The ERS International Congress 2021, Virtual

 

This annual event brings together the world's respiratory experts to showcase all the latest advances in respiratory medicine and science. 

The ERS International Congress 2021 was an exclusively virtual event, taking place from the 5-8 September online. 

Clinical year in review

Year in review


Biomarkers in early-detection of lung cancer: current concepts

Chair(s): C. De Bondt (Antwerpen, Belgium)

Experts view


Paediatric year in review

Year in review


Artificial intelligence and big data

Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)

Experts view


Digital health and innovation

Chair(s): T. Rose (United Kingdom)

Experts view


Virtual/multimodal education, communication skills

Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)

Experts view


Hospital at home for the management of COVID-19

Chair(s): J. Cruz (Leiria, Portugal)

Experts view


Alpha 1 - antitrypsin deficiency: diagnosis and treatment

Chair(s): M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain)

Experts view


Pulmonary hypertension and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

Chair(s): K. Moor (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Experts view


ERS/EAACI statement on adherence to international adult asthma guidelines

Statements and technical standards


Digital health surveillance in the thoracic surgery pathway?

Chair(s): S. Ricciardi (Bologna, Italy)

Experts view


Respiratory physiology

Chair(s): N. Belousova (Toronto, Canada)

Experts view


Performing cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the COVID-19 era?

Chair(s): R. Anstey (Cardiff, United Kingdom)

Experts view


Smoking and COVID-19 – what have we learned?

Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), L. Hedman (Luleå, Sweden)

Experts view


PDW End of life care for the elderly asthmatic and COPD patients

Chair(s): M. Elliott (Leeds (West Yorkshire), United Kingdom)

Professional development


PDW Educational supervision at work: clinical performance assessment

Chair(s): L. Konge (Virum, Denmark), R. Primhak (Sheffield (South Yorkshire), United Kingdom)

Professional development


Scientific year in review

Year in review


Utilising data from single cell approaches to study existing and recently emerging lung diseases?

Chair(s): M. Lehmann (München, Germany)

Experts view


Airway diseases

Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), A. Yorgancioglu (Konak, Turkey)

State of the art session


All about pulmonary arterial hypertension

Chair(s): N. Galiè (Bologna (BO), Italy), O. Sitbon (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

Oral Presentation


LoF Paediatric respiratory diseases

Chair(s): A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland), C. Ardura-Garcia (Bern, Switzerland), J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom)

Lungs on fire


Holistic care in interstitial lung disease: monitoring the patient’s pathway

Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), M. Kreuter (Heidelberg, Germany)

Symposium


New developments in mechanical ventilation and ventilator weaning

Chair(s): L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Environment and respiratory health

Chair(s): I. Annesi Maesano (Paris, France), L. Smit (Utrecht, Netherlands)

Oral Presentation


Repair and regeneration in chronic lung disease and lung cancer

Chair(s): R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), S. Meiners (Sülfeld, Germany)

Symposium


Chronic COVID - 19

Chair(s): M. Shteinberg (Haifa, Israel), J. Rademacher (Hannover, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Highlights for primary care in 2021

Chair(s): J. Kocks (Groningen, Netherlands), H. Sandelowsky (Vendelso, Sweden)

Oral Presentation


Vaccination and infections

Chair(s): T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)

Joint session


French programme 2021

Chair(s): M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), C. Raherison-Semjen (Pessac, France)

Language session


Cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Chair(s): P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), M. Schaeffer (Vancouver (BC), Canada)

Skills lab


Acute respiratory distress syndrome phenotypes: implications for diagnosis and treatment

Chair(s): L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Novelties in interventional pulmonology

Chair(s): P. Chhajed (Mumbai, India), D. Gompelmann (Vienna, Austria)

Oral Presentation


ERS Clinical practice guidelines for managing children and adolescents with bronchiectasis

Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), C. Ardura-Garcia (Bern, Switzerland), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)

Guidelines session


Post COVID interstitial lung diseases syndrome: diagnosis and management as interstitial lung disease?

Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), M. Kreuter (Heidelberg, Germany)

Pro-Con debate


Innate immunity and lung epithelial repair: what really happens?

Chair(s): R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), S. Meiners (Sülfeld, Germany)

Symposium


ALERT: COPD

Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), A. Yorgancioglu (Konak, Turkey)

Clinical trials session


Non-pulmonary arterial hypertension pulmonary hypertension

Chair(s): S. Ulrich (Zurich, Switzerland), L. Howard (London, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Best abstracts in pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care

Chair(s): G. Vagheggini (Volterra (PI), Italy), R. Evans (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Noninvasive respiratory support in hypoxic respiratory failure: stay safe and know your limits

Chair(s): M. Duiverman (Groningen, Netherlands), J. Winck Fernandes Cruz (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Symposium


Psychological and behavioural issues in respiratory care

Chair(s): I. Farver-Vestergaard (Vejle, Denmark), T. Janssens (Leuven, Belgium)

Oral Presentation


CCC Respiratory infections

Chair(s): R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal), P. Burgel (Paris, France)

Challenging clinical cases


ERS clinical practice guidelines on treatment of sarcoidosis

Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), M. Kreuter (Heidelberg, Germany)

Guidelines session


The ERS guidelines for the diagnosis of asthma in children aged 5-16 years

Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland), C. Ardura-Garcia (Bern, Switzerland)

Guidelines session


Continuous positive airway pressure, non-invasive ventilation and mechanical ventilation

Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), L. Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland)

Skills lab


Transforming respiratory care: why now is the time to act

Chair(s): M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), C. Jenkins (McMahons Point (NSW), Australia)

Joint session


Bronchoscopy in the COVID - 19 era: cryobiopsy

Chair(s): P. Vaidya (Navi Mumbai, India), A. Valipour (Wien, Austria)

E-poster


COVID-19 and acute respiratory failure

Chair(s): C. Karagiannidis (Cologne, Germany), C. Fisser (Regensburg, Germany)

E-poster


Asthma clinical trials and real-life studies

Chair(s): D. Jackson (London, United Kingdom), I. Satia (Hamilton, Canada)

