X WORLD ASTHMA, ALLERGY & COPD FORUM New York, USA April 28 – May 1, 2017

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONGRESS VENUE The New York Hilton Midtown Hotel is the Headquarters of the X WORLD ASTHMA, ALLERGY & COPD FORUM. Address: 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10019, USA.

DATES LANGUAGE April 28 – May 1, 2017 The official language of the Congress is English.

REGISTRATION The registration desk will open in the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel: Madison (2nd Floor) April 28, 14.00 – 20.00 Beekman April 29, 09.00 – 16.00 April 30, 10.00 – 16.00 May 1, 10.00 – 14.00

NAME BADGES All Congress participants, official guests, accompanying persons are kindly requested to wear their name badges for the participation in all scientific sessions and social events of the Congress.

OPENING CEREMONY The Opening Ceremony of the X World Asthma, Allergy & COPD Forum will be held in the Sutton Complex (2nd floor), New York Hilton Midtown Hotel on April 29, at 10.00 a.m. Admission by name badges.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS Oral presentations last up to 20 min in plenary sessions and symposia. Keynote and memorial lectures last up to 45 min including question.

PPT PRESENTATIONS AND SLIDES Power Point Presentations (on CD or flash) should be handed to the representative of the Congress Secretariat in advance but not later than 15 min prior to the start of the session.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS All posters should be displayed in the Beekman Room (2nd floor), New York Hilton Midtown Hotel according to the Congress Program on April 29 and 30. Presenters are requested to attend their poster site from 12.00 through 12.30 on April 29 and from 11.00 through 11.30 on April 30. The poster size is 75×120 cm.

CME CREDITS The X WORLD ASTHMA, ALLERGY & COPD FORUM—the Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity—will receive accreditation from EBAP (European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology). European accreditation is granted by EACCME, EBAACI, and EBAP following the EACCME standards (D9908) in order to allow participants to validate the credits obtained at this activity in their home countries. Following evaluation, the X WORLD ASTHMA, ALLERGY & COPD FORUM will be accredited by EBAP for 18 European CME credits covering the whole program. X WORLD ASTHMA, ALLERGY & COPD FORUM New York, USA April 28 – May 1, 2017

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

14.00 – 20.00 Registration Desk Open New York Hilton Hotel, Madison (2nd Floor)

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

09.00 – 16.00 Registration Desk Open (New York Hilton Hotel, Beekman Room)

10.00 – 10.30 OPENING CEREMONY (Sutton Complex) CHAIRMEN: Revaz Sepiashvili, Mario Sanchez-Borges, Walter Canonica, Allen Kaplan, Bryan Martin

10.30 – 11.15 CARLOS BAENA-CAGNANI KEYNOTE LECTURE (Sutton Complex) MODERATORS: Bryan Martin, Revaz Sepiashvili LECTURER: Allen Kaplan

11.15 – 12.00 CLEMENS VON PIRQUET KEYNOTE LECTURE (Sutton Complex) MODERATORS: Sami Bahna, Dana Wallace LECTURER: Redolf Valenta

12.00 – 12.30 COFFEE BREAK

12.30 – 13.15 WILLIAM FRANKLAND KEYNOTE LECTURE (Sutton Complex) MODERATORS: Allen Kaplan, Giovanni Passalacqua LECTURER: Ronald Dahl

13.15 – 14.00 PAUL EHRLICH KEYNOTE LECTURE (Sutton Complex) MODERATORS: Ronald Dahl, Rudolf Valenta LECTURER: Sami Bahna

14.00 – 14.45 LUNCH TIME

14.45 – 16.30 PLENARY SESSION (Sutton Complex) CHAIRMEN: Ronald Dahl, Bryan Martin, Giovanni Passalacqua

16.30 – 18.45 PLENARY SESSION (Sutton Complex) CHAIRMEN: Kamal Maurice Hanna, Ketevan Nemsadze, Todor Popov, Dana Wallace

10.00 – 17.00 POSTER SESSION (Congress Hall) MODERATORS: Tinatin Chikovani, Todor Popov

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SUNDAY, APRIL 30

09.00 – 16.00 Registration Desk Open (New York Hilton Hotel, Beekman Room)

09.30 – 10.15 ROMAIN POWELS KEYNOTE LECTURE (Sutton Complex) MODERATORS: Allen Kaplan, Revaz Sepiashvili, Rudolf Valenta LECTURER: Walter Canonica

