In July, Dr Omar S Usmani, travelled to Malaysia to participate in the annual Malaysian Thoracic Society Congress organized in Penang on the 28th- 31st July , where he had the opportunity to present the myAirCoach concept in this part of the world. Dr Usmani was invited to discuss about the use of technologies in the medical profession and by patients in a sponsored session "Connected medicine: what is the role of e-health in asthma?", where he presented to the audience the myAirCoach collaborative approach to help patients be on top of their asthma.