THE EUROPEAN (NTM &) BRONCHIECTASIS WORKSHOP

The European NTM & Bronchiectasis Workshop’s first edition was organized in July 2019 and since then it became a biennial tradition among the small but very committed world community of scientists and experts in the field. The community met also virtually in July 2021 and will meet again in February 2023 to exchange and learn about the novelties in diagnosis, management and treatment focused on Bronchiectasis, a complex pathology which is still often misdiagnosed and even more often overlooked.

The “concept” of the Workshop is to spread the knowledge in regards to the European Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases and related Specialists, enhance the understanding of the physiopathology, epidemiology and management outcomes and attract attention to the need to share knowledge and especially experience and the demand for further research emerges.

The focus is on the “hot topics” of the moment and the suggestion of the attendees, as this Workshop series is a place to get updates, acquire new knowledge, learn new approaches and discover new insights to be immediately applicable in daily clinical practice.

The main target is the Specialists in Respiratory Medicines, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Microbiologists, Paediatricians and Radiologist, but also other specialists as well as trained nurses and physiotherapists can benefit from the active learning structure of the Workshop.

Every personal experience is enriched by the exchange between generations, different cultures, clinical approaches and various national health systems and some of the valuable relationships that occurred during the conference last over years.

In this environment, the Workshop gives the opportunity to young doctors, researchers and clinicians to participate in Young Generation initiatives such as the “Rising Stars Programme”, the “Call for Oral Presentations and Abstracts” or the “Junior Professionals Call for Proposals”. These programs aim to help the next generation of these specific fields to boost their career and receive personal feedback from the Presidents and Chairmen and also from the audience.

Joining forces, exchanging clinical experiences, sharing data and tools, to enforce the network of active experts in the field are the main goals of the Workshop.

Also, these first three editions (2019-2021-2023) would like to be the launch of a long series of training events, necessary for such a growing field full of future promise and horizons in research and clinical progress in the management of the diseases involved.

We will be pleased to meet you in the future editions!

The Organising Committee Stefano Aliberti (Italy) Francesco Blasi (Italy), James D. Chalmers (UK)