Primary Care Programme "Asthma management in clinical practice"
Chair(s): B. Stallberg (Uppsala, Sweden), C. Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
PG7 Tuberculosis: innovations in clinical and public health management
Chair(s): T. Aksamit (Rochester, United States of America), Y. Balabanova (London, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG5 The small airways in lung diseases
Chair(s): D.S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands), J. Hogg (Vancouver, Canada)
Postgraduate Course
PG20 Cystic fibrosis: an update of the basic defects and clinical problems in CF children and adults
Chair(s): N. Regamey (Bern, Switzerland), P. Tarsia (Milano, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG4 How to build an experimental animal lung lab
Chair(s): M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada), G. Lungarella (Siena, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG19 Obstructive sleep-disordered breathing throughout childhood: diagnosis, associated morbidity and treatment
Chair(s): P. Aurora (London, United Kingdom), W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), A. Boudewyns (Edegem, Belgium)
Postgraduate Course
PG1 Endoscopic lung volume reduction
Chair(s): S. Fernandez-Bussy (Gainesville, United States of America), R. Eberhardt (Dresden, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG8 How to encourage compliance with therapy
Chair(s): F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil), D. Langer (Ontario, Canada)
Postgraduate Course
PG2 Imaging in the management of thoracic malignancies
Chair(s): A. Scherpereel (Lille, France), J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium)
Postgraduate Course
PG9 How to optimise antibiotic use in respiratory infections
Chair(s): H. Lode (Berlin, Germany), S. Aliberti (Milan, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG3 Infections and critical patients: emerging problems and clinical strategies
Chair(s): A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain), T. Vassilakopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Postgraduate Course
PG6 Epigenetics of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): C. Jimenez Ruiz (Madrid, Spain), I.M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
Fellows' Get Together
Chair(s): R. Bals (Homburg, Germany), L. Nicod (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Session
PG18 Assessing the health status and quality of life in asthma and COPD patients
Chair(s): B. Stallberg (Uppsala, Sweden), C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG15 An update of invasive staging of the mediastinum
Chair(s): P. Van Schil (Antwerp, Belgium), D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)
Postgraduate Course
PG13 Respiratory complications of obese patients
Chair(s): J. Montserrat (Barcelona, Spain), A. Ten Brinke (Molenend, Netherlands)
Postgraduate Course
PG17 Diagnostic tests for paediatric pulmonologists
Chair(s): P. Pohunek (Prague, Czech Republic), J. C. De Jongste (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Postgraduate Course
PG16 Spirometry knowledge and basic skills (European spirometry training programme)
Chair(s): I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands), B.G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG11 NIV in growth areas
Chair(s): W. Windisch (Cologne, Germany), R. Scala (Arezzo, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG12 New insights in gas exchange: physiological aspects and clinical application
Chair(s): M.R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
Postgraduate Course
PG10 New technology assessment in COPD
Chair(s): E. Clini (Modena, Italy), L. Puente Maestú (Madrid, Spain)
Postgraduate Course
PG14 Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the evaluation of patients with respiratory diseases
Chair(s): P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece)
Postgraduate Course
Sesión conjunta en castellano organizada por la SEPAR (España) y la ALAT (Latinamérica)
Chair(s): P. De Lucas Ramos (Madrid, Spain), M. Montes De Oca (Caracas, Venezuela)
Symposium
Educational skills workshop 1: Endoscopic lung volume reduction and endosonography
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Educational Workshop
Functional imaging of the lung, airways and diaphragm
Chair(s): A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy), S. Bayat (Amiens, France)
Oral Presentation
Pneumonia and sepsis
Chair(s): M. Lerikou (Athens, Greece), S. Aliberti (Milan, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Health economics of airway diseases
Chair(s): M. Rutten-Van Molken (Rotterdam, Netherlands), S. A. Jansson (Luleå, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
Quality of diagnosis and assessment in primary care
Chair(s): J. Sousa (Braga, Portugal), A. Kruis (Leiden, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Translational studies in chronic lung diseases: from bedside to bench
Chair(s): R. Morty (Giessen, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Structural and functional imaging discussion: sometimes different but always linked
Chair(s): J. Coolen (Leuven, Belgium), A. Grgic (Homburg, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Cutting edge: drug delivery to the airways
Chair(s): C. Greene (Dublin, Ireland), M. Gjomarkaj (Palermo, Italy)
Oral Presentation
The kaleidoscope of respiratory nursing
Chair(s): B. Korn (Dublin, Ireland), H. Jonsdottir (Reykjavik , Iceland)
Oral Presentation
Heart, blood and metabolism in sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): J.L. Pepin (Grenoble, France), M. Arzt (Regensburg, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Lung surgery: preoperative assessment and postoperative outcome
Chair(s): G. Massard (Strasbourg, France), G. Friedel (Gerlingen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Highlights from ESCAPE
Chair(s): B. Brunekreef (Utrecht, Netherlands), T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark)
Symposium
Drug-resistant tuberculosis: new clinical and public health insights
Chair(s): G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy), D. Falzon (Geneva, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and the lung: celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first description
Chair(s): E. Piitulainen (Malmö, Sweden), M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain)
Hot topics
"Liaisons Dangereuses": the lung and other organs
Chair(s): S. Orfanos (Athens, Greece), A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain)
Symposium
Paediatric Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): G. Hedlin (Stockholm, Sweden), P.L.P. Brand (Zwolle, Netherlands)
Grand round
Strengths and limitations of six-minute walk tests in chronic respiratory disease
Chair(s): T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Symposium
The management of N2 disease in non-small cell lung cancer
Chair(s): J. Cadranel (Paris, France), J-P. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium)
Symposium
Guidelines and exacerbations
Chair(s): M. Thekkinkattil (Coimbatore, India), S. Skoczynski (Katowice, Poland)
Oral Presentation
New bronchodilators for COPD management
Chair(s): M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy), P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Experimental models in critical care
Chair(s): I. Sigala (Nea Smyrni, Greece), L. Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Tuberculosis diagnosis
Chair(s): D. Cirillo (Milan, Italy), J. Dominguez Benitez (Badalona Barcelona, Spain)
Poster Discussion
Pulmonary circulation: animal models and experimental treatments
Chair(s): D. Welsh (Glasgow, United Kingdom), R. Schermuly (Giessen, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and rarities
Chair(s): S. Tomassetti (Forlì, Italy), F. Bonella (Essen, Germany)
Poster Discussion
TBNA, EBUS-TBNA and new technologies for diagnostic bronchoscopy
Chair(s): J. Annema (Amsterdam, Netherlands), J. Vergnon (Saint Etienne Cedex 2, France)
Poster Discussion
Novel biomarkers and old parameters in clinical management of lung diseases
Chair(s): U. Costabel (Essen, Germany), N. Tzanakis (Heraklion, Greece)
Poster Discussion
From air pollution during pregnancy to respiratory diseases at work
Chair(s): J. Zock (Barcelona, Spain), P. Cullinan (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Biomarkers in asthma and COPD
Chair(s): A. Spanevello (Tradate, Italy), R. Louis (Liege, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Oncological thoracic surgery
Chair(s): A. End (Vienna, Austria), L. Bertolaccini (Cuneo, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Pulmonary infection in children: diagnosis and long-term effects
Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), M. Everard (Subiaco, Australia)
Oral Presentation
New insights into mechanisms of lung allograft dysfunction
Chair(s): B. Vanaudenaerde (Leuven, Belgium), F. Meloni (Pavia, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Is it really asthma?
Chair(s): M. Romagnoli (Forli, Italy), C. Taille (Paris, France)
Oral Presentation
New understanding of pneumococcal vaccination
Chair(s): S. Aliberti (Milan, Italy), M. Woodhead (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Drug delivery to the airways
Chair(s): I.M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom), C. Taggart (Belfast, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Physical activity as the panacea for COPD
Chair(s): M.A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands), F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil)
Symposium
Inflammasomes in lung diseases
Chair(s): C. Taube (Leiden, Netherlands), L. Nicod (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Symposium
Inhaled corticosteroids for asthma: on-demand or continuous use?
