PG1 Core Curriculum Postgraduate Course: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): V. Poletti (Forli, Italy), V. Cottin (Lyon, France)
Postgraduate Course
PG10 Postgraduate Course: Bronchial challenge tests: usefulness, availability and limitations
Chair(s): I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands), G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium)
Postgraduate Course
PG11 Postgraduate Course: Infection: a player in the natural history of COPD
Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain), R. Wilson (London, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG12 TB PAN-NET Postgraduate Course: 'Train the trainer' (invite only)
Chair(s): G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy), J-P. Zellweger (Fribourg, Switzerland)
Postgraduate Course
PG2 Core Curriculum Postgraduate Course: Breaking news on imaging in critically ill patients
Chair(s): B. Schoenhofer (Hanover, Germany), M. Pistolesi (Florence, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG3 Core Curriculum Postgraduate Course: Asthma: from bench to bedside
Chair(s): I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG4 Core Curriculum Postgraduate Course: Pathology for the clinician
Chair(s): T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland), O. Eickelberg (Munich, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG5 Postgraduate Course: Interventional thoracoscopy
Chair(s): D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia), C. Marquette (Nice, France)
Postgraduate Course
PG6 Postgraduate Course: Techniques in noninvasive mechanical ventilation
Chair(s): P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy), W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG7 Postgraduate Course: How to manage treatment complications of lung cancer
Chair(s): A.-P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG8 Postgraduate Course: Phenotypes of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), R. Polosa (Catania, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG9 Postgraduate Course: An interactive course on paediatric respiratory emergencies
Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), J. Hammer (Basel, Switzerland)
Postgraduate Course
Fellows' Get-Together
Session
PG13 Core Curriculum Postgraduate Course: Interventional pulmonology
Chair(s): C. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa), S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG14 Core Curriculum Postgraduate Course: Occupational asthma: risk factors and management
Chair(s): V. Schluenssen (Arhus, Denmark), B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium)
Postgraduate Course
PG15 Postgraduate Course: Asthma and COPD: similarities and differences
Chair(s): M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy), G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium)
Postgraduate Course
PG16 ERS/ACCP jointly organised Postgraduate Course: Imaging and pathology of the lung
Chair(s): P. Rogliani (Rome, Italy), N. Hanania (Houston, United States of America)
Postgraduate Course
PG17 GRACE Postgraduate Course: Antimicrobial treatment of LRTI: important new aspects for clinical practice
Chair(s): R. Finch (Nottingham, United Kingdom), T. Verheij (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Postgraduate Course
PG18 Postgraduate Course: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the evaluation of the respiratory patient
Chair(s): L. Puente Maestu (Madrid, Spain), P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG19 Postgraduate Course: Treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG20 Postgraduate Course: Implementing asthma guidelines for children in daily practice
Chair(s): A. Bush (London, United Kingdom), G. Hedlin (Stockholm, Sweden)
Postgraduate Course
PG21 Postgraduate Course: Is gastro-oesophageal reflux bad for the lungs?
Chair(s): L. Dupont (Leuven, Belgium), A. Morice (Cottingham, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG22 Postgraduate Course: Developing pulmonary rehabilitation in non-COPD patients
Chair(s): S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom), R. Casaburi (Rancho Palos Verdes, United States of America)
Postgraduate Course
PG23 Postgraduate Course: Case and problem-based multimodal treatment in thoracic oncology
Chair(s): M. Muers (Leeds, United Kingdom), D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)
Postgraduate Course
WS1 Educational Workshop: Noninvasive assessment of respiratory function in children
Chair(s): R. Ross-Russell (Cambridge, United Kingdom), W. Van Aalderen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Postgraduate Course
Actual challenges in thoracic surgery
Chair(s): H. Ris (Lausanne, Switzerland), A. End (Vienna, Austria)
Oral Presentation
Adenotonsillectomy and paediatric sleep medicine
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), F. Midulla (Rome, Italy)
E-Communication Session
Breathing therapies for asthma
Chair(s): L. M. Fabbri (Modena, Italy), H. Arnardottir (Akureyri, Iceland)
Symposium
Cell biology and immunology of lung disease
Chair(s): C. Herr (Saar, Germany), C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Cough, airway hyperresponsiveness and asthma control
Chair(s): A. Morice (Cottingham, United Kingdom), S. Anderson (Camperdown, Australia)
E-Communication Session
Fibre-optic bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage in the treatment of paediatric respiratory diseases
Chair(s): A. Barbato (Padova, Italy), P. Pohunek (Prague, Czech Republic)
Oral Presentation
High-priority questions on airway infections in diseases seen in children and adults
Chair(s): N. G. Papadopoulos (Athens, Greece), T. Ferkol (St. Louis, United States of America)
Symposium
Immune responses for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Chair(s): J-P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland), A. Bossink (Den Dolder, Netherlands)
E-Communication Session
Interleukin-17 cytokines and Th17 cells in human lung disease
Chair(s): A. Lindén (Gothenburg, Sweden), F. Chung (London, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Interventional Pneumology Grand Round - an interactive session
Chair(s): A. Ernst (Brookline, United States of America), A. Bugalho (Lisbon, Portugal)
Grand round
Novel approach in diagnosis and treatment of pleural effusions
Chair(s): A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria), H. Koller (Vienna, Austria)
E-Communication Session
Nutrition and cancer
Chair(s): N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany), A. Vergnenegre (Limoges , France)
Symposium
Optimising the care and management of patients with COPD
Chair(s): C. Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain), D. Field (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Paediatric epidemiology
Chair(s): S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom), F. Rusconi (Florence, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Present and future medical management of pulmonary arterial hypertension
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Clamart, France), A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Quality management for lung cancer patients
Chair(s): T. Blum (Berlin, Germany), R. Milroy (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Stem cells and growth factors in lung injury
Chair(s): M. Kolb (Hamilton, On, Canada), C. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria)
Oral Presentation
Talent competition in rehabilitation and chronic care: best abstract grants 2010
Chair(s): S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom), M. A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
The acute right heart syndrome in the intensive care unit: a hidden world?
