Program At A Glance

Keynote Lecture

Shimon Sakaguchi
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Shimon Sakaguchi

We are pleased to announce that Shimon Sakaguchi (Distinguished Honorary Professor, Osaka University), recipient of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , will deliver a Keynote Lecture on October 17.

His lecture, presented by a world-leading pioneer who has transformed the field of immunology, will be one of the major highlights of the congress. We sincerely hope that many of you will take this opportunity to participate.

Timetable

Tentative Schedule (as of July 8, 2026)

Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18
Morning
Session
Faculty
Meeting
Plenary Lectures,
Symposia
Plenary Lectures,
Symposia
Plenary Lectures,
Symposia
Afternoon
Session
Junior
Workshops
Educational Seminars,
General Presentations
(Oral & Poster),
Symposia, etc.
Educational Seminars,
General Presentations
(Oral & Poster),
Symposia, etc.
Educational Seminars,
General Presentations
(Oral & Poster),
Symposia, etc.
Evening/
Night
Welcome Reception Social Gathering

Program

The following program will be conducted in Japanese only.
Symposium 10,11,15,16,20,21,25,26,28,29,30,34,38,39,40
Pros & Cons

Congress President’s Lecture

October 17 (Sat)13:50–14:20
Room1 (Main Hall)

Chair: Motohiro Ebisawa (NHO Sagamihara National Hospital,Japan)

Japanese guidelines for atopic dermatitis and clinical studies in our department

Speaker: Hidehisa Saeki (Nippon Medical School,Japan)

Keynote Lecture

October 17 (Sat)11:30–12:30
Room1 (Main Hall)

Chair: Motohiro Ebisawa (NHO Sagamihara National Hospital,Japan)
Speaker: Shimon Sakaguchi (Osaka University)

Special Lecture

Special Lecture 1

October 17 (Sat)14:30–15:10
Room1 (Main Hall)

Chair: Shinji Shimada (University of Yamanashi)
Speaker: Masayuki Amagai (RIKEN IMS)

Special Lecture 2

October 17 (Sat)15:10–15:50
Room1 (Main Hall)

Chair: Hidehisa Saeki (Nippon Medical School,Japan)
Speaker: Samuel T Hwang (University of California, Davis, USA)

Plenary Session

Plenary Session 1
Anaphylaxis

October 16 (Fri)16:25–17:40
Room1 (Main Hall)

Speaker: Paul Turner (Imperial College London,UK)
Cem Akin (University of Michigan,USA)
Margitta Worm (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)

Plenary Session 2
Pollen related Allergic

October 16 (Fri)16:25–17:40
Room2 (Sakura)

Speaker: Bryan Martin (The Ohio State University,United States of America)
Naoko Inomata (Showa Medical University,Japan)
Tomoaki Ando (Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine,Japan)

Plenary Session 3
Respiratory related (adult)

October 16 (Fri)16:25–17:40
Room8 (Room A)

Speaker: Parameswaran Krishna Nair (McMaster University,Canada)
Christian Virchow (University Medical Clinic at the University of Rostock,Germany)
Koichiro Asano (Tokai University School of Medicine,Japan)

Plenary Session 4
Food Allergy

October 17 (Sat)10:00–11:15
Room1 (Main Hall)

Speaker: Gideon Lack (King’s College London, U.K)
Hugh Sampson (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA)
Motohiro Ebisawa (NHO Sagamihara National Hospital,Japan)

Plenary Session 5
Skin Allergy

October 17 (Sat)10:00–11:15
Room2 (Sakura)

Speaker: Kenji Kabashima (Kyoto University,Japan)
Michihiro Hide (Hiroshima City Hospital Organization,Japan)
Wen-Hung Chung (Chang Gung Memorial hospital, Taipei,Taiwan)

Plenary Session 6
Eosinophil associated diseases

October 17 (Sat)10:00–11:15
Room8 (Room A)

Speaker: Masami Taniguchi (NHO Sagamihara National Hospital,Japan)
Martin Wagenmann (Duesseldorf University Hospital,Germany)
Tetsuo Shoda (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center,U.S.A.)

