Programme

Day 1: Thursday, 29th August 2024

Time	Session

08:00 12:30	Workshop 1 Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis	Workshop 2 Lung Physiology	Workshop 3 Paediatric Asthma
12:30 13:30	Lunch
13:30 17:00	Workshop 1 Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis	Workshop 2 Lung Physiology	Workshop 3 Paediatric Asthma
17:00 17:30	Coffee Break
17:30 19:00	Sponsored Symposium 1 (AstraZeneca)
19:00 19:00	Dinner

Day 2: Friday, 30th August 2024

Time	Session

07:00 08:00	REGISTRATION
08:00 08:10	Welcome Address Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail, Malaysia President, Malaysian Thoracic Society Liew Zheyi, Malaysia Organising Chairman, MTS 2024 Annual Congress Hall 301, Level 3
08:10 08:50	Plenary 1 - End TB strategy 2035 Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail Chairperson Malaysia Mat Zuki Mat Jaeb Speaker Malaysia Hall 301, Level 3
08:50 10:05	Symposium 1A Chai Chan Sin Chairperson Malaysia Ernest Poh Mau Ern Chairperson Malaysia 9th TNM lung cancer staging? What is new Pang Yong Kek Speaker Malaysia Tissue and liquid-based next-generation sequencing diagnostics for patients with advanced NSCLC Pathmanathan Rajadurai Speaker Malaysia Managing EGFR, ALK and ROS1 resistance post 3rd generation TKI Liam Chong Kin Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 301, Level 3		Symposium 1B Lo Shan Min Chairperson Malaysia Yong Mei Ching Chairperson Malaysia Tele-sleep medicine Yong Mei Ching Speaker Malaysia Diagnostic sleep medicine Julius Goh Liang Chye Speaker Malaysia Dental sleep medicine Chen Ye Hong Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 302, Level 3		Symposium 1C Anna Marie Nathan Chairperson Malaysia Mariana Daud Chairperson Malaysia Pre-school Wheeze: The Bane of a Paediatrician Andrew Bush Speaker United Kingdom Vocal cord dysfunction in childhood and adolescence Daniel Goh Speaker Singapore Difficult asthma: Pearls and pitfalls Andrew Bush Speaker United Kingdom Hall 303, Level 3
10:05 10:35	Coffee Break Foyer, Level 3
10:35 11:50	Symposium 2A Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail Chairperson Malaysia Syazatul Syakirin Sirol Aflah Chairperson The recent landscape in the development of anti-fibriotic agents and prospects for future research Azuma Arata Speaker Japan Managing duo challenges: Lung cancer in Interstitial Lung Disease Song Jin Woo Speaker South Korea Interpreting the spectrum: Thoracic radiology insights into various subtypes of Interstitial Lung Disease Aida Abdul Aziz Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 301, Level 3		Symposium 2B Noor Izyani Binti Zakaria Chairperson Azlina bt Samsudin Chairperson Malaysia PRIsm Theerasuk Kawamatawong Speaker Thailand COPD management with virtual medicine Sivakamasundari Narayani K Ampikaipakan Speaker United Kingdom Understanding the evolution of remission in severe asthma David Jackson Speaker United Kingdom Q&A Hall 302, Level 3		Symposium 2C Su Siew Choo Chairperson Malaysia Eg Kah Peng Chairperson Malaysia Cough in children: When should we worry? Patrick Chan Wai Kiong Speaker Malaysia Protracted bacterial bronchitis: What it is, what it isn't Anne Bernadette Chang Speaker Australia Is prevention and remission of bronchiectasis possible? Anne Bernadette Chang Speaker Australia Q&A Hall 303, Level 3
