Santiago Ewig Thoraxzentrum Ruhrgebiet Kliniken für Pneumologie und Infektiologie Evangelisches Krankenhaus Herne und Augusta-Kranken-Anstalt Bochum Bochum, Germany ewig@augusta-bochum.de Leonardo M. Fabbri Section of Respiratory Diseases Department of Oncology Haematology and Respiratory Diseases University Policlinic of Modena University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Modena, Italy fabbri.leonardo@unimo.it Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz Université Louis Pasteur and Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France pierre-emmanuel.falcoz@wanadoo.fr Ramon Farré Unitat de Biofisica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias Institut de Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer Barcelona, Spain rfarre@ub.edu xviii Alessandro Maria Ferrazza Dept of Public Health and Infectious Diseases Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy ale.ferrazza@libero.it Thomas Fuehner Dept of Respiratory Medicine Hanover Medical School Hanover, Germany fuehner.thomas@mh-hannover.de Mina Gaga Asthma Centre and 7th Respiratory Medicine Dept Athens Chest Hospital Athens, Greece minagaga@yahoo.com Stefano Gasparini Pulmonary Diseases Unit Dept of Immunoallergic and Respiratory Diseases Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria “Ospedali Riuniti” Ancona, Italy s.gasparini@fastnet.it Mari Carmen Gilavert Intensive Care Unit Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII IISPV URV Tarragona, Spain mcgilavert.hj23.ics@gencat.cat Rik Gosselink Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences Dept of Rehabilitation Sciences Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Leuven, Belgium