2014 ALLSA Congress
Scientific Programme (subject to change)
WEDNESDAY 6
AUGUST 2014 |
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PRE-CONGRESS
WORKSHOP |
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11:00 – 17:00 | 5th African School for Primary
Immunodeficiencies Diagnosis, laboratory investigation and management – case oriented step by step approach Workshop |
Venue: Umgeni & Congella (Maharani Tower) |
THURSDAY 7 AUGUST
2014 |
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PRE-CONGRESS
WORKSHOP |
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08:00 – 17:00 | 5th African School for Primary
Immunodeficiencies Diagnosis, laboratory investigation and management – case oriented step by step approach Workshop |
Venue: Umgeni & Congella (Maharani Tower) |
FRIDAY 8 AUGUST
2014 |
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PRE-CONGRESS
WORKSHOP |
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08:00 – 13:00 | 5th African School for Primary
Immunodeficiencies Diagnosis, laboratory investigation and management – case oriented step by step approach Workshop |
Venue: Umgeni & Congella (Maharani Tower) |
13:00 – 14:00 | REGISTRATION OPENS FOR CONGRESS | Venue: Exhibition Hall |
13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH | Venue: Exhibition Hall |
14:00 – 15:00 | SESSION 1 | Venue: Great Ilanga
Chairperson: AI Manjra |
14:00 – 14:10 | Welcome Address | |
14:10 – 14:20 | Presidential Address | |
14:20 – 15:00 | Key note Address: Frontiers in Allergy | Prof Rudolph Valenta |
Cas Motala Memorial Lecture | ||
Advances in Immunotherapy and IgE Reduction
Strategies |
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15:00 – 15:30 | TEA / COFFEE | Venue: Exhibition Hall |
15:30 | SESSION 2
Immunomodulation in Allergy |
Venue: Great Ilanga
Chairperson: M Levin |
15:30 – 16:00 | Immunomodulation for Food Allergy | Prof Wayne Shreffler |
16:00 – 16:30 | Immunomodulation in Severe atopic eczema | Prof Dianne Campbell |
16:30 – 17:00 | Immunomoduation for asthma | Prof Umesh Lalloo |
17:00 | COCKTAIL FUNCTION | Venue: Exhibition Hall |
19:00 | SPEAKERS’ DINNER (by invitation only) |
SATURDAY 9 AUGUST
2014 |
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07:30 – 08:30 | Xixia Pharmaceuticals sponsored
breakfast symposium |
Venue: Great Ilanga |
07:30 – 08:30 | AstraZeneca sponsored breakfast
symposium |
Venue: Great Ilanga |
08:30 – 10:30 | SESSION 3
Allergy and PID: Defining commonality and difference |
Venue: Great Ilanga
Chairperson: A Van Niekerk |
08:30 – 09:00 | Allergy related Immunology for
Dummies |
Prof Rudolph Valenta |
09:00 – 09:30 | The PID mimics of allergy | Prof Teresa Espanol |
09:30 – 10:00 | Immunodysregulation; paradigm from Primary immunodeficiency | Dr Jonny Peter |
10:00 – 10:30 | IgA deficiency : when is it
clinically relevent |
Dr Monica Esser |
10:30 – 11:00 | TEA / COFFEE | Venue: Exhibition Hall |
11:00 – 13:00 | SESSION 4 | Venue: Great Ilanga
Chairperson: C Gray |
11:00 – 11:30 | Role of vitamin D in allergy | Prof Dianne Campbell |
11:30 – 12:00 | Probiotics in allergy treatment
and prevention |
Prof Robin Green |
12:00 – 12:30 | Mast Cell Activation disorders | Prof Lawrence Afrin |
12:30 – 13:00 | Biologicals and adverse
reactions to biologicals |
Dr Tamara Kelberker |
13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH | Venue: Exhibition Hall |
14:00 – 15:30 | SESSION 5 | Venue: Great Ilanga
Chairperson: R Green / M Levin |
14:00 – 15:30 | Free presentations / case
presentations |
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15:30 – 16:00 | TEA / COFFEE | Venue: Exhibition Hall |
14:00 | SESSION 6 | Venue: Great Ilanga
Chairperson: M Haus |
16:00 – 16:30 | Anaphylaxis in South Africa | Prof Mike Levin |
16:30 – 17:00 | Anaphylaxis management | Prof Sam Risenga |
17:00 | ALLSA AGM | Venue: North Ilanga |
19:00 | ALLSA CONGRESS DINNER | Great Ilanga |
SUNDAY 10 AUGUST
2014 |
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08:30 – 10:30 | SESSION 7
Eugene Weinberg Lecture |
Chairperson: S Risenga |
08:30 – 09:00 | Immunogenicity of allergens | Prof Wayne Shreffler |
09:00 – 09:30 | Clinical presentations and
laboratory findings of some novel or unusual African allergies |
Prof Paul Potter |
09:30 – 10:00 | Inddor
Allegens.What New? |
Prof Sharon Kling |
10:30 – 11:00 | TEA / COFFEE | Venue: Exhibition Hall |
10:30 – 12:30 | SESSION 8
Workshop on Mast Cell Disorders |
Chairperson: S Kling |
Workshop based on case
presentations on Mast Cell Disorders with Prof Afrin |
Case presentations by
Dr Di Hawarden Dr Ahmed Manjra |
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12:30 | CONGRESS CLOSE |