ERS Congress 2026: How to involve patients in your session

Patient perspectives will be at the heart of the ERS Congress 2026.

With this in mind, the European Lung Foundation (ELF) will provide support to ERS officers and congress faculty to:

• Understand how to include patient and carer perspectives in their sessions
• Ensure the programme addresses the topics which are important to people living with a lung disease

ERS officers, particularly assembly heads and secretaries and group chairs/secretaries are encouraged to register for this webinar.

For more information contact the European Lung Foundation.

Programme

15:00 CEST
Opening and welcome – Jeanette Boyd, ELF

15:05 CEST
Vision for ERS Congress 2026 – Hilary Pinnock, ERS Education Council Chair

15:15 CEST
Which topics are important to people living with a lung disease? Report from a patient and carer survey – Clare Williams, ELF

15:30 CEST
My experience of developing a patient-centred congress session – Speaker TBC

15:35 CEST
How to include patient and carer perspectives in ERS Congress sessions – Courtney Coleman, ELF

15:45 CEST
Question & answer session