World Allergy Forum

The World Allergy Forum (WAF) is the longest running educational program series sponsored by the World Allergy Organization (WAO). World Allergy Forum symposia are held at major international allergy meetings. Each symposium is developed by an international expert advisory panel to provide up-to-the-minute presentations on scientific and clinical developments in the field of allergic disease.
Upcoming World Allergy Forum Symposia

Precision Allergy Molecular Diagnostic Applications (PAMD@) — How to Use Allergen Components for Proper Diagnosis 
2026 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

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Management of Severe Immunoallergic Diseases: Where Are We Going?
2025 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
Orlando, Florida (United States)

Improved Approaches in Food Allergy
2025 EAACI Congress
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Food Allergy Update
2024 JSA Annual Meeting
Kyoto, Japan

The Skin as an Immunological Target
2024 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

Is the Burden of Chronic Cough Underappreciated in Allergy Practice?
2024 EAACI Congress
Valencia, Spain

Living with Food Allergy: Not All in the Same Boat
2024 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Washington D.C. (United States)

Allergy Immunotherapy Update
2023 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
Anaheim, California (United States)

Severe Food Allergy Update
2023 EAACI Congress
Hamburg, Germany

New Treatments for Difficult to Treat Inflammatory Diseases
2023 AAAAI Annual Meeting
San Antonio, Texas (United States)

New Approaches to Drug Allergies
2022 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
Louisville, Kentucky (United States)

Mast Cells – Biology and Disease
2022 EAACI Congress
Prague, Czechia

World Allergy Organization Anaphylaxis Update
2022 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Phoenix, Arizona (United States)

Global Trends in Allergen Immunotherapy
2021 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)

World Allery Organization Anaphylaxis Update
2021 EAACI Hybrid Congress
Krakow, Poland

How to Diagnose Food Allergy Correctly
2021 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Virtual

Corticosteroid Stewardship in Allergic Diseases
2020 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
Virtual

Impact of Climate Change on Allergic Diseases
2020 EAACI Congress
Virtual

Advances and Critical Issues in Asthma
2019 World Allergy Congress
Lyon, France

New Frontiers in Atopic Dermatitis
2019 ACAAI Annual Meeting
Houston, Texas (United States)

Urticaria and HAE up to Date: 2019
2019 Japanese Society of Allergology Annual Meeting
Tokyo, Japan

Innovations in Food Allergy Treatment
2019 EAACI Congress
Lisbon, Portugal

New Advances in Allergen Immunotherapy
2019 AAAAI Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California (United States)

The Roots of Respiratory Allergic Diseases
2018 WAO International Scientific Conference
Florence, Italy

Skin and Food Allergy
2018 ACAAI Annual Meeting
Seattle, Washington (United States)

Stratified Medicine and Severe Asthma
2018 EAACI Congress
Munich, Germany

New Approaches for the Optimal Management of Angioedema
2018 AAAAI/WAO Joint Congress
Orlando, Florida (United States)

State of the Art on the Management of Atopic Dermatitis
2017 ACAAI Annual Meeting
Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

Mechanisms and Complications of Severe Asthma
2017 EAACI Congress
Helsinki, Finland

Stratified Medicine and Severe Asthma
2017 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

Emerging anti-cytokine therapies in severe asthma
2016 EAACI Congress
Vienna, Austria

Role of Intolerance in Food Allergy
2016 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Los Angeles, California (United States)

Precision Medicine
2015 EAACI Congress
Barcelona, Spain

The Skin as Barrier in Atopic Dermatitis Co-Morbid Factors
2015 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Houston, Texas USA

Origins of Severe Airway Diseases
2014 EAACI Congress
Copenhagen, Denmark

Anaphylaxis: From Mechanisms to Novel Therapies
2014 AAAAI Annual Meeting
San Diego, California (United States)

Omics in Allergic Disease
2013 EAACI-WAO World Allergy & Asthma Congress
Milan, Italy

Advances in Tolerance Induction to Allergens
2013 AAAAI Annual Meeting
San Antonio, Texas (United States)

