PG2 - Asthma: natural history, risk factors and overall management
Chair(s): M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy), R. Dahl (Aarhus, Denmark)
Postgraduate Course
PG6 - Thoracic oncology: new treatments for thoracic malignancies (other than nonsmall cell lung cancer)
Chair(s): A.-P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium), R. M. Huber (Munich, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG3 - Respiratory physiology: respiratory and peripheral muscle function in health and disease
Chair(s): M. Polkey (London, United Kingdom), A. Schols (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Postgraduate Course
PG1 - EU GRACE network full-day course: Antibiotics or not: from acute bronchitis to acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
Chair(s): R. Cosentini (Milan, Italy), C. Butler (Cardiff, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG11 - Tobacco addiction in women
Chair(s): E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
Postgraduate Course
PG10 - Getting it right – planning, realising, analysing and publishing research projects
Chair(s): C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG8 - Cellular and molecular technologies of today - treatments of tomorrow
Chair(s): O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany), R. Chambers (London, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG4 - Paediatric respiratory medicine: wheezing children: asthma and beyond
Chair(s): A. Bush (London, United Kingdom), H. Bisgaard (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Postgraduate Course
PG7 - ABC of domiciliary ventilation
Chair(s): J-F. Muir (Rouen, France), B. Schoenhofer (Hanover, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG5 - Interstitial lung diseases: selected orphan diseases
Chair(s): J-F. Cordier (Lyon, France), P. Camus (Dijon, France)
Postgraduate Course
PG12 - Challenges in pulmonary embolism: hot issues and interactive cases (jointly organised with ACCP)
Chair(s): A. Thomas (Washington, Dc, United States of America), G. Simonneau (Clamart, France)
Postgraduate Course
PG9 - Nonapnoeic respiratory disorders during sleep
Chair(s): J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium), P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG13 - Respiratory failure: skills needed to treat an episode of acute respiratory failure
Chair(s): P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy), B. Schoenhofer (Hanover, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG20 - Advances in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: an interactive, case-based course
Chair(s): A. Bossink (Bilthoven, Netherlands), C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG18 - Respiratory infections in immunosuppressed children
Chair(s): P. J. F. M. Merkus (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), L. Dracea (Brasov, Romania)
Postgraduate Course
WS1 - Gene-environment interactions: challenges and pitfalls in study design, ethical issues and statistical analyses
Chair(s): T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark), K. Radon (Munich, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
PG15 - High-resolution computed tomography of the lung: pattern recognition and role in diagnosis
Chair(s): R. Kubale (Pirmasens, Germany), C. Schaefer-Prokop (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Postgraduate Course
PG22 - Interventional bronchoscopy: theory and practice
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany), J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Postgraduate Course
PG19 - Ventilatory management and cough enhancement in patients with neuromuscular disease
Chair(s): J. Bott (Chertsey, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG21 - Practical problems with aerosol therapy
Chair(s): G. Joos (Gent, Belgium), D. Olivieri (Parma, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG14 - COPD: management of advanced disease
Chair(s): B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy), C. Löfdahl (Lund, Sweden)
Postgraduate Course
PG16 - Basic principles of cardiopulmonary exercise testing and interpretation
Chair(s): L. Puente Maestu (Madrid, Spain), S. Ward (Crickhowell, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG17 - An expert view of the differences between asthma and COPD
Chair(s): A. Rossi (Bergamo, Italy), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)
Postgraduate Course
Environmental risk factors for respiratory symptoms and COPD
Chair(s): B. Lundback (Göteborg, Sweden), I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France)
Oral Presentation
Actual challenges in thoracic surgery
Chair(s): K. Athanassiadi (Cholargos, Greece), J. Pac Ferrer (Leioa (Vizcaya), Spain)
E-Communication Session
Microbiology and treatment of bronchiectasis and exacerbations of COPD
Chair(s): E. Kosmas (Voula/Athens, Greece), P. van der Valk (Enschede, Netherlands)
E-Communication Session
Miscellaneous aspects of interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): E. Fireman (Tel-Aviv, Israel), T. Peros Golubicic (Zagreb, Croatia)
E-Communication Session
Wider aspects of managing respiratory disease in primary care
Chair(s): M. Levy (Wembley, United Kingdom), B. Stallberg (Uppsala, Sweden)
E-Communication Session
New imaging techniques in chest imaging
Chair(s): R. Kubale (Pirmasens, Germany), C. Dooms (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory muscle pathophysiology
Chair(s): A. Schols (Maastricht, The Netherlands), J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
New insights into the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis
Chair(s): M. Petrek (Olomouc, Czech Republic), L. Nicod (Bern, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): J. Barbera (Barcelona, Spain), R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium)
E-Communication Session
The role of flexible bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage in lower airway disease
Chair(s): S. Cunningham (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), I. Azevedo (Porto, Portugal)
Oral Presentation
The use of field exercise tests in clinical services
Chair(s): B. G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom), S. Ward (Crickhowell, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Pathophysiology of acute lung injury
Chair(s): P. Rocco (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), S. Orfanos (Haidari, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Scientific year in review: airway remodelling
Chair(s): E. Bel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland)
Hot topics
COPD – the holistic perspective
Chair(s): E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands), M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy)
Symposium
Maurizio Vignola Award on Innovation in Pneumology (supported by the Chiesi Foundation)
Chair(s): E. Bel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Session
Night time is not the right time – nocturnal aspects of asthma
Chair(s): C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), P. Burney (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Management of cystic fibrosis in 2008
Chair(s): L. Mared (Lund, Sweden), C. Knoop (Brussels, Belgium)
Symposium
New age lung carcinogenesis: clinical impact
Chair(s): C. Brambilla (Grenoble, France), R. M. Huber (Munich, Germany)
Hot topics
New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease
Chair(s): C. Lange (Borstel, Germany), L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Progress and a new era for noninvasive mechanical ventilation
Chair(s): J-F. Muir (Rouen, France), M. Chatwin (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory disorders in paediatric intensive care unit
Chair(s): S. Kotecha (Cardiff, United Kingdom), R. Ross-Russell (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
COPD: from bench to bedside
Chair(s): H. Magnussen (Grosshansdorf, Germany), M. Saetta (Padova, Italy)
E-Communication Session
Towards smoking cessation
Chair(s): B. Dautzenberg (Paris, France), E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey)
E-Communication Session
Novel trends in functional genomics and molecular pathology of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung diseases
Chair(s): D. S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands), B. Housset (Creteil Cedex, France)
E-Communication Session
COPD
Chair(s): A. Agusti (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria)
Oral Presentation
Innovative treatments in sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): J. A. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden), P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Social determinants and psychological issues in primary care respiratory diseases
Chair(s): S. Walker (Warwick, United Kingdom), N. Chavannes (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Exercise intolerance: mechanism, intervention and assessment
Chair(s): J. Neder (Sao Paulo, Brazil), P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
