PG1 - Respiratory infections: pneumonia/antibiotic resistance and clinical outcome of lower respiratory tract infections
Chair(s): F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), R. Finch (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG3 - Update on occupational and environmental lung disease, including "bring your own cases" for interactive discussion
Chair(s): D. Hendrick (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom), P. S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG4 - Asthma: pathology and treatment
Chair(s): M. Cazzola (Naples, Italy), G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium)
Postgraduate Course
PG5 - Respiratory physiology: interpreting lung function in health and disease
Chair(s): P. Palange (Rome, Italy), V. Brusasco (Genova, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG6 - Respiratory failure: noninvasive ventilation and techniques of diagnosis for hypoxic respiratory failure
Chair(s): B. Schonhofer (Hannover, Germany), M. Vitacca (Gussago, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG7 - Paediatric respiratory medicine: allergy for paediatric pulmonologists
Chair(s): M. Gappa (Hannover, Germany), P. L. P. Brand (Zwolle, Netherlands)
Postgraduate Course
PG8 - Interstitial lung diseases: idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
Chair(s): J-F. Cordier (Lyon, France), R. M. Du Bois (London, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG9 - Obstructive sleep apnoea: current pathophysiological, clinical and therapeutic concepts
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Edegem, Belgium), P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG10 - Preparation and palliation for end-of-life in chronic respiratory disease
Chair(s): M. Connor (Co. Dublin, Ireland), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG11 - Clinical highlights on tuberculosis
Chair(s): L. Casali (Terni, Italy), P. D. O. Davies (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Postgraduate Course
PG12 - Small cell lung cancer management
Chair(s): J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium), E. Canalis (Barcelona, Spain)
Postgraduate Course
PG2 - Interventional pulmonology: theory and practice
Chair(s): C. Marquette (Lille, France), M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium)
Postgraduate Course
PG18 - Basic principles of pulmonary rehabilitation
Chair(s): S. Ward (Leeds, United Kingdom), N. Ambrosino (Pisa, Italy)
Postgraduate Course
PG20 - Smoking cessation in a respiratory medicine setting
Chair(s): S. Nardini (Vittorio Veneto, Italy), C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
Postgraduate Course
PG19 - Thoracic oncology: diagnostic assessment of lung cancer
Chair(s): E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France), J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium)
Postgraduate Course
PG13 - COPD: from aetiology to management
Chair(s): B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy), D. S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Postgraduate Course
PG17 - Exercise testing in children
Chair(s): A. Colin (Miami, United States of America), K-H. Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)
Postgraduate Course
PG16 - The use of evidence-based medicine and practice for the clinician (jointly organised with the ACCP)
Chair(s): A. Agusti (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), M. Rosen (New York, United States of America)
Postgraduate Course
PG15 - Remodelling and repair in lung disease
Chair(s): T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland), B. Crestani (Paris, France)
Postgraduate Course
PG14 - Noninvasive monitoring of asthma inflammation and treatment
Chair(s): J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany), M. Tunon De Lara (Bordeaux, France)
Postgraduate Course
Miscellaneous respiratory infections II
Chair(s): U. Lalloo (Durban, South Africa), K. Dalhoff (Lubeck, Germany)
E-Posters in free access
Outcomes of anti-tuberculosis treatment
Chair(s): S. Kajba (Celje, Slovenia), A. Sorete Arbore (Iasi, Romania)
E-Posters in free access
Epidemiology of drug resistant tuberculosis
Chair(s): F. Marchesani (Pavia, Italy), I. Husar (Bucharest , Romania)
E-Posters in free access
Epidemiology of tuberculosis
Chair(s): F. Fiorentini (Castrocaro Terme, Italy), G. Ferrara (Modena, Italy)
E-Posters in free access
Screening and diagnosis of tuberculosis
Chair(s): T. Mihaescu (Iasi, Romania), I. Solovic (Vysne Hagy, Slovakia)
E-Posters in free access
Difficult tuberculosis cases
Chair(s): P. Kelly (Dublin, Ireland)
E-Posters in free access
COPD – therapy/exacerbations
Chair(s): R. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom), E. Russi (Zurich, Switzerland)
E-Posters in free access
COPD – inflammation/miscellaneous
Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain), J. Homolka (Prague, Czech Republic)
E-Posters in free access
Lung cancer, haemoptoe, smoking and COPD
Chair(s): R. Huber (Munich, Germany)
E-Posters in free access
Pulmonary embolism and hypertension
Chair(s): O. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria), T. King, Jr (San Francisco, United States of America)
E-Posters in free access
Pneumothorax and pleural effusions
Chair(s): H. Hamm (Westerland/Sylt, Germany), W. Seeger (Giessen, Germany)
E-Posters in free access
Clinical problems: miscellaneous
Chair(s): G. Huchon (Paris, France), M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain)
E-Posters in free access
Clinical problems: miscellaneous II
Chair(s): C. Bolliger (Basel, Switzerland), A. Perruchoud (Basel, Switzerland)
E-Posters in free access
Assessment in COPD patients
Chair(s): D. Gorecka (Warsaw, Poland)
E-Posters in free access
Assessment in the chronic patient
Chair(s): J-F. Muir (Rouen, France)
E-Posters in free access
Clinical features, rare metastases and rare tumors
Chair(s): M. Pesek (Pilsen, Czech Republic), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany)
E-Posters in free access
Screening, diagnosis, staging, prognosis, biological features
Chair(s): E. Danila (Vilnius, Lithuania)
E-Posters in free access
Epidemiology, rare tumors (2), miscellaneous
E-Posters in free access
Clinical management of interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): J. Domagala-Kulawik (Warsaw, Poland), D. Bouros (Athens, Greece)
E-Posters in free access
Airway cell biology II
Chair(s): P. Chanez (Montpellier, France)
E-Posters in free access
Therapies and management in chronic airway diseases
Chair(s): J-F. Muir (Rouen, France)
E-Posters in free access
Dealing with chronic allograft dysfunction: mission impossible?