Chair(s): N. Galie (Bologna, Italy), G. Domenighetti (Locarno, Switzerland)
Symposium
Unravelling the natural history of pulmonary function and COPD
Chair(s): J. Soriano (Bunyola, Spain), B. Lundback (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Symposium
Airways and lung mechanics in subjects of all ages
Chair(s): R. Pellegrino (Cuneo, Italy), P. Aurora (London, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Alveolar repair: the new frontier in acute lung injury
Chair(s): B. Crestani (Paris, France), C. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria)
Symposium
Asthma and COPD: understanding through monitoring
Chair(s): I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary), C. Brightling (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Causal factors and mechanisms of outdoor air pollution and nanoparticulates
Chair(s): P. Thorne (Iowa City, United States of America), J. Bonlokke (Hjortshoj, Denmark)
E-Communication Session
COPD: comorbidities
Chair(s): A. Agusti (Barcelona, Spain), G. Funk (Vienna, Austria)
E-Communication Session
Cystic fibrosis: new targets for therapy and impact of viral infections
Chair(s): N. Regamey (Bern, Switzerland), S. Cunningham (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Diagnostic and therapeutic problems in surgical oncology
Chair(s): S. Elia (Rome, Italy), K. Athanassiadi (Athens, Greece)
E-Communication Session
Effective oxygen therapy in home care: critical area for improvement
Chair(s): D. Schuermans (Brussels, Belgium), C. Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
Ethical Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): S. Hartl (Vienna, Austria), G. Hedlin (Stockholm, Sweden)
Grand round
Food allergy and asthma: issues and controversies
Chair(s): M. Ebisawa (Sagamihara, Japan), G. Van Der Meulen (Groningen, Netherlands)
Symposium
Mechanisms of respiratory infections
Chair(s): S. L. Johnston (London, United Kingdom), A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy)
E-Communication Session
Mineral dusts and respiratory disease
Chair(s): J. Rooijackers (Beuningen, Netherlands), E. Ochsmann (Aachen, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Chair(s): G. Guenther (Borstel, Germany), A. Altraja (Tartu, Estonia)
Oral Presentation
New insights in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): H. Collard (San Francisco, United States of America), C. Vancheri (Catania, Italy)
Oral Presentation
New mechanisms and markers in human lung cancer
Chair(s): E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France), R. M. Huber (Munich, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Novel anti-inflammatory agents for airway disease
Chair(s): L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom), G. Caramori (Ferrara, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and hypertension: guidelines for investigation and management
Chair(s): M. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Symposium
Parenchmya and bronchial carcinoma
Chair(s): W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium), R. Kubale (Pirmasens, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Treatment of lung cancer
Chair(s): P. Putora (St. Gallen, Switzerland), J-P. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Yernault Lecture followed by Hot Topic "Exercise Testing"
Chair(s): P. Palange (Rome, Italy), L. Puente Maestu (Madrid, Spain)
Hot topics
100 years of thoracoscopy: still room for improvement?
Chair(s): M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece), J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway responsiveness, chronic cough and bronchiectasis: a modern approach
Chair(s): M. Kabesch (Hannover, Germany), M. Belvisi (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Animal models of asthma and lung inflammation
Chair(s): M. Hylkema (Groningen, The Netherlands), A. Van Oosterhout (Groningen, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Are needles enough: the value of different approaches
Chair(s): L. Thiberville (Rouen, France), Z. Papai-Szekely (Székesfehérvár, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma aspect of diagnosis and criteria for follow-up
Chair(s): R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany), W. Pohl (Vienna, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma: breath biomarkers and asthma control
Chair(s): M. Gaga (Athens, Greece), M. Hoegman (Gavle, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Bronchodilator treatment for asthma and COPD
Chair(s): P. Kirkham (London, United Kingdom), G. Caramori (Ferrara, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Chemical exposures and respiratory effects
Chair(s): J. Zock (Barcelona, Spain), N. Le Moual (Villejuif, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical aspects of asthma and allergic respiratory diseases
Chair(s): P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy), G. Anderson (Parkville, Australia)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical issues in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Chair(s): G. Raghu (Seattle, United States of America), S. Tomassetti (Forli, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Combination therapy in asthma and COPD
Chair(s): E. D. Bateman (Cape Town, South Africa), T. Welte (Hanover, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Complex sleep apnoea, opioids, adaptive servoventilation, bilateral positive airway pressure and continuous positive airway pressure
Chair(s): W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany), J. Marin Trigo (Zaragoza, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD exacerbation
Chair(s): M. Bogdan (Bucharest, Romania), G. Funk (Vienna, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD: phenotyping and monitoring
Chair(s): A. Somfay (Szeged, Hungary), S. Loukides (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD: systemic inflammation and comorbidities
Chair(s): M. Breyer (Vienna, Austria), W. Karrer (Crans-Montana, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD: treatment and monitoring
Chair(s): G. Losonczy (Budapest, Hungary), K. Kostikas (Karditsa, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Different patterns of diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Chair(s): R. P. Baughman (Cincinnati, United States of America), D. Valeyre (Paris, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Different patterns of interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): J. J. G. Egan (Dublin, Ireland), C. Albera (Turin, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Distortions of the respiratory system in the lung function
Chair(s): C. Spengler (Zurich, Switzerland), N. Koulouris (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Education for smoking control
Chair(s): E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), L. Carrozzi (Pisa, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiological data for smoking control
Chair(s): G. Zabert (Neuquen, Argentina), B. Dautzenberg (Paris, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Exercise in healthy and non-respiratory diseases
Chair(s): M. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), M. Riley (Belfast, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Exhaled biomarkers: smells like disease
Chair(s): A. Spanevello (Tradate, Italy), N. Fens (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Experimental pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France), P. Hassoun (Baltimore, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Gas exchange and paediatric exercise testing