Plenary Session 7
Basic Science

October 17 (Sat)10:30–11:45
Room11 (Annex Hall 1)

Speaker: Kiyoshi Hirahara (Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University,Japan)
Kazuki Nagashima (Harvard University,USA)
Hamida Hammad (University of Ghent,Belgium)

Plenary Session 8
Immunotherapy

October 18 (Sun)10:30–11:45
Room1 (Main Hall)

Speaker: Mohamed Shamji (Imperial College London,United Kingdom)
Stephen Durham (Imperial College London, U.K.)
Makoto Nagata (Higashi-Mastuyama Medicak Association Hospital,Japan)

Plenary Session 9
Prevention of allergic respiratory diseases

October 18 (Sun)10:30–11:45
Room2 (Sakura)

Speaker: Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos (University of Athens,Greece)
Gary Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR)
Mario Morais Almeiida (Hospital CUF-Descobertas, Portugal)

Plenary Session 10
Drug Allergy

October 18 (Sun)10:30–11:45
Room8 (Room A)

Speaker: David Khan (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
Maria Torres (University of Malaga and Malaga Regional University Hospital,Spain)
Yoon Seok Chang (Seoul National University / Seoul National University Bundang Hospital,Korea (Republic of Korea))

Symposium

Symposium 1
Allergen immunotherapy for allergens other than house dust mites and cedar pollen

October 16 (Fri)9:00–10:15
Room1 (Main Hall)

Speaker: Stephen Durham (Imperial College London, U.K.)
Mitsuhiro Okano (International University of Health and Welfare,Japan)
James Michael Tracy (University of Nebraska,United States)

Symposium 2
Food Allergy: Safety in our society

October 16 (Fri)9:00–10:15
Room2 (Sakura)

Speaker: Paul Turner (Imperial College London, U.K.)
Alessandro Fiocchi (Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome ,Holy See (Vatican City) .)
Julia E. M. UPTON (The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto,Canada)

Symposium 3
Recent Advances in Mast Cell Biology

October 16 (Fri)9:00–10:15
Room3 (Room D)

Speaker: Cem Akin (University of Michigan, USA)
Atsuhito Nakao (University of Yamanashi, Faculty of Medicine,Japan)
Magda Babina (Charité Universitätsmedizin,Germany)

Symposium 4
Research updates on eosinophil biology

October 16 (Fri)9:00–10:15
Room8 (Room A)

Speaker: Amy D. Klion (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID))
Atsushi Kato (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,USA)
Jun Miyata (Keio University School of Medicine,Japan)

Symposium 5
SIAF Symposium

October 16 (Fri)9:00–10:15
Room11 (Annex Hall 1)

Speaker: Cezmi A. Akdis (Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University Zurich, Davos)
Mübeccel Akdis (Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF))

Symposium 6
AFI Symposium

October 16 (Fri)9:00–10:15
Room12 (Annex Hall 2)

TBA

Symposium 7
Clinical remission of asthma

October 16 (Fri)10:30–11:45
Room2 (Sakura)

Speaker: Christian Virchow (University Medical Clinic at the University of Rostock,Germany)
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos (National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
Hiroyuki Nagase (Teiko University School of Medicine,Japan)
Kazuto Matsunaga (Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Medicine,Japan)

Symposium 8
Cultivating the next generation of members

October 16 (Fri)10:30–11:45
Room3 (Room D)

Speaker: Agnes Sze Yin Leung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong ,Hong Kong, China)
Takeya Adachi (Keio University School of Medicine,Japan)
Luciana Kase Tanno (Universiy Hospital of Montpellier,France)

Symposium 9
Current Updates on Occupational Skin Allergy— Delayed- and Immediate-Type Reactions and Challenges in Japan

October 16 (Fri)10:30–11:45
Room8 (Room A)

Speaker: Rosemary Nixon (Skin Health Institute, Melbourne, Australia,Australia)
Akiko Yagami (Fujita Health University School of Medicine,Japan)
Yu Sawada (University of Occupational and Environmental Health,Japan)

Symposium 12
Food Allergy: Management update

October 16 (Fri)15:00–16:15
Room1 (Main Hall)

