Dr. Canonica, MD, is Full Professor of respiratory medicine and allergy at Humanitas University and Director of the Personalized Medicine Asthma and Allergy Center at Humanitas Research Hospital in Milan, Italy. He has served as president of the World Allergy Organization and Interasma, vice president of the global collaboration for the Respiratory Effectiveness Group, and as member of the board of directors for the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) and ARIA -Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact in Asthma.

Mario Cazzola is an Honorary Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, Italy, where he was Full Professor of Respiratory Medicine and at the Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology, GKT School of Biomedical Sciences, London, UK. His research has mainly be focused on pharmacology of airway diseases, particularly use of bronchodilators and on obstructive lung diseases. He is the author or co-author of almost 670 scientific papers. His H-index is 70. According to Expertscape (November 2021), he is the top-rated expert in COPD, in obstructive lung diseases, and in bronchodilator agents in the world during the years 2011-2021. He serves as the Deputy Editor for Respiratory Medicine, Section Editor for Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation, and an Associate Editor for Respiratory Research, He is a Fellow of the ACCP and ERS and has received the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from ERS. He was a member of the steering committee of the Airway Disorders Network and was serving as Governor of the Italian Chapter at the ACCP.

Alfredo Chetta is Full Professor in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Parma and Head of Lung Function Unit at the University Hospital of Parma. In 1978 he graduated cum laude from the School of Medicine of Catholic University in Rome and in 1982 obtained the diploma in Respiratory Diseases at the University of Parma. He is reviewer for several scientific journals and member of the Editorial Board of Respiration and Acta Biomed. His main fields of interest are exercise capacity, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as well as history of Medicine. He is author of more than 200 scientific papers published in peer-review journals.