RESPIRATORY SUMMIT PROGRAM:
New Perspectives in Respiratory Diseases
Day
1
Thursday, 22nd January 2026 - COPD
08.00 Registration & coffee
08.30 Welcome and introduction ............................................... Prof. Sir P.J. Barnes & Dr. R. Russell
08.45 Pathophysiology of COPD ............................................................................. Prof. Sir P. J. Barnes
09.30 Exacerbations of COPD .................................................................................... Prof. W. Wedzicha
10.15 Coffee/Tea Break
10.45 How to manage COPD and the role of Bronchodilators ...................................... Dr. R. Russell
11.30 Inhaled corticosteroids in COPD .................................................................. Prof. Sir P. J. Barnes
12.15 Lunch
13.00 Biomarkers & Biologics in COPD: ready for use? ........................................... Prof. M. Bafadhel
13.45 Bronchoscopic interventions in COPD ..................................................................... Prof. P. Shah
14.30 Tea
15.00 Cardiovascular Risk in COPD ............................................................................ Dr. D. Shrikrishna
15:45 Living well with COPD: the Palliative approach ..................................................... Dr. R. Taylor
16.30 Recap and closure of day 1 ................................................. Prof. Sir P.J. Barnes & Dr. R. Russell
20.00 Summit dinner (all participants)
Day
2
Friday, 23rd January, 2026 - Asthma & ILD
08.30 Coffee
09.00 Pathophysiology of Asthma .......................................................................... Prof. Sir P. J. Barnes
09.45 ICS and combinations in Asthma ............................................................................ Dr. R. Russell
10.30 Coffee
11.00 The importance of inhaler devices ..................................................................... Prof. O. Usmani
11.45 Severe Asthma & the role of biologics .................................................................... Dr. A. Nanzer
12.30 Lunch
13.15 How to diagnose and manage Idiophathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ............. Prof. P. Molyneaux
14.00 How to diagnose and manage other interstitial lung diseases ........................ Prof. A. Wells
14.45 Recap and closure of day 2 ............................................... Prof. Sir P.J. Barnes & Dr. R. Russell
15:00 Tea & end Program-day 2