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Find out about International Respiratory Coalition (IRC) events, national coalition partner events, and revisit past event pages for related resources and information.
UPCOMING
31 May 2026 | Brussels, Belgium
Run or Walk for Your Lungs — 20K of Brussels
Every year, the 20K of Brussels brings thousands of people together in the heart of the Belgian capital. The Belgian Lung Foundation (BeLF), a partner in the IRC Belgian national respiratory coalition, will be among them for the third year running, walking, and invites you to promote lung health by joining the event on World No Tobacco Day.
PAST EVENTS
5–6 May 2026 | Brussels, Belgium
Turning Commitments into Action: IRC National Coalitions Workshop 2026
IRC national coalitions joined us in Brussels for two days of strategy, shared learning, and action planning to translate respiratory health commitments into real-world progress.
IRC Special Wednesday Session
How Teams Advance Respiratory Healthcare Delivery
At the ERS Congress 2024 the IRC held a session to answer, ‘How teams advance respiratory healthcare delivery’. This special session delved into the role of teams as they contribute to the advancement of respiratory healthcare delivery.
Vienna, Austria
IRC Booth at the ERS International Congress 2024
We were delighted to engage with the professional respiratory community at the ERS International Congress in Vienna. Our booth attracted a lot of interest and questions about this initiative. We also celebrated the launch of the Ukrainian and Austrian coalitions and highlighted the update of the IRC Lung Facts.
The IRC Workshop 2024
Coalitions come together to share and build skills
IRC national coalitions and partners met 18-19 June in Amsterdam for a two-day workshop focused on bringing together everyone involved with the IRC to discuss the ways we can make actionable change within respiratory care. Workshop sessions covered areas outlined in the IRC manifesto and offered national coalitions practical skills training in communications, grant writing, developing an action plan, and techniques for monitoring and evaluating action plan progress.
World Lung Day: A Call for Action
World Lung Day 2023
To mark World Lung Day, IRC Chair Guy Joos reflects on what must be done to ensure access to prevention and treatment for all in order to Lift The Burden of respiratory disease.
Recent activities
IRC at the ERS Congress 2023
We had an IRC booth onsite at the ERS International Congress in Milan, which took place on 9 – 13 September. Attendees of the event stopped by to ask question about the initiative and members of existing national coalitions visited the booth to catch up with the IRC Project Manager. There was also a dedicated session: ‘How can the International Respiratory Coalition help tackle pressures on respiratory healthcare systems?’ which took place on Wednesday 13 September.
IRC Summit 2023
The IRC Summit 2023
The second IRC Summit took place in Lisbon, Portugal on 26–27 June. The event was an important opportunity for representatives from national-level IRC coalitions and founding partner organisations to come together to discuss key developments and priority policy areas – especially those highlighted in the official IRC Manifesto, which was launched during the event.
Thank you for visiting us
IRC Booth at the ERS International Congress 2022
We were pleased to talk to the professional respiratory community on site at the ERS International Congress. We had a booth and lots of questions about/interest in this initiative. Many people also attended the session dedicated to the launch of the IRC’s Lung Facts resource, which took place on 4 September, 2022.
Past event
IRC Summit: Transforming respiratory medicine in the post-pandemic world
Revisit the flagship IRC Summit, which took place in Paris on 28–29 June. Access the recordings, and the post-summit statement.