E-poster


Emerging new mechanisms of chronic lung disease

Chair(s): C. Michaeloudes (London, United Kingdom), A. Szczepankiewicz (Poznan, Poland)

E-poster


Peripheral muscle function, exercise capacity and functional status in respiratory disease

Chair(s): C. Duarte Santos (Almada, Portugal), E. Frykholm (Umeå, Sweden)

E-poster


New insight into the immunology of allergies, asthma and COPD: from mouse to man

Chair(s): L. Uller (Lund, Sweden), P. Gibson (Newcastle, Australia)

E-poster


COVID – 19: treatments and predictive factors

Chair(s): E. Van Braeckel (Ghent, Belgium), A. Gramegna (Milano (MI), Italy)

E-poster


Inhaled treatments for COPD: clinical trials and real-world studies

Chair(s): A. Mathioudakis (Stockport, United Kingdom), B. Gemicioglu (Istanbul, Turkey)

E-poster


The different faces of sleep disturbances in respiratory diseases and beyond

Chair(s): C. Lombardi (Milano (MI), Italy), R. Tamisier (Grenoble, France)

E-poster


Burden and epidemiology of COVID-19

Chair(s): V. Garcia-Larsen (Baltimore, United States of America), J. Soriano (Madrid, Spain)

E-poster


Lung function evaluation and assessment of airway diseases

Chair(s): W. Stringer (Long Beach, United States of America), R. Dellaca (Milano (MI), Italy)

E-poster


Patient-reported outcomes in respiratory disease

Chair(s): L. Brighton (London, United Kingdom), E. Volpato (Milano (MI), Italy)

E-poster


Respiratory physiology and breathing during sleep in health and sickness

Chair(s): S. Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium), F. Singer (Bern, Switzerland)

E-poster


Primary care organisation and epidemiology

Chair(s): E. Khoo (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), E. Metting (Groningen, Netherlands)

E-poster


Tuberculosis, COVID-19 and other comorbidities

Chair(s): G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom), I. Kontsevaya (Borstel, Germany)

E-poster


Challenges and advances in the diagnosis and clinical management of tuberculosis

Chair(s): M. Dalcolmo (São Paulo, Brazil), C. Calarasu (Craiova (Dolj), Romania)

E-poster


Advances in therapeutic plans for sleep disordered breathing

Chair(s): Ö. Basoglu (Izmir, Turkey), J. Verbraecken (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium)

E-poster


Non-invasive respiratory support in COVID-19

Chair(s): J. Sayas Catalan (Madrid, Spain), M. Lebret (GRENOBLE, France)

E-poster


Severe asthma: evaluation using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and biomarkers, comorbidities and treatments

Chair(s): A. Dasgupta (Kolkata (West Bengal), India), I. Pavord (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom)

E-poster


Biology of lung cancer: preclinical and translational research

Chair(s): I. Tietzova (Praha, Czech Republic), G. Hardavella (Athens, Greece)

E-poster


Biomarkers for the management of bronchial obstructive diseases

Chair(s): P. Ntontsi (Athens, Greece), A. Malinovschi (Uppsala, Sweden)

E-poster


Long COVID - 19

Chair(s): G. Rohde (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), S. Sperling Haugen (Aarhus N, Denmark)

E-poster


Respiratory physiotherapy: e-health, activities of daily living and measurement properties of instruments

Chair(s): T. Janaudis-Ferreira (Montréal (QC), Canada), R. Barker (Warminster, United Kingdom)

E-poster


COVID-19 and obstructive diseases: risk factors, management and long-term effects

Chair(s): S. Johnston (London, United Kingdom), M. Bafadhel (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom)

E-poster


Developments in biomarkers and treatment strategies for chronic lung diseases

Chair(s): M. Platé (London, United Kingdom), P. BARDIN (Champs-sur-Marne, France)

E-poster


Pulmonary embolism in non-COVID-19 and COVID-19 patients

Chair(s): L. Piccari (Barcelona, Spain), L. JARA PALOMARES (Sevilla, Spain)

E-poster


Moving forward in various aspects of sarcoidosis

Chair(s): N. Rivera (Stockholm, Sweden), V. Kouranos (London, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Pulmonary rehabilitation in asthma and COPD

Chair(s): J. Varga (Budapest, Hungary), M. Carone (Bari, Italy)

E-poster


Symptoms across respiratory diseases and impact of COVID-19

Chair(s): S. Perumal (Gloucester, United Kingdom), T. Harvey-Dunstan (Loughborough (Leicestershire), United Kingdom)

E-poster


Novel imaging analysis methodologies in diffuse lung diseases

Chair(s): H. Prosch (Wien, Austria), L. Zanol Lorencini Stanzani (Lisbon, Portugal)

E-poster


Pathophysiology and clinical consequences of obstructive sleep apnoea

Chair(s): A. Pataka (Thessaloniki, Greece), A. Targa (Lleida, Spain)

E-poster


Biomarkers and e-health in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Chair(s): A. Tzouvelekis (Athens, Greece)

E-poster


Hypoxia, exercise and respiratory function in pathophysiological conditions

Chair(s): S. Verges (Grenoble, France), C. Spengler (Zürich, Switzerland)

E-poster


Thoracic surgery, lung cancer and complications of COVID-19

Chair(s): P. Yablonsky (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation), S. LINDSTEDT (Lund, Sweden)

E-poster


Diagnosis and management of COVID-19

Chair(s): D. Toumpanakis (Athens, Greece), M. Presotto (Heidelberg, Germany)

E-poster


News in treatment and diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Chair(s): J. Wälscher (Essen, Germany), C. Vancheri (Catania (CT), Italy)

E-poster


Challenges of COVID-19 management at short and long-term

Chair(s): C. Valenzuela (Madrid, Spain), L. Traversi (Cittiglio, Italy)

E-poster


Clinical features and challenges of COVID-19

Chair(s): D. Kohlbrenner (Echirolles, France), G. Kaltsakas (Athens, Greece)

E-poster


COVID - 19: lessons learned

Chair(s): B. Patel (London, United Kingdom), S. Frent (Timisoara, Romania)

