Scientific Program
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- Thursday 30
- Friday 01
- Saturday 02
- Sunday 03
For detailed program of sessions, please click on titles
UPDATE IN LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
1. Changing Spectrum of Childhood Pneumonia in tehe Era of Conjugate Vaccines.
Heather Zar - Cape Town, South Africa
2. Oxygen Delivery for Childhood Pneumonia - Optimal Strategies.
Trevor Duke - Melbourne, Australia
3. Advances in New Diagnostics for Pulmonary TB.
Devan Jaganath - San Francisco, USA
4. Childhood TB - Advances in Short Course Prevention and Treatment.
Anneke Hesseling - Cape Town, South Africa
BASIC SCIENCE BEHIND LUNG DISEASES
1. Mucins and Mucus Production.
Bruce Rubin - Richmond, USA
2. Transport of Salts, Water and Proteins across Respiratory Epithelial Cells.
Eitan Kerem - Jerusalem, Israel
3. The Role of Surfactants and other proteins in the Mechanics of the Respiration Process.
Matthias Griese - Munich, Germany
ALLERGY SYMPOSIUM
1. Update on Diagnostic Tests in Pediatric Allergy.
Adnan Custovic - London, UK
2. Mechanisms of Anaphylaxis.
Paul J Turner - Sydney, Australia
3. Immunotherapy in Asthma.
Walter Canonica - Milano, Italy
CLINICAL RADIOLOGY QUIZ DENOUEMENT
Chairs:
Paul Guillerman - Houston, USA
Andrew Colin - Miami, USA
Jason Weinman - Aurora, USA
BRONCHOSCOPY QUIZ DENOUEMENT
Petr Pohunek - Prague, Czech Republic
Michael Fayon - Bordeaux, France
PLENARY SESSION
Moderators:
Eitan Kerem - Jerusalem, Israel
Renato Stein - Porto Alegre, Brazil
Carlos Jose Mendoza Fox - Lima, Perù
1. Long-Term Non-Invasive Ventilation in Children - State of the Art.
Reshma Amin - Toronto, Canada
2. Transition to Adult Care: What Adults Should Know about Pediatric Respiratory Diseases.
Andrew Bush - London, UK
3. The Future of Pediatric Pulmonology in a Rapidly Changing World.
Fernando Martinez - Tucson, USA
CLOSING CEREMONY
NOMINATION OF THE WINNERS:
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR'S AWARD
TOP FIVE POSTERS