The educational programme, covers all aspects of respiratory medicine, and will include the following:

• 23 Postgraduate Courses, which will take place on Saturday 18 September 2010 
• 18 Meet the Professor Seminars, interactive intimate lunchtime seminars which take place from Sunday 19 September 2010 to Tuesday 21 September 2010
• 1 Workshop, which will take place on Saturday 18 September 2010 
• The third HERMES European Examination in Adult Respiratory Medicine, for registration information please visit the exam registration page

Morning Sessions

Core

• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
• Breaking news on imaging in critically ill patients.
• Asthma - from bench to bedside.
• Molecular pathology for the clinician.

All

• Interventional thoracoscopy.
• Techniques in non-invasive mechanical ventilation.
• Phenotypes of asthma and COPD.
• How to manage treatment complications of lung cancer.
• An interactive course on paediatric respiratory emergencies.
• Bronchial challenge tests: usefulness, availability and limitations.
• Infection: a player in the natural history of COPD.
• 'Train the trainer' postgraduate session.

Afternoon Sessions

Core

• Interventional pulmonology.
• Occupational asthma: risk factors and management.

All

• Asthma and COPD: similarities and differences.
• Imaging and pathology of the lung.
• Antimicrobial treatment of LRTI - important new aspects for clinical practice.
• Treatment of OSA.
• Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the evaluation of the respiratory patient.
• Implementing asthma guidelines for children in daily practice.
• Is gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) bad for the lungs?
• Developing pulmonary rehabilitation in non-COPD patients.
• Case and problem-based multimodal treatment in thoracic oncology.
• WORKSHOP: Non-invasive assessment of respiratory function in children.

• Can we enhance exercise performance in COPD with nutritional support?
• How I manage severe sepsis.
• Virtual microscopy - a new tool for case discussions.
• Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension: when should it be used and which drugs for which patients?
• Choice of inhaler devices in the outpatient setting.
• The impact of airborne occupational exposure in COPD.
• New treatment modalities in cystic fibrosis.
• Laser or stapling resections versus palliative radiotherapy or cryotherapy.
• Breathing issues in COPD, what a physiotherapist can offer.
• Fungal respiratory infections.
• Management of malignant pleural effusions.
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outcome measurements: what is important? What is useful?
• Emerging drugs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Ventilator-associated pneumonia.
• Mast cells and eosinophils: the two key effector cells in allergic inflammation.
• Evolving concepts in the early and accurate diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• Telemonitoring of COPD patients at home.
• Ventilatory strategies in the management of severe hypoxemic respiratory failure