Clinical year in review
Year in review
Biomarkers in early-detection of lung cancer: current concepts
Chair(s): C. De Bondt (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Experts view
Paediatric year in review
Year in review
Artificial intelligence and big data
Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Experts view
Digital health and innovation
Chair(s): T. Rose (United Kingdom)
Experts view
Virtual/multimodal education, communication skills
Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Experts view
Hospital at home for the management of COVID-19
Chair(s): J. Cruz (Leiria, Portugal)
Experts view
Alpha 1 - antitrypsin deficiency: diagnosis and treatment
Chair(s): M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain)
Experts view
Pulmonary hypertension and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): K. Moor (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Experts view
ERS/EAACI statement on adherence to international adult asthma guidelines
Statements and technical standards
Digital health surveillance in the thoracic surgery pathway?
Chair(s): S. Ricciardi (Bologna, Italy)
Experts view
Respiratory physiology
Chair(s): N. Belousova (Toronto, Canada)
Experts view
Performing cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the COVID-19 era?
Chair(s): R. Anstey (Cardiff, United Kingdom)
Experts view
Smoking and COVID-19 – what have we learned?
Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), L. Hedman (Luleå, Sweden)
Experts view
PDW End of life care for the elderly asthmatic and COPD patients
Chair(s): M. Elliott (Leeds (West Yorkshire), United Kingdom)
Professional development
PDW Educational supervision at work: clinical performance assessment
Chair(s): L. Konge (Virum, Denmark), R. Primhak (Sheffield (South Yorkshire), United Kingdom)
Professional development
Scientific year in review
Year in review
Utilising data from single cell approaches to study existing and recently emerging lung diseases?
Chair(s): M. Lehmann (München, Germany)
Experts view
Airway diseases
Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), A. Yorgancioglu (Konak, Turkey)
State of the art session
All about pulmonary arterial hypertension
Chair(s): N. Galiè (Bologna (BO), Italy), O. Sitbon (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
Oral Presentation
LoF Paediatric respiratory diseases
Chair(s): A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland), C. Ardura-Garcia (Bern, Switzerland), J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom)
Lungs on fire
Holistic care in interstitial lung disease: monitoring the patient’s pathway
Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), M. Kreuter (Heidelberg, Germany)
Symposium
New developments in mechanical ventilation and ventilator weaning
Chair(s): L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Environment and respiratory health
Chair(s): I. Annesi Maesano (Paris, France), L. Smit (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Repair and regeneration in chronic lung disease and lung cancer
Chair(s): R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), S. Meiners (Sülfeld, Germany)
Symposium
Chronic COVID - 19
Chair(s): M. Shteinberg (Haifa, Israel), J. Rademacher (Hannover, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Highlights for primary care in 2021
Chair(s): J. Kocks (Groningen, Netherlands), H. Sandelowsky (Vendelso, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
Vaccination and infections
Chair(s): T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)
Joint session
French programme 2021
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), C. Raherison-Semjen (Pessac, France)
Language session
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Chair(s): P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), M. Schaeffer (Vancouver (BC), Canada)
Skills lab
Acute respiratory distress syndrome phenotypes: implications for diagnosis and treatment
Chair(s): L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Novelties in interventional pulmonology
Chair(s): P. Chhajed (Mumbai, India), D. Gompelmann (Vienna, Austria)
Oral Presentation
ERS Clinical practice guidelines for managing children and adolescents with bronchiectasis
Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), C. Ardura-Garcia (Bern, Switzerland), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)
Guidelines session
Post COVID interstitial lung diseases syndrome: diagnosis and management as interstitial lung disease?
Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), M. Kreuter (Heidelberg, Germany)
Pro-Con debate
Innate immunity and lung epithelial repair: what really happens?
Chair(s): R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), S. Meiners (Sülfeld, Germany)
Symposium
ALERT: COPD
Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), A. Yorgancioglu (Konak, Turkey)
Clinical trials session
Non-pulmonary arterial hypertension pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): S. Ulrich (Zurich, Switzerland), L. Howard (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Best abstracts in pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care
Chair(s): G. Vagheggini (Volterra (PI), Italy), R. Evans (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Noninvasive respiratory support in hypoxic respiratory failure: stay safe and know your limits
Chair(s): M. Duiverman (Groningen, Netherlands), J. Winck Fernandes Cruz (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
Symposium
Psychological and behavioural issues in respiratory care
Chair(s): I. Farver-Vestergaard (Vejle, Denmark), T. Janssens (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
CCC Respiratory infections
Chair(s): R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal), P. Burgel (Paris, France)
Challenging clinical cases
ERS clinical practice guidelines on treatment of sarcoidosis
Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), M. Kreuter (Heidelberg, Germany)
Guidelines session
The ERS guidelines for the diagnosis of asthma in children aged 5-16 years
Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland), C. Ardura-Garcia (Bern, Switzerland)
Guidelines session
Continuous positive airway pressure, non-invasive ventilation and mechanical ventilation
Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), L. Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Skills lab
Transforming respiratory care: why now is the time to act
Chair(s): M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), C. Jenkins (McMahons Point (NSW), Australia)
Joint session
Bronchoscopy in the COVID - 19 era: cryobiopsy
Chair(s): P. Vaidya (Navi Mumbai, India), A. Valipour (Wien, Austria)
E-poster
COVID-19 and acute respiratory failure
Chair(s): C. Karagiannidis (Cologne, Germany), C. Fisser (Regensburg, Germany)
E-poster
Asthma clinical trials and real-life studies
Chair(s): D. Jackson (London, United Kingdom), I. Satia (Hamilton, Canada)
E-poster
Emerging new mechanisms of chronic lung disease
Chair(s): C. Michaeloudes (London, United Kingdom), A. Szczepankiewicz (Poznan, Poland)
E-poster
Peripheral muscle function, exercise capacity and functional status in respiratory disease
Chair(s): C. Duarte Santos (Almada, Portugal), E. Frykholm (Umeå, Sweden)
E-poster
New insight into the immunology of allergies, asthma and COPD: from mouse to man
