Programme for the 26th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference

Belfast, June 3-7 2003

Programme Index of Plenary, Symposium and Workshop Sessions

Tuesday 3rd June

• CF worldwide Lay Conference

Wednesday 4th June

• Pre-Conference Psychosocial Meeting - Psychosocial aspects of Diagnosis
• CF worldwide Lay Conference

Thursday 5th June

• Plenary I : Advances in CFTR Research
• Symposium 1: Epithelial transport in the lung
• Symposium 2: Nursing - Symposium on supporting the newly diagnosed patient.
• Symposium 3 : P. aeruginosa infection: What can we learn from the registries?
• Symposium 4: Proof of principle for anti-inflammatory Therapies in CF lung disease
• Symposium 5: Microbial Adaptation to Stress: the CF Lung
• Symposium 6: New Psychotherapeutic intervention in CF
• Workshop 1: Genetic Therapies
• Workshop 2: Lung Disease in CF
• Workshop 3: GI Case presentations
• Workshop 4: The Changing face of Physiotherapy
• Workshop 5: Working with Adolescents
• Workshop 6: Antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance
• Workshop 7: CFTR gene expression and protein function
• Workshop 8: Immune and inflammatory response to microbial infections
• Workshop 9: PsychoSocial Poster session
• Workshop 10: Prevention of transmission of pathogens
• Workshop 11: Late Breaking Science
• Workshop 12: Nursing Poster presentations
• Workshop 13: Mucus and mucocilliary clearance

Friday 6th June

• Symposium 7: Transplantation
• Symposium 8: Airway epithelial inflammation
• Symposium 9: Preventive strategies for Pseudomonas lung infection
• Symposium 10: Neonatal screening
• Symposium 11: New Therapies for CF lung disease
• Symposium 12: New insights into CFTR
• Symposium 13: Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in CF
• Symposium 14: Endocrine problems in CF
• Symposium 15: Advances in Treatment - How much is too much?
• Symposium 16: CFTR and Modifier genes
• Workshop 14: Case Presentation on Physiotherapy
• Workshop 15: Cellomics
• Workshop 16: Non Invasive Ventilation and the CF patient
• Workshop 17: Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas and other emerging pathogens
• Workshop 18: Involving Patients in Decision Making
• Workshop 19: Current issues on micronutrients
• Workshop 20: Genetics
• Workshop 21: Bacterial genomics and proteomics
• Workshop 22: Epithelial stem cells
• Workshop 23: Musculo-Skeletal Complications and Posture in CF
• Workshop 24: Feeding Difficulties and Body Image
• Workshop 25: Clinical grand round in CF lung disease
• Workshop 26: The exocrine pancrease

Saturday 7th June

• Symposium 17 Pharmacotherapy for CF
• Symposium 18: Fertility, Conception and Pregnancy
• Symposium 19: Airway inflammation in CF and other respiratory disorders
• Symposium 20: Innate and acquired immune defense
• Symposium 21: Liver Disease
• Plenary II : Challenges ahead