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Annual Scientific Meetings

2015 Mar 22

The Annual Scientific Meeting 2015 was held on 22 March 2015 (Sunday) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre





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Programme

08:30 – 08:55

Registration

08:55 – 09:00

Opening Remarks

- Dr. Wai-ming Chan, Chairman of the Hong Kong Lung Foundation

09:00 – 10:30

Symposium on COPD

(Chairpersons: Dr. Hok-sum Chan and Dr. David Lam)

Tailor-made Treatment for COPD

- Professor Ken Chapman (Canada)

The Difference of ICS/LABA in Exacerbation Protection and Safety Benefits to COPD Patients

- Professor Kjell Larsson (Sweden)

Meeting the Challenge – Prevention of COPD Exacerbation

- Professor Peter Calverley (United Kingdom)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break and Exhibition

11:00 – 12:30

Symposium on Infection

(Chairpersons: Dr. Wai-ming Chan and Dr. Kwok-chiu Chang)

Pneumococcal Vaccines in Adults

- Dr. Owen Tsang (Hong Kong)

New Tool for Global TB Elimination: Interferon Gamma Release Assays

- Dr. Masae Kawamura (USA)

A New Generation of Cephalosporin for Pneumonia: Is It Worth Its Zalt?

- Dr. Hoe-nam Leong (Singapore)

11:00 – 12:00

Concurrent Symposium for Allied Health Professionals

(Chairpersons: Dr. Kah-lin Choo and Dr. Alice Ho)

Living Well with COPD: A Reference Model in Promoting self-management and Efficacy

- Mr. Chi-tao So (Hong Kong)

The Use of Acu-Tens for Treatment of Airway Diseases

- Dr. Shirley Ngai (Hong Kong)

12:30 – 13:15

Annual General Meeting

12:30 – 14:15

Lunch (sponsored by Mundipharma)

14:15 – 15:00

Luncheon Symposium (sponsored by Mundipharma)

(Chairperson: Dr. Fanny Ko)

Delivering Particles That Matter

- Dr. Omar Usmani (United Kingdom)

15:00 – 15:45

Keynote Lecture 1

(Chairperson: Dr. Joseph Pang)

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Management

- Dr. Talmadge King (USA)

15:45 – 16:15

Coffee Break and Exhibition

16:15 – 17:00

Keynote Lecture 2

(Chairperson: Dr. Thomas Mok)

Updates in Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Embolism

- Professor Walter Ageno (Italy)

17:00 – 18:00

Symposium on Airway Diseases

(Chairpersons: Dr. Johnny Chan and Dr. Wilson Yee)

Exacerbation and Symptom Management in COPD – Dual Bronchodilation

- Professor Jadwiga Wedzicha (United Kingdom)

The Updated Roles of ICS/LABA/LAMA in Asthma and COPD

- Professor Andrew Greening (United Kingdom)

 

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