Seven speakers delivered 12 lectures on pleural diseases, covering the physiology, pathology, radiology, diagnosis and treatment of various pleural diseases.
Dr Y C Gary Lee, the representative of the APSR and also one of the workshop organizers, recruited four speakers from the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
Each speaker, including three from China, presented state-of-the-art progress in each field and their excellent lectures were highly appreciated by the 53 attendees.
The workshop organizer, Dr Chunxue Bai, expressed appreciation to all the speakers for their support to the programme.

Speaker:	Title
Huanzhong Shi	Essential Pleural Anatomy for Clinicians
Shaohua Lu	Essential Pleural Pathology for Clinicians
James Entwisle	Essential Pleural Radiology for Clinicians
David Feller-Kopman	Pleural Investigations: Diagnosing Algorithms for Clinicians
James Entwisle	Pleural Ultrasound by Pulmonologists: Why and How to Get Started
Pyng Lee	Pleuroscopy: Why and How to Get Started
Y C Gary Lee	Indwelling Pleural Catheters: Why and How to Get Started
Shiyue Li	Pneumothorax
Pyng Lee	Malignant Pleural Effusions
Huanzhong Shi	TB Pleural Effusion and Empyema
Y C Gary Lee	Pleural Infection
David Feller-Kopman	Uncommon Pleural Effusions that Pulmonologists need to know