HOMEPAGE
COMMITTEES
FINAL PROGRAM
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
POSTER SESSION
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AND CALL FOR ABSTRACT
GENERAL INFORMATION
ON-LINE SERVICES
REGISTRATION FORM
HOTEL RESERVATION FORM
GUIDELINES AIFA
 

UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists) AND CME (Continuing Medical Education) CREDITS WILL BE APPLIED

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese simultaneous translation will be provided ON SITE

FINAL PROGRAM
 

THURSDAY 18, 2010

AUDITORIUM SALA VERDE

14,15-15,45
URTICARIA
President: M.L. Pacor
Chairs: J.L.G. Abujeta, A. Lopes

Chronic urticaria: is it really an autoimmune disease?
A. Tedeschi
What is new in chronic urticaria
M. Ferrer Puga

Quality of life in chronic urticaria
C. Santa Marta

 

14,15-15,45
DESENSITISATION IN FOOD ALLERGY
President: S. Prates
Chairs: D. Calabrò

Cow’s milk desensitisation: is it for all the life?
E. Novembre

Egg desensitisation: an update
P. Meglio

Milk desensitisation: the Spanish experience
A. Martorell Aragonas

16,00-17,30
CROSS REACTIVITY AND PREVENTION IN FOOD ALLERGY
President: D. Macchia
Chairs: G. Colombo, E. Fernàndez

Cross reactivity between pollens and vegetables:
a clinical approach
A.M. Robino

Clinical relevance of cross reactivity
C. Blanco Guerra

Cross reactivity between seafood and mites
I. Carrapatoso

 

16,00-17,30
CLIMATIC CHANGES AND AEROBIOLOGY
President: M. Manfredi
Chairs: P.P. Dall’Aglio, J. Pola

Changes in grass pollen season in last decades in Italy
G. Frenguelli

Outdoor air pollution, pollens and allergic diseases
J.M. Ferraz de Oliveira

Pollen counts as a tool for allergists to improve
the efficiency of immunotherapy in polysensitised pollinosis patients
J. Subiza Garrido Lestache

 

17,45-18,45
OPENING HONORARY LECTURES
Presidents: L. Fontana - G. Semenzato

Allergy and the immune System
S. Romagnani

Severe Asthma
J. Bousquet

 

 

19.00-20.00
OPENING CEREMONY (no simultaneous translation)

Welcome of local chairman and of Major of Florence and Chancellor of Florence University
A. Passaleva, M. Renzi, A. Tesi

Official opening speech
L. Fontana

Honorary Lecture
"Palazzo Davanzati: a look to Florence life in Middle Ages"
R. Protopisani

 

20.00-20.30
Welcome Cocktail
 
   
 

FRIDAY 19, 2010

AUDITORIUM SALA VERDE

09,00-10,30
DIFFICULT TO MANAGE ASTHMA
President: J. Rosado Pinto
Chairs: M.J. Alvarez Puebla, L. Macchia

The who document on severe asthma
G.W. Canonica

Obesity and difficult to manage asthma. Is there a real conexion?
J. Delgado Romero

How difficult is “difficult asthma” in children
M. Morais de Almeida

 

09,00-10,30
ATOPIC DERMATITIS
President: D. Munoz Lejarazu
Chairs: E. Nettis, M. Garcés Sotillos

New treatments for atopic dermatitis
G.A. Vena

Specific immunotherapy in atopic dermatitis
A.C. Pereira

Use of patch testing in atopic dermatitis
S. Echechipia Madoz

10,45-12,15
NEW TREATMENTS FOR ASTHMA
President: J.M. Vega Chicote
Chairs: G. Bruno, V. Gutierrez Vall de Cabres

Advances in technology for Asthma management
J. Fonseca

New Drugs in Asthma
S. Quirce

Monoclonal antibodies in asthma therapy
G. Rolla

Effect of current treatments on Airway Remodelling
J. M. Olaguibel Rivera

 

10,45-12,15
Symposium with the educational support of URIACH
NEW STRATEGIES IN THE TREATMENT OF ALLERGIES WITH ANTIHISTAMINES
Chairs: I.J. Ansotegui, G.W. Canonica

Multiple Receptor antagonism in the treatment of allergic diseases
M. Triggiani

Why long term treatment with antihistamines in persistent allergic rhinitis
A. Valero Santiago

New treatment strategies with antihistamines in Urticaria
A. Jimenez Arnau

12,30-14,00
OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA
President: A. Siracusa
Chairs: I. Davila Gonzalez, M. Di Gioacchino

Occupational asthma revisited
G. Moscato

Measuring allergen levels in occupational environments
J. Sastre Dominguez

New allergens in occupational asthma
J. Torres Costa

 

12,30-13.30
Symposium with the educational support of Lofarma
THE MONOMERIC ALLERGOID

President: A. Palma-Carlos
Chairs: I. Ansotegui, M. Branco Ferreira

The Monomeric Allergoid:
- to children C. Baena Cagnani
- to adults G. Passalacqua
- to Lymphocytes G. Rolla

The Monomeric Allergoid through the WAO SLIT position paper
G.W. Canonica

14,15-15,45
RISK FACTORS IN ASTHMA
President: C. Martinez Còcera
Chairs: L. Emmi

Respiratory Allergy and immigration in a changing world
G. Passalacqua

Stress and Asthma
I. Jaúregui Presa

Asthma and exercise
L. Delgado

 

14,15-15,45
HYMENOPTERA IN SOUTHERN EUROPE
President: L. Marques Amat
Chairs: A. Cirillo, J.P. Moreira da Silva

