Lung Volume Reduction
Expert Summit 2026

Agenda as at 30.01.2026

0930 Introductions

0935 Welcome: A History of Lung Volume Reduction
Mr Sridhar Rathinam (Leicester)

0945 Session 1
Chairs: Dr Sara Buttery (London) & Miss Inger Oey (Leicester)

0945 Current UK&I Practice Landscape
Prof Karen Redmond (Dublin) & Mr Edward Caruana (Leicester)

1015 Anchor Documents
TBC

1100 Coffee

1130 Session 2
Chairs: Dr Tom Ward (Leicester) & Prof Babu Naidu (Birmingham)

1130 Uncertainty & Articulated Priorities in LVR
Dr Sara Buttery (London)

1145 Defining a Core Outcomes Set in LVR
Mr Edward Caruana (Leicester)

1200 Harmonising a UK-Wide Research-Grade Practice Database
Prof Nicholas Hopkinson (London) & Mr Kandadai Rammohan (Manchester)

1245 Lunch

1345 Session 3
Chairs: Dr Richard Barraclough (Manchester) & Mr Alan Dawson (Leicester)

1345 Building/Expanding a UK Consensus on LVR Practice & Delivery
Dr Neil Greening (Leicester)

1445 The Future of UK LVR Practice: Threats, Opportunities & Shared Learning
Prof James Dodd (Bristol) & Mr Timothy Batchelor (London)

1530 Coffee

1600 Session 4
Chairs: Dr Neil Greening (Leicester) & Mr Edward Caruana (Leicester)

1600 Keynote Lecture
Dr Christopher Orton (London)

1630 Research Focus
Scientific Committee

1700 Closing Statements