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The European Respiratory Society plans its future: the 2013-2018 strategic plan

European Respiratory Journal, 2014

The European Respiratory Society (ERS), in order to serve better its members and achieve its mission objectives (table 1) [1], organised a Strategy Meeting to plan its core strategic priorities for the period 2013-2018, taking into account changes occurring both within the society and within the respiratory field in Europe and beyond. This meeting was held on July 3 and 4, 2013 in Lausanne, Switzerland to formulate future directions. We took into account the Executive Summary of the 2006-2007 Strategy Meeting [2] summarising the ERS pillars (fig. 1) and the recently published ERS Presidential plans as an operational guide [3-5]. The Strategy Meeting involved the ERS Leadership represented by the members of the Steering Committee (fig. 2). It was prepared by an ad hoc meeting preceding the event, involving the Past President and the Secretary General Elect (the officers designated to act as chair and moderator), as well as the Executive Director and the Head of the Executive Office. This was used as the starting point to develop the strategic meeting agenda. Participants were encouraged to express their opinions freely and to think ''outside the box'' in order to bring fresh ideas to the table. Whilst the focus of the exercise was definitely the future,

European Respiratory Society International Congress 2015

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2015

This article contains highlights and a selection of the scientific advances from the European Respiratory Society's Clinical Assembly (Assembly 1 and its six respective groups) that were presented at the 2017 European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy. The most relevant topics from each of the groups will be discussed, covering a wide range of areas including clinical problems, rehabilitation and chronic care, thoracic imaging, interventional pulmonology, diffuse and parenchymal lung diseases, and general practice and primary care. In this comprehensive review, the newest research and actual data as well as award-winning abstracts and highlight sessions will be discussed.

ERS International Congress 2021: highlights from the Allied Respiratory Professionals assembly

ERJ Open Research, 2022

This paper provides an overview of some of the most memorable sessions that were (co)organised by the Allied Respiratory Professionals Assembly during the 2021 European Respiratory Society International Congress, which was held online for the second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Early Career Members from Assembly 9 summarised the content of the sessions (three oral communication sessions, two symposia and one Expert View) with the support of the chairs from the four Assembly groups: Respiratory Function Technologists and Scientists (Group 9.01); Physiotherapists (Group 9.02); Nurses (Group 9.03); and Psychologists and Behavioural Scientists (Group 9.04). The sessions covered the following topics: impact of COVID-19 on lung function and healthcare services, and the importance of quality assurance and technology in lung function assessment; diagnosis and management of sarcopenia in patients with chronic respiratory disease; maintenance of the effects of pulmonary reha...

The European Respiratory Society evaluates its 2013–2018 strategic plan implementation

European Respiratory Journal, 2016

strategic plan to serve its members better and achieve its mission objectives (table 1) [1]. The outcomes of the previous 2006-2007 Strategy Meeting [2] summarising the ERS pillars (figure 1) and the recently published ERS Presidential plans were used as background material [3-5]. The mid-term strategy implementation review was held on October 21, 2015 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It involved the ERS Leadership represented by the members of the Management Group (figure 2), the body that replaced the previous Steering Committee as per the newly approved ERS Constitution and Bylaws [6, 7],

European Respiratory Society International Congress 2017: highlights from the Clinical Assembly

ERJ open research, 2018

This article contains highlights and a selection of the scientific advances from the European Respiratory Society's Clinical Assembly (Assembly 1 and its six respective groups) that were presented at the 2017 European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy. The most relevant topics from each of the groups will be discussed, covering a wide range of areas including clinical problems, rehabilitation and chronic care, thoracic imaging, interventional pulmonology, diffuse and parenchymal lung diseases, and general practice and primary care. In this comprehensive review, the newest research and actual data as well as award-winning abstracts and highlight sessions will be discussed.