BTS Winter Meeting 2016

Start:

Wed, 7 Dec 2016, 08:00

End:

Fri, 9 Dec 2016, 03:00

Website:

https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/bts-learning-hub/bts-summer-and-winter-meetings/winter-meeting-2016/

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#BTSwinter2016

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Online abstract submission is now available via the link above. Members and non-members are encouraged to submit abstracts to the Winter Meeting and, where appropriate, to apply for the BTS/BLF/BALR Early Career Investigators Awards and Medical Student Award. Closing date for abstracts is 21 July at 23:59.

	Early Bird (daily rate) On or before 10 October 2016	Late (daily rate) After 10 October 2016 but before 5 December 2016	On-site (daily rate) On-Site
BTS members	£100.00	£120.00	£130.00
Non BTS members	£125.00	£150.00	£175.00
Concessionary	£60.00	£75.00	£85.00

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WEDNESDAY 7 DECEMBER 2016

8.00am – 8.30am	BTS JOURNAL CLUB
	EMPHYSEMA
	Professor Robert Stockley (Birmingham)

8.30am – 10.00am	SYMPOSIUM
	SARCOIDOSIS: CONQUERING THE ENIGMA?
	Chaired by: Dr Joanna Porter (London) and Dr Muhunthan Thillai (Cambridge)

8.30am – 10.30am	SYMPOSIUM
	EVOLVING TREATMENTS FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA
	Chaired by: Dr Alison McMillan (Welwyn Garden City) and Professor John Stradling (Oxford)

8.30am – 10.30am	JOINT BTS/BALR SYMPOSIUM
	DEVELOPING TOMORROW’S RESPIRATORY MEDICINES TODAY (part 1)
	Chaired by: Dr Karl Staples (Southampton) and Dr Amanda Tatler (Nottingham)

10.30am – 12.30pm	SYMPOSIUM
	NEW ANSWERS TO OLD QUESTIONS: ADVANCEMENTS IN COPD
	Chaired by: Dr Elizabeth Sapey (Birmingham) and Dr Tom Wilkinson (Southampton)

10.45am – 12.45pm	SYMPOSIUM
	MALIGNANT PLEURAL DISEASE: GENETIC ADVANCES AND THE RESULTS OF RCT’S IN PLEURAL FLUID MANAGEMENT
	Chaired by: Dr Rahul Bhatnagar (Bristol) and Dr Lesley Bishop (Portsmouth)

11.00am – 1.00pm	JOINT BTS/BALR SYMPOSIUM
	DEVELOPING TOMORROW’S RESPIRATORY MEDICINES TODAY (part 2)
	Chaired by: Dr Deborah Clarke (MedImmune) and Dr Adam Giangreco (London)

12.45pm – 1.30pm	SNELL MEMORIAL LECTURE
	Professor Chris Dye (World Health Organisation)

1.45pm – 3.15pm	JOINT BTS/BPRS SYMPOSIUM
	BUILDING BRIDGES AND NETWORKS – THE POWERS OF COMMUNICATION AND REMOTE MONITORING Chaired by: Dr Louise Fleming (London)

2.00pm – 3.30pm	PRIZE SYMPOSIUM
	BTS/BALR/BLF EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATOR AWARDS

2.00pm – 4.00pm	SYMPOSIUM WHAT’S NEW IN MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASE?
	Chaired by: Dr Heinke Kunst (London) and Dr Michael Loebinger (London)

4.15pm – 5.30pm	BTS AWARD PRESENTATIONS AND BTS PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

5.30pm – 6.00pm	BTS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

THURSDAY 8 DECEMBER 2016

8.00am – 8.30am	BTS JOURNAL CLUB
	COUGH
	Professor Alyn Morice (Hull)

8.30am – 10.00am	JOINT BTS/BTOG SYMPOSIUM
	TISSUE IS THE ISSUE BUT WILL IT ALWAYS BE?
	Chaired by: Professor Sam Janes (London) and Dr Sanjay Popat (London)

8.30am – 10.00am	JOINT BTS/BPRS SYMPOSIUM
	PRECISION MEDICINE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
	Chaired by: Professor Jane Davies (London) and Professor Stephen Durham (London)

8.30am – 10.30am	SYMPOSIUM
	BLASTS, PARTICLES, FIBRES: FROM (LUNG) INSULT TO INJURY
	Chaired by: Dr Johanna Feary (London) and Professor David Fishwick (Sheffield)

10.30am – 12.00pm	SYMPOSIUM
	TARGETED THERAPIES IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS
	Chaired by: Dr Stephen Bourke (Newcastle upon Tyne) and Dr Donna McShane (Cambridge)

10.30am – 12.15pm	SYMPOSIUM
	PLENARY SCIENTIFIC
	Chaired by: Professor Louise Donnelly (London) and Dr Gisli Jenkins (Nottingham)

12.30pm – 1.15pm	THE BTS LECTURE
	EPITHELIAL ALARMINS AND ASTHMA
	Professor Paul O’Byrne (Ontario)

1.45pm – 3.15pm	SYMPOSIUM
	NOVEL SCIENCE, INNOVATIVE IMAGING AND A CLINICAL UPDATE IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Chaired by: Dr Robin Condliffe (Sheffield) and Dr Elaine Soon (Cambridge)

2.00pm – 3.30pm	SYMPOSIUM
	HIGHLIGHTS FROM THORAX

3.30pm – 5.30pm	SYMPOSIUM
	NEW TREATMENTS FOR SMOKING CESSATION
	Chaired by: Dr Sanjay Agrawal (Leicester) and Dr Gisli Jenkins (Nottingham)


5.30pm – 7.00pm	THE PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION

FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER 2016

8.00am – 8.30am	BTS JOURNAL CLUB
	SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE
	Dr Anand Devaraj (London)

8.30am – 10.15am	SYMPOSIUM
	ASTHMA – FROM RESEARCH TO CLINICAL REALITY
	Chaired by: Dr Ruth Green (Leicester) and Professor Liam Heaney (Belfast)

8.30am – 10.00am	SYMPOSIUM
	ARDS: SEEING THE WOOD AMONGST THE TREES
	Chaired by: Professor Danny McAuley (Belfast) and Professor David Thickett (Birmingham

8.30am – 10.30am	SYMPOSIUM
	RARE DISEASES AND GeCiP
	Chaired by: Professor Eric Alton (London) and Dr Claire Shovlin (London)

10.45am – 12.15pm	SYMPOSIUM
	LUNG CANCER, COPD AND INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE – BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THESE CONDITIONS
	Chaired by: Dr Robert Rintoul (Cambridge) and Dr Elizabeth Sage (London)