RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Scientific highlights from the European Sleep Research Society Congress, 2008 JF Breathe JO Breathe FD European Respiratory Society SP 248 OP 251 DO 10.1183/18106838.0503.248 VO 5 IS 3 A1 E.A. Goff A1 M.L. Jackson A1 Z.F. Shaikh A1 A. Atalla A1 C.M. Hill A1 M.J. Morrell YR 2009 UL http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/5/3/248.abstract AB Summary You simply cannot go to Glasgow in Scotland and be a shrinking violet. Or at least this is what we were told when we attended the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) Congress in Glasgow in 2008. This report aims to illustrate how collaboration and communication between specialists can help to facilitate breakthroughs in clinical practice. We leave it up to the reader to decide whether those who attended also made breakthroughs in learning local customs.