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Early Morning Sessions

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DAY 1

Chaired by Professor Melissa McDonnell (Galway) and Dr Phil Mitchelmore (Exeter)

9:00am  -  How the microbial community impacts on immune responses in bronchiectasis
Professor Sanjay Chotirmall (Singapore)

9:30am  -  Monoclonal antibodies to target pseudomonas aeruginosa: what have we learnt from the    GREAT trials and mechanistic studies?
Dr Merete Long (Oxford)

10:00am  - Targeting Type 2 inflammation in bronchiectasis: lessons from MAHALE
Professor Stefano Aliberti (Italy)

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DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Tom Fardon (Dundee) and Dr Ran Wang (Manchester)

9:00am  -  The interplay between viruses and childhood asthma inception
Professor James Gern (USA)

9:30am   -  Asthma exacerbations and viruses: what we have learnt from the bench
Professor Sebastian Johnston (London)

10:00am  -  Asthma exacerbations and viruses: what we have learnt from the bedside
Professor David Jackson (London)

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Pioneering new frontiers in respiratory research: the big data revolution

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Manuela Plate (London) and Dr Kirsty McGee (Birmingham)

9:00am  -  The power of data integration to progress medical research: lessons from outside the lung
Professor John Terry (Plymouth)

9:30 am  -  Applying AI and deep learning to detect lung disease
Professor Liangxiu Han (Manchester)

10:00am  -  Single cell spatial biology reveals early immune events in lung disease
Professor Ling-Pei Ho (Oxford))

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DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Huda Badri (Manchester) and Dr Clare Burton (Sheffield)

9:00am  -  Emerging epidemiology of asthma related to work
Dr Orianne Dumas (France)

9:30am  -  From exposure science to case finding in silica-related lung disease
Professor David Fishwick (Sheffield)

10:00am  -  The air we share: short and long-term impacts of air quality on airway diseases
Professor Anna Hansell (Leicester)

Late Morning Sessions

INFORMATION

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Neil Greening (Leicester) and Dr Nicola Smallcombe (London)

10:45am  -  From mechanism to medicine: pathways for targeted therapy in COPD
Professor Francesca Polverino (USA)

11:15am  -  Should we focus on alarmins in COPD treatment?
Professor Chris Brightling (Leicester)

11:45am  -  Biologics in COPD: what the new BTS clinical statement means for practice
Dr Anthony Martinelli (Cambridge)

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DAY 1

Chaired by: Claire Hurlin (Wales) and Tom Fardon (Scotland)

10.45 - Respiratory reset in Northern Ireland
Nazia Chaudhuri (Ulster)

11.00 - Community diagnostic centres
Martin Allen (Stoke on Trent)

11.15 - Outpatient transformation across England:

  • Sleep: Alanna Hare (London)
  • Breathlessness: Helen Ward (Wolverhampton)
  • Cough: Sean Parker (Northumbria) / Claire Slinger (Preston)

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DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Ben Messer (Newcastle) and Ema Swingwood (Bristol)

10:45am  -  Novel therapeutic agents in ARDS
Professor Daniel McAuley (Belfast)

11:15am  -  Biomarker-driven stratification and management for sepsis in critical care
Professor Manu Shanker-Hari (London)

11:45am  -  Beyond survival: airway clearance and recovery
Professor Bronwen Connolly (Belfast)

Early Afternoon Sessions

INFORMATION

DAY 1

Chaired by: Professor Michael Steiner (Leicester) and Professor Richard Russell (London)

2:15pm  -  Enabling early and accurate diagnosis of respiratory disease
Professor William Man (London)

2:45pm  -  Expanding Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Professor Sally Singh (Leicester)

3:15pm  -  A policy legacy: continuing respiratory transformation
Dr Jonathan Fuld (Cambridge)

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The impact of air pollution on respiratory health from birth to adolescence

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Sonal Kansra (Sheffield) and Dr Alex Adams (Leeds)

2:15pm  -  From womb to childhood: biological mechanisms linking air pollution exposure to lung development and disease
Professor Pia Hardelid (London)

2:45pm  -  Indoor air pollution and child respiratory health: hidden exposures, mechanisms, and modifiable risks
Dr Shamil Haroon (Birmingham)

3:15pm  -  From evidence to action: health policy levers to reduce the respiratory impact of air pollution in children
Dr Abigail Whitehouse (London)

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DAY 1

Judged by: 

Professor Robina Coker (London), Professor Mona Bafadhel (London), Dr Amanda Tatler (Nottingham)

To be selected from submitted asbstracts