Eosinophilia and Co-morbid Conditions
2012 EAACI Congress
Geneva, Switzerland

Food Allergy: Pathogenesis and Prevention
2012 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Orlando, FL (United States)

Urticaria: Different Phenotypes and Diverse Treatments
2011 EAACI Congress
Istanbul, Turkey

Allergic Diseases, Asthma and Sleep Disturbances
2011 AAAAI Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California (United States)

Severe Asthma
2010 EAACI Congress
London, United Kingdom

Asthma Phenotypes and Heterogeneity of Theraputic Responses: Personalized Medicine in the 21st Century
2010 AAAAI Annual Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)

The Future use of Biologicals in Allergy and Asthma
2009 EAACI Congress
Warsaw, Poland

New Insights into Immunotherapy for Allergic Disorders
2009 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C. (United States)

An Update on Severe Asthma
2008 EAACI Congress
Barcelona, Spain

The Application of Monoclonal Therapies and Therapeutics to Asthma and Allergy
2008 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

Immune Tolerance
2007 EAACI Congress
Göteborg, Sweden

A Global Perspective on Genetics, the Environment and Allergy
2007 AAAAI Annual Meeting
San Diego, California (United States)

Global Issues in Allergy: Answers for a Worldwide Problem
2006 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

Life-Threatening Allergy – A Homage to Von Pirquet
2006 EAACI Congress
Vienna, Austria

Sublingual Immunotherapy - Is There a Role?
2006 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Miami Beach, Florida (United States)

The Management of Severe Asthma
2005 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
Anaheim, California (United States)

Novel Approaches to Food Allergy
2005 World Allergy Congress
Munich, Germany

IgE and IgE receptors in 'Allergic' Skin Diseases
2005 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
San Antonio, Texas (United States)

Immunomodulation - A Cure for Allergic Disease?
2004 EAACI Congress
Amsterdam, Netherlands

New Treatment Modalities for Allergic Diseases
2004 AAAAI Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California (United States)

The Impact of Upper Airway Allergic Inflammation on Asthma
2003 World Allergy Organization Congress
Vancouver, Canada

Sensitization or Tolerance
2003 EAACI Congress
Paris, France

Management of Asthma: Beyond the Cost
2003
Denver, Colorado (United States)

Novel Treatment Strategies in IgE-Mediated Allergy
2002 EAACI Congress
Naples, Italy

IgE: Bench to Bedside
2002 AAAAI Annual Meeting
New York, New York (United States)

Aetiology and Treatment of Nasal Allergy
2001 Japanese Society of Allergology
Fukuoka, Japan

Ocular Allergy
2001 EAACI Congress
Berlin, Germany

Bacterial Infection and Allergy
2001 AAAAI Annual Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)

Immune Intervention
2000 AAAAI Annual Meeting
San Diego, California (United States)

The Epithelium as a Modulator of the Allergic Response
2000 EAACI Congress
Lisbon, Portugal

Non-Allergic Rhinitis and Polyposis
2000 ICACI Meeting
Sydney, Australia

Challenging Issues in Rhinitis and Asthma
1999 Interasma
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rhinitis: From Laboratory Research to Primary Care
1999 EAACI Congress
Brussels, Belgium

The Influence Impact of Upper Airway Disease on Asthma
1999 Asthma
Honolulu, Hawai’i (United States)

Gene Environmental Interactions in Allergy
1999 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Orlando, Florida (United States)

Perennial Rhinitis, Chronic Sinusitis and Bronchial Asthma
1998 APCACI Triennial Meeting
Manila, Philippines

Airborne Allergens and Target Organs
1998 EAACI Congress
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Upper Airway regulation of Asthma
1998 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Washington D.C. (United States)

Chronic Rhinosinusitis
1998 TPAIS
Maui, Hawai’i (United States)

Is the Nose a Surrogate for the Lungs?
1997 ICACI
Cancún, México

Mechanisms of Action of Rhinitis Therapy
1997 EAACI Congress
Rhodes, Greece

Cellular Mechanisms and Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis
1997 AAAAI Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California (United States)

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