1. New Techniques to Manage Pain after Thoracic Surgery 2. Advances in Diagnostic Imaging of the Thorax and Screening 3. Multimodality Management of Early Stage Lung Cancer 4. Surgical Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer 5. Tissue Sealants in Thoracic Surgery 6. Anatomic Pulmonary Resection by VATS 7. Application of Radiofrequency Ablation to Thoracic Malignancies 8. Role of Gene Therapy and Stem Cells in Thoracic Surgery 9. Quality Improving Techniques in Thoracic Surgery (Outcome Research) 10. Resection and Reconstruction for Primary and Secondary Chest Wall Tumors 11. Management of Chest Wall Deformities 12. Surgical Management of Congenital Lesions of the Lung 13. Management of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 14. Management of Hydatid Cysts 15. Management of Pleural Space Problems 16. Techniques of Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction including Tracheal Substitutes and Tracheal Transplantation 17. Management of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations and Sequestrations 18. Vascular Rings and Slings 19. Laser Bronchoscopy 20. Update of Blood Substitutes 21. Surgery for Fungal and Mycobacterial Disease 22. Modern Management of Pulmonary Thromboembolism including Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy 23. ECMO and Extracorpeal and Arteriovenous CO2 Removal 24. Artificial Lung 25. Lung Preservation 26. Modern Concepts of Immunosuppression for Lung Transplantation 27. Update on the Management of Pulmonary Hypertension 28. Living-Donor Lung Transplantation 29. Bronchiolitis Obliterans 30. Surgery for Myasthenia Gravis 31. Management of Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum 32. Mediastinal Cysts 33. Management of Descending Mediastinitis 34. Update on Diaphragmatic Pacing 35. Optimal Management of Barrett’s Esophagus 36. Strategies for Esophageal Replacement and Reconstruction 37. Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy 38. Esophageal Anastomotic Techniques and the Management of Esophageal Anastomotic Leaks 39. Esophageal Stents Preoperative Evaluation of Neuro-Moto Diseases of the Esophagus