Nordic Lung Congress 2024

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Wednesday 5 June 2024
11.30-12.30 Lunch for postgraduate course attendees
Postgraduate courses (12.30-16.30)
(PG1): Severe asthma/ Nordic severe Asthma Network
Chairs: Prof Celeste Porsbjerg, Prof Lauri Lehtimäki
Meeting room: Bysa 2
12.30-12.40 Welcome and introduction of NSAN, Prof Lauri Lehtimäki
12.40-13.00 Systematic assessment of difficult-to-treat and severe asthma, Prof Lauri Lehtimäki
13.00-13.50 Systematic assessment, Part 2: Treatment barriers, MD, PhD Anna von Bülow
13.50-14.30 Systematic assessment, Part 3: Triggers and co-morbidities, MD, PhD Asger Sverrild
14:30 -15.00 Coffee break
15.00-15.45 Treatment of severe asthma, MD, PhD Unnur Björndsóttir
15.45-15.15 What is needed to assess and treat severe asthma, Prof Celeste Porsbjerg
15.15 Polling questions and self-assessment
16.30 End of course

(PG2) Sleep apnea and chronic respiratory insufficiency
Chairs: Professor Tarja Saaresranta + Nordic research group
(PG2 Available both for prescribers, researchers and for nurses)
Meeting room: Bysa 3
12.30-13.05 Interpretation of cardiorespiratory polygraphy – Prof Ludger Grote, Gothenburg
13.05-13.40 Sleep apnea in the elderly – MD, PhD Aino Lammintausta, Turku
13.40-14.15 COMISA, Co-morbid insomnia and sleep apnea – PhD Erla Björnsdottir, Reykjavik
14.15-14.45 Coffee break
14.45-15.20Non-CPAP therapies – MD, PhD Jan Hedner, Gothenburg
15.20-15.55 HFNC – Prof Ulla Møller Weinreich, Aarhus
15.55-16.30 How to choose the type and settings of ventilator in chronic respiratory failure, Karin Ersson, Uppsala

(PG3) PG Course IP
Chairs: MD, PhD Toomas Uibu, MD, PhD Jukka Randell, MD PhD Heidi Andersen+ others
Meeting room: Crusell
12.30-13.15 Navigation bronchoscopy, Stefan Barath, MD, PhD Senior Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
13.15-14.00 Sytopathology and genetics of small tissue samples, MD, PhD Mikko Mäyränpää, Senior Lecturer, Helsinki
14.00-14.45 Difficult cases in presurgical cardiopulmonary evaluation, Chief Physician, Thorax surgeon Eero Sihvo, Jyväskylä
14.45-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-15.45 Advances in tumor radiology, MD Kirsi Volmonen, Thorax Radiology, Helsinki
15.45-16.30 Treatment options for central airway tumors, Chief Physician, Pulmonology Arve Sundset, Oslo

(PG4) HRCT interpretation in interstitial lung diseases
Elisabeth Bendstrup, Riitta Kaarteenaho
Chairs: Prof Elisabeth Bendstrup, Ass. Prof Jesper Davidsen and Ass. Prof. Saher Shaker, Ass prof Michael Brun Andersen
Meeting room: Tallberg
12.30-13.00 Welcome and short introduction to interstitial lung diseases, Prof Elisabeth Bendstrup
13.00-13.30 Pattern-based description of HRCT, Ass Prof Saher Shaker
13.30-14.00 The reticular pattern, Ass Prof Michael Brun Andersen / Ass Prof Jesper Davidsen
14.00-14.30 The cystic pattern, Ass Prof Michael Brun Andersen / Prof Elisabeth Bendstrup
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15.00-15.30 The nodular pattern, Ass Prof Michael Brun Andersen / Ass Prof Saher Shaker
15.30-16.00 Groundglass and consolidations, Ass Prof Michael Brun Andersen / Ass Prof Jesper Davidsen
16.00-16.30 Cases and self-assessment

16.30-17.30 Symposium Advances and highlights in asthma
Meeting room: Bysa 3
16.30-17.00 Upper and lower airways – Treatable traits, Professor Vibeke Backe
17.00-17.30 Fertility and asthma, Prof Charlotte Suppli Ulrik

NLC 2024 Congress dinner
Time: 19.00
Venue: Hilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa (address: Kalastajatorpantie 1, 00330 Helsinki)
Tickets for the dinner are sold separately
 

Thursday 6 June 2024
Poster session 8.30-16.50
Poster round 14.50-15.30
MD PhD Minna Tommola, MD PhD Heikki Ekroos, Ass Prof Jussi Tikkanen, Hanna Immonen
Poster room: Tallberg

