Early career member: activities, opportunities and motivations

Symposium
Chairs: C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal), N. Ubags (Epalinges, Switzerland)
Aims: To evaluate the structure of and opportunities provided by the ERS: to describe methods of active involvement in the ERS; to present current fellowship offers from the ERS; and to describe critical steps for a successful future career in respiratory research and medicine.

ERS: structure, activities, opportunities: view of the Early Career Members Committee (ECMC) M. Patout (Mont-Saint Aignan, France)
ERS fellowship: an overview L. Donnelly (London, United Kingdom)
Mina Gaga lecture C. Burtin (Diepenbeek, Belgium)
Motivation and leadership in science D. Gompelmann (Vienna, Austria)