Online Only
ProgrammeConference Programme
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.
Join our online conference to continue your learning and gain insight and knowledge of the many important issues our profession faces.
Dowload the full programme below.
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.
 Join our mailing list to be the first to receive Conference programme updates
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

2018

2017

2016