E-poster


Medical education in respiratory medicine

Chair(s): G. Sotgiu (Porto Torres (SS), Italy), P. Laveneziana (Paris, France)

E-poster


Airway pharmacology: translational and basic science

Chair(s): S. Lea (Manchester (Greater Manchester), United Kingdom), A. Spanevello (Milano, Italy)

E-poster


Posters in paediatric bronchology

Chair(s): N. Freitag (Krefeld, Germany), D. Schramm (Düsseldorf, Germany)

E-poster


Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension

Chair(s): N. Morrell (Cambridge (Cambridgeshire), United Kingdom), L. Dewachter (Bruxelles, Belgium)

E-poster


Pulmonary rehabilitation in the COVID-19 era

Chair(s): R. Evans (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom), M. Paneroni (Mazzano (BS), Italy)

E-poster


Asthma burden and management I

Chair(s): N. Toledo Pons (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), J. van Boven (Groningen, Netherlands)

E-poster


COVID - 19 biomarkers

Chair(s): K. Bielosludtseva (Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine), C. Summers (Cambridge (Cambridgeshire), United Kingdom)

E-poster


Novel insights into the pathogenesis of chronic lung diseases

Chair(s): S. Marciniak (Cambridge (Cambridgeshire), United Kingdom), A. Joannes (RENNES, France)

E-poster


New insights into the airway immunology of lung disease

Chair(s): N. Reynaert (Maastricht, Netherlands), K. Belchamber (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

E-poster


CCC Paediatric respiratory diseases

Chair(s): M. Gappa (Düsseldorf, Germany), S. Unger (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)

Challenging clinical cases


Diagnostic and therapeutic advances in mesothelioma care

Chair(s): F. Meloni (Pavia (PV), Italy), T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)

Symposium


COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome

Chair(s): C. Karagiannidis (Cologne, Germany), I. Martin-Loeches (Dublin, Ireland)

Oral Presentation


LoF Pulmonary vascular diseases?

Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom)

Lungs on fire


Environment, air pollution, health and respiratory disease

Chair(s): R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland), R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal)

Hot topics


COVID-19: insights from respiratory physiotherapists

Chair(s): C. Burtin (Diepenbeek, Belgium), V. Alcaraz Serrano (Barcelona, Spain)

Oral Presentation


Respiratory infections

Chair(s): D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)

State of the art session


Digital health in respiratory medicine: opportunities for everyone

Chair(s): V. Poberezhets (Vinnytsia, Ukraine), H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)

Symposium


Mechanistic pathways in chronic and new lung diseases

Chair(s): A. Fabre (Dublin 4, Ireland), G. Beltramo (Dijon, France)

Oral Presentation


The future of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Chair(s): W. Wuyts (Leuven, Belgium), N. Chaudhuri (Limavady, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Clinical trials in airway diseases: novel treatments and new evidence

Chair(s): C. Porsbjerg (Copenhagen, Denmark), A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy)

Oral Presentation


Spanish/Portuguese programme 2021

Chair(s): I. De Godoy (BOTUCATU, Brazil), M. Cohen Todd (Guatemala City, Guatemala), D. Da Cunha Ribeiro (Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil), A. Morais (Maia, Portugal), G. Peces-Barba Romero (Pozuelo de Alarcon (Madrid), Spain)

Language session


Early manifestations of chronic respiratory disease: zooming in at the epithelial barrier

Chair(s): H. Heijink (Groningen, Netherlands), S. Bartel (Groningen, Netherlands)

Oral Presentation


Pulmonary embolism: controversies in management

Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom)

Respiratory medicine meets other disciplines


Highlights from the JAMA Network on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer screening

Chair(s): R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland), R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal)

Journal session


Lung graft allocation and monitoring in the 21st century

Chair(s): F. Meloni (Pavia (PV), Italy), T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)

Symposium


Digital health meets sleep breathing disorders

Chair(s): V. Poberezhets (Vinnytsia, Ukraine), H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)

Symposium


Imaging grand round

Chair(s): D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)

Grand round


New evidence from longitudinal asthma cohorts and other key studies

Chair(s): G. Marks (Sydney (NSW), Australia), V. Garcia-Larsen (Baltimore, United States of America)

Oral Presentation


Bronchiectasis heterogeneity: assessing the endotypes

Chair(s): P. Goeminne (Bornem, Belgium), M. Shteinberg (Haifa, Israel)

Oral Presentation


Best of paediatric physiology and sleep research

Chair(s): R. Hamutcu Ersu (Ottawa, Canada), E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy)

Oral Presentation


Deep phenotyping of obstructive diseases for precision medicine

Chair(s): F. Schleich (Liège, Belgium), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)

Oral Presentation


Interstitial lung diseases

Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal), T. Alfaro (Coimbra, Portugal)

State of the art session


Imaging

Chair(s): B. Forgo (Orebro, Sweden), R. Stevic (Beograd, Republic of Serbia)

Oral Presentation


Part I: restarting COPD care in the post-COVID era

Chair(s): M. Román Rodriguez (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom), M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium)

Primary care session


Highlights on gender and respiratory health

Chair(s): M. Spruit (Horn, Netherlands), C. Suppli Ulrik (Virum, Denmark)

Symposium


CCC Respiratory critical care

Chair(s): M. Duiverman (Groningen, Netherlands), C. Karagiannidis (Cologne, Germany)

Challenging clinical cases


New technologies for the management of children with respiratory diseases

Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)

Symposium


Nursing perspective during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chair(s): M. Clari (TORINO, Italy), K. Heslop-Marshall (Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear), United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Adult cystic fibrosis

Chair(s): P. Burgel (Paris, France), B. Plant (Cork, Ireland)

Oral Presentation


Asthma treatment: clinical and translational science

Chair(s): R. Louis (Liège, Belgium), P. Rogliani (Roma (RM), Italy)

Oral Presentation


Novel insights into the diagnosis, mechanism and treatment of malignant pleural disease

Chair(s): R. Asciak (SIGGIEWI, Malta), C. Laursen (Odense, Denmark)

Oral Presentation


Respiratory sleep

Chair(s): S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)

Skills lab


Part II: restarting asthma care in the post-COVID era

Chair(s): H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom), M. Román Rodriguez (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium)

Primary care session


Wheezing illnesses along the life span

Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)

Symposium


Respiratory infections

Chair(s): G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom), S. Ramakrishnan (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Digital transformation in practice: enabling next-generation medicine

Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona (CT), Spain), M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain)

Symposium


LoF Interstitial lung diseases?

Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal), T. Alfaro (Coimbra, Portugal)

Lungs on fire


Sarcopenia in chronic respiratory disease: new definitions, assessment and treatment options

Chair(s): M. Spruit (Horn, Netherlands), C. Suppli Ulrik (Virum, Denmark)

Symposium


New trends in non-invasive respiratory support

Chair(s): J. Winck Fernandes Cruz (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal), L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Oral Presentation


Advances in treatment and management of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease

Chair(s): J. Heyckendorf (Hamburg, Germany), A. Garcia-Basteiro (Maputo, Mozambique)

Oral Presentation


Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): easy tools in the management of chronic respiratory diseases

Chair(s): R. Louis (Liège, Belgium), I. Ojanguren Arranz (Barcelona, Spain)

Oral Presentation


Paediatric lung disease: novel mechanisms, methods and translational studies

Chair(s): I. Mižíková (Cologne, Germany), M. Alejandre Alcázar (Köln, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Updates on inhalers for COPD and asthma

Chair(s): F. De Jongh (Enschede, Netherlands)

Joint session


The current classification of pulmonary hypertension meets clinical practice

Chair(s): H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom), M. Román Rodriguez (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium)

Pro-Con debate


Thoracic ultrasound

Chair(s): N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom), C. Laursen (Odense, Denmark)

Skills lab


Prognostic markers of disease progression in non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis interstitial lung diseases

Chair(s): M. Otaola (Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, Argentina), J. Porter (London, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Therapy of lung cancer

Chair(s): A. Frille (Leipzig, Germany), S. Lang (Jena, Germany)

E-poster


Epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis

Chair(s): B. Lange (Freiburg, Germany), L. Guglielmetti (Paris, France)

E-poster


Insights into rehabilitation and physiotherapy in COVID-19

Chair(s): I. Jarosch (Schönau am Königssee, Germany), J. De Brandt (Diepenbeek, Belgium)

E-poster


Lung disease burden and management

Chair(s): G. Viegi (Pisa (PI), Italy), O. Kurmi (Coventry, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Comorbidities in airway obstructive diseases

Chair(s): L. Cestelli (Bergen, Norway), F. Schleich (Liège, Belgium)

E-poster


An update on respiratory physiotherapy and respiratory muscle function and training

Chair(s): A. Babu (Manipal (Karnataka), India), M. Chatwin (London, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Screening, diagnosis, management and prognosis of lung cancer

Chair(s): F. Gamarra (Straubing, Germany), W. van Geffen (Leeuwarden, Netherlands)

E-poster


Exercise tolerance, supportive care and more in non-pulmonary fibrosis interstitial lung diseases

Chair(s): Y. Khor (Melbourne (VIC), Australia), F. Luppi (Modena, Italy)

E-poster


Environmental and lifestyle impacts on chronic lung disease

Chair(s): G. Vasse (Groningen, Netherlands), T. Maes (Ghent, Belgium)

E-poster


Future advances in respiratory physiology

Chair(s): M. Thomas (Birmingham, United Kingdom), R. Ong-Salvador (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

E-poster


Back to infection basics

Chair(s): A. Shoemark (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom), R. José (London, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Clinical evolution, management and outcomes of patients with rare diffuse parenchymal lung diseases

Chair(s): C. Dupin (Paris, France), O. Torre (Milano (MI), Italy)

E-poster


Pathogenic progress in airway diseases

Chair(s): S. Cuevas Ocaña (Nottingham, United Kingdom), A. Mailleux (Paris, France)

E-poster


Inhaled treatments for COPD: real-world data

Chair(s): D. Berton (Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil), D. Halpin (Exeter, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Mechanical ventilation and weaning

Chair(s): F. Magnet (Köln, Germany), M. Dres (Paris, France)

E-poster


Health effects of tobacco and medical professionals

Chair(s): S. Belo Ravara (Covilhã, Portugal), A. Dilektasli (Bursa, Turkey)

E-poster


Convex probe endobronchial ultrasound and radial probe endobronchial ultrasound

Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany), T. Toma (London, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Immunological and molecular characterisation of tuberculosis disease and infection

Chair(s): I. Mokrousov (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation), C. Prat Aymerich (Badalona (Barcelona), Spain)

E-poster


From phenotyping to different diagnostic tools for sleep breathing disorders

Chair(s): S. Herkenrath (Köln, Germany), R. Riha (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)

E-poster


Asthma and COPD meets COVID-19: new diagnostic tools and results from clinical trials

Chair(s): A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy), F. Polverino (Tucson, United States of America)

E-poster


Interstitial lung disease, COVID-19 and friends

Chair(s): A. Prasse (Hannover, Germany), M. Bonifazi (Ancona (AN), Italy)

E-poster


Early-life infections, wheezing and asthma

Chair(s): S. Sonnappa (London, United Kingdom), N. Ullmann (Roma (RM), Italy)

E-poster


Cystic fibrosis

Chair(s): P. Minic (Beograd, Republic of Serbia), H. Heijerman (Utrecht, Netherlands)

E-poster


Pharmacology of airway diseases: clinical and laboratory studies

Chair(s): A. Higham (Manchester (Greater Manchester), United Kingdom), L. Uller (Lund, Sweden)

E-poster


Occupational rhinitis and asthma

Chair(s): J. Sastre Dominguez (Tres Cantos (Madrid), Spain), O. Dumas (Villejuif, France)

E-poster


New approaches to pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care

Chair(s): A. Borghi Silva (São Carlos (SP), Brazil), A. Frei (Zürich, Switzerland)

