This congress was held at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, on 10-13 December 2004.
Congress websites remain online for a limited period after the event. Therefore for posterity, the following links are reproduced from the congress website www.apsr2004.com at the close of the congress.
Given the size and complexity of such events, it is inevitable that there were last minute changes. Consequently there is no guarantee that all the sessions detailed actually took place in the form advertised.
Localised information that is unlikely to be of further interest, such as hotel booking, transportation arrangements to the venue, etc., has been omitted.
The following information appeared in the Final Announcement
Hosted by the Hong Kong Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians (Hong Kong and Macau Chapter)
Sponsor: Hong Kong Lung Foundation
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Welcome Message | 2 |
Invitation | 3 |
Local Organizing Committee | 4 |
Congress Information | 5 |
Programme at a Glance | 6 |
Faculty | 7 |
Workshops | 9 |
Registration Information | 11 |
Call for Papers | 12 |
Venue | 13 |
Hotel Accommodation | 14 |
Sightseeing | 15 |
Information on Hong Kong | 16 |
Registration Form / Hotel Reservation Form |
Abstract Submission Form |
Deadline for Abstract Submission | 31 July 2004 |
Deadline for Early Bird Registration | 31 August 2004 |
Deadline for Hotel Reservation | 15 October 2004 |
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It is my greatest honour and pleasure to invite you to attend the 9th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology which will be held in Hong Kong on 10-13 December 2004.
The APSR Congress, inaugurated in 1988 in Tokyo and initially held biennially, has become an annual event since 2002. This reflects both the increase in the activities of APSR as a rapidly growing international society of respirology and the increasing challenge of respiratory diseases for clinicians and scientists in the Asian Pacific region. In this region, asthma is common, and tobacco smoking, unlike the trend in western countries, is rising, leading to a great problem of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. We did not need SARS to remind us that pulmonary infections, old and new, are always a great challenge here, be it tuberculosis, HIV-related pulmonary infections, melioidosis, influenza, or SARS. And obstructive sleep apnoea is increasingly recognized.
In 2004, the 9th Congress of the APSR is organized jointly by the Hong Kong Thoracic Society and the Hong Kong and Macau Chapter of the American College of Chest Physicians, and is supported by the Hong Kong Lung Foundation. The Scientific Committee will organize a most comprehensive and exciting programme in respirology that will be interesting and relevant to specialists and general practitioners alike. A variety of programmes and learning modes will be offered - postgraduate sessions, state-of-the-art lectures, symposia, interactive sessions, and of course, free papers and posters, and exhibitions of medical products, equipment and publications. Leading respirologists from the region as well as outside the region have been invited to participate.
Situated in the heart of Asia, Hong Kong is a most beautiful, dynamic and sophisticated city with a unique blend of East-meets-West culture. December is the best time of the year with mild and fine weather (16-24°C). Come and enjoy the vibrancy generated by the legendary shopping opportunities, internationally renowned cuisine, remarkable efficiency and friendly people.
The Organizing Committee is working very hard to put together a truly memorable congress in December 2004. The Hong Kong community comes together and looks forward to warmly welcoming every delegate with creative social programmes and exciting activities. Your attendance will no doubt prove to be a valuable and enjoyable experience both scientifically and socially.
Professor W. K. Lam
President
9th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
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On behalf of the Organizing Committee members, I welcome you all to the 9th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology.
The theme of this Congress, Respiratory Counterpoint, is highly befitting of the scenario in the Asia-Pacific region. Respiratory diseases pose a heavy healthcare burden, and countries in the region are afflicted with some of the highest prevalences globally of conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, lung cancer, and recently, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). While we still see a lot of suffering from diseases that are now considered uncommon in the West, such as tuberculosis and bronchiectasis, we also witness rising numbers of conditions previously thought to be uncommon in Asian populations, such as obstructive sleep apnoea. Against this regional background of respiratory health issues, we believe that the Congress will serve as a counterpoint for us to learn from each other. The Organizing Committee promises a rich assembly of international and regional experts, who will share with us an array of scientific advances and practical experiences.
