June 11–14, 2026 · Cluj-Napoca, Romania

BREATHExJEPE 2026

A European Respiratory Medicine Conference That Does Not Feel Like One

Four days in Cluj-Napoca. 47 speakers. One shared premise: better respiratory medicine starts with better clinical thinking.

Science with a Drop of Magic

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What It Actually Is

Built for physicians who are done with passive conferences

BREATHE exists because the standard medical-conference model is broken: too much passive listening, too little intellectual friction, and too few moments that change how clinicians actually think at the bedside. This is a pan-European respiratory meeting designed for residents, fellows, early-career specialists, and ambitious clinicians who want sharper reasoning, not just more slides.

The Problem

Respiratory medicine does not suffer from lack of information. It suffers from fragmented teaching, siloed conversations, and formats that reward passive note-taking instead of better clinical judgment.

The Response

BREATHE uses structured pairings, active participation, and deliberate disagreement to turn scientific content into something more useful: better questions, better discussion, and better bedside thinking.

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The Line-Up

Faculty chosen for contrast, clarity, and productive friction

Each block is built to create a better conversation, not polite agreement. International voices are paired with Romanian voices, and chairs are briefed to push the room toward sharper clinical reasoning.

Teodora Iacob

Teodora Iacob

Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases / Cluj School of Public Health, Cluj-Napoca · Romania

Dumitrita Balint-Gib

Dumitrita Balint-Gib

SB Clinique · RO

Arnaud Scherpereel

Arnaud Scherpereel

CHU Lille — Pulmonary and Thoracic Oncology Department · France

Mano Joseph Mathew

Mano Joseph Mathew

EFREI Paris · France

Eduard Matei Pretorian

Eduard Matei Pretorian

Cabinet de Cardiologie et Médecine du Sommeil, Roost-Warendin / PEAS Bordeaux · France

Svetlana Ilie

Svetlana Ilie

Hôpital Alexandra Lepève - Centre Hospitalier de Dunkerque · FR

Pierre Papeix

Pierre Papeix

Clinique Bel Air Sleep Center, Bordeaux · FR

Karol Bączek

Karol Bączek

Medical University of Łódź — Department of Pneumology · Poland

Antonia Haranguș

Antonia Haranguș

Spitalul Clinic de Pneumoftiziologie, Cluj-Napoca · Romania

Cezar Mătau

Cezar Mătau

CHU Strasbourg — Department of Pulmonology · France

Andreea Zabara

Andreea Zabara

Iasi Pneumophtisiology Hospital · RO

Kaan Kara

Kaan Kara

Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital

The Format

Borrowed language. Clinical seriousness. Structural difference.

The vocabulary is deliberate: The Line-Up, The Sets, Main Stage, The Yard, The Den. Not as decoration, but as a signal that the room will behave differently. Sessions are paired, the chairs push back, and the Q&A is designed to be usefully uncomfortable.

The future of how we think.

AI, Digital Health & Diagnostics

A day built around the tools, prompts, and diagnostic shifts that will reshape respiratory reasoning.

The hands.

Bronchoscopy, Interventional Pulmonology & ILD

From complex procedures to difficult disease pathways, the emphasis is on judgment under pressure and practical decision-making.

The night shift.

Sleep Medicine & NIV

A full day for the clinicians working where physiology, chronic care, and night-time deterioration collide.

The long game.

COPD, Overlap Syndromes & Closing

The final arc moves from longitudinal disease management to the intellectual climax of the conference.

Across four days, the programme builds toward one closing moment: the Synarra Reveal, an aggregate of the clinical questions answered across the congress, displayed live to show where the faculty converged and where they fractured.

The Experience Layer

Designed to change how the room behaves

BREATHExJEPE is not just a programme. It is an environment. Registration feeds into participant archetypes, the app drives interaction, and the physical spaces are designed to turn breaks, networking, and debate into part of the learning experience.

Archetypes

Six ways of entering the congress

Participants are assigned an archetype at registration based on clinical questions. That identity shapes wristband colour, challenges, networking prompts, and the way the event speaks back to them.

The App

Participation made visible

QR scans, live polls, case prompts, sponsor activations, and networking matches turn the app into part of the programme rather than an afterthought. The room leaves a trace.

The Spaces

Main Stage, The Yard, The Den

Coffee breaks become The Yard. Informal networking becomes The Den. The naming matters because it changes expectation: the experience is designed, not leftover.

The Closing Moment

The Synarra Reveal

At the end of BREATHE, the unseen consensus becomes visible. Every clinical question answered across four days is aggregated and displayed live, showing where the faculty aligned, where they disagreed, and what that fracture reveals about the field.

It is not a gimmick. It is the intellectual climax of the congress: a final map of respiratory reasoning, built in public.

The Stage

Marriott Courtyard Cluj-Napoca

Central, walkable, and built for a congress that should keep moving after the formal programme ends. The venue keeps the scientific core, social energy, and city atmosphere close enough to feel like one continuous experience.

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City-Centre Setting

Walkable to Old Town, Central Park, and the evening energy of Cluj

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Easy Arrival

Roughly 15 minutes by car from Avram Iancu International Airport

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One Continuous Flow

Conference rooms, networking spaces, and hospitality in one place

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Be in the Room Where Respiratory Medicine Gets Re-Argued

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