KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

The group of experts in different scientific fields associated to aerobiology was invited to lecture on the latest research methods, cross-section research results and hot problems referring to environmental monitoring and natural environmental threats. Below you can find enclosed information about the speakers, affiliations and keynote titles in the particular sessions.

OPENING SESSION

Professor Siegfried Jäger Medical University of Vienna, Austria
European Network, new challenges

Dr Lorenzo Cecchi University of Florence, Italy
Towards a molecular vision of allergology: the contribution of allergen count

GENERAL MONITORING

Professor Giuseppe Frenguelli University of Perugia, Italy
How do plants keep track of the seasons of the year?

MODELING FORECASTING

Dr Matt Smith Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Modeling and forecasting: methods in aerobiology

PHENOLOGY

Professor Carmen Gálan University of Cordoba, Spain
Effect of climate change on plant distribution and phenology in the Iberian Peninsula

FUNGAL SPORES

Professor Mike Muilenberg University of Massachusetts, United States
Collecting and identifying airborne fungal spores. New technologies vs. traditional approaches

MELISSOPALYNOLOGY

Professor Anna Wróblewska University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Pollen spectrum of honeys and bee bread

AERO-AGRICULTURE

Professor Roy Kennedy University of Worcester, UK
Detection of variation within fungal species in aerobiological samples using molecular methods

PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Dr Jon West Rothamsted Research Institute, Harpenden, UK
Aerobiology and air sampling in plant pathology

BIOTERRORISM and TOXYCOLOGY

Professor Janusz Kocik Army Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw, Poland
Aerobiology of biowarfare – what do we know?

INDOOR ALLERGENS

Professor Rafał Górny Biohazard Laboratory, National Research Insitute, Warsaw, Poland
Microbial fragments as hidden indoor contaminants

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES/POLLUTION

Professor Stanisław Wicherek Université Paris IV Sorbone, CNRS, France
Air pollution and health: the case study of Cracow and asthma

CLIMATE CHANGES

Dr Bernard Clot Bio-and Environmental Meteorology, MeteoSwiss, Switzerland
The wind of change: effects of climate change on airborne pollen concentrations

FOSILE AND MODERN POLLEN RAIN

Professor Sheila Hicks University of Oulu, Finland
Is the present the key to the past or the past the key for the future?

MEDICAL-PALYNOLOGICAL DAY

During the Medical-Palynological sessions the short communications on clinical aspects of pollen and fungi allergy, epidemiology of allergenic diseases in Europe, latest researches on aero-allergens and especially on the practical application of aerobiological monitoring in medical practice will be presented. Among the invited speakers the Polish and foreign medical doctors, experts in allergy treatment prevail.

PLENARY SESSION

Professor Bolesław Samoliński Medical University of Warsaw
Epidemiology of pollen allergy in Europe

Professor Siegfried Jäger Medical University of Vienna, Austria
European monitoring of airborne particles regarding threat for health

Dr Mikhail Sofiev Finnish Meteorological Institute
Towards integrated biological and chemical air quality forecasting and assessment in Europe

Professor Heidrun Behrendt Technische Universität München, Germany
Allergotoxycology - molecular studies on the relation between pollen allergens and environment

PATHOMECHANISM OF POLLEN ALLERGY

Professor Marek Kowalski Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Molecular pathomechanisms of pollen allergy

Professor Karl Christian Bergmann Research Institute for Lung Diseases, Berlin, Germany
Pollen allergens – latest news

Professor Krzysztof Buczyłko Allergological Centre, Lodz, Poland
Otolarhyngological problems during the pollen season

Professor Magdalena Czarnecka-Operacz Poznan University of Medical Science, Poland
Pollen allergy and airborne dermatitis

POLLEN ALLERGY TREATMENT WITH REGARD TO POLLEN MONITORING

Professor Ondrej Rybnicek University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
Pollen monitoring in pollen allergy diagnostics and treatment

Professor Piotr Kuna Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Pollen monitoring in pollen allergy diagnostics and treatment

Professor Michel Thibaudon Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique, France and dr Piotr Rapiejko Allergen Research Centre, Warsaw, Poland
Information systems for patients

Dr Carmi Geller-Bernstein Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel
Introduction to the DISCUSSION in the EXPERT CIRCLE: The importance of the co-operation between palynologists and allergologists to improve the allergological practice

SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY

Professor Hans Jørgen Malling Allergiklinikken, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
Specific immunotherapy of pollen allergy, indications and efficacy

Professor Marek Jutel Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Pathomechanism of the specific immunotherapy

Professor Barbara Rogala Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Methods and monitoring of the specific immunotherapy