Post Graduate Courses will be held on Wednesday 19 November 2008. The Scientific Programme will run on Thursday 20 November to Saturday 22 November 2008 with session in parallel including:
| Date/Time |
Topic |
Speaker/Chairperson |
Type |
Room |
| 18 Nov.2008 |
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| 09.00 - 10.30 hrs. |
Setting up a pulmonary function laboratory |
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Welcome and introduction |
- Maureen Swanney |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Staff training, credentialing and management
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- Gregg Ruppel
- Maureen Swanney |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Procedure manuals and laboratory accreditation |
- Bruce Thompson |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Selecting pulmonary function testing equipment
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- Brenton Eckert |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
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Paediatric laboratory considerations |
- Graham Hall |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Financial and logistical management |
- Paul Guy |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
| 10.30 - 11.00 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Foyer |
| 11.00 - 12.00 hrs. |
Test demonstrations and troubleshooting
- Spirometry
- CO transfer factor
- Lung volumes
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- Gregg Ruppel
- David Sinks
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Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Quality assurance of laboratory measurements
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- Josh Stanton |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Tests of airway responsiveness and inflammation
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- Bruce Thompson |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
| 12.00 - 12.45 hrs. |
Lunch |
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Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Retro Live Café |
| 12.45 - 14.50 hrs. |
Assessment of airway resistance
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- Graham Hall |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Exercise testing
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- Jeff Pretto |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Other tests of pulmonary function
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- Brenton Eckert |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Reference value considerations |
- Gregg Ruppel |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Infection Control |
- Paul Guy |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Quality systems for the pulmonary laboratory
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- Jeff Pretto |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Information technology considerations
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- Josh Stanton |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Reporting and interpretation
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- Maureen Swanney |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Discussion and questions |
- Maureen Swanney
- Gregg Ruppel
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Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
| 15.00 - 15.30 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Foyer |
| 19 Nov. 2008 |
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| 08.00 - 12.30 hrs. |
Imaging |
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Post-Graduate Course 1 |
Meeting Room 1 |
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The CXR in lung disease |
- Philip Eng |
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CT chest - anatomy, techniques, interpretation in benign lung disease |
- Foong-Koon Cheah |
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Lung cancer: Advances in diagnostic and treatment approaches |
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Post-Graduate Course 2 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Evaluation of lung cancer, diagnostic pathways |
- Chong-Kin Liam |
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CT screening and molecular diagnosis of lung cancer |
- Kwun Fong |
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CT-PET scan for diagnosis and staging of lung cancers |
- David Chee-Eng Ng |
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Lung cancer - treatment update |
- Koichi Takayama |
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Respiratory patients in the ICU |
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Post-Graduate Course 3 |
Meeting Room 3 |
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Communication and palliative care for the ICU |
- Jared Randall Curtis |
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Use of non-invasive ventilation for "do not intubate" patients |
- Jared Randall Curtis |
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Servere infections and antibiotic choice |
- Chaicharn Pothirat |
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Update in ventilation for the respiratory patients |
- Charles Gomersall |