Vibrance is not the only attraction in Hong Kong. Our city also has natural scenery and rich architectural heritage, although not often introduced to our visitors. One is drawn inevitably into the vibrant throb of this City of Life, which displays a dynamic cosmopolitan outlook but which has also maintained many local flavours from our Chinese heritage.
We look forward to meeting you all in Hong Kong in December 2004.
Professor Mary Ip
Chairman
Local Organizing Committee
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Morning | Business Meetings | |
Lunch | Registration | |
Afternoon | Workshops
| Business Meetings |
Ann Woolcock Memorial Lecture | ||
Evening | Opening Ceremony | |
Cocktail Reception (GlaxoSmithKline) | ||
Satellite Symposium 1 (GlaxoSmithKline) | ||
Dinner (GlaxoSmithKline) |
Morning | Plenary Lecture 1 (Tuberculosis) | |||
Parallel Session 1A (Respiratory Tract Infections) | Parallel Session 1B (Lung Cancer) | Poster Viewing Session 1 | ||
Lunch | Satellite Symposium 2 (AstraZeneca) | Satellite Symposium 3 (Eli Lilly) | ||
Afternoon | Plenary Lecture 2 (Asthma and COPD) | |||
Michiyoshi Harasawa Memorial Lecture | ||||
Parallel Session 2A (COPD) | Parallel Session 2B (Radiology Grand Round) | Poster Viewing Session 2 |
Morning | Plenary Lecture 3 (Lung Cancer) | |||
Parallel Session 3A (Asthma) | Parallel Session 3B (Sleep Disordered Breathing) | Poster Viewing Session 3 | ||
Lunch | Satellite Symposium 4 (HK Medical Supplies & Daiichi) | Satellite Symposium 5 (Boehringer Ingelheim & Pfizer) | ||
Afternoon | Plenary Lecture 4 (Respiratory Tract Infections) | |||
Parallel Session 4A (Tuberculosis) | Parallel Session 4B (Critical Care Medicine) | Satellite Symposium 4 (HK Medical Supplies & Daiichi) | ||
Evening | Congress Dinner |
Morning | Plenary Lecture 5 (Sleep Disordered Breathing) | |
Parallel Session 5A (NIPPV) | Presidential Best Papers Presentation | |
Lunch | Presidential Symposium | |
Closing Ceremony |
Whilst every attempt will be made to ensure that all aspects of the Congress programme will take place as scheduled, the Local Organizing Committee reserves the right to make last minute changes should the need arise.
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Prof. Peter Barnes | Professor of Thoracic Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, UK |
Prof. Eric Bateman | Head of Division, Department of Respiratory Medicine, The University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Prof. Norbert Berend | Director, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia |
Prof. William Busse | Head, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, USA |
Prof. Moira Chan | Chair Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Prof. R. C. Chen | Vice Director, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, China |
Dr. S. T. Cheung | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Dr. C. M. Chu | Senior Medical Officer, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong |
Prof. Neil Douglas | Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK |
Prof. Donald Enarson | Director, Scientific Activities, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, France |
Prof. David Ettinger | Alex Grass Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA |
Prof. Yoshinosuke Fukuchi | Head of Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan |
Dr. Peter Gibson | Associate Professor, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Australia |
Dr. James Ho | Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor, University Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Dr. P. L. Ho | Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Dr. David Hui | Associate Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Prof. Mary Ip | Professor of Medicine, University Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Dr. P. L. Khong | Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Prof. Sumalee Kiathoonsri | Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand |
Prof. Paul Kvale | Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, National Cancer Institute, USA |
Dr. Henry Kwok | Respiratory Medicine Specialist, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals, Hong Kong |
Prof. Burkhard Lachmann | Professor of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
