ERS/CTS China Day: advances in asthma and COPD
Chair(s): P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom), F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), C. Bai (Shanghai, China)
Symposium
PG05 Severe asthma – highlights from the ERS/ATS workshop
Chair(s): K.F. Chung (London, United Kingdom), W.W. Busse (Madison, United States of America)
Postgraduate Course
Primary Care Programme "Management of COPD and other respiratory conditions in clinical practice"
Chair(s): F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil), J. Correia De Sousa (Braga, Portugal)
Session
PG09 Spirometry knowledge and basic skills (European spirometry training programme)
Chair(s): I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands), B.G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG03 Respiratory medicine: diagnosis to treatment from a mentor and junior perspective
Chair(s): I. Butiene (Klaipeda, Lithuania), M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
Postgraduate Course
PG08 The management of non-CF bronchiectasis: from childhood to adulthood
Chair(s): J. Chalmers (Dundee, United Kingdom), M. Everard (Subiaco, Australia)
Postgraduate Course
PG06 Respiratory evaluation and management of neuromuscular diseases in children
Chair(s): B. Fauroux (Paris, France), M. Chatwin (London, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG02 Current clinical problems in pulmonology
Chair(s): M. Marvisi (Cremona, Italy), U. Oltmanns (Heidelberg, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG20 Global evaluation of tuberculosis from children to adults
Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG04 Update on COPD exacerbations
Chair(s): G. Caramori (Ferrara, Italy), S. Sethi (Buffalo, United States of America)
Postgraduate Course
PG07 Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Chair(s): P. Palange (Rome, Italy), L. Puente Maestú (Madrid, Spain), P. Laveneziana (Paris, France)
Postgraduate Course
PG01 Challenges faced when diagnosing idiopathic interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): V. Poletti (Forli, Italy), C. Vancheri (Catania, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
Fellows' Get-Together
Chair(s): M. Belvisi (London, United Kingdom), S. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Session
PG15 Hot topics in paediatric allergy
Chair(s): N. Arends (Rotterdam, Netherlands), A. Barbato (Padova, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG19 Surgery for advanced stage lung cancer
Chair(s): P. De Leyn (Leuven, Belgium), K. Nackaerts (Leuven, Belgium)
Postgraduate Course
PG17 Lung cancer: the issue with the tissue
Chair(s): P. Schnabel (Meckesheim, Germany), N. Peled (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Postgraduate Course
PG13 Assessment of the obstructive sleep apnoea patient
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), T. Pollmaecher (Ingolstadt, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG11 Sleep and acute respiratory failure (ARF)
Chair(s): M.R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), M.W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG12 The omics revolution: the future of personalised medicine
Chair(s): R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom), B. Crestani (Paris, France)
Postgraduate Course
PG14 Smoking cessation in patients with pulmonary disorders
Chair(s): C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece), P. Tonnesen (Glostrup, Denmark)
Postgraduate Course
PG16 Low respiratory tract infections: learning from real clinical cases
Chair(s): S. Aliberti (Misinto, Italy), M. Pletz (Jena, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG18 Weaning off mechanical ventilation: between NIV and tracheotomy
Chair(s): P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy), S. Orfanos (Athens, Greece)
Postgraduate Course
PG10 Interventional pulmonology
Chair(s): S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy), A. Ernst (Boston, United States of America)
Postgraduate Course
Session in Spanish "Sesión conjunta en castellano organizada por la ALAT (Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax) y la SEPAR (Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Respiratorias)"
Chair(s): A. Casas (Bogotà, Colombia), P. De Lucas Ramos (Madrid, Spain)
Session
EW1 Advanced bronchoscopy
Chair(s): A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria)
Educational Workshop
The impact of the Global Lung Initiative (GLI) reference equations and spirometry quality in all ages
Chair(s): J. Lloyd (Staffordshire, United Kingdom), J. Stocks (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Improving diagnosis of thoracic tumours
Chair(s): S. Janes (London, United Kingdom), A. Rozman (Golnik, Slovenia)
Poster Discussion
Three smoking-related diseases: cardiovascular, lung cancer and infection
Chair(s): S. Ravara (Lisbon, Portugal), L. J. Clancy (Dublin, Ireland)
Poster Discussion
Clinical trials of drugs and biomarkers for respiratory diseases
Chair(s): C. Page (London, United Kingdom), M. Contoli (Ferrara , Italy)
Poster Discussion
Lung disease in neonates and beyond
Chair(s): K. Bohlin (Stockholm, Sweden), A. Jung (Zurich, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Maximise lung transplant outcomes: pre- and post-operative issues
Chair(s): A. Fisher (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom), R. Kessler (Strasbourg, France)
Poster Discussion
Interventions and other therapeutic approaches in respiratory infections
Chair(s): E. Polverino (Barcelona, Spain), G. Limonard (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Three ages of man: OSA in children, adults and the elderly
Chair(s): A. Kaditis (Piraeus, Greece), J.A. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
Asthma: still a heterogeneous condition!
Chair(s): A. Bourdin (Montpellier, France), F. Schleich (Liege, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary hypertension: pathobiology
Chair(s): A. Olschewski (Graz, Austria), N. Weissmann (Giessen, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Monitoring COPD with different biomarkers
Chair(s): A. Morice (Cottingham, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
How quality of care impacts cost effectiveness
Chair(s): M. Roberts (London, United Kingdom), S. Hartl (Vienna, Austria)
Oral Presentation
Novel epigenetic regulators for targeting via nanomedicine
Chair(s): C. Greene (Dublin, Ireland), C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
New aspects of lung function testing in children
Chair(s): E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy), G. Hall (Perth, Australia)
Oral Presentation
The merits of exercise in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Chair(s): F. Gamarra (Munich, Germany), M.A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands)
Symposium
From respiratory infections to wheezing: reevaluating the role of vitamin D levels in childhood
Chair(s): E. Eber (Graz, Austria), F. Rusconi (Florence, Italy)
Symposium
Two are better than one? Endorsement of noninvasive ventilation (NIV)
Chair(s): S. Nava (Bologna, Italy), W. Windisch (Cologne, Germany)
Symposium
Chemicals made to harm: from pepper spray to mustard gas and from molecular mechanisms to human rights
Chair(s): I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France), G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
Grand round
Severe lung hyperinflation: troubles and solutions
Chair(s): K.F. Rabe (Großhansdorf, Germany), A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland)
Symposium
EW2 Advanced bronchoscopy
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Educational Workshop
Functional imaging
Chair(s): A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy), J. M. Wild (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
COPD exacerbations
Chair(s): P. Albert (Chester, United Kingdom), P. Chanez (Marseille, France)
Poster Discussion
Pathology and prognostic factors of thoracic tumours
Chair(s): H. Popper (Graz, Austria), D. Cataldo (Liege, Belgium)
Poster Discussion
The planet of the pleura
Chair(s): P. Astoul (Marseille, France), J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Immunology of respiratory infections
Chair(s): G. Dimopoulos (Athens, Greece), A. Singanayagam (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
New insights into the epidemiology of COPD
Chair(s): G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy), J. Garcia-Aymerich (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Home noninvasive ventilation: still a "work in progress"?
Chair(s): M. Dreher (Aachen, Germany), A. Cuvelier (Rouen, France)
Poster Discussion
Determinants of asthma and lung function in childhood
Chair(s): F. Rusconi (Florence, Italy), B. Karadag (Umraniye Istanbul, Turkey)
Oral Presentation
Paediatric asthma: what is new for the clinician?
Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), L. Fleming (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Sarcoidosis
Chair(s): P. Rottoli (Siena, Italy), C. Ravaglia (Castelbolognese, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Best abstracts in rehabilitation and chronic care (sponsored by MOTEK Medical)
Chair(s): M.A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands), I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Occupational asthma: from childhood to adulthood
Chair(s): P. Cullinan (London, United Kingdom), F. De Blay (Strasbourg, France)
Oral Presentation
ERS/WHO joint Hot Topic "Tuberculosis (TB), tobacco and mobile phones" followed by the official launch of the ERS/WHO framework on TB elimination
Chair(s): I. Abubakar (London, United Kingdom), M. C. Raviglione (Geneva, Switzerland)
Hot topics
Diagnosis of paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in settings with limited resources
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy)
Hot topics
Sadoul Lecture “From molecules and cells to phenotypes: deciphering chronic airways disease” followed by related presentations
Chair(s): I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary), W.W. Busse (Madison, United States of America)
Sadoul Lecture
Multitasking: mental coach qualities of the respiratory health professional
Chair(s): C. Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain), I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Mesothelioma: a never-ending story
Chair(s): T. Berghmans (Brussels, Belgium), B. Grigoriu (Iasi, Romania), M. Baumann (Jackson, United States of America)
Symposium
Virus-triggered lower respiratory disease in children
Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), M. Everard (Subiaco, Australia)
Oral Presentation
Novel approaches in transcriptomics and epigenomics in inflammatory lung diseases and lung cancer
Chair(s): M. Skrzypski (Sopot, Poland), P. Schnabel (Meckesheim, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Smoking in teenagers and shisha, beedis and cannabis' use in all ages
Chair(s): E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), T. Kralimarkova (Sofia, Bulgaria), S. Hutchinson (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway biomarkers
Chair(s): P. Montuschi (Rome, Italy), M. Hogman (Gavle, Sweden), S. Fowler (Preston, United Kingdom), Z. Lazar (Budapest, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
Mechanistic murine studies of asthma and lung inflammation
Chair(s): C. Taube (Leiden, Netherlands), B. Schaub (Munich, Germany), G. Ttrudeke Moller (Leiden, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Biomarkers of asthma and clinical immunology
Chair(s): V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark), G. Hodge (Adelaide, Australia), K. Dietz (Munchen, Germany), D. Caillaud (Clermont Ferrand, France)
Thematic Poster Session
The epidemiology of respiratory infections and lung cancer
Chair(s): P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway), I. Pin (Grenoble, France), A. Lindberg (Boden, Sweden), R. Joegi (Tartu, Estonia)
Thematic Poster Session
Prevalence of COPD and mortality from COPD
Chair(s): E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden), N. Saad (London, United Kingdom), P. Adab (Birmingham, United Kingdom), T. Schikowski (Basel, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Environment and mechanisms
Chair(s): C. Barnig (Strasbourg, France), V. Doyen (Brussels, Belgium), M. Cruz (Barcelona, Spain), C. Carlsten (Vancouver, Canada)
Thematic Poster Session
Occupational respiratory diseases: from drug-induced disease to COPD induced by the uranium industry
Chair(s): C. Paris (Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France), H. Suojalehto (Helsinki, Finland), P. Henneberger (Morgantown, United States of America), L. Smit (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric epidemiology: new insights into primary ciliary dyskinesia, prematurity and bronchiolitis
Chair(s): C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), J. Djakow (Prague, Czech Republic), B. Karadag (Umraniye Istanbul, Turkey), G. Wennergren (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory physiology and sleep disordered breathing in children
Chair(s): C. Calogero (Florence, Italy), P. Subbarao (Toronto, Canada), E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy), S. Simpson (Subiaco, Australia)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric asthma: pharmacological and non-pharmacological management
Chair(s): I. Butiene (Klaipeda, Lithuania), L. Garcia Marcos (Murcia, Spain), F. Singer (Zurich, Switzerland), S. Sheikh (Columbus, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric asthma: epidemiology and risk factors
Chair(s): A. Zacharasiewicz (Vienna, Austria), A. Schuster (Düsseldorf, Germany), S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom), M. Popovic (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Thematic Poster Session
Cystic fibrosis: genotypes, inflammation and microbiology
Chair(s): J. Barben (St-Gallen, Switzerland), D. Hartl (Tuebingen, Germany), F. Ratjen (Toronto, Canada), A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Cystic fibrosis: clinical assessment and treatment
Chair(s): N. Simmonds (London, United Kingdom), C. De Boeck (Leuven, Belgium), J.S. Elborn (Belfast, United Kingdom), A. Lindblad (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory function at rest and during exercise
Chair(s): W. Tomalak (Rabka, Poland), C. Billings (Sheffield, United Kingdom), K. Sylvester (Cambridge, United Kingdom), A. Kendrick (Brisyol, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Physical activity, exercise and physiotherapy in patients with COPD
Chair(s): M. Emtner (Uppsala, Sweden), C. Camillo (Leuven, Belgium), E. Gimeno-Santos (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
From individual patient interactions to models of care: the nursing perspective
Chair(s): A. Russell (Holmfirth, United Kingdom), M. Kane (Dublin, Ireland)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel evidence relating to respiratory treatment development
Chair(s): F. Ricciardolo (Orbassano (Torino), Italy), C. Page (London, United Kingdom), B. Oliver (Sydney, Australia), M. Contoli (Ferrara , Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
The assessment of comorbidities
Chair(s): J. Lopez-Campos (Seville, Spain), S. Dragonieri (Bari, Italy), N. Rovina (Athens, Greece), A. Bikov (Miskolc, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory infections in children
Chair(s): R. Ross-Russell (Cambridge, United Kingdom), O. Yilmaz (Izmir, Turkey), M. Korppi (Tampere, Finland), M. Semple (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Rationale behind respiratory drug development
Chair(s): A. Di Stefano (Veruno, Italy), P. Kirkham (Wolverhampton , United Kingdom), I. Vachier (Montpellier, France), L. Stanciu (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy: old and new techniques for interventional pulmonology
Chair(s): H. Dutau (Marseille, France), M. Munavvar (Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom), R. Trisolini (Bologna, Italy), G. Stratakos (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma and COPD devices and treatments
Chair(s): A. Barczyk (Katowice, Poland), R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), O. S. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), A. Mathioudakis (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical management of lung diseases: from bronchi to pleura
Chair(s): M. Thekkinkattil (Coimbatore, India), C. Tantucci (Brescia, Italy), N. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece), D. Olivieri (Parma, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Best posters in pulmonary rehabilitation 1
Chair(s): R. Glockl (Schoenau Am Koenigssee, Germany), A. Gurgun (Bornova-Izmir, Turkey), V. Probst (Londrina, Brazil), C. Burtin (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Best posters in pulmonary rehabilitation 2
Chair(s): A. Holland (Melbourne, Australia), M. Puhan (Zurich, Switzerland), A. Van Gestel (Winterthur, Switzerland), C. Carvalho (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD and PAH related imaging
Chair(s): S. Ley (Munich, Germany), J. Coolen (Leuven, Belgium), W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium), J. Mayer (Heidelberg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Markers
Chair(s): C. F. Donner (Borgomanero, Italy), F. Luppi (Spilamberto, Italy), G. Huchon (Paris, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Different modalities and techniques for lung imaging
Chair(s): R. Kubale (Pirmasens, Germany), K. Hart (Sheffield, United Kingdom), A. Grgic (Homburg, Germany), B. Egenlauf (Heidelberg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Bronchoscopy in peripheral pulmonary lesions and diffuse lung diseases
Chair(s): S. Bilaceroglu (Izmir, Turkey), J. Vergnon (St. Etienne, France), L. Zuccatosta (Torrette / Ancona, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
ILDs: connective tissue disease
Chair(s): J. Domagala-Kulawik (Warsaw, Poland), T. Maher (London, United Kingdom), A. Morais (Maia, Portugal)
Thematic Poster Session
ILDs 1
Chair(s): T. Peros Golubicic (Zagreb, Croatia), G. Casoni (Forli, Italy), R. Borie (Paris, France), M. Kreuter (Heidelberg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
ILDs 2
Chair(s): C. Ravaglia (Castelbolognese, Italy), E. Renzoni (London, United Kingdom), R. Kaarteenaho-Wiik (Oulu, Finland), M. Vasakova (Prague, Czech Republic)
Thematic Poster Session
ILDs 3
Chair(s): M. Confalonieri (Trieste, Italy), E. Bendstrup (Aarhus C, Denmark), G. Margaritopoulos (Kavala, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnosis and treatment of COPD in primary care
Chair(s): A. Ostrem (Oslo, Norway), T. van der Molen (Groningen, Netherlands), J. Sousa (Braga, Portugal), R. Jones (Plymouth, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Basic and translational research in lung cancer and non-neoplastic pulmonary diseases
Chair(s): P. Bonniaud (Dijon, France), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland), H. Baarsma (Munich, Germany), N. Kahn (Heidelberg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Translational studies in COPD
Chair(s): A. Gaggar (Birmingham, United States of America), F. Polverino (Boston, United States of America), S. Chotirmall (Dublin, Ireland), S. Weldon (Belfast, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Animal models: asthma, COPD and beyond
Chair(s): P. Mahavadi (Giessen, Germany), M. Mall (Heidelberg, Germany), G. John-Schuster (Neuherberg, Germany), H. Yuksel (Manisa, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung cell biology in injury and repair
Chair(s): R. Morty (Giessen, Germany), K. Borensztajn (Paris, France), A. Millar (Bristol, United Kingdom), A. Gazdhar (Bern, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma and COPD management
Chair(s): M. Bocchino (Naples, Italy), K.F. Chung (London, United Kingdom), P. Paredi (London, United Kingdom), L. Uller (Lund, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
ME02 See me, feel me, touch me, heal me - different patterns of pulmonary adenocarcinomas in the new IASLC/ATS/ERS classification
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME04 Fungal respiratory infection
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME03 Management of tracheal and major airway problems
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ERS/JAMA lunchtime session: 2014 highlights
Chair(s): G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium), G. O'Connor (Boston, United States of America)
Symposium
ME01 Endoscopic lung volume reduction (ELVR)
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
How best to prepare for your conference contribution?