E-Communication Session
Cell biology of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): P. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands), C. Greene (Dublin, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
New challenges and maintained quality: lung function for the future
Chair(s): B. G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom), I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Infection year in review
Chair(s): A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain), R. Cosentini (Milan, Italy)
Hot topics
Acute lung injury. Do we know what it is? A look at different models
Chair(s): S. Uhlig (Aachen, Germany), M. Takata (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
New imaging modalities in the staging of lung cancer
Chair(s): P. Van Schil (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium)
Symposium
Models of pulmonary rehabilitation in non-COPD patients
Chair(s): N. Ambrosino (Pisa, Italy), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Symposium
Asthma: from clinical pattern to genetic background
Chair(s): A. Bush (London, United Kingdom), E. Duiverman (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Occupational Grand Round - an interactive session
Chair(s): P. S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom), R. De La Hoz (New York, Ny, United States of America)
Grand round
Deadly networks: disease-causing protein and DNA modifications
Chair(s): I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom), M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy)
Hot topics
Pulmonary vascular biology
Chair(s): R. Schermuly (Bad Nauheim, Germany), A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary hypertension II
Chair(s): L. Howard (London, United Kingdom), A. Reis (Porto, Portugal)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary hypertension I
Chair(s): H. A. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany), O. Sitbon (Clamart, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory muscles in disease
Chair(s): M. Polkey (London, United Kingdom), E. Barreiro (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory structure and function
Chair(s): W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), G. Miserocchi (Monza, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Assessment of the respiratory system
Chair(s): R. Dellaca (Milan, Italy), F. Petak (Szeged, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung function in respiratory disease
Chair(s): O. Pedersen (Aarhus, Denmark), R. Pellegrino (Cuneo, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary vascular disease and other pulmonary conditions: miscellaneous
Chair(s): O. Sanchez (Paris, France), E. Gruenig (Heidelberg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary venous thromboembolic disease
Chair(s): C. Leroyer (Brest Cedex, France), A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology of asthma and allergy
Chair(s): C. Svanes (Bergen, Norway), F. Pistelli (Pisa, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Cough and airway hyperresponsiveness
Chair(s): A. Morice (Cottingham, United Kingdom), R. Polosa (San Gregorio (Ct), Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Inflammatory biomarkers
Chair(s): A. Spanevello (Cassano Murge, Italy), S. Loukides (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma: growing understanding of influential factors
Chair(s): E. Bel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), G. Losonczy (Budapest, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD - clinical and epidemiological aspects
Chair(s): G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy), M. Kogevinas (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
The air we breathe indoors and outdoors
Chair(s): D. Norback (Uppsala, Sweden), D. Heederik (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
The biology of smoking and COPD
Chair(s): S. Nardini (Vittorio Veneto, Italy), I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Cystic fibrosis: factors affecting lung health
Chair(s): A. Horsley (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), P. Drevinek (Prague, Czech Republic)
Thematic Poster Session
Cystic fibrosis: a disease with many aspects
Chair(s): A. Lindblad (Gothenburg, Sweden), B. Assael (Verona, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
The use of fibreoptic bronchoscopy in children with diffuse or localised lung disease
Chair(s): K. Priftis (Kifisia, Greece), G. Rossi (Genoa, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Socioepidemiological studies in obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): Y. Peker (Skövde, Sweden), S. Ryan (Dublin, Ireland)
Thematic Poster Session
Control of breathing and respiratory disorders during sleep
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), V. Donic (Kosice, Slovakia)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical utility of exhaled nitric oxide measurement
Chair(s): S. Kharitonov (London, United Kingdom), B. Antus (Budapest, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
Metabolic and sex-related aspects of obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria), B. Buyse (Leuven, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Markers and triggers of asthma
Chair(s): J. Sont (Leiden, Netherlands), R. Stelmach (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
Cardiovascular complications in obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany), N. Dursunoglu (Gogus Hostaliklari Ad, Denizli, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Comorbid cardiovascular condition and therapy of asthma
Chair(s): P. Kuna (Lodz, Poland), J. Vestbo (Hvidovre, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathophysiology of COPD
Chair(s): M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland), M. Luisetti (Pavia, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Prognosis in COPD
Chair(s): M. Saetta (Padova, Italy), N. Roche (Paris, France)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD in the elderly - quality of life and scores in COPD
Chair(s): D. Gorecka (Warsaw, Poland), D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Rare clinical cases
Chair(s): M. Kneussl (Vienna, Austria), S. Johnson (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Sarcoidosis and other interstitial lung diseases
Chair(s): W. Pohl (Grimmenstein, Austria), U. Costabel (Essen, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Infectious lung diseases including tuberculosis
Chair(s): P. van der Valk (Enschede, Netherlands), G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung cancer and other malignant diseases involving the lungs
Chair(s): G. Zalcman (Caen, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung function, airways and cough
Chair(s): R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany), M. Studnicka (Salzburg, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Imaging of different lung diseases: clinical and experimental observations
Chair(s): W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium), A. Grgic (Homburg/Saar, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in pleural diseases
Chair(s): P. Chhajed (Basel, Switzerland), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Regulatory mechanisms of cell activation, renewal and recruitment
Chair(s): A. Millar (Bristol, United Kingdom), R. Lutter (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Structural remodelling in COPD
Chair(s): N. Weissmann (Giessen, Germany), O. Holz (Grosshansdorf, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Animal models of pulmonary fibrosis: mechanisms and therapies
Chair(s): M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada), R. Chambers (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary mechanics and gas exchange
Chair(s): A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy), R. Rodríguez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Exercise: system responses
Chair(s): L. Puente-Maestu (Madrid, Spain), P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical aspects of continuous positive airway pressure therapy
Chair(s): W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany), D. Pevernagie (Heeze, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Weight control and comorbidity in obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): M. Eijsvogel (Enschede, Netherlands), I. Fietze (Berlin, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Assessment of sleep apnoea
Chair(s): J. Montserrat (Barcelona, Spain), T. Penzel (Berlin, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
MP4 - The right decision, in an interactive session: making your next career move
Meet the Professor
MP6 - Role of allied respiratory professionals in clinical research
Meet the Professor
Lunchtime programme: ERS fellows' lunch
Chair(s): B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium), S-E. Dahlén (Stockholm, Sweden)
