EMBARC clinicians have been working with the ELF patient advisory group to develop the 2^nd Bronchiectasis Patient Conference programme. Similar to last year, the conference will be held online and registration is open to everyone. Details for registration and full programme are available on the ELF events website https://europeanlung.org/en/get-involved/events/bronchiectasis-patient-conference-2022/ 

Speakers announced for this year so far are Professor James Chalmers (UK), Professor Stefano Aliberti (Italy), Dr Pieter Goeminne (Belgium) and Dr Josje Altenburg (Netherlands) who will cover topics such as  

• Overview of bronchiectasis and main treatments

• Airway clearance techniques
• Nutrition and diet
• Psychological aspects
• Pseudomonas
• Role of viral infections
• New research and treatments

Last year’s conference is still online for anyone to watch and can be found on the ELF patient priorities website https://www.europeanlunginfo.org/bronchiectasis/patient-conference-2021

Please also note that this year will see the use of a translation app to improve accessibility to the conference. Translations available on the day are Arabic, Bahasa (Indonesian), Bengali, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, and Vietnamese. The details on how to use the app will be provided with your registration link.