What's on

The Programme

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Morning Sessions

9:00AM - 10:30AM

Lung cancer in never smokers: how can we identify those at highest risk?

90 MINUTES SESSION

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DAY 2

Chaired by: Professor Mat Callister (Leeds) and Dr Tanya Patrick (London)

9:00am	Integrating epidemiologic, genomic, and experimental data to outline a unifying framework for lung adenocarcinoma in never smokers Dr Maria Theresa Landi (USA)
9:30am	Understanding and integrating environmental and inherited risk Dr Frank McCaughan (Cambridge)
10:00am	How do we identify high risk people? Biomarkers, risk profiling and screening Dr Hillary Robbins (Lyon)

9:00AM - 10:30AM

Evolving practice in the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation: where next?

90 MINUTES SESSION

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DAY 2

Chaired by: Dr Samantha Kon (London) and Dr Enya Daynes (Leicester)

9:00am	Delivering effective PR with minimal equipment Dr Claire Nolan (London)
9:30am	Adapting exercise prescription for clinically relevant co-morbidities Professor Frits Franssen (Netherlands)
10:00am	New horizons in exercise training in patients with severe dyspnoea Professor Ioannis Vogiatzis (Northumbria)

9:00AM - 10:30AM

Joint BTS/BALR Symposium: Respiratory Research (Part 2)

90 MINUTES SESSION

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Pioneering new frontiers in respiratory research: the big data revolution

DAY 2

Chaired by: Dr Jonathan Baker (London) and Dr Bettina Schock (Belfast)

9:00am	Multi-omics and data integration in translational respiratory research Dr Iain Stewart (London)
9:30am	Integrative-omic analyses to delineate fibrogenesis Dr Janine Gote-Schniering (Switzerland)
10:00am	Multi-layer network analysis for COPD stratification Professor Rosa Faner (Spain)

Symposium

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DAY 2

Chaired by: Professor Mona Bafadhel (London) and Professor Nick Maskell (Bristol)

10:45am	How to SELF-BREATHE Dr Charles Reilly (London)
11:10am	Adaptability of the Neutrophil Dr Emily Watts (Edinburgh)
11:35pm	Repairing the lung Professor Chris Lucas (Edinburgh)
12:00 pm	Improving cancer outcomes through early diagnosis Dr Anna Bibby (Bristol)

Early Afternoon Sessions

2:15PM - 3:45PM

Breathing danger: COPD beyond tobacco

90 MINUTES SESSION

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DAY 2

Chaired by: Professor Sarah Walmsley (Edinburgh) and Dr Marie Fisk (Cambridge)

2:15pm	Mechanistic insights into vaping and e-cigarette exposure in COPD Professor Aaron Scott (Birmingham)
2:45pm	What are the multidimensional effects of cannabis smoking on the lung? Professor Janice Leung (Canada)
3:15pm	Air pollution as a driver of COPD Professor John Hurst (London)

2:15PM - 3:45PM

Highlights from Thorax and Lancet Respiratory Medicine

90 MINUTES SESSION

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DAY 2

This session will be jointly hosted by the editors of Thorax and Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Selected articles highlighting the diversity of excellent respiratory research published by the journals will be presented by their authors and followed by a discussion with the editors.

2:15PM - 3:45PM

Joint BTS/BALR/A+LUK Mid-Career Lectures

90 MINUTES SESSION

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DAY 2

Chaired by: Professor Mona Bafadhel (London), Professor Philip Molyneaux (London) and Dr Amanda Tatler (Nottingham)

To be selected from submitted abstracts.

Late Afternoon Sessions

4:15PM - 5:45PM

Malignant pleural effusion - from biology to outcomes

90 MINUTES SESSION

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DAY 2

Chaired by: Professor Kevin Blyth (Glasgow) and Dr Eleanor Mishra (Norfolk and Norwich)

4:15pm	The biological effects of pleural fluid on malignant progression - translational evidence on mechanism Dr Dinesh Addala (Oxford)
4:45pm	Changing the paradigm for IPCs and Thoracoscopy - the AMPLE 3 RCT results Professor Gary Lee (Australia)
5:15pm	Outcomes in randomised trials of malignant effusion - core outcomes and patient priorities Dr Alexandra Dipper (Bristol)

4:15PM - 5:45PM

Joint BTS/BPRS Symposium: Digital health in paediatric respiratory disease

90 MINUTES SESSION

Symposium

Dr Don Urquhart

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Smart lungs, smart care: the present and future of digital health in paediatric respiratory disease

DAY 2

Chaired by: Dr Hazel Evans (Southampton) and Dr Don Urquhart (Edinburgh)

4:15pm	Digital monitoring in paediatric sleep and long-term ventilation: transforming assessment, adherence, and outcomes Dr Hui Leng Tan (London)
4:45pm	Smart monitoring in childhood asthma and bronchiectasis: from early detection to personalised care Dr Prasad Nagakumar (Birmingham)
5:15pm	From innovation to implementation: challenges in implementing digital respiratory technologies into routine paediatric practice Professor Heather Elphick (Sheffield

4:15PM - 5:45PM

The physiology of dyspnoea and why patients feel what they feel

90 MINUTES SESSION

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Dr Helen Ward

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DAY 2

Chaired by: Dr Karl Sylvester (Cambridge) and Dr Helen Ward (Wolverhampton)

4:15pm	How the brain constructs dyspnoea Dr Kyle Pattinson (Oxford)
4:45pm	Insights from exercise and disease Paul Burns (Glasgow)
5:15pm	From sensation to intervention Dr Lucy Speakman (Oxford)