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:
| 13th Congress of APSR2008 Programme & Topic |
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Speaker |
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| 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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- Maureen Swanney
- Gregg Ruppel |
Pre-Congress (ESAP) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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Procedure manuals and laboratory acrreditation |
- 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 demonstration and troubleshooting
- Spirometry
- CO transfer factor
- Lung volumes
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- David Sinks
- Gregg Ruppel
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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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Test 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. |
Assesment 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 Exkert |
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 |
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 - 10.00 hrs. |
Imaging |
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Post-Graduate Course 1 |
Meeting Room 1 |
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The CXR in lung disease |
- Phillip Eng |
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CT chest - anatomy, techiques, interpretation in benign lung disease |
- Foong-Koon Cheah |
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Lung cancer: Advances in diagnostic approach |
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Post-Graduate Course 2 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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LDCT screening |
- TBA |
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Molecular diagonosis of lung cancer |
- Kwun Fong |
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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 |
- Randall J. Curtis |
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Haemodynamics monitoring in the ICU |
- Kay Guntupalli |
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| 10.00 - 10.30 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 10.30 - 12.30 hrs. |
Management of ditzlels |
- TBA |
Post-Graduate Course 2 (Continue) |
Meeting Room 2 |
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PET scan for thoracic cancers |
- TBA |
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Severe infections and antibiotic choice |
- Chaicharn Pothirat |
Post-Graduate Course 3 (Continue) |
Meeting Room 3 |
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Update in ventilation for the respiratory patients |
- TBA |
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| 12.30 - 13.30 hrs. |
Lunch |
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Retro Live Café |
| 13.30 - 15.30 hrs. |
Small airways: Physiology and Measurement |
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Post-Graduate 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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Clinical relevance of small airway function |
- TBA |
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Exercise testing for assessing respiratory capacity and function |
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Post-Graduate 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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| 15.30 - 16.00 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 16.00 - 17.00 hrs. |
Pulmonary function tests for small airways |
- Graham Hall |
Post-Graduate 4 (Continue) |
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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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Quality assurance and reference values |
- Josh Stanton |
Post-Graduate 5 (Continue) |
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Patterns of response in disease |
- Jeff Pretto |
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Case Discussion / Questions |
- Maureen Swanney |
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| 17.30 - 18.30 hrs. |
Opening Ceremony |
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Plenary Hall 2-3 |
| 18.30 - 20.00 hrs. |
Welcome Reception |
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Main Foyer |
| 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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Ageing and the lung |
- Nobert Berend |
Meet the Expert 2 |
Meeting Room 2 |
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TBA |
- TBA |
Meet the Expert 3 |
Meeting Room 3 |
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Decision-making in the ICU |
- Randall J. Curtis |
Meet the Expert 4 |
Meeting Room 4 |
| 08.15 - 10.15 hrs. |
Wheezing disorders when it is not asthma
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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 tracheobronchomalacla 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 |
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Symposium 2 |
Plenary Hall 3 |
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1. Occupational resp disease surveillance |
- Malcolm Sim |
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2. Air pollution in Hong Kong, problems and challenges |
- Tze Wai Wong |
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3. Mesothelioma due to neighbourhood asbestos exposure |
- Norio Kururmatani |
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Acute exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) |
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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. |
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Oral Presentation 1-4 |
Meeting Room 1-4 |
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Poster Presentation 1 |
Lotus |
| 12.00 - 13.30 hrs. |
New advances in the treatment of nicotine dependence (Pifzer) |
- Karl-Olov Fagerstrom
- Chanchai Sittipunt
- Arth Nana |
Luncheon Symposium |
TBA |
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COPD: time to treat earlier? (GSK)
- Time for change - New COPD data impacting on treatment choices
- Making the leap - Disease knowledge to improved outcomes |
- Paul Jones
- Alvar Agusti |
Luncheon Symposium |
TBA |
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Challenge COPD and CAP: Improved patient management by integration of procalcitonin into clinical decision making (BRAHMS) |
- Francesco Blasi
- Daiana Stolz
- Tobias Welte
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Luncheon Symposium |
Ballroom |
| 13.30 - 15.00 hrs. |
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Oral Presentation 5-8 |
Meeting Room 1-4 |
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Poster Presentation 2 |
Lotus |
| 15.00 - 15.30 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 15.30 - 17.30 hrs. |
COPD I |
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Symposium 4 |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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1. Cochrane systemetic reviews on COPD: What is new? |
- Phillipa Poole |
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2. Interpretation of pulmonary function tests in COPD |
