Program

Time	Topic	Speaker
08:00	Doors open for registration
09:15	Welcome
09:30	Tuberculosis & Infection Subtopics: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis, Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria, Pulmonary Diseases, Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis	Christoph Lange
10:15	Oncology Subtopics: Evidence-based follow-up for lung cancer, Progress in unresectable stage III NSCLC, New generations of TKI for advanced NSCLC, Immunotherapy combinations for advanced NSCLC, Progress in SCLC	Johan Vansteenkiste
11:00	Speaker's Corner – Break
11:30	Allergy	Stephen Durham
12:15	Asthma Subtopics: Guidelines, Severe Asthma, Biomarker and Biologics	Roland Buhl
13:00	Speaker's Corner – Lunch Break
14:00	COPD Subtopics: GOLD 2017, Pharmacotherapy, Oxygen, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Biomarkers, Co-morbidities, Palliative Care	David M.G. Halpin
14:45	Sleep Disordered Breathing Subtopics: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome, Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome, COPD-OSA Overlap Syndrome, Chronic respiratory failure	Walter McNicholas
15:30	Speaker's Corner – Break
16:00	Interstitial Lung Diseases Subtopics: Diagnosis of IPF, Diagnostic Categories of UIP on CT, Role of Cryobiopsy	Luca Richeldi
16:45	Hot Topic: Pulmonary Imaging Subtopics: Technical advances, Airway diseases: COPD & CF, Diffuse parenchymal lung disease, Pulmonary nodules/lung cancer	Hans-Ulrich Kauczor
17:30	Update on Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Industry-sponsored Symposium)
18:15	Welcome Reception

Time	Topic	Speaker
09:00	Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Subtopics: Acute pulmonary embolism update, Chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension update, Pulmonary arterial hypertension, Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease	Marc Humbert
09:45	Pulmonary Endoscopy Subtopics: Diagnostic, Cryo-Biopsy, Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Endosonography, Interventions in Obstructive Lung Diseases	Felix Herth
10:30	Speaker's Corner – Break
11:00	Acute Respiratory Failure & Critical Care Subtopics Reclassifying Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Non Invasive Ventilation in ARDS, On-demand vs Routine Nebulization in MV Patients	Paolo Pelosi
11:45	Pleural Disease Subtopics Non-specific pleuritis, Unexpandable lung, Spontaneous pneumothorax, Malignant pleural effusion, Thoracoscopy	Julius Janssen
12:30	Speaker's Corner – Lunch Break – ePoster Awards
13:15	Pneumonia Subtopics Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia, Diagnosis of VAP, CAP on CT but not CXR, Cardiac Effects of CAP, Cognitive Impairment after CAP, Steroids in CAP	Mark Woodhead
14:00	Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation	Gilbert Massard
14:45	Speaker's Corner – End of Congress