Session 1: Severe asthma, Refractory severe cough
Chairs: Prof Lauri Lehtimäki, Prof Christer Janson
Meeting room: Bysa 3
8.30-8.40 Welcome
8.40-9.00 Endotypes and trajectories of severe asthma in adults / MD, PhD Pulmonology Anna von Bülow
9.00-9.20 Is remission achievable in severe asthma? / MD, PhD Pulmonology Unnur Björnsdottir
9.20-9.40 Can biologics be stopped after remission in severe asthma? / Prof Celeste Porsbjerg
9.40-10.00 Treating both upper and lower airways in severe asthma/ Prof Sanna Toppila-Salmi

Session 2: New treatments in interstitial lung diseases
Chairs: Prof Riitta Kaarteenaho, Prof Elisabeth Bendstrup
Meeting room: Bysa 2
8.30-8.50  IPF/ Prof Marjukka Myllärniemi, Helsinki Finland
8.50-9.10  CTD-ILD/ Prof Elisabeth Bendstrup, Aarhus, Denmark
9.10-9.30  Sarcoidosis/ Prof Francesco Bonella, Essen,
9.30-10.00   Hot topic/ Prof Michael Durheim, Oslo

10.00-10.30 Coffee

Session 3: Refractory severe cough Heikki Koskela
Chairs: Heikki Koskela
Meeting room: Bysa 3
10.30-10.50 Severe chronic cough and difficult-to-treat chronic cough / Prof Heikki Koskela Nordic (confirmed)
10.50-11.10 Consequences of refractory severe cough/ MD, PhD Össur Emilsson, Uppsala
11.10-11.30 New treatment options in severe cough/ Prof Surinder Birring, London, UK

Session 4: Lung transplantations
Chairs: Jussi Tikkanen, Maija Halme
Meeting room: Bysa 2
10.30-10.50 Torque teno virus -based immunosuppression MD Peter Jaksch
10.50-11.10  ScanCLAD – ciclosporine or tacrolimus for lung transplantations Prof Göran Dellgren
11.10-11.30 PAH MD PhD Elina Heliövaara
11.30-12.30 Lunch

12.30-13.30 Platinum Sponsor symposium: Orion
Meeting room: Bysa 3

Session 5: Smoking cessation and lung cancer screening
Chairs: Prof Tuula Vasankari, MD PhD Heidi Andersen
Meeting room: Bysa 3
13.30-13.50 Electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products, Prof Magnus Lundbäck KI
13.50-14.10 Efficacy of different methods for smoking cessation, Ass Prof Linnea Hedman Umeå
14.10-14.30 Screening of lung cancer, Ass Prof Jari Räsänen

Session 6: Sleep apnea and chronic respiratory insufficiency
Chairs: Prof Erla Björnsdottir, Prof Tarja Saaresranta
Meeting room: Bysa 2
13.30-13.50 Standardized care and knowledge management in obstructive sleep apnea - the Swedish approach/ Prof Ludger Grote, Gothenburg
13.50-14.10 REM-AHI and associations with atherosclerosis and proteomics/ MD PhD Mirjam Ljunggren, Uppsala
14.10-14.30 Survival in patients with home mechanical ventilation - a 22 year follow up/ MD PhD Andreas Palm, Uppsala
14.30-14.50 Telemonitoring of NIV / Ass Prof Ulla Anttalainen, Turku

14.30-15.10 Coffee

Session 7: Lung cancer and palliative care
Chairs: Ass Prof Aija Knuuttila, MD PhD Heidi Andersen
Meeting room: Bysa 3
15.10-15.30 Hot topic: Immunotherapy in neoadjuvant treatment MD PhD Luigi De Petris, Senior Consultant, Stockholm
15.30-15.50 Adjuvant treatment after surgery MD Anders Vikström Chief Physician Linköping (anders.vikstrom@regionostergotland.se)
15.50-16.10 Treatment of metastatic NSCLC – Ass Prof Aija Knuuttila
16.10-16.30 Early palliative care for lung cancer patients MD PhD Maria Silvoniemi, Turku (confirmed)

Session 8: Occupational diseases
Chairs: Vivi Schlüssen, Hille Suojalehto
Meeting room: Bysa 2
15.30-15.50 Irritant induced asthma/ Ass Prof Irmeli Lindström, Helsinki, Finland
15.50-16.10 Role of occupational exposures in ILD / MD Inge Brøsbøl Iversen, Aarhus, Denmark (PhD student)
16.10-16.30 Can work cause pneumonia? / Professor Kjell Toren Göteborg

Welcome reception hosted by the City of Helsinki
Time: 18.00-19.30
Venue: Helsinki City Hall (address: Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13, 00170 Helsinki)
Included to all registered attendees. Requires separate registration.

