ERS International Congress 2022: highlights from the Airway Diseases Assembly

Abstract

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) celebrated the return of an in-person meeting in Barcelona, Spain, after two years of virtual congresses. The congress programme was replete with symposia, skills workshops and abstract presentations from all 14 assemblies, encompassing over 3000 abstracts presented in the form of thematic poster discussion and oral presentations. In this article, highlights from this year's congress (including that from thematic poster sessions, oral presentations and symposia from keynote speakers), presented by Assembly 5: Airway diseases, Asthma, COPD and Chronic Cough, are reviewed by Early Career Members and experts in the field, with the aim of presenting key recent findings in the field.

ERS International Congress 2023: highlights from the Airway Diseases Assembly

“…Of the 739 abstracts submitted for Assembly 5, an impressive 451 were presented by early career members, with an equal proportion of men and women. As done in previous years [ 1 – 3 ], in this review, early career members of Assembly 5 summarise highlights of the research presented and discussed during the congress.…”