The Union World Conference on Lung Health is the world’s largest gathering of clinicians and public health workers, health programme managers, policymakers, researchers and advocates working to end the suffering caused by lung diseases, with a focus specifically on the challenges faced by low-and lower-middle income populations. Of the 10 million people who die each year from lung diseases, some 80 percent live in these resource-limited settings.

Exercise testing is fundamental for the accurate quantification of cardiorespiratory fitness and for identifying mechanisms underlying exercise intolerance and shortness of breath (dyspnoea). Several indices of exercise testing-related physiological response relate independently to major clinical outcomes such as survival and hospital admissions, thus allowing considerable improvement in prognostic stratification. This course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the physiological basis of exercise testing, to identify the indications and the protocols used in clinical and rehabilitation settings as well as the increased importance of exercise testing in the prognostic setting.

PVRI 2027 is a three-day scientific meeting comprising over 22 hours of educational sessions, panel discussions, interactive case-based learning, and poster presentations covering the full spectrum of pulmonary vascular disease. Under the theme “Bridging Science, Innovation & Care for the Next 20 Years”, the programme will explore how advances in basic science, emerging technologies, and clinical innovation can be translated into improved patient outcomes. Key topics include precision medicine, novel therapeutic pipelines, artificial intelligence and digital health, imaging and disease phenotyping, pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart and lung disease, complex clinical management, transplantation, and strategies to address global disparities in pulmonary hypertension care.

This virtual school provides a comprehensive, practice-oriented overview of respiratory infections, covering pneumonia, viral infections, TB, NTM-PD and chronic airway infections. The programme features a highly interactive digital learning environment including plenary discussions, case presentations with live voting and a multidisciplinary panel discussion, enabling participants to apply knowledge to real-world clinical scenarios and explore complex cases from different perspectives.

The Asia-Pacific Bronchiectasis & NTM Conference serves as a premier gathering for sharing and discussing the most recent findings related to the diagnosis and management of Bronchiectasis & NTM in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference will cover a broad range of topics, including: Aetiology, Airway Clearance, Bacteriophage therapy, Clinical Trial, Co-infections, Comorbidities, Diagnosis, Environmental conditions, Epidemiology, Guidelines, Management, Microbiome, Pathophysiology, Refractory NTM, Registries, Surgical Treatments, Treatments.

This online course will provide an overview of the field of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Participants will learn which diagnostic procedures should be applied based on given clinical circumstances, and will receive updates on specific diseases and treatments. Course attendees will have the opportunity to present their pre-recorded cases and discuss them with leading experts.

To provide up-to-date information on the daily practice of pulmonologists, respiratory scientists and allied health professionals, in order to improve their knowledge-base, and, ultimately, to improve the overall quality of patient care. The information disseminated during the webinar should introduce the basic concepts and established techniques rather than scientific work in progress.

The key objective of this set of modules is to provide participants with different opinions regarding key issues in the field of respiratory medicine. Discussions between recognised experts will be recorded and made available in video format for the participants. Each module will be based on a specific topic or a case presentation.

This course is aimed at qualified medical doctors/pulmonologists with previous experience in performing regular bronchoscopies, who want to further train in diagnostic and therapeutic interventional pulmonology. The course is devoted to hands-on workshops and theoretical teaching of different interventional procedures in accordance with international requirements.

Physicians learn mostly from the cases they have seen in clinical practice and discussed with their colleagues. The authors of the case learning section therefore believe that learning with cases is the best way to master medicine. The cases are presented in an interactive way from symptom to diagnosis including self-evaluation of the participants` knowledge. At the end of each section, references for further reading are displayed.

This collaborative course unites thoracic oncology experts to share comprehensive insights across the lung cancer spectrum, covering everything from screening and rapid diagnosis to palliative care and complex resuscitation ethics. Organised by ERS, with expert contributions from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS), European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) and European Society of Radiology (ESR), the course aims to:
– present the latest evidence and best practices in lung cancer screening, staging, diagnosis and treatment
– explore recent advances in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches
– review standards for palliative care and decision-making around resuscitation
– examine approaches to biopsy, biomarker integration and outcome prediction

The Pulmonary Hypertension Masterclass will be focused on the early detection, diagnostic strategy (including ECHO and right heart catheterization practical demonstration, and right heart catheterization simulation) and therapy in patients with pulmonary hypertension. During Case Forum participants are invited to present case reports.

This course aims to improve the early and accurate diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary nodules by training pulmonologists in advanced image-guided navigation and biopsy techniques. Traditional biopsy methods can be less effective and carry higher risks. Using advanced imaging-based technologies, clinicians can enhance navigation, perform safer biopsies, and potentially enable future local treatments, ultimately improving diagnostic accuracy, patient safety, and comfort. The course is specifically tailored for pulmonologists with advanced endoscopic expertise, who are proficient in basic bronchoscopy and have experience with cancer diagnostic procedures and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS).

To provide an integrated, multidisciplinary update on the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases, with a focus on inflammation, multisystem interactions and multidisciplinary management.

Respiratory medicine in India faces significant gaps in standardised, evidence-based clinical education. Healthcare professionals lack access to structured, comprehensive respiratory education aligned with international guidelines and current practice standards.