MARC MIRAVITLLES, MD

Senior Researcher and Consultant Specialist, Pneumology Department, Hospital University Valld’Hebron / Vall d’ Hebron Research Institute (VHRI), Barcelona, Spain
Director of the National Integrated Research Project for COPD (PII) of Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
Guidelines Director of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) from September 2015 – September 2018
He had numerous publication on his expertise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
An esteemed speaker and has have numerous speaking engagements in his field of expertise since 1991

JAMES CHALMERS, MD

British Lung Foundation Chair of Respiratory Research at the University of Dundee and honorary consultant physician at Ninewells Hospital
Current chair of the European Bronchiectasis Registry and Deputy Chief Editor of the European Respiratory Journal
GSK/British Lung Foundation Professor of Respiratory Research, University of Dundee, UK
Current holder of the GSK/British Lung Foundation Chair in Respiratory Research and a prestigious Scottish Senior Fellowship from the Chief Scientists Office
He has chaired a number of international guidelines including the current European Respiratory Society COVID-19 task force