In recognition of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) declaring 2010 as the “Year of the Lung,” the ATS brought together an international group of medical society leaders to discuss the need for greater awareness, research and public health policy to defeat lung disease worldwide.

On Wednesday, two sessions—”Global Migration and Respiratory Disease” and “Rapid Response Teams: Actually Effective or Just Highly Contagious?”—will focus on two important issues facing pulmonologists today.