Chair(s): G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium), A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Novel research results in genetics and epidemiology of airway diseases
Chair(s): F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, France), J. Anto (Barcelona, Spain)
Poster Discussion
Immunological diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and disease
Chair(s): A. Sorete Arbore (Iasi, Romania), G. Ferrara (Modena, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Innovative concepts in thoracic surgery
Chair(s): C. Paleru (Bucharest, Romania)
Poster Discussion
Focus of care for tomorrow's allied health professionals
Chair(s): G. South (Chesterfield, United Kingdom), C. Lodewijckx (Leuven, Belgium)
Poster Discussion
Clinical aspects of tuberculosis
Chair(s): G. Besozzi (Sondalo, Italy), D. Pesut (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Early detection, diagnosis, staging and clinical features of lung cancer
Chair(s): D. Jovanovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro), V. Ninane (Brussels, Belgium)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Markers of paediatric airway disease
Chair(s): A. Bush (London, United Kingdom), M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
New developments in the treatment and management of asthma
Chair(s): G. Menz (Davos, Switzerland), R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Monitoring airway inflammation – exhaled markers vs induced sputum
Chair(s): J. Hunt (Charlottesville, United States of America), M. Cazzola (Naples, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Advances in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary diseases in children
Chair(s): A. Barbato (Padova, Italy), I. Azevedo (Porto, Portugal)
Oral Presentation
Neurogenic inflammation – the link between nervous system and lung dysfunction
Chair(s): C. Kahler (Innsbruck, Austria), D. Groneberg (Berlin, Germany)
Symposium
COPD and systemic inflammation
Chair(s): A. Agusti (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), L. Fabbri (Modena, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Web-based patient education
Chair(s): G. L. Narsavage (Augusta, United States of America), S. Walker (Warwick, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Management of dynamic hyperinflation during exercise in COPD
Chair(s): C. Tantucci (Brescia, Italy), R. Casaburi (Rancho Palos Verdes, United States of America)
Symposium
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): a real hospital-based pathogen?
Chair(s): T. Bauer (Berlin, Germany), R. Cosentini (Milan, Italy)
Symposium
Clinical features and disease markers of sarcoidosis
Chair(s): U. Costabel (Essen, Germany), M. Judson (Charleston, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Clinical year in review
Chair(s): E. Russi (Zurich, Switzerland), P. Camus (Dijon, France)
Hot topics
Novel treatments for asthma
Chair(s): C. Page (London, United Kingdom), J. Lotvall (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
Hot technologies in bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy
Chair(s): J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
COPD exacerbations
Chair(s): J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom), R. Rodriguez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain)
Poster Discussion
Paediatric Respiratory Research Award
Chair(s): A. Bush (London, United Kingdom), E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey)
Symposium
Exercise: respiratory mechanics and dynamic hyperinflation
Chair(s): P. Palange (Rome, Italy), L. Puente Maestu (Madrid, Spain)
Poster Discussion
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
Chair(s): A. Sorete Arbore (Iasi, Romania), E. Kunter (Istanbul, Turkey)
Poster Discussion
Tuberculosis and other pulmonary infections
Chair(s): H. Lode (Berlin, Germany)
Electronic Poster Discussion
COPD comorbidity
Chair(s): A. Schols (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Landmark developments in lung function testing: 2006
Chair(s): B. G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom), G. Nolan (Dublin, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
Signalisation in the pulmonary vasculature: new pathways and wrong signals
Chair(s): A. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France), P. Hassoun (Baltimore, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Virus-induced respiratory tract infection
Chair(s): A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy), S. L. Johnston (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Tobacco control in Europe: what are the priorities?
Chair(s): J. Britton (Nottingham, United Kingdom), I. Annesi Maesano (Paris, France)
Symposium
Molecular airway biology
Chair(s): E. Puchelle (Reims, France), H. Inoue (Kyushu, Japan)
Oral Presentation
Radiology Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): G. Ferretti (Grenoble, France), S. Wills (Midwolde, Netherlands)
Major Symposium
Difficult weaning from ventilator
Chair(s): M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), B. Schonhofer (Hannover, Germany)
Symposium
Molecular pathology: an approach to lung diseases
Chair(s): R. M. Du Bois (London, United Kingdom), B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy)
Symposium
Mast cells and basophils as key effector cells in airway inflammation and remodelling
Chair(s): R. Polosa (S. Gregorio (Ct), Italy), M. Tunon De Lara (Bordeaux, France)
Symposium
Lung vascular and parenchymal remodeling
Chair(s): T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland), C. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria)
Oral Presentation
New features of paediatric asthma
Chair(s): P. L. P. Brand (Zwolle, Netherlands), J. Wildhaber (Zurich, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Prognostic factors in lung cancer
Chair(s): M. Paesmans (Brussels, Belgium), H. Popper (Graz, Austria)
Oral Presentation
Educational seminar: the challenges of adapting education and training to the needs of tomorrow's doctors
Chair(s): K-H. Carlsen (Oslo, Norway), P. Haslam (London, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Miscellaneous bronchial and other respiratory disorders in children
Chair(s): M. Everard (Sheffield, United Kingdom), A. Valiulis (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Thematic Poster Session
Smoking cessation: why and how
Chair(s): K. Fagerstrom (Helsingborg, Sweden), B. Dautzenberg (Paris, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology of paediatric asthma and allergy
Chair(s): F. De Baets (Gent, Belgium), M. Garcia-Garcia (LeganÉS Madrid, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric asthma and quality of life
Chair(s): W. Lenney (Wybunbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom), M. Canciani (Udine, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Markers of inflammation in paediatric asthma
Chair(s): A. Sprikkelman (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), F. Riedel (Hamburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Cystic fibrosis: aerosol treatment and non–pulmonary complications
Chair(s): L. Dracea (Brasov, Romania), R. Hamutcu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Breathing patterns, respiratory muscles and training
Chair(s): A. Bruton (Hampshire, United Kingdom), M. Spruit (Horn, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric epidemiology I: asthma phenotypes, risk factors and genetics