E-poster


Epidemiology and burden of tuberculosis and other lung diseases

Chair(s): A. Rendon (Monterrey, Mexico), K. Chichirelo-Konstantynovych (Vinnitsya, Ukraine)

E-poster


Pneumonia

Chair(s): A. Ceccato (barcelona, Spain), C. Cilloniz Campos (Barcelona, Spain)

E-poster


Acute non-invasive respiratory therapies in COVID-19 and beyond

Chair(s): L. Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands), J. Winck Fernandes Cruz (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

E-poster


Environment and air pollution

Chair(s): G. Thurston (New York, United States of America), A. Vanker (Cape Town, South Africa)

E-poster


Innovations in nurse-led interventions in respiratory diseases

Chair(s): M. Clari (TORINO, Italy), M. Granados Santiago (Alcaudete, Spain)

E-poster


Physical activity, exercise training and (tele)rehabilitation in respiratory patients

Chair(s): C. Marcal Camillo (Londrina (PR), Brazil), A. Oliveira (Hamilton, Canada)

E-poster


Treatments for airway diseases

Chair(s): C. Rhee (Seoul, Republic of Korea), C. Gotera Rivera (Madrid, Spain)

E-poster


Lung function testing in the management of obstructive diseases

Chair(s): M. Milanese (Pietra ligure (SV), Italy), E. Derom (Ghent, Belgium)

E-poster


Pulmonary neoplasia and related pathologies

Chair(s): A. Devaraj (London, United Kingdom), T. Cremona (Bern, Switzerland)

E-poster


Fungi, viruses, parasites and the immunocompromised

Chair(s): S. Chotirmall (Singapore, Singapore), A. Shah (London, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Therapy of pulmonary hypertension

Chair(s): S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom), A. Boucly (Le Kremlin Bicètre, France)

E-poster


Management of chronic cough and obstructive diseases

Chair(s): P. Marsden (Manchester (Greater Manchester), United Kingdom), L. Vanfleteren (Gothenburg, Sweden)

E-poster


Acute paediatric respiratory infections

Chair(s): R. Masekela (Pretoria, South Africa), R. Langley (Glasgow, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Rare thoracic surgical disease and the chest wall

Chair(s): M. Nardini (Uxbridge, United Kingdom), C. Tezel (Istanbul, Turkey)

E-poster


Pulmonary rehabilitation in clinical conditions

Chair(s): L. Dowman (Melbourne, Australia), C. Andrejak (Amiens, France)

E-poster


Bronchiectasis and pleural infection

Chair(s): M. McDonnell (Oranmore (Co Galway), Ireland), J. Altenburg (Amsterdam (NH), Netherlands)

E-poster


Paediatric asthma and bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Chair(s): L. Duijts (Rotterdam, Netherlands), D. Lo (Leicester, United Kingdom)

E-poster


In vitro modelling of lung disease: reach out to the next dimension

Chair(s): D. Wagner (Lund, Sweden), A. van der Does (Leiden, Netherlands)

E-poster


Bronchiectasis

Chair(s): H. Keir (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom), M. Loebinger (London, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Sleep across the lifespan in the new era of COVID - 19

Chair(s): S. Mihaicuta (Timisoara (Timis), Romania), M. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy)

E-poster


Clinical effects of CFTR modulatory therapy and lung inflammation in children with cystic fibrosis

Chair(s): M. Stahl (Berlin, Germany), P. Robinson (Sydney (NSW), Australia)

E-poster


CCC Interstitial lung diseases

Chair(s): H. Nunes (Bobigny, France), E. Renzoni (London, United Kingdom)

Challenging clinical cases


The best of the European Respiratory Journal 2021

Chair(s): T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

Journal session


Innovation in thoracic surgery

Chair(s): M. Migliore (Catania (CT), Italy), K. Athanassiadi (Athens, Greece)

Oral Presentation


LoF Lung cancer?

Chair(s): J. van Meerbeeck (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland), T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)

Lungs on fire


Respiratory critical care

Chair(s): M. Schultz (Amsterdam, Netherlands), S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), M. Patout (Mont-Saint Aignan, France)

State of the art session


New insights into the pathophysiology and prognosis of COPD

Chair(s): P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), G. Kaltsakas (Athens, Greece)

Oral Presentation


Precision medicine in asthma and COPD

Chair(s): A. Bossios (Stockholm, Sweden), L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Digital innovations in tuberculosis and implementation research in the era of COVID-19: collaborative activities between the WHO and ERS

Chair(s): R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal), V. Poberezhets (Vinnytsia, Ukraine)

Hot topics


Insights into pulmonary embolism

Chair(s): L. Bertoletti (Saint Etienne Cedex, France), S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Tobacco and nicotine research during the pandemic

Chair(s): E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), S. Tsikrika (Athens, Greece)

Oral Presentation


Advances in childhood asthma: biologics, biomarkers and infections

Chair(s): S. Saglani (London, United Kingdom), V. Fainardi (Parma (PR), Italy)

Oral Presentation


Russian programme 2021

Chair(s): A. Vizel (Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan), Russian Federation), D. Culver (Cleveland, United States of America)

Language session


Innovation in respiratory training

Chair(s): G. Rohde (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)

Oral Presentation


Lung cancer grand round

Chair(s): J. van Meerbeeck (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland), T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)

Grand round


LoF Respiratory critical care / Sleep and Breathing disorders

Chair(s): M. Schultz (Amsterdam, Netherlands), S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), M. Patout (Mont-Saint Aignan, France)

Lungs on fire


The "State of the Art" in the diagnosis of bacterial, mycobacterial, and fungal pneumonias

Chair(s): T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

Journal session


New insights into nontuberculous mycobacteria disease: from diagnosis to treatment

Chair(s): R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal), V. Poberezhets (Vinnytsia, Ukraine)

Symposium


Pharmacology of lung immune responses: which pathways to target!

