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Workshop Summary

This workshop brings together clinical researchers, academic scientists, and industry partners to explore key challenges in understanding respiratory aerosols and their behaviour in the human lung. Applications range from inhaled drug delivery and the transmission of infectious diseases to the health impacts of air pollution. Through focused talks and collaborative discussion, we aim to identify the major unknowns in mathematically and computationally modelling aerosol transport, deposition, and clearance in respiratory pathways. The workshop will highlight how existing device technologies and measurement capabilities can inform and constrain modelling efforts, and it will lay the groundwork for future interdisciplinary research directions that advance both scientific understanding and practical healthcare outcomes.

Objectives

• Knowledge exchange between groups working on modelling the behaviour of aerosols in the context of human health.

• Identification of key gaps in current modelling capabilities and key opportunities for the use of computational modelling of aerosol for health applications.

• Foster new multi-disciplinary collaborations between academia and industry to address these gaps and harness these opportunities.

 Draft Agenda

10:00: Registration, Refreshments & Networking

10:30–10:50 — Welcome & Introduction

• Background and Objectives of the workshop

10:50–11:20: Introductions (Flash talks – 1 slide / 1 min)

11:20–11:30: Coffee break

11:30–12:30 — Session 1: Perspectives on Respiratory Aerosols

• Talk 1: Clinical challenges in understanding aerosol behaviour in the lungs

• Talk 2: Characterising the role of respiratory aerosols in disease transmission

• Talk 3: The evolution of pollutant mixtures in the atmosphere

• Panel-style Q&A

12:30–13:00 — Lunch & Informal Networking

13:00–14:00 — Session 2: Industrial Aerosol Biotechnology

• Talk 4 From lab to lung: scalable manufacturing and formulation technologies for industrial translation of next-generation aerosol bacteriophage therapies

• Talk 5: Aerosol formulation and simulation technologies from industry

• Talk 6: Practical and theoretical challenges in delivering inhaled therapies

• Panel-style Q&A

14:00–14:30 — Session 3: Key Challenges and Unknowns

• Roundtable discussion on modelling limitations

• Identifying critical gaps in data, measurement, and validation

• Identifying key application areas where existing technologies could be used

14:30–15:00 — Focussed discussions

• Forming breakout groups based on identified applications and collaborations

15:00–15:30 — Closing Discussion & Next Steps

• Summary of breakout outcomes

• Identifying opportunities for collaboration and follow-up

15:30–16:00 — Drinks & Departures