{"id":835,"date":"2024-11-22T09:24:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T09:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/?page_id=835"},"modified":"2024-11-22T09:34:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T09:34:14","slug":"welcome-letter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/?page_id=835","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"835\" class=\"elementor elementor-835\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04f16d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04f16d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hover-area\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_ab62777_835\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPierre-R\u00e9gis Burgel\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Chair<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-content\">(France)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-ab62777\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_ab62777_835\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" 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src=\"https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/burgel-nobg.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-841\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/burgel-nobg.png 512w, https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/burgel-nobg-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/burgel-nobg-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Pierre-R\u00e9gis Burgel<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Chair<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPierre-R\u00e9gis Burgel is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University Paris Cit\u00e9\/Cochin Hospital (Paris, France). He has been involved in the care of adult with CF over the past 20 years and he is leading the French CF Reference Center Network (all 47 pediatric and adult CF centers in France) since 2017. PR Burgel is leading French national real-world evaluation studies of novel therapies in CF, involving all CF centers. He has lead landmark studies on CFTR modulators and has received research grants for over 1.5 million Euros in the past 5 years. His main interests are in the clinical and translational aspects of chronic airways diseases including bronchiectasis, COPD and cystic fibrosis. PR Burgel is Associate Editor of the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis and CF Associate Editor of the European Respiratory Journal; he is Chief Editor of Respiratory Medicine and Research (an official journal of the French Language Pulmonary Society). He has received the 2022  mid-career Gold Medal in Cystic Fibrosis from the European Respiratory Society. PR Burgel has published over 300 articles on Pubmed.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bd562a\" data-id=\"2bd562a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3de901c elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"3de901c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\" image-card-v3\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-image-card elementor-animation- ekit-team-img ekit-team-style-long_height_hover text-center\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blasi-bo-bg.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-842\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blasi-bo-bg.png 364w, https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blasi-bo-bg-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blasi-bo-bg-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hover-area\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_3de901c_835\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrancesco Blasi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Co \u2013 Chair<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-content\">(Italy)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-3de901c\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_3de901c_835\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-times\" viewBox=\"0 0 352 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M242.72 256l100.07-100.07c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48l-22.24-22.24c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L176 189.28 75.93 89.21c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L9.21 111.45c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48L109.28 256 9.21 356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blasi-bo-bg.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-842\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blasi-bo-bg.png 364w, https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blasi-bo-bg-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blasi-bo-bg-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Francesco Blasi<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Co \u2013 Chair<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrancesco Blasi, MD, FERS is Professor of Respiratory Medicine in the Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation at the University of Milan, Italy, as well as Head of Internal Medicine Department and Respiratory Unit of the Fondazione IRCCS Ca\u2019 Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.\nHe is also director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center of the Lombardia Regional Referral CF Center and currently a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Milan.\nFrom 2012\u20132013, he was president of European Respiratory Society (ERS) and from 2016\u20132017 president of the Italian Respiratory Society (SIP\/IRS). From 2017\u20132018, he was president of the Italian Respiratory Society Research Center (SIP\/IRS Centro Ricerche).\nProfessor Blasi has published more than 350 papers in international journals (WEB of Science (01.12.2018) h-index : 50 Citations: 8620; SCOPUS (01.12.2018) : h-index:53 Citations:10680 ; Google Scholar (1.4.2019): h-index: 70, Citations: 17,668).\nHis research interests include pneumonia, COPD, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis and NTM infections, cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-42931ed\" data-id=\"42931ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a93d637 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"a93d637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\" image-card-v3\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-image-card elementor-animation- ekit-team-img ekit-team-style-long_height_hover text-center\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Chalmers.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-843\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Chalmers.png 500w, https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Chalmers-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bronchiectasis-patient.org\/2025\/ebrow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Chalmers-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hover-area\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_a93d637_835\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames D. 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elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Welcome to the European Bronchiectasis Workshop 2025 \u2013 <\/strong><strong>Association &amp; Patient Programme<\/strong><\/p><p>We are delighted to welcome you to the <strong><em>Association &amp; Patient Programme<\/em><\/strong>, at the 4th European Bronchiectasis Workshop, in Paris, France, 20\u201322 February 2025.<br \/>As a Bronchiectasis patient, your wellbeing is central to our mission of promoting greater awareness and understanding of this condition.<\/p><p><strong>Benefits of the Association &amp; Patient Programme<br \/><\/strong>The aim of the Association &amp; Patient Programme is to bring together diverse voices and perspectives, to share vital information and open up a dialogue within the community, to help us in the fight against Bronchiectasis.<\/p><p><strong>A dedicated programme, just for you<br \/><\/strong>In collaboration with the European Lung Foundation (ELF), we are excited to offer you a dedicated programme tailored specifically for you.<\/p><p>During the conference, our experts will be on hand to summarise important information and answer any questions you might have \u2013 whether on-site at the conference, or during the live-streamed online sessions.<\/p><p>New this year, we are thrilled to announce the <strong><em>Open-to-Public Conference, \u201cDialogue in Bronchiectasis.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> This Saturday afternoon session aims to raise awareness of Bronchiectasis plus any associated medical conditions, and the impact of this disease on patients, families and caregivers.<\/p><p><strong>Languages<br \/><\/strong>The conference will be held in French, with simultaneous translation into English, and subtitles in several languages. It will also be live-streamed for those unable to attend in person. (Recorded content will also be available in English, with subtitles in several languages).<\/p><p><strong>Your participation<br \/><\/strong>As your participation is invaluable in helping us raise awareness and improve patient care for Bronchiectasis, we encourage you to attend these events and make your voice heard by the medical establishment and the general public &#8211; as we all work together to build a more informed and empowered Bronchiectasis community.<\/p><p>We look forward to your registration for attendance (free of charge), and your participation at the conference.<\/p><p>Warm regards,<\/p><p><em>Prof. Pierre-R\u00e9gis Burgel<br \/><\/em><em>Prof. Francesco Blasi<br \/><\/em><em>Prof. James D. 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