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Friday, September 12, 2008
Time Activity/Topic Faculty
12:30 pm Registration, ending at 1:30 pm
1:10 pm Conference Opening and Welcome
  BUGS AND DRUGS Mod: Dr. Neeno
1:15 pm Changing Insect Patterns Dr. Demain
2:00 pm Mosquito Allergy Dr. Simons
2:30 pm Drug Allergy Dr. Khan
3:00 pm Half-hour Question & Answer Session Panel
3:30 pm 15-minute Break
  ITCHING AND SCRATCHING Mod: Dr. Rathkopf
3:45 pm It Sure Looks Like Eczema Dr. Neeno
4:15 pm Latex Allergy Dr. Meier
4:45 pm Urticaria / AE Dr. Khan
5:15 pm Half-hour Question & Answer Session Panel
6:00 pm One Hour Reception
  KEYNOTE DINNER SYMPOSIUM Mod: Dr. Demain
7:00 pm Dinner Served, ending 8:30 pm
7:30 pm One-hour Keynote Address:
Fitness, Health and Survival - Was Darwin Right?
Dr. Clark

Saturday, September 13, 2008
Time Activity/Topic Faculty
7:20 am Breakfast and Registration, ending at 7:40 am
7:45 am Opening Remarks: Allergy in America Dr. Clayton
  ALLERGIC REACTIONS Mod: Dr. Woodard
8:15 am Anaphylaxis Dr. Simons
9:00 am Food Allergy Dr. Rathkopf
9:30 am Nutritional Management Ms. Meek
9:45 am Half-hour Question & Answer Session Panel
10:00 am 15-minute Break
  SINOPULMONARY DISEASE Mod: Dr. Meier
10:15 am Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Dr. Coop
10:45 am Chronic Sinusitis, Alergic Fungal Sinusitis (AFS), Polyposis Dr. Affleck
11:15 am Sinopulmonary Infections:
When to Consider Immune Deficiency
Dr. Rathkopf
11:45 am Half-hour Question & Answer Session Panel
12:15 pm 45-minute Lunch Break (Light Lunch Provided)
  WHAT CAUSES ASTHMA? THE GREAT DEBATE Mod: Dr. Demain
1:00 pm NHLBI Guidelines for Asthma, including 15-min. Q & A Dr. Nelson
2:00 pm Hygiene Hypothesis Dr. Woodard
2:15 pm Genetics Dr. Tracy
2:30 pm Obesity/Inactivity/Vitamin D Deficiency Dr. Neeno
2:45 pm Rebuttals Panel
3:00 pm Question & Answer Session / Winner's Circle Panel
3:15 pm 15-minute Break
  RESPIRATORY POTPOURRI Mod: Dr. Neeno
3:30 pm Vocal Cord Dysfunction Dr. Meier
3:50 pm Management of Vocal Cord Dysfunction Ms. Waring
4:00 pm Cystic Fibrosis Dr. Roberts
4:40 pm The Wheezing Child, When is it Asthma? Dr. Woodard
5:00 pm Half-hour Question & Answer Session Panel
5:15 pm Conference Adourns