World Allergy Forum

The World Allergy Forum (WAF) is the longest running educational program series sponsored by the World Allergy Organization (WAO). World Allergy Forum symposia are held at major international allergy meetings. Each symposium is developed by an international expert advisory panel to provide up-to-the-minute presentations on scientific and clinical developments in the field of allergic disease.

World Allergy Forum is funded through an unrestricted educational grant from

Upcoming WAF Programs

2010 AAAAI Annual Meeting
February 26 - March 2, 2010
New Orleans, LA, USA
Asthma Phenotypes and Heterogeneity of Therapeutic Responses: Personalized Medicine in the 21st Century
Moderators: Richard F. Lockey (USA) and Paul A. Greenberger (USA)
Obese Versus Non-Obese - Loius-Philippe Boulet (Canada)
Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease - Marek Kowalski (Poland)
Allergic Versus Non-Allergic - Paul O'Byrne (Canada)

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Discuss the role of genetic phenotypes in predicting patient responses to asthma therapy
2. Discuss the effect of obesity on asthma severity and symptoms
3. Describe the pathological mechanisms underlying aspirin-induced exacerbations of respiratory disease and thus the selection of appropriate therapy
4. Explain the different treatment strategies available for IgE-mediated and non-IgE mediated allergic asthma and non-allergic asthma.

XXIX Congress of the EAACI
June 5-9, 2010
London, UK
Severe Asthma
Moderators: Richard F. Lockey (USA) and Jan Lotvall (Sweden)
Phenotypes of severe asthma - Sally Wenzel (United States)
Effect of asthma exacerbations on natural history - Robert Lemanske (United States)
Severe asthma treatment in children - Ulrich Wahn (Germany)

Recently Presented WAF Programs

The Future use of Biologicals in Allergy and Asthma
XXVIII Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
Warsaw, Poland

New Insights into Immunotherapy for Allergic Disorders
2009 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting
Washington DC, USA

An Update on Severe Asthma
XXVII Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
Barcelona, Spain

The Application of Monoclonal Therapies and Therapeutics to Asthma and Allergy
2008 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Immune Tolerance
XXVI Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
Göteborg, Sweden

A Global Perspective on Genetics, the Environment and Allergy
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting
San Diego, CA, USA

Past WAF Symposia

2008-2009 World Allergy Forum Advisory Board:

Chair
G. Walter Canonica, Italy

Vice Chair
Richard Lockey, USA

Core Advisors
Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani, Argentina
Jean Bousquet, France
Thomas Casale, USA
Roy Gerth Van Wijk, The Netherlands
Stephen Holgate, United Kingdom
Michael Kaliner, USA
Ruby Pawankar, Japan

Advisors-at-Large
Bee-Wah Lee, Singapore
Takeshi Fukuda, Japan
Jorge Maspero, Argentina
Klaus Rabe, the Netherlands
Lanny Rosenwasser, USA
Pakit Vichyanond, Thailand

For more information, please contact the WAO Secretariat:

WAO Secretariat
555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202 USA
Tel. +1 414 276 1791
Fax. +1 414 276 3349
E-mail: info@worldallergy.org