Chair(s): J. Riedler (Schwarzach, Austria), P. Helms (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Surgical management for infectious and congenital disorder
Chair(s): G. Friedel (Gerlingen, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Infection, trauma and emphysema
Chair(s): D. Subotic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro), D. Petrov (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Thematic Poster Session
The evolving role of spirometry
Chair(s): F. De Jongh (Enschede, The Netherlands), M. Swanney (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Thematic Poster Session
Breath of life: assessing inflammation and obstruction in airways disease
Chair(s): G. Hall (Perth, Australia), A. Kendrick (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma and allergy: prevalence, incidence and risk factors
Chair(s): E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden), I. Annesi Maesano (Paris, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Occupational asthma – causes, diagnosis & surveillance
Chair(s): D. Heederik (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Bronchial asthma and atopy – epidemiology, risk factors and risk assessment
Chair(s): E. von Mutius (Munich, Germany), D. Nowak (Munich, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
New aspects in the pathogenesis of asthma
Chair(s): R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany), M. Hylkema (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Spirometric assessment of lung pathophysiology
Chair(s): O. Pedersen (Aarhus, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
Acute respiratory failure: diagnostic procedures and clinical management
Chair(s): C. Gregoretti (Turin, Italy), G. Domenighetti (Locarno, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in chronic respiratory failure – technical issues and outcome
Chair(s): J-F. Muir (Rouen, France), W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in acute and chronic respiratory failure – a broad field
Chair(s): A. Cuvelier (Rouen, France), P. Navalesi (Pavia, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathogenic aspects of lung injury, destruction and repair
Chair(s): A. Millar (Bristol, United Kingdom), C. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
Chair(s): P. Levy (Grenoble, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical aspects of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) I
Chair(s): J-L. Pepin (Grenoble, France), M. Eijsvogel (Boekelo, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Recent update on asthma treatment
Chair(s): R. Goldie (Adelaide, Australia), B. O'Connor (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Evaluation of drugs for lung disease
Chair(s): T. Hansel (London, United Kingdom), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Recent advances in treatment of COPD
Chair(s): I. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway regulation, provocation and monitoring – I
Chair(s): S. Anderson (Camperdown, Australia), L. Spicuzza (Catania, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway regulation, provocation and monitoring – II
Chair(s): N. Scichilone (Capaci, Palermo, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma models – mechanisms of airway inflammation and experimental therapies
Chair(s): J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany), X. Gao (Guangzhou, China)
Thematic Poster Session
Cellular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of asthma and rhinitis
Chair(s): T. A. Out (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
MP5 – How to use new immunosuppressive drugs in lung transplantation
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MP6 – Pulmonary disorders and critical care of patients with HIV infection in the era of anti-retrovirals
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MP1 – New strategies to improve exercise capacity in COPD
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MP2 – How to organise a noninvasive ventilation unit
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How to treat tobacco smokers
Chair(s): C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece), S. Nardini (Vittorio Veneto, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Epidemiology, risk factors, co-morbidity and systemic side effects of asthma therapy
Chair(s): J. Lotvall (Gothenburg, Sweden), E. Nizankowska (Krakow, Poland)
Poster Discussion
Respiratory disease in primary care
Chair(s): B. Yawn (Rochester, United States of America)
Poster Discussion
Recent advances in asthma treatment
Chair(s): Z. Diamant (Leiden, Netherlands), D. Spina (London, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Pneumonia and other invasive pulmonary infections in children
Chair(s): M. H. Goetz (Vienna, Austria), J. E. Dankert-Roelse (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Clinical features of interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): C. Albera (Orbassano, Italy), A. Bast (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Epidemiology and treatment of tuberculosis
Chair(s): F. Marchesani (Pavia, Italy)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Immunological mechanisms in cell recruitment to the lungs
Chair(s): R. Louis (Liege, Belgium), H. Renz (Marburg, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Organisation and programmes in pulmonary rehabilitation
Chair(s): E. Clini (Pavullo, Italy), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Implementation of the new standards on clinical pulmonary function testing
Chair(s): M. Demedts (Leuven, Belgium), B. G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Highlights of epidemiology of COPD and lung function
Chair(s): J. Vestbo (Manchester, United Kingdom), P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway)
Oral Presentation
Therapeutic effects in obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): J. Verbraecken (Edegem, Belgium), P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): from pathophysiology to clinical management
Chair(s): W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), S. Orfanos (Haidari, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Epidemiology and management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
Chair(s): G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy), G. Ferrara (Modena, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Immunology of the airways
Chair(s): A. Hamzaoui (Ariana, Tunisia), I. Horvath (Budakeszi, Hungary)
Oral Presentation
The burden of pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): A. Rossi (Bergamo, Italy), E. Bel (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Cournand Lecture
Medical and surgical management of malignant pleuritis
Chair(s): R. Huber (Munich, Germany), D. Subotic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro)
Symposium
Man at altitude: benefits and risks of pre-existing respiratory impairment due to various diseases
Chair(s): H. Matthys (Freiburg, Germany), K. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland)
Symposium
Outcomes for COPD pharmacological trials: from lung function to biomarkers
Chair(s): W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), F. Martinez (Ann Arbor, United States of America)
Symposium
COPD and inflammation