Chair(s): G. Hedlin (Stockholm, Sweden), P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Yernault Lecture “Obstructive sleep apnoea as a model of systemic disease” followed by “Vascular tree and obstructive sleep apnoea”
Chair(s): S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany), W. McNicholas (Dublin, Ireland)
Session
Advances in the therapy of lung cancer
Chair(s): F. Gamarra (Munich, Germany), G. Hardavella (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Monitoring asthma: genes, cells and molecules
Chair(s): G H. Koppelman (Groningen, The Netherlands), A. Moeller (Zurich, Switzerland), C. Lex (Goettingen, Germany), S. Saglani (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Preschool wheeze
Chair(s): G. Wennergren (Gothenburg, Sweden), I. Butiene (Klaipeda, Lithuania), D. Snijders (Ponzano Veneto, Italy), F. Singer (Zurich, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Uncontrolled and severe asthma in children
Chair(s): L. Fleming (London, United Kingdom), J. Konradsen (Sollentuna, Sweden), O. Yilmaz Ikizoglu (Bornova-Izmir, Turkey), N. Kulkarni (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Outdoor and indoor environment: respiratory diseases from asthma to asbestosis
Chair(s): J. Anto (Barcelona, Spain), D. Norback (Uppsala, Sweden), L. Smit (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical applications of respiratory physiology in children
Chair(s): B. Arets (Utrecht, The Netherlands), N. Beydon (Paris, France), P. Aurora (London, United Kingdom), E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Passive smoking, children and students (young adults)
Chair(s): E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), M. Dautzenberg (Paris, France), P. Tonnesen (Gentofte, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
E-cigarettes, shisha, the tobacco industry and public health
Chair(s): C. Vardavas (Boston, United States of America), L. Bentur (Haifa, Israel), P. Katsaounou (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
World tour of tobacco epidemiology
Chair(s): B. Dautzenberg (Paris, France), G. Peiffer (Metz Cedex3, France), J. Granda-Orive (Madrid, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Cystic fibrosis: clinical problems, genetics and microbiology in children
Chair(s): N. Regamey (Bern, Switzerland), I. Balfour-Lynn (London, United Kingdom), B. Linnane (Limerick, Ireland), H. Janssens (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Cystic fibrosis: clinical problems and microbiology in adults
Chair(s): D. Bilton (London, United Kingdom), J.S. Elborn (Belfast, United Kingdom), L. Hansson (Lund, Sweden), H. Heijerman (The Hague, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Exercise, physiotherapy techniques and assessment methods in COPD and asthma
Chair(s): V. Probst (Londrina, Brazil), H. Van Remoortel (Leuven, Belgium), D. Inal Ince (Ankara, Turkey), K. Mitchell (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
The burden of respiratory infections in children
Chair(s): P. Flores (Lisboa, Portugal), C. Nwokoro (London, United Kingdom), H. Blau (Petah Tikva, Israel), A. Kadioglu (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric respiratory epidemiology: new understandings of lung function, disorders of prematurity and chronic airway diseases
Chair(s): S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom), S. Lum (London, United Kingdom), B. Karadag (Umraniye Istanbul, Turkey), J. Djakow (Prague, Czech Republic)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric bronchology
Chair(s): F. Midulla (Rome, Italy), U. Krivec (Ljubljana, Slovenia), A. Barbato (Padova, Italy), F. Karakoc (Istanbul, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Expiration, exhalation and exhaustion: measures of dynamic volumes, breath analysis and respiratory muscles
Chair(s): A. Lutas (Lisboa, Portugal), D. Schuermans (Brussels, Belgium), L. Smith (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Exercise and physiotherapy in non-COPD conditions and in the assessment of healthy subjects
Chair(s): R. Garrod (Malaga, Spain), N. Hernandes (Londrina, Brazil), M. Emtner (Uppsala, Sweden), E. Gimeno-Santos (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Assessment methods involved in the physiotherapy treatment in different patient populations
Chair(s): R. Gloeckl (Schoenau Am Koenigssee, Germany), D. Saey (Quebec, Canada), J. Vilaro (Barcelona, Spain), G. Fregonezi (Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
Aspects of physiotherapy in various clinical conditions and settings
Chair(s): K. Wadell (Umea, Sweden), R. Evans (Thornton, United Kingdom), A. Lewko (London, United Kingdom), C. Carvalho (Sao Paulo Sp, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory nursing care: assessment, interventions and education
Chair(s): M. Hodson (London, United Kingdom), G. L. Narsavage (Morgantown, United States of America), B. Korn (Dublin, Ireland)
Thematic Poster Session
Genetics and genomics of lung disease
Chair(s): D. Meyers (Winston-Salem, United States of America), E. Meese (Homburg /Saar, Germany), H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology of asthma
Chair(s): A. Bjerg (GöTeborg, Sweden), I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France), A. Johannessen (Bergen, Norway), R. Hancox (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Thematic Poster Session
Occupational respiratory diseases: obstructive, interstitial lung diseases and methods of diagnosis
Chair(s): J. Pairon (Creteil, France), T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark), H. Suojalehto (Helsinki, Finland), S. Burge (Solihull, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway calibre, airway challenge and assessment of oxygenation
Chair(s): K. Sylvester (Cambridge, United Kingdom), C. Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain), D. Ionita (Bucharest, Romania), A. Houtkooper (Den Helder, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Treatment and adherence to treatment of respiratory disease
Chair(s): C. Svanes (Bergen, Norway), M. Rava (Villejuif, France), E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden), C. Raherison (Pessac Cedex, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma and COPD drugs: efficacy, safety and pharmacoeconomics
Chair(s): P. Chanez (Marseille, France), M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy), M. Edwards (London, United Kingdom), L. Uller (Lund, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Assessing the prevalence of COPD in the general population
Chair(s): S. Accordini (Verona, Italy), A. Lindberg (Boden, Sweden), P. Adab (Birmingham, United Kingdom), A. Kainu (Hus, Finland)
Thematic Poster Session
Translational research to bridge the need within clinical decision making
Chair(s): J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland), P. Schnabel (Heidelberg, Germany), N. Kahn (Heidelberg, Germany), A. Fisseler-Eckhoff (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway smooth muscle and cell biology
Chair(s): B. Mirkovic (Dublin, Ireland), C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom), E. Pace (Palermo, Italy), M. Mall (Heidelberg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma: new mechanisms and markers
Chair(s): J. Lordan (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom), H. Inoue (Kagoshima, Japan), C. Kelly (Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD: new markers of diseases
Chair(s): D. Hartl (Tuebingen, Germany), C. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria), C. Gunaratnam (Dublin, Ireland)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD: experimental biology
Chair(s): T. Carroll (Dublin, Ireland), E. Van'T Wout (Leiden, Netherlands), R. Lutter (Amsterdam, Netherlands), L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
The vulnerable patient and ageing cells
Chair(s): S. Meiners (Munich, Germany), C. Vancheri (Catania, Italy), R. Foronjy (New York, united states), G. Matute-Bello (Seattle, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel in vitro and animal models to study lung diseases
Chair(s): B. Crestani (Paris, France), P. Hiemstra (Leiden, Netherlands), P. Bonniaud (Dijon, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel mechanisms in lung injury
Chair(s): C. Martin (Aachen, Germany), M. Witzenrath (Berlin, Germany), A. Millar (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Preclinical models for the development of new drugs for respiratory diseases
Chair(s): M. Belvisi (London, United Kingdom), R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), G. Lungarella (Siena, Italy), K.F. Chung (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel pharmacological findings in the management of respiratory disorders
Chair(s): F. Ricciardolo (Orbassano, Italy), N. Roche (Paris, France), O. S. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), P. Paredi (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel drugs and biomarkers in respiratory medicine
Chair(s): G. Caramori (Ferrara, Italy), A. Barczyk (Katowice, Poland), G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium), C. Wiegman (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical trials of LAMAs, LABAs, MABAs and theophylline for asthma and COPD
Chair(s): B. Cosio (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), R. Rodríguez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain), M. Corradi (Parma, Italy), R. Dahl (Aarhus, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
Predictors and triggers of asthma and COPD exacerbations
Chair(s): B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy), S. Loukides (Athens, Greece), T. Mueller (Aachen, Germany), I.M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Monitoring lung function in airway diseases
Chair(s): A. Ten Brinke (Molenend, Netherlands), P. Montuschi (Rome, Italy), T. Popov (Sofia, Bulgaria), F. Schleich (Liege, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Disease control and quality of life in airway diseases
Chair(s): A. Morice (Cottingham, United Kingdom), V. Macbean (London, United Kingdom), P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy), A. Bikov (Miskolc, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
Systemic and airway biomarkers in respiratory diseases
Chair(s): A. Spanevello (Tradate, Italy), P. Pignatti (Pavia, Italy), R. Louis (Liege, Belgium), D. Tarnoki (Budapest, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma
Chair(s): M. Kraft (Durham, United States of America), W. Timens (Groningen, Netherlands), M. Idzko (Freiburg, Germany), J. Erjefalt (Lund, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Cell biology and murine models of asthma and inflammation
Chair(s): P. Haldar (Leicester, United Kingdom), J. Herre (Cambridge, United Kingdom), A. Lindén (Stockholm, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Genetics and mechanisms of, and tests for, allergy
Chair(s): I. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom), C. Taube (Leiden, Netherlands), M. Perzanowski (New York, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Treatment of asthma
Chair(s): P.W. Finn (Chicago, United States of America), M. Lommatzsch (Rostock, Germany), G. Ttrudeke Moller (Leiden, Netherlands), T. Mauad (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
ME3 Biomarkers for fibrotic lung disease – new clinical benchmarks from the lab?