Chair(s): R. Rabinovich (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), P. Onorati (Roma, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Genetics and risk factors for asthma and COPD
Chair(s): M. S. Jaakkola (Oulu, Finland), M. Wjst (Munich, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Genetics of obstruction
Chair(s): H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands), D. Jarvis (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Influence of delivery of care on outcome parameters: therapy is more than medication prescription
Chair(s): J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland), R. Breyer-Kohansal (Vienna, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung disease and mountain sickness: the importance of ventilatory control
Chair(s): K. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung imaging
Chair(s): Z. Hantos (Szeged, Hungary), G. Prisk (La Jolla, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Management of sarcoidosis and lung manifestations of systemic diseases
Chair(s): M. Marvisi (Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy), U. Costabel (Essen, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Mechanisms and modulation of allergic inflammation in the lung
Chair(s): C. Page (London, United Kingdom), M. Idzko (Freiburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Medical education
Chair(s): G. Rohde (Maastricht, Netherlands), M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
New diagnostic approaches in respiratory function
Chair(s): E. Oostveen (Antwerpen-Edegem, Belgium), R. Dellaca (Milan, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
New treatments for asthma and COPD
Chair(s): W. Busse (Madison, United States of America), D. Singh (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Nocturnal cardiology: chronic heart failure, acute chest syndrome, coronary artery disease and collagen vascular disease
Chair(s): I. Smith (Cambridge, United Kingdom), P. Lee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Occupational asthma
Chair(s): V. Schluenssen (Arhus, Denmark), P. Cullinan (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Outcomes and predictors of the sucess of pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic respiratory disease
Chair(s): R. Garrod (London, United Kingdom), R. Benzo (Rochester, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Palliative care, oxygen and community care for chronic lung disease
Chair(s): R. Evans (Toronto, Canada), E. Clini (Modena, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): R. Schermuly (Bad Nauheim, Germany), L. Nicod (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Pharmacological treatment in primary care
Chair(s): J. Haughney (Glasgow, United Kingdom), K. Lisspers (Gagnef, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Prevalence and incidence of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden), D. Mannino (Lexington, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary circulation I
Chair(s): V. Cottin (Lyon, France), J. Wort (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary circulation II
Chair(s): D. Montani (Verrieres Le Buisson, France), H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary circulation III
Chair(s): M. Kneussl (Vienna, Austria), A. Reis (Cortegaca, Portugal)
Thematic Poster Session
Rare diffuse lung diseases
Chair(s): J-F. Cordier (Lyon, France), T. Peros Golubicic (Zagreb, Croatia)
Thematic Poster Session
Regulation of airway hyperresponsiveness and bronchodilators
Chair(s): D. Tashkin (Los Angeles, United States of America), R. RodríGuez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Regulation of airway pharmacology
Chair(s): D. Cataldo (Liege, Belgium), I. Tiberio (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
Rehabilitation: more than just exercise
Chair(s): M. Morgan (Leicester, United Kingdom), J. Williams (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory muscle function and training in acute and chronic respiratory disease
Chair(s): A. Bruton (Southampton, United Kingdom), H. Gosker (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Sarcoidosis: from the bench to the bedside
Chair(s): A. Morais (Maia, Portugal), A. Gogali (Ioannina, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Screening for sleep-disordered breathing
Chair(s): J. A. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden), J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Sleep disorders: neurology, smoking and daytime sleepiness
Chair(s): D. Pevernagie (Heeze, Netherlands), R. L. Riha (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Therapy and health economics of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): R. Nielsen (Bergen, Norway), S. Accordini (Verona, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Vascular and solitary lesions
Chair(s): S. Ley (Heidelberg, Germany), J. Coolen (Leuven, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Can we enhance exercise performance in COPD with nutritional support?
Meet the Professor
Choice of inhaler devices in the outpatient setting
Meet the Professor
How I manage severe sepsis
Meet the Professor
The clinical practice of skeletal muscle testing and training in patients with COPD
Chair(s): F. Franssen (Horn, Netherlands), S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Symposium
The European Lung White Book II
Chair(s): N. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece), P. Burney (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Practical Workshop: "Assuring optimum alveolar ventilation during nocturnal NIV: the challenges in finding the best ventilator settings"
Practical Workshop
Acute lung injury and ventilator-induced lung injury
Chair(s): A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain), A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Airway sensation: the emerging role of the transient receptor potential (TRP) channels
Chair(s): L. McGarvey (Belfast, Ireland), R. Patacchini (Parma, Italy)
Hot topics
Dysfunctional breathing, asthma and respiratory physiotherapy problems
Chair(s): M. Emtner (Uppsala, Sweden), A. Bruton (Southampton, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Epithelial cell biology
Chair(s): C. Greene (Dublin, Ireland), D. Davies (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Infectious Diseases Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): R. Cosentini (Milan, Italy), T. Aksamit (Rochester, United States of America), W. Yew (Hong Kong, China)
Grand round
Mechanisms of asthma and lung inflammation
Chair(s): P. Howard (Sheffield, United Kingdom), T. Moller (Leiden, Netherlands)
E-Communication Session
Mechanisms of late allograft dysfunction: new insights
Chair(s): A. Fisher (Newcastle, United Kingdom), F. Meloni (Pavia, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Medical education: methodology
Chair(s): P. Palange (Rome, Italy), M. Chatwin (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
News from RCT (randomised controlled trials) and epidemiology in sleep apnoea
Chair(s): J. Montserrat (Barcelona, Spain), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Novel markers of lung injury
Chair(s): O. Eickelberg (Munich, Germany), T. Martin (Seattle, United States of America)
E-Communication Session
Paediatric Year in Review
Chair(s): G. Hedlin (Stockholm, Sweden), A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Risk factors, prevalence and consequences of COPD
Chair(s): J. Garcia Aymerich (Barcelona, Spain), A. Lindberg (Lulea, Sweden)
E-Communication Session
Selection criteria in lung cancer surgery: what really changed?
