Invited Keynote Speakers



Dr Gerard Criner

Chair and Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery,
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, 
USA

Clinical and Research Interests: Advanced lung disease (COPD, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, respiratory failure), Critical care medicine.

Kindly supported by an Educational Grant from


A/Prof Claude Farah
Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Concord Hospital and Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia

Dr Sarah Mooney
Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand

Karen Royals
Respiratory Nurse Consultant
Respiratory Chronic Disease
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Adelaide, Australia