Symposium
Lunchtime programme: Paediatric respiratory research award
Chair(s): E. Baraldi (Padova, Italy), A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Clinical trial - Understanding the potential long-term impacts on function with Tiotropium: the UPLIFT trial
Chair(s): P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Symposium
MP1 - Physiotherapy in the critical care areas
Meet the Professor
Sadoul Lecture
Chair(s): L. M. Fabbri (Modena, Italy), I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France)
Sadoul Lecture
Nursing interventions in the management of COPD and dyspnoea
Chair(s): G. South (Chesterfield, United Kingdom), E. Austegard (Oslo, Norway)
Oral Presentation
Trends in interventional pulmonology
Chair(s): R. Yung (Baltimore Md, United States of America), K. Roth (Alesund, Norway)
E-Communication Session
Paediatric airway diseases - pathophysiology and monitoring
Chair(s): E. Piippo-Savolainen (Lapinlahti, Finland), R. Iles (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Pulmonary arterial hypertension and other pulmonary vascular diseases
Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria)
E-Communication Session
Management, quality aspects and prognosis in thoracic oncology
Chair(s): M. Muers (Leeds (W. Yorks), United Kingdom), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Air pollution effects on lung and heart
Chair(s): M. Raulf Heimsoth (Bochum, Germany), R. Zlotkowska (Sosnowiec, Poland)
E-Communication Session
Severe asthma: a heterogeneous clinical entity
Chair(s): E. Bel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Multidrug-resistant and the emerging threat of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Chair(s): G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy), R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Strategies of patient management in different settings
Chair(s): O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria), C. Criee (Goettingen-Bovenden, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Biology in thoracic tumours
Chair(s): E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France), R. M. Huber (Munich, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Assessing profiles of rehabilitation candidates
Chair(s): N. Ambrosino (Pisa, Italy), A. Schols (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Vascular and interstitial remodelling in chronic lung disease: therapeutic interventions on the horizon
Chair(s): C. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria), O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Guideline development workshop summary: ATS/ERS integrating and coordinating efforts in COPD
Chair(s): M. Woodhead (Manchester, United Kingdom), A. Anzueto (San Antonio, Tx, United States of America)
Symposium
Is microbiological diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia possible and useful?
Chair(s): W. Lim (Nottingham, United Kingdom), G. Dimopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Symposium
The use of inhaled mannitol for assessing airway disease
Chair(s): G. Joos (Gent, Belgium), I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Lung imaging in critically ill patients
Chair(s): P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy), B. Schoenhofer (Hanover, Germany)
Symposium
Non-CPAP therapies in sleep apnoea: crossing the borders?
Chair(s): W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany), J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium)
Symposium
Should we change our attention to respiratory diseases because of climate change?
Chair(s): I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France), F. Forastiere (Rome, Italy)
Hot topics
EXACTLE: EXAcerbations and CT scans as Lung Endpoints in Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
Chair(s): N. McElvaney (Dublin, Ireland), B. Stoel (Leiden, Netherlands)
Evening Symposium
Mastering pulmonary arterial hypertension: defined by evidence - enhanced by experience
Chair(s): G. Simonneau (Clamart, France), W. Seeger (Giessen, Germany)
Evening Symposium
Border patrol: the alveolar barrier in lung injury
Chair(s): R. Morty (Giessen, Germany), H. Fehrenbach (Borstel, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Pleural diseases and interventions
Chair(s): A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria), C. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa)
E-Communication Session
Pulmonary vascular medicine
Chair(s): S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland), P. Hassoun (Baltimore, Md, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Risk factors for allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis
Chair(s): M. Kabesch (Munich, Germany), A. Magnan (Nantes Cedex 1, France)
E-Communication Session
Lung and bone marrow transplantation: miscellaneous
Chair(s): M. Iversen (Copenhagen, Denmark), F. Meloni (Pavia, Italy)
E-Communication Session
Diagnostic aspects of sleep apnoea
Chair(s): W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany), J-L. Pepin (Grenoble, France)
E-Communication Session
Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Chair(s): G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom), E. Girardi (Roma, Italy)
Oral Presentation
New trends in interventional pulmonology
Chair(s): A. Ernst (Brookline, Ma, United States of America), C. Marquette (Nice, France)
Oral Presentation
Defining COPD using the "fixed ratio" (FEV1/FVC <0.70) – pro and con
Chair(s): J. Vestbo (Hvidovre, Denmark), P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway)
Symposium
Environmental tobacco smoke and smoking ban
Chair(s): A. Trofor (Iasi, Romania), C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Multidisciplinary approach in interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal), M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium)
Symposium
New frontiers in noninvasive assessment of the lungs
Chair(s): I. Horvath (Budakeszi, Hungary), P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Multigenic expression analyses: a guide for diagnosis and therapy
Chair(s): R. Bals (Marburg, Germany), R. Lucas (Augusta, United States of America)
Symposium
Paediatric year in review
Chair(s): E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), M. Zach (Graz, Austria)
Hot topics
Chest physiotherapy in the intensive care unit
Chair(s): J-F. Muir (Rouen, France), F. De Jongh (Enschede, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Treating cough
Chair(s): A. Morice (Cottingham, United Kingdom), M. Belvisi (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Therapy in thoracic oncology
Chair(s): J-P. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium), E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France)
Oral Presentation
Factors related to outcome of community-acquired pneumonia
Chair(s): W. Boersma (Alkmaar, The Netherlands), S. Ewig (Bochum, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Alternatives for continuous positive airway pressure therapy in obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): M. Marklund (Umea, Sweden), A. Boudewyns (Edegem, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Treatment and outcome in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Chair(s): D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland), G. Rohde (Bochum, Germany)
E-Communication Session
COPD epidemiology
Chair(s): E. Omenaas (Bergen, Norway), L. Carrozzi (Pisa, Italy)
E-Communication Session
Diagnostic paediatric lung function: technical and clinical aspects
Chair(s): E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy), P. Seddon (West Sussex , United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Mucociliary clearance, novel techniques and assessments, in adult, paediatric and mechanically ventilated patients
Chair(s): E. Main (London, United Kingdom), R. Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium)
E-Communication Session
Management of COPD
Chair(s): V. Cottin (Lyon, France), K. F. Rabe (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Best of lung epithelial cells 2008
Chair(s): R. Bals (Marburg, Germany), M. Spiteri (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Effects of rehabilitation in very disabled COPD patients
Chair(s): F. De Blasio (Naples, Italy), C. Préfaut (Montpellier, France)
Oral Presentation
Inflammatory trigger mechanisms in asthma and COPD
Chair(s): P. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands), M. Konigshoff (Giessen, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Novel mechanisms in the pathogenesis of pulmonary inflammation
Chair(s): M. Idzko (Freiburg, Germany), S. L. Johnston (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Preschool wheezing: advances in diagnosis, phenotyping and therapy
Chair(s): J-C. Dubus (Marseille, France), P. L. P. Brand (Zwolle, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Noninvasive positive pressure in heart failure - where are we now with two large multicentre studies showing no apparent benefit?
