Organising Committee

Henri Bounameaux, President
Division of angiology and hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine,
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland

E-mail: henri.bounameaux@medecine.unige.ch

Fedor Bachmann, Honorary President
Chemin Praz-Mandry, 20, CH-1052 Le Mont, Switzerland
E-mail: fedor.bachmann@unil.ch
Bernhard Lämmle, Vice-President
Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital
CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
E-mail: bernhard.laemmle@insel.ch
Philippe de Moerloose, Vice-President and Editor, « State-of-the-Art » book
Division of angiology and hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine,
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
E-mail: philippe.demoerloose@hcuge.ch
Kenneth J. Clemetson, Chairman, Scientific Program Committee
Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern,
Postfach 386, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
E-mail: clemetson@tki.unibe.ch
Egbert K.O. Kruithof, Secretary General
Division of angiology and hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine,
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
E-mail: egbert.kruithof@hcuge.ch
German A. Marbet, Treasurer
Coagulation Laboratory, Central Hematology Laboratory, Kantonsspital Basel
CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland
E-mail: german-a.marbet@unibas.ch
Guido Reber, Liaison Officer, SSC and Satellite Symposia
Division of angiology and hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine,
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
E-mail: guido.reber@hcuge.ch

International Members

Dominique Meyer
ISTH 2001 President
Ian Peake
ISTH 2003 President
Colin Chesterman
ISTH 2005 President
Bruce and Barbara Furie
ISTH 2009 Presidents
Gilbert C. White II
ISTH Executive Director

Scientific Programme Committee

Kenneth J. Clemetson, Chair
Bern (CH)
Henri Bounameaux
Geneva (CH)
Bernhard Lämmle
Bern (CH)
Guido Reber
Geneva (CH)

Innovation and technology

Jean-Marie Freyssinet, Chair
Strasbourg (FR)
Michael Berndt
Melbourne (AUS)
Philip de Groot
Utrecht (NL)
J. Evan Sadler
St.Louis (US)
Gilbert C. White II
Milwaukee (US)

Platelets

Kenneth J. Clemetson, Chair
Bern (CH)
Hans J. Beer
Baden (CH)
Alan T. Nurden
Bordeaux (FR)
Lawrence F. Brass
Philadelphia (US)
Marco Cattaneo
Milan (IT)

Vascular biology

Elisabetta Dejana, Chair
Milan (IT)
Jeremy Pearson
London (UK)
Klaus Preissner
Giessen (DE)
Curzio Ruegg
Lausanne (CH)
Victor W.M. van Hinsbergh
Leiden (NL)

Coagulation factors and
inhibitors

German A. Marbet, Chair
Basle (CH)
Martine Aiach
Paris (FR)
Bjorn Dahlback
Malmö (SE)
John H. Griffin
La Jolla (US)
James Huntington
Cambridge (UK)

Fibrinolysis and fibrinogen

Egbert K.O. Kruithof, Chair
Geneva (CH)
Nuala A. Booth
Aberdeen (UK)
Daniel A. Lawrence
Rockville, MA (US)
Roger H. Lijnen
Leuven (BE)
Susan T. Lord
Chapel Hill NC (US)

Haemorrhagic disorders

Philippe de Moerloose, Chair
Geneva (CH)
Donna Di Michele
New York (US)
Sam Schulman
Hamilton (CA)
Mike Greaves
Aberdeen (UK)
Francesco Rodeghiero
Vicenza (IT)

Thrombotic disorders

Arnaud Perrier, Chair
Geneva (CH)
Jef Arnout
Leuven (BE)
Samuel Z. Goldhaber
Boston (US)
Alain Leizorovicz
Lyon (FR)
Philip S. Wells
Ottawa (CA)

Council of ISTH

Chairman of Council
(2006-2008)
Ian R. Peake (UK)
Secretary/Chairman-Elect
(2006-2008)
Frits Rosendaal (NL)
Class of 2008
T. Barrowcliffe (UK)
G. Broze (US)
D. Meyer (FR)
F. Rosendaal (NL)
A. Yoshioka (JP)
Class of 2010
Ph. de Groot (NL)
D. Lane (UK)
I. Peake (UK)
U. Seligsohn (IL)
D. Wagner (US)
Class of 2012
M. Berndt (AUS)
H. Bounameaux (CH)
A. Nurden (FR)
B. Østerud (NO)
P. Reitsma (NL)

