Scientific Programme

Preliminary Programme - subject to change, preliminary timings

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Thursday, June 11th, 2026

Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Center, Tunis

TIMEOYA 2 HALLOYA 1 HALLEDDYAFA ROOMLEPTIS ROOM
12:30 – 13:00Registration begins
13:00 – 17:15Symposia rehearsals TBCSpirometry Simplified masterclass
(5.5 hours)

The roadmap to right care: Workshop on IPCRG country case studies

Siân Williams, UK and Genevie Fernandes, IPCRG, UK

FRESHAIR4LIfe / Implementation science workshop

led by Rianne van der Kleij, The Netherlands and PI for FRESHAIR4Life

17:30 – 18:30   

Friday, June 12th, 2026

Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Center, Tunis

TIMEOYA 2 HALLOYA 1 HALLEDDYAFA ROOMLEPTIS ROOMLIMES ROOM
09:00 – 09:55

North African Respiratory Interdisciplinary Forum
L’environnement, l’asthme et les allergies
(in French Language)

Modérateurs:
Hichem Aouina, Tunisie
Adnene Neji, Tunisie

L’exposome respiratoire
Isabella Annesi-Maesano, France

Phytothérapie et symptômes respiratoires : L’expérience régionale et la stratégie de l’OMS
Fatma Sellami, Tunisie

Quel rôle de l’épigénétique dans les maladies respiratoires
Abdelmadjid Snouber, Algérie

Session 1: Making Sense of COPDan interactive session developed by the COPD Right Care team

Instructors:
Pedro Fonte,
Portugal
Ioanna Tsiligianni, Greece
Amanda Barnard, Australia

Workshop 1: Asthma e-Escape room

Instructors:
Ana Margarida Cruz
, Portugal
Catarina Novais, Portugal

09.00-10.30
Workshop 2:
 Chronic cough assessment and diagnosis

Instructors:
Wen Ming Koh
, Malaysia
Siti Nurkamilla Ramdzan, Malaysia
Ee Ming Khoo, Malaysia
Ines Zendah, Tunisia

Workshop3: Τai Chi Workshop for chronic breathlessness

Instructors:
Siân Williams
, UK
Abdelaziz Hamdene, Tunisia

10:00-11:15

North African Respiratory Interdisciplinary Forum
Les bonnes pratiques de l’assistance respiratoire
(in French Language)

Modérateurs:
Ahmed Abdelghani, Tunisie
Maha Hachicha, Tunisie
Habib Jerbi, Tunisie

Oxygénothérapie au domicile: sécurité & enjeux psychosociaux et organisationnels
Fatoumata Dicko Traoré, Mali

Le suivi d’une assistance ventilatoire à domicile
Toufik Brahimi & Farid Chiba, Algérie

Suivi d’un patient sous CPAP
Hana Mrassi, Tunisie

Session 2: Climate mitigation for respiratory health: what is known, what can we do?

Chairs:
Amanda Barnard, Australia
Job van Boven, The Netherlands

Wildfires and respiratory health: how can we respond at individual, practice and community level?
Anna Alari, Spain

Respiratory health and heat exposure.
Isabella Annesi-Maesano, France

Greening the respiratory pathway
Darush Attar-Zadeh, UK

Oral Presentation Session 1 – Late breaking abstracts

 

Chairs:
Luis Amorim Alves, Portugal
Sundeep Salvi, India

 

Workshop 4: Mentoring session for early career researchers

Instructor:
Thys van der Molen, The Netherlands

11:20 – 11:35Exhibition Refreshments, Poster Viewing & Exhibition
11:40 – 12:55

Sponsored Symposium 1

For all delegates

See further details here

Oral Presentation Session 2 – Asthma 1

 

Chairs:
María Mar Martínez Vázquez, Spain
Dermot Ryan, Ireland

Conversation café 1 – Vaccines

 

Chairs:
Miguel Roman Rodriguez, Spain
Siti Nurkamilla Ramdzan, Malaysia

Conversation café 2 – Allergy

 

Chairs:
Ee Ming Khoo, Malaysia
Sarah Ben Hamida, Tunisia

North African Respiratory Interdisciplinary Forum
Présentations orales – Forum
13:00 – 13:55Lunch Break | Exhibition | (13.10-13.40) Poster Presentation Session 1: COPD Chairs: Siti Nurkamilla Ramdzan, Malaysia, Juliana Franceschini, Brazil
14:00 – 15:05

Keynote Session: Real life research – where are we now, how has it affected policy and practice, and where do we go from here?

