Secretary & Chair of the Diversity & Inclusiveness Monitoring Group: Antoine Vieillard-Baron – Paris, France

Treasurer: Ricard Ferrer Roca – Barcelona, Spain

Chair of the Congress Committee:  Jean-Louis Teboul – Paris, France

Chair of the Education & Training Committee: Frantisek Duska – Prague, Czech Republic

Ex-officio members

• Past-president: Jozef Kesecioglu – Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Chair of the Research Committee: Marlies Ostermann – London, United Kingdom
• The Chairperson of the Social Media and Digital Content Committee: Adrian Wong – Guildford, United Kingdom
• Chair of the N&AHP Committee: Johannes Mellinghoff –  London, United Kingdom
• Chair of the NEXT Committee: Stefan Schaller – Berlin, Germany
• Editor-in-Chief of the ICM journal: Giuseppe Citerio – Monza, Italy
• Editor-in-Chief of the ICMx journal: Nicole Juffermans – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Chief Executive Officer: Joël Alexandre – Brussels, Belgium

The Congress Committee is composed of:

• The Chairperson of the Congress Committee
• The Chairperson of each Section
• The Chairperson of the Research Committee
• The Chairperson of the Education & Training Committee or the Chairperson of the Clinical Training Committee
• The N&AHP representative
• The Chairperson of the NEXT Committee
• One representative of the NEXT Committee
• Ex officio other committee chairs or officers, as appointed by the Chairperson of the Committee.

Aims and Missions
The Congress Committee is responsible for:

• the preparation and presentation of the ESICM Annual Congress
• coordinating the proposals and activities of the sections and their research groups
• the scientific design and content of meetings organised jointly with other associations, such as the LIVES Forum.

The Research Committee is composed of:

• Chairperson of the Research Committee
• One representative from each Section, nominated by the section chair and approved by the Executive Committee
• Two representatives of the NEXT Committee
• One representative of the N&AHP Committee

Aims and Missions
The Research Committee is responsible for:

• • • Research awards
    • Endorsement of surveys and projects
    • coordinating trials

  Methodology Group

  The Methodology Group is composed of:
  • • the Editor-in-Chief or editors of the Intensive Care Medicine Journal
    • the Chairperson of the Research Committee
    • two representatives of the NEXT Committee
    • 4 co-opted members, with experience in methodology, appointed by the Chairperson of the Methodology Group with the EC approval for a 2-year period, renewable once

Aims and Missions
To facilitate education, research and professional development within the Society. This unit has developed a strategy and system to commission, design and complete systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

The members of the Education and Training Committee are:

• The Chairperson of the Education and Training Committee
• The Chairperson of the Congress Committee
• The Chairperson of the EDIC Sub-Committee
• The Chairperson of the EDEC Curriculum Sub-Committee
• The Chairperson of the E-learning Sub-Committee
• The Chairperson of the Clinical Training Sub-Committee
• The Chairperson of the CoBa Faculty
• One representative from the N&AHP Committee
• One representative from the NEXT Committee
• Ex officio other committee chairs, Council members and co-opted members approved by the Executive Committee

Aims and Mission
The Education and Training Committee is in charge of developing and promoting the educational and training strategy of the ESICM and to implement the associated operational tasks.

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EDIC Examinations Sub-Committee, composed of:

• The Chairperson of the EDIC Examinations Sub-Committee will be elected by the Council members and approved by the Executive Committee. Eligible candidates have a track record of composing and evaluating Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) in intensive care medicine, such as the EDIC exams.
• 12 members are nominated by the EDIC Examinations Sub-Committee, subject to approval by the Executive Committee.
• One representative of the NEXT Committee (this member should hold a full EDIC qualification)

Aims and Mission

The EDIC Examinations Sub-Committee is responsible for the organisation and delivery of the EDIC Part I and II exams. The EDIC Examinations Sub-Committee is under the responsibility of the Chairperson of the Education and Training Committee.

 

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EDEC Curriculum Sub-Committee, composed of:

• A Chairperson, elected by the Council members and approved by the Executive Committee
• Up to 10 members are nominated by the EDEC Curriculum Sub-Committee, subject to approval by the Executive Committee.

Aims and Mission

The EDEC Curriculum Sub-Committee is responsible for the organisation and delivery of the curriculum on advanced echocardiography in intensive care medicine. The EDEC Curriculum Sub-Committee is under the responsibility of the Chairperson of the Education and Training Committee.

 

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E-Learning Committee, composed of:

• The Chairperson of the e-Learning Sub-Committee, to be elected by the Council members and approved by the Executive Committee.
  The Chairs (or representatives) of the EDIC Sub-Committee, of the EDEC Sub-Committee, of the Clinical Training Sub-Committee and of the CoBa-Faculty
• 13 members (one per section’s field) jointly nominated by the e-Learning Sub-Committee and the Section Chair, subject to approval by the Executive Committee
• Two representatives of the NEXT Committee
• One representative of the N&AHP Committee

Aims and Mission
To develop and maintain the Society’s e-learning platform that powers the educational activities of ESICM.