- Nobert 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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Bronchoscopy and interventional techniques |
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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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Sleep-disordered breathing in Asian countries |
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Symposium 6 |
Ballroom |
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1. In Malaysia |
- Liam Chang Kin |
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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 |
- TBA |
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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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TBA |
TBA |
Meet the Expert 8 |
Meeting Room 4 |
| 08.15 - 10.15 hrs. |
Asthma interactions: Initiation or Aggravation |
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Symposium 7 |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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1. Genetics and asthma 2008 |
- Phllip 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-turberculosis) |
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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 |
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Symposium 9 |
Ballroom |
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1. Molecular and cell biology in asthma - an update |
- Phil 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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| 10.15 - 10.45 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 10.45 - 12.00 hrs. |
Ann Woolcock & Harasawa Memorial Lectures |
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Lecture |
Plenary Hall 2 |
| 12.00 - 13.30 hrs. |
Transformation of asthma management:
New updates & perspectives (Astra Zeneca)
- Breaking new grounds with optimal asthma control: Updates from the latest clinical data
- Turning science into clinical practice
- Clinical experiences in Thailand |
- Richard Loh
- Helen Reddel
- Watchara Boonsawat |
Luncheon Symposium |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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COPD (Boeringher Ingelheim) |
- TBA |
Luncheon Symposium |
Plenary Hall 3 |
| 13.30 - 15.00 hrs. |
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Oral Presentation 9-12 |
Meeting Room 1-4 |
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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 |
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Symposium 10 |
Plenary Hall 2 |
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1. Asthma from childhood to adulthood, link with COPD? |
- Jorrit Gerritsen |
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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 |
- Randall J. Curtis |
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Environmental factor and airway inflammation |
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Symposium 11 |
Plenary Hall 3 |
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1. Prevention of allergic respiratory diseases |
- TBA |
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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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Standard therapy for non-small cell lung cancer |
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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 stgae III disease |
- Hak Choy |
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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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| 17.30 - 19.00 hrs. |
Gala Dinner |
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Plenary Hall 2-3 |
| 22 Nov.2008 |
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| 07.00 - 08.00 hrs. |
Airway problems in the critically ill |
- Kay Guntupalli |
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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TBA |
- TBA |
Meet the Expert 11 |
Meeting Room 3 |
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TBA |
- TBA |
Meet the Expert 12 |
Meeting Room 4 |
| 08.15 - 10.15 hrs. |
Asthma management in 2008 |
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Symposium 13 |
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. Action plans for asthma, What Who & How |
- Helen Reddel |
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3. 2008 Guidelines for Emergency Asthma |
- Richard W. Beasley |
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Tuberculosis |
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Symposium 14 |
Plenary Hall 3 |
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1. Epidemioogy of TB |
- Nguyen Viet Nhung |
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2. Turberculosis: 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 |
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Symposium 15 |
Ballroom |
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1. ALI / ARDS |
- Kay Guntupalli |
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2. Acute and chronic PE |
- Fiona Kermeen |
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3. Pulmanary arterial hypertension (PAH) |
- Sang Do Lee |
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4. Use of non-invasive ventilation for "do not intubate" patients |
- Randall J. Curtis |
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| 10.15 - 10.45 hrs. |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Hall 1 |
| 10.45 - 12.00 hrs. |
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Oral Presentation 13-16 |
Meeting Room 1-4 |
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Poster 4 |
Lotus |
| 13.30 - 15.30 hrs. |
Cough in the Asia Pacific region |
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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. Eosinophillic bronchitis: Prevalence and long term outcomes |
- Masaki Fujimura |
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3. Chronic cough related to tracheobronchomalacia 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 |
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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 diseasse: Technical aspects |
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Symposium 18 |
Ballroom |
| 13.30 - 15.30 hrs. |
1. Principles of pleural ultrasound |
- Devanand Anantham |
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2. Medical thracoscopy |
- Devanand Anantham |
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3. Unusual pleural diseases |
- Phillippe Astoule |
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4. VATS |
- Thirungnanam Agasthian |
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| 15.30 - 16.30 hrs. |
Awards Presentation & Annual & Closing Ceremony |
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Lecture |
Plenary Hall 2 |
| Other Event |
| 18 Nov. 2008 |
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| 07.00 - 16.00 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 |
| 16.30- 17.00 hrs. |
Annual General Meeting* |
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Lotus 3-4 |
| 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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| 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 |
| 22 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 |