Chair: Miguel Roman Rodriguez, Spain & Bob Mash, South Africa

David Price, Singapore &
Sarah Rylance, UK

For all delegates

 

Recherche en santé respiratoire

Modérateurs:
Helmi Ben Saad, Tunisie
Awatef Chadi, Tunisie
Radhouane Hjaiej, Tunisie

La prise en charge des pneumonies aiguës communautaires dans un service spécialis
Abdellaziz Rachid, Algerie

De la conception en arabe dialectal tunisien à la validation transculturelle française d’un questionnaire d’évaluation des connaissances sur l’asthme professionnel
Mejda Bani, Tunisie

Projet SMART AIR
Abir Bouhamdi, Maroc

Le contrôle de l’asthme: étude prospective
Ines Benzina, Tunisie

  
15:10 – 16:35

Session 3: Addressing the under and misdiagnosis of respiratory disease in primary care

Chairs:
Ee Ming Khoo, Malaysia
Steve Holmes, United Kingdom

Getting the clinical history right: using the jigsaw puzzle approach
Katarina Stavrikj, North Macedonia

The role of pulse oximetry
Valeriane Leroy, France

Oscillometry or spirometry? The pros and cons
Sundeep Salvi, India

IPCRG statement on Primary care perspective on lung cancer screening
David Weller, UK

Oral presentation Session 3 – COPD 1

Chairs:
Marta Kisiel, Sweden
Jaime Correia de Sousa, Portugal

Workshop 5: Getting support for research ideas

Instructors:
Hanna Sandelosky, Sweden
Janwillem Kocks
, The Netherlands
Siti Nurkamilla Ramdzan, Malaysia
Habib Ghedira, Tunisia (for people involved in respiratory research)
Job van Boven, The Netherlands
Chokri Jeribi, Tunisia

Conversation café 3 – COPD

Chairs:
Isolde Bouloukaki, Greece
Antonius Schnieder, Germany

North African Respiratory Interdisciplinary Forum
Apport de l’imagerie thoracique dans les broncho-pneumopathies chroniques : Signes et signification Clinique (Workshop)
(in French Language)

Modérateurs:
Mohamed Tahar Mrabet, Tunisi
Mohamed Lamine Megdiche, Tunisie
Saoussen Hantous-Zannad, Tunisie
Badreddine Alami, Morocco
Henda Nèji, Tunisie

16:40 – 16:55Coffee Break | Poster Viewing | Exhibition
17:00 – 18:15

Plenary: IPCRG interventions in research: How are we supporting primary care strengthening now and in the future? Including updates on major research programmes and IPCRG support for research.

Chairs:
Hanna Sandelowsky, Sweden
Amanda Farley, United Kingdom

IPCRG: Making a difference in research
Siân Williams (United Kingdom)
Genevie Fernandes (India)
Neil Fitch (Belgium) 

Breathe Well South America
Rachel Jordan (United Kingdom)

RESPIRE 2
Ee Ming Khoo (Malaysia)

FRESHAIR4Life
Rianne van der Kleij (The Netherlands)

For all delegates

Workshop 6: Listening deeply: practical approaches to enhance emotional intelligence

Instructors:
Ioanna Tsiligianni
, Greece
Antonios Christodoulakis, Greece

Workshop 7: Rhinitis Right Care Workshop

Instructors:
Jaime Correia de Sousa,
Portugal
Dermot Ryan, Ireland
Sarah Ben Hamida, Tunisia
Björn Stridh, Norway

Oral Presentation Session 4 – Managing Health and Tobacco Control in Childhood

 

Chairs:
Amanda Farley, United Kingdom
David Weller, United Kingdom

Conversation café 4  – Upskilling in health delivery

Chairs:
Steve Holmes, United Kingdom
Hichem Babay, Tunisia

18:20 – 18:50Introduction to the conference
– How we work here: Maghreb panel discussion
– Celebrating 25 years of IPCRG
18:50 – 19:20Welcome Address
20:00Welcome Reception

