Sponsoring Organisations:
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)
ESC Working Group on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Computed Tomography (ESC-WGNC)
European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)
Organisation of the ICNC meeting consists of:
Meeting Co-chairs (2)
Programme committees co-chair (3)
Programme committee
Host Committee
Fund raising chair
Organising and support staff
Nomination ICNC Meeting Co-chairs
The 2 meeting co-chairs are appointed by the sponsoring organisations during or immediately after the ICNC meeting:
1 Co-Chair appointed by ASNC
1 Co-Chair appointed by ESC-WGNC or EANM
The 2 Co-Chairs have broad responsibility for the meeting and appoint the following persons/committees:
Programme Co-Chairs: 3 chairs, representing ASNC, the ESC-WGNC and the EANM
Programme committee
Consisting of:
• Programme Core Group e.g. clinical, experimental / basic, and instrumentation on basis of expertise
• Advisors to the programme committee with
broad international representation, e.g. International Council of ASNC
Fund raising chair: appointed by the Meeting Co-Chairs
Host Committee chair: local nuclear cardiologist / nuclear physician who selects his own committee members
Organising/Support Staff
The actual organisation, logistical and administrative support of the meeting is provided by a professional congress group.
Immediately after each ICNC meeting, the new meeting Co-Chairs solicit bids from third parties to organise of the next ICNC meeting. The Co-Chairs, in consultation with the sponsoring societies, select a professional company on the basis of the comparative merits of competitive bids.
Contracts with the selected company are signed by each of the 3 sponsoring organisations.