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Scientific committees

Heart Failure Congress

The Heart Failure Association of the ESC wish to acknowledge all of the experts who make their contributions to Heart Failure 2018 & World Congress on Acute Heart Failure

Board of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (2016-2018)

Frank Ruschitzka (CH), President
Petar Seferovic (RS), President-Elect
Gerasimos Filippatos (GR), Immediate Past-President
Massimo Piepoli (IT), Chairperson of the Clinical Section
Rudolf De Boer (NL), Chairperson of the Basic Science Section
Mitja Lainscak (SL), Coordinator for National HF Societies & Working Groups, Heart Failure 2018 Congress Chairperson
Marisa Crespo-Leiro (ES), Secretary
Andrew Coats (UK), Treasurer

Clinical section

Yuri Lopatin (RU)
Veli-Pekka Harjola (FI)
Lars Lund (SE)
Giuseppe Rosano (IT)
Davor Milicic (HR)
Jelena Celutkiene (LT)
Ewa Jankowska (PL)
Christian Mueller (CH)
Loreena Hill (UK)

Basic Science Section

Johann Bauersachs (DE)
Johannes Backs (DE)
Alexander Lyon (UK)

Ex-officio

Marco Metra (IT)
Alexandre Mebazaa (FR)
Stefan Anker (DE)
Stephane Heymans (NL)
Piotr Ponikowski (PL)

Local organising committee

Rudolf Berger (AT)
Christoph Birner (DE)
Eva Goncalvesova (SK)
Tamas Habon (HU)
Christian Hengstenberg (AT)
Martin Hülsmann (AT)
Micha Maeder (CH)
Deddo Moertl (AT)
Raphael Rosenhek (AT)
Jindrich Spinar (CZ)
Lenka Spinarova (CZ)