Chair(s): R. Rodriguez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain), B. R. Celli (Wellesley, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Sarcoidosis
Chair(s): P. Rottoli (Siena, Italy), J. Grutters (Nieuwegein, The Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Community-acquired pneumonia: risk factors and treatment
Chair(s): F. Paganin (St Pierre, France)
Poster Discussion
Acute respiratory failure: diagnostic procedures and clinical management
Chair(s): T. Vassilakopoulos (Heraklion Athens, Greece), D. Morel (Geneve 4, Switzerland)
Poster Discussion
Blood gas workshop
Chair(s): B. G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom), I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, Netherlands)
Symposium
Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and immunology of tuberculosis
Chair(s): C. Lange (Borstel, Germany), J-P. Zellweger (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Airway biology and pathology
Chair(s): R. Bals (Marburg, Germany), C. Taggart (Dublin, Ireland)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Lung cancer biology and chemosensitivity
Chair(s): J. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium), C. Brambilla (Grenoble, France)
Oral Presentation
COPD: imaging and computer applications
Chair(s): J. de Mey (Brussels, Belgium), L. Dupont (Tildonk, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
New insights into the worldwide burden of COPD
Chair(s): P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)
Hot topics
Muscles, training and rehabilitation
Chair(s): T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), J. Bott (Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiovascular diseases
Chair(s): S. Javaheri (Mason, United States of America), W. De Backer (Edegem, Belgium)
Symposium
New developments in the management of asthma
Chair(s): S. Sorichter (Freiburg, Germany), E. Bel (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Targeting innate immunity in respiratory diseases
Chair(s): J. Lotvall (Gothenburg, Sweden), P. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Smoking and COPD: will it ever vanish into smoke?
Chair(s): M. Fletcher (Warwick, United Kingdom), P. I. Van Spiegel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Interventional Pulmonology Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): K. Haeussinger (Gauting, Germany), C. Bolliger (Basel, Switzerland)
Major Symposium
Molecular pathology and genetics of lung cancer
Chair(s): E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France), J. Pache (Geneva, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Cystic fibrosis lung disease: molecules images and drugs
Chair(s): F. De Baets (Gent, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary embolism
Chair(s): W. Seeger (Giessen, Germany), O. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria)
Oral Presentation
Smoking cessation
Chair(s): P. I. Van Spiegel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), L. Carrozzi (Pisa, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Biology and prognostic factors
Chair(s): A. Meert (Brussels, Belgium), M. Paesmans (Brussels, Belgium)
Poster Discussion
Various parenchymal lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): T. King, Jr (San Francisco, United States of America), H. Wilkens (Homburg/Saar, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Epidemiology of susceptible, resistant and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
Chair(s): T. Mihaescu (Iasi, Romania), E. Kunter (Istanbul, Turkey)
Poster Discussion
Diagnosis and treatment in community-acquired pneumonia
Chair(s): M. Tupilsky (Tel Aviv, Israel), F. Blasi (Milan, Italy)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Rehabilitation in non-COPD patients
Chair(s): J. Escarrabill (L'Hospitalet, Spain), P. Wijkstra (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Electronic Poster Discussion
COPD – the challenges for primary care
Chair(s): O. C. P. Van Schayck (Maastricht, The Netherlands), R. Jones (Plymouth, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Smoking asthmatics – a neglected population?
Chair(s): E. Russi (Zurich, Switzerland), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)
Oral Presentation
New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection
Chair(s): J-P. Zellweger (Lausanne, Switzerland), L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Asthma at the workplace – the prognosis and the costs
Chair(s): T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark), K. Toren (Goteborg, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
Cellular immunology in asthma pathogenesis
Chair(s): R. Polosa (S. Gregorio (Ct), Italy)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory muscles
Chair(s): A. Schols (Maastricht, The Netherlands), J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Safety issues during interventional pulmonology
Chair(s): J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Symposium
"Inflammometry": an alternative strategy in the management of airways disease
Chair(s): I. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom), E. Eber (Graz, Austria)
Symposium
The critically ill patient: chronic obstructive lung disease
Chair(s): J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)
Symposium
Contemporary management of patients with end-stage emphysema
Chair(s): G. Massard (Strasbourg, France), P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
Symposium
Scientific year in review
Chair(s): M. Spiteri (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom), E. Bel (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Hot topics
Premature infants, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, prediction, aetiology and treatment
Chair(s): B. Yuksel (London, United Kingdom), A. Greenough (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Smoking and young people
Chair(s): Y. Martinet (Vandoeuvre-Les Nancy, France), E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Air pollution and the lung
Chair(s): J. Ayres (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Burden of COPD
Chair(s): R. Ruffin (Woodville, South Aus., Australia), J. Garcia Aymerich (Barcelona, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Occupational risks from artificial flavour to fire eating
Chair(s): P. Henneberger (Morgantown, United States of America), B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
The different flavours of tobacco control
Chair(s): F. Mihaltan (Bucharest, Romania), P. I. Van Spiegel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Passive smoking and passive doctors
Chair(s): G. Invernizzi (Prata Camportaccio, Italy), S. Nardini (Vittorio Veneto, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Ventilatory support in neonatal intensive care unit and paediatric intensive care unit and bronchopulmonary dysplasia management
Chair(s): S. Kotecha (Cardiff, United Kingdom), R. Ross-Russell (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung function and physical activity in paediatric asthma
Chair(s): L. Garcia Marcos (El Palmar (Murcia), Spain), E. Horak (Innsbruck, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Aspects of childhood asthma
Chair(s): M. Everard (Sheffield, United Kingdom), H. Hendriks (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Cystic fibrosis lung disease: infection, inflammation or both?