Chair(s): A. Boots (Maastricht, Netherlands), J. Chalmers (Dundee, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Clinical utility of multiple breath washout (MBW): why is assessing ventilation inhomogeneity important?
Chair(s): P. Gustafsson (Skovde, Sweden), P. Robinson (Sydney, Australia)
Symposium
Comorbidities in sleep disordered breathing - clinical consequences and therapeutic solution
Chair(s): J. Ficker (Herzogenaurach, Germany)
Practical Workshop
Practical approaches on how to maximise compliance and optimise quality of care with telemonitoring, innovative therapy technology and therapy alternatives
Chair(s): P. Levy (Grenoble, France), H. Woehrle (Ulm, Germany)
Practical Workshop
Ambulatory oxygen in clinical practice
Chair(s): J-F. Muir (Rouen, France)
Practical Workshop
EW3 Advanced bronchoscopy
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Educational Workshop
Management of COPD in primary care
Chair(s): A. Kaplan (Richmond Hill, Canada), K. Romberg (Falsterbo, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
Chronic lung allograft dysfunction: mechanisms, predictors and phenotypes
Chair(s): M. Iversen (Copenhagen, Denmark), B. Vanaudenaerde (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Tuberculosis: epidemiology and public health
Chair(s): E. Girardi (Rome, Italy), E. Ibraim (Bucuresti, Romania)
Poster Discussion
Qualitative and quantitative research that contributes to respiratory nursing practice
Chair(s): M. Hodson (London, United Kingdom), G. Hynes (Dublin, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
New insights into monocyte and macrophage biology
Chair(s): P. Hiemstra (Leiden, Netherlands), M. Gjomarkaj (Palermo, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Exposure measurement and biological effects of pollutants at work, outdoor and at home
Chair(s): B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium), X. Munoz (Barcelona, Spain)
Poster Discussion
New treatments for cough, asthma, COPD and ILDs
Chair(s): G. Caramori (Ferrara, Italy), P. Kirkham (Wolverhampton , United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Of mice and men: physiology and biology of sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): R. Tamisier (Grenoble, France), D. Eckert (Sydney, Australia)
Poster Discussion
Pulmonary fibrosis: receptors, signalling pathways and mesenchymal cells
Chair(s): E. White (Ann Arbor, United States of America), M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada)
Oral Presentation
Is asthma prevalence still increasing?
Chair(s): B. Lundback (Gothenburg, Sweden), G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
Symposium
Smoking and respiratory airway function and diseases
Chair(s): P. Tonnesen (Glostrup, Denmark), S. Ravara (Lisbon, Portugal)
Oral Presentation
Mechanisms of exercise limitation in disease
Chair(s): P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), S. Verges (Echirolles, France)
Oral Presentation
Critical illness and therapeutic interventions
Chair(s): L. Brochard (Toronto, Canada), C. Gregoretti (Turin, Italy)
Oral Presentation
What is emerging from ERS Task Forces in terms of outcome measures for adult respiratory disease
Chair(s): M.A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Symposium
Ceremony for the ERS Rare Pulmonary Disease Research Award 2014 followed by the symposium "Challenges in endpoints for rare lung diseases"
Chair(s): F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), S. Bonini (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Ceremony for the ERS COPD research Award 2014 - Symposium: Finding patients with COPD: how, when and where
Chair(s): F. Burgos (Barcelona, Spain), J. Vestbo (Hellerup, Denmark), D. Marciniuk (Saskatoon, Canada)
Symposium
Current therapeutic options in stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Chair(s): P. Van Schil (Antwerp, Belgium), A.P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium)
Symposium
The evolving role of real-life research in respiratory medicine
Chair(s): G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium), N. Roche (Paris, France)
Symposium
Paediatric grand round - an interactive session
Chair(s): F. Midulla (Rome, Italy), M. Gappa (Wesel, Germany)
Grand round
MS02 How to make long-term noninvasive ventilation succeed in patients with COPD: between myth and evidence
Chair(s): J-P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)
Morning Seminar
MS03 Interpretation of CPET with arterial blood gas analysis
Chair(s): I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands)
Morning Seminar
MS01 Interdisciplinary diagnosis and evaluation of interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): V. Poletti (Forli, Italy)
Morning Seminar
The MRI modality becomes clinically mature: lung MRI
Chair(s): S. Ley (Munich, Germany), J. Coolen (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Mechanisms of COPD: proteases and a whole lot more
Chair(s): A. Yildrim (Munich, Germany), K. Borensztajn (Paris, France)
Poster Discussion
Airways: reversibility and responsiveness
Chair(s): G. Clarke (London, United Kingdom), F. De Jongh (Enschede, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
New technologies and biomarkers in lung disease
Chair(s): F. Perros (Aulnay-Sous-Bois, France), T. Maher (London, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Animal models in respiratory drug development
Chair(s): R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), L. Stanciu (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Poster Discussion
Bronchoscopic treatment of emphysema: where are we?
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany), P. Shah (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Asthma or COPD: comorbid condition or a poorly understood single disease?