Speaker: Philippe Eigenmann (University Hospitals of Geneva,Switzerland)
Ken-ichi Nagakura (NHO Sagamihara National Hospital,Japan)
Julia E. M. UPTON (The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto,Canada)

Symposium 13
Best approaches for perennial allergic rhinitis

October 16 (Fri)15:00–16:15
Room2 (Sakura)

Speaker: Dong-Young Kim (Seoul National University College of Medicine,Republic of Korea)
Giorgio Walter Canonica (Humanitas Univerity & Research Hospital - Milan,Italy)
Minoru Gotoh (Nippon Medical School,JAPAN)

Symposium 14
Management of difficult aspects of asthma

October 16 (Fri)15:00–16:15
Room8 (Room A)

Speaker: Hae Sim Park (Ajou University School of Medicine, Ajou University Medical Center,South Korea)
Parameswaran Krishna Nair (McMaster University, Canada)
Gary Wong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Shuichiro Maruoka (Nihon University School of Medicine,Japan)

Symposium 17
Environmental and lifestyle drivers of asthma

October 17 (Sat)8:30–9:45
Room1 (Main Hall)

Speaker: Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos (National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
Soo-Jong Hong (National Medical Center,Republic of Korea)
Toshiko Itazawa (Saitama Medical Universtiy,Japan)
Hisako Matsumoto (Kindai University Faculty of Medicine,Japan)

Symposium 18
Treatment strategy for upper airway allergic diseases in the era of multi-biologics

October 17 (Sat)8:30–9:45
Room2 (Sakura)

Speaker: Atsushi Kato (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,USA)
Martin Wagenmann (Duesseldorf University Hospital, Germany)
Kojiro Hirano (Showa Medical University School of Medicine,Japan)

Symposium 19
Innovations in Atopic Dermatitis Management

October 17 (Sat)8:30–9:45
Room8 (Room A)

Speaker: Norito Katoh (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine,Japan)
Takeya Adachi (Keio University School of Medicine,Japan)
Thomas Werfel (Hannover Medical School,Germany)
Luz Sison Fonacier (New York University Grossman School of Medicine,USA)

Symposium 22
Future of allergen immunotherapy

October 17 (Sat)16:05–17:20
Room1 (Main Hall)

Speaker: Giorgio Walter Canonica (Humanitas Univerity & Research Hospital - Milan,Italy)
Sakura Sato (Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, NHO Sagamihara National Hospital,Japan)
Dra.med. Sandra Nora Gonzále Díaz (Hospital Universitario, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, México,México)

Symposium 23
Strategies for drug allergy management

October 17 (Sat)16:05–17:20
Room2 (Sakura)

Speaker: Yoon Seok Chang (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University, Korea)
Youichi Ogawa (University of Yamanashi,Japan)
David Kahn (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)

Symposium 24
Leadership, Career Development and Work–Life Balance in Allergy Medicine : An International Perspective

October 17 (Sat)16:05–17:20
Room4 (Room E)

Chair: Masami Narita (Kyorin University)
Akiko Yagami (Fujita Health University)
Opening Remarls: Motohiro Ebisawa (JSA President)
Speaker: María J Torres (University of Malaga and Malaga Regional University Hospital, Spain)
Michiko Aihara (Yokohama City University)
Hirohisa Saito (National Center for Child Health and Development)

Symposium 27
FPIES Update

October 17 (Sat)17:35–18:50
Room1 (Main Hall)

Speaker: Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn (NYU Grossman School of Medicine,USA)
Hideaki Morita (National Research Institute for Child Health and Development,Japan)
Cecilia Berin (Northwestern University,United States)

Symposium 31
Analysis of cells and mediators involved in the inflammation of asthma.