Chair(s): A. Bossios (Stockholm, Sweden), L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Cellular and molecular involvement in lung injury and repair

Chair(s): A. Boots (Maastricht, Netherlands), S. Rolandsson Enes (Lund, Sweden)

Oral Presentation


Impact of COVID - 19, quality assurance and technology on pulmonary function

Chair(s): K. Sylvester (Cambridge (Cambridgeshire), United Kingdom), A. McGowan (Dublin 15, Ireland)

Oral Presentation


Monitoring of lung disease and CFTR function in children with cystic fibrosis

Chair(s): J. Davies (London, United Kingdom), S. Graeber (Berlin, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Highlights in COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment

Chair(s): N. Morelli (Den Haag, Netherlands), D. Halpin (Exeter, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


ERS guidelines on non-continuous positive airway pressure therapies in obstructive sleep apnoea

Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)

Guidelines session


Optimising outcomes of lung transplantation: how to move forward?

Chair(s): R. Vos (Leuven, Belgium), M. Perch (København Ø, Denmark)

Oral Presentation


ALERT: Asthma in adult, in children and ILDs

Chair(s): R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland), D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)

Clinical trials session


Pulmonary vascular diseases

Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

State of the art session


Living with a new norm: providing quality care in the post-COVID era

Chair(s): M. Spruit (Horn, Netherlands), P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), J. Cruz (Leiria, Portugal)

Symposium


Pearls in immunology, outcome studies and clinical trials in asthma, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and COPD

Chair(s): M. Idzko (Wien, Austria), C. Taube (Essen, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Hot news from the pleura

Chair(s): J. van Meerbeeck (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)

Hot topics


Respiratory infections and bronchiectasis outcomes

Chair(s): N. Lorent (Leuven, Belgium), T. De Soyza (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Acute and chronic lung infections in children

Chair(s): M. Proesmans (Leuven, Belgium), S. Unger (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Chinese programme 2021

Chair(s): J. Qu (Shanghai, China), N. Roche (Paris, France)

Language session


New evidence from longitudinal COPD cohorts and other key studies

Chair(s): J. Quint (Wimbledon, United Kingdom), J. Soriano (Madrid, Spain)

Oral Presentation


Interventional pulmonology

Chair(s): J. Annema (Amsterdam, Netherlands), D. Gompelmann (Vienna, Austria)

Skills lab


High flow nasal cannula in adults with acute respiratory failure

Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)

Guidelines session


How science conquered COVID-19: from big platform trials to patients

Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)

Hot topics


From pathophysiology to different diagnostic modalities in sleep disordered breathing

Chair(s): R. Heinzer (Lausanne, Switzerland), S. Ryan (Dublin, Ireland)

Oral Presentation


Pulmonary embolism: special situations

Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

Symposium


Maintenance of the beneficial effects of pulmonary rehabilitation: the role of digital health

Chair(s): M. Spruit (Horn, Netherlands), P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), J. Cruz (Leiria, Portugal)

Symposium


Precision medicine in respiratory infections

Chair(s): R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland), D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)

Symposium


Thoracic oncology

Chair(s): J. van Meerbeeck (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)

State of the art session


COPD pharmacology: from basic science to real-world data

Chair(s): M. Bafadhel (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)

Oral Presentation


New approaches to diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of interstitial lung diseases of known causes

Chair(s): E. Bargagli (Siena, Italy), A. Wells (London, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


A multidisciplinary approach to the management of chronic respiratory diseases

Chair(s): S. Singh (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom), A. Borghi Silva (São Carlos (SP), Brazil)

Oral Presentation


Causes and consequences of paediatric respiratory diseases

Chair(s): L. Duijts (Rotterdam, Netherlands), M. Goutaki (Bern, Switzerland)

Oral Presentation


CCC Airway diseases

Chair(s): D. Singh (Manchester, United Kingdom), A. Yorgancioglu (Konak, Turkey)

Challenging clinical cases


Spirometry and oscillometry

Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom)

Skills lab


Pulmonary rehabilitation

Chair(s): D. Langer (Leuven, Belgium), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)

Skills lab


Biomarkers to phenotype asthma: prediction of exacerbations

Chair(s): F. Ricciardolo (Orbassano (TO), Italy), A. Sinha (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

E-poster


Therapies for respiratory diseases in primary care and COVID - 19

Chair(s): S. Liew (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), T. Maricoto (Aveiro, Portugal)

E-poster


Home mechanical ventilation: organisation and outcomes

Chair(s): C. Ribeiro (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal), M. Duiverman (Groningen, Netherlands)

E-poster


Pulmonary hypertension in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Chair(s): P. Escribano-Subias (Madrid, Spain), O. Sitbon (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

E-poster


Molecular pathology and cell biology of pulmonary diseases

Chair(s): S. Pouwels (Zuidhorn, Netherlands), N. Ubags (Epalinges, Switzerland)

E-poster


Primary care diagnosis and multimorbidities

Chair(s): N. Baxter (Glasgow, United Kingdom), R. Jordan (Birmingham (West Midlands), United Kingdom)

E-poster


COVID - 19 risk predictions

Chair(s): E. Van Braeckel (Ghent, Belgium), L. Sander (Berlin, Germany)

E-poster


COVID - 19 treatments

Chair(s): J. Chalmers (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom), M. Crichton (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom)

E-poster


Thoracic ultrasound as a bedside clinical tool

Chair(s): E. Bedawi (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom), P. Pietersen (Odense NØ, Denmark)

E-poster


Advanced in vitro models for drug discovery

Chair(s): R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), A. van der Does (Leiden, Netherlands)

E-poster


A multidisciplinary approach to pulmonary rehabilitation and management of chronic respiratory diseases

Chair(s): R. Gloeckl (Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany), Z. Bingol (Istanbul, Turkey)

E-poster


Advances in asthma treatment: monoclonal antibodies

Chair(s): S. Siddiqui (Leicester, United Kingdom), C. Pelaia (Catanzaro (CZ), Italy)

E-poster


Interstitial lung disease around the world

Chair(s): K. Moor (Rotterdam, Netherlands), M. Kreuter (Heidelberg, Germany)

E-poster


COVID19, acute respiratory failure and basic science

Chair(s): I. Martin-Loeches (Dublin, Ireland), Z. Shi (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