11:50 12:40	Sponsored Symposium 2A Company: AstraZeneca Arvindran Alaga Chairperson Malaysia Liam Chong Kin Speaker Malaysia Lem Li Khen Panelist Malaysia Optimising EGFR-TKI therapy: The role of combination approaches Hall 301, Level 3			Sponsored Symposium 2B Company: GlaxoSmithKline Wong Chee Kuan Speaker Malaysia Andrea Ban Yu Lin Panelist Malaysia RSV infection: An emerging or unappreciated infection? Hall 302, Level 3
12:40 14:30	Lunch Exhibition Hall 101, Level 1
14:30 16:00	Symposium 3A Arvindran Alaga Chairperson Malaysia Muhammad Amin Ibrahim Chairperson Malaysia Approach to bronchopleural fistula Grigoris Stratakos Speaker Greece Single use bronchoscope in interventional pulmonology Asutosh Sachdeva Speaker United States Complex cases in interventional pulmonology Viswesvaran Balasubramanian Speaker India Q&A Hall 301, Level 3		Symposium 3B Tan Jiunn Liang Chairperson Malaysia Azuma Arata Judge Japan Song Jin Woo Judge South Korea Mat Zuki Mat Jaeb Judge Malaysia Anne Bernadette Chang Judge Australia Hall 302, Level 3		Symposium 3C Hasniah Abdul Latif Chairperson Malaysia Nicholas Chang Lee Wen Chairperson Malaysia An update on the Malaysian CPG on management of obstructive sleep apnoea Hafizah Zainuddin Speaker Malaysia Sleep-disordered breathing in children with down syndrome Dg Zuraini Sahadan Speaker Malaysia Year in review of paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea Surendran Thavagnanam Speaker United Kingdom Q&A Hall 303, Level 3
16:00 16:50	Sponsored Symposium 3A Company: AstraZeneca Azza Omar Chairperson Malaysia David Jackson Speaker United Kingdom Navigating between upstream & downstream targets in severe asthma Hall 301, Level 3			Sponsored Symposium 3B Company: A. Menarini Arvindran Alaga Speaker Malaysia Nurashikin Mohammad Speaker Malaysia Wong Chee Kuan Speaker Malaysia Panel Discussion: Variations in the management of severe asthma patients between government and private healthcare settings Hall 302, Level 3
16:50 17:40	Sponsored Symposium 4A Company: AstraZeneca Rashidah Yasin Chairperson Andrea Ban Yu Lin Speaker Malaysia 2024 GINA update: Implications for asthma care Hall 301, Level 3			Sponsored Symposium 4B Company: Sanofi Pang Yong Kek Chairperson Malaysia Dave Singh Speaker United Kingdom New frontiers in the treatment of COPD Hall 302, Level 3
17:40 18:00	Coffee Break Foyer, Level 3
17:40 19:35	MTS Annual General Meeting Hall 303, Level 3
19:35 21:00	Dinner Room 306

