Late-Breaker Sessions
THE UNION/CDC LATE-BREAKER SESSION ON TB
The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2022 and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pleased to announce a late-breaker session related to tuberculosis (TB). This year, the Union Conference will be held virtually.
This late-breaker session includes all aspects of TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment research (including basic and clinical science, epidemiology, social, behavioural, and health care delivery). Given the global COVID-19 pandemic, we will also consider select presentations that explore the intersection of COVID-19 and TB prevention and programmatic implementation. It will consist of 7 pre-recorded oral presentations of 8 minutes each and live Q&A at the end of the session.
In keeping with the spirit of a late-breaker session, we ask that only new, innovative and significant findings of broad interest that have occurred after 12 May, or for which information has just become available, be submitted for the late-breaker sessions.
Abstract Submissions
Late-breaker abstract submissions are now closed.
All abstracts must follow the abstract submission guidelines. Abstracts must include specific results. Abstracts that do not contain specific results, or that were previously submitted to this conference, will be disqualified.
During the submission process, the persons submitting abstracts will be required to provide:
- Confirmation that the work has not been previously submitted for consideration to the general portion of the Union Conference
- The date by which the work and analysis was mostly completed
- The address, phone and e-mail address where the author may be contacted
All submitted abstracts will be scored by multiple peer reviewers and the highest scoring abstracts will be selected for presentation. Persons submitting abstracts will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance of their abstract by 5 September. Note that decisions of the abstract review committee are final and cannot be appealed.
Even though the conference will be virtual this year, presenters will be required to be available on the date and time of their session presentation to engage with the audience for a Q&A session. The specific date and time of the session will be communicated in July.
A limited number of sponsored registrations are available for accepted presenters from LMIC.
THE UNION LATE-BREAKER SESSION ON COVID-19
The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2022 is pleased to announce The Union late-breaker session on COVID-19. The conference will be held virtually this year.
All aspects of SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19-related lung health are welcomed for presentation during the late-breaker session, from basic science in immunology and vaccines, clinical trials for vaccines or therapeutics, to operational research in adults and children.
This session will consist of up to seven pre-recorded oral presentations of 8 minutes each, followed by live Q&A with online audience.
In keeping with the spirit of a late-breaker session, we ask that only new, innovative and significant findings of broad interest that have occurred after 12 May, or for which information has just become available, be submitted for the late-breaker sessions.
Abstract Submissions
Late-breaker abstract submissions are now closed.
All abstracts must follow the abstract submission guidelines. Abstracts must include specific data and results. Abstracts that do not contain specific results, or that were previously submitted to this conference, will be disqualified.
During the submission process, the persons submitting abstracts will be required to provide:
- Confirmation that the work has not been previously submitted for consideration to the general portion of the Union Conference
- The date by which the work and analysis was mostly completed
- The address, phone and e-mail address where the author may be contacted
All submitted abstracts will be scored by multiple peer reviewers. Persons submitting abstracts will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance of their abstract by 5 September. Note that decisions of the abstract review committee are final and cannot be appealed.
Even though the conference will be virtual this year, presenters will be required to be available on the date and time of their session presentation to engage with the audience for a Q&A session. The specific date and time of the session will be communicated in July.
THE RIT/JATA STUDENT LATE-BREAKER SESSION ON LUNG HEALTH
The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2022 is pleased to announce The RIT/JATA Student Late-Breaker Session focusing on lung health. The Late-Breaker is made possible with the support of Research Institute of Tuberculosis of the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (RIT/JATA). The Union Conference will be held virtually from 8-11 November 2022.
All aspects of lung health are welcomed for presentation during the late-breaker session, from basic science in immunology and vaccines, to operational research in tuberculosis (TB), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), pneumonia, and other lung health issues in adults and children. This session will consist of pre-recorded oral presentations followed by live Q&A with an online audience.
Individuals submitting an abstract must be currently enrolled as a student in a university programme at undergraduate, graduate or doctoral level either full- or part-time.
In keeping with the spirit of a late-breaker session, we ask that only new, innovative and significant findings of broad interest that have occurred after 12 May 2022, or for which information has just become available, be submitted for the late-breaker sessions.
Abstract Submissions
Late-breaker abstract submissions are now closed.
All abstracts must follow the Abstract Submission Guidelines. Abstracts must include specific data and results. Abstracts that do not contain specific results, or that were previously submitted to this conference, will be disqualified.
During the submission process, the persons submitting abstracts will be required to provide:
- Confirmation that the work has not been previously submitted for consideration to the general portion of the Union Conference
- The date by which the work and analysis was mostly completed
- The address, phone and e-mail address where the author may be contacted
All submitted abstracts will be scored by multiple peer reviewers. Persons submitting abstracts will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance of their abstract by 5 September. Note that decisions of the abstract review committee are final and cannot be appealed.
Authors submitting abstracts for this late-breaker session must be students. They will be required to provide a proof of their student status by uploading a file containing an enrolment certificate and a student identification card confirming their status during the submission process. Abstracts submitted without these supporting documents will not be considered for review.
Even though the conference will be virtual this year, presenters will be required to be available on the date and time of their session presentation to engage with the audience for a Q&A session. The specific date and time of the session will be communicated in July.