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NOTES OF ALLERGY WATCHERS History of the World Allergy Organization: Innovation in Continuity 2008–2009 Giorgio Walter Canonica, MD (WAO Journal 2011; 4:188– 192) WAO Web site and the World Allergy Organization Journal, and the staff all helped to achieve the presidential mandate. The WAO Member Societies worked enthusiastically with History of the World Allergy Organization: In 1951, the WAO to receive and promote our programs and collaborate leaders in allergy from all over the world came on initiatives and publications. together to form the International Association of Aller- In my 2008–2009 presidential mandate, I wanted to gology and Clinical Immunology (IAACI). For the next focus on the theme of “Innovation in Continuity,” and to 60 years, the allergy world converged at the IAACI achieve this WAO embarked on 6 specific initiatives: triennial meetings, which became biennial in 2003. The international meetings, originally named the Inter- 1. Strengthen the pillars of WAO: science, education, national Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immu- advocacy nology (ICACI), are now the World Allergy Congress 2. Deepen WAO’s relationship with other scientific socie- (WAC) hosted by the World Allergy Organization ties worldwide (WAO). Everyone who has aspired to have worldwide 3. Exploit Internet technology and the WAO Web si