Chair(s): R. M. Huber (Munich, Germany), G. Leschber (Berlin, Germany)
Symposium
Similarities and differences between asthma and COPD: the "Dutch Hypothesis" revisited
Chair(s): N. Pride (London, United Kingdom), H. Kerstjens (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Symposium
The broad spectrum of bronchoscopy
Chair(s): A. Szlubowski (Krakow, Poland), A. Bugalho (Lisbon, Portugal)
E-Communication Session
The essentials of aerosol therapy: what the practicing physician should know
Chair(s): F. De Jongh (Enschede, Netherlands), P. Diot (Tours, France)
Symposium
The lung in haematological disorders
Chair(s): C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal), P. Camus (Dijon, France)
Symposium
Thoracic dynamics and dyspnoea on exercise
Chair(s): I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece), J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
E-Communication Session
Travel for respiratory patients: ELF 10-year jubilee
Chair(s): M. Fletcher (Warwick, United Kingdom), K-H. Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)
Symposium
Challenges in respiratory disease today: familiar issues, different perspectives
Chair(s): J. Vestbo (Hvidovre, Denmark)
Evening Symposium
How to improve the level of clinical evidence in orphan lung diseases
Chair(s): C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany)
Evening Symposium
2010 Year of the Lung: heading towards personal health
Chair(s): J. Roca (Barcelona, Spain), P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Allergy and risk factors in paediatrics
Chair(s): C. Gabriele (Ancona, Italy), M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
E-Communication Session
Clinical Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): V. Cottin (Lyon, France), D. Bouros (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Grand round
COPD and asthma: models and human studies
Chair(s): D. Gras (Marseille, France), O. Holz (Hannover, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Drug delivery and pharmacokinetics I
Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), H. Chrystyn (Huddersfield, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Emerging drug resistance in tuberculosis
Chair(s): D. Cirillo (Milan, Italy), V. Crudu (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova)
E-Communication Session
Exercise training and pulmonary rehabilitation
Chair(s): S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Highlights in respiratory infections
Chair(s): S. Ewig (Bochum, Germany), F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), K. Dheda (Capetown, South Africa)
Symposium
Immune modulation of airways diseases
Chair(s): I. Tillie-Leblond (Lille, France), I. Cerveri (Pavia, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Interaction between respiratory and peripheral muscles
Chair(s): S. Verges (Echirolles, France), G. Miserocchi (Monza, Italy)
E-Communication Session
New issues in anthropogenic and natural air pollution research
Chair(s): U. Gehring (Utrecht, Netherlands), D. Jarvis (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure outside the intensive care unit
Chair(s): W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
Symposium
Novel risk factors and the global burden of nonsmoking COPD
Chair(s): J. Sunyer (Barcelona, Spain), J. Balmes (San Francisco, United States of America)
Symposium
Pulmonary hypertension updates
Chair(s): A. Peacock (Clydebank, United Kingdom), R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Research development in exercise and gas exchange
Chair(s): P. Palange (Rome, Italy), A. Schols (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Smoking related diseases, damages due to environmental tobacco smoke and smoking control strategies
Chair(s): A. Trofor (Iasi, Romania), G. Invernizzi (Prata Camportaccio, Italy)
E-Communication Session
The role of biomarkers in lung cancer
Chair(s): R. M. Huber (Munich, Germany), C. Mascaux (Aurora, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Too close for comfort: common pathogenic mechanisms in lung cancer and fibrosis
Chair(s): E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France), G. Laurent (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Treatment beyond inhalers: endoscopic lung volume reduction
Chair(s): C. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa), G. Massard (Strasbourg, France)
Symposium
Ventilating the premature lung: current practice and outcomes
Chair(s): K. Bohlin (Alvsjö, Sweden), R. Ross-Russell (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Acute lung injury: barrier properties and leukocyte activation
Chair(s): R. Morty (Giessen, Germany), H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Airway cells as targets for anti-inflammatory drugs
Chair(s): F. Chung (London, United Kingdom), G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Biomarkers for oxidative stress, inflammation and cardiovascular function in sleep apnoea
Chair(s): J-L. Pepin (Grenoble, France), T. Penzel (Berlin, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Bronchiolitis an old disease with still many open questions
Chair(s): G. Wennergren (Gothenburg, Sweden), F. De Benedictis (Ancona, Italy)
Hot topics
Customised chemotherapy for lung cancer
Chair(s): J-P. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium), E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France)
Symposium
Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in primary care
Chair(s): H. Pinnock (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), N. Chavannes (Leiden, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Genetics of asthma
Chair(s): C. Brasch Andersen (Odense, Denmark), F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, France)
Oral Presentation
Interferon-gamma releases assays (IGRAs) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: what is the role?