Friday 7 June 2024
Poster session 8.30-11.30
Poster round 9.50-10.30
Chairs for the poster sessions: Professor Eva Lindberg and TBC

Poster room: Tallberg

Session 11: New perspectives in Interventional Pulmonology
Chairs: Thomas Uibu and TBC
Meeting room: Bysa 3
8.30-8.50 Electromagnetic navigation for peripheral tumours MD PhD Stefan Barath MD, Senior Consultant, Sweden
8.50-9.30 Robotic bronchoscopy Prof Erik van der Heijden, Netherlands
9.30- 9.50 From lung cancer screening to procedures Ass Prof Tanel Laisaar, Estonia

Session 12: Tuberculosis and NTM
Chairs: Tuula Vasankari, Alan Altraja
Meeting room: Bysa 2
8.30-8.50 Treatment of NTM infections Prof Asko Järvinen (confirmed)
8.50-9.10 Hot topic: New TB regimens. Light at the end of the tunnel /Prof Christoph Lange Germany (confirmed)
9.10-9.30 Shorter TB regimens – experience from Estonia/ Prof Alan Altraja/Elmira (confirmed)
9.30-9.50 Videosupported TB treatment (VST), MD PhD Hanna-Riikka Kreivi Senior Consultant, HUS (confirmed)

9.50-10.30 Coffee

Session 13: COPD
Chairs: Ass Prof Witold Mazur + Dr/Professor from Norway
Meeting room: Bysa 3
10.30-10.50 Biologic therapies for COPD / Prof Klaus Rabe
10.50-11.10 High-flow therapy in COPD: the Danish experience/ Prof Ulla Moller Weinreich
11.10-11.30 The phenotypes of acute exacerbation of COPD/ MD PhD Lowie Vanfleren Senior Consultant

Session 14: Aspergillus infections and bronchiectasis
Chairs: Prof Ulla Weinreich Denmark, Paula Kauppi Finland
Meeting room: Bysa 2
10.30-10.50 Aspergillus infections, MD Katriina Pihlajamaa Senior Consultant, HUS Finland
10.50-11.10 Bronchiectasis and mortality, MD Jarkko Mäntylä Chief Physician HUS Finland
11.10-11.30 Variability of symptoms in bronchiectasis, MD Charlotte Vestergaard Senior Lecturer, Denmark

11.30-12.30 Lunch

12.30-13.15 Gold Sponsor symposium: Astrazeneca
Meeting room: Bysa 2
12.30-13.00 Silver PLUS Sponsor symposium: GSK
Meeting room: Bysa 3

13.00-13.30 Silver PLUS Sponsor symposium: Sanofi
Meeting room: Bysa 3

Session 15: Upper and lower airways – treatable traits?/ Young researchers
Chairs: Prof Eva Lindberg and TBC
Meeting room: Bysa 3
13.30-13.50 Hot topic Lung function trajectories/ MD Sigrid Vikjord (Norway)
13.50-14.10 Hot topic cardiovascular risk in COPD/ MD Oskar Wallström (Sweden)
14.10-14.30 Hot topic Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) and exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) in young athletes/ Karin Ersson (Sweden)
14.30-14.50 Hot topic

Session 16: Asthma/ Young researchers
Chairs: MD PhD Kjell Håkansson, DK and Prof Hannu Kankaanranta, FIN
Meeting room: Bysa 2
13.30-13.50 Adherence to ICS and SABA use/ PhD Student Iida Vähätalo, FIN
13.50-14.10 Novel phenotyping approach: symptom-based clustering of obstructive lung diseases/ MD Daniil Lisik, SE
14.10-14.30 Follow-up of asthma in primary care/ MD Jaana Takala, FIN
14.30-14.50 Infertility in women with asthma /MD Anne Vejen Hansen, DK

14.50-15.00 Conclusions and Thank you
Meeting room: Bysa 3

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME - NURSES
Wednesday 5 June 2024
NLC 2024 Congress dinner
Time: 19.00
Venue: Hilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa (address: Kalastajatorpantie 1, 00330 Helsinki)
Tickets for the dinner are sold separately

Thursday 6 June 2024
Session 9
08.30-9.50 Obstructive sleep apnea
09.50-10.30 Coffee
10.30-11.30 Digitalization and AI in nursing, smoking cessation
11.30-12.30 Lunch
Session 10
13.30-14.50 Palliative care, oxygen therapy and rehabilitation
14.50 -15.30 Coffee
15.30-16.50 COPD and asthma

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Welcome reception hosted by the City of Helsinki
Time: 18.00-19.30
Venue: Helsinki City Hall (address: Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13, 00170 Helsinki)
Included to all registered attendees. Requires separate registration.

Friday 7 June 2024
10.00-14.00 Visit to Meilahti Triangle Hospital and Filha (light lunch included)
10.00-12.00 Meilahti Triangle Hospital (Group 1 and 2) and Filha (Group 3 and 4)
12.00-14.00 Meilahti Triangle Hospital (Group 3 and 4) and Filha (Group 1 and 2)