More details will be announced in due course.
Coming Soon …
| Sleep and Breathing Course 21 March 2025 (Friday) |
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| 09:30 – 09:45 | Registration | |
| Meeting Room S421 | ||
| 09:45 – 11:15 | Symposium (I): Diagnosis of OSA (Chairpersons: Dr. Macy Lui and Dr. Chun-kong Ng) 4 factor model to explain OSA pathophysiology and treatment options – helpful or hogwash
Professor Matthew Naughton (Australia) Craniofacial phenotypes which lead to non-obese SDB: what to watch out for
Professor Peter Cistulli (Australia) Sleep Questionnaires: which to use and why Professor Brendon Yee (Australia) |
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| 11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee Break and Exhibition | |
| 11:45 – 13:15 | Symposium (II): Treatment of OSA (Chairperson: Dr. Kin-wang To and Dr. Yiu-cheong Yeung) CPAP therapy: RCTs vs big data which do we believe
Professor Matthew Naughton (Australia) Oral appliance therapy: state of the art
Professor Peter Cistulli (Australia) Non-PAP therapies for OSA Professor Brendon Yee (Australia) |
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| 13:15 – 14:15 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:15 – 15:45 | Symposium (III): Sleep Disorders Other than OSA (Chairpersons: Dr. Pui-hing Chiu and Dr. Chun-kong Ng) Insomnia and COMISA
Professor Matthew Naughton (Australia) Narcolepsy and new exciting treatments
Professor Brendon Yee (Australia) RBD and NREM parasomnias Professor Brendon Yee (Australia) |
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| 15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee Break and Exhibition | |
| 16:15 – 17:45 | Symposium (IV): Respiratory Failure and Non-invasive Supports (Chairpersons: Dr. Alice Cheung and Dr. Wai-kei Lam) Oxygen therapy: how important is it to “swim between the flags”
Professor Matthew Naughton (Australia) CO2 monitoring: how, when and why. How to avoid pitfalls for beginners
Associate Professor Amanda Piper (Australia) Updates on NIV in respiratory failure Associate Professor Amanda Piper (Australia) |
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| Sleep and Breathing Course 22 March 2025 (Saturday) |
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| Time / Venue | Session | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | |
| Meeting Room S421 | ||
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Symposium (V): Updates in OSA Management (Chairpersons: Dr. Hoi-yee Kwan and Dr. David Lam) Personalising OSA management
Professor Peter Cistulli (Australia) Sleep & sleep disorders in other medical conditions Professor Matthew Naughton (Australia) |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break and Exhibition | |
| Time / Venue | Meeting Room S426 – 427 | Meeting Room S428 |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | EEG Scoring (Group A) (Chairperson: Dr. Chi-kai Chow) Dr. Kerri Melehan (Australia) |
Respiratory and Other Parameters Scoring (Group B) (Chairperson: Dr. Frankie Choy) Mr. Tom Churchward (Australia) |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | EEG Scoring (Group B) (Chairperson: Dr. Chi-kai Chow) Dr. Kerri Melehan (Australia) |
Respiratory and Other Parameters Scoring (Group A) (Chairperson: Dr. Frankie Choy) Mr. Tom Churchward (Australia) |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break | |
| Time / Venue | Meeting Room S421 | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Symposium (VI): Sleep and Sleepiness (Chairpersons: Dr. Hon-cheung Fan and Dr. Derek Lee) Less commonly discussed aspects of sleep and sleep disorders
Dr. Kerri Melehan (Australia) Sleepiness and vigilance testing Mr. Tom Churchward (Australia) |
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| Time / Venue | Meeting Room S426 – 427 | Meeting Room S428 |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | NIV Workshop (Group A) (Chairperson: Dr. Wai-kei Lam) Associate Professor Amanda Piper (Australia) |
CPAP Workshop (Group B) (Chairperson: Dr. Jane Cheung) Dr. Kerri Melehan (Australia) Mr. Tom Churchward (Australia) |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | NIV Workshop (Group B) (Chairperson: Dr. Wai-kei Lam) Associate Professor Amanda Piper (Australia) |
CPAP Workshop (Group A) (Chairperson: Dr. Jane Cheung) Dr. Kerri Melehan (Australia) Mr. Tom Churchward (Australia) |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break and Exhibition | |
| 16:30 – 18:30 | Hands-on Workshop | |
| Annual Scientific Meeting 23 March 2025 (Sunday) |
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| Time / Venue | Session | |
| 08:20 – 08:45 | Registration | |
| Meeting Room S421 | ||
| 08:45 – 08:50 | Opening Remarks Dr. Fanny Ko, Chairman of Hong Kong Lung Foundation
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| 08:50 – 10:45 | Symposium on Asthma and COPD (Chairpersons: Dr. Fanny Ko and Dr. Loletta So) Precision medicine in asthma: tailoring biologic therapies to patient profiles and T2 inflammatory markers Professor Philip Thompson (Australia) The importance of proactive approach in COPD by triple therapy Professor Diahn-warng Perng (Taiwan) Position for dual bronchodilation in COPD: tailoring treatment for individual patients Professor Michael Dreher (Germany) Biologic treatment in COPD patients with Type 2 inflammation
Professor Alberto Papi (Italy) |
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| 10:45 – 11:10 | Coffee Break and Exhibition | |
| 11:10 – 13:05 | Symposium on Update in Sleep Medicine (Chairpersons: Professor David Hui and Dr. Chun-kong Ng) Pathophysiology of OSA Professor Peter Cistulli (Australia) Evolving diagnostics for OSA: from PSG to wearables and beyond – what’s the evidence Mr. Tom Churchward (Australia) GLP1 agonists: short-term gain or long-term pain Professor Matthew Naughton (Australia) NIV and HFNT in managing chronic respiratory failure during sleep – blow or flow?
Associate Professor Amanda Piper (Australia) |
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| Time / Venue | Meeting Room S426 – 427 | |
| 11:10 – 12:15 | Concurrent Symposium for Allied Health Professionals (Chairpersons: Dr. Alice Cheung and Dr. Ida Wong) Application of motivational interviewing by occupational therapists to promote self-management in pulmonary rehabilitation Mr. William Ko (Hong Kong) What challenges we still encounter on patient education of inhalation therapy
Mr. Shu-wah Ng (Hong Kong) |
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| 13:05 – 14:25 | Lunch and AGMs | |
| Time / Venue | Meeting Room S421 | |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | A Moment of Appreciation for Support to Respiratory Patients – Sharing from MK Lau Foundation | |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | HKLF – Donald Yu Lecture (Chairpersons: Professor Christopher Lai and Professor Donald Yu) Barrier function: The new frontier for asthma and allergy
Professor Sir Stephen Holgate (UK) |
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| 15:15 – 15:30 | Memorial Session – Tribute to Professor Moira Chan-Yeung (Orated by Professor Mary Ip on behalf of HKLF/HKTS/CHEST Delegation Hong Kong and Macau) |
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| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break and Exhibition | |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Updates on Respiratory Medicine and Health (Chairpersons: Dr. Jenny Ngai and Dr. Yiu-cheong Yeung) Emerging treatment therapies: how would clinical remission be achieved with single inhaler triple therapy (SITT) Dr. Kay-choong See (Singapore) A paradigm shift: multidisciplinary strategies for early-stage NSCLC with perioperative immunotherapy Dr. James Ho (Hong Kong) There’s something in the air – the pervasive and serious effects of air pollution on human health
Professor Sir Stephen Holgate (UK) |
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