Dr. Christopher Lai | Honorary Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Dr. B. Lam | Associate Consultant, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong |
Prof. W. K. Lam | Chair Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head, University Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Prof. K. H. Lee | Associate Professor and Senior Consultant, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore |
Prof. C. K. Liam | Head of Respiratory Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia |
Dr. John Luk | Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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Prof. William MacNee | Professor of Respiratory and Environmental Medicine, ELEGI Colt Laboratories, The University of Edinburgh, UK |
Dr. Judith Mak | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong |
Prof. Walter McNicholas Newman | Professor, Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, UK |
Dr. Matthew Naughton | Associate Professor and Head of General Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Australia |
Dr. Alan Ng | Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore |
Prof. Michael Niederman | Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Winthrop-University Hospital, USA |
Dr. Clara Ooi | Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Prof. Allan Pack | Director, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA |
Dr. Amanda Piper | Senior Physiotherapist and Research Fellow, Centre for Respiratory Failure and Sleep Disorders, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia |
Prof. Udaya Prakash | Consultant in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Internal Medicine Department, Mayo Clinic, USA |
Prof. Klaus Rabe | Professor of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Leiden, The Netherlands |
Prof. Sharon Rounds | Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown Medical School, Brown University, USA |
Prof. Hidetada Sasaki | Professor and Chairman, Department of Geriatrics and Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan |
Prof. Y. S. Shim | Director, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Republic of Korea |
Dr. S. Y. So | Consultant Respiratory Physician, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Hong Kong |
Prof. Colin Sullivan | Head, David Read Laboratory, University of Sydney, Australia |
Dr. C. M. Tam | Consultant, Tuberculosis & Chest Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong |
Dr. George Tipoe | Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Dr. Kenneth Tsang | Associate Professor, University Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Dr. Trevor Williams | Associate Professor and Clinical Director, Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Australia |
Dr. Ivy Wong | Honorary Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Dr. Maria Wong | Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Dr. Loretta Yam | Chief of Service, Department of Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong |
Prof. P. C. Yang | Chairman, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
Dr. K. M. Yao | Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Dr. Y. Y. Yau | Medical Director, Diagnostic Imaging Services, Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Hong Kong |
Dr. W. W. Yew | Chief of Service, Tuberculosis and Chest Unit, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong |
Dr. Michael Yiu | Medical Officer, Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong |
Prof. Victor Yu | Chief of Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, USA |
Prof. N. S. Zhong | Director, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, China |
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Chairpersons: Dr. C. K. Liam and Dr. Kenneth Tsang
Date: Friday, 10 December 2004
Time: 13:30‑16:20 (2.5 hours)
Preliminary Programme:
13:00‑13:30 | Registration |
13:30‑14:00 | Overview of Ablative Techniques for Interventional Bronchoscopy (Professor Paul Kvale, USA) |
14:00‑14:30 | Role of TBLB in the 21st Century (Professor Udaya Prakash, USA) |
14:30‑15:00 | Bronchoscopic Intervention for Intraluminal Airway Obstruction (Dr. Alan Ng (Singapore) |
15:00‑15:30 | Coffee Break |
15:30‑16:30 | Bronchoscopic Case Presentations (Professor Paul Kvale & Professor Udaya Prakash, USA) |
Chairpersons: Dr. Judith Mak and Dr. George Tipoe
Date: Friday, 10 December 2004
Time: 13:30‑16:10 (2 hours)
