MONDAY 1 December 2025
08:30-13:05 MEETING OF THE ITALIAN GOLD-MULTIMORBIDITY WORKING GROUP
08:30-10:30 PART I: ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ITALIAN GOLD WORKING GROUP
Charimen Antonio Spanevello, Enrico M. Clini and Federico Lavorini
08:30 2025 UPDATE OF THE GOLD REPORT
Alvar Agusti
08:50 DISCUSSION
Participants Alvar Agusti, Raffaele F. Antonelli Incalzi, Enrico M. Clini, Lorenzo Corbetta, Angelo Guido Corsico, Francesco Dentali, Claudio Micheletto, Paolo Palange, Alberto Papi, Antonio Spanevello and Members of the Working Group
11:00-13:05 PART II: LECTURES
Chairpersons Raffaele F. Antonelli Incalzi, Francesco Dentali and Marina Saetta
11:00 FROM SINGLE DISEASES TO CHRONIC AIRWAY DISEASES: THE NOVELTY STUDY
Helen K. Reddel
11:25 COMPLEXITY OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF COPD: MAJOR AND MINOR CRITERIA
Surya P. Bhatt
11:50 PERSONALIZED MANAGEMENT OF EXACERBATIONS OF RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS IN MULTIMORBID COPD PATIENTS
Bartolome R. Celli
12:15 MANAGEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN PATIENTS WITH COPD
Jadwiga Wedzicha
12:40 PERSONALIZED MANAGEMENT OF MULTIMORBID CHRONIC AIRWAY DISEASES: ROLE OF BIOLOGICS
Alberto Papi
14:00-16:00 COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACADEMIC SCIENTISTS AND PHARMA INDUSTRY SCIENTISTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL TREATMENTS FOR ASTHMA, ALLERGY/RHINITIS, COPD, MULTIMORBIDITY
Chairmen Matteo Bonini, Leonardo M. Fabbri, Pierluigi Paggiaro, Alberto Papi, Giovanni Passalacqua and Antonio Spanevello
14:00 APPROACHING COPD SYSTEMICALLY: PATIENTS, PATHWAYS, AND PLANET
Diego Ardigò
Executive Vice President
Global Research & Development
CHIESI FARMACEUTICI
14:15 TRANSFORMING CLINICAL RESEARCH WITH AI
Gianluigi Micarelli
Medical Advisor Italy
MCO cluster
SANOFI
14:30 A GSK LOOK INTO THE FUTURE OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Nadia Kallinikou
European Medical Lead
Respiratory Biologics
GLAXOSMITHKLINE
14:45 DRIVING INNOVATION IN RESPIRATORY DRUG DISCOVERY
Neil Martin
Franchise Head (Vice President)
Late Respiratory & Immunology
Research & Development
ASTRAZENECA
15:00 SHIFTING THE PARADIGM FOR COPD TREATMENT: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
Katerina Samara
Group Lead Respiratory
ROCHE
15:15 ENSIFENTRINE: A DUAL PDE3/4 APPROACH FOR EVOLVING COPD MANAGEMENT
Kavita Aggarwal
Senior Vice President Medical Affair
VERONA PHARMA
15.30 GENERAL DISCUSSION
16:00-17:30 COPD DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
Chairmen Claudio Micheletto, Paolo Palange and Manuel G. Cosio
16:00 BRONCHIECTASIS: INDIVIDUAL DISEASE OR COMPONENT OF CHRONIC AIRWAY DISEASES
Eva Polverino
16:30 CAN WE MODIFY THE NATURAL HYSTORY IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIMORBID COPD
Alvar Agusti
17:00 DISEASE STABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIMORBID COPD
Dave Singh
18:00-18:30 HONORARY LECTURE
Chairmen Leonardo M. Fabbri, Dario Olivieri and Alberto Papi
MUCUS PLUGS IN ASTHMA AND COPD
John V. Fahy
18:30-19:00 HONORARY LECTURE
Chairmen Eugenio Baraldi and Alberto Papi
IMMUNITY AND VACCINES: FROM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SERVIZIO SANITARIO NAZIONALE TO GLOBAL HEALTH
Alberto Mantovani
TUESDAY 2 December 2025
08:00-10:15 MEETING OF THE ITALIAN ARIA (Rhinitis) WORKING GROUP
Chairmen Carlo Lombardi, Giovanni Paoletti and Giovanni Passalacqua
08:00 2025 UPDATE of ARIA
Giorgio Walter Canonica
08:15 WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION: BREAKINGS NEWS IN ARIA
10:15-13:15 MEETING OF THE ITALIAN GINA (Asthma) WORKING GROUP
10:15-11:35 PART 1: DISCUSSION OF THE 2025 UPDATE OF THE GINA REPORT
Chairmen Pierluigi Paggiaro, Sergio Bonini, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Fabio Luigi Massimo Ricciardolo and Nicola Alessandro Scichilone
10:15 LECTURE
Chairpersons Matteo Bonini, Stefania La Grutta and Pierluigi Paggiaro
HIGH DOSE ICS ASTHMA: NO MORE
Helen K. Reddel
10:35 DISCUSSION
Participants Bianca Beghè, Matteo Bonini, Giovanna Elisiana Carpagnano, Gianenrico Senna and Members of the Working Group
12:00-13:15 PART II: PEDIATRIC ASTHMA
Chairpersons Alessandro Fiocchi, Diego G. Peroni, Giorgio Piacentini and Francesca Santamaria
12:00 ICS/FORMOTEROL IN CHILDHOOD ASTHMA
Richard Beasley
12:25 MANAGEMENT SEVERE ASTHMA IN CHILDREN
Andrew Bush
12:50 HAS NATURAL HISTORY OF ASTHMA CHANGED IN THE LAST 50 YEARS
Erika von Mutius
14:15-16:30 SEVERE ASTHMA
Chairpersons Matteo Bonini, Sergio Bonini, Leonardo M. Fabbri and Fabio Luigi Massimo Ricciardolo
14:15 COMPLEXITY OF INFLAMMATORY MECHANISMS IN SEVERE ASTHMA AND COMORBIDITIES
Guy Brusselle
14:45 HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE ASTHMA AND ITS COMORBIDITIES
Klaus F. Rabe
15:15 TREATMENT OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN ASTHMATICS
Massimo Antonelli
15:45 BIOLOGICS IN MILD/ MODERATE ASTHMA
Simon Couillard
16:15 END AND FAREWELL
Leonardo M. Fabbri