2026 International Asthma Conference at Nemacolin Agenda

Please note: All times are U.S. Eastern Standard Time

Thursday, October 29th, 2026

5:00pm – 7:30pm – Conference Onsite Registration and Welcome Reception (Attendees & Guests Welcome)

Friday, October 30th, 2026

7:00am – 7:55am – Breakfast/Exhibits, Industry Product Theater with Breakfast provided by Maci’s Teams

8:00am – 8:15am – Welcome/Introduction to Conference (David P. Skoner, MD)

CORTICOSTEROID STEWARDSHIP
David P. Skoner, MD – 8:15am – 10:05am

8:15am – Small Bodies, Big Risks: Children Have the Greatest Need for Corticosteroid Stewardship (David P. Skoner, MD)

8:35am – Corticosteroid Stewardship: How Do We Do It in the Office and Health Care System? (Stanley J. Szefler, MD)

8:55am – Minimizing Corticosteroid Use with Asthma Biologics: Missed Opportunities? (William W. Busse, MD)

9:15am – Is There ANY Need for Corticosteroids in T2-Low Asthma? (Steve N. Georas, MD)

9:35am – Discussion

10:05am – Bronchodilators: Who’s on First? (Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr., MD)

10:30am – 10:45am – Break/Exhibits

ENDOTYPING, T2 BIOLOGICS AND REMISSION: ARE WE GETTING CLOSER TO A CURE?
Sally E. Wenzel, MD – 10:45am – 12:35pm

10:45am – Defining Severe Asthma - Distinguishing Disease Activity Versus Damage (Celeste Porsbjerg, Professor, MD, PhD)

11:05am – Similarities and Differences in Anti-T2 Pathway Biologics (Praveen Akuthota, MD)

11:25am – Natural Course of Disease, Remission vs Cure (Benjamin Gaston, MD)

11:45am – Remission As Defined and Observed in Atopic Dermatitis (Lisa A. Beck, MD)

12:05pm – Discussion

12:40pm – 1:30pm – Exhibits/Lunch Break, Industry Product Theater with Lunch provided by Maci’s Teams

FROM INCEPTION TO REGULATION: ASTHMA AND ATOPIC DISEASES
Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP – 1:35pm – 3:25pm

1:35pm – Role of Neuro-Immune Interactions on the Pathogenesis of Virus-Induced Asthma (Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP)

1:55pm – Novel Mechanisms for Resolution of Type 2 Inflammation (Nandini Krishnamoorthy, PhD)

2:15pm – Control of Migratory Dendritic Cells to Suppress Allergic Asthma (Anuradha Ray, PhD)

2:35pm – The Impact of Environmental Exposures on Immune Development (Angela Haczku, MD, PhD)

2:55pm – Discussion

3:25pm – 3:45pm - Break/Exhibits/Faculty (Speaker) Group Picture

3:45pm – Immunometabolism of Tissue Resident T Cells Along the Respiratory Tract (Jay K. Kolls, MD)

4:10pm – 5:55pm – Fellows Oral Abstracts (Reynold A. Panettieri Jr., MD)
4:10pm – Age Dependent Multimorbidity in Pediatric Type 2 Inflammatory Disease: Redefining the Atopic March (Kayla J. Steinberger, MD PhD)
4:25pm – Extracellular ATP regulation by CD39L1 and CD39/CD73-expressing type 2 CD8+ T cells in refractory chronic cough (Wafa Hassan, MD)
4:40pm – Abating the Atopic March: A Retrospective Cohort Study (Abhishek Bhatnagar, MBBS, MBA)
4:55pm – Investigating the role of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids in allergic asthma: Sex differences and the effect of sEH inhibition on lung function in females and male (Sri Ramya Donepudi)
5:10pm – STREAM Predicts Sustained High-Risk Asthma from Longitudinal Clinical Profiles (Mian Muhammad Salman Aslam, MBBS)
5:25pm – Association Between Adjunctive Pharmacologic Therapies and Clinical Resolution of Status Asthmaticus in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Kayla J. Steinberger, MD PhD)
5:40pm – Community Health Worker Interventions for Asthma Management: A Scoping Review (Anika Jain, MD, MPH)

5:55pm – Fellow Prize Awarded (Reynold A. Panettieri Jr., MD)

6:00pm – Meeting Adjournment (David P. Skoner, MD)

7:15pm – 9:15pm – PRIVATE FACULTY (Speakers) ONLY Dinner, Meet at Chateau/Grand Lodge at 7:00pm to request transportation.

