Asthma

Severe Asthma Patient Conference 2025

Online
22/11/2025

About the event


On Saturday 22 November 2025 at 10:00 – 13:15 CET, ELF will host a free online patient conference focusing on severe and difficult-to-control asthma, with a special spotlight on comorbidities and new treatments.

The event will be co-chaired by Hilary Hodge, a patient advocate, and Dr Stefania Principe, a healthcare professional. The programme includes expert presentations, personal stories and live Q&A sessions to address the questions from people living with severe asthma.

Programme


Detailed programme will be announced in the coming months.

Speakers and contributors


  • Hilary Hodge – France
  • Stefania Principe – Netherlands
  • Dimitris Kontopidis – Greece
  • Ramesh Kurukulaaratchy – United Kingdom
  • Dominique Hamerlijnck – Netherlands
  • Anna Freeman – United Kingdom
  • Florence Schleich – Belgium
  • Rikki Müller – United Kingdom

(More names and bios will be added as confirmed)

Language options


The conference will be held in English, with live transcription and subtitles available in multiple languages. For all language options, please check here: https://help.wordly.ai/develop/languages/

Working group and partners


A special thank you to our asthma patient advisory group and conference planning group, who are organising this event. Their input ensures that the programme is relevant, accessible and empowering for all.

This conference is supported by SHARP (Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research collaboration, Patient-centred), a Clinical Research Collaboration funded by the European Respiratory Society (ERS).

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