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME1 Respiratory evaluation and management of neuromuscular diseases
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME2 Non-ventilatory aspects affecting the outcome of mechanical ventilation
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME5 What's new in sarcoidosis management?
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME4 Nuts and bolts of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET): theory, guidelines and practice
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
How to produce top quality ERS Guidelines
Chair(s): M. Woodhead (Manchester, United Kingdom), M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
European Respiratory Review: what's hot in pulmonary medicine
Chair(s): V. Cottin (Lyon, France), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
Symposium
Perspectives in the management of challenging sleep disordered breathing - interactive session with clinical cases
Chair(s): P. Levy (Grenoble, France), H. Woehrle (Ulm, Germany)
Practical Workshop
The challenges and measures in home ventilation
Chair(s): S. Nava (Bologna, Italy)
Practical Workshop
Clinical challenges in ambulatory oxygen for COPD patients: a practical training course
Chair(s): A. Cuvelier (Rouen, France)
Practical Workshop
Endoscopic lung volume reduction & newest clinical data
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Practical Workshop
Educational skills workshop 3: Endoscopic lung-volume reduction and endosonography
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Educational Workshop
Asthma, allergy and lung function: natural history and risk factors in longitudinal studies
Chair(s): C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), S. Shaheen (London, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in subpopulations
Chair(s): J-P. Zellweger (Villars-Sur-Glâne, Switzerland), A. Sandgren (Stockholm, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
New drugs in respiratory medicine
Chair(s): A. Van Oosterhout (Groningen, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Murine models of lung immunology
Chair(s): C. Von Garnier (Bern, Switzerland), T. Mauad (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Poster Discussion
Environment and lifestyle: associations with respiratory disease
Chair(s): V. Siroux (La Tronche , France), J. Anto (Barcelona, Spain)
Poster Discussion
COPD diagnosis
Chair(s): P. Camus (Dijon, France), A. Browatzki (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Poster Discussion
New strategies in epigenomic research to study lung diseases (DNA rearrangements, RNA, methylation, proteosome)
Chair(s): M. Skrzypski (Sopot, Poland), L. Knudsen (Hannover, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Genetic factors in airway development and disease
Chair(s): G H. Koppelman (Groningen, The Netherlands), R. Granell (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Fundamental biology of malignant pleural effusions
Chair(s): G. Stathopoulos (Athens, Greece), N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
New insights in the assessment of physical activity in daily life in patients with COPD, asthmatics and smokers
Chair(s): F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil), D. Langer (Ontario, Canada)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary circulation: basic science
Chair(s): R. Schermuly (Giessen, Germany), J. Wort (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Viral infections: what is new?
Chair(s): A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain), D. Bouros (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Oral Presentation
New perspectives of lung function assessment in children
Chair(s): E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy), G. Hall (Perth, Australia)
Oral Presentation
Bronchoconstriction under construction: work-related lung disease and how it's diagnosed
Chair(s): S. Burge (Solihull, United Kingdom), J. Makonga-Braaksma (Woudenberg, Netherlands)
Symposium
The upper airway in sleep-disordered breathing
Chair(s): A. Kaditis (Piraeus, Greece), R.L. Riha (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Which treatment other than chemotherapy for stage IV NSCLC?
Chair(s): D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia), A.P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium)
Symposium
Immunopathology of COPD: contribution of advancements of new therapeutic agents
Chair(s): B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy), K.F. Chung (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Noninvasive respiratory support for neonates: are we there yet?
Chair(s): C. Roehr (Berlin, Germany), M. Blennow (Stockholm, Sweden)
Hot topics
Ceremony for ERS Research Award on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (financially supported by InterMune) followed by Clinical Year in Review I
Chair(s): A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland), L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)
Session
MS1 Differential diagnosis and management of exacerbations of respiratory symptoms in elderly patients with COPD
Chair(s): K.F. Rabe (Großhansdorf, Germany)
Morning Seminar
MS2 Complications of mechanical ventilation: tips and techniques
Chair(s): T. Vassilakopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Morning Seminar
MS3 Interpretation of sleep studies – problem areas
Chair(s): M.R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy)
Morning Seminar
Educational skills workshop 4: Thoracic ultrasound
Chair(s): N. Maskell (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Educational Workshop
Paediatric Year in Review
Chair(s): F. Midulla (Rome, Italy), M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Session
Acute lung injury: novel clinical and experimental insights
Chair(s): M. Takata (London, United Kingdom), R. Chambers (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory muscles at rest and during exercise: from physiology to clinical context
Chair(s): N. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom), C. Spengler (Zurich, Switzerland)
Poster Discussion
Occupational respiratory diseases: asthma, silicosis and asbestosis
Chair(s): F. De Blay (Strasbourg, France), J. Hoyle (West Yorkshire, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Viral infections
Chair(s): N. Koulouris (Athens, Greece), M. Brusse-Keizer (Enschede, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
COPD: acute exacerbations and others
Chair(s): D. Olivieri (Parma, Italy), V. Kolek (Olomouc, Czech Republic)
Poster Discussion
Ceremony for the ERS Maurizio Vignola Award for Best Publication on Innovation in Pneumology (financially supported by Chiesi Foundation) followed by Hot Topic: Towards delivering personalised or prec
Chair(s): E. R. Bleecker (Winston-Salem, United States of America), S. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
The best posters in exercise testing and physical inactivity
Chair(s): S. Steinshamn (Trondheim, Norway), K. Kenn (Schoenau Am Koenigssee, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Epidemiology, screening and diagnosis of lung cancer
Chair(s): S. Janes (London, United Kingdom), R.M. Huber (Munich, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Improving educational programmes for patients and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals
Chair(s): K. Kostikas (Karditsa, Greece), N. Ambrosino (Pisa, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Highlights in epidemiology of respiratory disease
Chair(s): C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), M. Perzanowski (New York, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Clinical management of orphan lung diseases
Chair(s): V. Cottin (Lyon, France), U. Costabel (Essen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Reference, reliability and risk: advances in lung function
Chair(s): J. Lloyd (Staffordshire, United Kingdom), J. Makonga-Braaksma (Woudenberg, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary circulation: treatment
Chair(s): A. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany), G. Simonneau (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
Oral Presentation
The diaphragm in mechanically-ventilated patients: victim or culprit?