Chair(s): S. Stick (Perth, Australia), C. Benden (Zurich, Switzerland)
Thematic Poster Session
Miscellaneous pulmonary and lower airway disorders in children
Chair(s): R. Iles (Cambridge, United Kingdom), E. Piippo-Savolainen (Lapinlahti, Finland)
Thematic Poster Session
Paediatric epidemiology II: pneumonia and other diseases
Chair(s): M. Simoni (Pisa, Italy), K. C. Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)
Thematic Poster Session
Role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) in chronic or recurrent pulmonary disorders in children
Chair(s): F. Midulla (Rome, Italy), E. Eber (Graz, Austria)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiological aspects of lung tumors and infections including tuberculosis
Chair(s): E. Omenaas (Bergen, Norway), F. Pistelli (Pisa, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Recent advances in the basic mechanisms of allergic asthma
Chair(s): M. Matera (Naples, Italy), K. Racke (Bonn, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
COPD world-wide
Chair(s): B. Lundback (Umea, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary gas exchange
Chair(s): J. Roca (Barcelona, Spain), J. Neder (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
Bronchial asthma – issues in inflammation, prevention and management
Chair(s): H. Worth (Cadolzburg, Germany), J. Van Der Zee (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Chronic respiratory failure, airway management and weaning
Chair(s): C. Carvalho (LeçA Palmeira Matosinhos, Portugal), T. Celikel (Istanbul, Turkey)
Thematic Poster Session
Mechanisms of acute lung injury and of fibrosis
Chair(s): A. Prasse (Freiburg, Germany), J. H. J. Vernooy (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary hypertension: thromo-embolic processes
Chair(s): S. Kostianev (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), L. Puente Maestu (Madrid, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Cardiovascular pathophysiology
Chair(s): R. Rabinovich (Barcelona, Spain), M. Humbert (Clamart, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Continuous positive airflow pressure (CPAP) therapy
Chair(s): W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany), M. Hack (Newport Gwent, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Systemic effects of obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): R. Schulz (Giessen, Germany), R. Riha (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Control of breathing
Chair(s): W. De Backer (Edegem, Belgium), V. Donic (Kosice, Slovakia)
Thematic Poster Session
Assessment of respiratory pathophysiology
Chair(s): A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy), F. Marchal (Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Pulmonary hypertension: diagnostic tools and therapeutic approaches
Chair(s): R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Update on treatment of COPD II
Chair(s): M. Tunon De Lara (Bordeaux, France)
Thematic Poster Session
Evaluation of drugs for the treatment of lung diseases
Chair(s): H. Magnussen (Grosshansdorf, Germany), T. Hansel (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Established and experimental therapies for allergic asthma
Chair(s): D. Ukena (Bremen, Germany), L. Bjermer (Lund, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
MP12 - Pleural effusion: TB and not TB
Meet the Professor
Imaging modalities in different lung diseases
Chair(s): R. Kubale (Pirmasens, Germany), W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium)
Electronic Poster Session
Clinical aspects of tuberculosis
Chair(s): A. Sanduzzi Zamparelli (Naples, Italy), I. Husar (Bucharest , Romania)
Electronic Poster Session
Asthma - miscellaneous issues
Chair(s): M. Sofia (Naples, Italy), M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
Electronic Poster Session
MP10 - Acute and chronic pain management
Meet the Professor
MP11 - An abnormal CT, now what: issues in the diagnosis and management of a patient with a potential lung cancer
Meet the Professor
MP9 - Sleep-disordered breathing in children
Meet the Professor
Clinical pearls in bronchoscopic and thransthoracic procedures
Chair(s): J-M. Vergnon (Saint Etienne, France), S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy)
Electronic Poster Session
Oxygen therapy
Chair(s): M. Morgan (Leicester, United Kingdom), D. Gorecka (Warsaw, Poland)
Electronic Poster Session
Molecular pathology and genetics in lung disease
Chair(s): A. Gazdhar (Bern, Switzerland), H. Fehrenbach (Marburg, Germany)
Electronic Poster Session
Sleep apnoea in children
Chair(s): S. Verhulst (Wilrijk, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Infections in immunocompromised patients
Chair(s): G. Hoeffken (Dresden, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Training strategies and education in rehabilitation
Chair(s): A. van't Hul (Breda, Netherlands), C. F. Donner (Borgomanero, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Cellular biology of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom), G. Rohde (Bochum, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Pulmonary arterial hypertension: from bench back to bedside
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Clamart, France), J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Sarcoidosis
Chair(s): A. Azuma (Tokyo, Japan), D. Bouros (Athens, Greece)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Clinical features of sarcoidosis and other granolomatous disorders
Chair(s): R. P. Baughman (Cincinnati, United States of America), B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis
Chair(s): L. Casali (Terni, Italy), P. Kelly (Dublin, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
New developments in diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy
Chair(s): J. Annema (Leiden, The Netherlands), M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP), idiopathic or not: new concepts in diagnosis and treatment
Chair(s): J. Muller-Quernheim (Freiburg, Germany), J-F. Cordier (Lyon, France)
Symposium
COPD comorbidity
Chair(s): E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands), J. Zielinski (Warsaw, Poland)
Oral Presentation
Evaluation of risk factors in community-acquired pneumonia
Chair(s): M. Woodhead (Manchester, United Kingdom), S. Ewig (Bochum, Germany)
Oral Presentation
A new look at dendritic cell interactions in the lung
Chair(s): T. Tetley (London, United Kingdom), B. Lambrecht (Laarne, Netherlands)
Hot topics
Highlights of asthma epidemiology
Chair(s): P. Burney (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Recent advances in the treatment of COPD
Chair(s): M. Cazzola (Naples, Italy), K. F. Rabe (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Resolution of airway and tissue inflammation “ emerging concepts
Chair(s): M. Spiteri (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom), G. Schultz (Gainesville, United States of America)
Symposium
Connecting with the community: collaborations that work
Chair(s): M. Partridge (London, United Kingdom), S. Bosnic-Anticevich (Sydney, Australia)
Symposium
Environmental impacts on the respiratory health in children
Chair(s): P. Sly (West Perth, Australia), R. Pistelli (Rome, Italy)
Symposium
Oncology Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): J. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium), J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium)
Major Symposium
The TORCH survival study. Affecting mortality in COPD: Is the dream becoming a reality?
