Nothing more than the world experts in Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) meets in Basel at Basel University, more specifically at the Department of Sport, Exercise and Health. A mix of lectures and tutorials will be given form world leaders in gas exchange research and methodology. We await Prof. Piergiuseppe Agostoni, University of Milan, Prof. Mike Grocott and Prof. Denny Levett, University of Southampton, Prof. Paul Older, Western Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Dr Tim Takken PhD, Associate Professor UMC Utrecht, Dr Marshall Riley, Belfast City Hospital, University of Belfast, Prof. Joachim Meyer, Head of Lungenzentrum München (Bogenhausen-Harlaching), München Klinik, Prof. Dr Alfred Hager, Technical University of Munich, Germany Dept. of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Dr Daniel Dumitrescu, University of Bochum, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Prof. Arno Schmidt-Trucksass, Sport Medicine, University of Basel.