Chair(s): S. Orfanos (Athens, Greece), R. Scala (Arezzo, Italy)
Symposium
TBNET 2013: latest results
Chair(s): G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom), G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy)
Symposium
Severe asthma: moving from phenotyping to endotyping
Chair(s): I. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
Symposium
Novel drugs for the treatment of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): G. Caramori (Ferrara, Italy), N. Roche (Paris, France)
Oral Presentation
New frontiers for the bronchoscope
Chair(s): C. Dooms (Leuven, Belgium), S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy)
Symposium
Cystic fibrosis: basic and applied science
Chair(s): F. Ratjen (Toronto, Canada), D. Hartl (Tuebingen, Germany)
Poster Discussion
COPD and tobacco management
Chair(s): P. Tonnesen (Gentofte, Denmark), S. Ravara (Covilhã, Portugal)
Poster Discussion
Difficult and rare respiratory infections
Chair(s): G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy), E. Polverino (Barcelona, Spain)
Poster Discussion
Neonatal and paediatric intensive care
Chair(s): K. Bohlin (Stockholm, Sweden), C. Roehr (Berlin, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Ask, see and do: old and new technology in sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): J. Montserrat (Barcelona, Spain), R.L. Riha (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Phenotyping asthma: clinical severity, comorbid conditions response to treatment?
Chair(s): E. Nizankowska (Krakow, Poland), A. Bruno (Palermo, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Management of respiratory diseases in primary care
Chair(s): H. Pinnock (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), B. Stallberg (Uppsala, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
New frontiers for EBUS-TBNA: the mediastinum and beyond
Chair(s): A. Mehta (Cleveland, Oh, United States of America), F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Immunological diagnosis of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection
Chair(s): M. Sester (Homburg, Germany), D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
Oral Presentation
The best abstracts in physical inactivity and exercise training in COPD
Chair(s): F. Franssen (Horn, Netherlands), H. Watz (Grosshansdorf, Germany)
Oral Presentation
New evidence for NIV in the chronic setting
Chair(s): W. Windisch (Cologne, Germany), J-P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Palliative care in respiratory diseases: is it becoming overdue?
Chair(s): G. Guenther (Borstel, Germany), M. Dara (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Hot topics
Non-invasive ventilation and airway structure and function
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
Symposium
Regulation of lung inflammation and repair by proteolysis
Chair(s): M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada), S. Uhlig (Aachen, Germany)
Symposium
Biological signatures in thoracic oncology
Chair(s): A.P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium), P. Schnabel (Heidelberg, Germany)
Symposium
The impact of urbanisation in asthma and allergy among children and adults
Chair(s): B. Lundback (Gothenburg, Sweden), E. Eber (Graz, Austria)
Symposium
Ceremony for the ERS COPD Research Award (financially supported by Boehringer Ingelheim) followed by Hot Topic: Consortiums in respiratory medicine: the way forward?
Chair(s): C. Brightling (Leicester, United Kingdom), L. Nicod (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Hot topics
Ethic Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), S. Hartl (Vienna, Austria)
Grand round
Hot topics on airway diseases: new horizons in treatment
Chair(s): G. Caramori (Ferrara, Italy), H.J. Hoffmann (Aarhus, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
Chest wall and pleura
Chair(s): L. Molins (Barcelona, Spain), L. Bertolaccini (Cuneo, Italy), S. Elia (Rome, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Biomarkers, diagnosis and outcome of respiratory infections
Chair(s): D. Snijders (Berkhout, Netherlands), M. Vendrell Relat (Girona, Spain), A. Liapikou (Athens, Greece), A. Koutsoukou (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical studies in lung transplantation
Chair(s): M. Iversen (Copenhagen, Denmark), G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium), A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland), J. Gottlieb (Hanover, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Have we advanced in the treatment of sleep disordered breathing?
Chair(s): I. Smith (Cambridge, United Kingdom), A. Patakas (Panorama Thessaloniki, Greece), R. Staats (Murches, Portugal), T. Gislason (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary circulation: clinical pulmonary hypertension II
Chair(s): S. Kawut (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America), I. Preston (Boston, United States of America), S. Harari (Milan, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
A metabolic medley: sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): J.A. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden), O. Polo (Tampere, Finland), W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary circulation: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, imaging and biomarkers
Chair(s): R. Quarck (Leuven, Belgium), J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridge, United Kingdom), D. Bonderman (Vienna, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Antibiotics, resistance and vaccines
Chair(s): G. Dimopoulos (Athens, Greece), A. Singanayagam (London, United Kingdom), A. Anzueto (San Antonio, United States of America), K. Rohmann (Luebeck, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory infections: a combination of problems needing early treatment
Chair(s): M. Lerikou (Athens, Greece), I. Sinha (Liverpool, United Kingdom), C. Cilloniz (Ciberes, Spain), Z. Matkovic (Zagreb, Croatia)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection: diagnosis and treatment
Chair(s): M. Lipman (London, United Kingdom), F. Marchesani (Pavia, Italy), G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom), J. Bashi Bagendabanga (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
Thematic Poster Session
Manifestations, scores and prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia
Chair(s): K. Dimakou (Athens, Greece), E. Van De Garde (Nieuwegein, Netherlands), R. Jain (Mumbai, India)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnostic features of tuberculosis I
Chair(s): C. Jafari (Hamburg, Germany), W. Ricketts (London, United Kingdom), D. Goletti (Rome, Italy), B. Kalsdorf (Borstel, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis: clinical aspects
Chair(s): J. Van Ingen (Nijmegen, Netherlands), G. Guenther (Borstel, Germany), T. Aksamit (Rochester, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Drug-resistant tuberculosis
Chair(s): A. Sorete Arbore (Iasi, Romania), S. Niemann (Borstel, Germany), H. Stagg (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis: epidemiology and public health management I
Chair(s): A. Sandgren (Stockholm, Sweden), C. Boehme (Geneva, Switzerland), A. Skrahina (Minsk Region, Belarus), K. Dheda (Cape Town, South Africa)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung cancer resection and radiotherapy and thoracic oncology late breaking abstracts
Chair(s): D. Jovanovic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia), N. Triller (Golnik, Slovenia), C. Marquette (Nice, France), Y. Ragulin (Obninsk, Russian Federation)
Thematic Poster Session
New methods for diagnostic workup of lung cancer
Chair(s): V. Ninane (Brussels, Belgium), A. Rozman (Golnik, Slovenia), C. Brambilla (Grenoble, France), A. Kempa (Stuttgart, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Prognostic factors and subtyping of lung cancer
Chair(s): S. Ott (Bern, Switzerland), H. Popper (Graz, Austria), T. Berghmans (Brussels, Belgium), G. Hardavella (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnosis and management of pleural and mediastinal diseases
Chair(s): N. Maskell (Bristol, United Kingdom), B. Grigoriu (Iasi, Romania), J. Porcel Perez (Lleida, Spain), P. Mohapatra (Sijua, Bhubaneswar, India)
Thematic Poster Session
The heart of the matter: sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): M. Kohler (Zurich, Switzerland), A. Kaditis (Piraeus, Greece), R. Tkacova (Kosice, Slovakia), O. Marrone (Palermo, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary circulation: clinical pulmonary hypertension I
Chair(s): S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland), M.M. Hoeper (Hanover, Germany), D. O'Callaghan (Dublin, Ireland), A. Reis (Cortegaca, Portugal)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical respiratory physiology in different diseases
Chair(s): S. Verges (Echirolles, France), G. Garcia (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), C. Spengler (Zurich, Switzerland), A. Lo Mauro (Milan, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Functional imaging
Chair(s): T. Milosavljevic (Nis, Republic of Serbia), R. Kubale (Pirmasens, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory and cardiovascular abnormalities in COPD: the role of exercise, nutritional status and inflammation
Chair(s): L. Puente Maestú (Madrid, Spain), D. O'Donnell (Kingston, Canada), R. Farré (Barcelona, Spain), B. Degano (Beasancon Cedex, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma at the bedside
Chair(s): E. Pace (Palermo, Italy), M. Kupczyk (Stockholm, Sweden), G. Devouassoux (Lyon Cedex 04, France), A. Bruno (Palermo, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD mechanisms
Chair(s): M. Breyer (Vienna, Austria), D. Olivieri (Parma, Italy), K. Takeyama (Tokyo , Japan)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD biomarkers
Chair(s): N. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece), C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany), B. Brockway (Dunedin, New Zealand), C. Tantucci (Brescia, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Modern approach to various clinical settings
Chair(s): M. Marvisi (Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy), M. Thekkinkattil (Coimbatore, India), A. Greening (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung infections: a clinical point of view
Chair(s): A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain), D. Cirillo (Milan, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
The latest insights in pulmonary rehabilitation (part 1)
Chair(s): E. Rutten (Horn, Netherlands), R. Evans (Thornton, United Kingdom), V. Probst (Londrina, Brazil), R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland)
Thematic Poster Session
The latest insights in pulmonary rehabilitation (part 2)
Chair(s): M. Sillen (Horn, Netherlands), I. Vivodtzev (Echirolles Cedex, France), I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece), N. Hernandes (Londrina, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
Morphologic imaging
Chair(s): W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium), O. Danilevskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Thematic Poster Session
Bronchoscopic treatment of COPD and asthma: where are we going?
