Organising Committees

EULAR Executive Committee

• President
  Prof. Paul Emery, United Kingdom
• President-elect
  Prof. Maxime Dougados, France
• Past President
  Prof. Ferdinand C. Breedveld, Netherlands
• Vice-President representing national PARE organisations
  Mr. Neil Betteridge, United Kingdom
• Vice-President representing the Health Professionals
  in Rheumatology
  Prof. Kare-Birger Hagen, Norway
• Treasurer
  Prof. Emilio Martin-Mola, Spain
• General Secretary
  Prof. László Czirják, Hungary
• Editor in Chief of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  The EULAR Journal
  Prof. Tore K. Kvien, Norway
• Education Officer
  Prof. Hans Bijlsma, Netherlands
• * Liaison to the American College of Rheumatology ACR
  Prof. Maxime Dougados, France
• * Liaison International Organisations
  Prof. Josef S. Smolen, Austria
• * President UEMS Section of Rheumatology
  Prof. Jose da Silva, Portugal
• Executive Director
  Mr. Heinz Marchesi, Switzerland

* These functions are not included in the Congress Programme Committee

EULAR Standing
Committee Chairpersons

(Ex-officio members of the EULAR Executive Committee)

• Investigative Rheumatology
  Prof. Paul-Peter Tak, Netherlands

• Clinical Affairs
  Prof. Iain McInnes, United Kingdom

• Education and Training
  Prof. Maurizio Cutolo, Italy

• Epidemiology and Health Services Research
  Prof. Angela Zink, Germany

• Musculoskeletal Imaging
  Prof. Mikkel Ostergaard, Denmark

• Paediatric Rheumatology
  Prof. Berent Prakken, Netherlands

• PARE
  Mr. Marios Kouloumas, Cyprus

• Health Professionals in Rheumatology
  Dr. Tanja Stamm, Austria

Congress Programme Committee

Scientific, Allied Health Professionals, PARE

• The EULAR Executive Committee Members

• The EULAR Standing Committee Chairpersons

• Prof. Georg Schett, Germany
  Chairperson of the Scientific Programme Committee

• Prof. Xavier Mariette, France
  Chairperson of the Abstract Selection Committee

• Dr. Daniel Aletaha, Austria

• Prof. Dimitrios Boumpas, Greece

• Prof. Chris Buckley, United Kingdom

• Dr. Loreto Carmona, Spain

• Prof. Stanley Cohen, United States

• Prof. Phil Conaghan, United Kingdom

• Ms. Patricia Cornell, United Kingdom

• Dr. Michael Ehrenstein, United Kingdom

• Prof. Steffen Gay, Switzerland

• Prof. John D. Isaacs, United Kingdom

• Prof. Gary J. Macfarlane, United Kingdom

• Ms. Jacqueline Mäder, Switzerland

• Prof. Marco Matucci Cerinic, Italy

• Prof. Ulf Müller-Ladner, Germany

• Prof. Johannes Roth, Germany

• Prof. Martin Rudwaleit, Germany

• Prof. Jane D. Salmon, United States

• Prof. Ronald van Vollenhoven, Sweden

• Dr. Thea Vliet Vlieland, Netherlands

• Prof. Richard Watts, United Kingdom

• Prof. Anthony G. Wilson, United Kingdom

Local Organising Committee United Kingdom

• Prof. David L. Scott
  President

• Prof. John Axford

• Mrs. Rachel Byng-Maddick

• Mrs. Christine Edwards

• Mrs. Diana Finney

• Prof. James Glavin

• Dr. Deborah Bax

• Dr. Richard Watts