Chair(s): M. Gjomarkaj (Palermo, Italy), C. Taille (Paris, France)
Poster Discussion
The story continues: impact of OSA on cardiometabolic parameters
Chair(s): W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Pathogenetic mechanisms in pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): F. Bonella (Dusseldorf, Germany), A. Prasse (Freiburg, Germany)
Oral Presentation
COPD: from lung transplantation to regeneration
Chair(s): F. Meloni (Pavia, Italy), G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium)
Symposium
TH17 and other acute asthmatic responses
Chair(s): J. Erjefalt (Lund, Sweden), S. Siddiqui (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Paediatric Year in Review
Chair(s): E. Eber (Graz, Austria), K. Lodrup Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)
Session
Diagnosis and treatment of pleural mesothelioma
Chair(s): S. Zarogiannis (Larissa , Greece), D. Bumbacea (Bucharest, Romania)
Oral Presentation
Tuberculosis epidemiology: novel features
Chair(s): W. Yew (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), C. Jackson (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Phenotyping and monitoring asthma and COPD
Chair(s): P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), I. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
The ERJ and ERR at the forefront of respiratory medicine: 2014 guidelines
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France), V. Cottin (Lyon, France)
Symposium
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): the role of prevention
Chair(s): T. Vassilakopoulos (Athens, Greece), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy), C. Sessler (Richmond, United States of America)
Symposium
Update on lung cancer biology for clinicians
Chair(s): P. Schnabel (Meckesheim, Germany), S. Spiro (Middlesex, United Kingdom)
Symposium
A global threat: biomass burning and respiratory health
Chair(s): T. Sandstrom (Umea, Sweden), B. Brunekreef (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Symposium
Best abstracts in pulmonary rehabilitation and exercise training
Chair(s): F. Franssen (Horn, Netherlands), C. Rochester (New Haven, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Systemic and airway biomarkers
Chair(s): J. Lopez-Campos (Seville, Spain), F. Ricciardolo (Orbassano (Torino), Italy)
Poster Discussion
Molecular pathogenesis of pulmonary inflammatory diseases (COPD, asthma and ILD)
Chair(s): A. Koczulla (Marburg, Germany), R. G. Wiewrodt (Muenster, Germany)
Poster Discussion
The technical and diagnostic agenda in OSA
Chair(s): J. Montserrat (Barcelona, Spain), M. Arzt (Regensburg, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Respiratory function: quality and new technologies
Chair(s): J. Makonga-Braaksma (Woudenberg, Netherlands), F. Burgos (Barcelona, Spain)
Poster Discussion
Respiratory disease management in primary care
Chair(s): H. Pinnock (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), N. Chavannes (Leiden, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Advances in diagnosis and therapy of thoracic tumours
Chair(s): A.P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium), K. Zarogoulidis (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Risk factors for respiratory disease
Chair(s): G. Barr (New York, United States of America), J. Heinrich (Neuherberg, Germany)
Poster Discussion
COPD exacerbations
Chair(s): M. Thekkinkattil (Coimbatore, India), P. Chanez (Marseille, France)
Oral Presentation
Cystic fibrosis: basic science, physiology and clinical aspects
Chair(s): A. Bush (London, United Kingdom), A. Lindblad (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
Risk assessment and tracheal reconstructions
Chair(s): L. Molins (Barcelona, Spain), M. Migliore (Catania, Italy)
Oral Presentation
End of the tobacco epidemic: from individual to societal strategies
Chair(s): P. Tonnesen (Glostrup, Denmark), C. Jimenez Ruiz (Madrid, Spain)
Symposium
Exercise training and physical activity in patients with COPD
Chair(s): F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil), C. Burtin (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Ceremony for the ERS Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 - Grand Round: "Pulmonary vascular involvement in systemic disease grand round - an interactive session"
Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), J. Barbera Mir (Barcelona, Spain)
Grand round
Rebuilding: new perspectives on lung bioengineering
Chair(s): T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland), M. Koenigshoff (Munich, Germany)
Hot topics
Asthma phenotyping: collaborative projects in Europe
Chair(s): P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), L. Heaney (Belfast, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Noninvasive respiratory support for infants and young children
Chair(s): K. Bohlin (Stockholm, Sweden), C. Roehr (Berlin, Germany)
Symposium
Pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): hot topics in clinical medicine and experimental research
Chair(s): A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain), B. Schmeck (Marburg, Germany)
Symposium
Bronchodilators for asthma and COPD
Chair(s): M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy), L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: new therapeutic approaches
Chair(s): J-P. Zellweger (Villars-Sur-Glâne, Switzerland), W. Yew (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Oral Presentation
Clinical trials in IPF
Chair(s): H. Nunes (Bobigny, France), E. Bendstrup (Aarhus C, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
Tuberculosis: from epidemiology to therapy 1
Chair(s): S. Kant (Lucknow, India), E. Ibraim (Bucuresti, Romania), G. Ferrara (Solna, Sweden), G. Guenther (Borstel, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Healthcare, prevention and adjunctive treatments in respiratory infections
Chair(s): A. De Roux (Berlin, Germany), C. Andrejak (Amiens, France), M. Brusse-Keizer (Enschede, Netherlands), R. A. Floto (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Resistance, bacteriological profile and comorbidities in respiratory infections
Chair(s): M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland), A. Hill (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), A. Singanayagam (London, United Kingdom), J. Mizgerd (Boston, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Different interesting issues in respiratory infections: 1
Chair(s): M. Lerikou (Athens, Greece), A. Armaganidis (Xaidari, Greece), G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy), T. Wilkinson (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology, scores and outcomes of respiratory infections
Chair(s): R. Menendez Villanueva (Valencia, Spain), C. Luna (Buenos Aires, Argentina), E. Van De Garde (Nieuwegein, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis: diagnosis
Chair(s): M. Van Der Werf (Stockholm, Sweden), M. Ruhwald (Copenhagen, Denmark), D. Goletti (Rome, Italy), C. Herzmann (Borstel, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease: clinical epidemiology 1
Chair(s): F. Marchesani (Pavia, Italy), J-P. Zellweger (Villars-Sur-Glâne, Switzerland), V. Crudu (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova)
Thematic Poster Session
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease: clinical epidemiology 2
Chair(s): T. Aksamit (Rochester, United States of America), R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnosis, imaging and surgery for thoracic tumours
Chair(s): N. Triller (Golnik, Slovenia), I. Rousalova (Prague, Czech Republic), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany), D. Jovanovic (Beograd, Republic of Serbia)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis: from epidemiology to therapy 2
Chair(s): A. Skrahina (Minsk Region, Belarus), E. Girardi (Rome, Italy), M. Sane Schepisi (Rome, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis: from epidemiology to therapy 3
Chair(s): M. Sester (Homburg, Germany), D. Chesov (Balti, Republic of Moldova), D. Cirillo (Milan, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Biology and pathology of thoracic tumours
Chair(s): D. Cataldo (Liege, Belgium), R. Zinsky (Wiesbaden, Germany), R. Mroz (Bialystok, Poland), A. Kempa (Stuttgart, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Therapy of thoracic tumours: clinical trials and case series
Chair(s): R.M. Huber (Munich, Germany), I. Neves (Porto, Portugal), M. Zamboni (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), P. Putora (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology, pathogenesis and quality management of thoracic tumours
Chair(s): T. Blum (Berlin, Germany), J. Benson (Birmingham, United Kingdom), A. Rich (Nottingham, United Kingdom), I. Bold (Bruxelles, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnosis of pleural effusions and mediastinal adenopathies
Chair(s): I. Psallidas (Athens, Greece), D. Xhemalaj (Tirana, Albania), C. Moschos (Athens, Greece), D. Bumbacea (Bucharest, Romania)
Thematic Poster Session
Medical education: web and internet
Chair(s): K. Kostikas (Karditsa, Greece), G. Vagheggini (Volterra Pisa, Italy), I. Butiene (Klaipeda, Lithuania), R. Costello (Dublin, Ireland)
Thematic Poster Session
Latest insights in airway diseases
Chair(s): O. S. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), J. Plevkova (Martin, Slovakia), M. Bocchino (Naples, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Cells, biofilms and biomarkers in respiratory infections
Chair(s): A. Koutsoukou (Athens, Greece), E. Polverino (Barcelona, Spain), G. Limonard (Utrecht, Netherlands), J.S. Elborn (Belfast, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Different interesting issues in respiratory infections: 2
Chair(s): K. Dimakou (Athens, Greece), M. Sucena (Leca Da Palmeira, Portugal), S. Aliberti (Misinto, Italy), M. Mina (Atlanta, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel approaches in the management of lung transplant candidates and recipients
