• Congress Management Committee (CMC)
• Scientific Programme Committee (SPC)
• Sponsorship Working Group

Congress Management Committee (CMC)

Chair
Srinath Reddy, India

Members
Kingsley Akinroye, Nigeria
Ann Bolger, United States
James Cameron, Australia
Deborah Chen, Jamaica
Leonard Kritharides, Australia
Andrew MacIsaac, Australia
Pierre Poncet, Switzerland
Dorairaj Prabhakaran, India
David Prior, Australia
Lyn Roberts, Australia
Johanna Ralston, Switzerland
Sidney C Smith, Jr., United States
Salim Yusuf, Canada

Ex-officio
Lynne Portelli, Australia
Kathryn Taubert, Switzerland
Sarah Ramsey, Switzerland

Scientific Programme Committee (SPC)

Co-chairs
Richmond Jeremy, Australia
Jonathan Kalman, Australia
Dorairaj Prabhakaran, India
Huo Yong, China

Ex-officio
Wael Al Mahmeed, United Arab Emirates
Nooshin Bazargani, United Arab Emirates
Marcia Barbosa, Brazil
Michel Komajda, France
Andrew MacIsaac, Australia
Bongani Mayosi, South Africa
David Prior, Australia
Srinath Reddy, India
Sidney C. Smith, Jr, United States
Kathryn Taubert, Switzerland

Topic group leaders and experts
Arrhythmias / Sudden cardiac death / Electrophysiology
Topic group leaders
Ma Chang Sheng, China
Mark Estes, United States
Peter Kistler, Australia

Topic group experts
Alawi Al Sheikh, United Arab Emirates
Adrian Baranchuk, Canada
John Camm, United States
Angelo de Paola, Brazil
Joseph Morton, Australia
Nitish Naik, India
Ali Oto, Turkey
Antonio Ribeiro, Brazil
Walid Saliba, United States
Alessandro Salustri, United Arab Emirates
Prash Sanders, Australia
Chris Semsarian, Australia
Lin Wu, China

Heart Failure / Cardiac function / Myocardial – Pericardial diseases
Topic group leaders    
David Kaye, Australia
Harikrishnan Sivadasanpillai, India
Karen Sliwa, South Africa

Topic group experts    
Maria da Consolação Vieira Moreira, Brazil
Diego Delgado, Canada
Rob Doughty, New Zealand
David Hare, Australia
Brian Jaski, United States
Henry Krum, Australia
Jo-Dee Lattimore, Australia
Peter Liu, Canada    
Cheuk Man Yu, China, Hong Kong
Felipe Martinez, Argentina
Akira Matsumori,  Japan
Prem Pais, India
Héctor Ventura, United States
Jian Zhang, China

Valvular disease / Aortic disease/ Pulmonary circulation
Topic group leaders    
Paul Bannon, Australia    
Robert Bonow, United States
Anita Saxena, India

Topic group experts
Ann Bolger, United States
Richmond Jeremy, Australia
Zhi-Cheng Jing, China
Ganesan Karthikeyan, India
Dhruv Kazi, United States
Hani Najm, Saudi    Arabia
Jim Tatoulis, Australia
Juan Verdejo Paris, Mexico    

Ischaemia / Coronary artery disease / Coronary interventions
Topic group leaders    
Ge Junbo, China
Spencer King III, United States
Ian Meredith, Australia
Patrick Serruys, Netherlands

Topic group experts
Luiz Alberto Piva e Mattos, Brazil
Jorge Belardi, Argentina
John Beltrame, Australia
Eduardo Escobar, Chile
Omar Farouque, Australia
Gerald Fletcher, United States
Habib Gamra, Tunisia
Bernard Gersh, United States
Omar Hallak, United Arab Emirates    
Phillip Harris, Australia
David Holmes, United States
Upendra Kaul, India
Karl-Heinz Peter, Australia    
Jian Ping Li, China    
Harvey White, New Zealand
Mohammad Zubaid, Kuwait
    
Peripheral circulation / Stroke / Non-coronary interventions
Topic group leaders    
Mark Creager, United States
Albertino Damasceno, Mozambique
James Shaw, Australia

Topic group experts
Amit Kumar, United States
Ralph Sacco, United States
Sanjeev Sharma, India
Michal Tendera, Poland
Fernando Wyss, Guatemala
    
