The Congress Committee members are:

Julia A. Wendon (United Kingdom)

the Chair of the Congress Committee

• The Chairpersons of each Section :
  • AKI: Thomas Rimmele, France
  • APM: Alexander Vlaar, The Netherlands
  • ARF: Leo Heunks, The Netherlands
  • CD: Antonio Messina, Italy
  • DS: Massimiliano Greco, Italy
  • ETH: Victoria Metaxa, United Kingdom
  • FREM: Christian Stoppe, Germany
  • HSRO: Michael Beil, United Kingdom
  • INF: Gennaro de Pascale, Italy
  • NIC: Romain Sonneville, France
  • PHARMA: Cathrine McKenzie, United Kingdom
  • Rehab & PICS: Stefan Schaller, Austria
  • SIS: Lene Russell, Denmark
  • TEM: Kevin Roedl, Germany
  • TransBio: Miklos Lipcsey, Sweden

• The Chairperson of the Research Committee : John Laffey, Ireland
• The Chairperson of the Education & Training Committee : Pedro Povoa, Portugal
• N&AHP Committee Representative : Sabrina Eggmann, Switzerland
• The Chairperson of the NEXT Committee : Emilio Rodriguez-Ruiz, Spain
• NEXT Representative : Irene Steinberg, Italy

The Congress Committee is specifically responsible for the following activities :

• To ensure the timely preparation and delivery of the ESICM Annual Congress, by the coordination of the proposals and activities of the ESICM scientific sections and project groups, as well as the other members of the programme committee (such as the Chairperson of the Research Committee and the Chairperson of the Education & Training Committee) and maintaining a close collaboration with the Congress team in the ESICM Office.
• To ensure equitable representation in the Annual Congress of speciality’s interests, the balance of material and advice from the participants, and sensitivity to political and national considerations.
• To prepare the scientific content of other meetings of the ESICM, such as the LIVES Forum, and shared sessions in the ESICM or other society congresses.