Chair(s): M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), M. D'Ortho (Creteil, France)
Hot topics
Priorities for tuberculosis research in Europe: discussing the results of the Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (TBNET)
Chair(s): F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
Symposium
“Omics” and systems biology: the promise of future disease understanding
Chair(s): G. Anderson (Melbourne, Australia), I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Impact of nursing interventions on the quality of care for COPD patients
Chair(s): C. Lodewijckx (Leuven, Belgium), G. South (Chesterfield, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Update on lung transplantation 2008
Chair(s): G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium), A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland)
Symposium
Thoracic Oncology Grand Round - an interactive session
Chair(s): A.-P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium), M. Muers (Leeds (W. Yorks), United Kingdom)
Grand round
Lung, traffic and volcanoes
Chair(s): B. Forsberg (Umea, Sweden), I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France)
Oral Presentation
Diagnosis of tuberculosis: problems and perspectives
Chair(s): I. Stoicescu (Bucharest, Romania), G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Specific tuberculosis management problems in children and adolescents
Chair(s): A. Detjen (Berlin, Germany), M. Sester (Homburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Aetiology of respiratory infections: mycobacteria and fungi
Chair(s): M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland), G. Ferrara (Terni, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Features of hospital-acquired pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia and infection with other pathogens
Chair(s): L. Nicod (Bern, Switzerland), P. Tarsia (Milan, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Problems in managing pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Chair(s): P. Magyar (Budapest, Hungary), R. Markova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Thematic Poster Session
Tuberculosis in immigrants, disadvantaged populations, elderly, HIV-seropositives and in other risk groups
Chair(s): T. Mihaescu (Iasi, Romania), I. Solovic (Vysne Hagy, Slovakia)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Chair(s): L. Casali (Terni, Italy), J-P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis II
Chair(s): A. Sanduzzi Zamparelli (Napoli, Na, Italy), E. Kunter (Istanbul, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis I
Chair(s): P. Kelly (Dublin, Ireland), D. Cirillo (Milano, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Difficult tuberculosis cases
Chair(s): D. Pesut (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia), F. Marchesani (Pavia, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis III
Chair(s): A. Matteelli (Brescia, Italy), C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
The challenge of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Chair(s): A. Sorete Arbore (Iasi, Romania), G. Besozzi (Milan, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Interferon-gamma release assay tests for diagnosing tuberculosis infection and disease
Chair(s): J-P. Zellweger (Fribourg, Switzerland), C. Jafari (Hamburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology and clinical management of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Chair(s): I. Husar (Bucharest, Romania), H. Hoffmann (Gauting, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Various thoracic tumours and interesting cases
Chair(s): N. Dickgreber (Hannover, Germany), A. Scherpereel (Lille, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Biology and prognosis in thoracic oncology
Chair(s): R. G. Wiewrodt (Mainz, Germany), A.-P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnostic aspects in thoracic oncology
Chair(s): C. Ozturk (Ankara, Turkey), S. Janes (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Treatment of thoracic tumours
Chair(s): M. Pesek (Pilsen, Czech Republic), R. Yung (Baltimore Md, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Various aspects of thoracic oncology
Chair(s): K. Zarogoulidis (Thessaloniki, Greece), E. Canalis (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Impact of patient education on cost-effectiveness of treatment
Chair(s): J. Y. Paton (Glasgow, United Kingdom), R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Mechanisms of respiratory infections: interaction between the pathogen and the host
Chair(s): R. Wilson (London, United Kingdom), J. Lopez-Campos (Sevilla, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Outcomes of tuberculosis treatment
Chair(s): S. Kajba (Celje, Slovenia), G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Community-acquired pneumonia: prognosis, complications and prevention
Chair(s): C. Feldman (Johannesburg, South Africa), A. Bossink (Bilthoven, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Understanding allergic airway inflammation with the help of animal models
Chair(s): H. Renz (Marburg, Germany), I. Agache (Brasov, Romania)
Thematic Poster Session
Lower respiratory tract infection: from outbreak to prognostic tests
Chair(s): R. Menendez (Valencia, Spain), G. Dimopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Role of bronchoalveolar lavage in studying the pathophysiology of interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): V. Poletti (Forli, Italy), C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal)
Thematic Poster Session
Interstitial lung disease in systemic and vascular disorders
Chair(s): A. Wells (London, United Kingdom), J. Grutters (Nieuwegein, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Acute lung injury and weaning
Chair(s): W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Mechanical ventilation and airway management
Chair(s): C. Gregoretti (Torino, Italy), F. Fanfulla (Pavia, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in the acute setting
Chair(s): B. Schoenhofer (Hanover, Germany), M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Noninvasive ventilation in the chronic setting
Chair(s): W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Basic science in asthma and COPD II
Chair(s): P. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands), H. Fehrenbach (Borstel, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway infection and host defence
Chair(s): A. R. Koczulla (Marburg, Germany), R. A. Jorres (Munich, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Improving asthma and anti-allergic therapy
Chair(s): T. Rothe (Davos Wolfgang, Switzerland), R. W. Dal Negro (Verona, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology of respiratory symptoms and COPD
Chair(s): J. Sunyer (Barcelona, Spain), E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Smoking cessation and new tobacco uses
Chair(s): P. Tonnesen (Gentofte, Denmark), B. Dautzenberg (Paris, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Risk factors for childhood asthma and allergy
Chair(s): N. Hanania (Houston, Tx, United States of America), M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Pleuropulmonary infections; thoracic trauma
Chair(s): S. Elia (Rome, Italy), D. Petrov (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnostic and therapeutic problems in thoracic surgery
Chair(s): P. Yablonskiy (S. Petersburg, Russian Federation), A. End (Vienna, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Mediastinal lesions; rare pathology
Chair(s): J. Freixinet (Las Palmas, Spain), A. Akopov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Thematic Poster Session
Surgical treatment of lung tuberculosis
