20th Anniversary Meeting Allergy and Immunology Update 2018 20 th Course: Allergy and Immunology Update (AIU) Friday 2 nd to Sunday 4 th February, 2018 Grindelwald, Hotel Sunstar and Gemeindesaal Program Scientific Organization Prof. Dr. med. Andreas J. Bircher PD Dr. med. Kathrin Scherer Hofmeier Prof. Dr. med. Mike Recher Basel Administration friedevents AG Zurich Language English
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P R O G R A M F R I D A Y, F e b r u a r y 2, 2 0 1 8 12h30-18h00 Registration at the Gemeindesaal, Grindelwald Professional policy and all symposia I and II are held at the Gemeindesaal Grindelwald 13h15 14h45 Professional politics Chair: Louis-François Debétaz, Lausanne 13h15-13h20 Introduction Louis-François Debétaz, Lausanne 13h20-14h10 CENSUS SSAI on demography, activities and satisfaction of Swiss immuno-allergologists: Cyrille Francillon, Yverdon-les-Bains Results and lessons Louis-François Debétaz, Lausanne 14h10-14h30 TARMED 2018: Introduction Practical implementation Louis-François Debétaz, Lausanne Christophe Weilenmann, Porrentruy
Update on alpha-gal-associated hypersensitivity Jörg Fischer, Tübingen/Germany 15h00 Opening of the 20 th Course: Allergy and Immunology Update (AIU) Andreas J. Bircher, Basel Symposium I: New aspects in hypersensitivity Jörg Seebach, Geneva Arthur Helbling, Berne 15h15-15h45 Nanoparticle delivery to immune cells in the lung Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Fribourg 15h45-16h15 Isothiazolinones a new contact allergen with many faces Olivier Aerts, Antwerp /Belgium 16h15-16h45 Update on alpha-gal-associated hypersensitivity Jörg Fischer, Tübingen/Germany 16h45-17h30 Intermission Hotel Sunstar 17h30-19h00 Symposium II: Immune dysfunction and autoimmunity Carlo Chizzolini, Geneva François Spertini, Lausanne 17h30-18h00 Monogenic causes of immune dysregulation Klaus Warnatz, Freiburg/Germany 18h00-18h30 Inflammation and the skin Michel Gilliet, Lausanne 18h30-19h00 Dermatologic clues in rheumatic diseases Peter Itin, Basel From 19h15 Flying Dinner Hotel Sunstar
P R O G R A M S A T U R D A Y, F e b r u a r y 3, 2018 The Saturday morning symposium III and IV are held at the Gemeindesaal, Grindelwald 08h15-09h45 Symposium III: Food hypersensitivity Philippe Eigenmann, Geneva Roger Lauener, Davos 08h15-08h45 Hidden and emerging food allergens Barbara Ballmer-Weber, St. Gallen/Zurich 08h45-09h15 Therapy in food allergy: new aspects Caroline Roduit, Zurich 09h15-09h45 New aspects in specific immunotherapy Mohamed Shamji, London / UK 09h45-10h00 Presentation Allergy Price 2017 Ulrich Müller-Gierok Allergy Foundation Ulrich Müller-Gierok, Berne 10h00-10h45 Intermission Hotel Sunstar 10h45-12h15 Symposium IV: Drug hypersensitivity Werner Pichler, Berne Thomas Harr, Geneva 10h45-11h15 Preclinical tests: organ-on-a-chip Thomas Singer, Basel 11h15-11h45 Cutaneous side effects from new anticancer drugs Peter Arne Gerber, Dusseldorf/Germany 11h45-12h15 In vitro tests in drug hypersensitivity Michael Ardern-Jones, Southampton/ UK 12h30-14h00 Me(a)t and Eat Hotel Sunstar
All Saturday afternoon workshops are held at the Conference Center, Hotel Sunstar. The special lecture will be held at the Gemeindesaal. 14h00-15h30 Workshops I: Each special workshop is given once (number of participants limited) registration binding 14h00-15h30 Workshop 1: New TARMED: How do I bill efficiently? Christophe Weilenmann, Porrentruy Nadja Galliker, Zurich 14h00-15h30 14h00-15h30 Workshop 2: Communication skills how do I tell my patient? Workshop 3: Nasal endoscopy course in and out only? Wolf Langewitz, Basel Dominik Harder, Chur 15h30-16h00 Intermission Hotel Sunstar 16h00-18h00 Workshops II and oral communications All workshops will last 50 minutes and are given twice with a short break, excepted workshop 4 which is given only once and will last 60 minutes 18h30 Workshop 4: Oral project communications Allergy Foundation Ulrich Müller-Gierok Workshop 5: FODMAP concept - practical aspects Workshop 6: Practical aspects of UV protection Workshop 7: Complement system in daily practice Workshop 8: Asthma and COPD therapy- choosing wisely Dinner Special Lecture: Castellum Immunologicum Special Event: Fabulae Allergologicae Ulrich Müller-Gierok, Berne Werner Pichler, Berne Caroline Kiss, Basel Christian Surber, Basel Marten Trendelenburg, Basel Jörg Leuppi, Liestal Gemeindesaal Grindelwald Andreas J. Bircher and Friends
P R O G R A M S U N D A Y, F e b r u a r y 4, 2 0 1 8 The Sunday morning workshops and the symposium V are held at the Conference Center, Hotel Sunstar 08h30-10h30 Workshops III: All workshops will take 50 minutes and are given twice with a short break Workshop 9: Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment (IVIGs) Workshop 10: Practical approach to vasculitis Workshop 11: Treatment of atopic dermatitis Workshop 12: Patch tests: practical aspects Hotel Sunstar Mike Recher, Basel Thomas Daikeler, Basel Ingmar Heijnen, Basel Martin Glatz, Zurich Vera Mahler, Erlangen/Germany 10h30-11h00 Intermission Hotel Sunstar 11h00-12h30 Symposium V: Skin and allergy Werner Aberer, Graz/Austria Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier, Zurich 11h00-11h30 Role of skin resident T memory cells in ACD Olivier Gaide, Lausanne 11h30-12h00 Pathogenesis of atopic eczema Stefanie Eyerich, Munich/Germany 12h00-12h30 The microbiome and allergic disorders Liam O Mahony, Davos & Zurich 12h30 Final discussion and closure Andreas J. Bircher, Basel 12h45 Departure Sandwiches will be offered 15 Credit Points are attributed for for the whole meeting