Chair(s): C. Jenkins (Sydney, Australia)
Evening Symposium
Quality of life in various respiratory diseases
Chair(s): J. Behr (Munich, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Interventional pulmonology in daily practice
Chair(s): G. Stratakos (Athens, Greece), A. Diacon (Tygerberg, South Africa)
Poster Discussion
Novel mechanisms in asthmatic inflammation
Chair(s): G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium), M. Cazzola (Naples, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
Chair(s): I. Solovic (Vysne Hagy, Slovakia), P. Magyar (Budapest, Hungary)
Poster Discussion
COPD – molecular pathology and genetics
Chair(s): W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), L. Nicod (Bern, Switzerland)
Poster Discussion
Pleural effusions
Chair(s): R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Pathophysiology and treatment of infections in COPD
Chair(s): G. Donaldson (London, United Kingdom), M. Tercelj-Zorman (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Metabolic control in obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): W. McNicholas (Dublin, Ireland), M. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy)
Oral Presentation
The challenges of managing asthma in primary care
Chair(s): M. Fletcher (Warwick, United Kingdom), N. Chavannes (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Pro/Con: asthma is (not) an inflammatory disease
Chair(s): R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom), P. J. Sterk (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Novel pathogenic aspects of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Chair(s): M. Takata (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma
Chair(s): E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France), P. Van Schil (Edegem, Belgium)
Symposium
Farming – a worldwide problem
Chair(s): K. Radon (Muenchen, Germany), O. Omland (Aalborg, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
Clinical Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): C. Bolliger (Basel, Switzerland), V. Cottin (Lyon, France)
Major Symposium
Improving end-of-life care
Chair(s): M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), G. Baum (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Symposium
Genes, environment and the lung
Chair(s): I. Hall (Nottingham, United Kingdom), D. S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Influenza: from avian flu to pandemia?
Chair(s): F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), S. L. Johnston (London, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Airway epithelial cells in inflammation
Chair(s): R. Bals (Marburg, Germany), C. Greene (Dublin, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
Usefulness of broncoalveolar lavage (BAL) in interstitial lung diseases
Chair(s): V. Poletti (Forli, Italy), C. Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal)
Oral Presentation
Matrix remodelling at the interface of lung fibrosis and emphysema
Chair(s): R. Chambers (London, United Kingdom), P. Bonniaud (Dijon, France)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary rehabilitation and skeletal muscles, COPD and non-COPD
Chair(s): R. Garrod (London, United Kingdom), M. Emtner (Uppsala, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
Implications of progressive airway obstruction
Chair(s): A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation), M. Maniscalco (Napoli, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Pathophysiology of respiratory muscles
Chair(s): E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands), N. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom)
Poster Discussion
Inflammatory markers and experimental studies in occupational and environmental diseases
Chair(s): A. Blomberg (Umea, Sweden), H. Hoffmann (Aarhus, Denmark)
Poster Discussion
Respiratory diseases in primary care
Chair(s): M. Levy (Middlesex, United Kingdom), S. Walker (Warwick, United Kingdom)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Applied bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy
Chair(s): P. Chhajed (Basel, Switzerland), F. Rodriguez Panadero (Tomares (Sevilla), Spain)
Electronic Poster Discussion
New modalities and application in imaging of the chest
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany), W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Physiological responses to rehabilitation
Chair(s): N. Ambrosino (Pisa, Italy), C. Prefaut (Montpellier, France)
Oral Presentation
Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Chair(s): G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy), M. Danilovits (Tartu, Estonia)
Oral Presentation
Towards understanding the pathogenesis of asthma
Chair(s): N. Barnes (London, United Kingdom), G. D'Amato (Naples, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Surgery for chronic benign disease and management of complications
Chair(s): D. Subotic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro)
Oral Presentation
Epigenetics and respiratory disease
Chair(s): I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom), K. Ito (London, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Infections and chronic obstructive lung diseases
Chair(s): S. L. Johnston (London, United Kingdom), A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy)
Symposium
Drug-induced lung injury – new aspects
Chair(s): M. Drent (Maastricht, The Netherlands), P. Camus (Dijon, France)
Symposium
Paediatric Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): M. Zach (Graz, Austria), A. Barbato (Padova, Italy)
Major Symposium
Lung cancer staging and miscellaneous
Chair(s): J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium), P. E. Postmus (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Therapy in childhood asthma II
Chair(s): J. Wildhaber (Zurich, Switzerland), I. Amirav (Kibutz Kfar Hanasi, Israel)
Thematic Poster Session
Inorganic dusts
Chair(s): A. Cimrin (Alsancak-Izmir, Turkey), P. De Vuyst (Brussels, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Indoor air
Chair(s): J. Cox-Ganser (Morgantown West Virginia, United States of America), D. Norback (Uppsala, Sweden)
Thematic Poster Session
Epidemiology of tobacco smoking and tobacco related dieases
Chair(s): B. Dautzenberg (Paris, France), P. Bartsch (Liege, Belgium)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnostic paediatric lung function: technical and clinical aspects
Chair(s): G. Schmalisch (Berlin, Germany), P. Aurora (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Therapy in childhood asthma I