Chair(s): G. Stratakos (Athens, Greece), D. Gompelmann (Heidelberg, Germany), A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria), M. Munavvar (Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Interventional procedures for diagnosis of diffuse lung diseases and peripheral pulmonary lesions
Chair(s): J. Hetzel (Tuebingen, Germany), G. Casoni (Ferrara, Italy), L. Seijo (Madrid, Spain), L. Zuccatosta (Torrette / Ancona, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Diffuse pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): A. Prasse (Freiburg, Germany), T. Maher (London, United Kingdom), M. Vasakova (Prague 4, Czech Republic), P. Spagnolo (Modena, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Diffuse parenchymal lung disease I
Chair(s): J. Domagala-Kulawik (Warsaw, Poland), J. Grutters (Nieuwegein, The Netherlands), W. Wuyts (Leuven, Belgium), E. Bargagli (Siena, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Diffuse parenchymal lung disease II
Chair(s): M. Kreuter (Heidelberg, Germany), A. Vorselaars (Nieuwegein, Netherlands), R. Borie (Paris, France), S. Tomassetti (Forlì, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Quality of life and respiratory symptoms in primary care COPD populations
Chair(s): A. Kaplan (Richmond Hill, Canada), K. Romberg (Falsterbo, Sweden), T. van der Molen (Groningen, Netherlands), A. Ostrem (Oslo, Norway)
Thematic Poster Session
Early diagnosis and effectiveness of disease management in primary care
Chair(s): T. Schermer (Nijmegen, Netherlands), M. L. Levy (London, United Kingdom), R. Jones (Plymouth, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Acute respiratory failure, ARDS and severe COPD exacerbations
Chair(s): A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain), C. Gregoretti (Turin, Italy), S. Orfanos (Athens, Greece), L. Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Infection, sepsis and outcomes in ICU
Chair(s): G. Hillas (Athens, Greece), K. Samara (Heraklion, Crete, Greece), S. Hussain (Montreal, Canada), D. Dellweg (Schmallenberg , Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Long-term NIV: COPD, sleep, obesity and outcomes
Chair(s): J. Storre (Cologne, Germany), T. Koehnlein (Hanover, Germany), J. Nasilowski (Warsaw, Poland), A. Cuvelier (Rouen, France)
Thematic Poster Session
NIV in the acute setting: growing experience and novel applications
Chair(s): M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain), P. Wijkstra (Groningen, The Netherlands), N. Hart (London, United Kingdom), B. Schoenhofer (Hanover, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Educational forum
Chair(s): J. Busari (Heerlen, Netherlands)
Meet the expert
ME8 Translational models of airways disease
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME6 What can we learn from large scale COPD studies?
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME10 Update on management of ARDS
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME7 Oxygen administration with nasal high-flow in infants
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ERS/WHO joint lunchtime session "TB-Forum for innovation"
Chair(s): M. Dara (Copenhagen, Denmark), L. Reichman (Newark, United States of America)
Symposium
From the new ERJ: the burden of cardio-pulmonary diseases
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)
Symposium
ERS/NEJM joint session: “Novel Strategies for Ventilating Patients with ARDS"
Chair(s): B.R. Celli (Boston, United States of America), R. Rodríguez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
Optimising health care for COPD across Europe
Chair(s): B.G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom), S. Hartl (Vienna, Austria)
Symposium
Challenges and therapeutic solutions for complicated sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)
Practical Workshop
Medical thoracoscopy
Chair(s): R. Heine (Halle, Germany)
Practical Workshop
Introduction to endoscopic lung volume reduction with RePneu LVR coils
Chair(s): P. Shah (London, United Kingdom)
Practical Workshop
Exercise, physiotherapy techniques and assessment in COPD
Chair(s): C. Burtin (Eindhoven, Netherlands), J. Vilaro (Barcelona, Spain)
Poster Discussion
Studies of asthma in man
Chair(s): M. Idzko (Freiburg, Germany), A. Lindén (Stockholm, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
The pulmonary epithelium: recent developments
Chair(s): C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom), S. Meiners (Munich, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Basic research on lung cancer
Chair(s): R. G. Wiewrodt (Muenster, Germany), M. Skrzypski (Sopot, Poland)
Poster Discussion
Interventional pulmonology and pleural diseases
Chair(s): M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece), J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Clinical problems in mediastinal and pleural malignacies
Chair(s): I. Kalomenidis (Athens, Greece), D. Bumbacea (Bucharest, Romania)
Poster Discussion
Sarcoidosis
Chair(s): M. Drent (Md Ede, Netherlands), H. Nunes (Bobigny, France)
Oral Presentation
Of mice and men: sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): R. Tamisier (Grenoble, France), M.R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Women and tobacco
Chair(s): C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece), A. Trofor (Iasi, Romania)
Oral Presentation
The different modalities for current imaging and for future issues
Chair(s): J. Coolen (Leuven, Belgium), W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Asthma and COPD: diseases with different phenotypes
Chair(s): P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), E. Pizzichini (Florianopolis, Sc, Brazil)
Oral Presentation
Novel mechanisms for established drugs for asthma and COPD management
Chair(s): I.M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
The best of paediatric asthma and allergy
Chair(s): B. Rottier (Groningen, Netherlands), A. Moeller (Zurich, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
New insights into the mechanisms of muscle dysfunction in COPD
Chair(s): I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece), J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
What's new in thoracic surgery: highlights for the pulmonologist
Chair(s): H. Ris (Lausanne, Switzerland), J. Dark (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Ceremony for the ERS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (financially supported by Actelion) followed by Symposium: Drug-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Screening, mucus properties and early interventions for infants with cystic fibrosis
Chair(s): D. Hartl (Tuebingen, Germany), B. Oberwaldner (Graz, Austria)
Symposium
ERS White Book of Respiratory Medicine in Europe 2013
Chair(s): J. Gibson (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom), F. Blasi (Milan, Italy)
Hot topics
Ceremony for the ERS Romain Pauwels Research Award (financially supported by GlaxoSmithKline) followed by Clinical Year in Review II
Chair(s): E. Clini (Modena, Italy), I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary)
Session
MS4 Asthma phenotypes and endotypes
Chair(s): P. Chanez (Marseille, France)
Morning Seminar
MS5 Pollutants in the home and workplace: are they the same and do they induce the same respiratory diseases?