Chair(s): R. Kessler (Strasbourg, France), C. Neurohr (Munich, Germany), A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland), F. Meloni (Pavia, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Sleep disordered breathing 2
Chair(s): R. Hamutcu Ersu (Istanbul, Turkey), U. Anttalainen (Turku, Finland), J.L. Pepin (Grenoble, France), M. Arzt (Regensburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Infection, thoracic trauma and congenital lesions
Chair(s): P. Van Schil (Antwerp, Belgium), A. Olland (Strasbourg, France), E. Canalis (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
ICU outcomes, sepsis and infections
Chair(s): A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain), P. Pelosi (Genoa, Italy), K. Samara (Athens, Greece), G. Hillas (Ilioupoli, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Improving noninvasive ventilation efficacy
Chair(s): A. Esquinas (Murcia, Spain), A. Ozsancak Ugurlu (Istanbul, Turkey), S. Skoczynski (Katowice, Poland)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical exercise physiology in health and COPD
Chair(s): L. Puente Maestú (Madrid, Spain), S. Ward (Crickhowell, United Kingdom), J. Neder Serafini (Kingston, Canada), P. Onorati (Alghero, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung function testing: new findings and new approaches
Chair(s): R. Dellaca (Milan, Italy), N. Koulouris (Athens, Greece), R. Farré (Barcelona, Spain), E. Oostveen (Antwerp, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Alterations of exercise and lung function in different diseases
Chair(s): N. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom), B. Degano (Besancon, France), S. Verges (Echirolles, France), A. Albuquerque (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
Multidimensional analysis of respiratory problems
Chair(s): C. Spengler (Zurich, Switzerland), A. Lo Mauro (Milan, Italy), I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece), B. Delclaux (Troyes, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Sleep disordered breathing 1
Chair(s): A. Patakas (Panorama Thessaloniki, Greece), M. Kohler (Zurich, Switzerland), R. Heinzer (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathophysiological mechanisms at different scales
Chair(s): G. Miserocchi (Monza, Italy), C. Salito (Milan, Italy), W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), S. Bayat (Amiens, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Sleep disordered breathing 5
Chair(s): A. Kaditis (Piraeus, Greece), N. Skjodt (Lethbridge, Canada), J. Gibson (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Sleep disordered breathing 4
Chair(s): D. Eckert (Sydney, Australia), P. Cistulli (St. Leonards, Australia), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany), S. Ryan (Dublin, Ireland)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary hypertension: right ventricle and basic physiology
Chair(s): F. De Man (Amsterdam, Netherlands), R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium), R. Quarck (Leuven, Belgium), S. Wort (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridge, United Kingdom), A. Boonstra (Amsterdam, Netherlands), R. Kaiser (Homburg / Saar, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
New clinical evidence for asthma and COPD treatments
Chair(s): N. Roche (Paris, France), A. Barczyk (Katowice, Poland), K.F. Chung (London, United Kingdom), M. Romagnoli (Forli, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary hypertension in lung disease
Chair(s): R. Condliffe (Sheffield, United Kingdom), O. Sitbon (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria), A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary hypertension: novel targets and drugs
Chair(s): W. Seeger (Giessen, Germany), M. Toshner (Cambridge, United Kingdom), R. Souza (Sao Paulo, Brazil), C. Guignabert (Le Plessis-Robinson, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary hypertension: clinical management
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), S. Ulrich (Zurich, Switzerland), M.M. Hoeper (Hannover, Germany), A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Acute pulmonary embolism
Chair(s): H. Wilkens (Homburg/Saar, Germany), M. D'Alto (Naples, Italy), C. Opitz (Berlin, Germany), D. Kiely (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Sleep disordered breathing 3
Chair(s): B. Sanner (Wuppertal, Germany), R. Tamisier (Grenoble, France), A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria), S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
AirPROM: can imaging and modelling take us beyond FEV1?
Chair(s): S. Wagers (Maasmechelen, Belgium)
Session
Leading edge education and teaching
Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Understanding the benefit of current personalised medicine platforms
Chair(s): B. Jobst (Heidelberg, Germany), E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France)
Symposium
ME07 Interpreting ventilator waveforms at the bedside
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME06 Starting clinical research in a limited resource environment
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME05 Cutting edge analysis of physical activity data
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
Developing evidence-based guidelines for ERS: theory, practicalities and challenges
Chair(s): G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium), M. Woodhead (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Symposium
ERS/NEJM joint lunchtime session "The changing landscape of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)"
Chair(s): J. Drazen (Boston, United States of America), K.F. Rabe (Großhansdorf, Germany)
Symposium
Hands-on practice with coils for treatment of advanced emphysema
Chair(s): P. Shah (London, United Kingdom)
Practical Workshop
Optimisation of the weaning process & why secretion management and early mobilisation are important?
Practical Workshop
Monitoring patients during non-invasive ventilation
Chair(s): J-P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)
Practical Workshop
NIV: therapeutic methods beyond standard ventilation
Chair(s): S. Nava (Bologna, Italy), M. Dreher (Aachen, Germany)
Practical Workshop
Tuberculosis: from diagnosis to therapy and prevention
Chair(s): D. Cirillo (Milan, Italy), C. Herzmann (Borstel, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Latest insights in pulmonary rehabilitation
Chair(s): L. Vanfleteren (Horn, Netherlands), M. Polkey (London, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Management of asthma and other respiratory diseases in primary care
Chair(s): M. L. Levy (London, United Kingdom), J. Kocks (Groningen, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Non inflammatory monitoring of airway diseases
Chair(s): P. Bakakos (Athens , Greece), A. Morice (Cottingham, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Increasing the tool-kit: applying the latest technologies to advance respiratory disease research
Chair(s): S. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom), S-E. Dahlén (Stockholm, Sweden)
Hot topics
Longitudinal studies of respiratory disease
Chair(s): J. Anto (Barcelona, Spain), V. Siroux (Grenoble, France)
Poster Discussion
Expanding the use of noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure
Chair(s): M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain), C. Gregoretti (Turin, Italy)
Poster Discussion
COPD physiopathology
Chair(s): M. Marvisi (Cremona, Italy), E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): C. Guignabert (Le Plessis-Robinson, France), R. Schermuly (Giessen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Direct and indirect monitoring of comorbidities
Chair(s): I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary), R. Louis (Liege, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Genes and environment in asthma and COPD
Chair(s): H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands), T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
Outdoor and indoor environment: factors influencing respiratory diseases throughout the course of life
Chair(s): I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France), J. Zock (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Combination therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): the evidence grows
Chair(s): A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), G. Simonneau (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
Hot topics
The future has started: emerging potentials for personalised asthma treatment
Chair(s): H.J. Hoffmann (Aarhus, Denmark), M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Virulent topics in respiratory infections
Chair(s): M. Sprenger (Stockholm, Sweden), H. Nair (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Symposium
An update on video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in pleuropulmonary diseases
Chair(s): K. Athanassiadi (Athens, Greece), P. Van Schil (Antwerp, Belgium)
Symposium
Usefulness of exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for the monitoring and understanding of lung diseases
Chair(s): A. Boots (Maastricht, Netherlands), P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) in children
Chair(s): A. Bush (London, United Kingdom), D. Snijders (Ponzano Veneto, Italy)
Hot topics
Sleeping Beauty and Prince Charming: gender differences in sleep disordered breathing (SDB)
Chair(s): M.R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), R.L. Riha (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Ceremony for the ERS Romain Pauwels Research Award 2014 - Clinical Year in Review I
Chair(s): A.P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium), G. Funk (Vienna, Austria)
Session
Identifying the unmet needs in asthma: Who, why and how many?
Chair(s): Chair: R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany)
Evening Symposium
MS04 High flow nasal oxygen – what is the evidence?