Chair(s): D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia), I. Cordos (Bucharest, Romania)
Thematic Poster Session
Donor organs and complications after lung transplantation
Chair(s): L. Dupont (Leuven, Belgium), A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Beyond spirometry: the skills behind lung function testing
Chair(s): W. Tomalak (Rabka, Poland), R. Carter (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnostic tests in lower respiratory tract infections
Chair(s): R. Cosentini (Milan, Italy), M. Van Der Eerden (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
MP7 - Diagnostic approach to pleural effusions
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MP10 - Allergen immunotherapy in paediatric respiratory disease
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MP9 - Home mechanical ventilation initiation
Meet the Professor
Lunchtime programme: Educational seminar - Harmonising standards for education and training in respiratory medicine: prospects and challenges
Chair(s): P. L. Haslam (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Lunchtime programme: Berlin - views and insights guided by the history of medicine
Chair(s): G. Sybrecht (Homburg/Saar, Germany), U. Schagen (Berlin, Germany)
Symposium
Lunchtime programme: The EU Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) - a new "pre-competitive" strategy for enhanced drug development in Europe
Chair(s): S-E. Dahlén (Stockholm, Sweden), T. Higenbottam (Parma, Italy)
Symposium
A step-change in asthma. The Lancet/ERS symposium
Chair(s): K. F. Rabe (Leiden, The Netherlands), S. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Clinical trial - The effects of an anti-IL-13 human monoclonal antibody, IMA-638, on allergen-induced airway responses in subjects with mild atopic asthma
Chair(s): R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom), M. Humbert (Clamart, France)
Symposium
Practical workshop: Practical aspects of applying noninvasive ventilation from acute to chronic
Chair(s): A. Rossi (Bergamo, Italy), C. Perrin (Cannes, France)
Practical Workshop
Genetic risk factors for asthma and COPD
Chair(s): F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, France), H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Cystic fibrosis: new mechanisms, monitoring and treatment tools
Chair(s): W. Kozlowska (London, United Kingdom), E. Eber (Graz, Austria)
E-Communication Session
New tests and methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease and to monitor treatment
Chair(s): D. Cirillo (Milano, Italy), G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy)
E-Communication Session
Congenital lung lesions and emphysema; lung cancer surgery
Chair(s): D. Waller (Leicester, United Kingdom), S. Elia (Rome, Italy)
E-Communication Session
Integrated care and long-term strategies
Chair(s): P. Wijkstra (Groningen, The Netherlands)
E-Communication Session
Asthma control or asthma severity
Chair(s): H. Reddel (Camperdown, Australia), P. Chanez (Marseille, France)
E-Communication Session
Discovery of novel targets in lung disease by means of functional genomics
Chair(s): R. A. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom), L. Nicod (Bern, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary infections in children - rare but important aspects
Chair(s): M. Korppi (Tampere, Finland), J. E. Dankert-Roelse (Heerlen, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): P. Levy (Grenoble, France), A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria)
Oral Presentation
Biomarkers and antibiotic treatment of exacerbations of COPD
Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain), T. Wilkinson (Timsbury, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Rehabilitation and influencing factors
Chair(s): J. Bott (Chertsey, United Kingdom), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Novel treatments for respiratory disease
Chair(s): C. Page (London, United Kingdom), M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy)
Oral Presentation
The battle between environmental “invaders” and airway epithelial defences
Chair(s): J. Nadel (San Francisco, United States of America), S. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Computer-aided imaging of lung parenchyma and airways
Chair(s): H. Tiddens (Rotterdam, Netherlands), W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium)
Symposium
New insights into COPD pathophysiology
Chair(s): P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), B. Crestani (Paris, France)
Symposium
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: new aspects in treatment and aetiology
Chair(s): G. Hillerdal (Stockholm, Sweden), W. Weder (Zurich, Switzerland)
Symposium
Patient-ventilator interactions during ventilation
Chair(s): J-F. Muir (Rouen, France), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
Symposium
Clinical Grand Round - an interactive session
Chair(s): V. Cottin (Lyon, France), B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy)
Grand round
Current and future pulmonary arterial hypertension combination therapy
Chair(s): W. Seeger (Giessen, Germany), S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
Evening Symposium
Update on long-term oxygen therapy in COPD
Chair(s): P. Leger (St Didier Au Mont D'Or, France), J-F. Muir (Rouen, France)
Evening Symposium
Novel targets in the molecular pathology of lung cancer and COPD
Chair(s): J. Hamacher (Bern, Switzerland), J. Homolka (Prague 2, Czech Republic)
Oral Presentation
Biomarkers and disease assessment in COPD
Chair(s): D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland), J. Vestbo (Hvidovre, Denmark)
E-Communication Session
Pathophysiology of respiratory diseases
Chair(s): P. Sly (Perth, Australia), Z. Hantos (Szeged, Hungary)
E-Communication Session
Asthma and miscellaneous disorders
Chair(s): P. Burney (London, United Kingdom), E. von Mutius (Munich, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Drug therapy and assessment of control in childhood asthma
Chair(s): J. Wildhaber (Fribourg, Switzerland), A. Zacharasiewicz (HinterbrüHl, Austria)
E-Communication Session
Epidemiological and clinical aspects of tuberculosis control
Chair(s): F. Fiorentini (Castrocaro Terme, Italy), A. Sorete Arbore (Iasi, Romania)
E-Communication Session
Respiratory muscle limitations to exercise tolerance
Chair(s): R. Casaburi (Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca, United States of America), D. O'Donnell (Kingston, On, Canada)
Oral Presentation
New treatments for asthma
Chair(s): L. Allegra (Milano, Italy), I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory physiology in health and disease
Chair(s): P. J. F. M. Merkus (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), P. Aurora (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary hypertension in connective tissue diseases
Chair(s): P. Hassoun (Baltimore, Md, United States of America), M. Humbert (Clamart, France)
Symposium
New diagnostic methods in viral and atypical infections
Chair(s): A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy), A. Bossink (Bilthoven, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Management of solitary pulmonary nodules
Chair(s): C. Marquette (Nice, France), E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France)
Symposium
Ways into the mediastinum
Chair(s): J. Annema (Leiden, The Netherlands), C. Bolliger (Tygerberg, South Africa)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Research Award (supported by Actelion Pharmaceuticals)
Chair(s): P. Levy (Grenoble, France)
Session
Air pollution year in review
Chair(s): F. Forastiere (Rome, Italy), S. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Exacerbations of chronic respiratory disease – state of the art