Chair(s): T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark)
Morning Seminar
MS6 Community-acquired pneumonia: moving from guidelines to clinical practice
Chair(s): R. Cosentini (Milan, Italy)
Morning Seminar
Educational skills workshop 7: Spirometry knowledge and basic skills (European spirometry training programme)
Chair(s): I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands)
Educational Workshop
Environment respiratory diseases Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): P. Cullinan (London, United Kingdom), D. Nowak (Munich, Germany)
Grand round
Rehabilitation, exercise and adjunct physiotherapy techniques in different respiratory conditions
Chair(s): A. Holland (Melbourne, Australia), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Comorbidities and respiratory disease and late-breaking abstracts
Chair(s): P. Burney (London, United Kingdom), G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Clinical physiology and functional imaging in health and disease
Chair(s): A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy), M. Polkey (London, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Pulmonary circulation: clinical science and treatment
Chair(s): L. Howard (London, United Kingdom), M.M. Hoeper (Hanover, Germany)
Poster Discussion
New clinical trials of asthma and COPD drugs
Chair(s): P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany)
Poster Discussion
New treatments and old dilemmas in the clinical management of lung diseases
Chair(s): N. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece), A. Chetta (Parma, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Smoking cessation for healthy and non-healthy smokers
Chair(s): S. Nardini (Vittorio Veneto, Italy), F. Mihaltan (Bucharest, Romania)
Oral Presentation
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: clinical view
Chair(s): D. Israel-Biet (Paris, France), E. Renzoni (London, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Translational studies in chronic repair and remodelling in the lung
Chair(s): R. Chambers (London, United Kingdom), P. Bonniaud (Dijon, France)
Oral Presentation
Early detection of lung cancer
Chair(s): N. Peled (Ramat-Gan, Israel), T. Sutedja (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Symposium
COPD and infections
Chair(s): S. Aliberti (Milan, Italy), S. Ewig (Bochum, Germany)
Oral Presentation
The dark side of the moon: when, why, and where I should not use NIV?
Chair(s): R. Scala (Arezzo, Italy), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
Symposium
The lung's "first golden hours" in life: alveolar and vascular transition at birth
Chair(s): C. Roehr (Berlin, Germany), K. Bohlin (Stockholm, Sweden)
Symposium
Small airways in asthma: from physiologic measures to clinical relevance
Chair(s): L.M. Fabbri (Modena, Italy), D.S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Hot topics
COPD: markers and inflammation
Chair(s): M. Marvisi (Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy), C. Tantucci (Brescia, Italy)
Oral Presentation
A paediatric palimpsest: sleep apnoea from conception to the teenage years
Chair(s): A. Kaditis (Piraeus, Greece), M. Villa (Rome, Italy)
Oral Presentation
ELF/ERS “Effective engagement of patients and the public in science, healthcare and the media”
Chair(s): S. Hartl (Vienna, Austria), D. Smyth (Dublin, Ireland)
Hot topics
Educational skills workshop 8: Spirometry knowledge and basic skills (European spirometry training programme)
Chair(s): I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands)
Educational Workshop
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: pathogenesis
Chair(s): V. Poletti (Forli, Italy), K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Asthma and COPD management: novel clinical findings
Chair(s): R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom), A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Indoor and outdoor pollutants: ventilation, sprays, diesel particles, asthma and COPD
Chair(s): D. Heederik (Utrecht, The Netherlands), D. Norback (Uppsala, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
Cystic fibrosis: physiotherapy, exercise and lung function in adults and children
Chair(s): A. Lindblad (Gothenburg, Sweden), N. Simmonds (London, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Twist in the tale: treating sleep disordered breathing - new technologies, new techniques
Chair(s): A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria), J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium)
Poster Discussion
The best posters in pulmonary rehabilitation
Chair(s): F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil), E. Clini (Modena, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Assessment of airway inflammation by exhaled gases
Chair(s): S. Loukides (Athens, Greece), I. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Treatment of asthma
Chair(s): J. Erjefalt (Lund, Sweden), C. Von Garnier (Bern, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Epidemiological and public health features of tuberculosis
Chair(s): I. Abubakar (London, United Kingdom), M. Dara (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
New insights into epigenetic mechanisms in the lung
Chair(s): N. Mcelvaney (Dublin, Ireland), R. Lutter (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Asthma and lung development: from genes to environment
Chair(s): F. Rusconi (Florence, Italy), B. Karadag (Umraniye Istanbul, Turkey)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory physiology in health and disease
Chair(s): P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), G. Miserocchi (Monza, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Minimising ventilator-induced lung injury today and tomorrow
Chair(s): M. Witzenrath (Berlin, Germany), W. Kubler (Toronto, Canada)
Symposium
Challenges in lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis
Chair(s): A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland), A. Fisher (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Point-of-care tests for respiratory infectious diseases
Chair(s): A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain), C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
Symposium
Composite variables in COPD and update of prevalence worldwide
Chair(s): C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), H. Pinnock (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Post-operative pulmonary complications: myth or reality ?
Chair(s): C. Gregoretti (Turin, Italy), A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain)
Hot topics
Grand Round on diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in thoracic oncology: an interactive session
Chair(s): R.M. Huber (Munich, Germany), G. Massard (Strasbourg, France)
Grand round
New approaches in patient and staff education
Chair(s): K.E. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland), I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary)
Oral Presentation
Tobacco use in different countries: crisis to disease
Chair(s): T. Hering (Berlin, Germany), S. Luhning (Cordoba, Argentina), T. Urban (Angers Cedex 9, France), K. Krolikowski (Warszawa, Poland)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma treatment and management in children
Chair(s): H. Janssens (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), N. Kulkarni (Leicester, United Kingdom), B. Van Ewijk (Da Hilversum, Netherlands), E. Wooler (Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Assessing sleep disordered breathing and lung function in children
Chair(s): P. Robinson (Sydney, Australia), R. Ersu (Istanbul, Turkey), N. Beydon (Paris, France), K. Ramsey (Subiaco, Australia)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases
Chair(s): A. Zanini (Gavirate, Italy), P. Pignatti (Pavia, Italy), K. Kostikas (Karditsa, Greece), S. Fowler (Preston, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Environmental and occupational respiratory diseases: new exposure assessment methods, experimental exposure in animal and humans and mechanisms
Chair(s): J. Walusiak-Skorupa (Lodz, Poland), S. Burge (Solihull, United Kingdom), B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium), V. Doyen (Brussels, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Factors associated with outcomes in COPD
Chair(s): J. Vestbo (Odense, Denmark), A. Marcon (Verona, Italy), A. Bjerg (GöTeborg, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology of respiratory disease
Chair(s): P. Lange (Hvidovre, Denmark), I. Pin (Grenoble, France), C. Suppli Ulrik (Virum, Denmark), R. Jordan (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Monitoring respiratory diseases: role of comorbidities and lung involvement
Chair(s): F. Ricciardolo (Orbassano, Italy), A. Tarnoki (Budapest, Hungary), A. Di Stefano (Veruno, Italy), F. Schleich (Liege, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Surgery for pleuropulmonary and mediastinal benign diseases
Chair(s): D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia), K. Athanassiadi (Athens, Greece), A. Olland (Strasbourg, France), A. End (Vienna, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric respiratory epidemiology: bronchiolitis and asthma
Chair(s): F. Rusconi (Florence, Italy), G. Cangiano (Rome, Italy), L. Duijts (Rotterdam, Netherlands), A. Pescatore (Bern, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: clinical management
Chair(s): D. Wagner (Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany), T. Aksamit (Rochester, United States of America), G. Guenther (Borstel, Germany), J. Van Ingen (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Interesting cases of respiratory infections