In vivo and in vitro diagnosis of Hymenoptera venom allergy
E. Scala

Hymenoptera venom allergy and mastocytosis
A. Vega Castro

Venom immunotherapy
C. Incorvaia

16,00-17,30
CO MORBIDITIES IN ALLERGIC RHINITIS
President: I. Antépara Ercoreca
Chairs: S. Del Giacco, C. Loureiro

Assesment of epidemiologic studies of rhinitis-asthma
A.L. Valero Santiago

Allergic conjunctivitis
S. Bonini

Nasal polyposis
E. Barros

 

16,00-17,30
Session of Latin American Society of Asthma
Allergy and Immunology (SLAAI)
In Memoriam of Prof. Jose Maria Negro Alvarez
THE NET AS A TOOL FOR THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE
President: Sandra Gonzalez Diaz
Chairs: Mario Morais de Almeida, Tomas Chivato

Importance of the WEB for the International Medical Societies (web site and email forums)
J.C. Ivancevich

Online survey of anaphylaxis
D. Solé

Asthma Education (free access to electronic publications)
N. Rosario

 

17,45-19,15
DESENSITISATION PROTOCOLS AND TECHNIQUES
President: A. Romano
Chairs: F. Indiveri, T. Lobera Labairu

Desensitisation to anti-infectious drugs
E. Faria

NSAIDs desensitisation
N. Ortega Rodriguez

Hypersensitivity reactions to antineoplastic drugs
M. Pagani

 

17,45-19,15
JMA FUTURE OF ALLERGY SPECIALITY
Presidents:
E. Heffler, V. Bellido, R. Rodrigues Alves

Allergy speciality in Europe: past and present
P. Martins

UEMS strategy concerning the future of the specialities, particularly Allergology, in Europe
J. Rosado-Pinto

Investigation in Allergy: future directions
F. Fassio

Speciality recognition in Europe
J. Sanchez

 

SATURDAY 20, 2010

AUDITORIUM SALA VERDE

09,00-10,30
SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY
President: A. Pelaez Hernandez
Chairs: T. Chivato, A. Spinola

SLIT in asthma
G. Passalacqua

SLIT in food allergy
M. Fernández Rivas

SLIT for latex allergy
M. Branco Ferreira

 

09,00-10,30
ANAPHYLAXIS MANAGEMENT
President: M. Triggiani
Chairs: M.T. Audicana Berasategui, M. Borrego

Anaphylaxis: the importance of a notification system
A. Gaspar

Galaxia: Spanish guidelines for the management
of anaphylaxis
V. Cardona Dahl

Management plans in anaphylaxis
A. Muraro

 

10,45-12,15
PRACTICAL IMMUNOTHERAPY
President: A. Passaleva
Chairs: V. de Luque Pinana, G. Senna

Immunotherapy for food allergy
R. Asero

Optimising immunotherapy in pollinosis
C. Moreno Aguilar

Immunotherapy for mould allergy
A. Palma Carlos

 

10,45-12,15
Symposium with the educational support of ALMIRALL
THE ROLE OF ANTIHISTAMINES IN THE TREATMENT OF RHINITIS AND URTICARIA
Chairs:
V. Cardona Dahl, T. Chivato, L. Fontana

12,30-14,00
TREATMENT OF RHINITIS
President: I. Ansotegui
Chairs: C. Nunes, P. Ojeda Fernandez

Allergic rhinitis: prescription of antihistamines
and
intranasal corticoids by different specialists
A. Navarro Pulido

ARIA update
C. Baena Cagnani

Treatment of non-allergic rhinitis
J. Ferreira

 

12,00-14,00
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Chairs: A. Todo Bom, R. Lleonart

14,15-15,45
SENESCENCE
President: R. Paganelli
Chairs: C. Martinez Cocera

Senescence: a complex multi-system phenomenon
C. Franceschi

Asthma or COPD?
G. Di Lorenzo

Allergic respiratory disease in the elderly
A. Todo-Bom

 

14,15-15,45
ANAPHYLAXIS FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE
President: L. Fontana
Chairs: A. De Paulis, R. Lleonart Bellfill

Anaphylaxis and the cardiovascular system
G. Marone

Mastocitosis and Allergy
B. De La Hoz Caballer

Food anaphylaxis
R. Rodrigues Alves

16,00-17,30
IMMUNOTHERAPY IN CHILDREN
President: F. Marcucci
Chairs: P. Guardia Martinez

Immunotherapy: when to start?
H. Falcão

Specific immunotherapy in childhood asthma
A. Fiocchi

Preventive aspects of immunotherapy in children
A. Nieto Garcia

 

16,00-17,30
HOW TO INTERPRET THE “IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS
President: A. Vacca
Chairs: S. Gangemi

Biomarkers of allergy and asthma: from bench to badside
E. Pace

Basophil activation test in allergy diagnosis
M.L. Sanz Larruga

Microarrays in allergy diagnosis
F. Inacio

17,45-19,15
ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN CHILDREN
President: M. Morais Almeida
Chairs: M. Duse, S. Nevot Falco

Epidemiology of Rhinitis in children
M.D. Ibañez Sandin

From rhinitis to asthma
G. Rossi

Rhinosinusitis in children
C. Nunes

 

17,45-19,15
HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA
President: G. Castel Branco
Chairs: O. Rossi, C. López Serrano

Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
of Hereditary angioedema

T. Caballero

Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis of C1 inhibitor deficiency
R. Perricone

Treatment of Hereditary angioedema
M. Cicardi
 
For further information please contact:
AIM Group Florence Office -
Viale G. Mazzini, 70 - 50132 Florence • Italy
Ph. + 39 055 23388.1 - Fax +39 055 2480246 - seas2010@aimgroup.it