Programme highlights per specialist area: ERS Congress 2025

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is proud to have more than 35,000 members from every field of respiratory medicine and science. Each year, the congress programme is developed to cover the full spectrum of respiratory topics.

Here, we speak to the representatives of our 14 official assemblies – who provide recommendations and top picks from the extensive congress programme according to specialist fields of interest.

We will be adding programme highlights for each assembly between now and Congress, so keep an eye on this page for highlights from your specialism!

Hear from the experts:

Respiratory clinical care and physiology (Assembly 1) - profile image
Respiratory clinical care and physiology (Assembly 1)

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Respiratory intensive care (Assembly 2) - profile image
Respiratory intensive care (Assembly 2)

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Basic and translational sciences (Assembly 3) - profile image
Basic and translational sciences (Assembly 3)

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Sleep disordered breathing (Assembly 4) - profile image
Sleep disordered breathing (Assembly 4)

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Airway diseases, asthma, COPD and chronic cough (Assembly 5) - profile image
Airway diseases, asthma, COPD and chronic cough (Assembly 5)

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Epidemiology and environment (Assembly 6) - profile image
Epidemiology and environment (Assembly 6)

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Paediatrics (Assembly 7) - profile image
Paediatrics (Assembly 7)

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Thoracic surgery and transplantation (Assembly 8) - profile image
Thoracic surgery and transplantation (Assembly 8)

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Allied respiratory professionals (Assembly 9) - profile image
Allied respiratory professionals (Assembly 9)

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Respiratory infections (Assembly 10) - profile image
Respiratory infections (Assembly 10)

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Thoracic oncology (Assembly 11) - profile image
Thoracic oncology (Assembly 11)

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Interstitial lung diseases (Assembly 12) - profile image
Interstitial lung diseases (Assembly 12)

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Pulmonary vascular diseases (Assembly 13) - profile image
Pulmonary vascular diseases (Assembly 13)

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Clinical techniques, imaging and endoscopy (Assembly 14) - profile image
Clinical techniques, imaging and endoscopy (Assembly 14)

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