Chair(s): F. Ratjen (Toronto, Canada), N. Jarad (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Integrated multidisciplinary care of COPD
Chair(s): M. Fletcher (Warwick, United Kingdom), F. De Jongh (Enschede, The Netherlands)
Symposium
The obese: a pulmonary patient
Chair(s): E. Clini (Gaiato - Modena, Italy), G. Scano (Firenze, Italy)
Hot topics
Understanding the mechanisms and the impact of severe asthma
Chair(s): E. Bel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), R. Dahl (Aarhus, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
Medical treatment of pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): G. Simonneau (Clamart, France), A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Physiological response to exercise performance
Chair(s): T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), M. A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands)
E-Communication Session
Early life risk factors for childhood asthma: evidence from birth cohort studies II
Chair(s): T. Frischer (Vienna, Austria), C. Almqvist Malmros (Stockholm, Sweden)
E-Communication Session
Metabolic syndrome and systemic inflammation in obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): W. McNicholas (Dublin, Ireland), P. Levy (Grenoble, France)
E-Communication Session
Quality spirometry: the only spirometry!
Chair(s): D. Schuermans (Brussel, Belgium), V. Gross (Marburg, Germany)
E-Communication Session
COPD and comorbidities
Chair(s): O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria), A. Agusti (Palma De Mallorca, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Asthma and inhalation injuries at work
Chair(s): P. Blanc (San Francisco, Ca, United States of America), K. Radon (Munich, Germany)
Oral Presentation
New mechanisms in the pathogenesis of asthma and its response to treatment
Chair(s): X. Gao (Guangzhou, China), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)
Oral Presentation
News from diagnostic bronchoscopy
Chair(s): M. Krasnik (Hellerup, Denmark), A. Rosell (Barcelona, Spain)
E-Communication Session
Sarcoidosis: pathophysiology and severity
Chair(s): J. Muller-Quernheim (Freiburg, Germany), P. Rottoli (Siena, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Tobacco control and teenagers
Chair(s): D. Gorecka (Warsaw, Poland), E. Lemarie (Tours Cedex, France)
Oral Presentation
Mitochondria in muscle-related respiratory disorders
Chair(s): R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom), M. Tunon De Lara (Bordeaux, France)
Hot topics
New insights into tuberculosis control
Chair(s): G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy), R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany)
Symposium
Tissue plasticity: balancing between emphysema and fibrosis
Chair(s): H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Germany), B. Crestani (Paris, France)
Symposium
Tracheostomy in critically ill patients
Chair(s): P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy), B. Schoenhofer (Hanover, Germany)
Symposium
High-risk patients for major lung cancer surgery
Chair(s): E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France), D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)
Symposium
Radiology Grand Round - an interactive session
Chair(s): S. Ley (Heidelberg, Germany), W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium)
Grand round
Cystic fibrosis: novel aspects of airway function and inflammation
Chair(s): F. Ratjen (Toronto, Canada), N. Regamey (Bern, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Occupational lung diseases
Chair(s): V. Schluenssen (Arhus, Denmark), K. Radon (Munich, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Tobacco smoking by population subgroups
Chair(s): L. J. Clancy (Dublin, Ireland), Y. Martinet (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Health effects of passive smoking and of a smoking ban
Chair(s): J. Zielinski (Warsaw, Poland), F. Vlastos (Athens, Greece)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma epidemiology
Chair(s): E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden), V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD and other environment-related lung diseases
Chair(s): P. S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom), E. Monso (08916 Badalona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Occupational asthma - agents and management
Chair(s): D. Nowak (Munich, Germany), O. Omland (Aalborg, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD and miscellaneous
Chair(s): J. Garcia Aymerich (Barcelona, Spain), C. Suppli Ulrik (Virum, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
Assessment of inflammation, hyperresponsiveness and response to exercise in asthmatic children
Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), S. Carraro (Padova, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical applications of ventilatory function tests in paediatric pulmonology
Chair(s): P. Seddon (West Sussex , United Kingdom), N. Beydon (Paris, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Miscellaneous respiratory infections
Chair(s): M. Canciani (Udine, Italy), M. Craiu (Bucharest, Romania)
Thematic Poster Session
Allergy and immunology of asthma and beyond
Chair(s): J. Van Der Zee (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), S. Bonini (Roma, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical aspects of asthma in school-aged children
Chair(s): K. Malmstrom (Helsinki, Finland), A. Boehmer (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Wheezing in preschool children
Chair(s): F. De Baets (Ghent, Belgium), F. Santamaria (Napoli, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Exercise-induced asthma, acute severe asthma and allergic rhinitis in children
Chair(s): P. Pohunek (Prague, Czech Republic), W. Lenney (Wybunbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Neonatal intensive care: ventilation and beyond
Chair(s): S. Kotecha (Cardiff, United Kingdom), R. Ross-Russell (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric respiratory epidemiology I: primary ciliary dyskinesia, sleep-disordered breathing, exercise-induced symptoms and rare diseases
Chair(s): J. Lucas (Southampton, United Kingdom), P. Yiallouros (Aglangia-Nicosia, Cyprus)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric respiratory epidemiology II: air pollution studies and infectious disease epidemiology
Chair(s): F. Rusconi (Florence, Italy), D. Spencer (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Investigation, inspiration, ventilation, dedication: the essence of physiological measurement
Chair(s): A. Kendrick (Bristol, United Kingdom), E. Dijkers (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory mechanics, muscles and breathing; functional status measures and coping styles
Chair(s): F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil), D. Brooks (Toronto, Canada)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary rehabilitation for non-COPD and severe COPD; field exercise testing
Chair(s): E. Clini (Gaiato - Modena, Italy), J. Williams (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma: mechanisms and treatment
Chair(s): R. Louis (Liege, Belgium), G. Moller (Leiden, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnosing, monitoring and treating respiratory diseases in primary care
Chair(s): D. Price (Aberdeen, United Kingdom), A. Ostrem (Oslo, Norway)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel therapeutic approaches and immunological mechanisms in airway cell pathobiology
Chair(s): R. Lutter (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), N. Krug (Hannover, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: what can we learn from the pathophysiology?
