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Newsworthy Sessions News Releases Preliminary Program Statistics Staff Contacts AAAAI Media Center AAAAI Home		Newsworthy Sessions The AAAAI works to ensure the Annual Meeting covers topics that are particularly relevant to current issues. The 2008 Annual Meeting will once again feature both unopposed oral abstract sessions and poster viewing, giving reporters and medical/science writers more time to absorb new research presented each day of the meeting. Click on the following dates for a list of sessions you may want to attend while covering the 2008 Annual Meeting: Friday, March 14 Saturday, March 15 Sunday, March 16 Monday, March 17 Tuesday, March 18   Friday, March 14th 2nd Annual International Gastrointestinal Eosinophil Research (TIGERS) Symposium (#1207) 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Ballroom AB, Convention Center Clinical Research Symposium-- Immunolmodulators: Protect, Prevent and Prepare (#1231) 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Room 114, Street Level, Convention Center Endoscopic Evaluation and Management of Sinusitis (Pre and Post) Surgery Including Cultures (#1204) 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Room 111AB, Street Level, Convention Center Molecular Biology: What’s Hot? Novel Applications to Allergic Diseases (#1201) Part One: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm     Part Two: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Room 107AB, Street Level, Convention Center Development and Implementation of Clinical Trails in the NHLBI Clinical Research Networks: Lessons Learned (#1605) 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Room 111AB, Street Level, Convention Center   Saturday, March 15th Seminars: 7:00 am to 8:00 am Case Discussions of Allergic Occupational Disease:  Recognizing in Your Patients (#2012)       Room 102B, Street Level, Convention Center Pediatric Asthma: Management by the New Guidelines and Early Intervention in Asthma (#2013)       Room 104A, Street Level, Convention Center Update on Environmental Exposures Relevant for Children: Heavy Metals, Pesticides, PCB’s and More (#2016)       Room 106B, Street Level, Convention Center Stress and Asthma Exacerbation: Homeostatic Control of Asthma (#2017)       Room 107A, Street Level, Convention Center Trying to Beat Nature: Primary Prevention for Allergies through Immune Tolerance (#2019)       Room 109A, Street Level, Convention Center Sleep and Mood Disorders in Allergic Rhinitis (#2020)       Room 109B, Street Level, Convention Center   Presidential Plenary Session: Immunomodulators for Allergy, Asthma and Beyond (#2101) 8:15 am to 9:45 am Exhibit Hall A, Level 2, Convention Center Press Conference (Topic TBA) 10:00 am to 11:00 am Location TBA Primary Immunodeficiency: Cutting-Edge and Practical Information You Should Know (#2301) 10:45 am to 12:00 pm Room 114, Street Level, Convention Center Food Allergy: Bedside to Bench and Back (#2305) 10:45 am to 12:00 pm Room 108AB, Street Level, Convention Center Immunobiology of Allergens: Vaccine Development and Impact on Allergy Practice (#2503) 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Room 201C, Level 2, Convention Center Anti-IgE In Non-Respiratory Disease (#2504) 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Ballroom A, Convention Center Which is Better for Improving Asthma Outcomes: Biomarkers or Asthma Control Questionnaires? (# 2505) 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Room 202AB, Level 2, Convention Center Keynote Session: Forgotten Risks in the Stem Cell Debate (#2701) Lord Robert Winston is a well-known international leader in stem cell research and has hosted popular science programs on the BBC’s main channel and Discovery networks. 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Exhibit Hall A, Level 2, Convention Center From the Mountains to the Prairies to the Oceans: Are the Common Food Allergens Changing? (#2808) 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm Room 103C, Street Level, Convention Center Progress and Problems with Vaccines for the Most Important Infections in the World (#2811) 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm Room 201AB, Level 2, Convention Center Pediatric Reumatology: Autoimmune Manifestations (#2815) 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm Room 203AB, Level 2, Convention Center   Sunday, March 16th Plenary Session: Therapeutic Manipulation of the Immune System with Vaccines: Allergic Disease, Influenza and Infectious Diseases (#3101) 8:15 am to 9:45 am Exhibit Hall A, Level 2, Convention Center Poster Sessions Authors Present from 9:45 am to 10:45 am Exhibit Hall B, Level 2, Convention Center Press Conference (Topic TBA) 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Location TBA 2008 ACCP Evidence-Based Guidelines for Management of Work-Related Asthma: What’s New for the Allergist (#3306) 10:45 am to 12:00 pm Room 204AB, Level 2, Convention Center Vitamin D: Shedding Light on Atopic Disease and Immunity (#3304) 10:45 am to 12:00 pm Room 204C, Level 2, Convention Center World Allergy Forum: The Application of Monoclonal Therapies and Therapeutics to Asthma and Allergy (#3305) 10:45 am to 12:00 pm Room 114, Street Level, Convention Center Seminars: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Irritants and Odorants: Health Effects in the Allergic and Non-Allergic Patient (#3512)       Room 102B, Street Level, Convention Center Controversies in Asthma: The Role of Anti-IgE Therapy (#3513)       Room 104A, Street Level, Convention Center Health Effects of Mold: What’s Real and What’s Not (#3515)       Room 106A, Street Level, Convention Center Pro/Con Debate: Inhaled Corticosteroids Should be Used to Treat Acute Exacerbations (#3501) 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Room 108AB, Street Level, Convention Center Pro/Con Debate: It is Necessary to Identify Molecular Defects in Primary Immunodeficiency Disease (#3502) 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Room 201C, Level 2, Convention Center Pro/Con Debate: Viral Respiratory Infections Cause Asthma (#3503) 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Room 103A, Street Level, Convention Center   Monday, March 17th Plenary Session: Novel Perspectives in Immunology from Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (#4101) 8:15 am to 9:45 am Exhibit Hall A, Level 2, Convention Center Seminars: 7:00 am to 8:00 am The Latest in Exercise-Induced Asthma (#4013)       Room 104A, Street Level, Convention Center Is Asthma Different in Women? (#4014)             Room 104B, Street Level Convention Center Basic Immunologic Insights from HIV: What’s New in 2008 (#4015)             Room 105A, Street Level, Convention Center Effective Environmental Controls for the Management of Allergic Disorders (#4016)       Room 105B, Street Level, Convention Center   Late Breaking Keynote Announcement The Honorable Arlen Specter, United States Senator from Pennsylvania, will be the keynote speaker on Monday, March 17, at 3:30 pm. #4701 Keynote Session: Future Directions for Biomedical Research and Healthcare Reform Press Conference: ASTHMA IQ Ground-breaking Web-based tool to help physicians control asthma and control costs 9:00 am to 10:00 am Location TBA Poster Sessions Authors Present from 9:45 am to 10:45 am Exhibit Hall B, Level 2, Convention Center Joint Task Force Practice Parameters 2008 Update: What’s New in Allergy Diagnostic Testing? (#4307) 10:45 am to 12:00 pm Ballroom A, Convention Center New Developments in Inner City Asthma: Identifying Risk Factors and Designing Preventive Strategies (#4304) 10:45 am to 12:00 pm Room 203AB, Level 2, Convention Center Severe Asthma: The Latest (#4805) 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm Room 103C, Street Level, Convention Center Headaches: A Sinus Problem or Something Else? (#4809 Workshop) 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm Room 109AB, Street Level, Convention Center     Tuesday, March 18th   Plenary Session: Microbial Influences and Regulation of the Atopic March (#5101) 8:15 am to 9:45 am Exhibit Hall A, Level 2, Convention Center Mast Cells: From Bench to Bedside (#5303) 10:45 am to 12:00pm Room 114, Street Level, Convention Center <back>
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