Professor Stefano Aliberti (Italy)
Medical Degree from the University of Milan – Clinical research training at the University of Louisville, KY, USA
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Milan
Former Head of the Respiratory Infections Assembly of the European Respiratory Society
Consultant, Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan
Chair of the European Bronchiectasis Network (EMBARC)
Chair of IRIDE, the Italian Registry of adult bronchiectasis
Chair of the Italian Registry on Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (IRENE)
Leads the Policlinico Bronchiectasis Program (includes a multidisciplinary team of physicians and respiratory physiotherapists taking care of bronchiectasis, PCD and NTM patients at the Policlinico Hospital in Milan)
Professor Francesco Blasi (Italy)
MD, FERS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of the Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation at the University of Milan
Head Internal Medicine Department, Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS CÃ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milan
Member of Board of Directors, Università degli Studi di Milano
Member of EMBARC (The European Bronchiectasis Network) Steering Committee
Co-chair of IRIDE, the Italian Registry of adult bronchiectasis
Co-chair of IRENE the Italian Observatory on Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria
Former President of ERS – European Respiratory Society, of the Italian Respiratory Society (SIP/IRS) and of the Italian Respiratory Society Research Center (SIP/IRS Centro Ricerche)
Professor James D. Chalmers (UK)
GSK/British Lung Foundation Professor of Respiratory Research and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician at the University of Dundee/Ninewells Hospital, Dundee