Chair(s): J-F. Cordier (Lyon, France), G. Raghu (Seattle, Wa, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Risk factors for asthma versus asthma control
Chair(s): G. Haland (Oslo, Norway), L. Garcia Marcos (El Palmar (Murcia), Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Technologies and techniques in rehabilitation
Chair(s): F. De Blasio (Naples, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Impact of rehabilitation programmes in COPD and non-COPD patients
Chair(s): R. Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium), C. F. Donner (Borgomanero, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Functionality and metabolism in rehabilitation candidates
Chair(s): S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom), M. A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Quality of life and mood disturbances in rehabilitation
Chair(s): R. Guell (Barcelona, Spain), M. Carone (Veruno, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Endoscopic needle techniques
Chair(s): V. Ninane (Brussels, Belgium), K. Tournoy (Ghent, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Hot and cold techniques
Chair(s): H. Dutau (Marseille, France), M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical aspects in the management of sarcoidosis
Chair(s): C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany), P. Rottoli (Siena, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical aspects of interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): R. P. Baughman (Cincinnati, Oh, United States of America), C. Albera (Orbassano, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Organisation of care and management of COPD
Chair(s): N. Roche (Paris, France), J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Issues in the management of COPD in the community
Chair(s): P. Stephenson (Haverhill, United Kingdom), A. Langhammer (Verdal, Norway)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel mechanisms and targets of molecular pulmonary pathology
Chair(s): J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland), S. O'Neill (Dublin 9, Ireland)
Thematic Poster Session
Advances in functional genomics of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung diseases
Chair(s): H. Popper (Graz, Austria), P. Schnabel (Heidelberg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Basic science in asthma and COPD
Chair(s): R. Bals (Marburg, Germany), C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway cell biology and immunology
Chair(s): C. Taggart (Belfast, United Kingdom), R. A. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathogenesis and treatment of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): R. W. Dal Negro (Verona, Italy), R. Dahl (Aarhus, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
Recent advances in the treatment and pathogenesis of asthma
Chair(s): D. Spina (London, United Kingdom), M. Walker (Vancouver, Canada)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel experimental approaches to understanding asthma and COPD
Chair(s): M. G. Matera (Naples, Italy), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Novel experimental approaches to understanding asthma and COPD II
Chair(s): P. Geppetti (Florence, Italy), D. Cataldo (Liege, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Advances in the treatment and pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases
Chair(s): Z. Diamant (Leiden, The Netherlands), R. Lever (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
MP18 - ACCP: Patient simulation: a valuable adjunct to training chest physicians
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MP16 - Failures and successes in lung transplantation: cases and controversies
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MP14 - The approach to antibiotic treatment in community-acquired pneumonia
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MP13 - Poor performance status patient in advanced lung cancer: to treat or not to treat?
Meet the Professor
Practical workshop: Compliance to nasal continuous positive airway pressure: what makes the difference?
Chair(s): F. De Jongh (Enschede, The Netherlands), P. Levy (Grenoble, France)
Postgraduate Course
MP17 - ACCP: Is telemedicine in your future?
Meet the Professor
Lunchtime programme: A young scientist's roadmap to the ERS meeting
Chair(s): O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany), T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland)
Symposium
ERS Task Force report: primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) in children
Chair(s): A. Barbato (Padova, Italy), T. Frischer (Vienna, Austria)
Hot topics
Lunchtime programme: How to write a scientific paper
Chair(s): S. Spiro (London, United Kingdom), E. Berglund (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Symposium
EASE trial: protocol design, initial screening and pre-procedure status from the international exhale airway stents for emphysema (EASE) trial of airway bypass
Chair(s): G. Sybrecht (Homburg/Saar, Germany), R. Eberhardt (Heidelberg, Germany)
Hot topics
Therapy of thoracic tumours
Chair(s): P. Astoul (Marseille Cedex 09, France), N. Dickgreber (Hannover, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Imaging and measurement techniques in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism, COPD and pleural diseases
Chair(s): A. Grgic (Homburg/Saar, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Recent advances in the treatment and pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases
Chair(s): P. Kirkham (London, United Kingdom), M. G. Matera (Naples, Italy)
E-Communication Session
Acute lung injury and weaning
Chair(s): A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain), N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)
E-Communication Session
Invasive and noninvasive measurements of lung inflammation
Chair(s): R. G. Wiewrodt (Mainz, Germany), R. Lucas (Augusta, United States of America)
E-Communication Session
The adaptive and innate immune system at work
Chair(s): D. Heederik (Utrecht, The Netherlands), V. Schluenssen (Arhus, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
Outcome of adaptive servo ventilation in sleep apnoea
Chair(s): J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Risk assessment and treatment of complications in thoracic surgery patients
Chair(s): G. Massard (Strasbourg, France), D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)
Oral Presentation
New therapeutic strategies in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): J. Behr (Munich, Germany), A. Bast (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Recent advances in the pathogenesis and treatment of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): B. J. O'Connor (London, United Kingdom), R. Goldie (Adelaide, Australia)
Oral Presentation
Outcome and trends in obstructive lung disease (OLD) and cardiovascular relation to OLD
Chair(s): C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), J. Sunyer (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Physiological year in review
Chair(s): P. Levy (Grenoble, France), U. Frey (Bern, Switzerland)
Hot topics
Community-acquired pneumonia and COPD: what do we know?
