SATURDAY 19 FEBRUARY

08.30- 10.00

Plenary Session 3 - Hot Topics in the Treatment of Food Allergy
Room: A+B+C

Chairmen:
Cezmi Akdis, Switzerland
Massimo Triggiani, Italy

Immunotherapy of Food Allergy: what is effective?
Hugh Sampson, United States

New perspective from Immunological Pathways Underlying Food Induced Anaphylaxis
Manel Jordana, Canada

What is new in the Treatment of Eosinophilic Eosophagitis?
Amal Assa'ad, United States


10.00 - 10.30

Coffee Break


10.30-12.00

Main Symposium 6:  New Approaches in Prevention of Food Allergy
Room: A+B

Chairmen:
Susanne Halken, Denmark
Roberto Berni-Canani, Italy

Are Current Reccomendations really outdated? 
Susanne Halken, Denmark

Early exposure hypothesis: where are we now?
Gideon Lack, United Kingdom

Hypo-allergenic formulas: when, to whom and which one?
Antonella Muraro, Italy

Main Symposium 7: “Living with Food Allergies: Economic Cost and Impact on Quality of Life”
Room: D+E

Chairmen:
Laurie Harada, Canada
Roy Gerth van Wijk, The Netherlands

Inequalities in the economic and social cost of food allergy
Lynne Regent, United Kingdom

Impact of food avoidance on Quality of life for allergic patients
Johnathan Hourihane, Ireland

Benefits of effective diagnosis on impact of quality of life
Anthony DuBois, The Netherlands

Oral Session 7: Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis
Room: Casanova

Chairmen:
Victoria Cardona, Spain
Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo, United States

9 Oral Presentations 10 min (8 min presentation + 2 min discussion)

Abstracts O43-O51 will be presented.


12.00 - 13.00

Lunch

13.00-14.30  


Main Symposium 8:  Tolerance Induction Approaches
Room: A+B

Chairmen:
Kirsten Beyer, Germany
Domenico Schiavino, Italy

Whole Food or Processed Food or Mutated Recombinant protein?
Anna Nowak-Wegzryn, United States

Oral Tolerance Induction Protocols for treatment: an overview
Wesley Burks, United States

Applications of novel vaccines to Immotherapy of Food Allergy
Mübeccel Akdis, Switzerland

Main Symposium 9: Analysis of Allergens in Foods
Room: D+E

Chairmen:
Stefan Vieths, Germany
Charlotte Masden, Denmark

Current state-of-the-art for allergen immunoassays
Franz Ulberth, Belgium

Protein or no protein? Using PCR for detecting allergens in foods
Martin Röder, Germany

A brother’s grimm true story: the valiant little triple-quadrupole – 7 allergens in one blow
Bert Popping, Germany

14.30-15.00

Closing Ceremony
Room: A+B

Farewell Address and Award Ceremony