Day 3: Saturday, 31st August 2024

Time	Session

07:00 08:00	Fellow Session Sunrise session with fellows Arvindran Alaga Chairperson Malaysia Mat Zuki Mat Jaeb Speaker Malaysia Irfhan Ali Hyder Ali Speaker Malaysia Hall 301, Level 3
08:00 08:40	Plenary 2 - Implementation of MART/AIR therapy in children from low middle income countries is impractical Rus Anida Awang Chairperson Malaysia Andrew Bush Speaker United Kingdom Anne Bernadette Chang Speaker Australia Hall 303, Level 3
08:40 10:10	Symposium 4A Goon Ai Khiang Chairperson Malaysia Chan Tha A Hing Chairperson Harnessing NGS technology to expand perspective on drug resistant TB in Malaysia Siti Roszilawati Ramli Speaker Malaysia NTM: An arising threat in health concern Zulaikah Mohamed Speaker Malaysia LTBI initiation: It Muhammad Khairul Taufiq Rosli Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 301, Level 3				Symposium 4B Lee Chiou Perng Chairperson Fatimah Azmah Binti Mohammad Chairperson Malaysia Overview of the evolution of pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease Sita Laksmi Andarini Speaker Indonesia Updates on the 2022 ESC/ERS guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment for pulmonary hypertension Nick Kim Speaker United States Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension Charaka Hadinnapola Speaker United Kingdom Q&A Hall 302, Level 3				Symposium 4C Dg Zuraini Sahadan Chairperson Malaysia Norzila Binti Mohamed Zainudin Chairperson Malaysia Dilemma in managing childhood pneumonia Rus Anida Awang Speaker Malaysia Predictive factors and outcomes of children with necrotising pneumonia Mariana Daud Speaker Malaysia Empyema thoracis management: Medical vs Surgical Eg Kah Peng Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 303, Level 3
10:10 10:40	Coffee Break Foyer, Level 3
10:40 12:10	Symposium 5A Muhammad Redzwan S Rashid Ali Chairperson Malaysia Shivaanand A/L Letcheminan Chairperson Thoracoscopy in pleural diseases - A summary Muhammad Redzwan S Rashid Ali Speaker Malaysia Pneumothorax Huan Nai Chien Speaker Malaysia Intrapleural fibrinolytics vs VATS for pleural infection- A surgeon's view Narasimman Sathiamurthy Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 301, Level 3				Symposium 5B Michael Stephen Joseph Chairperson Malaysia Tan Hui Xin Chairperson COPD combine bronchiectasis: Double jeopardy of diseases Theerasuk Kawamatawong Speaker Thailand Optimising antimicrobial use: Strategies for stewardship in respiratory infections Rosnida Mohd Noh Speaker Malaysia Vaccine in respiratory disease Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 302, Level 3				Symposium 5C Jessie Anne de Bruyne Chairperson Malaysia Patrick Chan Wai Kiong Chairperson Malaysia Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease (ChILD): A brief review Andrew Bush Speaker United Kingdom Pattern recognition of radiological findings in chILD Che Zubaidah Che Daud Speaker Malaysia Long term follow up of lung hypoplasia Asiah Kassim Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 303, Level 3
12:10 13:00	Sponsored Symposium 5 Company: Pfizer Goh Yueh Wei Chairperson Malaysia Rohayah Abdullah Speaker Malaysia Navigating COVID-19 infection: Role of anti-viral for the high-risk Hall 301, Level 3
13:00 14:00	Lunch Exhibition Hall 101, Level 1
14:00 15:00	Symposium 6A Theme: Airway Diseases, Interstitial Lung Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension and Sleep Mohd Zhafran Zainal Abidin Chairperson Malaysia Theerasuk Kawamatawong Judge Thailand Liam Chong Kin Judge Malaysia Hall 301, Level 3			Symposium 6B Theme: Tuberculosis, Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Disease, Oncology and Infection Muhammad Khairul Taufiq Rosli Chairperson Malaysia Abdul Razak Abdul Muttalif Judge Malaysia Song Jin Woo Judge South Korea Hall 302, Level 3			Symposium 6C Theme: Paediatric Alison Ting Yih Hua Chairperson Malaysia Liew Zheyi Chairperson Malaysia Andrew Bush Judge United Kingdom Daniel Goh Judge Singapore Hall 303, Level 3			Symposium 6D Sita Laksmi Andarini Judge Indonesia Irfhan Ali Hyder Ali Judge Malaysia Ummi Nadira Daut Judge Malaysia Raymund Dass Maria Dass Judge Malaysia Michael Stephen Joseph Judge Malaysia K. Kannan Sivaraman Kannan Judge Malaysia Goon Ai Khiang Judge Malaysia Azza Omar Judge Malaysia Chai Chee Shee Judge Malaysia Surendran Thavagnanam Judge United Kingdom Patrick Chan Wai Kiong Judge Malaysia Foyer, Level 3
15:00 15:50	Sponsored Symposium 6 Company: GlaxoSmithKline Pang Yong Kek Chairperson Malaysia David Jackson Speaker United Kingdom Leong Hoe Nam Speaker Singapore Pang Yong Kek Speaker Malaysia From treatment to protection: Advances in asthma management and future of RSV prevention Hall 301, Level 3
15:50 16:40	Sponsored Symposium 7A Company: AstraZeneca Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail Chairperson Malaysia Frederik Trinkmann Speaker Germany Importance of cardiopulmonary protection in COPD Hall 301, Level 3						Sponsored Symposium 7B Company: Sanofi Irfhan Ali Hyder Ali Chairperson Malaysia Azza Omar Speaker Malaysia Wong Chee Kuan Panelist Malaysia Taming the storm: How biologics are revolutionising severe asthma treatment Hall 302, Level 3
16:40 17:00	Coffee Break Foyer, Level 3
19:30 22:30	Gala Dinner Rex & Lido Ballroom, Level 6, Amari Hotel Johor Bahru

