The Italian Respiratory Society IRS/SIP is organising the 1st International Conference on Respiratory Medicine, in parallel with the XIX Italian National Congress on Repiratory Medicine. Topics of the conference: Challenges in Asthma Control, Interstitium and Vessels, Supporting the failing of Respiratory System: rational application of technology, The secret of adult lung diseases, Modifying COPD progression,  A window into the future: bringing basic science to the clinician. Sleep: a risk to the healthy life Infections of the Lungs, Applying modern tools to old problems (World of “oscopy” and “omics”)