PROFESSOR ANDREW BUSH MD FHEA FRCP FRCPCH FERS FAPSR ATSF Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Respirology, National Heart and Lung Institute, and Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health, Imperial College (Foundation Director); Consultant Paediatric Chest Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital I qualified from Cambridge University and University College Hospital. I initially trained in adult thoracic medicine, obtaining an MD in the Department of Clinical Physiology, Brompton Hospital. I then re-trained in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at Brompton and the Royal Postgraduate Medical school. I was appointed Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician at the Brompton and Senior Lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute in 1991 and was made Professor at Imperial College in 2007. My research interests include the invasive and non-invasive measurement of airway inflammation in children and clinical physiology,. I have supervised more than 50 MD and PhD degrees, co-authored more than 750 papers in peer review journals, and written more than 130 chapters in books and monographs. I am Deputy Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Currently I am Guidelines Director of the European Respiratory Society, having previously chaired the Publications Committee. I am an emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator. Honours include the British Thoracic Society medal (2022), the 2024 James Spence Medal and an Honorary Life Fellowship of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and I am the 2024 ERS Presidential awardee. Most importantly, I have the eight greatest grandchildren in the world, Dylan and Jack in South Africa, Oscar and his twin siblings Aya and Fletcher, Lydia, Dominic and Ilyas, all in London.

Manuel E. Soto-Martínez, MD, MSc, is an A. Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Pulmonology at Hospital Nacional de Niños “Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera” and School of Medicine of the University of Costa Rica. Graduated in Paediatrics from the University of Costa Rica in 2007. From 2007 to 2010 he completed his fellowship in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at the Royal Children´s Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Following his return to Costa Rica, he completed his Masters in Epidemiology at the National University of Costa Rica (2013-2015). He is currently the Chief in Clinics at the Respiratory Department and Respiratory Therapy Unit Hospital Nacional de Niños, San José, Costa Rica. Dr. Soto-Martínez has focused his research on the epidemiology of respiratory diseases (eg. Asthma, Allergies, Cystic Fibrosis, bronchiectasis, recurrent wheeze, complicated pneumonia, and other respiratory infections), Indoor and Outdoor pollution (health effects, burden, consequences in children and mitigation strategies) and Non-invasive ventilation and tech support at home in children with chronic respiratory conditions in Costa Rica and Latin-America. His love for research, education and participation in educational scientific activities has led him to travel around the world participating as a guest professor in multiple conferences, grand rounds, keynote lectures, and forums on respiratory diseases. His dedication, commitment and coordination skills have led him to be part of Central Committees of the main associations in Pediatric Respiratory Medicine in children.

Professor, Chief Physician Doctoral Supervisor Foreign Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences Honorary President of Chinese Medical Association Chinese Society of Pediatrics President of China National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases President of China Medicine Education Association Pediatric Committee Foreign Academician of Royal Irish Medical Association Founding President of Global Pediatric Pulmonology Alliance (GPPA) President of Asian Society for Pediatric Research (ASPR) BOD Member of Asian Pacific Academy of Pediatric Allergy, Respirology and Immunology (APAPARI) Chief Member of Expert Committee on Children’s Drug Use National Health and Family Planning Commission of P.R. China Vice Chief Member of Chinese Medical Doctor Association-Pediatric Resident Standardized Training Deputy Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Pulmonology