Organising Committees

EULAR Executive Committee

• President
  Prof. Ferdinand C. Breedveld, Netherlands
• President-elect
  Prof. Paul Emery, United Kingdom
• Past President
  Prof. Tore K. Kvien, Norway
• Vice–President representing the Social Leagues
  Mr. Maarten de Wit, Netherlands
• Vice–President representing the Allied Health Professionals in Rheumatology
  Mr. Peter Oesch, Switzerland
• 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
• Liaison Officer to International Organisations
  Prof. Josef Smolen, Austria
• Liaison Officer to ACR
  Prof. Maxime Dougados, France
• President of UEMS European Section of Rheumatology
  Prof. José da Silva, Portugal
• Executive Director
  Mr. Heinz Marchesi, Switzerland

EULAR Standing
Committee Chairpersons

(Ex–officio members of the EULAR Executive Committee)

• Investigative Rheumatology
  Prof. Lars Klareskog, Sweden
• International Clinical Studies, incl. Therapeutic Trials
  Prof. Alan Tyndall, Switzerland
• Education and Training
  Prof. Johannes W.J. Bijlsma, Netherlands
• Epidemiology and Health Services Research
  Prof. Alan Silman, United Kingdom
• Paediatric Rheumatology
  Prof. Taunton Southwood, United Kingdom
• Social Leagues
  Ms. Sandra Canadelo, Portugal
• Allied Health Professionals in Rheumatology
  Dr. John Verhoef, Netherlands

Congress Programme Committee

Scientific, Allied Health Professionals, Social Leagues

• The EULAR Executive Committee Members
• The EULAR Standing Committee Chairpersons
• Prof. Francis Berenbaum, France
  Chairperson of the Congress Programme Committee
• Prof. Andrew Cope, United Kingdom
  Abstract Chairperson
• Prof. Stefano Bombardieri, Italy
• Prof. Harald Burkhardt, Germany
• Prof. Loreto Carmona Ortells, Spain
• Prof. Bernard Combe, France
• Prof. Phil Conaghan, United Kingdom
• Prof. Laszlo Czirjak, Hungary
• Prof. Jean–Michel Dayer, Switzerland
• Prof. David A. Fox, USA
• Prof. Steffen Gay, Switzerland
• Prof. Jonathan Kay, USA
• Prof. Xavier Mariette, France
• Prof. Emilio Martin Mola, Spain
• Prof. Mikkel Ostergaard, Denmark
• Prof. David Pisetsky, USA
• Prof. Stuart Ralston, United Kingdom
• Prof. Kurt Redlich, Austria
• Prof. Christian Roux, France
• Prof. Tuulikki Sokka, Finland
• Prof. Paul Peter Tak, Netherlands
• Prof. Wim B. van den Berg, Netherlands
• Prof. Désirée van der Heijde, Netherlands

Local Organising Committee France

• Prof. Liana Euller–Ziegler, France
  President of the Local Organising Committee
• Prof. Thomas Bardin, France
• Prof. Pierre Bourgeois, France
• Ms. Laurence Carton, France
• Prof. Bernard Combe, France
• Dr. Blandine Gerbay, France
• Prof. Emmanuel Maheu, France
• Prof. Philippe Orcel, France