TY - JOUR T1 - In the spotlight: first ERS Early Career Member Award winner, the ERS Lung Science Conference 2020 and new ECMC members JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 330 LP - 336 DO - 10.1183/20734735.0253-2019 VL - 15 IS - 4 AU - Thomas Janssens AU - Olivier Burgy AU - Sara Rolandsson Enes AU - Jana De Brandt A2 - , Y1 - 2019/12/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/15/4/330.abstract N2 - At the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress in Paris (France) in 2018, the Early Career Members Committee (ECMC) postulated the idea of providing an incentive for ambitious and successful Early Career Members (ECMs) through granting an ECM award. The ECMC forwarded the concept to the ERS Executive Committee. ECM representatives of each assembly discussed the nomination of an ECM within each assembly. Based on their curriculum vitae and involvement within ERS, the nominees were ranked, and Lies Lahousse became the laureate of the first ERS Early Career Member Award (figure 1). Two ECMs (T. Janssens and J. De Brandt) visited Prof. Lahousse in Ghent (Belgium) to interview her.All you need to know about @LiesLahousse, first ECM to be granted the Early Career Member Award; #LSC2020; the newly elected assembly representatives for @EarlyCareerERS; and new @EuroRespSoc fellowship opportunities http://bit.ly/2OTgQloThe authors would like to acknowledge Lies Lahousse for her cooperation and proofread of the interview. Lowie Vanfleteren (COPD Center, Sahlgrenska University Medical Hospital and Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden) is acknowledged for formulating interview questions. Sabine Bartel (University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Dept of Pathology and Medical Biology, GRIAC Research Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands) is acknowledged for coordinating the preview on the LSC 2020. New incoming ECMC members, Maxime Patout, Niki Ubags, Andrea Crespo, Sara Bonvini, Cristina Ardura-Garcia, Merel Hellemons, Adrien Costantini and Daniela Gompelmann are acknowledged for their personal contributions. Isaac Almendros (Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain) is acknowledged for his contribution on the ERS fellowships. ER -