The meeting is open to ITS members and non-member healthcare professionals. Industry representatives may attend only as exhibitors or sponsors.

Register online through the ASM 2026 registration page. You will receive a confirmation email once your registration is processed.

Gala Dinner tickets are purchased as part of delegate registration.

Yes. Enter your dietary requirements when you buy your ticket during registration.

Contact the ITS event organisers promptly at info@irishthoracicsociety.com. Refunds are available up to one month before the event.

For student registration discounts, email info@irishthoracicsociety.com.

Yes. Email details of your sustainable transport ticket or plan to info@irishthoracicsociety.com and you will receive a 10% discount code for your conference ticket.

Yes. You can add €10 when you register to plant a native tree.

Places are limited, so please register in advance through the main event registration.

No. Use the same main event registration link.

Collect your name badge at the registration desk and check in with the QR code on your badge. Check in each day, as your CPD certificate is based on daily check-ins. If you registered late, the desk will give you a badge.

No. The ASM is an in-person event with no live streaming. Recordings of keynote presentations may be shared with registered attendees afterwards, subject to speaker consent.

Thursday 19th and Friday 20th November 2026 at Killashee Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare.

Yes. Killashee Hotel offers discounted rates for meeting attendees: €190 for single occupancy and €205 for double occupancy. Contact the hotel directly for availability.

The Keadeen Hotel offers a 15% discount for delegates. Email info@keadeenhotel.ie.

The nearest stations are Sallins and Naas.

Yes, free parking is available at the venue.

Check-in opens at 12:30 on Thursday 19th November. Friday starts with the Industry Breakfast Symposium at 07:45, and the wrap-up is at 17:00 – 17:15.

Prof. David Jackson, King’s College London (Thursday 19th, 14:30); Prof. Liam Heaney, Queen’s University Belfast, at the Industry Breakfast Symposium (Friday 20th, 08:30); Prof. Francis X. McCormack, University of Cincinnati (Friday 20th, 11:45); and Dr Anne Valérie Gonzalez, McGill University Health Centre (Friday 20th, 16:00).

On the ASM 2026 agenda page.

On Thursday there is a buffet dinner (17:30 – 19:00) and a prizegiving reception (20:00 – 20:45). On Friday there is a drinks reception (18:30 – 19:30), followed by the gala dinner from 19:30. Gala Dinner tickets are purchased as part of delegate registration.

Friday 20th November, 13:15 – 14:30, during lunch.

Friday 20th November, 09:30 – 17:45, in the Belling Suite, Killashee Hotel. It is a full-day session on paediatric respiratory medicine.

Allied health professional talks, clinical updates, guest speakers Dr Zoe Saynor and Dr David Brinkman, oral and case presentations, a pro-con debate, and the announcement of prize winners. See the Paediatric Forum agenda.

Thursday 19th: ITS Physiologist Forum (10:30 – 13:00) and Irish Pleural Group Meeting (time TBC). Friday 20th: ANAIL Meeting and CPRC Meeting (both 10:15 – 11:15), and the ITS AGM and Business Meeting (13:15 – 14:30).

Create an account on the Abstract Portal, linked from the Events section of the ITS website. The portal guides you step by step, and you can click “Save As Draft” at any point.

Presentation types: Poster and Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation Only, Case Study Poster Only, or Case Study Poster and Oral Presentation. Themes: Asthma, COPD, General Respiratory, ILD, Paediatric, Sleep, TB/CF/Infection, and Lung Cancer/Pleural/Surgery. The Review Panel may move your submission to a different theme.

Paste your abstract as plain text with the headings Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions, Keywords and Disclosures. Tables, graphs and figures are not accepted in the abstract, but can go on your poster. Word limits are in the abstract guidelines.

You can edit, delete or resubmit until the submission deadline. After the deadline, only the author list or author order can change, before the Abstract Book deadline. To withdraw, email info@irishthoracicsociety.com.

A Review Panel assesses all submissions anonymously. If accepted, you get a confirmation email. You or a co-author must register by the deadline in that email to keep your poster board, as boards may be reassigned.

Oral presentation: 15 minutes, a 10-minute talk plus 5 minutes of discussion; send your slides to ITS in advance. Poster: a printed poster at the venue, where the chairs visit to discuss your work. Quick Fire Round: a 2-minute overview, then up to 5 minutes of questions, no slides.

A0 portrait (841 × 1189 mm). There is no required template.

Poster Review 1 is on Thursday 19th, 13:30 – 14:30 (Asthma, TB/CF/Infection, General Respiratory). Poster Review 2 is on Friday 20th, 09:15 – 10:15 (COPD, ILD, Sleep, Lung Cancer/Pleural/Surgery). Arrive at least 15 minutes before your session; ITS staff will help you find your board.

Poster board allocations and Quick Fire Round lists are published on the ITS website.

Thursday 19th November. The poster review is 17:15 – 18:30 and the oral presentations are 19:00 – 20:00.

An author or co-author must agree to attend the prize-giving at the Gala Dinner on Friday evening. Poster awards are announced at the Friday Drinks Reception/Gala Dinner or at the Case Study Forum dinner on Thursday, and winners are also contacted after the event.

Accepted abstracts from ITS members are published in the Irish Journal of Medical Science Online Supplement (Springer), if you give permission to publish. Only abstracts from ITS members are considered.

Yes, CPD credits are awarded by RCPI. The number of credits is to be confirmed.

CPD certificates are issued after the event, based on your daily QR code check-ins. You can also request a confirmation letter for your poster or oral presentation after the event. Virtual poster certificates are issued automatically.

Membership is open to all healthcare professionals caring for people with respiratory disease on the island of Ireland. Apply on the membership page .

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Email info@irishthoracicsociety.com or call +353 (0)1 567 7201.