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Conference of European Respiratory Societies (CERS)
About CERS
CERS is a not-for-profit international organisation made up of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and partnered regional, national and specialist societies that have respiratory diseases as a primary interest. The main objective of CERS is to coordinate common objectives between these groups. CERS seeks to improve the standards in lung health care in Europe by:
Increasing awareness of respiratory health and disease
Raising awareness of patients’ needs
Raising awareness of research needs
Increasing funding for patient care, patient service and research
Co-ordinating approaches to the European Union (EU) and national governments
Improving medical education and accreditation
CERS commitments
In order to achieve its objectives, CERS is committed to:
Supporting national activities at EU level
Supporting EU activities at the national level
Seeking to influence the EU Public Health, Research, Environmental and other relevant agendas
Providing information and advice on EU initiatives through the ERS Brussels Office
Promoting and facilitating joint activities and interaction amongst regional/national/specialist respiratory societies in cooperation with ERS
Supporting the implementation of ERS Task Force recommendations and guidelines
Upcoming CERS meeting
Online and Milan, Italy
There are two CERS meetings per year. Online CERS Spring Meeting: 12 April, 2023 (from 13.00 CEST) Milan IT, ERS Congress Meeting: 11 September, 2023 (from 09.00 CEST)
CERS is chaired by the ERS President. ERS partner societies are automatically enrolled as CERS members.
Membership of CERS is broken down into three groups:
European regional/national/specialist societies with an ERS membership agreement. This group has full voting rights.
Non-European regional/national/specialist societies with an ERS membership agreement. This group does not have voting rights.
Elected observers. Territories which do not have a membership agreement with ERS through a national society can have an elected National Delegate as a CERS observer. These are elected by ERS members from the same territory. National Delegates do not have voting rights.
CERS Steering Committee
Swedish Lung Medicine Association, SLMF (representative Stephanie Mindus)
Italian Respiratory Society, SIP-IRS (representative Stefano Aliberti)
Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery, SEPAR (representative Juan Pablo de Torres Tajes)
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