Scientific Programme
Sunday August 28
Registration from 8.15
09.00 – 09.10Introduction and welcomeHenk Hoogsteden (NL)
Asthma, nature or nurture
Chairmen: Gert-Jan Braunstahl and Roy Gerth van Wijk
09.10 – 09.40Epidemiologyof asthmaIsabelle Annesi (FR)
09.40 – 10.10Genetics of asthmaGerard Koppelman (NL)
10.10 – 10.40Asthma and psychological factorsSimon Rietveld (NL)
10.40 – 11.00Coffee-break
11.00 – 11.30Environment and asthmaHermelijn Smits (NL)
11.30 – 12.00Exercise-induced asthmaStefano del Giacco (IT)
12.00 – 12.30Infections and asthma Koen van der Sluijs (NL)
12.30 – 13.30Lunch break
Immunopathology of asthma
Chairmen: Henk Hoogsteden and Mark Larché
13.30 – 14.00Innate immunityBart Lambrecht (BE)
14.00 – 14.30Regulatory T-cellsCarsten Schmidt-Weber (CH)
14.30 – 15.00Neuro-immune interactionsUlrike Raap (DE)
15.00 – 15.30Tea-break
15.30 – 16.00Mast cellsPeter Bradding (UK)
16.00 – 16.30EosinophilsJan Lötvall (SE)
Monday August 29
How should we assess and monitor asthma?
Chairmen: Ioana Agache and Jan Lötvall
09.00 – 09.30Bronchial hyperreactivityPeter Sterk (NL)
09.30 – 10.00Sputum inductionTed Popov (BU)
10.00 – 10.30NO-measurementLieven Du Pont (BE)
10.30 – 11.00Coffee-break
11.00 – 11.30Small airways diseaseEdward Dompeling (NL)
11.30 – 12.00Airway remodellingJean Bousquet (FR)
12.00 – 12.30Work-related asthmaPavel Gorsky (PL)
in health care professionals
12.30 – 13.30Lunch break
Afternoon
Social programme
Tuesday August 30
Evidence Based Medicine in airway disease
Chairmen: Roy Gerth van Wijk and Pavel Gorski
09.00 – 09.30GINALiesbeth Bel (NL)
09.30 – 10.00ARIAGert-Jan Braunstahl (NL)
10.00 – 10.30GOLDHuib Kerstjens (NL)
10.30 – 11.00Coffee-break
11.00 – 11.30GARDJean Bousquet (FR)
11.30 – 14.0010 - 15 parallel interactive sessions in which the students can present their own work, data, posters, slide presentations and manuscripts for discussion. Lunch will be served and all available faculty will participate in the sessions
Workshops
14.00 – 17.00 Topics:Short introduction and chair
- Animal models in asthma and allergyPeter Hellings (BE)
+ Visit to Animal LabJoost Hegmans (NL)
- Immunopathology of asthmaand allergyGuy Joos (BE)
+ Visit to Science lab EMCRBart Lambrecht (NL)
- Diagnostic approaches in asthmaJoaquin Sastre (ES)
+ Visit to Lung function labHenk Stam (NL)
- Asthma and allergy in the clinicIoana Agache (RO)
+ Visit to Allergology ClinicRoy Gerth van Wijk (NL)
Wednesday August 31
Asthma therapy and failure
Chairmen: Ted Popov and Gert-Jan Braunstahl
Joint symposium with Dutch Asthma Foundation
9.00 – 9.30Basic mechanisms of actionKlaus Rabe (NL)
of Corticosteroids, B2-agonists and LTRA
9.30 – 10.00Difficult asthmaAnneke ten Brinke (NL)
10.00 – 10.30Asthma exacerbationsJan Lötvall (SE)
10.30 – 11.00Coffee-break
11.00 – 11.30Allergen avoidanceRoy Gerth van Wijk (NL)
11.30 – 12.00Peptide immunotherapyMark Larché (UK)
12.00 – 12.30New asthma therapies Bart Lambrecht (NL)
12.30 – 13.00News about Ga2LENJan Lötvall (SE)
13.00 – 14.00Lunch break
Early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of asthma and allergy in children
Chairmen: Bart Lambrecht and Annelies Jacobs
Joint symposium with Dutch Asthma Foundation
14.00 – 14.30Predicting asthma in childrenPatrick Bindels (NL)
14.30 – 15.00Viral infections in childhood asthmaJan Kimpen (NL)
15.00 – 15.30Tea-break
15.30 – 16.00Treatment of childhood asthmaEric Duiverman (NL)
16.00 – 16.30Preventive measures in asthmaJohan de Jongste (NL)
16.30 – 16.45Summary and closing remarksBart Lambrecht (NL)
16.45 – 18.00Reception