Congress Chair
A Doria

Congress Co-Chairs
M. Govoni, Ferrara (IT)
M. Mosca, Pisa (IT)

Congress Honorary Chair
A. Tincani

Local Scientific Committee
1. L Andreoli, Brescia, Italy
2. Alessandra Bortoluzzi, Italy
3. M. Gatto, Padova, Italy
4. L. Iaccarino, Padova, Italy
5. Chiara Tani, Italy
6. M. Zen, Padova, Italy

International scientific committee

Z. Amoura, Paris (FR)
Cynthia Aranow, (USA)
M. Aringer, Dresden (DE)
Sang-Cheol Bae (South Korea)
Eloisa Bonfá (Brazil)
D. Boumpas, Athens (GR)
I. Bruce, Manchester (UK)
R. Cervera, Barcelona (ES)
DTM Chan (Hong Kong)
Carlo Chizzolini, Genève (CH)
N. Costedoat-Chalumeau, Paris (FR)
Lindsey Criswell (USA)
Betty Diamond (USA)
Maria Dall’Era (USA)
A. Doria, Padua (IT)
T. Dörner, Berlin (DE)
R. Fischer-Betz, Düsseldorf (DE)
R. Furie, New York (USA)
Bevra Hahn (USA),
F. Houssiau, Brussels (BE)
L. Sousa Inês, Coimbra (PT)
D. Isenberg, London (UK)
D. Jayne, Cambridge (UK)
Judith James (USA)
Annegret Kuhn (Germany)
Joan Merrill (USA)
CC Mok, (China)
E. Morand, Melbourne (AU)
M. Mosca, Pisa (IT)
Sandra Navarra (Philippines)
Michelle Petri (USA)
Chaim Putterman (USA)
Bernardo Pons-Estel (AR)
Brad Rovin (USA)
Josef Smolen – Vienna (AT)
George Tsokos (USA)
E. Svenungsson, Stockholm (SE)
Yoshiya Tanaka (Japan)
M. Tektonidou, Athens (GR)
M. Urowitz, Toronto (CA)
R. Van Vollenhoven, Amsterdam (NL)
Victoria P Werth (USA)
David Wofsy (USA)
Daniel Wallace (USA)

Past Chairs of International Lupus meeting
1. Mary Carmen Amigo – Mexico City (MX)
2. Shunle Chen – Shanghai (CN)
3. Lindsey Criswell (US)
4. John Esdaile – Vancouver (CA)
5. Pao-Hsii Feng – Singapore (SG)
6. Marvin Fritzler – Calgary (CA)
7. Graham RV Hughes – Lindon (UK)
8. Munther A Khamashta – London (UK)
9. Robert G. Lahita – New York (US)
10. Eric Morand – Melbourne (AUS)
11. Bernardo Pons-Estel – Rosario (AR)
12. Yehuda Shoenfeld – Jerusalem (IL)
13. Josef Smolen – Vienna (AT)
14. Eng M. Tan – La Jolla (US)