Chair(s): K. Bohlin (Stockholm, Sweden)
Morning Seminar
MS05 The sleepy OSA patient
Chair(s): O. Marrone (Palermo, Italy)
Morning Seminar
MS06 What's new in pneumococcal vaccination?
Chair(s): D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
Morning Seminar
EW7 Spirometry knowledge and basic skills (European spirometry training programme)
Chair(s): I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands), B.G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Educational Workshop
Ceremony for the ERS Best Publication Maurizio Vignola Award for Innovation in Pneumology 2014 - Clinical Year in Review II
Chair(s): I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary), E. Clini (Modena, Italy)
Session
Effect of cigarette smoke on cell behaviour: cell biology, signalling and senescence
Chair(s): C. Taggart (Belfast, United Kingdom), N. McElvaney (Dublin, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
Physical activity, exercise and physiotherapy in COPD and asthma
Chair(s): R. Glockl (Schoenau Am Koenigssee, Germany), R. Evans (Thornton, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Novel approaches and evidence for drug development in respiratory diseases
Chair(s): I. Vachier (Montpellier, France), B. Oliver (Sydney, Australia)
Poster Discussion
Post-transplant complications: from pathogenesis to treatment
Chair(s): G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium), J. Gottlieb (Hanover, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Neonatal and paediatric intensive care
Chair(s): C. Roehr (Berlin, Germany), S. Kotecha (Cardiff, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Oesophageal pressure monitoring in the mechanically ventilated patient
Chair(s): T. Vassilakopoulos (Athens, Greece), P. Pelosi (Genoa, Italy)
Symposium
Evaluating sleep disordered breathing in children and adults
Chair(s): R. Ersu (Istanbul, Turkey), R.L. Riha (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Outcome prediction and imaging in thoracic surgery
Chair(s): A. Olland (Strasbourg, France), P. Van Schil (Antwerp, Belgium)
Poster Discussion
Future frontiers in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Chair(s): D. Goletti (Rome, Italy), M. Sester (Homburg, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Thoracic tumours: news from the lab
Chair(s): R. G. Wiewrodt (Muenster, Germany), G. Hardavella (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Exploring molecular mechanisms of allergy and asthma in animal models
Chair(s): B. Schaub (Munich, Germany), S. Hodge (Adelaide, Australia)
Oral Presentation
Paediatric asthma: pathogenesis and immunology
Chair(s): M. Kabesch (Regrensburg, Germany), N. Kulkarni (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
ILDs: diagnostic and prognostic investigations
Chair(s): C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal), G. Ferrara (Solna, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
Clinical Trial presentation and discussion "Cysteinyl leukotrienes and paediatric asthma: a new horizon or a blind alley?"
Chair(s): B. Rottier (Groningen, Netherlands), I. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Occupational, indoor and outdoor environments and COPD
Chair(s): P. Blanc (San Francisco, United States of America), D. Nowak (Munich, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens that cause pneumonia
Chair(s): S. Aliberti (Misinto, Italy), J. Chalmers (Dundee, United Kingdom)
Symposium
From bench to bedside: biomarkers and biobanking for lung cancer in 2014
Chair(s): P. Bonniaud (Dijon, France), P. Schnabel (Meckesheim, Germany)
Symposium
Personalised exposure and gene environment interactions in chronic airway disease: the exposome and epigenome
Chair(s): S. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom), V. Schluenssen (Arhus, Denmark)
Hot topics
EW8 Spirometry knowledge and basic skills (European spirometry training programme)
Chair(s): I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands), B.G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Educational Workshop
EBUS-TBNA: beyond the tracheobronchial wall
Chair(s): J. Annema (Amsterdam, Netherlands), J. Yserbyt (Leuven, Belgium)
Poster Discussion
Clinical physiology and respiratory muscles
Chair(s): M. Polkey (London, United Kingdom), N. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Paediatric asthma: lung function testing and more
Chair(s): B. Rottier (Groningen, Netherlands), S. Yammine (Bern, Switzerland)
Poster Discussion
ILDs: pathogenesis and clinical features
Chair(s): W. Wuyts (Leuven, Belgium), D. Israel-Biet (Paris, France)
Poster Discussion
Best abstracts in physical activity and exercise testing
Chair(s): K. Kenn (Schoenau Am Koenigssee, Germany), F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil)
Oral Presentation
Intervening in allergic asthma
Chair(s): V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark), A. Bossios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
Prevention, diagnosis and consequences of respiratory infections in children
Chair(s): M. Korppi (Tampere, Finland), H. Blau (Petah Tikva, Israel)
Poster Discussion
Cystic fibrosis: assessment and treatment
Chair(s): F. Ratjen (Toronto, Canada), I. Balfour-Lynn (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
E-cigarettes in different populations
Chair(s): C. Vardavas (Boston, United States of America), B. Lundback (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary hypertension: improving treatment in PAH
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), A. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Acute lung injury: hitting the barriers
Chair(s): S. Uhlig (Aachen, Germany), M. Takata (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
From bench to bronchiole: translational immunology and airways disease
Chair(s): S. Chotirmall (Dublin, Ireland), D. Hartl (Tuebingen, Germany), P.W. Finn (Chicago, United States of America)
Symposium
New drugs for asthma, COPD and pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): G. Caramori (Ferrara, Italy), I.M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Current controversies in sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)
Chair(s): M.R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), R.L. Riha (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), A. Malhotra (San Diego, United States of America)
Symposium
Advances in managing acute respiratory failure
Chair(s): P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy), A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain)
Hot topics
Thoracic oncology grand round - an interactive session
Chair(s): N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany), E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France)
Grand round
Nanomaterials and respiratory health
Chair(s): T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark), B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium)
Symposium
The rise in non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) pulmonary diseases
Chair(s): W. Hoefsloot (Nijmegen, Netherlands), D. Wagner (Freiburg, Germany)
Symposium
COPD - from biomarkers to novel therapeutic opportunities
Chair(s): A. Mathioudakis (Liverpool, United Kingdom), L. Vanfleteren (Horn, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Biomarkers of asthma control
Chair(s): A. Spanevello (Tradate, Italy), P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Occupational respiratory diseases
Chair(s): J. Hoyle (West Yorkshire, United Kingdom), P. Henneberger (Morgantown, United States of America), F. De Blay (Strasbourg, France), S. Burge (Solihull, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical assessment of airway diseases
Chair(s): A. Papaioannou (Vrilissia Athens, Greece), H. Magnussen (Grosshansdorf, Germany), M. Corradi (Parma, Italy), A. Balazs (Budapest, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical allergy
Chair(s): A. Bossios (Gothenburg, Sweden), M. Idzko (Freiburg, Germany), A. Koch (Bochum, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma: clinical problems
Chair(s): T. Moller (Leiden, Netherlands), A. Magnan (Nantes, France), T. Mauad (Sao Paulo, Brazil), A. Bjerg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Allergy and asthma: novel findings based on human cell biology
Chair(s): H.J. Hoffmann (Aarhus, Denmark), J. Erjefalt (Lund, Sweden), C. Von Garnier (Bern, Switzerland), S. Siddiqui (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology of asthma