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| 10.00 - 10.30 hrs. |
Coffee Break* |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 12.30 - 13.30 hrs. |
Lunch |
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Retro Live Café |
| 13.30 - 17.00 hrs. |
Small airways: Physiology and measurement |
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Post-Graduate Course 4 |
Meeting Room 1 |
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Physiology of small airways |
- Bruce Thompson |
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Distribution of ventilation in small airways |
- Sylvia Verbanck |
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Pulmonary function tests for small airways |
- Graham Hall |
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Imaging techniques for small airways |
- Greg King |
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Modelling techniques for small airways |
- Bruce Thompson |
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Exercise testing for assessing respiratory capacity and function |
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Post-Graduate Course 5 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Welcome and introduction |
- Maureen Swanney |
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Physiology behind the exercise values we measure |
- Gregg Ruppel |
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Indications for exercise testing and selecting the most appropriate test: CPET, EIA, 6 minute walk, O2 prescription |
- Paul Guy |
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Exercise test equipment, patient set-up and report formats |
- Brenton Eckert |
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Quality assurance and reference values |
- Josh Stanton |
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Patterns of response in disease |
- Jeff Pretto |
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Case discussion / questions |
- Maureen Swanney |
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| 15.30 - 16.00 hrs. |
Coffee Break* |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 16.30 - 17.00 hrs. |
Annual General Meeting |
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Auditorium |
| 17.30 - 18.30 hrs. |
Opening Ceremony |
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Plenary Hall 2 |
| 18.30 - 20.00 hrs. |
Welcome Reception |
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Plenary Hall 3 |
| 20 Nov.2008 |
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| 07.00 - 08.00 hrs. |
Genetics of asthma and the role of the environment |
- Jorrit Gerritsen |
Meet the Expert 1 |
Meeting Room 1 |
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Airway problems in the critically ill |
- Kay Guntupalli |
Meet the Expert 2 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Chronic respiratory failure - Nerves, muscles, and weight |
- Charles Gomersall |
Meet the Expert 3 |
Meeting Room 3 |
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Decision-making in the ICU |
- Jared Randall Curtis |
Meet the Expert 4 |
Meeting Room 4 |
| 08.15 - 10.15 hrs. |
Wheezing disorders when it is not asthma
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- Anne Chang
- Chairperson
- Sorasak Lochindarat
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 1 |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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1. What's in a wheeze? Physiology, immunity, airway size and viral determinants |
- Peter Sly |
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2. Large airway wheeze: new data on tracheobronchomalacia disorders in children |
- Brent Masters |
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3. Small airways wheeze: an update on management of bronchiolitis and post bronchioltis syndrome (corticosteroids, hypertonic saline, macrolides etc.) |
- Jamaree Teeratakulpisarn |
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4. Effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids in young children with wheeze |
- Jorrit Gerritsen |
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Occupational and environmental hazards across the region |
- Somkiat Wongthim
- Chairperson
- Nitipatana Chierlakul
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 2 |
Plenary Hall 3 |
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1. Biomarkers for occupational and environmental lung disease |
- Arnold S Kristof |
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2. Silicosis: the most harzardous occupational lung disease in Thailand |
- Nitipatana Chierlakul |
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3. Mesothelioma due to neighbourhood asbestos exposure |
- Norio Kururmatani |
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4. Air pollution from lignite power plant: a lesson from Thailand |
- Somkiat Wongthim |
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Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) |
- Khun Nanta Maranetra
- Chairperson
- Charn Kiatboonsri
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 3 |
Ballroom |
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1. Overview on acute exacerbation of IPF |
- Galen Toews |