Chair(s): D. Goletti (Roma, Italy), M. Ruhwald (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
Managing pulmonary complications in the immunocompomised host
Chair(s): S. Ewig (Bochum, Germany), A. Fisher (Newcastle, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Mechanical ventilation and weaning
Chair(s): T. Vassilakopoulos (Attiki, Greece), N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
New mechanisms in lung development, acute and chronic lung diseases
Chair(s): B. Crestani (Paris, France), M. Wegmann (Borstel, Germany)
E-Communication Session
New tools for the trade: novel emerging technologies to assess lung development and disease
Chair(s): S. Ranganathan (Brighton, United Kingdom), P. Latzin (Bern, Switzerland)
Symposium
Novel biomarkers and old parameters in approaching pulmonary diseases
Chair(s): A. Chetta (Parma, Italy), J. Vestbo (Hvidovre, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
Occupational Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): P. Blanc (San Francisco, United States of America), T. Malling (Aalborg, Denmark)
Grand round
Paediatric asthma risk factors
Chair(s): K. Lodrup Carlsen (Oslo, Norway), M. Kabesch (Hannover, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care: new developments in interventions, assessment and care
Chair(s): M. Steiner (Leicester, United Kingdom), I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece)
E-Communication Session
Severe exacerbations in asthma and COPD: new causes, mechanisms and models of care
Chair(s): I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary), P. Gibson (Newcastle, Australia), M. Ichinose (Wakayama, Japan)
Symposium
The prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia: old and new markers of severity
Chair(s): C. Luna (Buenos Aires, Argentina), A. Liapikou (Athens, Greece)
E-Communication Session
Tissue is mostly the issue: diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy
Chair(s): C. Dooms (Leuven, Belgium), D. Gompelmann (Heidelberg, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Acute respiratory failure
Chair(s): M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain), L. Brochard (Creteil, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Advances in lung function I
Chair(s): W. Tomalak (Rabka, Poland), J. Makonga-Braaksma (Woudenberg, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Advances in lung function II
Chair(s): F. De Jongh (Enschede, Netherlands), E. Ruberg (Zwolle, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Adverse events of antituberculosis treatment and comorbidities
Chair(s): J. Homolka (Prague, Czech Republic), A. Bossink (Den Dolder, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Aetiology of lower respiratory tract infections and treatment in special situations
Chair(s): W. Boersma (Alkmaar, The Netherlands), R. Pela (Ancona, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway smooth muscle cells
Chair(s): R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), P. Borger (Basel, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Best supportive care and palliation for lung cancer patients
Chair(s): E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France), Y. Gkiozos (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Biomarkers for lung cancer
Chair(s): M. Gaga (Athens, Greece), A. Bergner (Munich, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Bronchiectasis and respiratory infections caused by Pseudomonas
Chair(s): D. Bilton (London, United Kingdom), M. Vendrell Relat (Girona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Bronchoscopy and rare diseases in children
Chair(s): I. Azevedo (Porto, Portugal), K. Priftis (Kifisia, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical tuberculosis
Chair(s): A. De Roux (Berlin, Germany), G. Kiter (Denizli, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Colonisation and infection in COPD
Chair(s): A. Sayiner (Izmir, Turkey), K. Kostov (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Thematic Poster Session
Comorbidity in obstructive airway disease
Chair(s): J. Soriano (Bunyola, Spain), A. Lindberg (Lulea, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Congenital lesions and rare pathology
Chair(s): D. Petrov (Sofia, Bulgaria), G. Friedel (Gerlingen, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Current issues in malignant pleural diseases
Chair(s): B. Grigoriu (Iasi, Romania), T. Selcuk (Ankara, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Cystic fibrosis: clinical and laboratory studies
Chair(s): A. Moeller (Zurich, Switzerland), S. Cunningham (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Determinants of acute lung injury and fibrosis
Chair(s): T. Dolinay (Chattanooga, United States of America), J. Hamacher (Bern, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Emerging mechanisms in lung injury
Chair(s): H. Fehrenbach (Borstel, Germany), D. Thickett (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Epithelial cells: cell biology and role in lung disease
Chair(s): R. Lutter (Amsterdam, Netherlands), R. Bals (Homburg/Saar, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Chair(s): M. Losi (Modena, Italy), J-P. Zellweger (Fribourg, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Global tuberculosis control
Chair(s): A. Sorete Arbore (Iasi, Romania), G. Guenther (Borstel, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Indoor air and respiratory disease
Chair(s): D. Norback (Uppsala, Sweden), G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Influenza A (H1N1) and other viral infections: therapeutic aspects
Chair(s): T. Wilkinson (Southampton, United Kingdom), M. Van Der Eerden (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Influenza A (H1N1): characteristics, risk factors and prognosis
Chair(s): T. Bauer (Berlin, Germany), J. Hurst (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Influenza A (H1N1): epidemiology
Chair(s): G. Rohde (Maastricht, Netherlands), J. Aspa Marco (Madrid, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Intensive care unit outcome
Chair(s): A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain), M. Levy (Providence, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Long-term noninvasive ventilation in the chronic patient: outcome and pathophysiology
Chair(s): M. Dreher (Freiburg, Germany), J. Winck (Porto, Portugal)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung cell biology and immunology
Chair(s): C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom), P. Hiemstra (Leiden, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Managing asthma and allergic disease in children
Chair(s): P. L. P. Brand (Zwolle, Netherlands), K. Oymar (Stavanger, Norway)
Thematic Poster Session
Methods in respiratory epidemiology
Chair(s): P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway), C. Suppli Ulrik (Virum, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
Noninvasive ventilation in the acute patient: outcome and pathophysiology
Chair(s): A. Cuvelier (Rouen, France), J. Sellares (Sant Vicenç De Montalt, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections and tuberculosis
Chair(s): D. Wagner (Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany), H. Milburn (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel insights into the pathophysiology of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): C. Taube (Mainz, Germany), J. H. J. Vernooy (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Oncological problems, surgical risk and complications
Chair(s): A. End (Vienna, Austria), S. Elia (Rome, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Organic dust, allergen exposure and respiratory disease
Chair(s): O. Omland (Aalborg, Denmark), P. Thorne (Iowa City, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Outdoor air pollution
Chair(s): J. Sunyer (Barcelona, Spain), F. De Blay (Strasbourg, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric and neonatal intensive care
Chair(s): R. Ross-Russell (Cambridge, United Kingdom), C. Roehr (Berlin, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric epidemiology: infection, prematurity and congenital abnormalities
Chair(s): B. Karadag (Istanbul, Turkey), G. Roberts (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric respiratory infection, inflammation and immunology
