Join WAO at Interasma for the COSA Symposium: Approaches to Severe Asthma. WAO experts will present on severe asthma during Interasma’s World Congress on Asthma (WCA) in Madrid, Spain, on 14 March 2016 from 16:30 to 18:00.

Prof Lanny Rosenwasser will speak on “Cytokine Families and Receptors as Treatment Targets in Severe Asthma”. Prof Ignacio Ansotegui will speak on “Small Airways in Asthma”, and Prof Mario Sánchez-Borges will speak on “Acute Asthma Induced by Mite-Contaminated Foods.”

Upcoming Symposia

INTERASMA'S WORLD CONGRESS ON ASTHMA 2016 - MADRID, SPAIN

World Allergy Organization COSA Symposium: Approaches to Severe Asthma
Monday, 14 March 2016
16:30 to 18:00

Chairpersons:
G Walter Canonica, University of Genoa
Sergio Bonini, Second University of Naples

Cytokine Families and Receptors as Treatment Targets in Severe Asthma
Lanny Rosenwasser, Children’s Mercy Hospital

Small Airways in Asthma
Ignacio Ansotegui, Hospital Quirón Bizkaia

Acute Asthma Induced by Mite-Contamined Foods
Mario Sanchez-Borges, Centro Médico Docente – La Trinidad

http://www.wca-2016.com/

Congress Venue

Climate and Dress Code

Madrid and its metropolitan area has a Mediterranean climate with continental influences, with mild cool winters and hot summers. The average temperature in March it varies from +8^oC (46^oF) to +20^oC (60^oF). The Spanish capital is in the center of the Iberian Peninsula, 622 meters above sea level. The dress code will be informal throughout the Congress.

Currency

The local currency is the Euro (EUR).

Exhibition

The WCA 2016 Congress in Madrid will include an exhibition that will be open from 12-15 March.
For more information regarding the exhibition and other sponsorship opportunities, please visit the Congress website or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Language

The official language of the Congress is English.

Local Time

The time zone in Madrid is Central European Time (CEST / GMT +1) .

Visa

Participants are advised to make their own arrangements with respect to entering Spain.
If you need a letter of invitation, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  after your registration fee is settled.
Please apply for a visa within a reasonable time prior to making your bookings.

Travel and Health Insurance

It is strongly recommended that all participants purchase adequate coverage for health, travel and private liability insurance before departing from their home countries. The Organizers will not accept responsibility for personal injury, loss or damage to private, personal property of participants, accompanying persons and exhibitors.

http://www.wca-2016.com/

Significant achievements have been accomplished in the last few years to better understanding what is asthma, how it should be assessed in regard to control and severity and what is its optimal therapy. Unfortunately these improvements in our understanding of the disease have not always translated into better asthma management.

The 2016 World Congress on Asthma in Madrid will review the key findings from recent research on both adult and pediatric Asthma and how knowledge translation methods have evolved to better integrate research findings into care.

The origins and determinants of Asthma, triggers and inducers, the new insight gained on the role of allergy, environmental and biodiversity changes, workplace hazards, respiratory infections andvarious aspects of assessment of the disease are among the topics that will be covered by world experts. The role of phenotyping/endotyping Asthma, particularly when severe, and new therapeutic current and future advances will be covered.

A significant part of the meeting will be devoted to practical workshops on asthma testing and treatment delivery, as we'll as the integration of practice tools into day-to-day care. Sessions will discuss how to optimize the multidisciplinary approach to asthma management.

We and the members of the scientific advisory board the impressive program of WCA-2016 will be of interest to all those involved in research and care of asthma.

G. Walter Canonica		Lawrence DuBuske		Louis-Philippe Boulet		Ralph Mösges

on behalf of the Scientific Programme Committee –WCA 2016 Madrid INTERASMA

Alida Benfante and Nicola Scichilone

Abstract