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2. Impact of acute exacerbation on natural history of IPF |
- Dong Soon Kim |
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3. Serum markers in acute exacerbation of IPF |
- Noboru Hattori |
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| 10.15 - 10.45 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 10.45 - 12.00 hrs. |
Clinical respiratory medicine (O1-01 - O1-05) |
- Anon Jatakanon
- Chairperson
- Suree Sompradeekul
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 1 |
Meeitng Room 1 |
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COPD (O2-01 - O2-05) |
- Khun Nanta Maranetra
- Chairperson
- Yingsak Supanittayanon
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 2 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Lung cancer (O3-01 - O3-05) |
- Greetha Thammakumpee
- Chairperson
- Natpatou Sanguanwongse
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 3 |
Meeting Room 3 |
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Critical care medicine (O4-01 - O4-05) |
- Adisorn Wongsa
- Chairperson
- Chanchai Sittipunt
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 4 |
Meeting Room 4 |
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Asthma
Bronchoscopy and interventional techniques
Cell and molecular biology
Clinical respiratory medicine
Respiratory neurobiology and sleep |
P1-01 - P1-26
P1-27 - P1-37
P1-38 - P1-48
P1-49 - P1-74
P1-75 - P1-83 |
Poster Presentation 1 |
Lotus |
| 12.00 - 13.30 hrs. |
COPD: Time to treat earlier? (by GSK)
- Time for change - New COPD data impacting on treatment choices
- Making the leap - Disease knowledge to improve outcomes |
- Sumalee Kiatboonsri Chairman
- Paul Jones
- Alvar Agusti |
Luncheon Symposium |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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New advances in the treatment of nicotine dependence (by Pfizer) |
- Karl-Olov Fagerstrom
- Chanchai Sittipunt
- Arth Nana |
Luncheon Symposium |
Plenary Hall 3 |
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Challenge COPD and CAP: Improved patient management by integration of procalcitonin into clinical decision making (by BRAHMS) |
- Francesco Blasi
- Daiana Stolz
- Tobias Welte
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Luncheon Symposium |
Ballroom |
| 13.30 - 15.00 hrs. |
Tuberculosis (O5-01 - O5-06) |
- Rajendra Prasad
- Chairperson
- Charoen Chuchotitaworn
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 5 |
Meeitng Room 1 |
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COPD (O6-01 - O6-06) |
- Don Sin
- Chairperson
- Chaichan Phothirat
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 6 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Lung cancer (O7-01 - O7-06) |
- Yoichi Nakanishi
- Chairperson
- Greetha Thammakumpee
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 7 |
Meeting Room 3 |
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Critical care medicine (O8-01 - O8-06) |
- Boonsong Pstjanasoontorn
- Chairperson
- Poonsap Wongsurakiat
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 8 |
Meeting Room 4 |
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Clinical allergy & immunology
COPD
Critical care medicine
Environment & occupational health and epidemiology
Insterstitial lung disease
Paediatric lung disease
Pulmonary circulation
Respiratory structure and function |
P2-84 - P2-89
P2-90 - P2-115
P2-116 - P2-131
P2-132 - P2-135
P2-136 - P2-140
P2-141 - P2-147
P2-148 - P2-160
P2-161 - P2-167 |
Poster Presentation 2 |
Lotus |
| 15.00 - 15.30 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 15.30 - 17.30 hrs. |
Asthma management in 2008 |
- Prapan Yongchaiyud
- Chairperson
- Richard Beasley
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 4 |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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1. Practical definition of asthma control in developing countries. How will it help? |
- Christopher Lai |
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2. Asthma from childhood to adulthood, link with COPD? |
- Jorrit Gerritsen |
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3. Action plans for asthma, What Who & How |
- Helen Reddel |
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4. 2008 Guidelines for emergency asthma management |
- Richard W. Beasley |
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Bronchoscopy and interventional techniques |
- Yongyuth Ploysongsang
- Chairperson
- Philip Eng
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 5 |
Plenary Hall 3 |
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1. Autofluorescence bronchoscopy |
- Tom Sutedja |
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2. Lasers and stents |
- Phillip Eng |
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3. EBUS |
- Tom Sutedja |
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4. Bronchoscopic LVRS |
- Anthony Yim |
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Environmental factor and airway inflammation |
- Shu Hashimoto
- Chairperson
- Kittipong Maneechotesuwan
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 6 |
Ballroom |
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1. Environmental virus infections and their impact on airway inflammation |
- Philip G. Bardin |
