The FARE Food Allergy Summit took place in Washington, DC, on October 18–20, 2024 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. The event included more than 650 registrants, 41 speakers, and 29 exhibitors.

This year’s keynote speaker was Robert Wood, MD, FAAAAI, professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and one of the principal investigators for the OUtMATCH study, speaking on “How Innovation in 2024 Will Revolutionize Food Allergy.”

Expert insights included:

• Pamela Guerrerio, MD, PhD, chief of allergic diseases and the food allergy research section at the NIH, examining the reason food allergy are on the rise.
• Rima Rachid, MD, FAAAAI, director of the Allergen Immunotherapy Program and co-director of the Food Allergy Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, a FARE Clinical Network center, discussing how the microbiome and microbiota can be influential on the development of food allergy or the treatment of food allergy.
• Wayne Shreffler, MD, PhD, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and faculty member at Harvard Medical School, talking about diagnostic breakthroughs.

To download the full program, click here. 

Surveyed attendees reported:

• 96% were satisfied or very satisfied with the event
• 95% felt more connected to their community
• 77% felt more confident managing their food allergies after the event

Watch a video with 2024 Food Allergy Summit highlights here!

We are particularly grateful for the support of Genentech, a Member of the Roche Group (Premier Sponsor), ARS Pharmaceuticals (Champion Sponsor), Novartis (Champion Sponsor), Aquestive Therapeutics (Ally Sponsor), and DBV Technologies (Ally Sponsor), as well as Exhibit Hall Participants and In-Kind Donors.