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Click here to apply to host a GLORIA symposium during your upcoming meeting.

WAO is currently accepting applications from WAO Member Societies to host a GLORIA presentation in 2009. Please read below to understand the unique structure of GLORIA, your role as a Member Society and to apply to host a symposium.

GLORIA Program Structure

To host a GLORIA symposium, WAO Member Societies apply 6-12 months in advance of a national member society meeting. A GLORIA symposium typically draws attendance of between 200-800 people.

World Allergy Organization (WAO) Role

• Provide a speaker and cover their airfare costs at the National Member Society meeting
• Provide GLORIA materials electronically for all participants at nationally and locally-organized GLORIA symposia
• Collect and tabulate feedback from attendees of the GLORIA session(s)
• Circulate feedback to Member Societies, WAO Board of Directors and International GLORIA Sponsors
• Provide support to the Member Societies and Local Sponsors

WAO Member Society’s Role

• Schedule GLORIA for a minimum one (1) hour unopposed session within the first two days of the meeting
• Download the Syllabus Book(s) for local printing and distribution to delegates at the time of the Symposium
• Circulate and collect evaluation forms to be returned to WAO
• Mention WAO in your meeting program as the "sponsor" of GLORIA and provide the opportunity to distribute WAO general information during the meeting
• Arrange for a small meeting room following the GLORIA presentations for 30-45 minutes so that the GLORIA Faculty member can meet with your society's leadership
• Provide complimentary registration for the GLORIA Faculty member
• Provide meals, hotel accommodations and ground transfers for the GLORIA Faculty member
• Establish a relationship with the GLORIA Local Sponsors (pharmaceutical company representatives in your country) and encourage them to incorporate this global program into their local educational programming throughout the year
• Oversee translation efforts into your country's primary language
• Incorporate recommendations from the GLORIA materials into new or existing guidelines for the management of allergic diseases in your country as appropriate
  
  

International GLORIA is supported through unrestricted educational grants from: