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The 12th KJP Paediatric Respiratory Conference will be held at Bush House, London. This is an opportunity for the paediatric respiratory community to meet in person, and we are delighted to bring the world’s leading experts together with healthcare professionals of all disciplines. Now in its 12th year, the KJP Paediatric Respiratory Conference, London is the largest paediatric respiratory event in Europe. This premier conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all health care professionals, with an interest in paediatric respiratory conditions, to interact and network.

With an outstanding reputation among professionals as the forum for sharing new information and discussing controversial issues about respiratory problems in children, this is an event not to be missed.
2
Days
83
Speakers
3
Sponsors & Posters
25
Sessions
22. - 23. April, 2026 | Bush House, Aldwych, London, UK

12th KJP Paediatric Respiratory Conference

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Speakers

Prof Atul Gupta
Prof Atul Gupta
Head of the Children’s Respiratory Service King’s College Hospital
Dr Kat Harman
Dr Kat Harman
Paediatric respiratory Kings College London Hospital
Prof Adam Fox
Prof Adam Fox
Professor of Paediatric Allergy King’s College London
Prof Sailesh Kotecha
Prof Sailesh Kotecha
Head/Professor of Child Health Cardiff University
Prof Andy Bush
Prof Andy Bush
Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Respirology Imperial College
Dr Umang Patel
Dr Umang Patel
Chief Clinical Information Officer Microsoft
Prof Sejal Saglani
Prof Sejal Saglani
Director of the Centre for Paediatrics & Child Health Imperial College London
Dr Lee Hatter
Dr Lee Hatter
ENT Registrar and Honorary Senior Clinical Research Fellow Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
Dr Ross Langley
Dr Ross Langley
Paediatric Consultant in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow
Dr Saira Haque
Dr Saira Haque
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist King's College Hospital
Dr Tom Semple
Dr Tom Semple
Paediatric and cardiothoracic radiologist Royal Brompton Hospital
Dr Alistair Calder
Dr Alistair Calder
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dr Neil Gibson
Dr Neil Gibson
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Dr Cara Bossley
Dr Cara Bossley
Consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine King’s College London
Dr Don Urquhart
Dr Don Urquhart
Consultant and Honorary Reader in Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and University of Edinburgh
Ms Gemma Marsh
Ms Gemma Marsh
Specialist Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapist & Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Dorset County Hospital
Dr Chris Grime
Dr Chris Grime
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Sleep and Long-Term Ventilation Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
Prof Surinder Birring
Prof Surinder Birring
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Consultant Respiratory Physician King's College Hospital
Dr Stefan Unger
Dr Stefan Unger
Paediatric Respiratory Consultant Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
Professor Amelia Shoemark
Professor Amelia Shoemark
Asthma and Lung UK Chair of Respiratory Research University of Dundee
Dr Uddhav Vaghela
Dr Uddhav Vaghela
Surgeon, Serial Entrepreneur and AI Researcher Imperial College London, UCL and Cambridge
Dr Tom Ruffles
Dr Tom Ruffles
Associate Professor in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Dr Elise Slob
Dr Elise Slob
Dutch hospital-pharmacist, clinical pharmacologist and researcher Diakonessenhuis in Utrecht and University Medical Center Groningen
Prof Steve Turner
Prof Steve Turner
Consultant paediatrician
Dr Lena Thia
Dr Lena Thia
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Cystic Fibrosis Children’s Hospital for Wales
Dr Matthew Ryde
Dr Matthew Ryde
Paediatric Respiratory Registrar (ST7) Nottingham Children's Hospital
Dr Jawahir Al Amri
Dr Jawahir Al Amri
Respiratory Fellow Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Dr Eleanor Wells
Dr Eleanor Wells
Paediatric Respiratory Fellow King’s College Hospital
Dr Sara Warraich
Dr Sara Warraich
Respiratory Consultant King’s College Hospital, London
Dr Matt Thomas
Dr Matt Thomas
Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician & Clinical Director Great North Children's Hospital
Ms Sukeshi Makhecha
Ms Sukeshi Makhecha
Consultant Pharmacist in Paediatric Asthma and Respiratory Medicine Royal Brompton and Evelina London Children’s Hospitals
Ms Bansri Bharania
Ms Bansri Bharania
Lead Pharmacist for Womens and Childrens Kings College Hospital
Dr Desaline Joseph
Dr Desaline Joseph
Consultant in Paediatric Sleep Medicine Evelina Children’s Hospital, St Thomas’
Prof Gillian Nixon
Prof Gillian Nixon
Academic Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Physician, Deputy Director Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre at Monash Children’s Hospital
Dr Hui-leng Tan
Dr Hui-leng Tan
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Royal Brompton Hospital
Dr Dom Hughes
Dr Dom Hughes
Senior Clinical Lecturer Imperial College London
Prof Jane Davies
Prof Jane Davies
Professor of Paediatric Respirology & Experimental Medicine Imperial College, London
Dr James Poole-Cowley
Dr James Poole-Cowley
Paediatric Respiratory Medicine GRID
Ms Kelly Knox
Ms Kelly Knox
Cystic Fibrosis Specialist Nurse
Dr Ankur Sharma
Dr Ankur Sharma
Paediatric Respiratory GRID Trainee Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
Dr Austen Worth
Dr Austen Worth
Paediatric Immunologist Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)
Dr Rishi Pabary
Dr Rishi Pabary
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Royal Brompton Hospital
Dr. Dirk Schramm
Dr. Dirk Schramm
Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatrics St. Nikolaus Children’s Hospital
Dr Claire Edmondson
Dr Claire Edmondson
Paediatric Respiratory Consultant Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Mr Liam Sutton
Mr Liam Sutton
Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck and Tracheal Consultant Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Dr James Cook
Dr James Cook
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine King’s College Hospital
Dr Laura-Jane Smith
Dr Laura-Jane Smith
Consultant Respiratory Physician King’s College Hospital
Prof Ian Sinha
Prof Ian Sinha
Paediatric respiratory consultant Alderhay Hospital, Liverpool
Dr Ian Balfour-Lynn
Dr Ian Balfour-Lynn
Consultant Paediatric Respiratory Medicine Royal Brompton Hospital
Dr Hazel Evans
Dr Hazel Evans
Consultant respiratory paediatrician University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Prof Helen A Brough
Prof Helen A Brough
Consultant in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Evelina Children’s Hospital, St. Thomas’ Hospital
Ms Kirsty Lazarus
Ms Kirsty Lazarus
Highly Specialised Paediatric Physiologist Kings College Hospital

