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Find out all you need to know about this year’s congress theme – including why it was selected and its significance to both ERS and global respiratory health. Plus, learn what to expect on the topic of ‘Respiratory health around the globe’ both before and during the ERS Congress 2025.
Each year, the congress theme aims to spotlight a particular area or hot topic within the event’s extensive programme, which consistently covers the full spectrum of respiratory medicine and science.
In 2025, the selected theme reflects the fact that the ERS Congress is a platform which encourages collaboration and discussion among the world’s respiratory professionals – for the benefit of lung health worldwide.
Learn more about why this year’s theme was selected by reading our official announcement.
“This year’s theme is brought into focus by ERS’s recently updated strategy, a priority area of which is global collaboration. While the majority of ERS members are based in Europe, around a third of the Society’s membership is from overseas – which helps to broaden the knowledge and expertise available to the Society. ERS is committed to playing a key role in reducing the global burden of respiratory disease – this year’s theme offers a great opportunity to support this.”
Associate Prof. Marielle Pijnenburg, ERS Congress Co-Chair
“I am really looking forward to the sessions and activities which will take place under the umbrella of this year’s theme. The theme gives us a great opportunity to discuss challenges in respiratory medicine and their solutions, for the benefit of all regions of the world, across all lifespans and within all disease areas.”
Dr Lieuwe Bos, ERS Congress Co-Chair
This instalment of ERS Vision Live will kick off a series of pre-congress events which link directly to the theme of this year's Congress. Co-chaired by Prof. Hilary Pinnock and Prof. Dr Michael Kreuter, this event will discuss the common problems and shared solutions to respiratory health around the globe.
Learn more and registerThis webinar series is one of a number of activities and events linked to the ERS Congress 2025 theme 'Respiratory health around the globe'. The content of this webinar series will complement the content of the congress programme.
In this webinar, the theme of the ERS Congress 2025 on global differences and similarities in lung diseases will be discussed with regards to different ILDs and complications on the basis of three established ILD registries, in collaboration with colleagues from ALAT and APSR.
This webinar addresses an urgent need to translate emerging research into clinical practice, guide multidisciplinary care, and provide evidence-based strategies to improve patient outcomes across diverse populations.
This webinar will cover the global application of lung cancer screening programmes. In the era of emerging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robots, it is important to give less developed countries a motive to make lung cancer screening more efficient, using published data representing the state of the art techniques, and stimulating local authorities to initiate annual screening programmes for smoking and non-smoking individuals.
This webinar will cover the obesity epidemic and its impact on respiratory health. Following this webinar, participants will understand the impact of obesity its effect on respiratory health; how to raise awareness of obesity and its impact on global respiratory health, plus its implications for healthcare systems.
Following this webinar, participants will understand the scope and drivers of the epidemic of e-cigarette use among young people, the health risks of e-cigarette use in children and adolescents and the need to regulate youth vaping for a healthier future.
This webinar will address the need for cross-regional dialogue and collaboration, enabling participants to learn from varied contexts and approaches. It responds to a growing call for global coordination, especially in the face of persistent inequalities, the threat of antimicrobial resistance, and the global goal to end TB.