Programme
Please note the programme is still subject to modifications. Timezone is EET (Eastern European Time).
Thursday, December 10, 2026
08:30-10:00 Session 1: AI: Friend or foe?
Moderator: TBC
Welcome, G. Aviram, Tel Aviv/IL
AI in Chest X-Ray interpretation, G. Chassagnon, Paris/FR
Finding the needle in the haystack: AI for lung nodule detection & prediction at CT, M-P. Revel, Paris/FR
From pilot to practice: AI in a chest imaging unit, implementation, bias, ethics & safety, TBC
AI vs radiologist: Let’s read the cases together (interactive), F. Gleeson, Oxford/UK
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Session 2: CXR and emergencies
Moderator: TBC
The wisdom of CXR interpretation: Systematic approach (interactive), N. Howarth, Chêne-Bougeries/CH
Thoracic trauma (interactive), A. Oikonomou, Toronto/CA
Aortic disease: From aortic dilatation to acute aortic syndrome (interactive), G. Aviram, Tel Aviv/IL
12:00-12:45 Industry sponsored symposium
12:45-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:00 Session 3: Lung cancer screening and nodule assessment
Moderator: TBC
Lung cancer in smokers and never-smokers: Clinical and radiological characteristic (interactive), M. Prokop, Nijmegen/NL
Lung cancer screening (interactive), A.R. Larici, Rome/IT
Nodule assessment: Incidental and during lung cancer screening (interactive), TBC
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Session 4: Lung Cancer imaging for staging and treatment complications
Moderator: TBC
Lung cancer staging: The radiologist’s role (interactive), I. Hartmann, Rotterdam/NL
Progression, pseudoprogression or treatment effect? Imaging challenges in the era of immunotherapy (interactive), M-P. Revel, Paris/FR
Post-surgery and post-radiotherpy: Recurrence? (interactive), TBC
Friday, December 11, 2026
08:30-10:00 Session 5: ILA/ILD
Moderator: TBC
Approch to HRCT: Protocols patterns (nodular, linear, mosaic) (interactive), L. Jungblut, Zurich/CH
The updated interstitial pneumonia classification (interactive), TBC
Interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA): Definitions and follow-up (interactive), O. Moreh-Rahav, Tel-Aviv/IL
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Session 6: ILD II
Moderator: TBC
Imaging of acute respiratory failure: Differential diagnosis of diffuse alveolar damage (interactive), J. Biederer, Heidelberg/DE
Bronchiolocentric interstitial pneumonia: Understanding the new term (interactive), C. Schaefer-Prokop, Amersfoort/NL
Fibrotic interstitial pneumonia (UIP/NSIP) and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (interactive), TBC
12:00-12:45 Industry sponsored symposium
12:45-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:00 Session 7: Malignancies
Moderator: TBC
Malignant diseases in the pleura (interactive), A. Snoeckx, Edegem/BE
Imaging of anterior mediastinal masses (interactive), B. Ghaye, Brussels/BE
Chest interventions (interactive), TBC
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Session 8: Infections & airways
Moderator: TBC
Infectious pneumonia and bronchiectasis (interactive), TBC
Updated approach to cavitary lung disease: TB and diffrential diagnosis (interactive), A.P. Parkar, Bergen/NO
Highways and bottlenecks: Trachea and large airways diseases (interactive), A. Snoeckx, Edegem/BE
Saturday, December 12, 2026
09:00-10:30 Session 9: Systemic diseases/ILD
Moderator: TBC
Connective tissue disease-related ILD: Imaging clues and diagnostic challenges (interactive), TBC
The many faces of sarcoidosis (interactive), L. Ebner, Bern/CH
ILD: Read with the experts (interactive), TBC
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:40 Session 10: Technology & cardiovascular
Moderator: TBC
Dual energy and photon counting CT in chest imaging (interactive), M. Prokop, Nijmegen/NL
Pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension (interactive), TBC
Reporting cardiac findings in chest CT (interactive), R. Salgado, Antwerp/BE
Farewell, G. Aviram, Tel Aviv/IL