Dr. Enrico Lombardi, MD graduated in Medicine from the University of Florence, Italy, in 1991. From 1995 to 1996 he was a research associate in Tucson, Arizona, where he worked and published in the fields of lung function testing in young children and the epidemiology of pediatric asthma. He completed his residency in Pediatrics in 1997 in Florence, where in 2001 he took a position as Pediatrician at the “Anna Meyer” Children’s Hospital (University Hospital AOU and Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare IRCCS). In 2006 he completed the specialization in Diseases of the Respiratory System and since then he is in charge of the Pulmonary Unit at Meyer Children’s Hospital. His main area of interest is lung function testing in young children, on which he has published extensively and presented nationally and internationally. He was the Chair of the 7.1 Group “Paediatric Respiratory Physiology and Sleep” of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) from 2012 to 2015 and Chair of the International Relation Committee of the Pediatric Assembly of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) from 2010 to 2016. He was acknowledged as Fellow of the ERS (FERS) in 2023 and ATS Fellow (ATSF) in 2024. He is also a National Ambassador of the International Society of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases (INSPiRED) since 2025 and the current Vice-President (2024-2026) of Società Italiana Malattie Respiratorie Infantili/Italian Pediatric Respiratory Society (SIMRI).

Dr. Elianne J.L.E. Vrijlandt is a pediatric pulmonologist at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands, where she has worked since 2003. She earned her PhD in 2006 on the respiratory health of children born prematurely. Her clinical and research focus includes infant lung function, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, asthma, and the long-term respiratory outcomes of preterm birth. Dr. Vrijlandt is actively involved in national guideline development and international collaborations. She has led and contributed to numerous clinical studies and published extensively in the field. She currently serves as Head of Patient Care at the Beatrix Children’s Hospital.

Bruce Rubin is Professor and Chair Emeritus of Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University and Professor of Biomedical Engineering. As a Rhodes Scholar, he trained in Biomedical Engineering at Oxford University and then did his fellowship in Paediatric Respirology at Sick Kids in Toronto. He holds the MD and Masters in Engineering degrees from Tulane, and an MBA degree from Wake Forest University Babcock School of Business. Dr. Rubin received the Forest Bird Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award as well as the Jimmy A Young Medal from the AARC, the Prix extraordinaire from CIPP and he is a Prix Galien Laurate. He holds honorary appointments in 4 medical schools, is on the editorial board of 10 journals, has published more than 300 original research papers and chapters (H-index 76), and holds 11 patents. His research focus is applied airway fluid dynamics: the regulation of mucus clearance in health and disease, airway inflammation and immunomodulation, cough, and aerosol delivery of medications. Dr. Rubin is also a magician, with membership in the International Brotherhood of Magicians (Wizard Award) and over the past 30 years has taught medical magic in 40 countries on 5 continents.