POSTGRADUATE COURSE FOR ALLERGOLOGISTS / CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGISTS WITH FMH-TITLE AND TITLE CANDIDATES 17 th Course: Allergy and Immunology Update (AIU) Weekend January 23 nd to 25 th, 2015 Grindelwald, Hotel Sunstar and Gemeindesaal PROGRAM Scientific Organization François Spertini & Camillo Ribi Administration friedevents Zurich Language English
Sponsors / Exhibitors We thank following sponsors and exhibitors for their generous support: Actelion Pharma Schweiz AG ALK-Abellò SA Allergopharma AG Baxter AG Biotest (Schweiz) AG CSL Behring AG GlaxoSmithKline AG MEDA Pharma GmbH Menarini AG Mundipharma Medical Company Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG Octapharma AG Phadia AG/Thermo Fisher Scientific Stallergenes AG Shire Pharmaceuticals Ltd Teomed AG
PROGRAM FRIDAY, 23.1.2015 12h30 19h00 Registration and all Symposia at Gemeindesaal, Grindelwald Professional politics will be held at the Gemeindesaal, Grindelwald 13h30 14h45 Professional politics Louis-François Debétaz, Allergycheck in drugstores: New data Cyrille Francillon, Yverdon-les-Bains Position and action of SSAI against controversial diagnostic methods in food allergy Position of SSAI regarding complementary medicine and education credits Decision of the parliament on O. Feller s initiative / interpellation by National Councillor I. Moret Federal politics: J. Stahl s initiative Tarif : new position 00.0015 for GP s Reduction of TP value for the specialists Massimiliano Fontana, Lugano Madeleine Bauer, Olten Louis-François Debétaz, Louis-François Debétaz, Louis-François Debétaz,
15h00 Opening of the 17 th Course: Allergy and Immunology Update (AIU) François Spertini, 15h05-17h00 Symposium I: Mucosal and Cutaneous Immunology Chair: Philippe Eigenmann, Geneva 15h05-15h40 Microbiota and its role in allergy and asthma Benjamin Marsland, 15h40-16h15 Immunology taught by psoriasis Onur Boyman, Zurich 16h15-17h00 17h00 17h30 Pro-Con: should allergen be avoided in eosinophilic esophagitis Intermission: Lobby Hotel Sunstar Hotel Pro: Joël Duc, Sion; Con: Alain Schoepfer, 17h30-19h15 Symposium II: Clinical Immunology Chair: Jörg Seebach, Geneva 17h30-18h05 What can we learn from SLE pathophysiology to improve practice and therapy Denis Comte, Boston (USA) 18h05-18h40 Primary immune deficiencies: gene therapy Fabio Candotti, 18h40-19h15 19h15 19h30 20h00 ANCA associated vasculitis: what s new in classification and therapy? End of Symposium II Reception: Lobby Hotel Sunstar Dinner: Hotel Sunstar Alfred Mahr, Paris (F)
PROGRAM SATURDAY, 24.1.2015 Saturday morning 08h30-10h50 Symposium III: Allergy, Asthma & Immunotherapy Chair: Peter Schmid- Grendelmeier, Zurich 08h30-09h05 Allergen Immunotherapy: novel developments and regulatory aspects Stefan Vieths, Langen (D) 09h05-09h40 Allergic asthma : allergen reduction or immunotherapy? Frédéric de Blay, Strasbourg (F) 09h40-10h15 Severe asthma and its therapy: what is coming next? Renaud Louis, Liège (B) 10h15-10h50 10h50-11h30 Gluten enteropathy: coeliac or non coeliac that is the question Coffee and sandwich lunch: Lobby Hotel Sunstar Detlef Schuppan, Mainz (D) Saturday afternoon 12h00-13h00 13h00-16h00 Allergy Foundation Ulrich Müller-Gierok Presentation with authors Allergy Foundation Ulrich Müller-Gierok Poster Viewing (please see last page) Chair: Ulrich Müller-Gierok, Berne Workshops will be held at the Conference Center, Hotel Sunstar 16h00-18h00 Workshops I (all workshops of approximately 50 minutes each are given twice) Workshop 1: Allergy to beta-lactam and family Denis Comte, Boston (USA) Workshop 2: Practical approach of capillaroscopy Michèle Depairon, Guillaume Buss, Workshop 3: Skin manifestation of systemic diseases Anne-Karine Lapointe, Julie Di Lucca, Workshop 4: Practical rhinoscopy: what allergologists Kaspar Strub, Kristina Strub, should know Basle
18h00-18h30 Intermission: Lobby Hotel Sunstar The special guest talk will be held at the Conference Center, Hotel Sunstar 18h30-19h15 Special lecture Chair: Andreas Bircher, Basle 18h30-19h15 Tuberculosis vaccine: why such a difficult quest? Steffen Stenger, Ulm (D) 19h20 Presentation Allergy Prize 2014 Ulrich Müller-Gierok Allergy Foundation Ulrich Müller-Gierok, Berne ca. 19h45 ca. 20h15 Reception: Lobby Hotel Sunstar Dinner: Hotel Sunstar
PROGRAM SUNDAY, 25.1.2015 Sunday morning Workshops will be held at the Conference Center, Hotel Sunstar 08h30-10h15 Symposium IV Systemic sclerosis and its complications Chair: Werner Pichler, Berne 08h30-09h05 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: hopes at the end? Romain Lazor, 09h05-09h40 The vasculopathy of scleroderma Ingo H. Tarner, Bad Neuheim (D) 09h40-10h15 Systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension and its treatment Marc Humbert, Paris (F) 10h15-10h45 Intermission: Lobby Hotel Sunstar 10h50-12h50 Workshops II (all workshops of approximately 50 minutes each are given twice, workshop 8 will be held only once) Workshop 5: Workshop 6: Diagnostic work up in food allergic children: how to test, when to challenge? Anti-phospholipid antibodies: when to start, when to stop anticoagulation? Samuel Röthlisberger, Camillo Ribi, Workshop 7: Green light to the red eye Yan Guex-Crosier, Workshop 8: Allergy Foundation Ulrich Müller-Gierok Poster discussion Chairmen: Ulrich Müller-Gierok / Werner Pichler, Berne 12h50-13h00 End of the meeting Collection of evaluations Leisure and departure
Posters: 1. Short chain fatty acid (SCFA) G Protein coupled receptor (GPCR) interactions as central regulators of of innate immune deviation in obese asthma patients. O Mahony L, Akdis C, SIAF Davos. 2. The Mannitol Bronchial Challenge Test in the Diagnosis of Asthma. Miedinger D, Kernen Ph, University of Basel. 3. Basophil activation as a novel approach in chronic urticaria diagnosis. Hausmann Oliver, Pecaric-Petkovic T, Pichler W, ADR AC and University of Bern. 4. Tree nuts allergies: Does a single nut allergy necessitate the dietary eviction of all tree nuts? Eigenmann Philippe, Wassenberg J, Unité d allergologie pédiatrique, HUG Genève. 5. Influence of allergies on angioedema attacks in patients with hereditary angioedema. Steiner U, Helbling A, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Spitalnetz Bern, University of Zürich, Haematology Kantonsspital Luzern. 6. CCDs and Hymenoptera venom specific IgE-antibodies in patients with pollen allergy. Bergmann K, Helbling A, Spitalnetz Bern. 7. Involvement of T-cells in drug induced agranulocytosis. Wendland T, Pichler W, University of Bern.