Chair(s): I. Sinha (Liverpool, United Kingdom), K. Dimakou (Athens, Greece), P. Dandekar (Mumbai, India), A. Liapikou (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma drugs: new findings
Chair(s): M. Romagnoli (Forli, Italy), P. Kirkham (Wolverhampton , United Kingdom), M. Rava (Villejuif, France), R. Dahl (Aarhus, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
Bacterial, fungal and mycobacterial infections
Chair(s): D. Bouros (Alexandroupolis, Greece), M. Brusse-Keizer (Enschede, Netherlands), G. Limonard (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Research questions on how viruses affect the respiratory system
Chair(s): A. Koutsoukou (Athens, Greece), J. Chalmers (Dundee, United Kingdom), H. Knoop (Sprockhoevel, Germany), K. Rohmann (Luebeck, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnostic features of tuberculosis II
Chair(s): M. Sester (Homburg, Germany), J-P. Zellweger (Villars-Sur-Glâne, Switzerland), W. Ricketts (London, United Kingdom), C. Jafari (Hamburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis: epidemiology and public health management II
Chair(s): E. Ibraim (Bucuresti, Romania), A. Sorete Arbore (Iasi, Romania), M. Van Der Werf (Stockholm, Sweden), A. Skrahina (Minsk Region, Belarus)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis: epidemiology and public health management III
Chair(s): C. Marica (Bucharest, Romania), K. Dheda (Cape Town, South Africa), J. Bashi Bagendabanga (Abidjan, Ivory Coast), V. Crudu (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova)
Thematic Poster Session
Systemic therapy of lung cancer and quality of life
Chair(s): M. Zamboni (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), P. Zarogoulidis (Thessaloniki, Greece), T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathogenesis and risk of lung cancer
Chair(s): H. Popper (Graz, Austria), S. Janes (London, United Kingdom), L. Schmidt (MüNster, Germany), P. Tomasini (Marseille, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Other thoracic tumours, particular circumstances and rare cases
Chair(s): N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany), N. Triller (Golnik, Slovenia), A. Tufman (Munich, Germany), R. Mroz (Bialystok, Poland)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD drugs: new findings
Chair(s): P.M.A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany), B. Cosio (Palma De Mallorca, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Treatment and management of asthma in primary care
Chair(s): K. Lisspers (Uppsala, Sweden), M. Thomas (Southampton, United Kingdom), D. Ryan (Loughborough, United Kingdom), M. Roman Rodriguez (Soller (Baleares), Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary circulation: acute pulmonary tromboembolism
Chair(s): O. Sanchez (Paris, France), L. Bertoletti (St Priest En Jarez, France), M. Johnson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Long-term NIV: children, neuromuscular patients and technical aspects
Chair(s): M. Chatwin (London, United Kingdom), M. Duiverman (Groningen, Netherlands), B. Fauroux (Paris, France), J-P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary circulation: clinical diagnosis, imaging, biomarkers and treatment
Chair(s): F. Lador (Geneva 14, Switzerland), I. Preston (Boston, United States of America), L. Howard (London, United Kingdom), R. Souza (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD treatment
Chair(s): V. Kolek (Olomouc, Czech Republic), A. Browatzki (Copenhagen, Denmark), H. Andreasen (Copenhagen Nv, Denmark), B. Brockway (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Thematic Poster Session
The latest insights in exercise testing and physical inactivity
Chair(s): R. Gloeckl (Schoenau Am Koenigssee, Germany), R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland), N. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom), C. Burtin (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
The latest insights in chronic care
Chair(s): D. Janssen (Horn, Netherlands), J. Van Der Palen (Enschede, Netherlands), K. Mitchell (Leicester, United Kingdom), J. Canavan (Harefield, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
The latest insights in respiratory muscles, neuromuscular disease and comorbidities
Chair(s): L. Vanfleteren (Horn, Netherlands), S. Uhlig (Aachen, Germany), C. Rochester (New Haven, Ct, United States of America), M. Lainscak (Golnik, Slovenia)
Thematic Poster Session
Therapeutical bronchoscopy for treatment of airway disorders: laser, stents and more
Chair(s): F. Stanzel (Hemer, Germany), A. Szlubowski (Zakopane, Poland), A. Rosell (Barcelona, Spain), S. Bilaceroglu (Izmir, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Comfort, safety and effectiveness of bronchoscopy
Chair(s): R. Trisolini (Bologna, Italy), M. Munavvar (Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom), R. Eberhardt (Heidelberg, Germany), J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Sarcoidosis and other granulomatosis
Chair(s): Y. Uzunhan (Bobigny, France), S. Freitas (Coimbra, Portugal), S. Harari (Milan, Italy), G. Margaritopoulos (Kavala, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Diffuse parenchymal lung disease III
Chair(s): U. Oltmanns (Heidelberg, Germany), A. Xaubet (Barcelona, Spain), E. Puxeddu (Rome, Italy), H. Collard (San Francisco, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD treatment and others
Chair(s): K. Takeyama (Tokyo , Japan), M. Breyer (Vienna, Austria), P. Camus (Dijon, France), S. Skoczynski (Katowice, Poland)
Thematic Poster Session
Macrophages, mononuclear cells and viral infection
Chair(s): L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom), C. Taggart (Belfast, United Kingdom), M. Griese (Munich, Germany), C. Kelly (Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
The multiple faces of stress in lung injury
Chair(s): R. Morty (Giessen, Germany), C. Martin (Aachen, Germany), J. Hamacher (Bern, Switzerland), O. Eickelberg (Munich, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
The role of hormones and cytokines in lung injury
Chair(s): T. Maher (London, United Kingdom), C. Vancheri (Catania, Italy), G. Matute-Bello (Seattle, United States of America), M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada)
Thematic Poster Session
New issues in lung function testing
Chair(s): E. Oostveen (Antwerp, Belgium), R. Pellegrino (Cuneo, Italy), R. Dellaca (Milan, Italy), N. Koulouris (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical exercise physiology
Chair(s): J. Neder (Sao Paulo, Brazil), L. Romer (Uxbridge, United Kingdom), P. Onorati (Alghero (Ss), Italy), R. Rabinovich (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Various issues in clinical respiratory physiology
Chair(s): S. Bayat (Amiens, France), A. Albuquerque (Sao Paulo, Brazil), W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), C. Salito (Milano, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Sleep disordered breathing in special situations I
Chair(s): F. Barbe Illa (Lleida, Spain), R. Farré (Barcelona, Spain), L. Grote (Gothenburg, Sweden), G. Mwenge (Brussels, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Sleep disordered breathing in special situations II
Chair(s): T. Saaresranta (Turku, Finland), R. Staats (Murches, Portugal), S. Verhulst (Edegem, Belgium), O. Vanderveken (Edegem, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Sleep disordered breathing in special situations III
Chair(s): T. Gislason (Reykjavik, Iceland), J.A. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden), R. Tamisier (Grenoble, France), J.L. Pepin (Grenoble, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary circulation: clinical treatment
Chair(s): J. Wort (London, United Kingdom), K. Olsson (Hannover, Germany), L. Savale (Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France), S. Mathai (Baltimore, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Stress responses and T-cell behaviour in the lung
Chair(s): M. Henke (Marburg, Germany), T. Carroll (Dublin, Ireland), D. Jungck (Bochum, Germany), E. Van'T Wout (Leiden, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
ME13 Telemedicine, its uses and limitations in COPD management
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME12 New indications for lung transplantation
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME14 The management of severe sepsis in respiratory tract infections
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
ME11 How should PET influence the management of lung cancer?
Chair(s):
Meet the expert
«Post GWAS» genetics of paediatric respiratory disease: current and future approaches
Chair(s): A. Henderson (Bristol, United Kingdom), P.L.P. Brand (Zwolle, Netherlands)
Symposium
The burden of smoking in Europe and the new EU directive on tobacco products
Chair(s): B. Dautzenberg (Paris, France), C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
Symposium
ERS/JAMA Lunchtime session "Advances in IPF, bronchiectasis and sarcoidosis"
Chair(s): G. O'Connor (Boston, United States of America), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
Symposium
ERS/The Lancet/The Lancet Respiratory Medicine joint Lunchtime session on lung cancer
Chair(s): T. Berghmans (Brussels, Belgium), P. E. Postmus (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Symposium
Management of COPD with NIV
Chair(s): S. Nava (Bologna, Italy), W. Windisch (Cologne, Germany)
Practical Workshop
Avoiding tracheostomies in patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency: an interactive workshop
Practical Workshop
How can we optimise secretion management in ICU patients?
