Friday, April 13th 2018
| 8:30 | Registration opens |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Welcoming note organizer Erika von Mutius / Anne Hilgendorff |
| 9:10 – 9:20 | Welcoming note LMU Stefan Endres |
| 9:20 – 9:35 | Translational Science at HMGU Günther Wess |
| 9:35 – 10:20 | Data sharing in clinical trials: A moral imperative Jeff Drazen |
| 10:20 – 12:15 | 1st Session– Exacerbation in pulmonary fibrosis - disease concepts and biomarkers |
| Chairs: Jürgen Behr / Werner Seeger | |
| 10:20 – 10:45 | Acute exacerbations in IPF – clinical characteristics Luca Richeldi |
| 10:45 – 11:10 | Biomarkers for acute exacerbation in IPF Martin Kolb |
| 11:10 – 11:35 | Integrated proteomics and single cell transcriptomics in ILD Herbert Schiller |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | Early detection of acute exacerbations in IPF Gisli Jenkins |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Abstract Talk: Circulating MDSC reflect IPF progression by orchestrating and pro-fibrotic networks Isis E. Fernández |
| 12:15 – 13:45 | Lunch Break & Poster Session with facilitators (Thomas Colon, Isis Fernández) |
| 13:45 – 15:15 | 2nd Session – The role of microbiome and virome for lung disease exacerbation |
| Chairs: Anne Hilgendorff / Michael Schloter | |
| 13:45 – 14:10 | Host and pathogen – yin and yang of acute and chronic disease Ulrich von Both |
| 14:10 – 14:35 | The microbiome of the lung in health and disease Michael Schloter |
| 14:35 – 15:00 | Missing pieces in the study of virus-host interactions Li Deng |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Abstract Talk: Dysfunctional macrophage polarization in a mouse model of smoke and influenza co-exposure Anienke van der Veen |
| 15:15 – 16:45 | 3rd Session – Asthma exacerbation - disease concepts and biomarkers |
| Chairs: Erika von Mutius / Cezmi Akdis | |
| 15:15 – 15:40 | What is known about asthma exacerbations? James Gern |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | Mechanisms of inducing and breaking allergen tolerance Mübeccel Akdis |
| 16:05 – 16:30 | Asthma; different ways to exacerbation Christian Taube |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | Abstract Talk: Research network EXASENS: point-of-care sensor platform for chronic inflammatory airway diseases Andreas Frey |
| 16:45 – 17:30 | Coffee Break |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | 4th Session – Exacerbation in (acute) lung injury – the clinical picture and drivers of disease |
| Chairs: Andrea Koch / Tobias Stöger | |
| 17:30 – 17:55 | Exacerbation in COPD - a clinical view Klaus Rabe |
| 17:55 – 18:20 | Acute endothelial activation in lung injury Wolfgang Kübler |
| 18:20 – 18:45 | NMDA receptor: a critical link between vascular remodeling pathways in PAH Sylvia Cohen-Kaminsky |
| 18:45 – 19:00 | Abstract Talk: Targeted metabolomic profiling reveals regulation of lipid metabolism in community acquired pneumonia Haroon Arshad |