The Winter Meeting 2025 will take place from Wednesday 26 to Friday 28 November 2025, at the QEII Centre, London.
The programme of major symposia, guest lectures and journal clubs is available here.
Book now to join us at the 2025 Winter Meeting.
Winter Meeting abstract prizes, awards and opportunities
The abstract programme has been put together, and the system is now being updated. Queries sent our abstracts team during this time may not be answered.
Emails providing details of abstract decisions will be sent out to named correspondents once this process is completed.
If you do not receive an email regarding your abstract by the end of August, please contact us.
Abstracts can also be entered for a number of other competitions. For further details, please see the BTS Medal, Awards and Prizes page
We are working with Thorax Journal to plan for the simultaneous publication of selected manuscripts to coincide with abstract presentation at the Winter Meeting 2025.
Read more details here.
Conference Grants
This year funds have been made available to award grants to those whose abstracts receive the highest score. If you wish to apply for a conference grant you must be the first author of the abstract and meet one of the following criteria:
- Within 5 years of having achieved your PhD
- Registered for Higher Degree in a relevant subject
- A doctor in training
- A nurse, allied health professional, healthcare scientist or other member of the respiratory team
You must also agree to return the grant if you receive funding to attend the Winter Meeting from another source. You will be able to declare your wish to apply for a conference grant when submitting your abstract (If you are submitting this abstract on behalf of a colleague who would meet this criteria, you may tick this box for your colleague to be considered for the grant). This grant is not available to medical students – medical students should opt in for the medical student competition.
BTS is grateful to AstraZeneca and GSK for supporting the conference grants for 2025.
How to book
Please book online using the button below.
All individual bookings need to create an account on our website prior to booking.
If you wish to make a group booking, or book on behalf of someone else, please see the Group Booking information below.
All delegates are asked to read the booking conditions below.
Booking Conditions
The British Thoracic Society gratefully acknowledges sponsorship of all companies who purchase an exhibition stand at the Summer and Winter Meetings. Sponsorship fees are used directly to support the delivery of the event. No sponsorship fees are used towards prizes or social events. None of them have any input into the programme content or the planning of the conference. Furthermore, the Society does not allow any sponsored symposia at this event, within the programme, or associated in any way with it. The full list of sponsors and company information may be found in the final programme.