More details will be announced in due course.

Coming Soon …

Sleep and Breathing Course
21 March 2025 (Friday)
Time / Venue Session
09:30 – 09:45 Registration
Meeting Room S421
09:45 – 11:15 Symposium (I): Diagnosis of OSA

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)
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break and Exhibition
11:45 – 13:15 Symposium (II): Treatment of OSA

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)
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 15:45 Symposium (III): Sleep Disorders Other than OSA

Insomnia and COMISA
Professor Matthew Naughton (Australia)
 
Narcolepsy and new exciting treatments
Professor Brendon Yee (Australia)
 
RBD and NREM parasomnias
Professor Brendon Yee (Australia)
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break and Exhibition
16:15 – 17:45 Symposium (IV): Respiratory Failure and Non-invasive Supports

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)
Sleep and Breathing Course
22 March 2025 (Saturday)
Time / Venue Session
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
Meeting Room S421
09:00 – 10:00 Symposium (V): Updates in OSA Management

Personalising OSA management
Professor Peter Cistulli (Australia)
 
Sleep & sleep disorders in other medical conditions
Professor Matthew Naughton (Australia)
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)
Dr. Kerri Melehan (Australia)
Respiratory and Other Parameters Scoring (Group B)
Mr. Tom Churchward (Australia)
11:15 – 12:00 EEG Scoring (Group B)
Dr. Kerri Melehan (Australia)
Respiratory and Other Parameters Scoring (Group A)
Mr. Tom Churchward (Australia)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
Time / Venue Meeting Room S421
13:00 – 14:00 Symposium (VI): Sleep and Sleepiness

Less commonly discussed aspects of sleep and sleep disorders
Dr. Kerri Melehan (Australia)
 
Sleepiness and vigilance testing
Mr. Tom Churchward (Australia)
Time / Venue Meeting Room S426 – 427 Meeting Room S428
14:00 – 15:00 NIV Workshop (Group A)
Associate Professor Amanda Piper (Australia)
CPAP Workshop (Group B)
Dr. Kerri Melehan (Australia)
Mr. Tom Churchward (Australia)
15:00 – 16:00 NIV Workshop (Group B)
Associate Professor Amanda Piper (Australia)
CPAP Workshop (Group A)
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)
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
08:50 – 10:45 Symposium on Asthma and COPD

Precision medicine in asthma: tailoring biologic therapies to patient profiles and T2 inflammatory markers
To be confirmed

The importance of proactive approach in COPD by triple therapy
To be confirmed

Position for dual bronchodilation in COPD: tailoring treatment for individual patients
To be confirmed

Biologic treatment in COPD patients with Type 2 inflammation
Professor Alberto Papi (Italy)
10:45 – 11:10 Coffee Break and Exhibition
11:10 – 13:05 Symposium on Update in Sleep Medicine

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)
Time / Venue Meeting Room S428
11:10 – 12:15 Concurrent Symposium for Allied Health Professionals

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)
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

Asthma – past, present and future
Professor Sir Stephen Holgate (UK)
15:15 – 15:30 Memorial Session – Tribute to Professor Moira Chan-Yeung
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break and Exhibition
16:00 – 17:30 Updates on Respiratory Medicine and Health

Emerging treatment therapies: how would clinical remission be achieved with single inhaler triple therapy (SITT)
To be confirmed

A paradigm shift: multidisciplinary strategies for early-stage NSCLC with perioperative immunotherapy
To be confirmed

Topic on air pollution
Professor Sir Stephen Holgate (UK)
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