Chair(s): L. Uller (Lund, Sweden), P. Gibson (Newcastle, Australia)
E-poster
COVID – 19: treatments and predictive factors
Chair(s): E. Van Braeckel (Ghent, Belgium), A. Gramegna (Milano (MI), Italy)
E-poster
Inhaled treatments for COPD: clinical trials and real-world studies
Chair(s): A. Mathioudakis (Stockport, United Kingdom), B. Gemicioglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
E-poster
The different faces of sleep disturbances in respiratory diseases and beyond
Chair(s): C. Lombardi (Milano (MI), Italy), R. Tamisier (Grenoble, France)
E-poster
Burden and epidemiology of COVID-19
Chair(s): V. Garcia-Larsen (Baltimore, United States of America), J. Soriano (Madrid, Spain)
E-poster
Lung function evaluation and assessment of airway diseases
Chair(s): W. Stringer (Long Beach, United States of America), R. Dellaca (Milano (MI), Italy)
E-poster
Patient-reported outcomes in respiratory disease
Chair(s): L. Brighton (London, United Kingdom), E. Volpato (Milano (MI), Italy)
E-poster
Respiratory physiology and breathing during sleep in health and sickness
Chair(s): S. Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium), F. Singer (Bern, Switzerland)
E-poster
Primary care organisation and epidemiology
Chair(s): E. Khoo (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), E. Metting (Groningen, Netherlands)
E-poster
Tuberculosis, COVID-19 and other comorbidities
Chair(s): G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom), I. Kontsevaya (Borstel, Germany)
E-poster
Challenges and advances in the diagnosis and clinical management of tuberculosis
Chair(s): M. Dalcolmo (São Paulo, Brazil), C. Calarasu (Craiova (Dolj), Romania)
E-poster
Advances in therapeutic plans for sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): Ö. Basoglu (Izmir, Turkey), J. Verbraecken (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium)
E-poster
Non-invasive respiratory support in COVID-19
Chair(s): J. Sayas Catalan (Madrid, Spain), M. Lebret (GRENOBLE, France)
E-poster
Severe asthma: evaluation using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and biomarkers, comorbidities and treatments
Chair(s): A. Dasgupta (Kolkata (West Bengal), India), I. Pavord (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom)
E-poster
Biology of lung cancer: preclinical and translational research
Chair(s): I. Tietzova (Praha, Czech Republic), G. Hardavella (Athens, Greece)
E-poster
Biomarkers for the management of bronchial obstructive diseases
Chair(s): P. Ntontsi (Athens, Greece), A. Malinovschi (Uppsala, Sweden)
E-poster
Long COVID - 19
Chair(s): G. Rohde (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), S. Sperling Haugen (Aarhus N, Denmark)
E-poster
Respiratory physiotherapy: e-health, activities of daily living and measurement properties of instruments
Chair(s): T. Janaudis-Ferreira (Montréal (QC), Canada), R. Barker (Warminster, United Kingdom)
E-poster
COVID-19 and obstructive diseases: risk factors, management and long-term effects
Chair(s): S. Johnston (London, United Kingdom), M. Bafadhel (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom)
E-poster
Developments in biomarkers and treatment strategies for chronic lung diseases
Chair(s): M. Platé (London, United Kingdom), P. BARDIN (Champs-sur-Marne, France)
E-poster
Pulmonary embolism in non-COVID-19 and COVID-19 patients
Chair(s): L. Piccari (Barcelona, Spain), L. JARA PALOMARES (Sevilla, Spain)
E-poster
Moving forward in various aspects of sarcoidosis
Chair(s): N. Rivera (Stockholm, Sweden), V. Kouranos (London, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Pulmonary rehabilitation in asthma and COPD
Chair(s): J. Varga (Budapest, Hungary), M. Carone (Bari, Italy)
E-poster
Symptoms across respiratory diseases and impact of COVID-19
Chair(s): S. Perumal (Gloucester, United Kingdom), T. Harvey-Dunstan (Loughborough (Leicestershire), United Kingdom)
E-poster
Novel imaging analysis methodologies in diffuse lung diseases
Chair(s): H. Prosch (Wien, Austria), L. Zanol Lorencini Stanzani (Lisbon, Portugal)
E-poster
Pathophysiology and clinical consequences of obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): A. Pataka (Thessaloniki, Greece), A. Targa (Lleida, Spain)
E-poster
Biomarkers and e-health in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Chair(s): A. Tzouvelekis (Athens, Greece)
E-poster
Hypoxia, exercise and respiratory function in pathophysiological conditions
Chair(s): S. Verges (Grenoble, France), C. Spengler (Zürich, Switzerland)
E-poster
Thoracic surgery, lung cancer and complications of COVID-19
Chair(s): P. Yablonsky (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation), S. LINDSTEDT (Lund, Sweden)
E-poster
Diagnosis and management of COVID-19
Chair(s): D. Toumpanakis (Athens, Greece), M. Presotto (Heidelberg, Germany)
E-poster
News in treatment and diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Chair(s): J. Wälscher (Essen, Germany), C. Vancheri (Catania (CT), Italy)
E-poster
Challenges of COVID-19 management at short and long-term
Chair(s): C. Valenzuela (Madrid, Spain), L. Traversi (Cittiglio, Italy)
E-poster
Clinical features and challenges of COVID-19
Chair(s): D. Kohlbrenner (Echirolles, France), G. Kaltsakas (Athens, Greece)
E-poster
COVID - 19: lessons learned
Chair(s): B. Patel (London, United Kingdom), S. Frent (Timisoara, Romania)
E-poster
Medical education in respiratory medicine
Chair(s): G. Sotgiu (Porto Torres (SS), Italy), P. Laveneziana (Paris, France)
E-poster
Airway pharmacology: translational and basic science
Chair(s): S. Lea (Manchester (Greater Manchester), United Kingdom), A. Spanevello (Milano, Italy)
E-poster
Posters in paediatric bronchology
Chair(s): N. Freitag (Krefeld, Germany), D. Schramm (Düsseldorf, Germany)
E-poster
Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): N. Morrell (Cambridge (Cambridgeshire), United Kingdom), L. Dewachter (Bruxelles, Belgium)
E-poster
Pulmonary rehabilitation in the COVID-19 era
Chair(s): R. Evans (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom), M. Paneroni (Mazzano (BS), Italy)
E-poster
Asthma burden and management I
Chair(s): N. Toledo Pons (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), J. van Boven (Groningen, Netherlands)
E-poster
COVID - 19 biomarkers
Chair(s): K. Bielosludtseva (Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine), C. Summers (Cambridge (Cambridgeshire), United Kingdom)
E-poster
Novel insights into the pathogenesis of chronic lung diseases
Chair(s): S. Marciniak (Cambridge (Cambridgeshire), United Kingdom), A. Joannes (RENNES, France)
E-poster
New insights into the airway immunology of lung disease
Chair(s): N. Reynaert (Maastricht, Netherlands), K. Belchamber (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
E-poster
CCC Paediatric respiratory diseases
Chair(s): M. Gappa (Düsseldorf, Germany), S. Unger (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)
Challenging clinical cases
Diagnostic and therapeutic advances in mesothelioma care
Chair(s): F. Meloni (Pavia (PV), Italy), T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)
Symposium
COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
Chair(s): C. Karagiannidis (Cologne, Germany), I. Martin-Loeches (Dublin, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
LoF Pulmonary vascular diseases?
Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom)
Lungs on fire
Environment, air pollution, health and respiratory disease
Chair(s): R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland), R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal)
Hot topics
COVID-19: insights from respiratory physiotherapists
Chair(s): C. Burtin (Diepenbeek, Belgium), V. Alcaraz Serrano (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory infections
Chair(s): D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)
State of the art session
Digital health in respiratory medicine: opportunities for everyone
Chair(s): V. Poberezhets (Vinnytsia, Ukraine), H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)
Symposium
Mechanistic pathways in chronic and new lung diseases
Chair(s): A. Fabre (Dublin 4, Ireland), G. Beltramo (Dijon, France)
Oral Presentation
The future of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): W. Wuyts (Leuven, Belgium), N. Chaudhuri (Limavady, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Clinical trials in airway diseases: novel treatments and new evidence
Chair(s): C. Porsbjerg (Copenhagen, Denmark), A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Spanish/Portuguese programme 2021
Chair(s): I. De Godoy (BOTUCATU, Brazil), M. Cohen Todd (Guatemala City, Guatemala), D. Da Cunha Ribeiro (Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil), A. Morais (Maia, Portugal), G. Peces-Barba Romero (Pozuelo de Alarcon (Madrid), Spain)
Language session
Early manifestations of chronic respiratory disease: zooming in at the epithelial barrier
Chair(s): H. Heijink (Groningen, Netherlands), S. Bartel (Groningen, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary embolism: controversies in management
Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom)
Respiratory medicine meets other disciplines
Highlights from the JAMA Network on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer screening
Chair(s): R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland), R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal)
Journal session
Lung graft allocation and monitoring in the 21st century
Chair(s): F. Meloni (Pavia (PV), Italy), T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)
Symposium
Digital health meets sleep breathing disorders
Chair(s): V. Poberezhets (Vinnytsia, Ukraine), H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)
Symposium
Imaging grand round
Chair(s): D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)
Grand round
New evidence from longitudinal asthma cohorts and other key studies
Chair(s): G. Marks (Sydney (NSW), Australia), V. Garcia-Larsen (Baltimore, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Bronchiectasis heterogeneity: assessing the endotypes
Chair(s): P. Goeminne (Bornem, Belgium), M. Shteinberg (Haifa, Israel)
Oral Presentation
Best of paediatric physiology and sleep research
Chair(s): R. Hamutcu Ersu (Ottawa, Canada), E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Deep phenotyping of obstructive diseases for precision medicine
Chair(s): F. Schleich (Liège, Belgium), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Interstitial lung diseases
Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal), T. Alfaro (Coimbra, Portugal)
State of the art session
Imaging
Chair(s): B. Forgo (Orebro, Sweden), R. Stevic (Beograd, Republic of Serbia)
Oral Presentation
Part I: restarting COPD care in the post-COVID era
Chair(s): M. Román Rodriguez (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom), M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium)
Primary care session
Highlights on gender and respiratory health
Chair(s): M. Spruit (Horn, Netherlands), C. Suppli Ulrik (Virum, Denmark)
Symposium
CCC Respiratory critical care
Chair(s): M. Duiverman (Groningen, Netherlands), C. Karagiannidis (Cologne, Germany)
Challenging clinical cases
New technologies for the management of children with respiratory diseases
Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)
Symposium
Nursing perspective during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chair(s): M. Clari (TORINO, Italy), K. Heslop-Marshall (Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear), United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Adult cystic fibrosis
Chair(s): P. Burgel (Paris, France), B. Plant (Cork, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
Asthma treatment: clinical and translational science
Chair(s): R. Louis (Liège, Belgium), P. Rogliani (Roma (RM), Italy)
Oral Presentation
Novel insights into the diagnosis, mechanism and treatment of malignant pleural disease
Chair(s): R. Asciak (SIGGIEWI, Malta), C. Laursen (Odense, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
Respiratory sleep
Chair(s): S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Skills lab
Part II: restarting asthma care in the post-COVID era
Chair(s): H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom), M. Román Rodriguez (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium)
Primary care session
Wheezing illnesses along the life span
Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)
Symposium
Respiratory infections
Chair(s): G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom), S. Ramakrishnan (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Digital transformation in practice: enabling next-generation medicine
Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona (CT), Spain), M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
LoF Interstitial lung diseases?
