European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Congress 2015

It is a great pleasure for us in Barcelona to be hosting the 2015 EAACI congress from the 6th to the 10th of June. But it is also a challenge: the standards have been set very high by the preceding EAACI congresses!

The Annual Congress has long been a highlight for a wide range of medical professionals from around the world and this year’s meeting will be no different. The Scientific Programme will both enlighten and educate attendees with its diversity, detail and ability to cater to all audiences.

This year’s theme, “Allergy: New answers to old questions”, calls on us to look back at some of the problems this specialty has faced and, more importantly, asks us to shed new light and research on these issues. When faced with difficulties we often fall into a similar pattern of trying to find a meaningful and optimal solution that has worked in the past when, in fact, sometimes we need to change the way we approach a problem before attempting to solve it. Complacency has many sides and falling into the trap of administering the same action in similar situations results in us forgetting to find new solutions to long treated issues.