Menu
Organised by
Main Conference Programme: Earn up to 17 CPD Points
Where Allergy Meets Non-Allergy: 14 – 16 August 2026, Century City, Cape Town, South Africa.
EARN 14 CLINICAL POINTS WITH 3 ETHICAL POINTS (SUNDAY SYMPOSIA) = UP TO 17 CPD POINTS IN TOTAL
This CPD-accredited meeting reflects the evolving reality of clinical practice, where allergic disease sits at the intersection and interacts daily with respiratory, environment and occupational health, as well as skin, mental, endocrine, metabolic and gut medicine.
The conference will feature traditional focused plenary, named lectures, but have expanded expert panels and highly interactive case-based sessions to improve audience interaction and ensure both scientific and practical questions are addressed to improve patient care. Tracks will cover skin, lung, food and occupational allergic disease, as well as inborn errors of immunity.
The congress organisers have dedicated a full morning to two ethics workshops. Both will focus on contemporary clinical ethical dilemmas and feature expert speakers to set the scene, followed by interactive panel and audience discussions. Designed to be both engaging and clinically relevant, it will provide a valuable opportunity to learn from experienced experts and peers while also meeting your continuing professional development requirements during the conference weekend. Earn up to 3 Ethical Points.
Ready to register for the main conference?
| FRIDAY 14 AUGUST 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 08:00 – 10:00 | Registration and exhibitors | – |
| 08:30 – 09:30 | Sponsored Breakfast Symposia – Precision Allergy Diagnostics in a Changing Environment: How Molecular Allergy Testing Improves Patient Care in South Africa. (Sponsored by Diagno Health) | Dr Constantine Konstantoulas |
| 10:00 – 12:30 | Respiratory Disease and the Environment | Chairs: Dr Tamara Kelberker, Prof Jonny Peter |
| 10:00 – 10:40 | Allergen immunotherapy in a changing environment – Eugene Weinberg Lectureship | Dr Dana Wallace |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Air pollution and childhood asthma | Prof Aneesa Vanker |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Heat and asthma – what is known, where are we heading and what can we do? | Prof Rajen Naidoo |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Panel discussion: Indoor and outdoor SA environments and asthma – what is coming and what do we need to do? | Moderators: Prof Mohamed Jeebhay / Prof Jonny Peter |
| Smoking/Vaping and asthma | Prof Richard van Zyl-Smit | |
| Air quality data for communities | Dr Joy Leaner | |
| Pesticides and occupational toxins | Prof Aqiel Dalvie | |
| 12:30 – 13:45 | Light lunch | |
| 12:30 – 13:45 | Sponsored Lunch Symposia – 25 Years of 3gAllergy: From innovation to clinical impact in allergy diagnostics. (Sponsored Siemens Healthineers) | Dr Johannes Grosch |
| 13:45 – 15:15 | Advances in Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy in Clinical Practice |
Chairs: Prof André van Niekerk, Dr Di Hawarden |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Latest treatments in HAE and what does the future hold for LMIC access – Paul Potter Lectureship | Prof Philip Li |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Is it occupational allergy or not – case studies in occupational medicine. | Dr Itumeleng Ntatamala |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Immunotherapy: The broader context, Oncology, T‑cell targeting strategies and Uroimmune and bactek (RTI) | Prof Jonny Peter |
| 15:15 – 16:00 | Coffee/Tea break and exhibits | |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Allergy Olympics | Prof Mike Levin and Dr Pieter de Waal |
| 17:30 – late | Cocktail party / dinner / drinks in exhibition hall | |
| 17:30 – late | Welcome and formalities | |
| SATURDAY 15 AUGUST 2026 | ||
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 07:30 – 08:30 | Sponsored Breakfast Symposia – The atopic patient: modifying their disease trajectory and striving for remission. (Sponsored by Sanofi) | Dr Ahmed Ismail Manjra |
| 08:30 – 13:00 | Plenary 2 | Chairs: Dr Sarah Karabus & Dr Candice Royal |
| 08:30 – 08:50 | Evidence, Emotion, and Algorithms: Communicating Food Allergy Risk in the Real World – Cas Motala Memorial Lectureship | Dr David Stukus |
| 08:50 – 09:10 | Food allergy sensitisation patterns in South Africa: What is driving change? | Prof Mike Levin |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | Food additives & epithelial barrier disruption: Global and SA perspectives | Dr Pieter De Waal |
| 09:30 – 09:50 | Food Allergy in emerging African regions – what is happening? | Prof Elham Hossny |
| 09:50 – 10:45 | Panel discussion – All things food and allergy in SA | All speakers + Ms Idonette van Zyl |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee/Tea break and free poster walk | |
| 11:15 – 13:00 | Empowering patients through advocacy and support | Chairs: Prof Mike Levin & Dr Ahmed Ismail Manjra |