Chair(s): J. Genuneit (Ulm, Germany), J. Heinrich (Neuherberg, Germany), I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France), V. Garcia Larsen (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory disease within hospital-based populations
Chair(s): T. Gislason (Reykjavik, Iceland), J. Garcia-Aymerich (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Environmental respiratory diseases in children, teenagers and adults
Chair(s): L. Smit (Utrecht, Netherlands), D. Nowak (Munich, Germany), V. Siroux (Grenoble, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric epidemiology: wheeze, asthma and other respiratory diseases
Chair(s): S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom), E. Goksor (Molnlycke, Sweden), D. Caudri (Rotterdam, Netherlands), S. La Grutta (Palermo, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Twenty views of smoking cessation and physical activity
Chair(s): F. Mihaltan (Bucharest, Romania), T. Kralimarkova (Sofia, Bulgaria), G. Peiffer (Metz, France), S. Nardini (Vittorio Veneto, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Passive smoking, active smoking and COPD
Chair(s): B. Dautzenberg (Paris, France), R. Raju (Leeds, United Kingdom), G. Nguyen (Verona, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric asthma: markers and molecules
Chair(s): A. Schuster (Düsseldorf, Germany), A. Zacharasiewicz (Vienna, Austria), A. Moeller (Zurich, Switzerland), P. Latzin (Basel, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
More paediatric asthma
Chair(s): O. Yilmaz (Izmir, Turkey), N. Kulkarni (Leicester, United Kingdom), S. Sheikh (Columbus, United States of America), G. Piacentini (Verona, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Monitoring airway diseases with lung function tests
Chair(s): T. Popov (Sofia, Bulgaria), P. Montuschi (Rome, Italy), E. Zervas (Athens, Greece), F. Schleich (Liege, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Innovative technology and techniques in respiratory function
Chair(s): A. Kendrick (Brisyol, United Kingdom), M. Rutter (Cambridge, United Kingdom), P. Burns (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Physiotherapy and physical activity in respiratory conditions
Chair(s): T. Janaudis-Ferreira (Toronto, Canada), L. Houchen-Wolloff (Oakham, United Kingdom), A. Lewko (London, United Kingdom), K. Mitchell (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Assessment and techniques of physiotherapy: from healthy subjects to critical patients
Chair(s): C. Osadnik (Mordialloc, Australia), D. Inal Ince (Ankara, Turkey), S. Harrison (Toronto, On, Canada), C. Carvalho (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
Physiotherapy assessment and techniques in respiratory and non-respiratory conditions
Chair(s): V. Parreira (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), R. Evans (Thornton, United Kingdom), G. Fregonezi (Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil), D. Saey (Quebec, Canada)
Thematic Poster Session
Systemic biomarkers for airway diseases
Chair(s): A. Zanini (Gavirate, Italy), A. Olin (Gothenburg, Sweden), G. Hillas (Ilioupoli, Greece), C. Bucca (Turin, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Best posters in chronic care
Chair(s): S. Wilke (Horn, Netherlands), J. Van Der Palen (Enschede, Netherlands), J. Varga (Budapest, Hungary), K. Kenn (Schoenau Am Koenigssee, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Mechanisms of COPD and inhalation injury
Chair(s): H. Fehrenbach (Borstel, Germany), K. Bracke (Laarne, Belgium), C. Staab-Weijnitz (Munich, Germany), A. Yildrim (Munich, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
New trends in bronchoscopy: EBUS-TBNA and endoscopic treatment of emphysema
Chair(s): R. Eberhardt (Heidelberg, Germany), B. Escarguel (Marseille, France), A. Szlubowski (Zakopane, Poland), A. Rozman (Golnik, Slovenia)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical presentations
Chair(s): G. Brozek (Katowice, Poland), S. Skoczynski (Katowice, Poland), F. Luppi (Spilamberto, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Comorbidities
Chair(s): L.M. Fabbri (Modena, Italy), T. Jacinto (Senhora Da Hora, Portugal), K.F. Rabe (Großhansdorf, Germany), E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Predictors
Chair(s): P.M.A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), M. Kneussl (Vienna, Austria), G. Huchon (Paris, France), P. Albert (Chester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD: points to ponder
Chair(s): H. Worth (Fürth, Germany), C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical problems in acute and chronic lung diseases
Chair(s): M. Marvisi (Cremona, Italy), A. Chetta (Parma, Italy), P. Camus (Dijon, France), N. Tzanakis (Heraklion, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Best posters in physical activity, exercise testing and muscles
Chair(s): T. Shioya (Akita, Japan), A. Van Gestel (Winterthur, Switzerland), M. Steiner (Leicester, United Kingdom), I. Heinzelmann (Schoenau Am Koenigssee, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Bronchoscopic treatment of emphysema: valves, coils and other
Chair(s): D. Gompelmann (Heidelberg, Germany), G. Stratakos (Athens, Greece), F. Stanzel (Hemer, Germany), A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Experimental models in acute lung injury
Chair(s): H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Germany), M. Wilson (London , United Kingdom), M. Witzenrath (Berlin, Germany), S. Uhlig (Aachen, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
ILDs 4
Chair(s): M. Molina-Molina (Barcelona Barcelona, Spain), C. Vancheri (Catania, Italy), G. Margaritopoulos (Kavala, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
ILDs 6
Chair(s): P. Bonniaud (Dijon, France), E. Bargagli (Siena, Italy), A. Torrego (Barcelona, Spain), P. Spagnolo (Liestal, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory symptoms in primary care populations
Chair(s): K. Lisspers (Uppsala, Sweden), D. Ryan (Loughborough, United Kingdom), I. Tsiligianni (Heraklion, Greece), T. Schermer (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Basic and translational research in asthma and COPD
Chair(s): M. Ochs (Hanover, Germany), A. Koczulla (Marburg, Germany), N. Kahn (Heidelberg, Germany), C. Taube (Leiden, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Cell biology 2014
Chair(s): A. Gaggar (Birmingham, United States of America), S. Meiners (Munich, Germany), C. Taggart (Belfast, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
New mechanisms in the pathogenesis of asthma and other lung diseases
Chair(s): D. Hartl (Tuebingen, Germany), P. Hiemstra (Leiden, Netherlands), M. Mall (Heidelberg, Germany), H. Yuksel (Manisa, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Mechanistic studies of the airway epithelium
Chair(s): S. Chillappagari (Marburg, Germany), S. Mcclean (Dublin, Ireland), S. Weldon (Belfast, United Kingdom), C. Greene (Dublin, Ireland)
Thematic Poster Session
New and old players in fibrotic lung disease
Chair(s): M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada), M. Rojas (Pittsburgh, United States of America), A. Tatler (Nottingham, United Kingdom), M. Korfei (Giessen, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
ILDs 5
Chair(s): S. Cerri (Modena, Italy), T. Peros Golubicic (Zagreb, Croatia), U. Oltmanns (Heidelberg, Germany), M. Bonifazi (Ancona, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
ME09 Asthma: a complex syndrome of many diseases?
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ELF/ERS session: improving CPAP and NIV - a user perspective
Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), B. Korn (Dublin, Ireland)
ME011 Altitude travel in healthy subjects and patients with respiratory disease
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME10 Paediatric long term ventilation
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME08 Stroke and sleep apnoea: a deadly association?
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ERS/Lancet and Lancet Respiratory Medicine joint session: complicating infections in respiratory disease and critical care
Chair(s): S. Aliberti (Misinto, Italy), D. Bilton (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Pulmonary disorders associated with passive smoking: new online ERS resources
Chair(s): M. Fletcher (Warwick, United Kingdom), C. Jimenez Ruiz (Madrid, Spain)
Symposium
Complications of thoracoscopy: when they occur and how to avoid them?
