Committee
Congress Executive Committee
Rino Rappuoli – Italy (Executive Board)
Eliora Ron – Israel (Executive Board)
Rob Samson – The Netherlands (Executive Board)
Paul Young – Australia (Executive Board)
Antonio Ventosa – Spain (Executive Board)
Heather Lawrence – UK (Executive Board)
Luisa Borgianni – Italy (IUMS Staff)
Divisions/Tracks/Specialties
BAM
Mariagrazia Pizza – Italy
Dorte Becher – Germany
MYCOLOGY
Thomas Dawson –Singapore
Andrey Yurkov – Germany
VIROLOGY
George Gao -China
Paul Duprez – USA
LOCAL ORGANZING COMMITTEE
BAM
Jorge Pedrosa (SPM Board, Univ. Minho, Braga)
Célia Manaia (SPM Board, Univ. Católica, Porto)
Miguel Viveiros (SPM Board, Univ. Nova Lisboa)
Ana Freitas (SPM Board, CESPU, Porto)
Manuela Oliveira (Univ. Lisboa)
Vítor Vasconcelos (CIIMAR, Porto)
MEM
Artur Alves (SPM Board, Univ. Aveiro)
Cláudia Julio (INSA, Lisboa)
Virology
Maria de São José (Univ. Porto, Direction Portuguese S. Virology)
Natacha Couto (Univ. Oxford, UK)
LOCAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
SPM MEMBERS
BAM
Cecília Arraiano (Univ. Nova Lisboa)
Eduardo Rocha (I. Pasteur, Paris, France)
Isabel Sá Correia (Univ. Lisboa); Congress Co-Chair
João Varela (Univ. Algarve, Faro)
Luísa Peixe (Univ. Porto)
Mariana Pinho (Univ. Nova Lisboa)
Paula Morais (SPM Board, U. Coimbra)
MEM
José Paulo Sampaio (Univ. Nova Lisboa)
Nelson Lima (Univ. Minho, Braga)
VIROLOGY
Maria João Amorim (Univ. Católica, Lisboa)
Paulo Paixão (Univ. Nova Lisboa)