Chair(s): P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
Practical Workshop
ERS Product of Outstanding Interest Awards
Chair(s): B.G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Practical Workshop
New evidence for NIV in the acute setting
Chair(s): M. Dreher (Aachen, Germany), R. Scala (Arezzo, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Cell signalling and inflammation: what's new in 2013?
Chair(s): P. Hiemstra (Leiden, Netherlands), C. Taggart (Belfast, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Risk factors for COPD and lung function decline
Chair(s): J. Soriano (Bunyola, Spain), J. Vestbo (Odense, Denmark)
Poster Discussion
Lung function tests to monitor airway diseases
Chair(s): H. Magnussen (Grosshansdorf, Germany), G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium)
Poster Discussion
Tuberculosis: clinical epidemiology and public health
Chair(s): M. Van Der Werf (Stockholm, Sweden), E. Ibraim (Bucuresti, Romania)
Poster Discussion
Lung function and sleep studies in children: technical aspects and clinical applications
Chair(s): R. Ersu (Istanbul, Turkey), B. Arets (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
The best abstracts in pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care (sponsored by MOTEK Medical)
Chair(s): M.A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands), I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Treating bronchiectasis in respiratory patients
Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain), M. Vendrell Relat (Girona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Biology and molecular pathology of lung cancer
Chair(s): P. Schnabel (Heidelberg, Germany), A.P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
LAMA, LABA, ICS and their combinations for the treatment of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): M. Gaga (Athens, Greece), P. Kirkham (Wolverhampton , United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Ceremony for ERS Award for Rare Pulmonary Disease (financially supported by GlaxoSmithKline) followed by Symposium: Autoimmunity and lung diseases in humans
Chair(s): D. Bouros (Alexandroupolis, Greece), V. Poletti (Forli, Italy)
Symposium
Tuberculosis susceptibility: genetic polymorphism and vitamin D deficiency
Chair(s): G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom), M. Lipman (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
ERS/ATS Task Force report on severe asthma
Chair(s): R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom), P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Hot topics
Airway malacia in wheezy infants and pre-school children, or is it asthma?
Chair(s): K-H. Carlsen (Oslo, Norway), P. Pohunek (Prague, Czech Republic)
Symposium
Interventional pulmonology Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): S. Bilaceroglu (Izmir, Turkey), J. Vergnon (Saint Etienne Cedex 2, France)
Grand round
Ventilatory efficiency during exercise: a tribute to Brian J. Whipp
Chair(s): P. Palange (Rome, Italy), P. Laveneziana (Paris, France)
Symposium
President Summit 2013 update: Research gaps, patient needs & innovative solutions: a forward look on lung health research
Chair(s): F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
Session
Significance of intestinal and respiratory tract cross-talk in chronic lung diseases
Chair(s): G. Anderson (Parkville, Australia), M. Idzko (Freiburg, Germany)
Symposium
Back to basics: the upper airway and physiology in sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): D. Rodenstein (Brussels, Belgium), W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Investigating COPD in longitudinal studies
Chair(s): P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway), F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, France)
Oral Presentation
New physiologic boundaries
Chair(s): M.R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), P. Pelosi (Genoa, Italy)
Poster Discussion
VATS, interventional endoscopy and tracheal surgery
Chair(s): G. Friedel (Gerlingen, Germany), K. Athanassiadi (Athens, Greece)
Poster Discussion
Smoking cessation
Chair(s): C. Jimenez Ruiz (Madrid, Spain), I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France)
Poster Discussion
Monitoring symptoms and quality of life
Chair(s): P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy), A. Bikov (Miskolc, Hungary)
Poster Discussion
Growth factors at the crossroads of acute and chronic inflammation
Chair(s): C. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria), M. Koenigshoff (Munich, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Molecular biology: state-of-the-art 2013
Chair(s): M. Gjomarkaj (Palermo, Italy), O. Eickelberg (Munich, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Mechanical ventilation and weaning
Chair(s): P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy), C. Gregoretti (Turin, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Emerging new targets for the treatment of respiratory diseases
Chair(s): R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), K.F. Chung (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Will the combination of TLNO (transfer factor for nitric oxide) and TLCO be more useful in pulmonary function testing than TLCO alone?
Chair(s): C. Hsia (Dallas, United States of America), A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)
Hot topics
The best abstracts in extra-pulmonary features and pulmonary rehabilitation
Chair(s): S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom), C. Rochester (New Haven, Ct, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
The future of IPF: current mysteries and challenges
Chair(s): V. Poletti (Forli, Italy), U. Costabel (Essen, Germany)
Symposium
Long-term home ventilation: towards the optimal target!
Chair(s): S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany), E. Clini (Modena, Italy)
Symposium
Towards personalised medicine in respiratory diseases in children
Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Symposium
New ATS/ERS recommendations for bronchial challenge testing
Chair(s): B. Culver (Washington, United States of America), I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary)
Hot topics
Quality management in thoracic oncology
Chair(s): T. Blum (Berlin, Germany), M. Thomas (Heidelberg, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary circulation: clinical physiology
Chair(s): A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom), A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Interesting research questions
Oral Presentation
Recent developments in pneumonia
Chair(s): G. Dimopoulos (Athens, Greece), E. Polverino (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary circulation: basic science
Chair(s): N. Weissmann (Giessen, Germany), J. Lordan (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Mechanisms contributing to exercise limitation in health and respiratory, cardiac and pulmonary vascular diseases
Chair(s): P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), L. Puente Maestú (Madrid, Spain)
Poster Discussion
Connective tissue disease and interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal), C. Saltini (Rome, Italy)
Poster Discussion
The best posters in chronic care
Chair(s): D. Janssen (Horn, Netherlands), M. Steiner (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Progress in bronchoscopy and pathology techniques for diagnosis of thoracic malignancies
Chair(s): R. Eberhardt (Heidelberg, Germany), A. Fisseler-Eckhoff (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Exercise, physiotherapy techniques and assessment in different chronic conditions
Chair(s): J. Williams (Leicester, United Kingdom), R. Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium)
Poster Discussion
Cystic fibrosis: lung function and change of lung function in infants and children before and after treatment
Chair(s): B. Assael (Verona, Italy), N. Simmonds (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
New molecular and cell biology mechanisms
Chair(s): E. Eber (Graz, Austria), W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
A modern approach to lung diseases: from bronchi to pleura
Chair(s): A. Chetta (Parma, Italy), N. Tzanakis (Heraklion, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Burn after reading: inflammation in sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): F. Barbe Illa (Lleida, Spain), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Origins and diagnosis of asthma
Chair(s): H.J. Hoffmann (Aarhus, Denmark), C. Taube (Leiden, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Paediatric bronchology
Chair(s): P. Pohunek (Prague, Czech Republic), K. Priftis (Kifisia, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Natural history of COPD: novel aspects
Chair(s): B. Lundback (Gothenburg, Sweden), G. Donaldson (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Mediastinal tumours excluding thymoma
Chair(s): D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia), A. Cortot (Lille, France)
Symposium
The airway smooth muscle as a driving force for asthma
Chair(s): R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), J. Ward (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Pneumococcal pneumonia: animal models to national surveillance
Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), G.B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)
Hot topics
Recommendations from the ERS/ATS Guideline on COPD Exacerbation Prevention
Chair(s): A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy), J. Krishnan (Chicago, United States of America)
Symposium
Lunchtime Session "Tiotropium soft mist inhaler and mortality in COPD: results of the TIOSPIR clinical trial"
Chair(s): I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary), M. Decramer (Leuven, Belgium)
Hot topics