10.15 – 11.00 KEYNOTE LECTURE (Sutton Complex) MODERATORS: Sami Bahna, Walter Canonica, Stanley Fineman LECTURER: Allen Kaplan

11.00 – 11.30 COFFEE BREAK

11.30 – 13.30 PLENARY SESSION (Sutton Complex) CHAIRMEN: Sami Bahna, Walter Canonica, Stanley Fineman, Rudolf Valenta

13.30 – 14.15 LUNCH TIME

14.15 – 16.00 PLENARY SESSION (Sutton Complex) CHAIRMEN: Tinatin Chikovani, Bogdan Petrunov, Winfried Pickl, Elias Toubi

16.00 – 17.15 PLENARY SESSION (Sutton Complex) CHAIRMEN: Tinatin Chikovani, Sergey Deyev

17.15 – 19.00 PLENARY SESSION (Sutton Complex) CHAIRMEN: Raffaela Campana, Nunu Mitskevich, Todor Popov

10.00 – 17.00 POSTER SESSION (Sutton Complex) MODERATORS: Lala Allakhverdieva, Roman Khanferyan, Nunu Mitskevich

20.00 PRESIDENTIAL DINNER ADMISSION BY INVITATIONS ONLY

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MONDAY, MAY 1

09.00 – 16.00 Registration Desk Open (New York Hilton Hotel, Beekman Room)

09.30 – 10.15 WAO PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE (Sutton Complex) MODERATORS: Manana Chikhladze, Lanny Rosenwasser LECTURER: Mario Sánchez Borges

10.15 – 11.00 LEONARD NOON AND JOHN FREEMAN KEYNOTE LECTURE (Sutton Complex) MODERATORS: Ignacio Ansotegui, Mario Sánchez Borges, Revaz Sepiashvili LECTURER: Lanny Rosenwasser

11.00 – 11.45 ALAIN DE WECK KEYNOTE LECTURE (Sutton Complex) MODERATORS: Bryan Martin, Mario Sánchez Borges LECTURER: Ignacio Ansotegui

11.45 – 12.15 COFFEE BREAK

12.15 – 14.15 PLENARY SESSION (Sutton Complex) CHAIRMEN: Ignacio Ansotegui, Manana Chikhladze, Gennaro D’Amato, Lanny Rosenwasser

14.15 – 15.00 LUNCH TIME

15.00 – 17.30 SYMPOSIUM “Promoting Asthma Self Management: Strategies to Improve Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes” (Sutton Complex) CHAIR: Mary Cataletto

17.30 – 18.00 CLOSING CEREMONY. HANDLING OF AWARDS TO THE AUTHORS OF BEST POSTER PRESENTATIONS (Main Congress Hall) CHAIRMEN: Revaz Sepiashvili, Walter Canonica, Allen Kaplan

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Friday, April 28, 14.00 – 19.00 New York Hilton Hotel, Madison (2nd Floor) REGISTRATION DESK OPEN

Saturday, April 29, 10.00 – 10.30 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex OPENING CEREMONY Revaz Sepiashvili Congress President, Program Committee Co-Chairman President, World Immunopathology Organization

Mario Sánchez Borges President, World Allergy Organization (WAO)

Walter Canonica Program Committee Co-Chairman President, INTERASMA (International Association of Asthmology)

Allen Kaplan Program Committee Co-Chairman

Bryan Martin Past President, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

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Saturday, April 29, 10,30 – 11.15 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex

CARLOS BAENA-CAGNANI KEYNOTE LECTURE Moderators: Bryan Martin Revaz Sepiashvili

Allen P. Kaplan Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C. USA The kinin system in anaphylaxis, angioedema, and urticaria

Saturday, April 29, 11.15 – 12.00 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex

CLEMENS VON PIRQUET KEYNOTE LECTURE Moderators: Sami Bahna Dana Wallace

Rudolf Valenta Department of Pathophysiology, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria Towards preventive medical examination for allergy

Saturday, April 29, 12.30 – 13.15 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex

WILLIAM FRANKLAND KEYNOTE LECTURE Moderators: Allen Kaplan Giovanni Passalcacua

Ronald Dahl Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Denmark Asthma control – the goal of treatment

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Saturday, April 29, 13.15 – 14.00 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex

