The Winter Meeting 2024 took place from 27 to 29 November, 2024.
The Winter Meeting 2025 will take place from 26-28 November 2025, at the QEII London.
The Full Programme was published as a supplement to the November issue of Thorax is now available as a flipbook and full Thorax programme PDF.
Published abstracts can also be viewed online.
Attendance certificates have now been sent via email to all delegates who attended onsite.
Delegates will be informed when recordings are available to view.
We have been able to make the BTS/NICE/SIGN Joint Asthma Guideline recording available for all to watch.
The British Thoracic Society gratefully acknowledges sponsorship of all companies who purchase an exhibition stand at the Summer and Winter Meetings. None of them have any input into the programme content or the planning of the conference. Furthermore, the Society does not allow any sponsored symposia at this event, within the programme, or associated in any way with it.
BTS Conference Grants: BTS is grateful to GSK and AstraZeneca for providing grants to part-fund this initiative. AstraZeneca and GSK have provided financial sponsorship towards this independent programme and neither organisation has had involvement in its creation or organisation. Neither organisation is involved in in the selection process. Applicants selected to receive a conference grant, have now been notified.
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*The Non-BTS members' concessionary rate is available to non-BTS members who are a member of BALR, ARNS, ACPRC, ARTP, or BPRS nurse and AHP members, or are medical students or registered research students.
To take advantage of the concessionary rate, please email us proof of your eligibility. This can include scans/images of the following:
Please send proof via email to bookings@brit-thoracic.org.uk. BTS is not able to give the concessionary rate if proof is not provided.
The booking conditions may be viewed online or downloaded. Please review these before making a booking by clicking here: Winter Meeting 2024 Booking Conditions
If your group consists of six or more people, you can take advantage of our group booking rates:
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Please contact us on bookings@brit-thoracic.org.uk if you wish to make a group booking.
Groups of five or fewer are not eligible for group booking rates but would be subject to the individual delegate rates. They should book as individuals, and we can invoice as a group or take a card payment over the phone. If you require help with this process, please contact us on bookings@brit-thoracic.org.uk
The booking conditions may be viewed online or downloaded. Please review these before making a booking by clicking here: Winter Meeting 2024 Booking Conditions
To exhibit at BTS Meetings and Short Courses, companies must first be accepted as a BTS Approved Exhibitor. For further information, please see our exhibit at a BTS Meeting page.
BTS Policies
Important Information for Abstract Presentations
Guidance for Abstract Presenters may be viewed online or downloaded by clicking below links:
Important Information for INVITED Speakers (i.e., those speaking in Symposia, Guest Lectures, Journal Clubs and Open Sessions) and Chairs.
Please complete and return the Requirements Form below, and see the PowerPoint guide and relevant Expenses Claim Form:
PowerPoint guide for symposia, guest lectures and spoken sessions
Disclosure Policy for invited symposia speakers and guest lecturers
Requirements Form for invited speakers and chairs - UK
Requirements Form for invited speakers and chairs - Overseas
Expenses Claim Form - UK
Expenses Claim Form - Overseas Europe
Expenses Claim Form - Overseas outside Europe
Open Meetings of the BTS Specialist Advisory Groups
Open meetings of the BTS Specialist Advisory Groups (SAGs) will take place during the Winter Meeting. All participants are welcome to attend and hear more about the work of the SAGs and be involved in planning symposia for future Summer and Winter Meeting programmes. The programme may be viewed online or downloaded here: Open Meetings of the BTS SAGs.
BTS Winter Meeting 2024 Abstract Guidelines
Winter Meeting abstract guidelines
Tips for submitting your abstract
Further guidance on submitting an abstract
https://library.hee.nhs.uk/learning-academy/learning-zone/writing-for-publication
https://cahpr.csp.org.uk/content/cahpr-top-ten-tips
https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/news/getting-your-work-published
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis provide funding for UK based students, early career researchers and healthcare professionals to present their research on pulmonary fibrosis at conferences. These grants can provide financial support for travel, accommodation, and registration fees up to £500 for UK conferences. Applications for these funding grants are now open. Further information is available here.