Programme

Stages
Auditorium
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00

Registration (Arcade)

08:00 - 08:30

SESSION 1A - SYMPOSIUM: Opening Session

08:30 - 10:10
Prof Atul Gupta
Dr Kat Harman
Prof Adam Fox
Prof Sailesh Kotecha
Prof Andy Bush

Coffee Break (8th Floor)

10:10 - 11:00

SESSION 2A: Asthma: Emerging Trends and Challenges

11:00 - 12:35
Prof Atul Gupta
Dr Zoe Bothamley
Prof Sejal Saglani
Dr Lee Hatter
Prof Ian Sinha
Dr Ross Langley

SESSION 3A: Future Lung Health: Innovation and Practice

13:30 - 15:00
Dr Don Urquhart
Dr Norrice Liu
Prof Steve Turner
Dr Uddhav Vaghela

Coffee Break (8th Floor)

15:00 - 15:30

SESSION 5A: Grand Round: Challenging Cases beyond guidelines

15:30 - 16:30
Dr Neil Gibson
Dr Lena Thia
Dr Matthew Ryde
Dr Jawahir Al Amri
Dr Eleanor Wells

Gin & Fizz Networking Reception (8th Floor)

16:30 - 18:30
Lecture Theatre 1
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00

Registration (Arcade)

08:00 - 08:30

Coffee Break (8th Floor)

10:10 - 11:00

SESSION 2B: Radiology Workshop: Imaging in Lung Infections

11:00 - 12:30
Dr Saira Haque
Dr Tom Semple
Dr Alistair Calder

Lunch Break (8th Floor)

12:30 - 13:30

SESSION 3B: Lung Disease: New Insights

13:30 - 15:00
Prof Claire Hogg
Professor Amelia Shoemark
Prof Surinder Birring
Dr Stefan Unger

Coffee Break (8th Floor)

15:00 - 15:30

Gin & Fizz Networking Reception (8th Floor)

16:30 - 18:30
Lecture Theatre 2
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00

Registration (Arcade)

08:00 - 08:30

Coffee Break (8th Floor)

10:10 - 11:00

SESSION 2C: Oral Abstract Presentations

11:00 - 12:30
Dr Neil Gibson
Prof Andy Bush
Dr Nicola Brathwaite
Dr Sam Irving

Lunch Break (8th Floor)

12:30 - 13:30

SESSION 3C: Early Lung Disease: Challenges & Clinical Decisions

13:30 - 15:00
Dr Adam Lawton
Dr Chris Grime
Prof Sailesh Kotecha
Dr James Cook
Dr Cara Bossley

Coffee Break (8th Floor)

15:00 - 15:30

Gin & Fizz Networking Reception (8th Floor)

16:30 - 18:30
Other Content (In-Person Only)
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00

Registration (Arcade)

08:00 - 08:30

Coffee Break (8th Floor)

10:10 - 11:00

Lunch Break (8th Floor)

12:30 - 13:30

Coffee Break (8th Floor)

15:00 - 15:30

SESSION 5B: Poster discussion (Arcade / 8th Floor)

15:30 - 17:00
Dr Adam Lawton
Ms Bansri Bharania
Dr Alison Garde
Dr Polly Robinson
Ms Jenny O'Neill
Dr Latika Gupta
Dr Zoe Bothamley
Dr Norrice Liu

Contact information

Event location
Event date:
22. April - 23. April, 2026
Event location:
Bush House, Aldwych, London, UK
Organizer:
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