PAUL EHRLICH KEYNOTE LECTURE Moderators: Ronald Dahl Rudolf Valenta

Sami Bahna Allergy & Immunology Section, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA The respiratory tract as a target for food allergy

Saturday, April 29, 14.45 – 16.30 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex PLENARY SESSION Chairmen: Ronald Dahl Bryan Martin Giovanni Passalacqua

Ronald Dahl GSK, Brentford, Middlesex, UK Inhaled Therapy – a complex interaction of chemical/physical properties, design and patient factors Bryan L. Martin The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA Disparities in Asthma Care: Where you live matters Giovanni Passalacqua Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, IRCCS San Martino-IST-University of Genoa, Italy Practical aspects of allergen immunotherapy Diego Bagnasco, Matteo Ferrando, Giovanni Passalacqua Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, IRCCS San Martino-IST-University of Genoa, Italy Unmet needs and unsolved questions in allergen immunotherapy Bogdan Petrunov, G. Nikolov, M. Hristova, R. Hristova, Y. Kandova National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Department of Immunology and Allergology, Sofia, Bulgaria Chemically modified allergens-allergoids in specific immunotherapy of respiratory allergy

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Saturday, April 29, 16.30 – 18.45 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex PLENARY SESSION Chairmen: Kamal Maurice Hanna Ketevan Nemsadze Todor Popov Dana Wallace

Dana V. Wallace Florida Center for Allergy and Asthma Care, Fort Lauderdale, USA Recognizing the phenotypes of atopic dermatitis Kamal Maurice Hanna Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Urticaria: Nomenclature and management update Todor A. Popov Clinical Centre of Allergology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria Methyl-cellulose: gate keeper of the airways, augmenting also local treatment Winfried Pickl Institute of Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria Non-allergenic virus-like nanoparticles created by targeting of major allergens to the inner leaflet of viral envelopes selectively target T cells Ketevan Nemsadze Tbilisi, Georgia Association of maternal selenium intake in pregnancy and wheezing illnesses in children at one of age Roman Khanferyan Federal Research Center of Nutrition and Biotechnology, Moscow, Russia Histaminergic regulation of allergic inflammation and IgE synthesis

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Saturday, April 29, 10.00 – 17.00 New York Hilton Hotel Sutton Complex POSTER SESSION Moderators: Tinatin Chikovani Todor Popov

Ana Isabel Garcia Onieva, Stefania Soldarini, Vicente Roig Figueroa, Agueda Herrero Perez, Enrique Macias Fernandez, Ana Maria Andres Porras, Claudia Iglesias Perez, Blanca De vega Sanchez, Isabel Ramos Cancelo, David Vielba Dueñas, Irene Alaejos Pascua, Beatriz Carton Sanchez, Ignacio Lobato Astiarraga, Carlos Disdier Vicente Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid, Spain Effectiveness of endothelin receptor antagonist in patients with COPD and disproportionate pulmonary hypertension Petra Jacobson1, Mikael Forsgren2,3,4, Apostolos Sioutas1, Magnus Kentson5, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard3,4,6, Peter Lundberg3,4, Hans Lennart Persson1 1Departments of Pulmonary Medicine and Medical and Health Sciences (IMH), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 2Wolfram MathCore AB, Linköping, Sweden; 3Centre for Medical Image Science and Visualization, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 4Departments of Radiation Physics and Medical and Health Sciences (IMH), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 5Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ryhov Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden; 6Advanced MR Analytics (AMRA) AB, Linköping, Sweden Muscle metabolism, systemic inflammation and vitamin D status of COPD patients: preliminary results of a Swedish cohort Sally Rhead, Georgina Keogh, Nicky Coote Imperial Healthcare Trust, London, UK An audit reviewing paediatric asthma follow up and education in an urgent care centre – are we adhering to the guidelines? Konstantinos Petalas, Dimitrios Vourdas Allergology Department, 251 Air Force Hospital, Athens, Greece Asthma exacerbations seasonal variation in two perennial phenotypes during twenty years (1997- 2016): House dust mite monosensitized and non atopic patients N.A. Alekperova, L.I. Allakhverdiyeva Azerbaijan State Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan Sublingual allergen-specific immunotherapy in children with allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma Naseem Mohamed Ibrahim UAE Ministry of Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Asthma audit in primary health care Cilia Mejia-Lancheros, John Mehegan, Celine Murrin, Cecily Kelleher for the Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study Group UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, Belfield, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Grand-parental factors associated with grand-children’s asthma status in early childhood: Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study, Republic of Ireland Ella Mi1, Emma Mi1, Silvia Mendonca2, Carole Gardener2, Morag Farquhar2,3 1School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; 2Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK; 3School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Is the psychological health of patients and carers related in advanced COPD?

