The ECFS annual conference provides a forum for all with a common interest in CF to meet and discuss their latest findings. This series of conferences began as the European Working Group for Cystic Fibrosis (EWGCF) with the first official meeting being held in Stockholm in 1970.  True to the original tradition of the EWGCF, each year the conference is held in a different European location and is usually of 3 days duration.

Around 2500 delegates attend this annual conference representing a wide range of CF professional disciplines.  Of these, approximately 80% are from Europe with 20% from countries in the rest of the world where CF is considered a clinical problem.