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2. Advancing gene - environment studies in allergic diseases |
- Bruce D. Levy |
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3. Airway epithelial cells in airway inflammation |
- Shu Hashimoto |
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4. Hygiene theory in allergic diseases |
- Kittipong Maneechotesuwan |
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| 21 Nov.2008 |
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| 07.00 - 08.00 hrs. |
The distal lung in asthma |
- Richard Martin |
Meet the Expert 5 |
Meeting Room 1 |
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Why, how and how to undertake postgraduate lung research-future hot topics |
- Jo Rae Wright |
Meet the Expert 6 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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TB in the immunocompromised |
- Chareon Chuchotethavorn |
Meet the Expert 7 |
Meeting Room 3 |
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Effect of air pollution on respiratory health in children |
- Peter Sly |
Meet the Expert 8 |
Meeting Room 4 |
| 08.15 - 10.15 hrs. |
Asthma interactions: initiation or aggravation |
- Prapan Yongchaiyud
- Chairperson
- Watchara Boonsawat
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 7 |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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1. Genetics and asthma 2008 |
- Phillip J. Thompson |
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2. Infection and chronic asthma |
- Richard Martin |
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3. OSA and asthma 2008 |
- Mary Ip |
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4. Psychosocial status and asthma 2008 |
- Robert Adams |
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Respiratory infections (non-tuberculosis) |
- Tawee Chotepitayasunont - Chairperson
- Charoen Chuchotitawon
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 8 |
Plenary Hall 3 |
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1. "Avian influenza: the latest global update" |
- Tawee Chotepitayasunont |
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2. Treatment of community - acquired pneumonia in the era of antibiotic resistance |
- Jae Hoon Song |
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3. Management of hospital - acquired pneumonia due to MDR pathogens |
- Po-Ren Hsueh |
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4."Genetic susceptibility to pneumonia: is there anything the practicing clinician should be aware of?" |
- Grant Waterer |
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Molecular cell biology in 2008 |
- Kwun Fong
- Chairperson
- Sorachai Srisuma
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 9 |
Ballroom |
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1. Molecular and cell biology in asthma - an update |
- Philip J. Thompson |
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2. Surfactants and lung defense |
- Jo Rae Wright |
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3. Cell and molecular biology of lung cancer |
- Isamu Okamoto |
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4. Micro RNA - a new player |
- Paul Foster |
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Respiratory neurobiology and sleep (O9-01 - O9-07) |
- Chong Kin Liam
- Chairperson
- Visasiri Tantrakul
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 9 |
Meeting Room 1 |
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Clinical allergy & immunology and Environmental and occupational health and epidemiology (O10-01 - O10-09) |
- Somkiat Wongthim
- Chairperson
- Wanchai Dejsomritrutai
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 10 |
Meeting Rom 2 |
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Bronchoscopy and interventional techniques (O11-01 - O11-08) |
- Philip Eng
- Chairperson
- Anan Vattanatham
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 11 |
Meeting Room 3 |
| 10.15 - 10.45 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 10.45 - 12.00 hrs. |
Ann Woolcock & Harasawa Memorial Lectures |
- Norbert Berend
- Chairperson
- Kwun Fong
- Co.Chair
- David Hui
- Michiaki Mishima |
Lecture |
Plenary Hall 2 |
| 12.00 - 13.30 hrs. |
Transformation of asthma management: New updates & perspectives (by Astra Zeneca)
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- Richard Loh
- Helen Reddel
- Watchara Boonsawat |
Luncheon Symposium |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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Impacting the clinical course of COPD - New insights from UPLITFT (by Boehringer Ingelheim) |
- Marc Decramer
- Wan Cheng Tan
- Sumalee Kiatboonsri |
Luncheon Symposium |
Plenary Hall 3 |
| 13.30 - 15.00 hrs. |
COPD (O12-01 - O12-06) |
- Vilaiwan Viriyachaiyo
- Chairperson
- Prapaporn Pornsuriyasak
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 12 |
Meeting Room 1 |
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Respiratory infections (non-tuberculosis) (O13-01 - O13-06) |
- Grant Waterer
- Chairperson
- Wipa Reechaipichitkul
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 13 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Tuberculosis (O14-01 - O14-06) |
