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Scientific Programme Committee

Heart Failure Congress

The Heart Failure Congress 2019 Scientific Programme Committee is composed by the Board of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC.

Board of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (2018-2020)

Chair, Scientific Programmes Committee Heart Failure 2019 - Gerasimos Filippatos (GR)

Presidential Trio

President Petar M. Seferović (RS)
President Elect Andrew Coats (UK)
Immediate Past-President Frank Ruschitzka (CH)

Executive Committee

Chairperson of the Clinical Section Johann Bauersachs (DE)
Chairperson of the Basic Science Section Stéphane Heymans (NL)
Coordinator for National HF Societies and Working Groups Yuri Lopatin (RU)
Secretary Mitja Lainscak (SI)
Treasurer Giuseppe Rosano (UK)

Clinical section

Tuvia Ben Gal (IL)
Jelena Celutkiene (LT)
Ovidiu Chioncel (RO)
Ewa Jankowska (PL)
Loreena Hill (IR)
Tiny Jaarsma (SE)
Lars Lund (SE)
Davor Milicic (HR)
Brenda Moura (PT)
Christian Mueller (CH)
Wilfried Mullens (BE)
Maurizio Voltterani (IT)

Basic Science Section

Johannes Backs (DE)
Rudolf de Boer (NL)
Alexander Lyon (UK)

Ex-officio & Sui Generis

Ex-officio

Editor in Chief, European Journal of Heart Failure - Marco Metra (IT)
Editor in Chief, ESC Heart Failure - Stefan Anker (DE)
Chair, WG on Myocardial Function - Thomas Thum (DE)
Chair, Scientific Programmes Committee Heart Failure 2019 - Gerasimos Filippatos (GR)

Sui Generis

Massimo Piepoli (IT)
Piotr Ponikowski (PL)