Ex-officio Council Members

XXIst Congress Officers
Henri Bounameaux, President (CH)
Bernhard Lämmle,
Vice-President (CH)
Chairman, Scientific and
Standardisation Committee
Nuala Ann Booth (UK)
Editors in chief,
Journal of Thrombosis
and Haemostasis
Mike Greaves (UK)
David Lane (UK)
Special Assistant
to the Chairman of Council
Kenneth A. Bauer (US)
Executive Director of ISTH
Gilbert C. White II (US)

Scientific and
Standardization Committee

Nuala Ann Booth (UK)
Chairman (2006-2008)
Gerhard J. Johnson (US)
Secretary/Chairman-Elect
(2006-2008/2008-2010)
Robert R. Montgomery (US)
Special Assistant to the Chairman
(2006-2008)
Class of 2007
Nuala Ann Booth (UK)
Philip G. De Groot (NL)
Bernhard Lämmle (CH)
Robert R. Montgomery (US)
Class of 2008
Anna Falanga (IT)
Marc Hoylaerts (BE)
Cornelis Kluft (NL)
David Lillicrap (CA)
Class of 2009
Trevor Baglin (UK)
Joel S. Bennett (US)
Beng Hock Chong (AUS)
Osamu Matsuo (JP)
Class of 2010
Dermot Kenny (IE)
Claude Negrier (FR)
Edward G. D. Tuddenham (UK)
A. M. H. P. van den Besselaar (NL)

