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Participants at AABIP 2026 will have the opportunity to attend lectures by renowned experts in Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. These lectures will cover various topics such as Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy, Therapeutic Bronchoscopy, Pleural Diseases, Healthcare Transformation, and more.

Additionally, AABIP 2026 offers participants the chance to present their own research, connect with like-minded individuals, and strengthen collaborations. This meeting serves as a platform to share cutting-edge knowledge that is crucial for research and clinical practice, with the ultimate goal of improving patient care.

  • Comprehensive scientific program with diverse faculty.
  • Interactive sessions for active participation.
  • Specialized tracks for pediatric IP groups and Advanced Practice Providers.
  • Introduction of video abstract submissions.
  • Expanded simulation sessions for hands-on experience.
  • Increased session variety to cover a broader range of topics.

Day 1 | Thursday, August 20, 2026

7:15-7:45

Poster Session
Poster Session 1

8:00-9:00

Parallel Breakout Sessions
Ballroom — Session: Advanced Imaging Integration in Pulmonary Procedures: Digital Tomography, Augmented Fluoroscopy, Fixed and Mobile CBCT, Workflow
Breakout 1 — Session: Benign Central Airway Obstruction. Surgical and Bronchoscopic perspectives
Breakout 2 — Session: Cracking the Code: Optimizing Reimbursement in Interventional Pulmonology
Breakout 3 — Session: Small Airways, Big Advances: A Year in Review in Pediatric IP
Breakout 4 — Session: Dancing with Industry: Navigating the Fine Line Between Innovation and Influence in Interventional Pulmonology

9:10-10:05

Plenary Session
Ballroom — Plenary: Presidential Address (Committee Awards and Recognition of Diplomates)

10:00 – 11:30

Simulation Session: Fire and Ice – Practical Airway Ablation 
SIMULATION ROOM 1

10:15-11:15

Parallel Breakout Sessions 
Ballroom — Session: Controversies in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy 
Breakout 1 — Session: Step by Step: Technical Walk Through for  Advanced Diagnostic Interventions in Pediatrics 
Breakout 2— Session: Pleural Procedures Around the World: A Global Perspective on Practice Patterns and Innovation 
Breakout 3 — Session: The Hidden Curriculum: Safety, Stress, and Strength in Training 
Breakout 4 — Session: Treatment of Stage I Lung Cancer: What is appropriate and who can decide? 

10:15-11:15

INTERACTIVE 1 
Session: Ask the Expert: Pleural Disease

10:15 – 12:15

Simulation Session: Planning and Performing BLVR – Tips from the Experts 
SIMULATION ROOM 2

11:30-12:15

Plenary Session
Ballroom — Plenary: Plenary 1: Peripheral Bronchoscopic Ablation: Emerging Techniques in Local Therapy for Early Lung Cancer.

12:30-1:00

Poster Session
Poster Session 2

1:45-2:15

Poster Session 
Poster Session 3

1:45-3:45

Simulation Session: Interventional Pulmonology for the Pediatric Patient 
SIMULATION ROOM 2

2:30-3:30

Parallel Breakout Sessions
Ballroom — Session: From Effusion to Explanation: Clinical Pathways in Uncertain Cases
Breakout 1 — Session: Beyond the Needle: A Pro/Con Debate on EBUS-Guided Cryobiopsy
Breakout 2 — Session: How Do We Do It? Learning from challenging airway cases around the world
Breakout 3 — Session: Advanced Pleuroscopic techniques and beyond
Breakout 4 — Session: When Standard Fails: Case Adventures in IP Innovation

2:15-3:45

Simulation Session: Fire and Ice – Practical Airway Ablation 
SIMULATION ROOM 1

3:45-4:45

Plenary Session
Ballroom — Plenary: Plenary Session 2:
Geoffrey McLennan Memorial Lecture and Research Symposium

4:45-5:15

Plenary Session
Ballroom — Session: AABIP Membership Meeting: State of the Organization, Bylaws, and Open Forum Discussion