| 11:15 – 11:35 | Patient advocate Toni Morkel shares her eczema journey and introduces her play, Cottonwool Kid | Ms Toni Morkel |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | Supporting the mental health of people living with chronic allergic disease | Dr Nicola Dugmore |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Panel Discussion: Living with Eczema in South Africa – challenges, support needs, and the way forward | Prof Mike Levin, Dr Nicola Dugmore, Dr Suretha Kannenberg, Ms Lynne Nieman, Ms Eva van Bell |
| 12:45 – 12:55 | Introduction to the Atopic Eczema Patient Advocacy Group | Ms Lynne Niemann |
| 12:55 – 13:00 | AFSA Competition Prize Draw | AFSA Team |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Light lunch | |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Case discussions with clinical pearls: | Moderator: Prof Jonny Peter. Panel of experts: Dr David Stukus, Prof Elham Hossny, Dr Thulja Trikamjee, Dr Dana Wallace, Dr Evelyn Ng’ang’a |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | The difficulty of managing recurrent sinusitis in IEI | Dr Cascia Day |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Believe the father – the curious case of milk and beef allergy – unmasking the Bos d 6 connection | Dr Marilee Kriel |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | The complex venom patient and sting challenges in SA | Dr Marinda McDonald |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | The heart-sink mast cell activation syndrome case and what to do with them | Dr Janet van der Walt |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Management at the interface of delayed and immediate type food allergies |
Dr Candice Royal |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Good’s syndrome: lessons from an evolving clinical phenotype | Dr Mimi Deetlefs |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Remission of chronic histaminergic Angiodema following intravenous iron repletion – a potential reversible endotype of CSU | Dr Jason Thoresen |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | A rare presentation of a drug-induced eczematous eruption secondary to telmisartan | Dr Miguel Jose Teixeira |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Poster and Abstract Presentation Session: | Chairs: Prof Jonny Peter, Prof Debbie White, Dr Di Hawarden |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | Effects of dietary diversity on food allergies in South Africa | Dr Jandri Barnard |
| 16:12 – 16:22 | Endovascular inflammatory activation in angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced angioedema in a South African cohort | Dr Sarah Pedretti |
| 16:24 – 16:34 | Allergic Sensitization Profile in a Mushroom Worker: A Case Report from an Occupational Allergy Investigation. | Ms Edith Ratshikhopha |
| 16:36 – 16:46 | Hereditary Angioedema Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa | Dr Priya Bowry |
| 16:48 – 16:58 | Outcomes of Oral Food Challenges in Paediatric FPIES: Experience from a Tertiary Children’s Hospital | Dr Abena Dlakavu |
| SUNDAY 16 AUGUST 2026 | ||
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Sponsored Breakfast Symposia – From ARIA to Everyday Practice: Practical Allergic Rhinitis Management in South Africa. (Sponsored by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals) | Dr Marinda McDonald |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session 1: Navigating adolescent treatment refusal | |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Introduction to the session: Ethical and legal considerations in adolescent treatment refusal | Prof Sharon Kling |
| 09:10 – 10:10 | Case presentations and discussions | Speaker: Prof Debbie White. Panel of experts: Prof Sharon Kling, Dr Di Hawarden and Ms Kelly Hawarden. |
| 09:10 – 10:30 | Wrap up of cases: An approach to the adolescent who declines treatment | Prof Debbie White |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee/Tea break | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 2: Should medical assistance in dying (MAiD) be legalised in South Africa? | |
| 11:00 – 11:05 | Introduction to the theme and speakers | Prof Sharon Kling |
| 11:05 – 11:25 | Why palliative care and medical assistance in dying can and should co-exist in South Africa | Ms Leigh Meinert |
| 11:25 – 11:40 | The legal status of medical assistance in dying in South Africa | Ms Kelly Hawarden |
| 11:40 – 12:10 | Reframing MAiD as a duty and an act of compassion | Prof Keymanthri Moodley |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Panel discussion: Should MAiD be decriminalised in South Africa? |
Facilitators: Prof Sharon Kling and Dr Di Hawarden. Panelists: Ms Leigh Meinert, Ms Kelly Hawarden, |
Ready to register for the main conference?
Disclaimer: The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the conference programme, including speakers, session topics, presentation times, and venues, should circumstances require. Every effort will be made to keep delegates informed of any updates. While all reasonable care has been taken in compiling the programme, the organisers accept no responsibility for any errors, omissions, or changes that may occur.
Our Sponsors
