2026 ESICM Elections
ESICM reflects the collective efforts of ICU professionals who drive this international society to shape the future of Intensive Care Medicine and support our mission to improve ICU patients’ and families’ lives. Elections provide members with the opportunity to deepen their connection with the Society, whether by applying as a candidate or by selecting the future leaders of the Society. Only members who paid their membership before the start of the ballots are eligible to vote.
This year’s Society Elections are scheduled for spring.
Please find below the 2026 ESICM Elections calendar:
- Call for Candidates Opens: Tuesday 21 April (1.00 PM CEST)
- Call for Candidates Closes: Tuesday 5 May (11.00 AM CEST)
- Ballots Open: Tuesday 12 May (1.00 PM CEST)
- Ballots Closing : Tuesday 19 May (10.00 AM CEST)
2026 ELECTIONS – Positions Available
Executive committee
- President Elect
- Secretary Elect
- Treasurer Elect
- Congress Committee – Chairperson Elect
- Research Committee – Chairperson Elect
Council country representatives
- National Representative Croatia
- National Representative Czech Republic
- National Representative Denmark
- National Representative Estonia
- National Representative Finland
- National Representative Ireland
- National Representative Poland
- National Representative Romania
- National Representative Russian Federation
- National Representative Sweden
- National Representative Switzerland
- National Representative European countries with less than 25 ESICM Members
Congress committee
- Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) – Chairperson Elect
- Anaesthesia & Peri-operative Medicine (APM) – Chairperson Elect
- Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF) – Chairperson Elect
- Cardiovascular Dynamics (CD) – Chairperson Elect
- Data Science (DS) – Chairperson Elect
- Feeding, Rehabilitation, Endocrinology & Metabolism (FREM) – Chairperson Elect
- Health Services Research and Outcomes (HSRO) – Chairperson Elect
- Infection (INF) – Chairperson Elect
- Rehabilitation & PICS – Chairperson Elect
- Systemic Inflammation and Sepsis (SIS) – Chairperson Elect
- Translational Biology (TransBio) – Chairperson Elect
Education and training committee
- Academy Sub-Committee – Chairperson Elect
- EDEC Curriculum Sub-Committee – Chairperson Elect
- CoBa-Faculty – Chairperson Elect
NEXT committee
11 Committee Members Elect
N&AHP committee
There is no election for the N&AHP Committee in 2026
Past Elections Results
2025 – 2024 – 2023 – 2022
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