The scientific content of the program should be evidence-based and relevant to the clinical practice of Interventional Pulmonology. Understanding the diversity of needs and interests in the IP Community, the scientific content of the conference will be balanced into 6 major categories. At present these content categories are advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy, pleural diseases and procedures, therapeutic bronchoscopy, innovation and entrepreneurship, and a miscellaneous category that includes topics such as Education, Quality Improvement, Reimbursement, Health Care Access and Equity, Gender and Racial Equity etc.