Scientific Program

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***

*** To Be Confirmed

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

4. Collective Epithelial Migration in Asthma Development and Cancer.
Jeffrey Fredberg - Boston, USA***

*** To Be Confirmed

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

4. Allergy and Asthma.
Mika Mäkelä - Helsinki, Finland***

*** To Be Confirmed

Chairs:
Paul Guillerman - Houston, USA
Andrew Colin - Miami, USA
Jason Weinman - Aurora, USA

Petr Pohunek - Prague, Czech Republic
Michael Fayon - Bordeaux, France

Chairman:
Michael Fayon - Bordeaux France

Discussion:
Andrew Bush - London, UK
Andrew Colin - Miami, USA
Giovanni Rossi - Genoa, Italy
Bruce Rubin- Richmond, USA

1. Non-Invasive Ventilation in Children  - State of the Art.
To Be Attributed

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***

*** To Be Confirmed

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