Scientific Program

1. Obesity and Asthma.
Eric Forno - Pittsburg, USA

2.Asthma Diagnosis - Application of GINA in LMIC.
Gary Wong - Hong Kong, China

3. Asthma Diagnosis - New ERS Guidelines.
Ann-Beth Moller - Geneva, Switzerland ***

4. The Impact of Asthma Exacerbations and Prevention in LMIC.
Manuel Soto-Martinez - San Jose, Costa Rica

*** To Be Confirmed

1. Severe BPD - Optional Therapies.
Amir Kugelman - Haifa, Israel

2. Lung Malformations. Predicting the Risk of Respiratory Distress in Newborns with Congenital Pulmonary Malformations.
Christophe Delacourt - Paris, France

3. Genetic Surfactant Deficiency Disease in the Newborn.
Lawrence Nogee - Baltimore, USA ***

4. Pulmonary Hypertension in the Neonatal Period.
Steve Abman - Aurora, USA

*** To Be Confirmed

1. The New Pulmonary Function Test: Hyperpolarized Gas MRI for Ventilation, Alveolar Dimensions and Gas-Exchange Abnormalities.
   Jason Woods - Cincinnati, USA ***
   
   
2. State of the Art Chest CT Imaging and Al Analysis of the Lung: Count what Counts.
   Harm Tiddens - Rotterdam, The Netherlands ***
   
   
3. NO and its Novel Applications.
   Hartmut Graseman - Toronto, Canada
   
   
4. Funtional Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
   Claire Kane Miller - Cincinnati, USA ***
   
   

*** To Be Confirmed

1. Machine Learning in Asthma Research and Clinical Practice.
Adnan Custovic - London, UK

2. Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Lung Disease.
Michael Schechter - Richmond, USA

3. The Effect of Climate Change on Pediatric Respiratory Health.
Peter Sly - Brisbane, Australia ***

4. Young Investigator's Oral Communications (2)

*** To Be Confirmed

1. Lung Involvement in Systemic Diseases.
Philippe Reix - Lyon, France

2. Neonatal Pulmonology - Year in Review.
Amir Kugelman - Haifa, Israel

3. Covid 19: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons.
Nikolaos Papadopoulos - Athens, Greece

4. Young Investigator's Oral Communications (2)

1. Covid-19: Education, Research and Clinical Adaptations in both HICs and LMICs Countries.
Fernando de Benedictis - Ancona, Italy ***& Refiloe Masekela - Durban, South Africa***

2. Life after Covid-19: Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
Samatha Sonnappa - London, UK***

3. TB Children and the Impact of Covid-19.
Stephen Graham - Melbourne, Australia***

4. Immune Responses between Children and Adults with Mild and Severe Covid.
Cristina Bonorino - Porto Alegre, Brazil

***To Be Confirmed

1. Year in Review.
   Malena Cohen Cymberknoh - Jerusalem, Israel
   
   
2. Challenges of CF Management in LMCIs.
   Sushil Kabra - New Delhi, India
   
   
3. The Airway Microbiome in CF and Implications for Treatment.
   Sarath Ranganathan - Melbourne, Australia***
   
   
4. Infection Prevention in CF.
   Larry Lands - Montreal, Canada***
   
   
   *** To Be Confirmed

1. The "One Way, One Disease" Concept in Light of Th2 Inflammation.
Lisa Giovannini Chami - Nice, France ***

2.The Airway Epithelium during Infancy and Childhood.
Jeffrey Whitsett - Cincinnati, USA ***

3. The Epithelial Cell in Viral Diseases: Child vs Adult.
Thomas Trian - Bordeaux, France

4. The Airway Epithelium and COVID-19.
Anastassios Koumbourlis - Washington DC, USA

*** To Be Confirmed