Saturday, June 13th, 2026

Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Center, Tunis

TIMEOYA 2 HALLOYA 1 HALLEDDYAFA ROOMLEPTIS ROOMLIMES ROOM
08:00 – 8:55Forum/French language poster session
Poster Presentation Session 2: Lessons Learn in Practice | Chairs: Hilary Pinnock, United Kingdom, Nesrine Ksouri, Tunisia
Poster Presentation Session 3: Asthma | Chairs: Genevie Fernandez, India, Antonios Christodoulakis, Greece
Poster Presentation Session 4: Asthma Management
| Chairs: Syrine Bellakhal, Tunisia, Ema Paulino, Portugal
Poster Presentation Session 5: New Approaches in Education
 | Chairs: Steve Holmes, United Kingdom, Luis Carvalho, Portugal
Poster Presentation Session 6: Attitudes and Communication
| Chairs: Katarina Stavrikj, N. Macedonia, Wen Ming Koh, Malaysia
Poster Presentation Session 7: Learning from Africa, Chairs: Awatef Chadi, Tunisia, Helmi Ben Saad, Tunisia
Poster Presentation Session 8: Infection and Other Diseasesl
| Chairs: Antonia Aravantinou-Karlatou, Greece, Abdelaziz Hamdane, Tunisia

 

08:00 – 8:55  

Meet the African Associations presidents

Wonca Afrique
Bob Mash, Médecins de première ligne

African Thoracic Association
Refiloe Masekela, Médecins de première ligne & Pneumologues

 

IPCRG
Annual General Meeting

09:00 – 10:15

North African Respiratory Interdisciplinary Forum | Diagnostic et traitement de la tuberculose latente: l’expérience de l’Algérie

Modérateurs:
Samya Taright, Algerie
Jamel Borkadi, Maroc
Mohsen Maalej, Tunisie

Progression de l’Infection tuberculeuse vers la maladie: Défis, impact et priorités de santé publique
Kamel Djenouhat, Algerie

Le continuum tuberculeux: Comprendre la progression de l’infection à la maladie
Hanane Mezenner, Algerie

Apport du quantiferon dans le diagnostic de la tuberculose latente
Djam Yala, Algerie

Oral Presentation Session 5 – Diagnostic Devices

 

Chairs:
Helmi Ben Saad, Tunisia
Darush Attar-Zadeh, United Kingdom

Workshop 8: Improving diagnosis using objective testing: what to use when

Instructors:
Miguel Román-Rodríguez, Spain
Anders Østrem, Norway
Björn Stridh, Sweden
Valériane Leroy, France

Workshop 9: Using social media for advocacy

Instructor:
Luís Carvalho, Portugal

 
10:20 – 11:20Oral Presentation Session 6 – COPD 2

 

Chairs:
Pedro Fonte, Portugal
Sonia Martins, Brazil

Workshop 10: Reviewing for peer-reviewed journals led by the Editor-in-Chief of IPCRG’s journal npjPCRM

Instructor:
Ioanna Tsiligianni, Greece

 

Workshop 11: Tobacco cessation

Instructors:
Amanda Farley, UK
Faten Driss Ben Said, Tunisia
Darush Attar-Zadeh, UK

11:25 – 11.40Coffee break | Exhibition
11:45 – 12:35

Sponsored Symposium 2

For all delegates

See further details here

    
12.40 – 13:40

Plenary: IPCRG interventions in education. How are we supporting primary care strengthening now and, in the future?

Including updates on new programmes: Breaths, Interstitial Lung Disease and Teach the Teacher for COPD

Chairs:
Ioanna Tsiligianni, Greece
Lindsay Zurba, South Africa

For all delegates

Session 4: Right Care: learning from each other

Chairs:
Habib Ghedira, Tunisia
Bob Mash, South Africa

Asthma Right Care Tunisia
Sarah Ben Hamida, Tunisia

New national under five respiratory infections guideline using the GRADE methodology
Javiera Corbalán, Chile

Using social media to highlight inhaled occupational exposures as a cause of lung disease
Pippa Powell, UK

Workshop 12: Learning and teaching about respiratory health. How to design and implement an integrated respiratory health curriculum for family medicine.