- Banyat Pritchayanon
- Chairperson
- Norawee Chuachamsai
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 14 |
Meeting Room 3 |
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Bronchoscopy and interventional techniques and Interstitial lung disease (O15-01 - O15-06) |
- Yongyuth Ploysongsang
- Chairperson
- Apichart Khanitchap
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 15 |
Meeting Room 4 |
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Lung cancer
Respiratory infections (non-tuberculosis)
Tuberculosis |
P3-168 - P3-214
P3-215 - P3-232
P3-233 - P3-252 |
Poster Presentation 3 |
Lotus |
| 15.00 - 15.30 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 15.30 - 17.30 hrs. |
COPD II |
- Sumalee Kiatboonsri
- Chairperson
- Chalerm Liwsrisakul
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 10 |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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1. Muscle weakness and inactivity in COPD |
- Marc Decramer |
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2. Systemic inflammation in COPD |
- Don Sin |
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3. How to establish a pulmonary rehabilitation programme |
- Jenny Allison |
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4. Diagnosing and managing anxiety and depression in patients with COPD |
- Jared Randall Curtis |
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Sleep disordered breathing in Asia and elsewhere diagnosis- and treatment |
- Tsuneto Akashiba
- Chairperson
- Pimon Ruttanaumpawan
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 11 |
Plenary Hall 3 |
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1. In Malaysia |
- Chong-Kin Liam |
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2. In Japan |
- Chin Kazuo |
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3. In Korea |
- Shin Chol |
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4. Sleep apnoea, biomarkers, phenotype, and comorbidities |
- Vsevolod Seva Polotsky |
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Standard therapy for non-small cell lung cancer |
- Yoichi Nakanishi
- Chairperson
- Anakapong Phunmanee
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 12 |
Ballroom |
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1. Adjuvant theraphy, what's the standard? |
- Yukito Ichinose |
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2. Chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of stage III disease |
- Young-Chul Kim |
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3. Intergration of EGFR-TKI with chemotherapy |
- Chung Ming Tsai |
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4. Molecular targeted therapy: evidence and future directions |
- Isamu Okamoto |
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Cell and molecular biology and Respiratory structure and function (O16-01 - O16-07) |
- Maureen Swanney
- Chairperson
- Sorachai Srisuma
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 16 |
Meeting Room 1 |
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Paediatric lung disease and Asthma (O17-01 - O17-08) |
- Watchara Boonsawat
- Chairperson
- Rujipat Samransamruajkit
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 17 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Asthma (O18-01 - O18-08) |
- Christopher Lai
- Chairperson
- Theerasuk Kawamatawong
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 18 |
Meeting Room 3 |
| 19.00 - 21.00 hrs. |
Gala Dinner |
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Plenary Hall 2-3 |
| 22 Nov.2008 |
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| 07.00 - 08.00 hrs. |
Ageing and the lung |
- Norbert Berend |
Meet the Expert 9 |
Meeting Room 1 |
| 07.00 - 08.00 hrs. |
Pulmonary defense systems |
- Jo Rae Wright |
Meet the Expert 10 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Lung modelling: model complexity versus the physiological problem |
- Sylvia Verbanck |
Meet the Expert 11 |
Meeting Room 3 |
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Obesity and asthma |
- Robert Adams |
Meet the Expert 12 |
Meeting Room 4 |
| 08.15 - 10.15 hrs. |
COPD I |
- Visit Udompanich
- Chairperson
- Benjamas Chuaychoo
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 13 |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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1. Cochrane systematic reviews on COPD: What is new? |
- Phillipa Poole |
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2. Interpretation of pulmonary function tests in COPD |
- Norbert Berend |
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3. Cardiac disease: A common co-morbidity in COPD |
- Don Sin |
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4. COPD guidelines: How have they changed? |
- Yoshinosuke Fukuchi |
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Tuberculosis |
- Nadda Sriyaphai
- Chairperson
- Pairaj Katerattanakul
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 14 |
Plenary Hall 3 |
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1. Epidemiology of TB |
- Nguyen Viet Nhung |
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2. Tuberculosis: HIV and smoking |
- Wing Wai Yew |
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3. Management of TB effusions and pleural effusions in high TB regions |