Chair(s): H. Blau (Petah Tikva, Israel), R. Iles (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Passive smoking
Chair(s): P. Tonnesen (Gentofte, Denmark), A. Trofor (Iasi, Romania)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathology of lung cancer
Chair(s): G. Hardavella (Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece), T. Mairinger (Berlin, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Phenotypes, mechanisms and diagnosis of asthma in childhood
Chair(s): K-H. Carlsen (Oslo, Norway), B. Rottier (Peize, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Physical activity methodology assessment and clinical consequences
Chair(s): F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil), J. Vilaro (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Physiotherapeutic evaluation and treatment in the acute setting
Chair(s): D. Inal Ince (Ankara, Turkey), S. Bernard (Quebec, Canada)
Thematic Poster Session
Prognosis of tuberculosis
Chair(s): R. Duarte (Vila Nova De Gaia, Portugal), M. Danilovits (Tartu, Estonia)
Thematic Poster Session
Prognostic factors for lung cancer
Chair(s): J. Domagala-Kulawik (Warsaw, Poland), M. Paesmans (Brussels, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Recent developments of molecular pathology and functional genomics in non-neoplastic and neoplastic lung diseases
Chair(s): H. Popper (Graz, Austria), P. Schnabel (Heidelberg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Smoking cessation interventions
Chair(s): S. Nardini (Vittorio Veneto, Italy), C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Special treatment options in tuberculosis
Chair(s): F. Marchesani (Pavia, Italy), D. Pesut (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)
Thematic Poster Session
The role of endoscopy in the diagnosis of lung cancer
Chair(s): A. Kempa (Hemer, Germany), S. Ott (Bern, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Thoracic malignancies: interesting case studies and series
Chair(s): N. Dickgreber (Sarstedt, Germany), A. Charpidou (Piraeus, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis in special populations
Chair(s): I. Solovic (Vysne Hagy, Slovakia), A. Oner Eyuboglu (Bahcelievler/Ankara, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis: metabolic insights
Chair(s): O. Hilberg (Aarhus, Denmark), B. Kalsdorf (Borstel, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Unusual pathogens in respiratory infections
Chair(s): P. Mallia (Pangbourne, United Kingdom), V. Muller (Budapest, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
Video-assisted thorascopic surgery, novel technical devices and tracheal problems
Chair(s): I. Cordos (Bucharest, Romania), J. Freixinet (Santa Brigida, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Breathing issues in COPD, what a physiotherapist can offer
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Fungal respiratory infections
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Laser or stapling resections versus palliative radiotherapy or cryotherapy
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The impact of airborne occupational exposure in COPD
Meet the Professor
Centennial Symposium: 100 years of thoracoscopy
Chair(s): R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany), F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Symposium
ERS/NEJM "Similarities and differences of asthma and COPD"
Chair(s): J. Vestbo (Hvidovre, Denmark), E. Bel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Tuberculosis drug resistance and migration
Chair(s): C. Lange (Borstel, Germany), G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy)
Symposium
Practical Workshop: "Non-invasive ventilation in COPD patients"
Practical Workshop
Practical Workshop: "Treatment of non-sleepy OSA patients"
Practical Workshop
Practical Workshop: "Domiciliary ventilation in COPD"
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium)
Practical Workshop
Advances in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections: a joint ERS and ATS symposium
Chair(s): G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy), W. Yew (Hong Kong, China)
Symposium
Clinical reviews of the ERS's 20th Anniversary Year: COPD, smoking cessation, tuberculosis and noninvasive ventilation
Chair(s): S. Nava (Pavia, Italy), O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria)
Hot topics
Cystic fibrosis: lung disease infection and more
Chair(s): S. Gartner (Barcelona, Spain), A. Smyth (Notthingham, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Early origins of adult lung disease
Chair(s): N. Regamey (Bern, Switzerland), M. Silverman (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Effective tobacco fighting: international, national and individual approaches
Chair(s): J. Soriano (Bunyola, Spain), B. G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
From viral bronchiolitis to recurrent pneumonia in childhood: diagnosis, treatment and underlying factors
Chair(s): J. E. Dankert-Roelse (Heerlen, Netherlands), J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Highlights of longitudinal, geographical and time trend studies of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), L. Carrozzi (Pisa, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Interventions for obstructive lung diseases
Chair(s): D. Slebos (Groningen, Netherlands), P. Shah (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Lung cancer, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis: the genetic approach
Chair(s): T. Mairinger (Berlin, Germany), R. G. Wiewrodt (Muenster, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Occupational asthma: aetiology, persistence and quality of life
Chair(s): T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark), P. Henneberger (Morgantown, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Physical activity, exercise regimes and outcomes for chronic respiratory disease
Chair(s): N. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom), R. Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium)
E-Communication Session
Pre-operative evaluation and post-operative problems after lung transplantation
Chair(s): J. Behr (Munich, Germany), A. Fisher (Newcastle, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland), S. Ulrich (Zurich, Switzerland)
E-Communication Session
Respiratory and peripheral muscles: From basic mechanisms to altered function
Chair(s): A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy), S. Zakynthinos (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Risk factors and outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia
Chair(s): M. Woodhead (Manchester, United Kingdom), A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Sarcoidosis: genes and mechanisms
Chair(s): J. Muller-Quernheim (Freiburg, Germany), J. Grunewald (Stockholm, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
Scientific Year in Review
Chair(s): E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France), P. J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Severe sepsis: protocols and bundles
Chair(s): A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain), M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
Thoracic Oncology Grand Round - an interactive session
Chair(s): N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany), A.-P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium)
Grand round
Vascular and haemodynamics
Chair(s): S. Ley (Heidelberg, Germany), M. Humbert (Clamart, France)
Oral Presentation
Advances on breath monitoring of inflammatory airway disease
Chair(s): M. Hoegman (Gavle, Sweden), P. Paredi (London, United Kingdom), M. Ichinose (Wakayama, Japan)
Hot topics
Clinical diagnosis and management of malignant pleural effusions
Chair(s): T. Selcuk (Ankara, Turkey), L. Greillier (Marseille, France)
E-Communication Session
Clinical issues in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): A. Wells (London, United Kingdom), C. Valenzuela (Madrid, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Diagnosis and management of hypoventilation syndromes in children
Chair(s): P. Aurora (London, United Kingdom), S. Kotecha (Cardiff, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Lung cancer progress after first-line therapy: which treatment makes sense and which does not?
