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

The full and detailed educational programme and registration information will be available in the online Advance Programme, from March 2010.

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 exercises, the revival?
• 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.
• Systemic and pulmonary vascular consequences of endothelial dysfunction - translational insights