As you enjoy your final hours in New Orleans, keep in mind that it’s never too early to start making preparations for next year’s event. CHEST 2020 will be held October 17-21 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Here’s a glimpse of what to look forward to in the Windy City.

Catch up with CHEST 2019 in photos.

Presenters addressed clinical controversies in the session “Clinical Controversies in Lung Nodule Management: Rapid Fire” on Tuesday.

Four experts led a standing-room only session Tuesday morning on the future of identifying and treating sepsis. The session, “Sepsis 2020: What is Down the Pike,” reviewed recent and ongoing research on biomarkers, big data, vitamin C, and fluids.

This year’s Twitter #CHESTChat on Monday evening focused on “Driving Innovation in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.” Here are some highlights from the online conversation.

Joel Anthony Nations, MD, MBA, shares four things you should know about the relationship between biological warfare and epidemics before attending the session “Measles, Ebola and Anthrax Oh My! Are You and Your Hospital Ready?” on Wednesday.

“I started working in critical care when I was in my first year of nursing school,” says Janna Landsperger, APRN-BC. “I got a job in the ICU as a care partner and was immediately drawn to critical care.” Read more about this CHEST 2019 attendee.

Presenters addressed these clinical controversies in the session “Clinical Controversies in Lung Nodule Management: Rapid Fire” on Tuesday.

“Through ‘case puzzlers’ programs, these people who don’t have big faculty appointments get a chance to have well-known academic physicians look at how they’ve managed cases,” says Anthony Saleh, MD, FCCP.