Chair(s): S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy), E. Ibrahim (Alexandria, Egypt)
Symposium
State of the nation(s) in terms of pulmonary rehabilitation: results from the Canadian, American and European pulmonary rehabilitation survey studies
Chair(s): G. Dechman (Halifax, Canada), S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Bronchial thermoplasty: clinically proven long-term safety and efficacy in severe asthma
Chair(s): I. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Practical Workshop
Innovation in respiratory care
Chair(s): B.G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom), V. Parry (London, United Kingdom)
Practical Workshop
EW9 Spirometry knowledge and basic skills (European spirometry training programme)
Chair(s): B.G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Educational Workshop
Highlights in respiratory epidemiology
Chair(s): J. Soriano (Bunyola, Spain), T. Eagan (, Norway)
Oral Presentation
Occupational asthma, abestosis and silicosis
Chair(s): S. Burge (Solihull, United Kingdom), H. Suojalehto (Helsinki, Finland)
Poster Discussion
Paediatric respiratory physiology in health and disease
Chair(s): N. Beydon (Paris, France), P. Robinson (Sydney, Australia)
Poster Discussion
Clinical management of interstitial lung diseases and vasculitis
Chair(s): U. Costabel (Essen, Germany), P. Camus (Dijon, France)
Poster Discussion
Latest insights in physical activity, exercise testing and muscles
Chair(s): E. Clini (Modena, Italy), S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Tuberculosis: public health and primary prevention
Chair(s): G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy), G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Paediatric bronchology
Chair(s): D. Snijders (Ponzano Veneto, Italy), U. Krivec (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Poster Discussion
Smoking cessation
Chair(s): T. Hering (Berlin, Germany), J. Granda-Orive (Madrid, Spain)
Poster Discussion
Inflammation and obesity: implications for OSA
Chair(s): M.R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), S. Ryan (Dublin, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory pathophysiology: mechanisms of alteration of lung, respiratory and peripheral muscle function
Chair(s): S. Bayat (Amiens, France), C. Spengler (Zurich, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Advances in care for patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
Chair(s): V. Cottin (Lyon, France), H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Germany)
Symposium
Healthy Lungs For Life initiative "The importance of air quality on lung health"
Chair(s): P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom), O. Eickelberg (Munich, Germany)
Symposium
ERS/European Cystic Fibrosis Society: “The provision of care for adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) in Europe"
Chair(s): F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), I. Balfour-Lynn (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Pathways to personalised medicine in obstructive lung disease
Chair(s): D. Meyers (Winston-Salem, United States of America), P. Howarth (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Diffuse parenchymal lung disease and interventional pulmonology procedures grand round - an interactive session
Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy)
Grand round
Epithelial barrier dysfunction: the link between paediatric and adult respiratory diseases
Chair(s): P. Chanez (Marseille, France), M. Koenigshoff (Munich, Germany)
Symposium
Beyond tyrosine kinase inhibition: promising new developments in molecular oncology
Chair(s): J. Cadranel (Paris, France), M. Remmelink (Brussels, Belgium)
Symposium
Diagnosing and managing asthma and COPD in primary care
Chair(s): B. Stallberg (Uppsala, Sweden), M. Thomas (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Technical refinements in home mechanical ventilation: what is useful, what is irritating, and what is gadgetry?
Chair(s): R. Scala (Arezzo, Italy), P. Wijkstra (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Bayer Expert Forum at ERS 2014: “Infection, Exacerbation and Colonisation: Managing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Non-CF Bronchiectasis”
Chair(s): Professor Robert Wilson (Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK)
Evening Expert Forum
Clinical trials of drugs for respiratory diseases
Chair(s): N. Roche (Paris, France), H. Reddel (Glebe, Australia)
Oral Presentation
Genetics and environmental factors underlying asthma and COPD
Chair(s): T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark)
Poster Discussion
Lung function, COPD and inflammation
Chair(s): S. Accordini (Verona, Italy), E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
Latest insights in chronic care
Chair(s): J. Van Der Palen (Enschede, Netherlands), J. Varga (Budapest, Hungary)
Poster Discussion
COPD markers
Chair(s): M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy), C. F. Donner (Borgomanero, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Highlights from the Lung Science Conference 2014
Chair(s): B. Crestani (Paris, France), C. Vancheri (Catania, Italy)
Symposium
Antibiotics, antifungals and other therapeutic options
Chair(s): A. Koutsoukou (Athens, Greece), R. A. Floto (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Physiotherapy and physical activity in different conditions
Chair(s): D. Langer (Ontario, Canada), V. Probst (Londrina, Brazil)
Oral Presentation
Key factors that ensure noninvasive ventilation success
Chair(s): A. Carlucci (Pavia, Italy), M. Dreher (Aachen, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Real or not? The impact of OSA and CPAP on comorbid conditions
Chair(s): R. Staats (Murches, Portugal), W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Innate lymphoid cells in lung immunology and diseases
Chair(s): G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium), G. Anderson (Melbourne, Australia)
Symposium
Paediatric bronchology
Chair(s): P. Pohunek (Prague, Czech Republic), K. Priftis (Kifisia, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Targeting lung fibrosis: from bench to bedside
Chair(s): T. Tetley (London, United Kingdom), D. Weiss (Burlington, United States of America)
Symposium
Current controversies in the management of acute pulmonary embolism
Chair(s): A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Symposium
The importance of multidisciplinary approaches to lung cancer treatment
Chair(s): M. Gaga (Athens, Greece), P. Putora (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Symposium
ERS/World Allergy Organisation "Climate change, air pollution and respiratory diseases"
Chair(s): R. Pawankar (Tokyo, Japan), L. Rosenwasser (Kansas City, United States of America)
Symposium
IPF and surroundings
Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), M. Vasakova (Prague, Czech Republic)
Oral Presentation
Modern approach and old dilemmas in lung diseases
Chair(s): A. Chetta (Parma, Italy), N. Tzanakis (Heraklion, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory infections: inflammation and treatment
Chair(s): A. Armaganidis (Xaidari, Greece), R. Amaro (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Novel targets and drugs for asthma and COPD
Chair(s): G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium), H. Reddel (Glebe, Australia)
Oral Presentation
Chronic and acute environmental exposure effect during childhood and in the elderly
Chair(s): D. Heederik (Utrecht, The Netherlands), D. Norback (Uppsala, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
Pathogenesis and mechanisms of respiratory infections
Chair(s): M. Lerikou (Athens, Greece), M. Brusse-Keizer (Enschede, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Sleep disordered breathing: from children to the elderly
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), J.A. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
Emerging concepts in respiratory disease
Chair(s): C. Svanes (Bergen, Norway), P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway)
Oral Presentation
ARDS, skeletal muscles, physiology and weaning
Chair(s): L. Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands), T. Vassilakopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Poster Discussion
Mechanisms of exercise limitation in health and disease
Chair(s): P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), L. Puente Maestú (Madrid, Spain)
Poster Discussion
New insights in noninvasive ventilation
Chair(s): R. Scala (Arezzo, Italy), A. Ozsancak Ugurlu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Oral Presentation
The more in-depth classification of lung cancer: relevance for patients and science
Chair(s): R.M. Huber (Munich, Germany), G. Massard (Strasbourg, France)
Hot topics
New studies into pulmonary proteases and antiproteases
Chair(s): S. Meiners (Munich, Germany), L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary hypertension: right ventricular function, exercise and gas exchange
Chair(s): H.J. Bogaard (Amsterdam, Netherlands), L. Howard (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Novel approaches to human studies in allergy and asthma
Chair(s): M. Lommatzsch (Rostock, Germany), L. Uller (Lund, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
Best abstracts in chronic care
Chair(s): T. Effing (Adelaide, Australia), W. Man (Harefield, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
How to best educate students, colleagues and patients: the most recent advances in respiratory medical education
Chair(s): K. Kostikas (Karditsa, Greece), F. Smeenk (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Monitoring asthma in children: results of the ERS Task Force
Chair(s): K. Lodrup Carlsen (Oslo, Norway), B. Rottier (Groningen, Netherlands)
Symposium
Chronic cough: a hidden epidemic (based on the ERS Task Force)
Chair(s): L. Mcgarvey (Belfast, United Kingdom), P. Dicpinigaitis (Bronx, United States of America)
Symposium
Ceremony for the ERS Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Award 2014 - Hot Topic: "Understanding and treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the 21st century"
Chair(s): G. Raghu (Seattle, United States of America), V. Poletti (Forli, Italy)
Hot topics
New diagnostics and better treatments for multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB)
Chair(s): F. Cobelens (Amsterdam, Netherlands), G. Guenther (Borstel, Germany)
Symposium
From lung imaging research to clinical use
Chair(s): W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium), A. Grgic (Homburg, Germany)
Poster Discussion