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Clinical Training Committee, composed of:

• The Chair of the Clinical Training Sub-Committee will be elected by the Council members and approved by the Executive Committee
• Six members nominated by the Clinical Training Sub-Committee and validated by the Executive Committee
• Two representatives of the NEXT Committee

Aims and Mission
To develop, maintain and promote training programmes for intensive care medicine.

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CoBaFaculty, composed of:

• A Chairperson
• Up to six nominated members
• The Chairs of the ESICM Clinical Training Sub-Committee, ESICM E-learning Sub-Committee, ESICM EDIC Exams Sub-Committee, ESICM EDEC Curriculum Sub-Committee

Aims and Mission
To maintain, promote and develop the CoBaTrICE programmes on behalf of the Society.

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National Training Committee, composed of:

• The ESICM President, who is the Chairperson of this Committee
• The Chairperson of the Education and Training Committee
• One representative (National Training Coordinator) of each NTO. For countries with no NTO, the position can be held by a representative designated by the National Society for Intensive Care Medicine (NSICM) that has an Agreement with ESICM. More than one representative from a given country may exist when there exists in that country more than one NTO/NSICM. Each NTO/NSICM that has an Agreement with ESICM has the right to nominate a delegate.
• Observers, approved by the Executive Committee, or ESICM Officers. They may include: Trainees in intensive care medicine, Delegates from other Societies related to education and training in intensive care medicine.

Aims and Mission
To advance the Society’s relationships and shared objectives with other National Training Organisations (NTO) and with other stakeholders related to education and training in intensive care medicine.

The members of the Social Media and Digital Content Committee are:

• The Chairperson of the Social Media and Digital Content Committee
• Three representatives of the NEXT Committee
• One representative of the N&AHP Committee

Other contributors may be:

• A representative of each section, appointed by the Section Chairperson, in charge of the communication on the sections’ activities
• Four ESICM Members with specific skills in social media and digital communication, nominated by SM & DG Committee and approved by EC

Aims and Mission
The objectives of the Social Media and Digital Content Committee are:
• to promote the highest standards of content
• to review and monitor scientific texts in journals and Journal Review Club,
• Social media, Section webinars and websites
• to create and solicit contents for publishing on social media and digital portal

The Diversity and Inclusiveness Monitoring Group consists of

• The ESICM Secretary who is also the Chairperson of the Group
• The ESICM President
• The ESICM President-elect
• The ESICM CEO
• Two women ESICM members
• Two representatives of the NEXT Committee, incl. the Chair
• Two representatives of the N&AHP Committee
• Two representatives of the low- and middle-income countries

Aims and Missions
The Diversity and Inclusiveness Monitoring Group within ESICM, is responsible for improving identification, overcoming potential barriers and differential attainment and promoting balanced opportunities for all its members, regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, country of origin, cultural affiliation, religion, socio-economic status or profession, and to foster participation at all levels of the Society. 

The Treasurer is in charge of all financial activities, including the financial planning and management of the assets of the Society. He supervises the bookkeeping and accounts of the Society with the help of an expert accountant. He reports to the Executive Committee, the Council and the General Assembly. The Treasurer prepares the annual statement and a report on estimates for meetings.

ESICM actively encourages membership from any health professionals working or strongly associated with intensive care. Currently, there are nurses and physiotherapist members from more than 15 European countries and  opportunities to link and share practices and experience via the Annual Congress, as well as research projects.

The N&AHP Committee consists of a board and members including:N&AHP Committee Members

• • A Chairperson
  • Six Committee members
  • A physiotherapist
  • A pharmacist

Aims and Strategy

• Raise the profile of intensive care nursing and allied healthcare professionals within the ESICM and among European nurses and AHP;
• Work to increase the opportunities for nurses and AHP across Europe to attend the congress and to be involved in pre-congress activities;
• Provide support for first time congress presenters, from abstract submission through to presentation;
• Develop networking opportunities for nurses and allied health professionals across Europe, both at the annual congress and via the ESICM N&AHP webpages;
• Provide opportunities for nurses and allied health professionals to get involved in collaborative research studies.

NEXT is represented in the structures of ESICM by a Steering Committee that speaks on behalf of trainees and helps shape the future of the Society and of the discipline.

The NEXT Committee consists of:

• The Chairperson
• The Deputy Chair
• Fourteen NEXT Committee members
• One International (non-European) member

Mission and Objectives

• Connects trainees and young intensive care physicians across borders to shape the future of intensive care medicine through ESICM.
• Prepares the next generation of ICM leaders
• Connects with and represents the younger generation of intensive care professionals
• Enlarges the young community of ESICM
• Adapts educational resources and congress programmes to meet the needs of trainees and young intensivists
• Represents trainees and young intensive care professionals in all structures of ESICM
• Provides a platform for mobility and career development opportunities