Chair(s): A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain), B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy)
Symposium
Interventional pneumology – what went wrong and what was never published
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany), J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Physical activity and pulmonary rehabilitation - not two of a kind
Chair(s): R. Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium), E. Clini (Gaiato - Modena, Italy)
Symposium
Biomarkers in COPD - application in clinical and epidemiological studies
Chair(s): P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway), R. Bals (Marburg, Germany)
Symposium
Paediatric Grand Round - an interactive session
Chair(s): J. Price (London, United Kingdom), M. Gappa (Hanover, Germany)
Grand round
New tools in tuberculosis diagnosis
Chair(s): M. Sester (Homburg, Germany), M. Losi (Modena, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Improved diagnosis and clinical decision-making by integrating information from new biomarkers
Chair(s): F. Blasi (Milan, Italy)
Evening Symposium
Improving pulmonary distribution of combination therapy: implications for asthma treatment
Chair(s): J. Bousquet (Montpellier, France)
Evening Symposium
Nocturnal environmental control with laminar airflow - a novel approach for treating perennial asthma
Chair(s): R. Dahl (Aarhus, Denmark)
Evening Symposium
Phenotyping of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): S. Anderson (Camperdown, Australia), G. Losonczy (Budapest, Hungary)
Oral Presentation
Genetics, immunology and microbiology of tuberculosis
Chair(s): M. Amicosante (Rome, Italy), P. Kelly (Dublin, Ireland)
E-Communication Session
Comorbidities in COPD
Chair(s): C. Pison (Grenoble Cedex 9, France), H. Magnussen (Grosshansdorf, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Airway cell biology
Chair(s): O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany), R. Lutter (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
E-Communication Session
Inorganic dust exposure and the lung
Chair(s): X. Baur (Hamburg, Germany), A. Cimrin (Izmir, Turkey)
E-Communication Session
Understanding airway inflammation
Chair(s): D. Spina (London, United Kingdom), M. Lommatzsch (Rostock, Germany)
E-Communication Session
Rationale of self-education in asthma therapy
Chair(s): M. Fletcher (Warwick, United Kingdom), J. Riedler (Schwarzach, Austria)
Oral Presentation
Early life risk factors for childhood asthma: evidence from birth cohort studies I
Chair(s): C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory pathophysiology from cell and animal research
Chair(s): P. Rocco (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Should asthma no longer be considered an allergic disease?
Chair(s): U. Frey (Bern, Switzerland), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)
Hot topics
Diagnosis and management of chronic pulmonary aspiration in children
Chair(s): A. Barbato (Padova, Italy), A. Colin (Miami, Fl, United States of America)
Symposium
Diagnosis and prognosis in thoracic oncology
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany), C. Brambilla (Grenoble, France)
Oral Presentation
Smoking-related lung disease: from emphysema to pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), V. Cottin (Lyon, France)
Symposium
Interventional Pulmonology Grand Round - an interactive session
Chair(s): S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy), A. Ernst (Brookline, Ma, United States of America)
Grand round
Epigenetic modifications in lung disease
Chair(s): C. Taggart (Belfast, United Kingdom), I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
The thoracic surgeon facing infection
Chair(s): M. Perelman (Moscow, Russian Federation), S. Elia (Rome, Italy)
Symposium
Portable monitoring for sleep apnoea: the way forward?
Chair(s): W. McNicholas (Dublin, Ireland), J. Duran (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)
Hot topics
Diagnosis and outcome in critically ill patients
Chair(s): S. Orfanos (Haidari, Greece), C. Gregoretti (Torino, Italy)
Oral Presentation
New insights and treatment options for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation
Chair(s): G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium), A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Use of noninvasive ventilation in various conditions
Chair(s): J-P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
E-Communication Session
COPD
Chair(s): G. Funk (Vienna, Austria), T. Rochat (Geneve 14, Switzerland)
E-Communication Session
Recent advances in the treatment and pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases II
Chair(s): M. Belvisi (London, United Kingdom), D. Cataldo (Liege, Belgium)
E-Communication Session
Influence of teaching models on skills and knowledge of medical doctors
Chair(s): J. Wildhaber (Fribourg, Switzerland), M. Studnicka (Salzburg, Austria)
E-Communication Session
Pulmonary assessment and outcomes in newborn infants
Chair(s): S. Kotecha (Cardiff, United Kingdom), R. Ross-Russell (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Acute and chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease
Chair(s): A. Perrier (Geneva, Switzerland), J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Treatment and outcome of childhood asthma: new perspectives
Chair(s): C. Pedroletti (Stockholm, Sweden), W. Van Aalderen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Smokers with asthma versus COPD: differences and similarities
Chair(s): N. Thomson (Glasgow, United Kingdom), M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy)
Symposium
Interferon-gamma methods for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and disease
Chair(s): D. Goletti (Roma, Italy), J-P. Zellweger (Fribourg, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Sleep apnoea in childhood
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), K. Franklin (Umea, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
Pleural effusion
Chair(s): P. Bonniaud (Dijon, France), V. Kouritas (Larissa, Greece)
Oral Presentation
The new staging system for lung cancer
Chair(s): P. Van Schil (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), M. Muers (Leeds (W. Yorks), United Kingdom)
Symposium
Future management of pulmonary arterial hypertension
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Clamart, France), O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria)
Symposium
Legionella infection: from outbreak to prevention
Chair(s): W. Boersma (Alkmaar, The Netherlands), J. Macfarlane (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Symposium
When teenagers start jobs: what does the clinician need to know?
Chair(s): F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, France), K. Radon (Munich, Germany)
Symposium
Romain Pauwels Award (supported by GlaxoSmithKline)
Chair(s): L. M. Fabbri (Modena, Italy)
Session
Clinical year in review
Chair(s): C. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa), N. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece)
Hot topics
Biology and diagnosis of thoracic tumours
Chair(s): E. Jassem (Gdansk, Poland), R. Yung (Baltimore Md, United States of America)
E-Communication Session