E-poster


Pleural disease and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction

Chair(s): M. Munavvar (Preston (Lancashire), United Kingdom), D. Slebos (Groningen, Netherlands)

E-poster


COVID - 19 around the globe

Chair(s): C. Crimi (Catania (CT), Italy), S. Kaul (London, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Prediction of exacerbations in patients with COPD

Chair(s): C. Bal (Wien, Austria), T. Lapperre (Antwerp, Belgium)

E-poster


COVID-19 and management of lung cancer

Chair(s): A. Tufman (München, Germany), R. Huber (Munich, Germany)

E-poster


E-health for COVID-19

Chair(s): V. Mishlanov (Perm, Russian Federation), I. Hui (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)

E-poster


Biological and functional markers of COVID-19

Chair(s): I. Fernandez (München, Germany), L. Fregonese (London, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Paediatric allergic asthma: novel therapeutics and monitoring approaches

Chair(s): E. Gaillard (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom), K. Kainz (Wien, Austria)

E-poster


COPD burden, epidemiology and management

Chair(s): M. Dahl (Køge, Denmark), S. van Kampen (Leiden, Netherlands)

E-poster


Advances in asthma treatment

Chair(s): C. Suppli Ulrik (Virum, Denmark), S. Loukides (Athens, Greece)

E-poster


What's new in respiratory problems in rare and systemic diseases

Chair(s): C. Gabriele (Rimini (RN), Italy), N. Kahn (Heidelberg, Germany)

E-poster


Challenging problems in lung transplantation

Chair(s): B. Saez-Gimenez (Barcelona, Spain), M. Hellemons (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

E-poster


Imaging in COVID-19

Chair(s): M. Silva (Milan, Italy), A. Kerpel-Fronius (Budapest, Hungary)

E-poster


COVID - 19

Chair(s): J. Cane (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom), A. Gramegna (Milano (MI), Italy)

E-poster


Biomarkers and risk factors in childhood asthma

Chair(s): A. Zacharasiewicz (Wien, Austria), F. Rusconi (Pisa, Italy)

E-poster


Advances in diagnosis, treatment and clinical management of nontuberculous mycobacterial disease

Chair(s): Y. Maung Maung Myint (Stevenage, United Kingdom), M. Lipman (London, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Accurate diagnosis and prediction of malignant pleural disease

Chair(s): J. Porcel (Lleida, Spain), D. De Fonseka (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Clinical problems associated with cough, pleura and respiratory health status

Chair(s): K. Buschulte (Heidelberg, Germany), P. Kardos (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

E-poster


Paediatric respiratory infections: chronic infection, vaccination and lung function

Chair(s): P. McNamara (Liverpool (Merseyside), United Kingdom), M. Boon (Wilsele, Belgium)

E-poster


Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on lung function

Chair(s): F. Trinkmann (Heidelberg, Germany), M. Franczuk (Warszawa, Poland)

E-poster


Occupational COVID-19 and respiratory infections

Chair(s): S. De Matteis (Cagliari, Italy), C. Carlsten (Vancouver (BC), Canada)

E-poster


COVID - 19, smoking and e-cigarettes

Chair(s): L. Hedman (Luleå, Sweden), Ö. Basoglu (Izmir, Turkey)

E-poster


New insights into lung function testing

Chair(s): F. Peták (Szeged, Hungary), N. Belousova (Toronto, Canada)

E-poster


Clinical features and new biomarkers of asthma, COPD and chronic cough

Chair(s): S. Korn (Mainz, Germany), M. Lommatzsch (Rostock, Germany)

E-poster


COVID - 19 epidemiology

Chair(s): O. Viltsaniuk (Vinnytsya, Ukraine), J. Rademacher (Hannover, Germany)

E-poster


Respiratory failure in COVID19 and beyond

Chair(s): M. Dreher (Aachen, Germany), A. Demoule (Paris, France)

E-poster


The ongoing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis

Chair(s): G. Migliori (Varese (VA), Italy), S. Borisov (Moscow, Russian Federation)

E-poster


Chronic airway, interstitial, pleural and neoplastic diseases

Chair(s): D. Vinnikov (Almaty, Kazakhstan), A. Olin (Göteborg, Sweden)

E-poster


Cystic fibrosis in children: various aspects

Chair(s): S. Fustik (Skopje, North Macedonia), C. Nissenbaum (manchester, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Asthma inhalers: new devices and adherence

Chair(s): D. Toumpanakis (Athens, Greece), B. Kane (Warringtom, United Kingdom)

E-poster


Primary ciliary dyskinesia and tracheostomy

Chair(s): M. Goutaki (Bern, Switzerland), S. Brown (Ashford (Kent), United Kingdom)

E-poster


Oncology, the mediastinum and infectious lung disease

Chair(s): M. Gonzalez (Lausanne, Switzerland), G. Veronesi (Milan, Italy)

E-poster


Biomarkers to phenotype COPD: prediction of exacerbations

Chair(s): Z. Lázár (Budapest, Hungary), P. Burgel (Paris, France)

E-poster


Digital health interventions in respiratory medicine

Chair(s): V. Poberezhets (Vinnytsia, Ukraine), A. Kainu (Helsinki, Finland)

E-poster


Translational and other aspects of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Chair(s): S. Guler (Bern, Switzerland), B. Crestani (Paris, France)

E-poster


LoF Airway diseases?

