Honorary Presidents
C Black, S Jablonska, F Wollheim, T Medsger
Steering Committee
DE Furst, L Guillevin, T Krieg, M Kuwana, M Matucci-Cerinic, U Mueller-Ladner, J Seibold,
K Takehara, A Tyndall, and the following Chairpersons:
- Chairpersons of the Abstract Committee: O Distler, P Sampaio Barros
- Chairpersons of the Clinical Committee: Y Allanore, D Khanna
- Chairpersons of the Basic Science Committee: J Distler, R. Lafyatis, J Varga
- Chairperson of the Workshops: P Clements
- Liaison officer with the Scleroderma Workshop: C Denton, R Lafyatis
- Chairpersons of the Mentoring Program: L Czirjak, M Mayes
Scientific Committee
D Abraham, Y Asano, S Assassi, J Avouac, A Balbir Gurmann, M Baron, M Becker,
C Beyer, PE Carreira, LJ Catoggio, C Chizzolini, M Cutolo, N Damjanov, F Del Galdo,
C Feghali Botswick, C Ferri, T Frech, A Gabrielli, S Gay, D Giuggioli, S Guiducci,
E Hachulla, A Herrick, M Hinchcliff, L Hummers, M Inanc, B Kahaleh, S Kafaja,
Y Kawaguchi, C Kayser, R Knobler, O Kowal-Bielecka, D Launay, MT Li, M Manetti,
M Maurer, T Minier, G Moroncini, M Nikpour, P Ostojic, J Pope, S Proudmann,
S Rednic, G, Riemekasten, L Sakkas, Y Shoenfeld, G Scuzs, A Shah, R Simms, J Sindhu,
V Steen, A Sulli, A Vacca, F Van Den Hoogen, J Van Laar, M Vonk, A Wells
Local Organising Committee
President of the Portuguese Society of Rheumatology: Joao Eurico Cabral da Fonseca
Committee: Ana Cordeiro (coordinator), Paulo Coelho, Catarina Resende, Maria João Salvador
FESCA Board
Ann Tyrrell Kennedy, President
Beata Garay-Toth, Vice-President
Despo Charalambous-Demetriou, Treasurer
Alexandra Portales, Secretary
Annelise Roennow, Counselor
Kim Fligelstone, Counselor
Nadine Paciotti, Counselor