Meeting Organizers
Every three years ACTRIMS and ECTRIMS organize a joint meeting to encourage knowledge exchange and bring together MS professionals from around the world. The triennial joint meeting is alternately hosted in North America and Europe.
Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS): ACTRIMS was established in 1995 and provides leadership in the field of MS and other demyelinating diseases. Guided by a volunteer Board of Directors, ACTRIMS offers thought leadership and collaboration, including an annual forum for MS clinicians and researchers in the North America to learn about, discuss and debate advances in MS research and clinical care. ACTRIMS met jointly with ECTRIMS for the first time during the 1999 meeting, held in Basel, Switzerland, and continues to do so every three years. This triennial meeting in 2014 marks the sixth collaboration with ECTRIMS.
European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS): ECTRIMS was established in 1982 and has the mission to foster collaboration of clinicians and researchers to elucidate the pathophysiology and cause of MS and develop new treatments. It offers an annual meeting that attracts MS neurologists and researchers from around the world. ECTRIMS activities are governed by an Executive Committee elected from delegates of MS societies from 33 European countries. 2014 marks the 30th meeting of ECTRIMS.
Joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS Meeting History1999: First triennial meeting hosted by ECTRIMS, Basel, Switzerland2002: Second triennial meeting hosted by ACTRIMS, Baltimore, Maryland, USA2005: Third triennial meeting hosted by ECTRIMS, Thessaloniki, Greece2008: Fourth triennial meeting hosted by ACTRIMS in collaboration with LACTRIMS, Montréal, Canada2011: Fifth triennial meeting with hosted by ECTRIMS in collaboration with LACTRIMS, Amsterdam, Netherlands2014: Sixth triennial meeting hosted by ACTRIMS, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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2014 Joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS Meeting Committee MembersSteering CommitteeSuhayl Dhib-Jalbut (US), ACTRIMS President and ChairJack Antel (CA), ACTRIMS President ElectMark Freedman (CA), ACTRIMS Secretary/TreasurerJerry Wolinsky (US), ACTRIMS Past PresidentJeffrey Cohen (US), ACTRIMS Director, SPC and SRC ChairMaria Trojano (IT), ECTRIMS PresidentXavier Montalban (ES), ECTRIMS Vice PresidentDavid Miller (UK), ECTRIMS Secretary GeneralPer Soelberg Sørensen (DK), ECTRIMS TreasurerMichel Clanet (FR), ECTRIMS Past PresidentPaul O’Connor (CA), ACTRIMS Director and MemberHoward Weiner (US), LOC Chair
Scientific Program Committee (SPC)Jeffrey Cohen (US), ACTRIMS Director and ChairPeter Calabresi (US) Jorge Correale (AR) Suhayl Dhib-Jalbut (US) Mark Freedman (CA)Gavin Giovannoni (UK) Ralf Gold (DE) Bernhard Hemmer (DE)Matilde Inglese (US)Tanja Kuhlmann (DE)Xavier Montalban (ES)Tomas Olsson (SE)Maria Trojano (IT)Emmanuelle Waubant (US)
Teaching Courses CommitteeJerry Wolinsky (US), ACTRIMS Director and ChairPer Soelberg Sørensen (DK), Co-ChairAmit Bar-Or (CA) Roland Liblau (FR) Catherine Lubetzki (FR) Samuel Ludwin (CA) Aaron Miller (US) David Miller (UK)
