European Respiratory Society Shaping the Future of Respiratory Medicine Leonardo M. Fabbri ERS President

About Us Founded in 1990 More than 9,000 members from over 100 countries Scientists, doctors and allied respiratory professionals Organised in 11 Scientific Assemblies Annual Congress gathering over 17,000 participants

Our Role Provide a forum for the presentation of research findings and knowledge exchange Educate doctors, scientists and allied health professionals in all aspects of respiratory medicine Establish guidelines to ensure application of the highest standards of diagnosis and treatment Encourage and support implementation of political and regulatory action Facilitate access to medical information for patients

ERS Assemblies 1. Clinical (Members 2094) 2. Respiratory Intensive Care (Members 450) 3. Cell and Molecular Biology (Members 319) 4. Clinical Physiology and Integrative Biology (Members 703) 5. Inflammatory Airway Diseases and Clinical Allergy (Members 807) 6. Occupation and Epidemiology (Members 429) 7. Pediatrics (Members 885) 8. Thoracic Surgery (Members 133) 9. Allied Respiratory Professionals (Members 339) 10. Respiratory Infections (Members 484) 11. Thoracic Oncology Section (Members 259) 4

Our Activities Annual Congress: Europe’s largest scientific gathering in respiratory medicine Task forces addressing specific lung health problems in Europe (Guidelines) Scientific Research Seminars Annual Lung Science Conference Over 20 Postgraduate Courses organised every year Fellowships & Grants E-learning centre providing valuable educational aids

Measuring Success: Congress Attendance

ERS School Breathe Educational journal launched in 2004 Approved as an official publication of the ERS in February 2006 New School Director appointed in 2006 as Breathe Editor Current circulation > 15,500 copies

www.ers education.org

ERS School Online live web lectures Two online courses Weekly web lectures and Journal club for ERS members ERS Live

Publications European Respiratory Journal European Lung White Book Breathe –Continuing Medical Education for Respiratory Professionals ERS Monograph Series European Respiratory Review ERS Newsletter

: ERJ Impact Factor 5.076 (28% increase)

ERS Offices ERS Headquarters 4, Ave Sainte-Luce CH-1003 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41 21 213 01 01 Fax: +41 21 213 01 00 Email: info@ersnet.org ERS Journals Ltd Suite 2.4, Hutton’s Building 146 West Street Sheffield, S1 4ES UK Tel: +44 114 278 0498 Fax: +44 114 278 0501 Email: info@ersj.org.uk ERS Brussels Office 39-41, Rue d’Arlon BE-1000 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 22 338 53 60 Fax: +32 2 238 53 61 Email:ersinfo.brussels@ersnet.org

Mission of L. M. Fabbri 1. Strengthen the Pillars of ERS Science, Education, Advocacy Aim: improve patients’ care and people health 2. Complex Chronic Comorbidities 3. ERS-Other Scientific Societies Other specialties, National, International, Focus Groups 4. Pipeline (eg young members) 5. Exploit Web Technology www.ersnet.org 13

ERS vs OTHER SOCIETIES EAACI, ESICM, ESMO, ESTS, ESMID, EMBO, ESCI, fleischner RESEARCH 1.1. Collaborative Projects 1.2. Annual Meeting 1.3. Monothematic Meetings 1.4. Research Seminars 2. EDUCATION/CME 2. Post-Graduate Courses 2.1. Developing Countires 2.2. ERS LIve Series 3. PUBLICATIONS 3.1. Series in the ERJ 3.2. Series in their Journals 3.2. ERMonographs 4. ADVOCACY 14

ERS vs National Societies 2 months free trial membership (www.ersnet.org) Junior memberships (< 35 years) Translation of educational material to National Societies Post-Graduate Seminars/Workshops at the National Meeting 15

ERS vs National Societies ERS stand at the National Annual Meeting ERS live seminars (6 PM CET, every Wednesday) ERS WEB platform for ERS Live in national language ERS Delegate in the National Executive Committee Montly WEB conferences of all ERS National Delegates 16

Membership Strategy Increase in membership from 2001 to 2006 Fastest-growing membership categories Full Membership: Countries with a GNP < $10,000 Associate Memberships from outside of Europe 2005 57 135 2006 301 323 2007 408 521

Countries down Country 2005 2006 2007 2007-2006 % RUSSIA 491 455 374 -81 -22% TURKEY 520 480 403 -77 -19% JAPAN 127 175 107 -68 -64% GERMANY 185 284 217 -67 -31% SERBIA 235 222 166 -56 -34% ROMANIA 180 227 191 -36 BULGARIA 42 54 27 -27 -100% IRAN 129 116 91 -25 -27% MACEDONIA 69 81 57 -24 -42% UKRAINE 104 137 114 -23 -20% GREECE 162 167 148 -19 -13% POLAND 176 147 ITALY 307 274 258 -16 -6% ISRAEL 19 21 8 -13 -163%

ERS vs Italy vs UIP Need for only on 1 Italian Society as ERS Partner Clarify the 2000 Florence Congress VAT pendings Clarify the Sarcoidosis issue Declaration of conflicts of interest (Tobacco, Pharmaceutical, Meetings, Publications, etc) Code of conduct of Officers of National Societies 19

European Respiratory Society Shaping the Future of Respiratory Medicine Leonardo M. Fabbri ERS President