International Scientific Advisory Board

Walter Ageno (IT)
Giancarlo Agnelli (IT)
Martine Aiach (FR)
Jan Willem Akkerman (NL)
Lorenzo Alberio (CH)
Louis Aledort (US)
Marie-Christine Alessi (FR)
Robert Andrews (AT)
Anne Angelillo-Scherrer (CH)
Robert Ariens  (UK)
Jef Arnout (BE)
Lars Asmis (CH)
Richard Aster (US)
Jan Astermark (SE)
Juan Badimon (US)
Trevor Baglin (UK)
Carlo Balduini (IT)
Trevor Barrowcliffe (UK)
Angelika Batarova (SI)
Javier Battle (ES)
Kenneth Bauer (US)
Iris Baumgartner (CH)
François Becker (FR)
Juerg Beer (CH)
Joel Bennett (US)
David Bergqvist (SE)
Michael Berndt (AU)
Erik Berntrop (SE)
Rogier Bertina (NL)
Rebecca Beyth (US)
Nick Bijsterveld (NL)
Bernd Binder (AT)
Victor Blanchette (CA)
Francesco Blasi (IT)
Jan Blatny (CZ)
Werner Blättler (CH)
Susan Bock (US)
Paul E Bock (US)
Wolfram Bode  (DE)
Françoise Boehlen (CH)
Igor Bokarev (RU)
Paula Bolton-Maggs (UK)
Nuala Booth (UK)
Annie Borel-Derlon (FR)
Brigitte Brand (CH)
Lawrence Brass (US)
Benjamin Brenner (IL)
Tim Brighton (AU)
George Broze (US)
Ulrich Budde (DE)
Harry Büller (NL)
James Bussel (US)
Rodney Camire (US)
Patrick Carpentier (FR)
Giancarlo Castaman (IT)
Marco Cattaneo (IT)
Jean-Pierre Cazenave (FR)
Chiara Cerletti (IT)
Anthony Chan (CA)
Rajendra Chaudary (IN)
Beng Chong (AU)
Frank C Church (US)
Douglas Cines (US)
Barry Coller (US)
Jacqueline Conard (FR)
Mark-Alan Creager (US)
Mark Crowther (CA)
Mary Cushman (US)
Ola E Dahl (UK)
Bjorn Dahlbäck (SE)
Bruce L Davidson (US)
Raimondo De Cristofaro (IT)
Vincenzo De Filippis (IT)
Philip de Groot (NL)
Moniek de Maat (NL)
Hans Deckmyn (BE)
Paul Declerck (BE)
Hervé Décousus (FR)
Jay Degen (US)
Demarmels (CH)
Franziska Biasiutti (CH)
Carl-Erik Dempfle (DE)
Martin Den Heijer (NL)
Cécile Denis (FR)
Michael Detmar (DE)
Dana Devine (CA)
Donna Di Michele (US)
Françoise Dignat-George (FR)
Janine Doerffler (CH)
Gerry Dolan (UK)
Maria Benedetta Donati (IT)
Jing-Fei Dong (US)
Russel Doolittle (US)
Ludovic Drouet (FR)
Xiaoping Du (US)
Sabine Eichinger (AT)
John W Eikelboom (CA)
Jeroen Eikenboom (IT)
Magdi El-Ekiaby (US)
Joseph Emmerich (FR)
Bernd Engelmann (DE)
Henry Eriksson (SE)
Anna Falanga   (IT)
Richard Farndale (UK)
Emanuel Favaloro (AU)
Rémi Favier (FR)
Augusto Federici (IT)
Jean-Noël Fiessinger (FR)
Garrett A. Fitzgerald (US)
Pierre Fontana (CH)
Ricardo Forastiero (AR)
Charles Francis (US)
Yoshihiro Fujimura (JP)
Barbara Furie (US)
Christian Gachet (FR)
Alexander S. Gallus (AU)
Jeffrey Ginsberg (CA)
David Ginsburg (US)
Samuel Goldhaber (US)
Alison Helena   Goodall (UK)
Jenny Goudemand (FR)
Peter J. Grant (UK)
Mike Greaves (UK)
Ian Greer (UK)
Andreas Greinacher (DE)
Paolo Gresele (IT)
John Griffin (US)
Jean-Christophe Gris (FR)
Yves Gruel (FR)
Marie-Claude Guillin (FR)
Paul Gurbel (US)
Katherine Hajjar (US)
Robert Handin (US)
Daniel   Hayoz (CH)
Catherine Hayward (CA)
Ulla Hedner (SE)
Johan WM Heemskerk (NL)
John Heit (US)
Coen Hemker (NL)
Stanley Heptinstall (UK)
Cedric Hermans (BE)
Andreas Hillarp (SE)
Paul Holvoet (BE)
Marie-Hélène Horellou (FR)
Marc Hoylaerts (BE)
Tur-Fu Huang   (CH)
Menno V. Huisman (NL)
Russel  D. Hull (CA)
James Huntington (UK)
A Ichinose (JP)
Yasuo Ikeda (JP)
Beat A Imhof (CH)
Jorgen Ingerslev (DK)
Martine Jandrot-Perrus (FR)
Jørgen Jespersen (DK)
Gerhard Johnson (US)
Brigitte Jude (FR)
Irène Juhan-Vague (FR)
Susan Kahn (CA)
Ajay K. Kakkar (UK)
Cécile Kaplan (FR)
Mehran Karimi (IR)
Clive Kearon (CA)
Beate Kehrel (DE)
Gili Kenet (IL)
Dermot Kenny (IE)
Craig Kessler (US)
Claudia Khayat (LB)