Chair(s): K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal), T. Alfaro (Coimbra, Portugal)
Lungs on fire
Sarcopenia in chronic respiratory disease: new definitions, assessment and treatment options
Chair(s): M. Spruit (Horn, Netherlands), C. Suppli Ulrik (Virum, Denmark)
Symposium
New trends in non-invasive respiratory support
Chair(s): J. Winck Fernandes Cruz (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal), L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Advances in treatment and management of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease
Chair(s): J. Heyckendorf (Hamburg, Germany), A. Garcia-Basteiro (Maputo, Mozambique)
Oral Presentation
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): easy tools in the management of chronic respiratory diseases
Chair(s): R. Louis (Liège, Belgium), I. Ojanguren Arranz (Barcelona, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Paediatric lung disease: novel mechanisms, methods and translational studies
Chair(s): I. Mižíková (Cologne, Germany), M. Alejandre Alcázar (Köln, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Updates on inhalers for COPD and asthma
Chair(s): F. De Jongh (Enschede, Netherlands)
Joint session
The current classification of pulmonary hypertension meets clinical practice
Chair(s): H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom), M. Román Rodriguez (Palma De Mallorca, Spain), M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium)
Pro-Con debate
Thoracic ultrasound
Chair(s): N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom), C. Laursen (Odense, Denmark)
Skills lab
Prognostic markers of disease progression in non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis interstitial lung diseases
Chair(s): M. Otaola (Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, Argentina), J. Porter (London, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Therapy of lung cancer
Chair(s): A. Frille (Leipzig, Germany), S. Lang (Jena, Germany)
E-poster
Epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis
Chair(s): B. Lange (Freiburg, Germany), L. Guglielmetti (Paris, France)
E-poster
Insights into rehabilitation and physiotherapy in COVID-19
Chair(s): I. Jarosch (Schönau am Königssee, Germany), J. De Brandt (Diepenbeek, Belgium)
E-poster
Lung disease burden and management
Chair(s): G. Viegi (Pisa (PI), Italy), O. Kurmi (Coventry, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Comorbidities in airway obstructive diseases
Chair(s): L. Cestelli (Bergen, Norway), F. Schleich (Liège, Belgium)
E-poster
An update on respiratory physiotherapy and respiratory muscle function and training
Chair(s): A. Babu (Manipal (Karnataka), India), M. Chatwin (London, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Screening, diagnosis, management and prognosis of lung cancer
Chair(s): F. Gamarra (Straubing, Germany), W. van Geffen (Leeuwarden, Netherlands)
E-poster
Exercise tolerance, supportive care and more in non-pulmonary fibrosis interstitial lung diseases
Chair(s): Y. Khor (Melbourne (VIC), Australia), F. Luppi (Modena, Italy)
E-poster
Environmental and lifestyle impacts on chronic lung disease
Chair(s): G. Vasse (Groningen, Netherlands), T. Maes (Ghent, Belgium)
E-poster
Future advances in respiratory physiology
Chair(s): M. Thomas (Birmingham, United Kingdom), R. Ong-Salvador (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
E-poster
Back to infection basics
Chair(s): A. Shoemark (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom), R. José (London, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Clinical evolution, management and outcomes of patients with rare diffuse parenchymal lung diseases
Chair(s): C. Dupin (Paris, France), O. Torre (Milano (MI), Italy)
E-poster
Pathogenic progress in airway diseases
Chair(s): S. Cuevas Ocaña (Nottingham, United Kingdom), A. Mailleux (Paris, France)
E-poster
Inhaled treatments for COPD: real-world data
Chair(s): D. Berton (Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil), D. Halpin (Exeter, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Mechanical ventilation and weaning
Chair(s): F. Magnet (Köln, Germany), M. Dres (Paris, France)
E-poster
Health effects of tobacco and medical professionals
Chair(s): S. Belo Ravara (Covilhã, Portugal), A. Dilektasli (Bursa, Turkey)
E-poster
Convex probe endobronchial ultrasound and radial probe endobronchial ultrasound
Chair(s): F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany), T. Toma (London, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Immunological and molecular characterisation of tuberculosis disease and infection
Chair(s): I. Mokrousov (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation), C. Prat Aymerich (Badalona (Barcelona), Spain)
E-poster
From phenotyping to different diagnostic tools for sleep breathing disorders
Chair(s): S. Herkenrath (Köln, Germany), R. Riha (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)
E-poster
Asthma and COPD meets COVID-19: new diagnostic tools and results from clinical trials
Chair(s): A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy), F. Polverino (Tucson, United States of America)
E-poster
Interstitial lung disease, COVID-19 and friends
Chair(s): A. Prasse (Hannover, Germany), M. Bonifazi (Ancona (AN), Italy)
E-poster
Early-life infections, wheezing and asthma
Chair(s): S. Sonnappa (London, United Kingdom), N. Ullmann (Roma (RM), Italy)
E-poster
Cystic fibrosis
Chair(s): P. Minic (Beograd, Republic of Serbia), H. Heijerman (Utrecht, Netherlands)
E-poster
Pharmacology of airway diseases: clinical and laboratory studies
Chair(s): A. Higham (Manchester (Greater Manchester), United Kingdom), L. Uller (Lund, Sweden)
E-poster
Occupational rhinitis and asthma
Chair(s): J. Sastre Dominguez (Tres Cantos (Madrid), Spain), O. Dumas (Villejuif, France)
E-poster
New approaches to pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care
Chair(s): A. Borghi Silva (São Carlos (SP), Brazil), A. Frei (Zürich, Switzerland)
E-poster
Epidemiology and burden of tuberculosis and other lung diseases
Chair(s): A. Rendon (Monterrey, Mexico), K. Chichirelo-Konstantynovych (Vinnitsya, Ukraine)
E-poster
Pneumonia
Chair(s): A. Ceccato (barcelona, Spain), C. Cilloniz Campos (Barcelona, Spain)
E-poster
Acute non-invasive respiratory therapies in COVID-19 and beyond
Chair(s): L. Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands), J. Winck Fernandes Cruz (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
E-poster
Environment and air pollution
Chair(s): G. Thurston (New York, United States of America), A. Vanker (Cape Town, South Africa)
E-poster
