The European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2022 will take place from 4-6 September 2022. It will be a hybrid conference, with onsite attendance in Barcelona, Spain, and participation online.
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The ERS Congress is an annual conference. It brings together the world’s respiratory experts to present and discuss the latest scientific and clinical advances across the entire field of respiratory medicine.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Congress was held in a virtual format in 2020 and 2021. This year, as there are still many uncertainties around COVID-19, the Congress will be hybrid and have a reduced capacity onsite. This means there will be the opportunity to be onsite in Barcelona or access the Congress online.
For more information, visit the ERS Congress website.
The European Lung Foundation (ELF) helps to make the Congress more accessible to patients and patient organisation representatives. However, due to the reduced size of the Congress this year and COVID-19 uncertainties, many activities will be held online.
The annual ELF Patient Organisation Networking Day will focus on self-management and will be held online on 31 August 2022. Visit the event page to find out more and register to attend.
We have put together a ‘patient track’ to show the sessions taking place at Congress which we believe to be the most patient-focused, and when they will take place. It has been designed to help patient representatives see which sessions they might be interested in attending, either in person or online. It also shows which sessions have patient speakers involved.
Country: Sweden
Representative of: 3TR Patient Advisory Group
Session type: State of the Art
Date and time of session: Sunday 4 September, 09:30-11:00
Country: United Kingdom
Representative of: EU-IPFF
Session type: Symposium
Date and time of session: Sunday 4 September, 09:30-11:00
Country: The Netherlands
Session type: Hot topic
Date and time of session: Sunday 4 September, 09:30-11:00
Country: Ireland
Respresentative of: Lung Cancer PAG and OPTIMA PAG
Session type: State of the Art
Date and time of session: Sunday 4 September, 09:30-11:00
Country: United Kingdom
Session type: Symposium
Date and time of session: Sunday 4 September, 16:00-17:30
Country: Ukraine
Representative of: Pulmonary Hypertension Ukrainian Rare Disease Association (PHURDA)
Session type: Symposium
Date and time of session: Monday 5 September, 11:15-12:45
Country: Portugal
Session type: Symposium
Date and time of session: Monday 5 September, 14:15-15:45
Country: Hungary
Representative of: PHA Europe
Session type: Symposium
Date and time of session: Monday 5 September, 16:00-17:30
Country: Italy
Representative of: Associazione Contra la Sarcoidosi Italia (ACSI)
Session type: Symposium
Date and time of session: Tuesday 6 September, 11:15-12:45
*Onsite registration has sold out! There are no more spaces to attend the Congress in person. You can still register to attend online, however, to get the patient representative discount you must register before 1 September. ELF staff will be travelling to Barcelona and will be unable to check your eligibility to register as a patient representative.*
Representatives of patient organisations that are part of the ELF Patient Organisation Network are eligible to register for the Congress both onsite and online at a reduced rate. If you are part of a respiratory patient organisation that is not part of the ELF network, you can register to join the Network for free.
ERS Congress patient representative fees:
These registration rates will remain the same during the full registration period (April – September 2022).
To begin your registration process as a patient representative, you will first need to complete the form below. After completing the form, ELF will review your eligibility. Once approved, you will receive an email with instructions of how to purchase and secure your registration.
