230 - 1300
1300 - 1330	Workshop 1 Investigations in drug allergy	Workshop 2 Practical aspects of immunotherapy
1330 - 1400
1400 - 1430
1430 - 1500	Workshop 3 Pitfalls in skin testing and patch testing	Workshop 4 Lung function tests		APAAACI Board Meeting	APAPARI Board Meeting
1500 - 1530
1530 - 1630
1700 - 1745	Plenary Lecture 1 New approaches to the treatment of asthma
1745 - 1830	Plenary Lecture 2 Future approaches to the management of food allergy
1830 - 1930	Opening Ceremony
1930 - 2100	Welcome Reception

7 November 2010, Sunday (more details)

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Time	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4
0700 - 1700	Registration at Ballroom Foyer, Level 2
0800 - 0845	Plenary Lecture 3 Anaphylaxis: Advances in the 21st Century			Allergy and Clinical Immunology Course for Allied Health Professionals
0845 - 0930	Plenary Lecture 4 Immune tolerance – What have we learnt from allergen immunotherapy?
0930 - 1000	Coffee/Tea Break
1000 - 1130	Symposium 1 Allergic and Inflammatory Eye Disorders	Symposium 2 Allergy in Early Life	Symposium 3 Occupational Allergy
1130 - 1230	Symposium 4 Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyposis	Debate 1 Exhaled nitric oxide is a useful biomarker for the management of asthma	Debate 2 Mite avoidance is effective in the treatment of allergy
1230 - 1400	Nycomed Lunch Symposium	GSK (Vaccine) Lunch Symposium	MSD Lunch Symposium
1400 - 1530	Symposium 5 Atopic Dermatitis	Symposium 6 Food Allergy	Symposium 7 Aerobiology I
1530 - 1600	Coffee/Tea Break
1600 - 1730	Symposium 8 Allergic Rhinitis	Symposium 9 Primary Immunodeficiency	Symposium 10 Immunology of Allergy and Asthma I	Free Paper 1
1930 onwards	Faculty Night (offsite)

8 November 2010, Monday (more details)

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Time	Room 1	Room 2	Room3	Room 4
0700 - 1400	Registration at Ballroom Foyer, Level 2
0800 - 0845	Plenary Lecture 5 Aetiology and pathogenesis of atopic asthma in childhood – Progress towards development of preventive strategies
0845 - 0930	Plenary Lecture 6 Predicting response to pharmacotherapy in rhinosinusitis – How close are we?
0930 - 1000	Coffee/Tea Break
1000 - 1130	Symposium 11 Allergy and Immunology in the Elderly	Symposium 12 Severe Childhood Allergic Disorders	Symposium 13 Epidemiology of Allergy in the Asia Pacific	Symposium 14 Round Table Discussion on Undergraduate Training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
1130 - 1230	Symposium 15 Urticaria and Angioedema	Symposium 16 Genetics of Allergic Disorders	Debate 3 House dust mite immunotherapy should be offered to all patients with allergic rhinitis monosensitized to dust mite allergens	Workshop 5 Food challenge – When and how to do it?
1230 - 1400	GSK (Respiratory) Lunch Symposium	Abbott Lunch Symposium	AstraZeneca Lunch Symposium
1400 - 1530	Symposium 17 Immunotherapy for Allergic Disorders	Symposium 18 Phenotypes of Allergic Disease	Symposium 19 Immunology of Allergy and Asthma II
1530 - 1600	Coffee/Tea Break
1600 - 1730		Symposium 20 Aerobiology II	APAAACI House of Delegates Meeting	Free Paper 2
1730 - 1830			APAAACI House of Delegates Meeting
1930 - 2300	Congress Dinner & Awards Ceremony

9 November 2010, Tuesday (more details)

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Time	Room 1	Room 2
0800 - 0845	Plenary Lecture 7 How molecular genetics improves the management of ASA hypersensitivity
0845 - 0930	Plenary Lecture 8 Drug Allergy: When to test and when not to
0930 - 1000	Coffee/Tea Break
1000 - 1130	Symposium 21 Adult Asthma Management	Symposium 22 Drug Allergy
1130 - 1200	Closing Ceremony

7.00 am to 8.00 am Newly elected APAAACI Board Business Meeting (Room 322)

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* TBC: To be confirmed

Programmes are subject to change without prior notice.