Innovations in nurse-led interventions in respiratory diseases
Chair(s): M. Clari (TORINO, Italy), M. Granados Santiago (Alcaudete, Spain)
E-poster
Physical activity, exercise training and (tele)rehabilitation in respiratory patients
Chair(s): C. Marcal Camillo (Londrina (PR), Brazil), A. Oliveira (Hamilton, Canada)
E-poster
Treatments for airway diseases
Chair(s): C. Rhee (Seoul, Republic of Korea), C. Gotera Rivera (Madrid, Spain)
E-poster
Lung function testing in the management of obstructive diseases
Chair(s): M. Milanese (Pietra ligure (SV), Italy), E. Derom (Ghent, Belgium)
E-poster
Pulmonary neoplasia and related pathologies
Chair(s): A. Devaraj (London, United Kingdom), T. Cremona (Bern, Switzerland)
E-poster
Fungi, viruses, parasites and the immunocompromised
Chair(s): S. Chotirmall (Singapore, Singapore), A. Shah (London, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Therapy of pulmonary hypertension
Chair(s): S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom), A. Boucly (Le Kremlin Bicètre, France)
E-poster
Management of chronic cough and obstructive diseases
Chair(s): P. Marsden (Manchester (Greater Manchester), United Kingdom), L. Vanfleteren (Gothenburg, Sweden)
E-poster
Acute paediatric respiratory infections
Chair(s): R. Masekela (Pretoria, South Africa), R. Langley (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Rare thoracic surgical disease and the chest wall
Chair(s): M. Nardini (Uxbridge, United Kingdom), C. Tezel (Istanbul, Turkey)
E-poster
Pulmonary rehabilitation in clinical conditions
Chair(s): L. Dowman (Melbourne, Australia), C. Andrejak (Amiens, France)
E-poster
Bronchiectasis and pleural infection
Chair(s): M. McDonnell (Oranmore (Co Galway), Ireland), J. Altenburg (Amsterdam (NH), Netherlands)
E-poster
Paediatric asthma and bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Chair(s): L. Duijts (Rotterdam, Netherlands), D. Lo (Leicester, United Kingdom)
E-poster
In vitro modelling of lung disease: reach out to the next dimension
Chair(s): D. Wagner (Lund, Sweden), A. van der Does (Leiden, Netherlands)
E-poster
Bronchiectasis
Chair(s): H. Keir (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom), M. Loebinger (London, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Sleep across the lifespan in the new era of COVID - 19
Chair(s): S. Mihaicuta (Timisoara (Timis), Romania), M. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy)
E-poster
Clinical effects of CFTR modulatory therapy and lung inflammation in children with cystic fibrosis
Chair(s): M. Stahl (Berlin, Germany), P. Robinson (Sydney (NSW), Australia)
E-poster
CCC Interstitial lung diseases
Chair(s): H. Nunes (Bobigny, France), E. Renzoni (London, United Kingdom)
Challenging clinical cases
The best of the European Respiratory Journal 2021
Chair(s): T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
Journal session
Innovation in thoracic surgery
Chair(s): M. Migliore (Catania (CT), Italy), K. Athanassiadi (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
LoF Lung cancer?
Chair(s): J. van Meerbeeck (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland), T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)
Lungs on fire
Respiratory critical care
Chair(s): M. Schultz (Amsterdam, Netherlands), S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), M. Patout (Mont-Saint Aignan, France)
State of the art session
New insights into the pathophysiology and prognosis of COPD
Chair(s): P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), G. Kaltsakas (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Precision medicine in asthma and COPD
Chair(s): A. Bossios (Stockholm, Sweden), L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Digital innovations in tuberculosis and implementation research in the era of COVID-19: collaborative activities between the WHO and ERS
Chair(s): R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal), V. Poberezhets (Vinnytsia, Ukraine)
Hot topics
Insights into pulmonary embolism
Chair(s): L. Bertoletti (Saint Etienne Cedex, France), S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Tobacco and nicotine research during the pandemic
Chair(s): E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), S. Tsikrika (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Advances in childhood asthma: biologics, biomarkers and infections
Chair(s): S. Saglani (London, United Kingdom), V. Fainardi (Parma (PR), Italy)
Oral Presentation
Russian programme 2021
Chair(s): A. Vizel (Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan), Russian Federation), D. Culver (Cleveland, United States of America)
Language session
Innovation in respiratory training
Chair(s): G. Rohde (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
Lung cancer grand round
Chair(s): J. van Meerbeeck (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland), T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)
Grand round
LoF Respiratory critical care / Sleep and Breathing disorders
Chair(s): M. Schultz (Amsterdam, Netherlands), S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), M. Patout (Mont-Saint Aignan, France)
Lungs on fire
The "State of the Art" in the diagnosis of bacterial, mycobacterial, and fungal pneumonias
Chair(s): T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
Journal session
New insights into nontuberculous mycobacteria disease: from diagnosis to treatment
Chair(s): R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal), V. Poberezhets (Vinnytsia, Ukraine)
Symposium
Pharmacology of lung immune responses: which pathways to target!
Chair(s): A. Bossios (Stockholm, Sweden), L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Cellular and molecular involvement in lung injury and repair
Chair(s): A. Boots (Maastricht, Netherlands), S. Rolandsson Enes (Lund, Sweden)
Oral Presentation
Impact of COVID - 19, quality assurance and technology on pulmonary function
Chair(s): K. Sylvester (Cambridge (Cambridgeshire), United Kingdom), A. McGowan (Dublin 15, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
Monitoring of lung disease and CFTR function in children with cystic fibrosis
Chair(s): J. Davies (London, United Kingdom), S. Graeber (Berlin, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Highlights in COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Chair(s): N. Morelli (Den Haag, Netherlands), D. Halpin (Exeter, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
ERS guidelines on non-continuous positive airway pressure therapies in obstructive sleep apnoea
Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)
Guidelines session
Optimising outcomes of lung transplantation: how to move forward?
