Plenary Speakers
Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff
Consultant Clinical Immunologist
Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Carina Venter
Professor
University Of Colorado
United States
Cezmi Akdis
Director
Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research
Switzerland
G Walter Canonica
Prof Respiratory Medicine & Allergy
Humanitas University Milano
Italy
David Fleischer
Section Head, Pediatirc Allergy & Immunology
Children's Hospital Colorado
United States
Jiu-Yao Wang
MD, DPhil. (Oxon.)
Taiwan
Luo Zhang
President
Beijing Tongren Hospital
China
Maria Torres
Full Professor and Head of Allergy Unit
University Of Malaga And Malaga Regional University Hospital
Spain
Mubeccel Akdis
Head Of Immune Regulation
Swiss Institute Of Allergy And Asthma Research
Switzerland
Ruby Pawankar
MD, Ph.D, FRCP (UK), FAAAAI
Japan
Valerie Verhasselt
Director of The Larsson Rosenquist Foundation Centre For Immunology And Breastfeeding
The University of Western Australia
Australia
ABOUT APAAACI
Our specialty is evolving. Allergic diseases and asthma are a rapidly growing health problem worldwide with a marked socio-economic impact. Alongside the rapid environmental (climate change, pollution, etc) and lifestyle changes, the fast-evolving economies of Asia-Pacific face the major brunt of the burden of allergic diseases.