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Enrique Javier Soto Hurtado, Patricia Gutiérrez Castaño, Francisco Páez Codeso, Antonio Dorado Galindo, María del Pilar Pérez Soriano, Jose Luis de la Cruz Ríos Neumology Service, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain Our experience in the endoscopic treatment of haemoptysis Enrique Javier Soto Hurtado, Patricia Gutiérrez Castaño, Ana Muñoz Montiel, Manuel David Jiménez Fernández, Jose Luis De la Cruz Ríos Neumology Service, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Spain Functional preoperative assessment, therapeutic management and mortality at six months in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and potentially resectable lung cancer Enrique Javier Soto Hurtado, Patricia Gutiérrez Castaño, Julio Torres Jiménez, Gracia Eugenia González Angulo, Jose Luis De la Cruz Ríos Neumology Service, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain Benefits of home non-invasive mechanical ventilation on exacerbations in patients with severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Enrique Javier Soto Hurtado1, Maria Dolores Almenara Escribano2, Francisco Jose Jódar Morente2, Ester Marin Gámez3 1Neumology Service, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga. Málaga, Spain; 2Internal Medicine Service. Complejo Hospitalario Ciudad de Jaen, Jaén. Spain; 3Psiquiatry Service, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga. Málaga, Spain Study of prevalence of nutritional disorders and associated diseases in a cohort of hospitalized patients with chronic respiratory disease Enrique Javier Soto Hurtado1, Maria Jesus Gutiérrez Fernández2, Javier Castro Rodriguez2, Manuel David Jiménez Fernández1, Gracia Eugenia González Angulo1, M. Zaragoza Rascón3, J.M. González-Miret3 1Neumology Service, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; 2Microbiology Department, Laboratory Service, AGS Serrania de Málaga, Ronda, Málaga, Spain; 3Pharmacy Service. AGS Serrania de Málaga, Ronda, Málaga, Spain Changes in pattern of susceptibility of Pseudomona aeruginosa isolates from exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients Drosos Tsavlis, Anna Tzoumaka, Ioannis Megas, Anna Yakinthou Experimental Physiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece The use of omalizumab in the treatment of nasal polyps Simon Kitchen, Alasdair Edge, Rob Smith, Mike Murphy, Hazel Pinheiro, Marc van der Schee Owlstone Medical Ltd., Cambridge, UK ReCIVA: Reliable Collection of VOC Biomarkers in “Breath Biopsy” Samples

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Sunday, April 30, 9.30 – 10.15 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex

ROMAIN POWELS KEYNOTE LECTURE Moderators: Allen Kaplan Revaz Sepiashvili Rudolf Valenta

Giorgio Walter Canonica University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy A critical appraisal on biologics in severe asthma

Sunday, April 30, 10.15 – 11.00 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex

KEYNOTE LECTURE Moderator: Sami Bahna Walter Canonica Stanley Fineman

Allen P. Kaplan Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C. USA Omalizumab: Mechanisms of efficacy in asthma and urticaria

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Sunday, April 30, 11.30 – 13.30 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex PLENARY SESSION Chairmen: Sami Bahna Stanley Fineman Walter Canonica Rudolf Valenta

Giorgio Walter Canonica University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy Adherence to treatment in allergy & respiratory disease: Still far to be reached? Bryan L. Martin The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA ACOS and COPD in the Allergist’s Office Sami Bahna Allergy & Immunology Section, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA The respiratory tract as a route for food allergens Stanley Fineman Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic, Marietta, GA, USA Food allergy: What's on the horizon for treatment? Rudolf Valenta Department of Pathophysiology, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria Clinical results obtained with the recombinant grass pollen allergy vaccine BM32 Dana V. Wallace Florida Center for Allergy and Asthma Care, Fort Lauderdale, USA Diagnosing penicillin and cephalosporin allergy

Sunday, April 30, 14.15 – 16.00 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex PLENARY SESSION Chairmen: Tinatin Chikovani Winfried Pickl Bogdan Petrunov Elias Toubi