Chair(s): R. Vos (Leuven, Belgium), M. Perch (København Ø, Denmark)
Oral Presentation
ALERT: Asthma in adult, in children and ILDs
Chair(s): R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland), D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
Clinical trials session
Pulmonary vascular diseases
Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
State of the art session
Living with a new norm: providing quality care in the post-COVID era
Chair(s): M. Spruit (Horn, Netherlands), P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), J. Cruz (Leiria, Portugal)
Symposium
Pearls in immunology, outcome studies and clinical trials in asthma, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and COPD
Chair(s): M. Idzko (Wien, Austria), C. Taube (Essen, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Hot news from the pleura
Chair(s): J. van Meerbeeck (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)
Hot topics
Respiratory infections and bronchiectasis outcomes
Chair(s): N. Lorent (Leuven, Belgium), T. De Soyza (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Acute and chronic lung infections in children
Chair(s): M. Proesmans (Leuven, Belgium), S. Unger (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Chinese programme 2021
Chair(s): J. Qu (Shanghai, China), N. Roche (Paris, France)
Language session
New evidence from longitudinal COPD cohorts and other key studies
Chair(s): J. Quint (Wimbledon, United Kingdom), J. Soriano (Madrid, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Interventional pulmonology
Chair(s): J. Annema (Amsterdam, Netherlands), D. Gompelmann (Vienna, Austria)
Skills lab
High flow nasal cannula in adults with acute respiratory failure
Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)
Guidelines session
How science conquered COVID-19: from big platform trials to patients
Chair(s): A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)
Hot topics
From pathophysiology to different diagnostic modalities in sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): R. Heinzer (Lausanne, Switzerland), S. Ryan (Dublin, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
Pulmonary embolism: special situations
Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
Symposium
Maintenance of the beneficial effects of pulmonary rehabilitation: the role of digital health
Chair(s): M. Spruit (Horn, Netherlands), P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), J. Cruz (Leiria, Portugal)
Symposium
Precision medicine in respiratory infections
Chair(s): R. Costello (Dublin 9, Ireland), D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
Symposium
Thoracic oncology
Chair(s): J. van Meerbeeck (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)
State of the art session
COPD pharmacology: from basic science to real-world data
Chair(s): M. Bafadhel (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
New approaches to diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of interstitial lung diseases of known causes
Chair(s): E. Bargagli (Siena, Italy), A. Wells (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
A multidisciplinary approach to the management of chronic respiratory diseases
Chair(s): S. Singh (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom), A. Borghi Silva (São Carlos (SP), Brazil)
Oral Presentation
Causes and consequences of paediatric respiratory diseases
Chair(s): L. Duijts (Rotterdam, Netherlands), M. Goutaki (Bern, Switzerland)
Oral Presentation
CCC Airway diseases
Chair(s): D. Singh (Manchester, United Kingdom), A. Yorgancioglu (Konak, Turkey)
Challenging clinical cases
Spirometry and oscillometry
Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom)
Skills lab
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Chair(s): D. Langer (Leuven, Belgium), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Skills lab
Biomarkers to phenotype asthma: prediction of exacerbations
Chair(s): F. Ricciardolo (Orbassano (TO), Italy), A. Sinha (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
E-poster
Therapies for respiratory diseases in primary care and COVID - 19
Chair(s): S. Liew (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), T. Maricoto (Aveiro, Portugal)
E-poster
Home mechanical ventilation: organisation and outcomes
Chair(s): C. Ribeiro (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal), M. Duiverman (Groningen, Netherlands)
E-poster
Pulmonary hypertension in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Chair(s): P. Escribano-Subias (Madrid, Spain), O. Sitbon (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
E-poster
Molecular pathology and cell biology of pulmonary diseases
Chair(s): S. Pouwels (Zuidhorn, Netherlands), N. Ubags (Epalinges, Switzerland)
E-poster
Primary care diagnosis and multimorbidities
Chair(s): N. Baxter (Glasgow, United Kingdom), R. Jordan (Birmingham (West Midlands), United Kingdom)
E-poster
COVID - 19 risk predictions
Chair(s): E. Van Braeckel (Ghent, Belgium), L. Sander (Berlin, Germany)
E-poster
COVID - 19 treatments
Chair(s): J. Chalmers (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom), M. Crichton (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom)
E-poster
Thoracic ultrasound as a bedside clinical tool
Chair(s): E. Bedawi (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom), P. Pietersen (Odense NØ, Denmark)
E-poster
Advanced in vitro models for drug discovery
Chair(s): R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), A. van der Does (Leiden, Netherlands)
E-poster
A multidisciplinary approach to pulmonary rehabilitation and management of chronic respiratory diseases