Preliminary Programme:
13:00‑13:30 | Registration |
13:30‑13:50 | Principles and Applications of Immunohistochemistry and In-situ Hybridisation (Dr. George Tipoe, Hong Kong) |
13:50‑14:10 | Cell Culture for Airway Epithelial Cells (Dr. Judith Mak, Hong Kong) |
14:10‑14:30 | Reverse Transcription PCR and Molecular Diagnostics (Dr. Ivy Wong, Hong Kong) |
14:30‑15:00 | Coffee Break |
15:00‑15:20 | Clinical Implication of Gene Expression Profile by Microarray (Dr. S. T. Cheung, Hong Kong) |
15:20‑15:40 | Confocal Microscopy in Cell Biology (Dr. K. M. Yao, Hong Kong) |
15:40‑16:10 | Medical Proteonomics: From Laboratory to Bedside (Dr. John Luk, Hong Kong) |
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Chairpersons: Professor Takashi Horie and Dr. David Hui
Date: Friday, 10 December 2004
Time: 13:30‑16:20 (2.5 hours)
Preliminary Programme:
13:00‑13:30 | Registration |
13:30‑14:05 | Treatment with Nasal CPAP: For Who and Why (Dr. S. Y. So, Hong Kong) |
14:05‑14:40 | Technical Aspects of CPAP Titration and How to Deal with Side Effects (Dr. Amanda Piper, Australia) |
14:40‑15:10 | Coffee Break |
15:10‑15:45 | Clinical Ways to Improve CPAP Compliance (Dr. David Hui, Hong Kong) |
15:45‑16:20 | Treatment Alternatives other than CPAP (Dr. B. Lam, Hong Kong) |
Chairpersons: Dr. Hecta Ma and Dr. Clara Ooi
Date: Friday, 10 December 2004
Time: 13:30‑16:30 (2.5 hours)
Preliminary Programme:
13:00‑13:30 | Registration |
13:30‑15:00 | Thoracic Imaging Workshop - Multislice CT in Lung Diseases (Dr. Clara Ooi, Hong Kong) - Applications of PET in Lung Cancer (Dr. Y. Y. Yau, Hong Kong) |
15:00‑15:30 | Coffee Break |
15:30‑16:30 | Film Viewing and Quiz (Dr. P. L. Khong & Dr. Michael Yiu, Hong Kong) |
Chairpersons: Dr. C. M. Chu and Dr. Henry Kwok
Date: Friday, 10 December 2004
Time: 13:30‑16:30 (2.5 hours)
Preliminary Programme:
13:00‑13:30 | Registration |
13:30‑14:15 | Acute Applications of NIPPV (Dr. Henry Kwok, Hong Kong) |
14:15‑15:00 | Domiciliary Use of NIPPV (Dr. C. M. Chu, Hong Kong) |
15:00‑15:30 | Coffee Break |
15:30‑16:30 | NIPPV Titration: Acute and Chronic, Choice of Machines and Trouble-shooting (with Hands-on Demonstration) (Dr. Amanda Piper, Australia) |
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Early Bird (on or before 31 Aug 2004) | Regular (after 31 Aug 2004) | On-site (after 4 Dec 2004) | |
Congress | |||
APSR Member | US$350 | US$400 | US$500 |
Non APSR Member | US$400 | US$450 | US$550 |
Workshop (per workshop) | |||
APSR Member | US$60 | US$80 | US$100 |
Non APSR Member | US$80 | US$100 | US$120 |
Congress Dinner | |||
APSR Member | US$80 | US$100 | US$180 |
Non APSR Member | US$100 | US$120 | US$200 |
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Room Rate per night per room (Single/Twin/Double) | Facilities | |
Grand Hyatt Hong Kong 1 Harbour Road Wan Chai Hong Kong | US$205 | A 6-star hotel with a full range of food and beverage outlets. It is just next to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. |
Renaissance Harbour View Hotel 1 Harbour Road Wan Chai Hong Kong | US$175 | A 5-star hotel that offers a selection of restaurants and bars. It is just next to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. |
Novotel Century Hong Kong 238 Jaffe Road Wan Chai Hong Kong | US$90 | A 4-star hotel with a covered walkway connecting to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. |
The Empire Hotel 33 Hennessy Road Wan Chai Hong Kong | US$88 | A 4-star hotel within walking distance from the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. |
Harbour View International House 4 Harbour Road Wan Chai Hong Kong | US$80 | A newly renovated 3-star hotel opposite to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. |
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Hong Kong is a vibrant city with exciting and diversified sights for all tourists. The nearby cities of Macau and Shenzhen are attractive day-visit destinations. Local tours of the island and cruises are highly recommended.
A day spent in Hong Kong is a lifetime spent anywhere else in the world. There is so much to do in such a small area. More information can be found at the website of the Hong Kong Tourism Board. (discoverhongkong.com)
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***1: Update note (January 2007). Abstracts from the Congress have been published in a special Supplement of Respirology and can be seen online.