Winfried Pickl Institute of Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria Importance of regulatory T cells for prevention and therapy of allergy Bogdan Petrunov National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Department of Immunology and Allergology, Sofia, Bulgaria Probiotics and allergy Elias Toubi Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel Killer B cells: Players in the field of immune regulation Roman Khanferyan Federal Research Center of Nutrition and Biotechnology, Moscow, Russia Cytokines/chemokines and growth factors synthesis in endurance sport Yulia Dorofeeva Department of Pathophysiology, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria Clinical cases revealed with micro-arrayed allergen molecules

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Sunday, April 30, 16.00 – 17.15 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex PLENARY SESSION Chairmen: Tinatin Chikovani Sergey Deyev

S.M. Deyev M.M. Shemyakin and Yu. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia Immunophysiology of cancer. An overview of new generation of visualizing and cytotoxic agents Tinatin Chikovani Immunology Department, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia Changes in T cell immunity after treatment with radiofrequency ablation in liver cancer Nunu Mitskevich1, Tamar Tsertsvadze1, Kakha Mchedlishvili1, Georgi Guruli2 1Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia; 2Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA Epigenetic induction of adaptive immune response and immunomodulation in mouse prostate cancer model

Sunday, April 30, 17.15 – 19.00 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex PLENARY SESSION Chairmen: Raffaela Campana Nunu Mitskevich Todor Popov

Todor A. Popov Clinical Centre of Allergology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria How far down the airways does the response to inflammatory triggers reach? Raffaela Campana Department of Pathophysiology, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria Immune responses in non-allergic subjects vaccinated with recombinant hypoallergenic fragments of the major birch pollen allergen, Bet v 1 Yulia Dorofeeva Department of Pathophysiology, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria Expression and characterization of a recombinant wild-type-like version of the major Parietaria allergen, Par j 2 Raffaela Campana Department of Pathophysiology, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria Immunotherapy with the recombinant B cell epitope-derived grass pollen allergy vaccine BM32 induces long-term protection Akio Mori1, Satoshi Kouyama1, Miyako Yamaguchi1, Akemi Ohtomo-Abe1, Yuto Nakamura1, Yasuhiro Tomita1, Yuto Hamada1, Yosuke Kamide1, Hiroaki Hayashi1, Kentaro Watai1, Chihiro Mitsui1, Kiyoshi Sekiya1, Takahiro Tsuburai1, Yuma Fukutomi1, Masami Taniguchi1, Takayuki Ohtomo2, and Osamu Kaminuma3 1National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara National Hospital, Clinical Research Center, Sagamihara, Japan, 2Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Tokyo, Japan, 3The Center for Life Science Research, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Japan T cell-induced bronchoconstriction in mice and human

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Sunday, April 30, 10.00 – 17.00 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex POSTER SESSION Moderators: Lala Alakhverdieva Roman Khanferyan Nunu Mitskevich

Akanksha Sharma, Niharika Sharma, Prem L Bhalla and Mohan B Singh Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia Comparative genomics of grass pollen allergens N.A. Ryabchikova1, L.V. Bez1, L.A. Chigaleichik2, E.V. Damyanovich2, B.Kh. Bazyan2 1M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University; 2Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia Saccadic eyes movements in patients with Parkinson's disease untreated V.I. Gagarin, N.G. Dmitrieva, L.N. Burnashova Yakutsk Medical College, Yakutsk, Russia Diabetes mellitus in ecologically unfavourable regions of Republic Sakha (Yakuthia) Enrique Javier Soto Hurtado1, Maria Jesus Gutiérrez Fernández2, Javier Castro Rodriguez2, Patricia Gutiérrez Castaño1, María del Pilar Pérez Soriano1, M. Zaragoza Rascón3, J.M. González-Miret3 1Neumology Service, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; 2Microbiology Department, Laboratory Service, AGS Serrania de Málaga, Ronda, Málaga, Spain; 3Pharmacy Service, AGS Serrania de Málaga, Ronda, Málaga, Spain Methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates collected from Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease patients with respiratory infection: prevalence and associated factors to infection Enrique Javier Soto Hurtado, Marcos García Rueda, Francisco Páez Codeso, Julio Torres Jiménez, Jose Luís de la Cruz Rios Neumology Service, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain Health related quality of life in smoking patients with mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (GOLD 1 stage) Enrique Javier Soto Hurtado1, Maria Jesus Gutiérrez Fernández2, Javier Castro Rodriguez2, M. Zaragoza Rascón3, J.M. González-Miret3 1Neumology Service, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; 2Microbiology Department, Laboratory Service, AGS Serrania de Málaga, Ronda, Málaga, Spain; 3Pharmacy Service, AGS Serrania de Málaga, Ronda, Málaga, Spain Lower respiratory tract infections and espectrum betalactamase resistant microorganisms Enrique Javier Soto Hurtado1, Maria Jesus Gutiérrez Fernández2, Javier Castro Rodríguez2, M. Zaragoza Rascón3, J.M. González-Miret3 1Neumology Service. Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; 2Microbiology Department, Laboratory Service, AGS Serrania de Málaga, Ronda, Málaga, Spain; 3Pharmacy Service, AGS Serrania de Málaga, Ronda, Málaga, Spain Antimicrobial consumption and antibacterial resistance profile in isolates from patients with Respiratory infections in Intensive Care Unit. Are there parallel changes? Djoufack N Doriane1, Okomo Assoumou2, Guiedem Elise3, Mesembe M3, Eyoh A3, Lyonga E3, George M. Ikomey3 1Catholic University of Central Africa; 2,3University of Yaounde I, Cameroun Faculty of Medecine and Biomedical Sciences Role of T lymphocytes, Interleukine 6 and some risk factors in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease in Yaounde, Cameroun

