During the latest meeting in Zurich (2016) 13 focus groups were identified with the aim to facilitate discussion and exchange of ideas on specific breath-related topics. During the upcoming meeting in Maastricht opportunities will be available to meet, discuss future plans, research progress, common studies and collaborations. Breath researchers and attendees are encouraged to participate in these focus groups and the chairs can be contacted to give input and ideas for the meeting in Maastricht.

• Standardisation - chairs Wolfram Miekisch and Jonathan Beauchamp
• Clinical applications of breath testing - chair Raed Dweik
• Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and aerosols - chair Alison Montpetit
• Engineering/sensors - chair Cristina Davis
• High-resolution mass spectrometry - chair Joachim Pleil
• Human exposome and toxicity studies - chair Michael Madden
• In vitro metabolome - chair Jane Hill
• Medical diagnosis based on the use of stable isotopes - chair Anil Modak
• Oral metabolome - chair vacancy
• Perioperative and critical care - chair Nandor Marczin
• Real-time spectrometry and spectroscopy - chair Patrik Španěl
• The human volatilome - chair Norman Ratcliffe
• Veterinary studies and animal models - chair Petra Reinhold