Chair(s): C. Brightling (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom), N. Roche (Paris, France), C. Gotera Rivera (Madrid, Spain)

Lungs on fire


Severe acute respiratory failure

Chair(s): L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands), A. Artigas (Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain)

Oral Presentation


Emerging data for the management of respiratory tract infections

Chair(s): G. Sotgiu (Porto Torres (SS), Italy), M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain)

Respiratory medicine meets other disciplines


Sleep and breathing disorders

Chair(s): S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), M. Bradicich (Zollikerberg, Switzerland)

State of the art session


Orphan childhood disease: nicotine and cannabis addiction

Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)

Symposium


Respiratory disorders in neonatal and paediatric intensive care

Chair(s): T. Dassios (London, United Kingdom), A. Lavizzari (Milano (MI), Italy)

Oral Presentation


Emerging imaging biomarkers in lung disease

Chair(s): S. Meiners (Sülfeld, Germany), K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece)

Symposium


Better understanding of sarcoidosis: new keys

Chair(s): P. Spagnolo (Padova (PD), Italy), K. Moor (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Oral Presentation


Acute COVID - 19

Chair(s): A. Ceccato (barcelona, Spain), K. Belchamber (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Remote monitoring of respiratory patients

Chair(s): H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom), A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy)

Oral Presentation


CCC Thoracic oncology

Chair(s): A. Charpidou (Athens, Greece), S. Janes (London, United Kingdom)

Challenging clinical cases


Late breaking basic and translational science of SARS-Cov2 and COVID-19

Chair(s): S. Bartel (Groningen, Netherlands), H. Heijink (Groningen, Netherlands)

Oral Presentation


Community-acquired pneumonia: the new perspective in the post-COVID era

Chair(s): G. Sotgiu (Porto Torres (SS), Italy), M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain)

Symposium


Clinical challenges beyond guidelines

Chair(s): C. Brightling (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom), N. Roche (Paris, France), C. Gotera Rivera (Madrid, Spain)

Grand round


What is new for sleep apnoea? The European perspective: findings from the European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA)

Chair(s): S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), M. Bradicich (Zollikerberg, Switzerland)

Symposium


The environment and climate change effects on lung health across the lifecourse

Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)

Hot topics


Respiratory function after COVID-19 and mechanical ventilation

Chair(s): S. Bayat (Grenobe, France), W. Stringer (Long Beach, United States of America)

Oral Presentation


Interstitial lung diseases: from disease mechanisms to novel treatment options

Chair(s): S. Meiners (Sülfeld, Germany), K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece)

Journal session


Paediatric bronchology

Chair(s): D. Schramm (Düsseldorf, Germany), R. Nenna (Rome, Italy)

Oral Presentation


Exacerbations of chronic respiratory diseases, including SARS-CoV-2

Chair(s): I. Satia (Hamilton, Canada), F. Schleich (Liège, Belgium)

Oral Presentation


Keys to success in science

Chair(s): D. Gompelmann (Vienna, Austria), M. Patout (Mont-Saint Aignan, France)

Symposium


Hot topics in thoracic oncology

Chair(s): T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)

Joint session


Challenges raised by COVID in early career respiratory professional training

Chair(s): S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom)

Knowledge café


How to engage with patient organisations?

Chair(s): C. Ardura-Garcia (Bern, Switzerland)

Knowledge café


Mobility as an early career respiratory professional

Chair(s): N. Ubags (Epalinges, Switzerland)

Knowledge café


How to effectively publish scientific work?

Chair(s): H. Keir (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom)

Knowledge café


How to identify your research niche?

Chair(s): O. Dumas (Villejuif, France)

Knowledge café


Difficult decisions on expected outcomes: availability of hospital resources and improvement of treatment adherence

Chair(s): I. Annesi Maesano (Paris, France), B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium)

Oral Presentation


Paediatric respiratory diseases

Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)

State of the art session


ALERT: bronchiectasis and COVID

Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona (CT), Spain), M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain), N. Roche (Paris, France)

Clinical trials session


Viral infections trigger chronic lung damage and disease

Chair(s): A. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France), T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland)

Hot topics


Fractionated exhaled nitric oxide for the diagnosis of asthma: friend or foe?

Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)

Pro-Con debate


Lung cancer and fibrotic interstitial lung diseases: a challenging association for pulmonologists

Chair(s): T. Blum (Berlin, Germany), M. Wijsenbeek (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Symposium


A selection of the best abstracts in respiratory physiotherapy and exercise

Chair(s): A. Nyberg (Umeå, Sweden), A. Spinou (London, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Pearls in asthma and respiratory burden research

Chair(s): J. Quint (Wimbledon, United Kingdom), O. Kurmi (Coventry, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Advances in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease

Chair(s): D. Wagner (Freiburg, Germany), B. Lange (Freiburg, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Emerging evidence on sub-acute and long COVID-19

Chair(s): L. Fregonese (London, United Kingdom), G. Vagheggini (Volterra (PI), Italy)

Oral Presentation


Exploring the phenotypic heterogeneity across rare diffuse parenchymal lung diseases

Chair(s): F. Bonella (Düsseldorf, Germany), C. McCarthy (Dublin 4, Ireland)

Oral Presentation


Lung metastasectomy: let’s pour some water on the fire

Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)

Pro-Con debate


Linking scientific mechanisms to recent clinical therapeutic advances in airway disease: why, who, when and what?

Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)

Hot topics


Paediatric grand round

Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)

Grand round


LoF Respiratory infections?

Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona (CT), Spain), M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain), N. Roche (Paris, France)

Lungs on fire


Inhale the future: ambulatory sensing technologies, digital biomarkers and explainable insights

Chair(s): T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland), A. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)

Hot topics


New clinical and biological developments in lung cancer

Chair(s): R. Huber (Munich, Germany), G. Hardavella (Athens, Greece)

Oral Presentation


Rare lung diseases 2021

Chair(s): T. Blum (Berlin, Germany), M. Wijsenbeek (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Symposium


Thoracic ultrasound: future applications and current evidence

Chair(s): M. Thomeer (Tielt (BT), Belgium), R. Bhatnagar (Bristol, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Genetics and translational aspects of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Chair(s): M. Funke-Chambour (Bern, Switzerland), C. Valenzuela (Madrid, Spain)

Oral Presentation


Emerging respiratory diseases: state-of-the-art studies of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Chair(s): N. Ubags (Epalinges, Switzerland), D. Bogaert (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


CCC Pulmonary vascular diseases

Chair(s): L. Howard (London, United Kingdom), S. Ulrich (Zurich, Switzerland)

Challenging clinical cases


Different treatment modalities and impact of comorbidities on sleep disordered breathing

Chair(s): M. Monteiro Drummond Freitas (Maia, Portugal), D. Testelmans (Leuven, Belgium)

Oral Presentation


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