Chair(s): P. Mondejar (El Palmar Murcia, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung transplantation: clinical issues
Chair(s): J. Lordan (Northumberland, United Kingdom), J. Behr (Munich, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Asthma management, severity and quality of life
Chair(s): J. Crane (Wellington, New Zealand), J. Soriano (Bunyola, Mallorca Illes Balear, Spain)
Thematic Poster Session
From genes to outcome: a long distance
Chair(s): C. De Boeck (Boortmeerbeek, Belgium), L. Dracea (Brasov, Romania)
Thematic Poster Session
Lung cancer and other malignancies
Chair(s): D. Lardinois (Zurich, Switzerland), A. Akopov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Thematic Poster Session
Miscellaneous situations with benign disease
Chair(s): D. Waller (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Assessing the lungs in obstruction: technological advances in lung function testing
Chair(s): I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, Netherlands), M. Flezar (Golnik, Slovenia)
Thematic Poster Session
Assessments of impairment in adults and children, and airway clearance techniques
Chair(s): L. Lannefors (Lund, Sweden), R. Britto (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Thematic Poster Session
Occupational respiratory disease
Chair(s): X. Baur (Hamburg, Germany), P. S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical physiology
Chair(s): R. Pellegrino (Cuneo, Italy), F. Petak (Szeged, Hungary)
Thematic Poster Session
Methods in epidemiology and miscellaneous
Chair(s): C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), L. Carrozzi (Pisa, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
Mechanisms of respiratory diseases
Chair(s): W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), O. Pedersen (Aarhus, Denmark)
Thematic Poster Session
Diagnosis of allergy, asthma and allergic rhinitis
Chair(s): L. Bjermer (Lund, Sweden), G. Schultze-Werninghaus (Bochum, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Respiratory failure, pulmonary embolism and case reports
Chair(s): M. Pfeifer (Donaustauf, Germany), P. Yang (Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China)
Thematic Poster Session
Common and differing aspects of acute and chronic lung injury
Chair(s): S. Said (Stony Brook, United States of America), O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Exercise
Chair(s): S. Ward (Leeds, United Kingdom), R. Casaburi (Rancho Palos Verdes, United States of America)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): M. Morrell (London, United Kingdom), H. Becker (Marburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Clinical aspects of obstructive sleep apnoea II
Chair(s): R. Van Steenwijk (Almere, Netherlands), T. Penzel (Marburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Hypoxic and inflammatory insults to the pulmonary circulation.
Chair(s): J. Barbera (Barcelona, Spain), R. Schermuly (Giessen, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Recent advances in the treatment of COPD and acute lung injury
Thematic Poster Session
Recent advances in the treatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis
Chair(s): M. Walker (Vancouver, Canada)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathophysiology of lung disease
Chair(s): E. Nizankowska (Krakow, Poland), D. Spina (London, United Kingdom)
Thematic Poster Session
Airway regulation, provocation and monitoring - III
Chair(s): P. Chanez (Montpellier, France), P. Carratu (Bari, Italy)
Thematic Poster Session
New findings in the immunology of COPD and interstitial lung diseases
Chair(s): J. Ficker (Nuremberg, Germany), J. Muller-Quernheim (Freiburg, Germany)
Thematic Poster Session
Pathophysiology and other related issues of interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): S. Harari (Milan, Italy), S. Constantopoulos (Ioannina, Greece)
Electronic Poster Session
Primary care management of respiratory disease
Chair(s): C. Griffiths (London, United Kingdom), A. Ostrem (Oslo, Norway)
Electronic Poster Session
Miscellaneous respiratory infections I
Chair(s): A. Hill (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), A. Bossink (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Electronic Poster Session
Airway cell biology I
Chair(s): R. Wiewrodt (Mainz, Germany), P. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Electronic Poster Session
Treatment and complications of treatment of lung cancer and malignant pleural effusions
Chair(s): J. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium), P. E. Postmus (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Electronic Poster Session
COPD therapy
Chair(s): M. Levy (Middlesex, United Kingdom), J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Methodological issues in airway monitoring
Chair(s): L. Spicuzza (Catania, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Hospital-acquired pneumonia: from inflammation to treatment
Chair(s): T. Bauer (Berlin, Germany), P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
Poster Discussion
Lung transplantation: infection, rejection, animal models and more
Chair(s): D. Van Raemdonck (Leuven, Belgium), S. Harari (Milan, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Lung perfusion and lung cancer: imaging, diagnosis and treatment
Electronic Poster Discussion
Biological features, lung function and treatment of lung cancer
Chair(s): J. Domagala-Kulawik (Warsaw, Poland), H. Popper (Graz, Austria)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Outcomes in pulmonary rehabilitation
Chair(s): H. Worth (Cadolzburg, Germany), F. De Blasio (Arco Felice, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary fibrosis: pathophysiology and therapeutic approaches
Chair(s): G. Raghu (Seattle, United States of America), M. Ebina (Sendai, Japan)
Oral Presentation
Epidemiology, clinical features, malignant pleural diseases, treatment
Chair(s): B. Mennecier (Strasbourg, France), R. Rami Porta (Barcelona, Spain)
Poster Discussion
Contemporary issues in thoracic surgical oncology
Chair(s): E. Canalis (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Upper airway imaging
Chair(s): P. Levy (Grenoble, France), P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Interventions and outcome in chronic respiratory failure - new aspects and deeper insights
Chair(s): B. Schonhofer (Hannover, Germany), J. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Paediatric year in review
Chair(s): F. De Benedictis (Ancona, Italy), P. Helms (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Can environmental exposures prevent allergic disease, what are the mechanisms and how important is timing of exposure?