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Monday, May 1, 9.30 – 10.15 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex WAO PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE Moderators: Manana Chikhladze Lanny Rosenwasser

Mario Sánchez Borges The Allergy and Immunology Department, Centro Médico- Docente La Trinidad and Clínica El Avila, Caracas, Venezuela Clinical and laboratory markers in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria

Monday, May 1, 10.15 – 11.00 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex LEONARD NOON AND JOHN FREEMAN KEYNOTE LECTURE Moderators: Ignacio Ansotegui Mario Sánchez Borges Revaz Sepiashvili

Lanny Rosenwasser Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric Immunology Research, Allergy-Immunology Division, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, USA Severe asthma: Use of biotherapeutics

Monday, May 1, 11.00 – 11.45 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex

ALAIN DE WECK KEYNOTE LECTURE Moderators: Bryan Martin Mario Sánchez Borges

Ignacio J. Ansotegui Department of Allergy & Immunology, Hospital Quirón Bizkaia, Erandio, Spain The allergy epidemic. Where we are?

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Monday, May 1, 12.15 – 14.15 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex PLENARY SESSION Chairmen: Ignacio Ansotegui Gennaro D’Amato Manana Chikhladze Lanny Rosenwasser Lanny J. Rosenwasser University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, USA Obesity and asthma: Cytokines and adipokines Gennaro D'Amato Division of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Department of Chest Diseases High Speciality A. Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli Italy Thunderstorm-related asthma attacks Ignacio J. Ansotegui Department of Allergy & Immunology, Hospital Quirón Bizkaia, Erandio, Spain Update on allergy diagnosis Kamal Maurice Hanna Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Angioedema: Enigmatic cases Elias Toubi Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel Episodes of urticaria during seasonal bronchial asthma Gennaro D'Amato Division of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Department of Chest Diseases High Speciality A. Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli Italy Climate change, air pollution and atopic respiratory diseases

Monday, May 1, 15.00 – 17.30 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex SYMPOSIUM: PROMOTING ASTHMA SELF MANAGEMENT: STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ATTITUDES Chair: Mary Cataletto Mary Cataletto SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA Shared goals and shared responsibilities Margaret J. McCormick Towson University, Towson, MD, USA Preparing the workforce for the Changing Practice Environment Anne Little Asthma Coalition of Long Island, American Lung Association of the Northeast, Hauppauge, NY, USA Creating sustainable community programs Claudia Guglielmo Asthma Coalition of Queens, American Lung Association of the Northeast, Hauppauge, NY, USA Developing effective patient education materials Shahidul Islam Winthrop University Hospital, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA Overview of biostatistics in health outcomes research Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers

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Monday, May 1, 17.30 – 18.00 New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Complex CLOSING CEREMONY. HANDLING OF AWARDS TO THE AUTHORS OF BEST POSTER PRESENTATIONS Revaz Sepiashvili Congress President, Program Committee Co-Chairman President, World Immunopathology Organization

Allen Kaplan Program Committee Co-Chairman

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