Day 4: Sunday, 1st September 2024

Time	Session

08:00 08:40	Plenary 3 - New frontier in Pulmonology Arvindran Alaga Chairperson Malaysia Junya Fukuoka Speaker Japan Hall 301, Level 3
08:40 10:10	Symposium 7A Tengku Saifudin Tengku Ismail Chairperson Malaysia Fauzi Mohd Anshar Chairperson Malaysia Industry sponsored research Akhmal Yusof Speaker Malaysia Investigator initiated research Aimi Nadiah Jamel Speaker Malaysia Publishing tips and tricks Kho Sze Shyang Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 301, Level 3	Symposium 7B Tan Sin Nee Chairperson Malaysia Rozanah Abd Rahman Chairperson What's new in ARDS? Azmin Huda Speaker Malaysia Thoracic surgery Narasimman Sathiamurthy Speaker Malaysia Ablation therapy in lung cancer Ridzuan Abdul Rahim Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 302, Level 3	Symposium 7C Ahmad Fadzil bin Abdullah Chairperson Malaysia Shangari Kunaseelan Chairperson United airway disease: Nose and lungs Daniel Goh Speaker Singapore Selecting children with allergic rhinitis/asthma for immunotherapy Hugo Van Bever Speaker Singapore Long term respiratory complications in preterm children Kavetha Ramalingam Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 303, Level 3
10:10 10:40	Coffee Break Foyer, Level 3
10:40 11:30	Sponsored Symposium 8 Company: A.Menarini Unveiling the truth of capsule-based dry powder inhalers Jaya Muneswarao Ramadoo Speaker Malaysia Hall 301, Level 3
11:30 12:30	Symposium 8A Haly Rozie Ahmad Chairperson Malaysia Bazli Bahar Chairperson Michael Stephen Joseph Panelist Malaysia Azza Omar Panelist Malaysia Liza Ahmad Fisal Panelist Malaysia Case 1 Azat Azrai Azmel Speaker Malaysia Case 2 Am Basheeri Alias Speaker Malaysia Case 3 Sumithra Appava Speaker Malaysia Case 4 Minalosani Arumugam Speaker Malaysia Hall 301, Level 3	Symposium 8B Aisya Natasya Musa Chairperson Malaysia Nur Husna Mohd Aminudin Chairperson Malaysia Team 1 (Central) Low Sook Ling (IPR) Nor Safiqah Sharil (USIM) Team 2 (South) Noor Eliana binti Rohani (Hosp Tuanku Ja Team 3 (East) Kughanishah a/p Jeyabalan (HRPZII) Sivasubramaniam Balakrishnan (IIUM) Team 4 (Sabah) Larry Ellee ak Nyanti (Queen Elizabeth) K Tharmaraj a/l K Kunaraj (Queen Elizabeth) Hall 302, Level 3	Symposium 8C - Paediatric Grand Ward Round Amanil 'Ula Hassan Chairperson Noor Ain Noor Affendi Chairperson Malaysia A child with complicated pneumonia Neo Yan Yi Speaker Malaysia A child with severe asthma Lai Yee Seng Speaker Malaysia An infant with persistent dyspnoea Lim Jia Wen Speaker Malaysia Q&A Hall 303, Level 3
12:30 13:20	Symposium 9 Liza Ahmad Fisal Chairperson Malaysia Jaya Muneswarao Ramadoo Chairperson Malaysia ICS in COPD - friend or foe Irfhan Ali Hyder Ali Speaker Malaysia Andrea Ban Yu Lin Speaker Malaysia Hall 301, Level 3
13:20 13:30	Closing Ceremony Lim Suat Yee, Malaysia Co-Organising Chairman, MTS 2024 Annual Congress Hall 301, Level 3
13:30 14:30	Lunch Exhibition Hall 101, Level 1