Scientific Programme

(As per local Portuguese time)

Thursday March 16th, 2023

REG Working Group Meetings

  Berlin A
Berlin B
12:00 - 13:00 Networking Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Technologies Adherence
14:00 - 15:00 Allergy Database & Coding
15:00 - 16:00 ILD/IPF COPD
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30 Cost Effectiveness Biomarkers & Severe Asthma
17:30 - 18:30 Environment, Epidemiology & Airways Child Health
Friday March 17th, 2023

Plenary Sessions
  Berlin A & B
08:50 – 09:00 Welcome Address
Prof. G. Walter Canonica
09:00 – 09:45 Chronic Cough
Chair: Prof. Alyn Morice

Diagnosis & Management of an Intractable Problem
Dr. Imran Satia
09:45 – 10:35 Respiratory Infectious Challenges
Chair: Prof. Nikolaos Papadopoulos

New alternatives for the treatment of Bronchiectasis
Dr. Clemence Martin

RSV – New Perspectives in Management
Prof. Sebastian Johnston
10:35 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 New COPD Perspectives  
Chair: Dr. Marc Miravitlles & Prof. Therese Lapperre

PIF and Outcomes in COPD
Prof. Omar Usmani

EARCO Registry for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and European Registries on COPD
Dr. Miriam Barrecheguren

Will Biologics Ever Have a Role in COPD?
Prof. Nicolas Roche

Panel: Prof. Chin Kook Rhee & Prof. Konstantinos Kostikas
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Symposium
13:30 – 14:15 Childhood Respiratory Challenges
Chair: Prof. Nikolaos Papadopoulos

Quantification and Modification of the Exposome in (Pediatric) Asthma Management
Prof. Isabella Annesi-Maesano

The position of AIT in Asthma Guidelines: Where it is and Where it Could/Should Be
Dr. Désirée Larenas Linnermann
14:15 – 15:00

Rhinitis Session: United Airways Diseases
Chair: Dr. Mário Morais de Almeida

The United Airways Diseases (UAD) Approach
Prof. Fulvio Braido

New Treatment Options for the Management of Upper Airways Disease
Dr. Ignacio Ansotegui
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:15

The Environment and Inhaler Choice
Chair: Prof. Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich & Prof. Chris Carlsten

Climate and Lung Health
Prof. Chris Carlsten

Climate and Inhaler Choice
Prof. Omar Usmani

PMDI vs DPI – Does it Need to be a Choice?
Prof. Federico Lavorini

16:15 – 17:45 In the Respiratory Hot Seat:
16:15 – 17:00 PRO/CON COPD
Chair: Prof. Joan Soriano

Triple Therapy Should be used earlier than current guidelines recommend
PRO: Prof. Konstantinos Kostikas
CON: Dr. Alan Kaplan
17:00 – 17:45 PRO/CON ASTHMA
Chair: Prof. G. Walter Canonica

Biologics should be used earlier than current guidelines recommend
PRO: Prof. Christian Virchow
CON: Prof. Arnaud Bourdin
Saturday March 18th , 2023

Plenary Sessions
  Berlin A & B
09:00 – 09:30 COVID-19 Session
Chair: Dr. Dermot Ryan

Definition and Management of Long COVID
Prof. Joan Soriano
09:30 – 10:00 ILD/IPF
Chair: Dr. Pilar Rivera Ortega

Management of ILD/IPF and vMDTs – Improved Patient Management?
Dr. Stefan Stanel
10:00 – 10:30 The International Severe Asthma Registry (ISAR): Key Updates and Research Findings
Chair: Prof. David Price & Prof. Arnaud Bourdin

ISAR: The year in review
Prof. Nikolaos Papadopoulos & Ms. Victoria Carter

ISAR potential research ideas
Prof. Arnaud Bourdin & Prof. David Price

Exploring different composite definitions of responders and non-responders to biologic treatment for severe asthma (FULL BEAM)
Prof. Konstantinos Kostikas & Dr. Ghislaine Scelo
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:30 The International Severe Asthma Registry (ISAR): Key Updates and Research Findings
Chair: Prof. David Price & Prof. Arnaud Bourdin

Phenotypic characteristics, comorbidities and response to therapeutic interventions associated with non-type 2 asthma (EMBER) - T2-low gradient algorithm
Dr. Eileen Wang & Prof. William Henley

Impact of biologic initiation on new-onset OCS-related risks in patients with severe asthma (SOLAR) - preliminary results
Prof. Chin Kook Rhee & Prof. William Henley

Impact of ISAR on clinical management and outcomes, and quality improvement: The way forward for integrating ISAR into clinical practice worldwide
Prof. G. Walter Canonica & Prof. David Price
11:30 – 12:15 Vaccination in Respiratory Diseases
Chair: Dr. Filipe Froes

Pneumococcal Vaccination - A Helpful Adjunct?
Dr. Alan Kaplan

COVID-19 Vaccination - Where Do We Go from Here?
Prof. Carlos Robalo Cordeiro
12:15 – 13:00 RWE & Guidelines Meeting Report
Chair: Prof. G. Walter Canonica

Guidelines & RWE: Report arising from workshop
13:00 Summit Close