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PROGRAM / 21 ST
NORDIC CONGRESS OF ALLERGOLOGY
The 21st Nordic Congress of Allergology
Reykjavík Angust 21-24, 2002
Wednesday,
August 21
08:00- 12:00
09:45 - 14:20
09:45 -10:05
10:05 -10:30
10:30 -10:55
10:55-11:15
11:30-13:00
13:00 -14:40
13:00-13:25
13:25-13:50
13:50-14:20
14:20 -14:40
14:40 -16:00
18:00 - 22:00
Scientifíc Program
Registration opens at deCode Genetics Inc., Sturlugata 8,101 Reykjavík
Pre - Congress Workshop: "The allergic reaction”
Location: deCode Genetics Inc.
Mainly for the fledging allergists.
Lecture Hall at deCode
Chairmen: Prof. Ásgeir Haraldsson, IS and Prof. Göran Wennergren, SE
Allergic inflaniniation. An overvievv
Dr. Unnur Steina Björnsdóttir, IS
linportant main players of the ininiune systeni
Prof. Ásgeir Haraldsson, IS
A protective imniune rcsponsc - experience from the field of pneumococcal vaccines
Dr. Sigurveig Þ. Sigurðardóttir, IS
Mediators and inflammutory markes
Prof. Jan Lötvall, SE
Lunch
Rcgistration opens at Háskólabíó at 13:00
Lecture Hall at deCode
Inflanmiatory mediators in nasal secretions in children vvith RSV infection
Dr. Sigurður Kristjánsson, IS
RVS infection and future obstructive airvvay disease
Prof. Göran Wennergren, SE
Epidemiology of ullcrgic diseases in Iceland
Dr. Michael Clausen, IS
Fish Oil and the Immune Response
Prof. Ásgeir Haraldsson, IS
Genetics of allergy
Visit to deCode Genetics Inc.
Get togethen "Allergic Salute” at the Blue Lagoon
Thursday,
August 22
07:00-17:00 Registration at Háskólabíó
08:10-11:45 Location: Háskólabíó - Hall 2
08:10 - 08:30 Congress Opening Chairmen: Prof. Hans Bisgaard, DK and Dr. Gunnar Jónasson, IS
08:30 - 09:15 Asthma beyond 2002 Prof. William W. Busse, US
09:15 -10:45 Hot topics in allcrgy: thc hygene hypothesis
09:15 - 09:50 The Problem is Antigen Spccifíc Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills, US
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