Hypertension
Topic group leaders    
Louise Burrell, Australia
Suzanne Oparil, United States
C. Venkata S. Ram, India    

Topic group experts
Kingsley Akinroye, Nigeria    
Stephen Harrap, Australia   
Michael Stowasser, Australia
Ningling Sun, China
Fernanda Marciana Consolim-Colombo, Brazil
Churchhill Onen, Botswana
Neil Poulter, United Kingdom
Tomas Romero, United States

Epidemiology / Prevention
Topic group leaders    
Fernando Lanas Zanetti, Chile
Anuskha Patel, Australia
Dong Zhao, China

Topic group experts
Emelia Benjamin, United States
Pascal Bovet, Switzerland
Clara Chow, Australia
Robert Eckel, United States
Ahdy Helmy, United States
Yuling Hong, United States
Rodney Jackson, New Zealand
LiJing Yan, China
Andrew Tonkin, Australia
Kris Vijay, United States
Nathan Wong, United States
David Wood, United Kingdom    

Health promotion / Health advocacy / Global cardiovascular resources
Topic group leaders    
Eduardo Bianco, Uruguay
Robert Grenfell, Australia
Rachel Kitonyo, Togo
Nizal Sarrafazadegan, Iran
    
Topic group experts
Steven Allender, Australia
Monika Arora, India
Deborah Chen, Jamaica
Wistremundo Dones, Puerto Rico
Thomas Gaziano, United States
Alice Grainger-Gasser, Switzerland
Rohan Greenland, Australia
Mark Huffman, United States
Michel Komajda, France
George Mensah, South Africa
Pekka Puska, Finland
Prasuna Reddy, Australia
George Saade, Lebanon
Trevor Shilton, Australia
Simon Stewart, Australia

Basic science
Topic group leaders    
Lea Delbridge, Australia
Ricardo Gelpi, Argentina
Xian Wang, China

Topic group experts    
Donna Arnett, United States
James R. Bell, Australia
Diane Fatkin, Australia
Livia C. Hool, Australia
Julie R. McMullen, Australia
Salvatore Pepe, Australia
David A. Saint, Australia

Cardiac imaging / Information systems
Topic group leaders    
Arif Al-Mulla, United Arab Emirates
Jagat Narula, United States
Andrew Taylor, Australia    

Topic group experts
J.V. (Ian) Nixon, United States
Monica Acevedo, Chile
George Beller, United States
Pedro Gutierrez Fajardo, Mexico
Christian Hamilton-Craig, Australia
Shihua Zhao, China
Wael Jaber, United States
Juhani Knuuti, Finland
Tom Marwick, Australia
Navin Nanda, United States
Chetan Patel, India
David Prior, Australia
Gustavo Restrepo Molina, Colombia
Joseph Selvanayagam, Australia

Paediatrics / Congenital heart disease (paediatric and adult)
Topic group leaders    
Michael Cheung, Australia
Raman Krishna Kumar, India
Craig Sable, United States
Robert Weintraub, Australia

Topic group experts
Luis Alday, Argentina
Andrew Davis, Australia    
Yves d'Udekem, Australia    
Horacio Faella, Argentina    
Felipe Heusser, Chile
Gerard Martin, United States
Jane Newburger, United States
Catherine Webb, United States

Indigenous health / Rheumatic heart disease
Topic group leaders    
Alex Brown, Australia
Ana Olga Mocumbi, Mozambique
Regina Elizabeth Müller, Brazil    

Topic group experts
Jonathan Carapetis, Australia
Leonard Kritharides, Australia
Diana Lennon, New Zealand
Joseph Mucumbitsi, Rwanda
Bo Remenyi, Australia
Liesl Zühlke, South Africa

Nursing / Allied health / CV rehabilitation
Topic group leaders    
Kathy Berra, United States
Linda Worrall-Carter, Australia
    
Topic group experts
Patricia Davidson, Australia
Barbara Fletcher,     United States
Laura Hayman, United States
Tiny Jaarsma, Netherlands    
Orla Merrigan, Bahrain
Julie Redfern, Australia
David Thompson, Australia
Diane Jackson, Australia
Andrea Driscoll, Australia

Sponsorship Working Group

Alan Cole, Switzerland
Neil McCarthy, Switzerland
David Prior, Australia
Johanna Ralston, Switzerland
Sarah Ramsey, Switzerland
Lyn Roberts, Australia
Kathryn Taubert, switzerland