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Each year the European Respiratory Society (ERS) welcomes your session proposals for the ERS International Congress, as these contributions help us to deliver a varied and engaging scientific and educational programme.
This section contains up-to-date information on all session proposal deadlines and priority topics for this year’s event.
Check the session types web page for details on what is included in the ERS congress programme.
The chosen theme for the ERS International Congress 2021 programme is digital health, which will be covered extensively in a range of scientific and educational sessions.
In addition to digital health, the congress programme will also feature the latest advances in research and clinical practice from the following topics and professional specialities:
deep phenotyping of emerging respiratory diseases using immunology, genetics and transcriptomics, and exploration of the potential longer-term implications of these diseases.
impacts of the micro-environment and cellular repair mechanisms on the early origins of chronic lung disease.
utilising data from single cell approaches to study existing and recently emerging lung diseases.
novel imaging technologies for the study of respiratory molecular cell biology and lung regeneration.
integrated data analysis, bioinformatics, digital biomarkers and systems medicine to further basic and translational lung science.
cellular, oxidative, hypoxic, nutrient, and ER stress signalling in pulmonary disease.
sarcopenia in chronic respiratory disease: new definitions, assessment and treatment options.
psychosocial care in chronic lung disease: nursing issues in chronic lung care.
fatigue and pain in COPD and other chronic respiratory diseases.
standardisation and updates concerning pulmonary function testing and interpretation.
allied health treatment in COVID-19: ICU, inpatient [ward] and after hospital discharge.
safe spirometry in the in the COVID-19 area, from primary care to tertiary centre, from proven PCR negative to COVID-19 positive patients.
post COVID-19 rehabilitation: different profiles and different settings.
tele-rehabilitation in chronic respiratory disease and COVID-19 / using novel technologies to organise rehabilitation with video conferencing.
rehabilitation 4–6 weeks after COVID-19 infection: how to start the rehabilitation, increase and assess the training intervention and the long-term follow-up; when, how and by whom?
interventional pulmonology: rotation of advanced techniques simulators.
from endosonography, cryo and valves to pleural management.
interventional bronchoscopy board: interdisciplinary discussion of endoscopic cases.
transthoracic ultrasound.
correctly classifying interstitial lung diseases.
The ERS Congress Programme Committee encourages you to develop sessions that includes faculty members of varying ages, backgrounds, specialties and gender. The congress theme should be reflected in session proposals as much as possible.
Topics last updated in June 2020.
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