October 18 (Sun)8:30–9:45
Room1 (Main Hall)

Speaker: Shigeharu Ueki (Akita University Graduate School of Medicine,Japan)
Kazuyo Moro (The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine/ RIKEN,Japan)
Chang-Keun Kim (Inje University-Sanggye Paik Hospital,Korea)

Symposium 32
Food Allergy: Global Trend and Unmet need

October 18 (Sun)8:30–9:45
Room2 (Sakura)

Speaker: Elizabeth Tham (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore,Singapore)
Michael Levin (University of Cape Town,South Africa)
Carla McGuire Davis (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology,USA)
Philippe Eigenmann (University Hospitals of Geneva,Switzerland)

Symposium 33
Preschool asthma

October 18 (Sun)8:30–9:45
Room8 (Room A)

Speaker: Gary Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong)
Hideaki Morita (National Research Institute for Child Health and Development,Japan)
Ahn Kangmo (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Korea)
Takumi Takizawa (Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine,Japan)

Symposium 35
Advances in Research on the Mechanism of Allergen Immunotherapy

October 18 (Sun)8:30–9:45
Room12 (Annex Hall 2)

Speaker: Daiju Sakurai (Yamanashi University,Japan)
Hideaki Kouzaki (Kozaki ENT Clinic)
Mohamed H Shamji (Imperial College London, U.K)

Symposium 36
Eosinophil-associated diseases-clinical update

October 18 (Sun)15:00–16:15
Room1 (Main Hall)

Speaker: Tetsuo Shoda (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center,USA)
Yoshiyuki Yamada (Tokai University School of Medicine,Japan)
Amy Deborah Klion (National Institutes of Health,USA)
Parameswaran Krishna Nair (McMaster University, Canada)

Symposium 37
The current situation of allergology research in Japan

October 18 (Sun)15:00–16:15
Room2 (Sakura)

Speaker: Hiroshi Kawasaki (Keio University School of Medicine,Japan)
Tomohisa Iinuma (Chiba University Hospital,Japan)
Tomoaki Ando (Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine,Japan)
Yasutaka Motomura (Tokyo University of Science,Japan)

Symposium 41
Type 2 inflammation: Decoding Cellular Crosstalk Across Immune Compartments

October 18 (Sun)15:00–16:15
Room12 (Annex Hall 2)

Speaker: Patrick Brennan (Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School,USA)
Damon John Tumes (Adelaide University,Australia)
Hiroshi Ohno (RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences,Japan)

WAO Symposium

WAO Symposium 1 (tentative)

October 16 (Fri)9:00–10:15
Room9 (Room B-1)

Speaker: Ignacio J. Ansotegui (Hospital Quironsalud Bizkaia,Spain)
Pedro Giavina-Bianchi (University of São Paulo)
Rene Maximiliano Gomez (Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences,Argentina)

WAO Symposium 2 (tentative)

October 16 (Fri)10:30–11:45
Room9 (Room B-1)

Speaker: Mona Al-Ahmad (Kuwait University ,Kuwait)
Maryam Ali Al-Nesf (Hamad Medical Corporation,Qatar)
Vincenzo Patella (President, SIAAIC Head, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Division ,Italy)

WAO Symposium 3 (tentative)

October 17 (Sat)8:30–9:45
Room9 (Room B-1)

Speaker: Jonathan A. Bernstein (University of Cincinnati)
Hiroshi Chantaphakul (Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Medicine,Thailand)
Jose Antonio Ortega-Martell (World Allergy Organization,Mexico)

WAO Symposium 4 (tentative)

October 17 (Sat)16:05–17:20
Room9 (Room B-1)

Speaker: Luz Sison Fonacier (New York University Grossman School of Medicine,USA)
David Michael Lang (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University,USA)
Luciana KASE TANNO (University Hospital of Montpellier,France)

WAO Symposium 5 (tentative)

October 17 (Sat)17:35–18:50
Room4 (Room E)

Speaker: Tinatin Chikovani (Tbilisi State Medical University,Georgia)
Mary Beth Fasano (University of Iowa Health Care,USA)
Elham M. Hossny (Ain Shams University,Egypt)

WAO Symposium 6
Advancing allergy in Africa: lessons learned and future opportunities

October 18 (Sun)8:30–9:45
Room3 (Room D)

Speaker: Jonny Peter (University of Cape Town,South Africa)
Elizabeth Kiragu (Aga Khan University Hospital)
Olatunde Odusote (Lagos State University Teaching Hospital)