Saturday, October 31st, 2026

7:05am – 8:00am – Breakfast/Exhibits, Industry Product Theater with Breakfast provided by Maci’s Teams

8:05am – 8:15am – Welcome/Introduction (David P. Skoner, MD)

THE ROLE OF EOSINOPHILS IN “EOSINOPHILIC DISEASES”
Paul M. O'Byrne, MB, FRCP(C), FRSC – 8:15am – 10:05am

8:15am – Eosinophilic Asthma (Paul M. O'Byrne, MB, FRCP(C), FRSC)

8:35am – Chronic Cough (Imran Satia, MA, MB, BChir (cantab), PhD, MRCP, FACP)

8:55am – William J. Doyle Keynote Lecture Eosinophilic Esophagitis (Jonathan M. Spergel, MD, PhD)

9:15am – Atopic Dermatitis (William W. Busse, MD)

9:35am – Discussion

10:05am – 10:20am – Break/Exhibits

REPURPOSING MEDICATIONS FOR ASTHMA MANAGEMENT
Sally E. Wenzel, MD – 10:20am – 11:40pm

10:20am – Lessons Learned from the PrecISE Asthma Network (Steve N. Georas, MD)

10:40am – Incretin Medications to Address Obesity-Associated Asthma (Katherine N. Cahill, MD)

11:00am – Gilbert Friday Keynote Lecture SMART or Not So SMART?: Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy for Children (William C. Anderson III, MD)

11:20am – Discussion

11:45am – 12:35pm – Exhibits/Lunch, Industry Product Theater with Lunch provided by Maci’s Teams

PEDIATRIC ASTHMA
Stanley J. Szefler, MD – 12:40pm – 2:00pm

12:40pm – Integrating Asthma Care with The Community to Improve Asthma Outcomes (Stanley J. Szefler, MD)

1:00pm – Transitioning Adolescents to Adult-Oriented Asthma Care (William C. Anderson III, MD)

1:20pm – Acute Asthma Exacerbations: New Tools, New Observations, and Insights into Future Management (Nidhya Navanandan, MD, MSCS)

1:40pm – Discussion

2:00pm – 2:15pm – Break/Exhibits

THE WILLIAM W. BUSSE SLIDE-LESS SYMPOISUM
David P. Skoner, MD – 2:15pm – 3:15pm

2:15pm – A ONE-HOUR DISCUSSION OF THE ATOPIC MARCH (Lisa A. Beck, MD; William W. Busse, MD; Jonathan M. Spergel, MD, PhD)

3:15pm – Meeting Adjournment (David P. Skoner, MD)

7:00pm – Farewell Dinner (All attendees/guests invited, RSVP Required), Quartz at Horizon Point. Shuttles will be available at the Chateau/Grand Lodge at 6:45pm.

Sunday, November 1st, 2026

7:20am – 7:55am – Breakfast/Exhibits, Light Breakfast will be provided by Maci’s Teams

8:00am – 8:05am – Welcome/Introduction (David P. Skoner, MD)

RECOGNIZING AND ADDRESSING RURAL HEALTH DISPARITIES IN ASTHMA
Deborah A. Gentile, MD – 8:05am – 9:55am

8:05am – Overview of Rural Health Disparities (Rachel Grove, LCSW)

8:25am – Rural Health Disparities in Asthma (Thanai Pongdee, MD)

8:45am – Impact of Rural School-Based Health Centers on Asthma Management (Wendy Brunner, MS, PhD)

9:05am – Philip Fireman Keynote Lecture Leveraging the Collaborative Quality Improvement Framework to Improve Asthma Care and Change Practice (Njira L. Lugogo, MD)

9:25am – Discussion

9:55am – 10:10am – Break/Exhibits

WHAT CAN AI DO FOR ASTHMA?
Sally E. Wenzel, MD – 10:10am – 12:00pm

10:10am – Can AI Help Identify the Most At-Risk Patients? (Joe Zein, MD, PhD, MBA)

10:30am – How Can AI Help Improve the EMR and Our Utilization of It for Clinical Care? (Hooman H. Rashidi MD, MS, FCAP)

10:50am – Towards Using Machine Learning to Prevent Indoor Exposures to Asthma Triggers (Adam Haber, PhD)

11:10am – Identifying Evidence Gaps and Latent Factors in Asthma Using Machine Learning (Anuradha Ray, PhD and Mondira Ray, MD, MBI)

11:30am – Discussion

12:00pm – 12:05pm – Closing Remarks/Meeting Adjournment (Sally E. Wenzel, MD)