5:30-6:30

Parallel networking sessions
Ballroom — Session: Women in IP (WIIP)
Breakout 1 — Session: Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy
Breakout 2 — Session: APP & Allied Health
Breakout 3 — Session: IP Fellows / Junior Faculty Network Session
Breakout 4 — Session: ALAS Networking Session

Asia Delegates Network: Voices Across the Pacific | Room: TBD
Pediatric Networking Session | Room: TBD

6:35-7:15

Plenary Session
Breakout 1 — Session: AIPPD/AABIP IP Fellowship
Directors’ Meeting (Invitation Only)

Day 2 | Friday, August 21, 2026

7:30-9:30

Simulation Session: Expanding the Horizon- Stent Tips from the Experts
SIMULATION ROOM 2

8:00-8:30

Poster Sesison
Poster Session 4 in Poster Areas

8:30-9:30

Parallel Breakout Sessions
Ballroom — Session: 2025 AABIP Practice Update and more
Breakout 1 — Session: Reels to Remember
Breakout 2 — Session: Diagnosing and stating lung cancer:  Global Innovations in Advanced Diagnostic bronchoscopy: USA, Latin America and Europe Perspectives
Breakout 3 — Session: Excuse me! I need attention to the neck: Multidisciplinary Post-Tracheostomy Care
Breakout 4 — Session: Critical Pathways: Therapeutic Bronchoscopy in ECMO, Pregnancy, Pediatrics

8:30-9:30

INTERACTIVE 1
Session: Ask the Expert: Cone Beam CT use

9:45-10:45

Parallel Breakout Sessions 
Ballroom — Session: Modern Controversies in Medical Pleuroscopy: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Boundaries
Breakout 1 — Session: Therapeutic controversies: Choosing the right tool – A Pro/Con Debate
Breakout 2 — Session: Top Abstracts
Breakout 3 — Session: Pearls, Pictures, and Pitfalls: A Kahoot! Challenges in Interventional Pulmonology
Breakout 4 — Session: Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Pediatrics

9:45 – 12:10

Simulation Session: Mastering the Maze: Introduction to Advanced Bronchoscopy Platforms
SIMULATION ROOM 1

10:00-12:00

Simulation Session: Expanding the Horizon- Stent Tips from the Experts 
SIMULATION ROOM 2

11:00-12:00

Plenary Session 
Ballroom — Plenary: Plenary session 3: Advanced Pleural Ultrasonography. Techniques for sampling and beyond. An International Panel

12:00-12:30

Poster Session 
Poster Session 5 in Poster Areas

1:15-1:45

Poster Session 
Poster Session 6 in Poster Areas

1:15-2:15

Simulation Session: Pushing the Periphery: Tips and Tricks for Optimizing Yield 
SIMULATION ROOM 1
(advanced session – for current users of selected technology)

1:45-2:30

Plenary Session
Ballroom — Plenary: Plenary Session 4: Praveen Mathur and Cynthia Ray Memorial Awards Lecture

2:30-4:30

Simulation Session: Expanding the Horizon- Stent Tips from the Experts
SIMULATION ROOM 2

2:45-3:45

Parallel Breakout Sessions
Ballroom — Session: AABIP Tumor Board: Challenges in Multifocal Thoracic Malignancy
Breakout 1 — Session: The latest and greatest in tracheoesophageal fistulas – the IP perspective
Breakout 2 — Session: Anesthesia for Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy
Breakout 3 — Session: Establishing a Pleural Service
Breakout 4 — Session: Cryotechniques in the Diagnosis of Lung Disease: From Biopsy to Beyond

2:45-3:45

INTERACTIVE 1
Session: Interactive 3
Investigator Development
(Invitation Only)

4:00-4:45

Plenary Session
Ballroom — Plenary: Plenary 5:
Airway diagnostic and therapeutic Year in review

