Saturday, April 14th 2018
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Opening talk Vascular Inflammation in Pulmonary Hypertension and Lung Transplantation Mark Nicolls |
| 9:45 – 11:15 | 5th Session – Exacerbation and progression of COPD - concepts and mechanisms |
| Chairs: Ali Önder Yildirim / Tobias Welte | |
| 9:45 – 10:10 | Targeting the immune mechanisms underlying exacerbations of COPD Alison Humbles |
| 10:10 – 10:35 | Insights from mouse models of cigarette smoke exposure and microbial infections Martin Stämpfli |
| 10:35 – 11:00 | Transition from Health to COPD: linking epidemiology and clinical cohorts Holger Schulz |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Abstract Talk: Reversal of cigarette smoke-induced COPD via Lymphotoxin-β receptor blockade Thomas M. Conlon |
| 11:15 – 12:45 | Lunch Break & Poster Session with facilitators (Gerald Burgstaller / Claudia Staab-Weijnitz) |
| 12:45 – 14:15 | 6th Session – Complications and long term consequences of acute exacerbations |
| Chairs: Annette Peters / Claudia Staab-Weijnitz | |
| 12:45 – 13:10 | Pulmonary exacerbation in pneumonia and risk of comorbidities Tobias Welte |
| 13:10 – 13:35 | Clinical trajectories of CLD: common traits and disparities Georgios Stathopoulos |
| 13:35 – 14:00 | Opportunities and challenges of single-cell transcriptomics Antonio Scialdone |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Abstract Talk: Exacerbations in CF show only minor changes in the lower airway‘s microbiome structure except for a slight increase of staphylococcus Sébastien Boutin |
| Conclusion | |
| 14:15 – 14:35 | Thinking out of the (disease) box: vascular pathology interacting with lung parenchymal and airway disease Werner Seeger |
| 14:35 – 14:45 | Conclusion Organizing Committee |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Poster Awards |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Prize for Excellence in Lung Research |
| 15:10 - | Coffee & Networking / end of the conference |