
Alvar Agusti
(Spain)
Hospital Clinic - Barcelona
Spain
Bio
- ERS Honorary Membership
- 2018-present SEPAR Honorary Membership
- 2016-present Chairman of GOLD of the Board of Director of GOLD
- 2015-2021 Director, Respiratory Institute. Hospital Clinic, Universitat Barcelona, Spain
- 2021-present Senior consultant, Respiratory Institute. Hospital Clinic, Universitat Barcelona, Spain
- 2021-present Full Professor. School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain

Marc Miravitlles
(Spain)
Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron in Barcelona
Bio
Dr Marc Miravitlles, MD, FERS Pneumology Department Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron / Vall d’Hebron Research Institute Barcelona, Spain Dr. Marc Miravitlles is senior researcher and consultant at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona. He was Chair of the Respiratory Infections Group of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and Guidelines Director of the ERS. He has acted as a consultant for the development of international guidelines of COPD, including the American Thoracic Society (ATS)/ERS guidelines on exacerbations of COPD and the ERS statement on management of respiratory disease in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. He is also a consultant of the Spanish Ministry of Health for the development of the National Strategy Against COPD. He is the coordinator of the Spanish National Guidelines for COPD since 2011. He has more than 500 peer-reviewed publications in the field of COPD and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency indexed in PubMed.

Paola Rogliani
(Italy)
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy
Bio
Paola Rogliani is Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine at University of Rome Tor Vergata, Head of the Respiratory Medicine Unit at Policlinico Tor Vergata (Rome-Italy).
Her research interests are mainly focused on the role of co-morbidities in bronchial obstructive pulmonary disease, preclinical and clinical evaluation of new drugs for the treatment of COPD and asthma.
She has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers. Professor Rogliani serves as Associate Editor for “Respiratory Research”.