The International COPD Conference 2026

The 2026 conference takes place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The meeting is intended for healthcare providers involved in COPD care and management.

It is most useful for pulmonologists, primary care clinicians, respiratory therapists and other providers who manage COPD patients, since the symposium is hosted by the Temple Lung Center together with the GOLD initiative, the group behind the widely used COPD guidelines. The eleventh-year run and the live plus virtual format make it workable for those who cannot travel to Philadelphia, but clinicians outside respiratory care or researchers wanting broad-topic meetings would get less from a single-disease program.

Clinicians at medical symposiums usually wear business casual, such as slacks and a collared shirt or blouse, with a layer since convention center meeting rooms run cool.