CONGRESS GUIDE

ERS International Congress 2016
DETAILED PROGRAMME
SUNDAY 04 SEPTEMBER, 2016
09:30
Thrombophilia and thrombosis in lung diseases: how to check for and treat them
Speaker to be confirmed
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10:00
TRALI: a neglected clinical problem
Pieter Roel Tuinman (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Room L Session 112 08:30 - 10:30
Session: ERS-ALAT-SBPT-SEPAR-SPP joint session: Spanish and Portuguese Session I
Aims : The aims of this session is to discuss key issues in respiratory medicine, providing the opportunity to hear about the latest
scientific developments. Note that the presentations will be conducted in Spanish, Portuguese or English with dual projection of slides in
Spanish/Portuguese and English.
Chairs : Renato Maciel (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Inmaculada Alfageme Michavila (Seville, Spain)
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08:30
08:40
09:10
09:40
Introduction by the Presidents
Inmaculada Alfageme Michavila (Seville, Spain), Renato Maciel (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Pulmonary amyloidosis: case review
Klaus Loureiro Irion (Salford, United Kingdom)
Obstructive sleep apnoea and arterial hypertension
Fernando Eduardo Barbe Illa (Lleida, Spain)
Introduction to Keynote Lecture
Giovanni Battista Migliori (Varese, Italy)
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09:45
Accelerated ageing in COPD and its comorbidities: novel therapies for the future
Peter J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
Room A Session 113 08:30 - 10:30
Symposium: Nerves in airway disease: genotype, phenotype and endotype
Aims : This session will describe how airway nerves may be involved in the pathophysiology and symptomatology of chronic lung
disease, highlight how neuronal responses may be exaggerated in respiratory diseases, describe the mechanisms involved in these
exaggerated responses and how studies in translational models of disease may lead to new therapeutic strategies.
Track(s) : Physiology
Tag(s) : Translational
Target audience : Clinician, Fellow, General practitioner, Pharmaceutical industry representative, Physiologist, Pulmonologist,
Researcher, Respiratory physician, Student
Chairs : Alyn Hugh Morice (Cottingham, United Kingdom), Jeroen Vanoirbeek (Leuven, Belgium)
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08:30
09:00
09:30
Feel the pain: lessons learnt from other sensory systems
Stephen McMahon (London, United Kingdom)
Translational challenge models: identifying disease phenotypes
Maria Gabriela Belvisi (London, United Kingdom)
Central neuronal phenotypes in lung disease
Stuart Mazzone (Brisbane, Australia)
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10:00
Emerging therapies for neuronal dysfunction and cough
Jaclyn Smith (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Room B Session 114 08:30 - 10:30
Symposium: Immunotherapy: the lethal weapon against thoracic malignancies?
Aims : To focus on the principles of immunotherapy and various clinical treatment strategies as immunotherapy will most likely change
current practice in the treatment of thoracic malignancies; to highlight the most relevant clinical data regarding lung cancer and malignant
pleural mesothelioma.
Track(s) : Oncology
Tag(s) : Clinical
Target audience : Clinician, Fellow, Immunologist, Oncologist, Pathologist, Patient, Pharmaceutical industry representative,
Pulmonologist, Radiologist, Researcher, Resident, Respiratory physician, Scientist, Student, Thoracic endoscopist, Thoracic surgeon
Chairs : Rainer G. Wiewrodt (Münster, Germany), Maha Zohra Ladjemi (Brussels, Belgium)
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