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