Chair(s): H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands), J. Douwes (Wellington, New Zealand)
Symposium
The management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) on an individual and national level
Chair(s): R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany), G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)
Symposium
Taormina 4th ERS Lung Science Conference "hypoxia in lung biology and disease"
Chair(s): M. Spiteri (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom), A. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)
Hot topics
Cellular mechanisms of airway disease
Chair(s): R. Lucas (Krems, Austria), M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Bronchiolitis in infancy, treatment and outcome
Chair(s): M. Korppi (Kuopio, Finland), M. Canciani (Udine, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Basic mechanisms of allergic airways inflammation
Chair(s): L. Nielsen (Aarhus, Denmark), I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Immunology of tuberculosis and diagnosis of tuberculosis infection
Chair(s): C. Saltini (Rome, Italy), P. D. O. Davies (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Interstial lung diseases
Chair(s): A. Wells (London, United Kingdom), J. Grutters (Nieuwegein, The Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
In vivo and in vitro aspects of lung injury
Chair(s): H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Germany), A. Ishizaka (Tokyo, Japan)
Poster Discussion
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory failure - impact of technical developments, location and indication
Chair(s): M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), J. Winck (Vila Nova De Gaia, Portugal)
Poster Discussion
Cardiovascular consequences of obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): J. A. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Poster Discussion
COPD - assessment and prognosis
Chair(s): P. Jones (London, United Kingdom), G. Sybrecht (Homburg/Saar, Germany)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Inflammation markers in community-acquired pneumonia
Chair(s): W. Boersma (Alkmaar, The Netherlands), G. Dimopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary circulation: inflammation and remodelling
Chair(s): R. Rodriguez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Genetics in lung cancer
Chair(s): G. Zissel (Freiburg, Germany)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Tobacco smoking risks which are poorly known
Chair(s): C. Jimenez Ruiz (Madrid, Spain), P. Tonnesen (Gentofte, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
Physiological year in review
Chair(s): P. Levy (Grenoble, France), P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
Hot topics
New investigational approaches to smoking and smoking cessation
Chair(s): D. S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands), R. Polosa (S. Gregorio (Ct), Italy)
Oral Presentation
Childhood asthma therapy: where we are now and where we need to go
Chair(s): W. Van Aalderen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), B. Noyes (Missouri, United States of America)
Symposium
Exacerbation of COPD
Chair(s): M. Levy (Middlesex, United Kingdom), C. Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
Occupational Grand Round: an interactive session
Chair(s): T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark), P. De Vuyst (Brussels, Belgium)
Major Symposium
Integrative approaches for stage III non-small cell lung cancer
Chair(s): J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium), L. Petruzelka (Prague, Czech Republic)
Hot topics
How to assess upper and lower airway problems
Chair(s): L. Freitag (Hemer, Germany), C. Bolliger (Basel, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Stents and stunts : what's new in airway desobstruction?
Chair(s): H. Dutau (Marseille, France), F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Cell biology of asthma and COPD
Chair(s): P. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Effective strategies for chronic respiratory patient management
Chair(s): E. Austegard (Oslo, Norway), J. Hiser (Northeast, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Epidemiology and clinical aspects of tuberculosis
Chair(s): F. Fiorentini (Castrocaro Terme, Italy)
Poster Discussion
Airway cell biology
Chair(s): R. Lutter (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), F. Pavicic (Zagreb, Croatia)
Poster Discussion
Epidemiology and childhood asthma
Chair(s): J. Ros (, Spain), F. Riedel (Hamburg, Germany)
Poster Discussion
Epidemiological and clinical aspects of tuberculosis
Chair(s): A. Sorete Arbore (Iasi, Romania), I. Stoicescu (Bucharest, Romania)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Management of asthma
Chair(s): V. Brusasco (Genova, Italy)
Electronic Poster Discussion
Clinical aspects and treatment of lower respiratory infection in COPD patients
Chair(s): T. Wilkinson (Essex, United Kingdom), P. Van Der Valk (Enschede, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory disease managment in primary care
Chair(s): M. Levy (Middlesex, United Kingdom), H. Pinnock (Whitstable, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Medicines for children: the impact of proposed new EU legislation
Chair(s): M. Zach (Graz, Austria), C. Page (London, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Childhood asthma in Europe - is it still increasing and what are the causes?
Chair(s): C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
New developments in infant and intensive care lung function
Chair(s): G. Hall (Perth, Australia), E. Oostveen (Antwerp, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Lung cancer treatment
Chair(s): R. Huber (Munich, Germany), P. Zatloukal (Prague, Czech Republic)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory mechanics
Chair(s): R. Farre (Barcelona, Spain), Z. Hantos (Szeged, Hungary)
Oral Presentation
Systemic diseases, environmental and genetic factors in interstitial lung disease
Chair(s): E. Fireman (Tel-Aviv, Israel), C. Albera (Orbassano, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Asthma in obesity: a new entity?
Chair(s): P. J. F. M. Merkus (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), P. Godard (Montpellier, France)
Symposium
COPD: a systemic disease affecting the muscles
Chair(s): B. R. Celli (Wellesley, United States of America), E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Symposium
Up to date management of bronchiectasis
Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
Pulmonary hypertension at the crossroads of science and clinical medicine
Chair(s): A. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France), O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany)
Symposium
Respiratory function assessment
Chair(s): M. Kneussl (Vienna, Austria), S. Sorichter (Freiburg, Germany)
Poster Discussion