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 Allied Health Professionals in Rheumatology

  Prof. Kåre 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. Steffen Gay, Switzerland

• 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. Phil Conaghan, United Kingdom

• Paediatric Rheumatology

  Prof. Berent Prakken, Netherlands

• PARE

  Mr. Marios Kouloumas, Cyprus

• Allied 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

• Dr. Loreto Carmona, Spain

  Chairperson of the Scientific Programme Committee

• Prof. Georg Schett, Germany

  Chairperson of the Abstract Selection Committee

• Prof. Chris Buckley, United Kingdom

• Prof. Stanley Cohen, United States

• Prof. David A. Fox, United States

• Dr. Jacqueline Hill, United Kingdom

• Prof. John D. Isaacs, United Kingdom

• Prof. Gary J. Macfarlaine, United Kingdom

• Prof. Xavier Mariette, France

• Prof. Marco Matucci Cerinic, Italy

• Prof. Carlomaurizio Montecucco, Italy

• Prof. Ulf Müller-Ladner, Germany

• Prof. Mikkel Ostergaard, Denmark

• Prof. Martin Rudwaleit, Germany

• Prof. Jane D. Salmon, United States

• Prof. Carlo Salvarani, Italy

• Prof. Taunton Southwood, United Kingdom

• Prof. Paul-Peter Tak, Netherlands

• Prof. Alan Tyndall, Switzerland

• Prof. Ronald van Vollenhoven, Sweden

• Dr. John Verhoef, Netherlands

• Prof. Richard Watts, United Kingdom

Local Organising Committee Italy

• Prof. Carlomaurizio Montecucco
  Honorary President

• Prof. Maurizio Cutolo
  Executive President

• Prof. Marco Matucci Cerinic
  Liaison Officer

• Prof. Guido Valesini

• Prof. Giovanni Minisola
  

• Prof. Ignazio Olivieri

• Prof. Leonardo Punzi

• Prof. Gabriele Valentini

• Dr. Antonella Celano