ISAF 2012

07:30 – 09:00

09:00 – 09:10

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09:10 – 09:30
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10:30 – 12:00


12:00 – 13:00

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13:00 – 13:25
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14:30 – 15:30


15:30 – 17:30






17:30 – 19:00

Registration

Welcome

How to define severe asthma, from confusion to real life patients
Moderators: Jan Lötvall and Adnan Custovic
Diagnosis and definition of severe refractory asthma - Elisabeth Bel
Epidemiology - severe asthma is more common than the experts think - Jan Lötvall
Defining and understanding severe asthma from the GP perspective - Dermot Ryan
General Discussion: “How can we sort out the terminology”

Poster discussions / Coffee
Moderators: Stefano del Giacco and Adnan Custovic

Lunch

The severe asthma patients that are difficult to treat
Moderators: Salman Siddiqui and Svetlana Sergejeva
Clusters and biomarkers of severe asthma - Salman Siddiqui
Difficult to control severe asthma - Fan Chung
Causes of asthma exacerbations in young children - Hans Bisgaard
General Discussion: “How can we understand the diversity of severe asthma”

Poster discussions / Coffee
Moderators: Jan Lötvall and Bo Lundbäck

Oral Abstract Session
Moderators: Ömer Kalayci and Madeleine Rädinger

• Opening lecture: Obscure signs and symptoms of Severe Asthma - Maciej Kupczyk
• Oral abstracts presentations

Welcome Reception at the Wallenberg Conference Centre

09:00 – 10:30

09:00 – 09:25
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09:50 – 10:15
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10:30 – 12:00


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16:00 – 16:30
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17:00 – 17:30

Severe asthma in young ages
Moderators: Göran Wennergren and Stefano Del Giacco
Severe asthma in children - Sejal Seglani
Clusters of allergic disease in children - Adnan Custovic
Managing severe asthma in children - Gunilla Hedlin
General Discussion: “Can we stop progression of severe asthma in children”

Poster discussions / Coffee
Moderators: Ali Fuat Kalyoncu and Svetlana Sergejeva

Lunch

Oral Abstract Session
Moderators: Teet Pullerits and Anders Bjerg

• Opening lecture: Similarities and differences of Asthma and COPD – do these diseases overlap - Giovanni Viegi
• Oral abstracts presentations

Poster discussions / Coffee
Moderators: Ömer Kalayci and Göran Wennergren

Keynote Lectures
Moderators: Adnan Custovic and Jan Lötvall
Molecular Mechanisms of severe allergic asthma - Cezmi Akdis
Identifying new biological treatments to target molecular mechanisms of severe asthma - Leonardo Fabbri

Pro & Con: Managing asthma of all severities now and in the future - Is the step-wise approach coming to an end? - Jan Lötvall and Adnan Custovic

09:00 – 11:00

09:00 – 09:25
09:25 – 09:50
09:50 – 10:15
10:15 – 10:35

10:35 – 11:00


11:00 - 11:30

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12:10 – 12:20
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12:30

Epidemiology and understanding of asthma exacerbations
Moderators: Mina Gaga and Bo Lundbäck
Epidemiology of asthma exacerbations - Bo Lundbäck
Infections in asthma exacerbations - Sebastian Johnston
Genetics of asthma and asthma exacerbations - John Holloway
Severe asthma: from characteristics to phenotypes to endotypes - Angela Simpson
General discussion: ”How does the term exacerbation relate to severe asthma?”

Coffee

The key outcome of the meeting: Collective definitions of Asthma Severity
Coordinators: Jan Lötvall and Adnan Custovic
Discussion of defining severe asthma based on symptoms - Kristiina Malmström
Discussion of defining asthma based on difficulty to treat - Ratko Djukanovic
Defining asthma exacerbations based on symptoms - Mina Gaga
Defining asthma exacerbations based on treatment choices - Fan Chung
Collective vote of how to define asthma severity   
EAACI Position on Severity of Asthma - Adnan Custovic

Departure