Meet the ESOC conference planning group and ESOC committees.
Conference Planning Group
Mira Katan, Switzerland, (ESOC 2025 / 2026 Conference Planning Group Chair)
Simona Sacco, Italy
Peter Kelly, Ireland
Urs Fischer, Switzerland
Guillaume Turc, France
Jesse Dawson, United Kingdom
Catherine Elizabeth Lightbody, United Kingdom
Barbara Casolla, France
Else Sandset, Norway
Daniel Strbian, Finland
Götz Thomalla, Germany
Michèle Schaub Jackson, Switzerland
Robin Lemmens, Belgium (Chair of 2023 & 2024)
Programme Committee
Mira Katan, Switzerland (Chair)
Götz Thomalla, Germany (Co-Chair)
Robin Lemmens, Belgium
Louisa Christensen, Denmark
Jens Fiehler, Germany
Diana, Aguiar de Sousa, Portugal
Adam Denes, Hungary
Georgios Tsivgoulis, Greece
Francesca Romana Pezzella, Italy
Silke Walter, Germany
Adam Kobayashi, Poland
Janica Körv, Estonia
Else Sandset, Norway
Barbara Casolla, France
Catherine Elizabeth Lightbody, United Kingdom
Daniel Strbian, Finland
Education Committee
Barbara Casolla, France (Chair)
Frank-Erik de Leeuw, Netherlands
Anita Arsovska, North Macedonia
Marios Psychogios, Switzerland
Alan Cameron, UK
Rytis Masiliunas, Lithuania
Annaelle Zietz, Switzerland
Theodore Karapanayiotides, Greece
Allied Health Care
Catherine Elizabeth Lightbody, UK (Chair)
Marian Brady, UK
Lauren Christie, Australia
Susanne Giudetti, Sweden
John Solomon, India
Dominique Cadilhac, Australia
Raquel Neves, UAE
Scientific Abstract Committee
Else Sandset, Norway (Chair)
Silke Walter, Germany
Kate Hayward, Australia
Carlos Molina, Spain
Linxin Li, UK
Lina Palaiodimou, Greece
Joan Montaner, Spain
PR Committee
Jelle Demeestere, Belgium (Chair)
Märit Jensen, Germany
Teresa Ullberg, Sweden
Michele Romoli, Italy
Sarah Gorey, Ireland
Gerrit Grosse, Germany
Marieta Peycheva, Bulgaria
Gisle Berg Helland, Norway
Local Committee
Daniel Strbian, LOC Chair
Tiina Sairanen
Nina Forss
Jukka Putaala
Sami Curze
Petra Ijäs
ESO Executive Committee
Simona Sacco, Italy, President
Urs Fischer, Switzerland, President Elect
Peter Kelly, IE, Past President
Carlos Molina, Spain
Guillaume Turc, France
Jesse Dawson, UK
Francesca Romana Pezzella, Italy
Silke Walter, Germany
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