- Yong-Kek Pang |
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4. Treating MDR TB - principles and practice |
- Rajendra Prasad |
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5. Treating MDR TB - outcomes in India |
- J.K. Samaria |
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Combined critical care medicine - pulmonary circulation |
- Kay Guntupalli
- Chairperson
- Adisorn Wongsa
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 15 |
Ballroom |
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1. ALI / ARDS |
- Kay Guntupalli |
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2. Haemodynamic monitoring in the ICU |
- Kay Guntupalli |
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3. Acute and chronic PE |
- Fiona Kermeen |
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4. Pulmanary arterial hypertension (PAH) |
- Sang Do Lee |
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| 10.15 - 10.45 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 10.45 - 12.00 hrs. |
Asthma (O19-01 - O19-05) |
- Prapan Yongchaiyud
- Chairperson
- Piamlarp Sangsayunh
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 19 |
Meeting Room 1 |
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Clinical respiratory medicine (O20-01 - O20-05) |
- VK Vijayan - Chairperson
- Kamon Kawkitinarong
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 20 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Respiratory infections (non-turberculosis) and Lung cancer (O21-01 - O21-05) |
- Chaivej Nuchprayoon
- Chairperson
- Manapol Kupraneet
- Co-Chair |
Oral Session 21 |
Meeting Room 3 |
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Tuberculosis and Pulmonary circulation (O22-01 - O22-04) |
- JK Samaria
- Chairperson
- Chaleo Pulsiripunya |
Oral Session 22 |
Meeting Room 4 |
| 13.30 - 15.30 hrs. |
Cough in the Asia Pacific region |
- Anne Chang
- Chairperson
- Akio Niimi
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 16 |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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1. Is chronic cough a problem in the Asia Pacific region? |
- Akio Niimi |
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2. Eosinophilic bronchitis: Prevalence and long term outcomes |
- Masaki Fujimura |
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3. Chronic cough related to tracheo-bronchomalacia in adults and children |
- Brent Masters |
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4. An overview on cough guidelines across the world: similarities and differences |
- Anne Chang |
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Parasitic lung diseases |
- VK Vijayan - Chairperson
- Wipa Reechaipichitkul
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 17 |
Plenary Hall 3 |
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1. Pulmonary malaria |
- Aruabh Talwar |
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2. Pulmonary paragonimiasis |
- Won Jung Koh |
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3. Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia |
- VK Vijayan |
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4. Pulmonary strongyloidiasis |
- Alladi Mohan |
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Pleural disease: Technical aspects |
- Thirungnanam Agasthian
- Chairperson
- Jamsak Tscheikuna
- Co-Chair |
Symposium 18 |
Ballroom |
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1. Principles of pleural ultrasound |
- Devanand Anantham |
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2. Medical thoracoscopy |
- Devanand Anantham |
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3. Unusual pleural diseases |
- Jamsak Tscheikuna |
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4. VATS |
- Thirungnanam Agasthian |
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| 15.30 - 15.45 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Main Foyer |
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| 18 Nov. 2008 |
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| 07.00 - 17.00 hrs. |
Registration |
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Main Foyer |
| 19 Nov. 2008 |
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| 07.00 - 17.00 hrs. |
Registration |
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Main Foyer |
| 10.00 - 17.00 hrs. |
Opening of Trade Exhibition |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 20 Nov. 2008 |
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| 07.00 - 17.00 hrs. |
Registration |
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Main Foyer |
| 09.00 - 17.00 hrs. |
Trade Exhibiton |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 21 Nov. 2008 |
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| 08.30 - 17.00 hrs. |
Registration |
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Main Foyer |
| 09.00 - 17.00 hrs. |
Trade Exhibiton |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 22 Nov. 2008 |
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| 08.30 - 12.00 hrs. |
Registration |
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Main Foyer |
| 09.00 - 16.00 hrs. |
Trade Exhibiton |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
