ERS: European Respiratory Society

Special activities in 2010, the Year of the Lung

• 30th January: European Launch of the YOL during the CPLF congress, Marseille, France
• 4th February: ERS organises live session on Tobacco Control for World Cancer Day
• 10th March: ERS to have Side Event at the WHO Ministerial Conference of Environment Ministers, Parma Italy.
• 13th April: Meeting at the European Parliament with representatives from the all national respiratory societies in Europe, MEPs and European Commission Officials on the future for respiratory research in Europe
• 4th May: ERS to organise event for World Asthma Day
• 31st of May: ERS and the Smoke Free Partnership to organise an event for World No Tobacco Day
• 18th-22 September: ERS Congress Barcelona; 20th ERS Anniversary with special sessions. Launch of the 2nd edition of the White Book, Launch of the booklet on Air Quality booklet.
• 14th October: First Ever World Spirometry Day, coordinated by ERS
• 19th October:  European Conference on Chronic Respiratory diseases, organised by the ERS together with the  EU presidency of Council hosted by Belgium.
• And more to come…

Founded in 1990, The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is a not-for-profit, international medical organisation with over 10,000 members – scientists, doctors and allied health professionals, coming from over 100 countries. The Society’s mission is to advance respiratory medicine by stimulating and coordinating the actions of its members, in order to achieve the highest possible medical, paramedical and social standards in the treatment of respiratory disease.

The Congress

The ERS Congress is the World's largest annual scientific gathering in respiratory medicine with over 19,000 delegates. This event provides a platform for important improvements in the understanding and treatment of lung diseases. 2010 Congress will be in Barcelona, Spain, 18-22 September.

Scientific Activities

The 11 Scientific Assemblies are created to facilitate exchange of information and knowledge among members working in similar areas. The Society also organises the Lung Science Conference, which focuses on basic science. The 2010 conference will be in Estoril, Portugal, on Biology of gene-environment interactions in the lung.

Continuing Medical Education

The ERS School aims at maintaining a high level of postgraduate education in the field of lung health throughout Europe. The educational website www.ers-education.org offers the largest collection of presentations, webcasts, slides and educational material in the field of respiratory medicine.

Publications

The European Respiratory Journal is the Society’s flagship publication, including original peer-reviewed papers, editorials, and topical reviews. ERS publications also include a series of clinical monographs (European Respiratory Monograph) and the European Respiratory Review. The Society’s educational journal Breathe – Continuing Medical Education for Respiratory Professionals aims to keep allied health professionals, respiratory physicians and respiratory paediatricians working mainly in the clinical field up to date on the different areas of respiratory medicine.

Information for patients

The European Lung Foundation (ELF) is the public voice or the ERS and aims at providing accurate and unbiased information for patients www.european-lung-foundation.org. The ELF exists to help current and future generations of European citizens to breathe more easily.

For more information www.ersnet.org