Scientific Programme

27 April 2022

17.00-17.45

Opening session including keynote address

Opening remarks: Mrs Martine Pergent (IPOPI President) and Mr
Johan Prevot (IPOPI Executive Director)
Keynote speech “PIDs across the age spectrum” – Prof. Klaus Warnatz

17.45-19.00

Session 1: PIDs and Allergies – Exploring the crossover!
Chairs: Dr Nizar Mahlaoui and Dr Nicholas Brodszki

Epidemiological overview of PIDs and Allergies
When is allergy a PID and when is it just allergy? – Dr Anna Sediva
Asthma, chronic obstructive lung issues and PIDs – Dr Leif Hanitsch
Dermatological allergic manifestations in PIDs – Prof Raffaele Badolato

19.15

Welcome Reception at the Congress Venue

28 April 2022

08.00-08.30

Guided Poster Walk

08.30-10.00

Session 2: Management of Gastrointestinal and Hepatic manifestations in PIDs

Chairs: Prof Sergio Rosenzweig and TBC

The interplay between the gastrointestinal tract and the immune system – Prof Harry Sokol
How to manage? – Prof Isabella Quinti
Explorations and treatment pathways including transplantation and conditioning – Dr Lizzy Rivers
Patient Testimony

10.00-10.30

Coffee Break and Guided Poster Walks

10.30-12.00

Session 3: The Usual Suspects

Chairs: Prof Stephen Jolles and TBC

Genetic diagnosis – Dr Sophie Hambleton
Malignancy spectrum of PIDs – Dr Ton Langerak
Autoimmunity and autoinflammation manifestations – Prof Tadej Avcin

13.00-14.15

Lunch and Poster Walk

14.15-15.15

Session 4: Regional Diagnosis and Clinical Challenges Session

Chairs: Prof Martin van Hagen and TBC

APSID Lecture Prof Surjit Singh
ASID Lecture Dr Nahla Erwa
CIS Lecture Prof Sergio Rosenzweig
ESID Prof Isabelle Meyts
LASID Dr Liliana Bezrodnik
SEAPID Dr Narissara Suratannon

15.45-16.15

Coffee Break and Guided Poster Walks

16.15-17.30

Session 5: Treatment advances in specific PID management

Chairs: Dr Virgil Dalm and TBC

CGD latest management advances – Prof Horst von Bernuth
ALPS: reaching new heights! – Dr Olaf Neth
T-cell lymphopenia: How TRECs modify the management of these patients – Prof Stephan Ehl
Update on IUIS classification: will it open new PID management pathways? – Prof Steven Holland

20.00

Congress Dinner (venue to be announced)

29 April 2022

09.00-10.30

Session 6: Ethical considerations

Chairs: Prof Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles and TBC

Topics TBA

Invited panel: Prof Bobby Gaspar, Ethicist James Taylor, Prof Alain Fischer, Prof Cornelis Boersma, Dr Adli Ali and Mary Louise Daly

10.30-11.00

Coffee break and Guided Poster Walks

11.00-12.30

Session 7: The quest for a cure to primary immunodeficiencies…

Chairs: Prof Anna Shcherbina and TBC

Cell therapy and PIDs – Dr Luigi Notarangelo
Bone Marrow Transplantation in adults – Prof Felipe Suarez
Thymic Transplantation – Prof Graham Davies
Gene Therapy and Gene Editing – Prof Alain Fischer

12.30-13.45

Lunch and Poster Walk

14.45-15.15

Young PID investigators: poster winners’ session

15.15-15.45

Coffee break and Guided Poster Walks

15.45-17.00

Session 8: Management of viral infections in PIDs

Chairs: Prof Steven Holland and Prof Surjit Singh

COVID-19 and PIDs! – Prof Martin van Hagen
CMV and EBV management in PIDs – Dr Romain Levy
Management of respiratory and entero-viruses in PIDs – Prof Stephen Jolles

17.00-17.45

Closure talk (Chair: Dr Nizar Mahlaoui):

“Horizon 2040: what can PID genetics studies tell us about the future?” – Dr Luigi Notarangelo