GA²LEN Syposium at the EAACI Congress 2009
Monday 8 June 2009, 13.30 – 15.00

GA²LEN - Severe Asthma in Adults and Children – an Unmet Need
Chairpersons: Paul van Cauwenberge, Belgium and Gunilla Hedlin, Sweden

• The epidemiology of severe asthma in Europe - Peter Burney, United Kingdom
• Experiences from a British network of severe asthma in adults - Chris Brightling, United Kingdom
• Severe problematic asthma, not one entity, but several phenotypes throughout childhood - Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Norway
• Towards a global definition of severe asthma - Jean Bousquet, France

Previous symposia

Advances in Allergy: Results from the GA²LEN Network, Symposium at EAACI Congress 2008, Barcelona, Spain, Monday 9 June 2008
GA²LEN Symposium at EAACI congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, 10 June 2007
Methodological aspects addressed by GA²LEN WP 2.9, WIRM 2007, Davos, Switzerland, 11-12 April 2007
GA²LEN Symposium at EAACI congress, Vienna, Austria, 13 June 2006
Healthy Buildings 2006, Lisboa, Portugal, 5 June 2006
World Allergy Congress 2005, Munich, Germany, 26 June 2005