Chair(s): F. Gamarra (Munich, Germany), K. Zarogoulidis (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Symposium
Models of airways disease
Chair(s): H. Meurs (Groningen, Netherlands), M. Belvisi (London, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and novel influenza: back to the future - "Lessons learnt from two respiratory emergencies"
Chair(s): M. C. Raviglione (Geneva, Switzerland), D. Manissero (Stockholm, Sweden)
Symposium
New insights into reactive oxygen species
Chair(s): S. Uhlig (Aachen, Germany), A. Millar (Bristol, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
News from noninvasive ventilation
Chair(s): W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Paediatric respiratory epidemiology: early origins of childhood asthma
Chair(s): S. Shaheen (London, United Kingdom), C. Almqvist Malmros (Stockholm, Sweden)
E-Communication Session
Pulmonary involvement in disorders of the gastrointestinal system
Chair(s): B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy), V. Cottin (Lyon, France)
Symposium
Pulmonary vascular involvement in COPD
Chair(s): O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria), W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), R. RodríGuez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
Questionnaires use and psychological aspects in asthma
Chair(s): N. Roche (Paris, France), W. Pohl (Vienna, Austria)
E-Communication Session
Reduced endogenous anti-inflammatory mediators as a new mechanism of airway disease
Chair(s): P. J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom), E. Bel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Risk assessment and prevention of complications in thoracic surgery
Chair(s): D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia), J. Pac Ferrer (Bilbao, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Sepsis and multiorgan failure
Chair(s): S. Orfanos (Haidari, Greece), R. Ferrer Roca (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Spotlight on lung function
Chair(s): I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands), J. Lloyd (Staffordshire , United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
The impact of genes and environment on obstructive airway diseases
Chair(s): I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France), G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Tuberculosis in children
Chair(s): B. Kampmann (London, United Kingdom), M. Altet Gomez (Barcelona, Spain)
E-Communication Session
What's new in pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care in 2010
Chair(s): M. Morgan (Leicester, United Kingdom), F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil)
Oral Presentation
A new understanding of childhood wheeze phenotypes
Chair(s): P. Aurora (London, United Kingdom), P. L. P. Brand (Zwolle, Netherlands)
Symposium
Aetiology and outcomes of infective exacerbations of COPD
Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain), D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Alternatives to classic anatomical resection for lung tumour
Chair(s): M. Thomas (Heidelberg, Germany), E. Canalis (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
Asthma: clinical aspects and treatment
Chair(s): A. Bianco (Campobasso, Italy), W. Timens (Groningen, Netherlands)
E-Communication Session
Basic mechanisms in malignant pleural disease biology
Chair(s): R. G. Wiewrodt (Muenster, Germany), I. Kalomenidis (Marousi, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Biomarkers of asthma and COPD: recent advances
Chair(s): R. Taylor (Dunedin, New Zealand), S. Dragonieri (Bari, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Challenges in sleep medicine: ventilatory failure during sleep
Chair(s): J-F. Muir (Rouen, France), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Symposium
Climate change and respiratory health
Chair(s): T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark), F. Forastiere (Rome, Italy)
Symposium
Clinical reviews of the ERS's 20th Anniversary Year: asthma, lung cancer, interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Clamart, France), H. Collard (San Francisco, United States of America)
Hot topics
COPD exacerbation
Chair(s): J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom), O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria)
Oral Presentation
Cystic fibrosis: lung disease and much more
Chair(s): R. Wilmott (St. Louis, United States of America), A. Lindblad (Savedalen, Sweden)
E-Communication Session
Fat tissue and pulmonary diseases: a new link?
Chair(s): E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands), C. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria)
Hot topics
From the acute to the chronic patient: how do we use noninvasive ventilation?
Chair(s): M. Chatwin (London, United Kingdom), M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)
E-Communication Session
Imaging Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): S. Ley (Heidelberg, Germany), A. Grgic (Homburg/Saar, Germany)
Grand round
Lung function from infancy to adulthood
Chair(s): E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy), G. Miserocchi (Monza, Italy)
E-Communication Session
New or old physiological parameters in chronic airway disorders?
