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With so many complex and varied areas in the paediatric respiratory field to discuss, the Conference has evolved greatly over the years. We constantly review the feedback of our attendees, speakers, exhibitors and volunteers to ensure that the standard of the Conference and the variation of sessions is as high quality as it can possibly be.
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It is the passion of those involved in the Conference that truly makes it a standout event and one not to be missed. The enthusiasm of our faculty for sharing their knowledge, the delegates for the eagerness to learn, constantly evolve and share their experiences with peers and our abstract entrants and poster presenters for sharing their findings with attendees, is what is at the heart of the Conference.
The event is a coming together of all these people, united by the common purpose of improving respiratory care for our young patients.
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Main Conference Programme
Tuesday 25 May
Theme: Meeting New Challenges
08:00 – 08:10
Welcome Address
Dr Atul Gupta
Auditorium A
Auditorium B
Auditorium A is in Blue
Auditorium B is in Green
08:10 – 09:40
Session 1A
COVID-19
Chairs
Dr Gary Ruiz
Dr Katharine Harman
COVID-19 Lessons from Asia
Prof. Gary Wong
The reality of running trials in outbreaks and the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol
Prof. Calum Semple OBE
09:40 – 12:30
Session 2A
Hot topics
Chairs
Dr Atul Gupta
Dr Gary Doherty
Fireside chat. Pollution as an asthma risk factor
Prof. Jonathan Grigg
Dr Abigail Whitehouse
The airway microbiome in asthma development
Prof. Benjamin Marsland
Stretching Break
Management of bronchiectasis exacerbations
Prof. Anne Chang
Azithromycin: uses in paediatric medicine
Dr James Cook
Do asthma attacks result in a persistent reduction in lung function in children?
Prof. Steve Turner
Session 2B
Sleep / Ventilation
Chairs
Dr Hui-leng Tan
Dr Hazel Evans
Poster Discussion
Physiology, Sleep, NIV
Abstract No: 11, 17, 25, 31
Stretching Break
Formula 1 and ventilator challenge UK
Mr Mark Mathieson
Mild obstructive sleep apnoea - does it matter?
Prof. Albert Ma​rtin Li
Sleeping like a baby - what does that mean?
Dr Don Urquhart
Breath holding and unusual awake phenomena
Dr Martin Samuels
12:30 – 13:15
Lunch / Exhibition / Poster viewing
13:15 – 15:15
Session 3A
Cystic Fibrosis: The era of highly effective modulators has arrived, so what next?
Chairs
Prof. Jane Davies
Dr Dominic Hughes
Where we are & where we are going: gene/ mRNA replacement and repair strategies
Prof. Eric Alton
The future of sexual and reproductive health in CF
Dr Jennifer Taylor-Coussar
Is the culture dead? The future of microbiology in CF
Dr Damian Downey
Session 3B
Asthma
Chairs
Dr Prasad Nagakumar
Dr Louise Fleming
Poster Discussion
Asthma / Allergy Abstract No: 7, 15, 19, 21
Controversies in Management of acute asthma
Dr Cara Bossley
Asthma deaths: learning’s from coronor's inquests
Dr Mark Levy
Parent and Young person’s perspective of Near Fatal Asthma
Mrs Ann McMurray
15:15 – 15:45
Break
15:45 – 18:00
Session 4A
Chairs
Dr Atul Gupta
Dr Cara Bossley
Asthma Exacerbations in Children: Mechanisms & Consequences
Prof. Daniel Jackson
Asthma biologics in children: Is there an opportunity to induce remission?
Prof. Stan Szefler
Diagnosis of asthma in children
Dr Erol Gaillard
Session 4B
Chairs
Dr Mark Rosenthal
Ms Tamara Orska
Respiratory physiotherapy in children during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from lockdown and future directions for management
Mr Kieren Lock
Face to face validated set up of home spirometry during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ms Laura Lowndes
SpiroBooth: Innovation to mitigate COVID-19 risk in the lung function lab
Dr Biju Thomas
Lower airway physiotherapy management in chronic suppurative lung disease
Ms Sarah Pierce
Upper airway management in Chronic Suppurative lung disease
Ms Gemma Marsh
18:00 – 18:15
Twilight Highlights
Main Conference Programme
Wednesday 26 May
08:00 – 08:10
Welcome Address
Dr Atul Gupta
Auditorium A
Auditorium B
Stream A is in Blue
Stream B is in Green
08:10 – 09:40
Session 5A
State-of-the-art
Chairs
Prof. Anne Greenough
Dr Julian Legg
Air Pollution and Children’s Health – Where next?
Prof. Peter Sly
Progress with COVID-19 vaccines
Prof. Andrew Pollard
09:40 – 10:00
Break
10:00 – 12:30
Session 6A
Hot Topics
Chairs
Dr Jayesh Bhatt
Dr Atul Gupta
Fireside chat: Deprivation / social determinants / poverty and respiratory health
Dr Ian Sinha
Dr Camilla Kingdon
Taking the judgement out of feedback will increase its effectiveness
Prof. Paul Brand
Supporting children and young people to live with asthma
Prof. Hilary Pinnock
The Narrative Approach: How Storytelling Impacts Care
Dr Benjamin Schwartz
Asthma, classical conditioning and the autonomic nervous system - A hypothesis for the cause of wheeze in childhood
Prof. Gary Connett
Session 6B
The new reality
Chairs
Dr Will Carrol
Dr Clare Murray
Poster Discussion
Lung health / Public Health / COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract No: 26, 28, 33, 37, 38
Fireside chat: Digitalisation in respiratory / child health
Dr Chris Kelly
Dr Simon Chapman
Obesity and Pandemic
Dr Katherine Harman
Innovations in digital health
Prof Heather Elphick
Ground Round: The toddler with a wet cough
Dr Gary Ruiz
12:30 – 13:15
Lunch
13:15 – 15:15
Session 7A
Inherited respiratory conditions
Chairs
Dr Helen Spencer
Dr Louise Selby
Radiology Quiz
Dr Tom Semple
Dr John Adu
Genetic testing for inherited respiratory conditions in the new NHS Genomic Medicine Service
Dr Debbie Morris-Rosendahl
Recent advances in ILD
Prof. Andrew Bush
Session 7B
Pearls
Chairs
Dr Seb Gray
Dr James Cook
Fireside Chat: Digitalisation in respiratory / child health
Dr Hannah Allen
Dr Claire Edmondson
Grand Round: The toddler with a wheeze
Dr Laura Gardner
Fireside Chat: My career
Dr Hazel Evans
Dr Neil Gibson
Dr Simone Andreou
Grand Round: Spontaneous pneumothorax
Dr Simon Buckley
15:15 – 15:45
Break
15:45 – 17:35
Session 8A
Potpourri
Chairs
Dr Atul Gupta
Dr Katharine Harman
Airway mucus is not just snot
Prof. Bruce Rubin
Forty-nine ways to get the wrong answer when you do a paediatric bronchoscopy
Prof. Bob Wood
Presentation Skills
Mr Ross Fisher
Session 8B
Asthma / dysfunctional breathing
Chairs
Dr Nicki Barker
Ms Sarah Latham
Poster Discussion
Abstract No 24, 27, 35
The Breathless teenager
Prof. Paolo Pianosi
Use of buteyko breathing techniques in children and young people with dysfunctional breathing
Ms Claire Hepworth
Practical approach to virtual care for complex asthma patients from a CNS perspective
Ms Angela Jamalzadeh
17:35 – 18:00
Twilight Highlights
Vote of Thanks
Previous Conferences
2019
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2017
2016