ascia 2012 - National Asthma Council Australia

ASCIA2012
Day 1 Program
Wednesday 5 September 2012
07.00-09.00 Registration
07.00-08.45 Breakfast Session
JSAC Forum for Advanced Trainees and Supervisors
Chairs: Dr Tiffany Hughes, Dr Melanie Wong, Dr Jan Sinclair, Dr Miriam Hurst
A light breakfast will be served from 07.00-07.30 and is supported by ASCIA
Please note that breakfast cannot be taken into the auditorium
09.00-09.30 Powhiri – Official Welcome
09.30-11.00 Primary Immune Deficiency Plenary
Chairs: Dr Miriam Hurst, Dr Shannon Brothers
09.30-10.10 Recently identified primary immune deficiency diseases Prof Andrew Cant
10.10-10.35 Genetic research studies in a PID cohort A/Prof Matthew Cook
10.35-11.00 B cell differentiation: key mechanistic insights gleaned from Dr Lucinda Berglund
study of a T cell disorder
11.00-11.30 Morning Tea – Exhibition Area
11.30-13.00 Allergy Prevention Symposium
Chairs: A/Prof Richard Loh, Dr Thorsten Stanley
11.30-12.15 Allergy prevention: chances and limitations for primary Prof Ulrich Wahn
prevention of allergies early in life
12.15-13.00 ASCIA 2012 Basten Oration:
A global perspective on allergy: are there targets for prevention? Prof Innes Asher
13.00-14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Area
14.00-15.30 Clinical Grand Rounds – oral presentations
Chairs: Dr Tiffany Hughes, Dr Sam Mehr
15.30-16.00 Afternoon Tea – Exhibition Area
16.00-17.30 Inflammatory Eye Disease Symposium
Chairs: Dr Marianne Empson, Dr John O’Donnell
16.00-16.45 An overview of inflammatory eye diseases Prof Peter McCluskey
16.45-17.30 Management of inflammatory eye diseases Prof Denis Wakefield
17.30-19.30 ASCIA 2012 Welcome Function
Wellington Town Hall West Foyer
ASCIA 2012 presentations will be held in the Ilott Theatre at the Wellington Town Hall and the ASCIA 2012 exhibition area is in the
main auditorium of the Wellington Town Hall.
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