Chair(s): R. Gloeckl (Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany), Z. Bingol (Istanbul, Turkey)
E-poster
Advances in asthma treatment: monoclonal antibodies
Chair(s): S. Siddiqui (Leicester, United Kingdom), C. Pelaia (Catanzaro (CZ), Italy)
E-poster
Interstitial lung disease around the world
Chair(s): K. Moor (Rotterdam, Netherlands), M. Kreuter (Heidelberg, Germany)
E-poster
COVID19, acute respiratory failure and basic science
Chair(s): I. Martin-Loeches (Dublin, Ireland), Z. Shi (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
E-poster
Pleural disease and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction
Chair(s): M. Munavvar (Preston (Lancashire), United Kingdom), D. Slebos (Groningen, Netherlands)
E-poster
COVID - 19 around the globe
Chair(s): C. Crimi (Catania (CT), Italy), S. Kaul (London, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Prediction of exacerbations in patients with COPD
Chair(s): C. Bal (Wien, Austria), T. Lapperre (Antwerp, Belgium)
E-poster
COVID-19 and management of lung cancer
Chair(s): A. Tufman (München, Germany), R. Huber (Munich, Germany)
E-poster
E-health for COVID-19
Chair(s): V. Mishlanov (Perm, Russian Federation), I. Hui (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom)
E-poster
Biological and functional markers of COVID-19
Chair(s): I. Fernandez (München, Germany), L. Fregonese (London, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Paediatric allergic asthma: novel therapeutics and monitoring approaches
Chair(s): E. Gaillard (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom), K. Kainz (Wien, Austria)
E-poster
COPD burden, epidemiology and management
Chair(s): M. Dahl (Køge, Denmark), S. van Kampen (Leiden, Netherlands)
E-poster
Advances in asthma treatment
Chair(s): C. Suppli Ulrik (Virum, Denmark), S. Loukides (Athens, Greece)
E-poster
What's new in respiratory problems in rare and systemic diseases
Chair(s): C. Gabriele (Rimini (RN), Italy), N. Kahn (Heidelberg, Germany)
E-poster
Challenging problems in lung transplantation
Chair(s): B. Saez-Gimenez (Barcelona, Spain), M. Hellemons (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
E-poster
Imaging in COVID-19
Chair(s): M. Silva (Milan, Italy), A. Kerpel-Fronius (Budapest, Hungary)
E-poster
COVID - 19
Chair(s): J. Cane (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom), A. Gramegna (Milano (MI), Italy)
E-poster
Biomarkers and risk factors in childhood asthma
Chair(s): A. Zacharasiewicz (Wien, Austria), F. Rusconi (Pisa, Italy)
E-poster
Advances in diagnosis, treatment and clinical management of nontuberculous mycobacterial disease
Chair(s): Y. Maung Maung Myint (Stevenage, United Kingdom), M. Lipman (London, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Accurate diagnosis and prediction of malignant pleural disease
Chair(s): J. Porcel (Lleida, Spain), D. De Fonseka (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Clinical problems associated with cough, pleura and respiratory health status
Chair(s): K. Buschulte (Heidelberg, Germany), P. Kardos (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
E-poster
Paediatric respiratory infections: chronic infection, vaccination and lung function
Chair(s): P. McNamara (Liverpool (Merseyside), United Kingdom), M. Boon (Wilsele, Belgium)
E-poster
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on lung function
Chair(s): F. Trinkmann (Heidelberg, Germany), M. Franczuk (Warszawa, Poland)
E-poster
Occupational COVID-19 and respiratory infections
Chair(s): S. De Matteis (Cagliari, Italy), C. Carlsten (Vancouver (BC), Canada)
E-poster
COVID - 19, smoking and e-cigarettes
Chair(s): L. Hedman (Luleå, Sweden), Ö. Basoglu (Izmir, Turkey)
E-poster
New insights into lung function testing
Chair(s): F. Peták (Szeged, Hungary), N. Belousova (Toronto, Canada)
E-poster
Clinical features and new biomarkers of asthma, COPD and chronic cough
Chair(s): S. Korn (Mainz, Germany), M. Lommatzsch (Rostock, Germany)
E-poster
COVID - 19 epidemiology
Chair(s): O. Viltsaniuk (Vinnytsya, Ukraine), J. Rademacher (Hannover, Germany)
E-poster
Respiratory failure in COVID19 and beyond
Chair(s): M. Dreher (Aachen, Germany), A. Demoule (Paris, France)
E-poster
The ongoing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis
Chair(s): G. Migliori (Varese (VA), Italy), S. Borisov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
E-poster
Chronic airway, interstitial, pleural and neoplastic diseases
Chair(s): D. Vinnikov (Almaty, Kazakhstan), A. Olin (Göteborg, Sweden)
E-poster
Cystic fibrosis in children: various aspects
Chair(s): S. Fustik (Skopje, North Macedonia), C. Nissenbaum (manchester, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Asthma inhalers: new devices and adherence
Chair(s): D. Toumpanakis (Athens, Greece), B. Kane (Warringtom, United Kingdom)
E-poster
Primary ciliary dyskinesia and tracheostomy
Chair(s): M. Goutaki (Bern, Switzerland), S. Brown (Ashford (Kent), United Kingdom)
E-poster
Oncology, the mediastinum and infectious lung disease
Chair(s): M. Gonzalez (Lausanne, Switzerland), G. Veronesi (Milan, Italy)
E-poster
Biomarkers to phenotype COPD: prediction of exacerbations
Chair(s): Z. Lázár (Budapest, Hungary), P. Burgel (Paris, France)
E-poster
Digital health interventions in respiratory medicine
Chair(s): V. Poberezhets (Vinnytsia, Ukraine), A. Kainu (Helsinki, Finland)
E-poster
Translational and other aspects of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Chair(s): S. Guler (Bern, Switzerland), B. Crestani (Paris, France)
E-poster
LoF Airway diseases?