Manjunatha Kini (SG)
Steven Kitchen (UK)
Cornelis Kluft (NL)
Hanspeter Kohler (CH)
Koichi Kokame (JP)
Stavros Konstantinides (DE)
Jaap Koopman (NL)
Wolfgang Korte (CH)
Johana Kremer Hovinga (CH)
Steve Krilis (AU)
Sriram Krishnaswamy (US)
Nils Kucher (CH)
Thomas Kuhne (CH)
Satya Kunapuli (US)
Thomas Kunicki (US)
Paul Kyrle (AT)
Bernhard Lämmle (CH)
David A. Lane (UK)
Francois Lanza (FR)
Riitta Lassilla (FI)
Daniel A.Lawrence (US)
Grégoire Le Gal (FR)
Thomas Lecompte (FR)
Agnes Lee (CA)
Christiane Lee (CA)
Alain Leizorovicz (FR)
Peter J.Lenting (NL)
Stefan Lethagen (SE)
Marcel Levi (NL)
Jerrold Levy (US)
David Lillicrap (CA)
José A. Lopez (US)
Susan Lord (US)
Joseph Loscalzo (US)
Francois Mach (CH)
Ian J. Mackie (UK)
Nigel Mackman (US)
Michael Makris (UK)
Ziad Mallat (FR)
Maura Malone (US)
Marylin Manco-Johnson (US)
Christine Mannhalter (AT)
Pier M. Mannucci (IT)
Victor J. Marder (US)
Neville Marsh (AU)
Uri Martinowitz (IL)
Prasad Mathew (US)
Osamu Matsuo (JP)
Rodger McEver (US)
Robert Medcalf (AU)
Leonid Medved (US)
Joost C.M. Meijers (NL)
Koen Mertens (NL)
Guy Meyer (FR)
Alan Michelson (US)
Saskia Middeldorp (NL)
Lindsey A. Miles (US)
Patrick Mismetti (FR)
Toshiyuki Miyata (JP)
Paul Monagle (AU)
Manuel Monreal (ES)
Douglad Monroe (US)
Bob Montgomery (US)
Takahi Morita (JP)
Masaaki Moroi (JP)
Michael Mosesson (US)
Serge Motte (BE)
Dominique Mottier (FR)
Marguerite Neerman-Arbez (CH)
Claude Négrier (FR)
Michael Nesheim (CA)
Peter Newman (US)
Alan Nurden (FR)
Tor Ny (SE)
Johannes Oldenburg (DE)
Carl-Gustav Olsson (SE)
Bjarne Osterud (NO)
Willem H. Ouwenand (UK)
Yukio Ozaki (JP)
Ingrid Pabinger (AT)
Gualtiero Palareti (IT)
Bernard Payrastre (FR)
Jeremy Pearson (UK)
Kathelijne Peerlinck (BE)
Vittorio Pengo (IT)
Michael Pepper (ZA)
Gilles Pernod (FR)
David Perry (UK)
Flora Peyvandi (IT)
Franco Piovella (IT)
Leon Poller (UK)
Mortimer Poncz (US)
Bernd Pötzsch (DE)
Paolo Prandoni (IT)
Klaus Preissner (DE)
Martin H. Prins (NL)
Ed Pryzdial (CA)
Isabelle Quéré (FR)
Jacob H. Rand (US)
Koneti Rao (US)
Gary E. Raskob (US)
Michael Richards (UK)
Fred Rickles (US)
Marc Righini (CH)
George Rivard (CA)
Francesco Rodeghiero (IT)
Marc Rodger (CA)
Nadia Rosencher (FR)
Frits R. Rosendaal (NL)
Chantal Rothschild (FR)
Pierre-Marie Roy (FR)
Wolfram Ruf (US)
Zaverio M. Ruggeri (US)
J Evan Sadler (US)
Hidaki Saito
Hatem Salem (AU)
Charles-Marc Samama (FR)
Michel Samama (FR)
Olivier Sanchez (FR)
Per Morten Sandset (NO)
Elena Santagostino (IT)
Arthur Sasahara (US)
Marc Schapira (CH)
Sebastian Schellong (DE)
Alvin Schmaier (US)
Reinhard Schneppenheim (DE)
Sam Schulman (CA)
Jean-François Schved (FR)
Uri Seligsohn (IL)
Pierre Sié (FR)
Daniel Simon (US)
Michael Spannagl (DE)
Alok Srivastava (IN)
Darrel Stafford (US)
Beat Steiner (FR)
Johan Stenflo (SE)
Dudley Strickland (US)
Takashi Suzuki (JP)
Bernard Tardy (FR)
Cheng-Hok Toh (UK)
Douglas Tollefsen (US)
Mauro Torti (IT)
Alberto Tosetto (IT)
Paula Tracy (US)
Han-Mou Tsai (US)
Dimitrios Tsakiris (CH)
Edward G. Tuddenham (UK)
Adams Ty (UK)
Eric van Belle (FR)
HM van den Berg (NL)
Felix Van der Meer (NL)
Victor Van Hinsbergh (NL)
David Varon (IL)
Doug Vaughan (US)
Raymond Verhaeghe (BE)
Agnès Veyradier (FR)
Miikka Vikkula (BE)
Denisa D. Wagner (US)
Denis Wahl (FR)
Johannes Waltenberger (NL)
Chris M. Ward (AU)
Steve P. Watson (UK)
Christian Weber (DE)
Jeffrey Weitz (CA)
Philip Wells (CA)
Richard H. White (US)
Gilbert White II (US)
Lorna M. Williamson (UK)
Jerzy Windyga (PO)
Walter Wuillemin (CH)
X. Long Zheng (US)
Ariella Zivelin (IL)