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THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 201919.00 Autumn Meeting - Research in Pediatric Pulmonology

FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2019 09.00 Belgian Respiratory Physiotherapy Day

SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2019 09.00 Belgian Nurses Day

Registration online for these activities is mandatory

PROGRAMBELGIAN PNEUMOLOGY DAYS29TH & 30TH NOVEMBER 2019

FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2019

08.30 Registration & welcome coffee09.15 Opening Ceremony Wim Janssens (KULeuven)

09.30 Health Economy - Part I

Air Pollution Chair : Tania Maes - Co-chair : Lieven Dupont

• Epidemiology of air pollution-related disordersTim Nawrot (UHasselt)• Air pollution and respiratory diseases : basic mechanismsDidier Cataldo (ULiège)• The lung, the front line of defence and vulnerability to air pollutionIan S. Mudway (King’s College, London)

11.00 Break and booth visit 11.30 Simultaneous symposia – Part I

Lung Pediatry Chair : Stijn Verhulst - Co-chair : Frédéric Pierart• New treatments for severe asthma Marielle Pijnenburg (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam)• Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis Françoise Mouchet (CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels)• Risks of vaping and E-cigarettes Pierre Bartsch (ULiège)

Vascular Diseases Chair : Catharina Belge – Co-chair : Guy Brusselle

• Pulmonary embolism: acute management David Jimenez (IRYCIS, Madrid)• Pulmonary embolism : secondary preventionPhilippe Hainaut (UCLouvain)• Chronic Thrombo-Embolic Pulmonary HypertensionMarion Delcroix (KULeuven)

13.00 Lunch and booth visit

14.00 Simultaneous symposia – Part II

Lung Function Chair : Eric Derom – Co-chair : Wim Janssens

• Early life origins of COPDAlvar Agusti (Hospital Clinic, Barcelona)• Ventilatory effi ciency during exercise in pulmonary diseaseHarm Jan Bogaard (UMC, Amsterdam)• New reference equations for VO2max Ellie Oostveen (UZ Antwerpen)

Thoracic OncologyChair : Veerle Surmont – Co-chair : Thierry Pieters• Lung cancer screening Harry de Koning (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam)• Management of immunotherapy toxicity in lung cancer Sandrine Aspeslagh (UZ Brussel)• Role of prophylactic cranial irradiation in lung cancerAntonin Levy (Institut Gustave Roussy, Paris)

15.30 Break and booth visit

16.15 Poster discussion with authors

16.45 Oral presentations J.C. Yernault Awards Chair : Didier Cataldo – Co-chair : Shane Hanon

17.45 Presentations GSK Awards Basic and Clinical Science Chair : Guy Brusselle

18.15 Presentation of the Astra Zeneca Award Chair : Guy Brusselle

19.30 Awards Ceremony : AstraZeneca, Chiesi, Pauwels, Yernault & speeches

20.00 Latino Party Dinner

PROGRAMDAY 1

BELGIAN PNEUMOLOGY DAYS 2019

SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2019

08.30 General Assembly meeting 09.00 Simultaneous symposia – Part III

Asthma & AllergyChair : Florence SchleichCo-chair : Alain Michils• Epidemiology and natural history of asthmaJennifer K. Quint (Imperial College, London)• New insights in allergen immunotherapy Charles Pilette (UCL, Brussels)• Occupational Asthma in Europe Olivier Vandenplas (UCL, Mont-Godinne)

Chair : Ines Lardinois Co-chair : Jan Van Meerbeeck

• Surgery for oligometastatic pulmonary disease :state of the art - Paul Van Schil (UZ Antwerpen)• Surgery in octagenarians : what should we know and what is the outcome ? Didier Lardinois (Universität Sspital, Basel)• Bronchial cancer and lung transplantation :what is the evidence ? - Geert Verleden (KULeuven)

10.30 Break and booth visit11.00 Session “Meet the sponsors” Boehringer Ingelheim : How to never miss an IPF patient ?

Chiesi : building hope for your COPD patients : motivate for exercise

GSK : Severe asthma treatment with the patient in mind

13.00 Lunch and booth visit

14.15 Simultaneous symposia – Part IV

Interstitial Lung Disease Chair : Wim Wuyts Co-chair : Dominique Butenda

• Genetics in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)Antoine Froidure (UCL, Brussels)• Adult pulmonary Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis Abdellatif Tazi (Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris)• Acute exacerbations in ILD Benjamin Bondue (ULB Erasme, Brussels)

Respiratory Infections Chair : Charlotte Depuydt Co-chair : Rudi Peché

• Viral respiratory infections : diagnostic options & epidemiology Marijke Reynders (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge)• Viral respiratory infections : therapeutic options Nicolas Dauby (CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels) • Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Treatment (OPAT) Dirk Vogelaers (UZ Gent)

15.45 Break and booth visit 16.15 Lifetime Achievement Award Prof. Marc Decramer Wim Janssens (KULeuven - BeRS President)

16.30 Health Economy - Part Il

Thoracic Endoscopy Chair : Jonas Yserbyt (KUL) Co-chair : Pieter Goeminne

• The endoscopy suite in 2020 : must haves & emerging novelties Marios Froudarakis (Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis)• Endoscope re-processing : 2019 Update Guido Demaiter (AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk)• Hospital infection prevention in the endoscopy suite : does & don’ts Annette Schuermans (KULeuven)

18.00 Closing Reception

PROGRAMDAY 2

BELGIAN PNEUMOLOGY DAYS 2019

Thoracic Surgery & Lungtransplantation