Instructors:
Mohamed Chakib Benjelloun, Morocco
Samya Taright, Algeria
Manel Mallouli, Tunisia
Syrine Bellakhal, Tunisia
Ee Ming Khoo, Malaysia
Amanda Barnard, Australia
Jaime Correia de Sousa, Portugal
Asma Belghith, Tunisia

Oral Presentation Session 7 – Managing healthcare responses 
13:45 – 14:35

Lunch Break | Exhibition | Networking | (14:05-14:30) Poster Presentation Session 9: Medical Devices | Chairs: Lindsay Zurba, South Africa, Adriana Maria de Lima Oliveira, Brazil

14:40 – 15:55

Asthma Right Care Plenary Workshop – Behaviour change

(supported by an educational grant) 

Instructor:
María Mar Martínez Vázquez, Spain

For all delegates

    
16:00 – 16:30Refreshments & Exhibition
16:35 – 17:50

Session 5: Primary care and prevention

Chairs:
Hilary Pinnock, United Kingdom
Wen Ming Koh, Malaysia

Quit4TB: Kamran Siddiqi, UK

FRESHAIR4Life: working with schools on vaping and cigarette use: Cristina Isar, Romania

Air pollution forecasting in Malaysia, Norita Hussein, Malaysia

Implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs in primary care, Javiera Corbalán, Chile

Session 6: Diagnosis and management of children with chronic respiratory disease in primary care

Chairs:
Janwillem Kocks, The Netherlands
Hanna Sandelowsky, Sweden

What are the key actions in managing difficult-to-treat asthma?
Erol Gaillard, UK

Key risk factors, diagnostic gaps, inequities and barriers to care in asthma in low- and middle-income countries
Refiloe Masekela, South Africa

Oral Presentation Session 8 – Role of Technology in Disease Management

Chairs:
Darush Attar-Zadeh, United Kingdom
Samya Taright-Mahi, Algeria

 


Oral Presentation Session 9 – Asthma 2

Chairs:
Amanda Barnard, Australia
Awatef Chadi, Tunisia

 

Workshop 13: Inhaler gameshow
Improving knowledge on inhaler technique and understanding of the environmental impact of devices using a gaming approach

Instructors:
Marina García-Pardo, Spain
Miguel Román-Rodríguez, Spain

17:55 – 18:45Closing Plenary and Award Presentations    

Sunday, June 14th, 2026

Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Center, Tunis

TIME OYA 1 HALL Venue TBC
09:00 – 10:30

North Africa Regional launch of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security | Prise en charge et Sécurité de l’oxygénothérapie à domicile: Réalités et perspectives

Modérateurs:
Mohamed Mokdad, Tunisie
Mohamed Turki, Tunisie
Abderrazak Hedhili, Tunisie

Introduction de la commission Lancet de sécurité de l’oxygène medical
Valériane Leroy, France

Mot de bienvenue à l’initiative de lancement régional de la commission Lancet de sécurité de l’oxygène médical
Mohamed Mokdad, P.D.G. de la CNAM, Tunisie

Prise en charge par la CNAM de l’appareillage respiratoire
Najla Souissi, CNAM, Tunisie

FRESHAIR4Life Meeting (Invitation only)
10:35 – 10:55 Refreshments
11:00 – 12:30

North African Respiratory Interdisciplinary Forum L’asthme de l’enfant (in French Language)

Modérateurs:
Agnes Hamzaoui, Tunisie
Maha Hachicha, Tunisie
Dorra Jarraya, Tunisie

Quand penser à un asthme chez un enfant souffrant d’infections respiratoires répétées?
Leila Smati, Algérie

Sport et activité physique, indispensables au bien-être des enfants asthmatiques.
Sabrine Louhaichi, Tunisie

Comment adapter le traitement de fond, au-delà de l’escalade désescalade ?
Salma Ben Ameur, Tunisie

Quelles sont les actions importantes dans la prise en charge de l’asthme difficile?
Erol Gaillard
, Royaume Uni