Chair(s): C. Brightling (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom), N. Roche (Paris, France), C. Gotera Rivera (Madrid, Spain)
Lungs on fire
Severe acute respiratory failure
Chair(s): L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands), A. Artigas (Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain)
Oral Presentation
Emerging data for the management of respiratory tract infections
Chair(s): G. Sotgiu (Porto Torres (SS), Italy), M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain)
Respiratory medicine meets other disciplines
Sleep and breathing disorders
Chair(s): S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), M. Bradicich (Zollikerberg, Switzerland)
State of the art session
Orphan childhood disease: nicotine and cannabis addiction
Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)
Symposium
Respiratory disorders in neonatal and paediatric intensive care
Chair(s): T. Dassios (London, United Kingdom), A. Lavizzari (Milano (MI), Italy)
Oral Presentation
Emerging imaging biomarkers in lung disease
Chair(s): S. Meiners (Sülfeld, Germany), K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece)
Symposium
Better understanding of sarcoidosis: new keys
Chair(s): P. Spagnolo (Padova (PD), Italy), K. Moor (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Acute COVID - 19
Chair(s): A. Ceccato (barcelona, Spain), K. Belchamber (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Remote monitoring of respiratory patients
Chair(s): H. Pinnock (Edinburgh (Edinburgh), United Kingdom), A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy)
Oral Presentation
CCC Thoracic oncology
Chair(s): A. Charpidou (Athens, Greece), S. Janes (London, United Kingdom)
Challenging clinical cases
Late breaking basic and translational science of SARS-Cov2 and COVID-19
Chair(s): S. Bartel (Groningen, Netherlands), H. Heijink (Groningen, Netherlands)
Oral Presentation
Community-acquired pneumonia: the new perspective in the post-COVID era
Chair(s): G. Sotgiu (Porto Torres (SS), Italy), M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
Clinical challenges beyond guidelines
Chair(s): C. Brightling (Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom), N. Roche (Paris, France), C. Gotera Rivera (Madrid, Spain)
Grand round
What is new for sleep apnoea? The European perspective: findings from the European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA)
Chair(s): S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), M. Bradicich (Zollikerberg, Switzerland)
Symposium
The environment and climate change effects on lung health across the lifecourse
Chair(s): J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)
Hot topics
Respiratory function after COVID-19 and mechanical ventilation
Chair(s): S. Bayat (Grenobe, France), W. Stringer (Long Beach, United States of America)
Oral Presentation
Interstitial lung diseases: from disease mechanisms to novel treatment options
Chair(s): S. Meiners (Sülfeld, Germany), K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece)
Journal session
Paediatric bronchology
Chair(s): D. Schramm (Düsseldorf, Germany), R. Nenna (Rome, Italy)
Oral Presentation
Exacerbations of chronic respiratory diseases, including SARS-CoV-2
Chair(s): I. Satia (Hamilton, Canada), F. Schleich (Liège, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Keys to success in science
Chair(s): D. Gompelmann (Vienna, Austria), M. Patout (Mont-Saint Aignan, France)
Symposium
Hot topics in thoracic oncology
Chair(s): T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)
Joint session
Challenges raised by COVID in early career respiratory professional training
Chair(s): S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom)
Knowledge café
How to engage with patient organisations?
Chair(s): C. Ardura-Garcia (Bern, Switzerland)
Knowledge café
Mobility as an early career respiratory professional
Chair(s): N. Ubags (Epalinges, Switzerland)
Knowledge café
How to effectively publish scientific work?
Chair(s): H. Keir (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom)
Knowledge café
How to identify your research niche?
Chair(s): O. Dumas (Villejuif, France)
Knowledge café
Difficult decisions on expected outcomes: availability of hospital resources and improvement of treatment adherence
Chair(s): I. Annesi Maesano (Paris, France), B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation
Paediatric respiratory diseases
Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)
State of the art session
ALERT: bronchiectasis and COVID
Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona (CT), Spain), M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain), N. Roche (Paris, France)
Clinical trials session
Viral infections trigger chronic lung damage and disease
Chair(s): A. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France), T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland)
Hot topics
Fractionated exhaled nitric oxide for the diagnosis of asthma: friend or foe?
Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)
Pro-Con debate
Lung cancer and fibrotic interstitial lung diseases: a challenging association for pulmonologists
Chair(s): T. Blum (Berlin, Germany), M. Wijsenbeek (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Symposium
A selection of the best abstracts in respiratory physiotherapy and exercise
Chair(s): A. Nyberg (Umeå, Sweden), A. Spinou (London, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Pearls in asthma and respiratory burden research
Chair(s): J. Quint (Wimbledon, United Kingdom), O. Kurmi (Coventry, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Advances in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease
Chair(s): D. Wagner (Freiburg, Germany), B. Lange (Freiburg, Germany)
Oral Presentation
Emerging evidence on sub-acute and long COVID-19
Chair(s): L. Fregonese (London, United Kingdom), G. Vagheggini (Volterra (PI), Italy)
Oral Presentation
Exploring the phenotypic heterogeneity across rare diffuse parenchymal lung diseases
Chair(s): F. Bonella (Düsseldorf, Germany), C. McCarthy (Dublin 4, Ireland)
Oral Presentation
Lung metastasectomy: let’s pour some water on the fire
Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)
Pro-Con debate
Linking scientific mechanisms to recent clinical therapeutic advances in airway disease: why, who, when and what?
Chair(s): O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Hot topics
Paediatric grand round
Chair(s): M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)
Grand round
LoF Respiratory infections?
Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona (CT), Spain), M. Barrecheguren Fernandez (Barcelona, Spain), N. Roche (Paris, France)
Lungs on fire
Inhale the future: ambulatory sensing technologies, digital biomarkers and explainable insights
Chair(s): T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland), A. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)
Hot topics
New clinical and biological developments in lung cancer
Chair(s): R. Huber (Munich, Germany), G. Hardavella (Athens, Greece)
Oral Presentation
Rare lung diseases 2021
Chair(s): T. Blum (Berlin, Germany), M. Wijsenbeek (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Symposium
Thoracic ultrasound: future applications and current evidence
Chair(s): M. Thomeer (Tielt (BT), Belgium), R. Bhatnagar (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
Genetics and translational aspects of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Chair(s): M. Funke-Chambour (Bern, Switzerland), C. Valenzuela (Madrid, Spain)
Oral Presentation
Emerging respiratory diseases: state-of-the-art studies of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Chair(s): N. Ubags (Epalinges, Switzerland), D. Bogaert (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Oral Presentation
CCC Pulmonary vascular diseases
Chair(s): L. Howard (London, United Kingdom), S. Ulrich (Zurich, Switzerland)
Challenging clinical cases
Different treatment modalities and impact of comorbidities on sleep disordered breathing
Chair(s): M. Monteiro Drummond Freitas (Maia, Portugal), D. Testelmans (Leuven, Belgium)
Oral Presentation