Chairperson of the Congress
Salvatore De Vita
Clinic of Rheumatology, ASUFC, University of Udine, Italy
Young Co-Chairmen
Chiara Baldini, Pisa, Italy
Luca Quartuccio, Udine, Italy
Local Organizing Committee
L. Quartuccio, Italy
A. Zabotti, Italy
E. Treppo, Italy
V. Manfrè, Italy
C. Fabro, Italy
E. Bartoloni Bocci, Italy
F. Conti, Italy
R. Gerli, Italy
R. Priori, Italy
G. Valesini, Italy
C. Vitali, Italy
Working Team
S. De Vita, Italy
S. Bombardieri, Italy
A. Tzioufas, Greece
H. Bootsma, The Netherlands
C. Baldini, Italy
E. Bartoloni Bocci, Italy
M. Bombardieri, UK
M. Ramos Casals, Spain
T. Dorner, Germany
and consultants:
A. Baer, USA
S. Bowman, UK
L.A. Criswell, USA
R. Fox, USA
X. Mariette, France
J.O. Pers, France
International Advisory Board – Past Presidents
A. Baer, USA
S. Bombardieri, Italy
P. Fox, USA
R. Jonsson, Norway
H.M. Moutsopoulos, Greece
A. Parke, USA
J.O. Pers, France
T. Sumida, Japan
A.G. Tzioufas, Greece
P. Youinou, France
International Committee
J.M. Anaya, Colombia
E.K. Akpek, USA
M. Bombardieri, UK
H. Bootsma, The Netherlands
S. Bowman, UK
S. Carsons, USA
L.A. Criswell, USA
C.S. De Paiva, USA
T. Dorner, Germany
B. Fisher, UK
A. Goules, Greece
J.E. Gottenberg, France
S.K. Kwok, Korea
L. Lu, China
X. Mariette, France
T. Mandl, Sweden
C. Mavragani, Greece
W.F. Ng, UK
R. Omdal, Norway
H. Park, Korea
S.C. Plugfelder, USA
M. Ramos Casals, Spain
S. Retamozo, Argentina
L. Ronblom, Sweden
A. Rosen, USA
H.A. Saraux, France
H. Scofield, USA
S.C. Shiboski, USA
M. Tomsic, Slovenja
J. Van Roon, The Netherlands
A. Vissink, The Netherlands
F.B. Vivino, USA
M. Wahren-Herlenius, Sweden