Chair(s): T. Perez (Lille, France), P. Boschetto (Ferrara, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Peripheral and respiratory muscles oxygen transport during exercise
Chair(s): J. Roca (Barcelona, Spain), J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary venous thromboembolic disease
Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), A. Fijalkowska (Warsaw, Poland)
E-Communication Session
Quality measurement and improvement in lung function
Chair(s): E. Oostveen (Antwerpen-Edegem, Belgium), A. Houtkooper (Den Helder, Netherlands)
E-Communication Session
Tuberculosis and HIV coinfection
Chair(s): A. Meyerhans (Barcelona, Spain), J. Miro (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Advances in lung function from infancy to adolescence
Chair(s): G. Hall (Perth, Australia), C. Thamrin (Bern, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway patency: the role of interventional bronchoscopy
Chair(s): C. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa), F. Stanzel (Hemer, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma: basic science and clinical studies
Chair(s): T. Mauad (Sao Paulo, Brazil), M. Idzko (Freiburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Biomarkers and Diagnosis of asthma and allergic respiratory diseases
Chair(s): E. Nizankowska (Krakow, Poland), C. Bucca (Turin, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical aspects and treatment of asthma and allergic respiratory diseases
Chair(s): C. Corrigan (London, United Kingdom), T. Moller (Leiden, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical aspects in pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): P. Camus (Dijon, France), K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical aspects of sleep apnoea
Chair(s): H. Becker (Heidelberg, Germany), S. Asadi (Vienna, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD: diagnosis
Chair(s): H. Pennings (Roermond, Netherlands), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD: management
Chair(s): N. Miculinic (Zagreb, Croatia), M. Roberts (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Drug delivery and pharmacokinetics II
Chair(s): E. Derom (Gent, Belgium), I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology of lung cancer
Chair(s): S. Spiro (Middlesex, United Kingdom), M. Muers (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Exacerbations and COPD and rehabilitation
Chair(s): M. A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands), J. Seymour (Surrey, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Exercise in respiratory diseases and oxygen therapy
Chair(s): T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), J. Canavan (Bedford, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Exercise training: new groups, new methods and outcomes
Chair(s): E. Clini (Modena, Italy), D. Langer (Leuven , Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Experimental approaches in pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): D. Bouros (Alexandroupolis, Greece), W. Wuyts (Leuven, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
From diagnosis to disease management in primary care
Chair(s): M. Fletcher (Warwick, United Kingdom), A. Kaplan (Richmond Hill, Canada)
Thematic Poster Session
From rare towards common lung diseases: diagnostic and monitoring challenges
Chair(s): C. Lai (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), C. Brightling (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Healthcare-associated pneumonia: ventilator-associated pneumonia and pneumonia in hospitalised patients
Chair(s): A. Anzueto (San Antonio, United States of America), O. Rajas (Madrid, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Infection, inflammation and destruction
Chair(s): M. Eichinger (Heidelberg, Germany), R. Kubale (Pirmasens, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Infections and pleural problems
Chair(s): D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia), P. Yablonskiy (S. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Thematic Poster Session
Innovations in the assessment of airway diseases
Chair(s): P. Paredi (London, United Kingdom), A. Wongsa (Bangkok, Thailand)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung morbidity on exposure to various agents
Chair(s): W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), M. Orozco Levi (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Macrophages: cell biology and disease-specific characteristics
Chair(s): L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom), C. Taggart (Belfast, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Management of airway disease
Chair(s): D. Price (Aberdeen, United Kingdom), B. Cosio (Palma De Mallorca, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
New aspects of cystic fibrosis
Chair(s): M. Solomon (Toronto, Canada), H. Tiddens (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
New clinical and experimental insights in lung transplantation
Chair(s): G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium), A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
New toys, old problems: extrapleural lung volume reduction, sedation and comfort in bronchoscopy
Chair(s): R. Eberhardt (Heidelberg, Germany), K. Bostanci (Istanbul, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Noninvasive ventilation: technical, logistical and organisational aspects
Chair(s): C. Gregoretti (Torino, Italy), S. Miller (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel mechanisms in COPD
Chair(s): M. Saetta (Padova, Italy), K. Bracke (Laarne, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Occupational and environmental exposures and respiratory disease
Chair(s): K. Radon (Munich, Germany), A. Darby (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Outcomes in chronic lung disease: assessing the value of interventions – physical activity, strength and exercise
Chair(s): S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom), K. Meijer (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric epidemiology: asthma and associated factors
Chair(s): C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), S. La Grutta (Palermo, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathogenesis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Chair(s): D. Israel-Biet (Paris, France), C. Vancheri (Catania, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Pharmacological modulation of biomarkers and management
Chair(s): S-E. Dahlén (Stockholm, Sweden), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Proteases and the matrix
Chair(s): K. Birukov (Chicago, United States of America), J. Hamacher (Bern, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary embolism
Chair(s): F. Parent (Clamart, France), Y. Adir (Haifa, Israel)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary infections and sepsis
Chair(s): S. Orfanos (Haidari, Greece), J. Badia Jobal (Barcelona , Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary rehabilitation: understanding and developing the intervention
Chair(s): M. Steiner (Leicester, United Kingdom), J. Alison (Killara, Australia)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary vascular diseases
Chair(s): L. Howard (London, United Kingdom), I. Blanco (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary venous thromboembolic disease and other pulmonary vascular disorders
Chair(s): C. Leroyer (Brest, France), M. Overbeek (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Quality of life, asthma control and monitoring childhood asthma
Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), G. Roberts (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Recent developments of molecular pathology and functional genomics in chronic and acute airway diseases
Chair(s): M. Ochs (Hannover, Germany), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory muscles and breathing: assessment and training
Chair(s): R. Garrod (London, United Kingdom), A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Risk factors for allergic diseases in children
Chair(s): G. Wennergren (Gothenburg, Sweden), F. De Benedictis (Ancona, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Scientific advances in tuberculosis
Chair(s): S. Winkler (Vienna, Austria), R. Markova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Thematic Poster Session
Sleep apnoea: insights from animal models and diagnostic tools
Chair(s): P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), R. Farré (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Smoking related disorders
Chair(s): T. Raupach (Gottingen, Germany), R. Ulmeanu (Bucharest, Romania)
Thematic Poster Session
The nursing challenges and strategies when caring for patients with chronic lung disease
Chair(s): D. Field (London, United Kingdom), S. Hrafnkelsdottir (Hafnarfjordur, Iceland)
Thematic Poster Session
The psychological impact and educational issues of chronic lung disease: could we do more?
Chair(s): D. Janssen (Horn, Netherlands), J. Van Der Palen (Enschede, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
The spectrum of lower respiratory tract infections: risk factors of poor outcome and diagnostic tools
Chair(s): R. Cosentini (Milan, Italy), A. De Roux (Berlin, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
The upper airway and oral appliances
Chair(s): R. Tamisier (Grenoble, France), O. Vanderveken (Overbroek, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Treatment of lung cancer
Chair(s): F. Gamarra (Munich, Germany), N. Triller (Golnik, Slovenia)
Thematic Poster Session
Treatment options for asthma
Chair(s): D. Olivieri (Parma, Italy), A. Bourdin (Montpellier, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis drug resistance
Chair(s): V. Spinu (Bucuresti, Romania), K. Kliiman (Tartu, Estonia)
Thematic Poster Session