JSA-APAPARI Symposium

JSA-APAPARI Symposium 1
Birth cohort Symposium

October 16 (Fri)15:00–16:15
Room9 (Room B-1)

Speaker: Hyo-Bin Kim (Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine,South Korea)
Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada (National Center for Child Health and Development,Japan)
Elizabeth Tham (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore,Singapore)

JSA-APAPARI Symposium 2
Food allergy and Anaphylaxis Symposium

October 17 (Sat)17:35–18:50
Room9 (Room B-1)

Speaker: Kyunguk Jeong (Ajou University School of Medicine,Republic of Korea)
Agnes Sze Yin Leung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong ,Hong Kong)
Sakura Sato (Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, NHO Sagamihara National Hospital,Japan)

JSA-APAPARI Symposium 3
Childhood Asthma Symposium

October 18 (Sun)15:00–16:15
Room3 (Room D)

Speaker: Tsung-Chieh Yao (Chang Gung University,Taiwan)
Yukihiro Ohya (Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University,Japan)
DONG IN SUH (Seoul National University College of Medicine,South Korea)

JSA-EAACI Symposium

Innovation ㏌ Allergy: Mechanisms, Therapeutics and Prevention

October 16 (Fri)10:30–11:45
Room10 (Room B-2)

Speaker: María J Torres (University of Malaga and Malaga Regional University Hospital ,Spain)
Mohamed H Shamji (Imperial College London, U.K.)
Jolanta Magdalena Walusiak-Skorupa (Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine,Poland)

JSA-DGAKI Symposium

Novel Insights in the mechanism and management of atopic diseases

October 16 (Fri)15:00–16:15
Room10 (Room B-2)

Speaker: Martin Wagenmann (Düsseldorf University Hospital (UKD), Moorenstr. 5 D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany,Germany)
Wolfgang Pfuetzner (University Hospital, Philipps-Universität Marburg,Germany)
Thomas Werfel (Hannover Medical School,Germany)

KAAACI Symposium(tentative)

October 17 (Sat)16:05–17:20
Room10 (Room B-2)

TBA
Speaker: Junghyun Kim (Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea,Republic of Korea)
Daejin Song (Korea University Guro Hospital,Republic of Korea)

AAAAI Symposium

Novel Pathologic Developments in Allergic Disease

October 17 (Sat)8:30–9:45
Room10 (Room B-2)

Speaker: Leonard Benjamin Bacharier (Vanderbilt University Medical Center,USA)
Carla Davis (American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology,USA)

American College Session

October 17 (Sat)17:35–18:50
Room10 (Room B-2)

TBA

Inter Asthma Session

October 16 (Fri)9:00–10:15
Room10 (Room B-2)

TBA

ASBAI/WAO SISTER SYMPOSIUM

Approach to Chronic Allergies in Brazil

October 16 (Fri)10:30–11:45
Room7 (Room C-2)

Speaker: José Laerte Junior Boechat Morandi (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP)Associação Brasileira de Alergiae Imunologia (ASBAI))
Eduardo Magalhães Souza Lima (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP)Associação Brasileira de Alergiae Imunologia (ASBAI))
Ingrid Pimentel C. M. Souza Lima (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP)Associação Brasileira de Alergiae Imunologia (ASBAI))

Latin America Session

October 18 (Sun)8:30–9:45
Room10 (Room B-2)

TBA

ISPAR

ISPAR 1
Perioperative Allergy in Practice: A Global Perspective

October 16 (Fri)15:00–16:15
Room7 (Room C-2)

Chair: Tomonori Takazawa, (Japan)
Speaker: Sarah Green (Australia)
Thanachit Krikeerati (Thailand)
Yasuhiro Amano (Japan)

ISPAR 2
Beyond the Operating Theatre: Understanding Perioperative Hypersensitivity

October 17 (Sat)16:05–17:20
Room7 (Room C-2)

Chair: Pierre Bruhns (France)
Speaker: Graham Angus Mackay (Australia)
Aurelie Gouel-Cheron (France)
Yasuyuki Suzuki (Japan)

Mini Symposium / Poster

JSA/WAO/APAPARI Joint Congress 2026

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