6:00-7:00

Session: PRESIDENT’S COCKTAIL RECEPTION
BALLROOM

Day 3 | Saturday, August 22, 2026

7:15-7:45

Poster Session 
Poster Session 7 in Poster Areas

8:00-9:00

Plenary Session 
Ballroom- Plenary 6: Pleural Year in review

9:05-10:20

Simulation Session: Pleural Procedures: From Tap to Tube 
SIMULATION ROOM 2

9:15-10:15

Parallel Breakout Sessions 
Ballroom — Session: Essential Knowledge in IP (EKIP): Pneumothorax accross the Spectrum
Breakout 1 — Session: Controversies in benign airway obstruction: A surgical and IP pro-con
Breakout 2 — Innovation in Action: Using Simulation to Introduce New Technology and Workflows in Interventional Pulmonology Medical Education
Breakout 3 — Session: Management of central airway obstruction – to stent or not!
Breakout 4 — Session: Persistent Air Leak in the Child — A Multidisciplinary Perspective

9:15-10:45

Simulation Session: Interventional Pulmonology Applications in the Intensive Care Unit –
Tips and Tricks for Difficult Cases
SIMULATION ROOM 1

9:15-12:15

INTERACTIVE 1
Session: Interactive 3
Educator Development (Invitation Only)
AABIP Educator Architect Lab: Build, map, debrief

10:30-11:30

Parallel Breakout Sessions
Ballroom — Session: Precision Starts at the Scope: Leveraging Molecular Testing in Lung Cancer for Interventional Pulmonology
Breakout 1 — Session: Managing the Arc of a Successful Interventional Pulmonology Career
Breakout 2 — Session: Partners in Crime: Integration of an APP into an IP Practice
Breakout 3 — Session: Building Bridges: A Blueprint for Establishing Standard Interventional Pulmonology Programs in Community Hospitals
Breakout 4 — Session: The Inventor’s Journey: Patent Roadmap for IP Innovations

10:45-12:15

Advanced Pleural Procedures: Simulation-Based Mastery of Thoracoscopy 
SIMULATION ROOM 2

11:45-12:15

Poster Session 
Poster Session 8 in Poster Areas
BALLROOM

1:00-1:30

Poster Session
Poster: Poster Session 9 in Poster Areas
BALLROOM

1:00-2:00

Simulation Session: Percutaneous Procedures: Tracheostomy and PUG
SIMULATION ROOM 2

1:45-2:45

Parallel Breakout Sessions
Breakout 1 — Session: Indwelling drama inside the Pleural Space
Breakout 2 — Session: Radiation Safety in Interventional Pulmonology
Breakout 3 — Session: COPD Innovations: Integrating Medical and Procedural Approaches for Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema

3:00-4:00

Plenary Session
Ballroom — Session: MISSION IP

4:15-5:00

Plenary Session
Ballroom — Session: IP Round up

5:00-5:15

Plenary Session
Ballroom — Session: Closing Remarks

Explore the Interactive Program to discover full session details and plan your experience.

Interactive Program

Session Descriptions

PLENARY SESSIONS

highlight essential topics in advanced bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology with leaders in the field including the latest updates.

ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

engage and review research and case presentations from peers worldwide.

RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

offers a platform for sharing the latest research and collaborating in upcoming projects.

SIMULATION SESSIONS

hands-on sessions with tips and tricks from renowned experts, focusing on honing your procedure skills. In-person hands-on training requires separate registration and will not be recorded or available on the virtual platform. Limited space available. To attend in person, please check availability, and register at reg_aabip26@kenes.com

MISSION IP

is a knowledge and skills-based competition between teams representing the four geographical regions of the United States.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

provide up-to-date insights and best practices in diagnostic bronchoscopy, therapeutic bronchoscopy, pleural disease and education.

NETWORKING SESSIONS

create valuable opportunities for connection, collaboration, and professional relationship-building within the field, fostering knowledge exchange and professional development.