Scientific Review Committee (SRC)Jeffrey Cohen (US), ACTRIMS Director and ChairMaria Pia Amato (IT)Doug Arnold (CA)Alberto Ascherio (US)Laura Balcer (US)Frederik Barkhof (NL)Amit Bar-Or (CA)Ralph Benedict (US)Christopher Bever (US)Bruno Brochet (FR)Wolfgang Brück (DE)Peter Calabresi (US)William Carroll (AU)Tanuja Chitnis (US)Michel Clanet (FR)Manuel Comabella (ES)Giancarlo Comi (IT)Jorge Correale (AR)Fiona Costello (CA)Nicola De Stefano (IT)Suhayl Dhib-Jalbut (US)Gilles Edan (FR)Franz Fazekas (AT)Massimo Filippi (IT)Elizabeth Fisher (US)Robert Fox (US)Mark Freedman (CA)Ralf Gold (DE)Myla Goldman (US)Andrew Goodman (US)Fernando Gracia (PA)Ari Green (US)Katrin Gross-Paju (EE)Eva Havrdová (CZ)Bernhard Hemmer (DE)Jan Hillert (SE)Reinhard Hohlfeld (DE)Matilde Inglese (US)Ludwig Kappos (CH)Jurg Kesselring (CH)Lauren Krupp (US)Tanja Kuhlmann (DE)Annette Langer-Gould (US)Hans Lassmann (AT)Catherine Lubetzki (FR)Fred Lublin (US)Samuel Ludwin (CA)Miguel Macias (MX)Ruth Ann Marrie (CA)Paul Matthews (UK)Luanne Metz (CA)Ariel Miller (IL)David Miller (UK)Xavier Montalban (ES)Robert Naismith (US)Paul O'Connor (CA)Tomas Olsson (SE)Daniel Pelletier (US)Sean Pittock (US)Carlo Pozzilli (IT)Alexandre Prat (CA)Naraporn Prayoonwiwat (TH)Michael Racke (US)Sreeram Ramagopalan (UK)Jordi Rio (ES)Alexandre Rovira (ES)Takahiko Saida (JP)Jaume Sastre-Garriga (ES)Neil Scolding (UK)Benjamin Segal (US)Krzysztof Selmaj (PL)Nancy Sicotte (US)Per Soelberg Sørensen (DK)Maria Pia Sormani (IT)Olaf Stuve (US)Alan Thompson (UK)Mar Tintore (ES)Anthony Traboulsee (CA)Helen Tremlett (CA)Maria Trojano (IT)Rhonda Voskuhl (US)Emmanuelle Waubant (US)Brian Weinshenker (US)Timothy West (US)Jerry Wolinsky (US)V Wee Yong (CA)Frauke Zipp (DE)
Local Organizing Committee (LOC)Howard Weiner (US), ChairRohit Bakshi (US) Tanuja Chitnis (US) Philip de Jager (US)
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Collaborating Partners
Association Management Partners & Executive Directors (AMPED)AMPED provides full association management services for ACTRIMS and principal oversight of the 2014 Joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS Meeting.
Lynda J. Patterson, Managing DirectorMarechiel Santos-Lang, Director of Meetings & EventsBrittany Olson, Exhibits and Support ManagerKim Striebel, Financial ManagerEmily Viles, Program AssistantJeanne Rosen, Graphics & DesignAnn Nelson, Communications SpecialistEmily Wiseman, Administrative SupportTrish Larson, Administrative Support
Opus 3 Opus 3 inc is a Montréal based professional congress organizer engaged by ACTRIMS to handle all of the logistics for the 2014 Joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS Meeting.
Alain Rogala, PresidentJocelyne Cardinal, Vice-PresidentAlain Brissette, Logistics DirectorMarilyn Lessard, Logistics CoordinatorAlexandre Boutin, Registration CoordinatorCatherine Laramee, Media CoordinatorBeatrice Laham, Media & Graphics SupportAnne-Lucie Lamarre, Logistics SupportMarc-Andre Brazeau, Exhibitions CoordinatorDanielle St-Onge, Financial Manager
Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis CentersThe Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers is the joint sponsor acting as the ACCME-accredited provider of CME and in that role is responsible for ensuring that the content of this educational activity conforms to the ACCME Criteria for Accreditation and Standards for Commercial Support.
June Halper, Executive DirectorCorey FordSteve PassinDenise Doyle
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