%0 Journal Article %A Sabina A. Guler %A Sara Cuevas-Ocaña %A Mouhamad Nasser %A Wim A. Wuyts %A Marlies S. Wijsenbeek %A Antoine Froidure %A Elena Bargagli %A Elisabetta A. Renzoni %A Marcel Veltkamp %A Paolo Spagnolo %A Hilario Nunes %A Cormac McCarthy %A Maria Molina-Molina %A Francesco Bonella %A Venerino Poletti %A Michael Kreuter %A Katerina M. Antoniou %A Catharina C. Moor %T ERS International Congress 2021: highlights from the Interstitial Lung Diseases Assembly %D 2022 %R 10.1183/23120541.00640-2021 %J ERJ Open Research %P 00640-2021 %V 8 %N 2 %X This article provides an overview of scientific highlights in the field of interstitial lung disease (ILD), presented at the virtual European Respiratory Society Congress 2021. A broad range of topics was discussed this year, ranging from translational and genetic aspects to novel innovations with the potential to improve the patient pathway. Early Career Members summarise a selection of interesting findings from different congress sessions, together with the leadership of Assembly 12 – Interstitial Lung Disease.This article highlights scientific advances in the field of ILD presented at #ERSCongress 2021, and provides valuable new insights into disease pathophysiology, potential therapeutic targets and disease course of different ILDs https://bit.ly/3ynCMtF %U https://openres.ersjournals.com/content/erjor/8/2/00640-2021.full.pdf