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EAS President’s Report

EAS President’s Report. June 2010. Introduction of EC members Development of EAS infrastructure Membership drive Membership benefits Congress Atherosclerosis Journal Collaborations Relationship EAS/IAS/National Societies Corporate Partnerships Consensus Position Paper Initiative

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EAS President’s Report

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  1. EAS President’s Report June 2010

  2. Introduction of EC members • Development of EAS infrastructure • Membership drive • Membership benefits • Congress • Atherosclerosis Journal • Collaborations • Relationship EAS/IAS/National Societies • Corporate Partnerships • Consensus Position Paper Initiative • Educational Initiatives

  3. The Executive Committee

  4. Development of EAS Infrastructure • Establishment of the Gothenburg office • EAS has clearly identifiable headquarters • Appointment of Administrative Executive • Transfer of all bank accounts from Malmö to Gothenburg • Constitution revised and approved by members via EAS website • New database to improve membership administration

  5. Development of membership • New database to improve membership administration • Membership drive: • 1000+ members in 2009 • 600+ members in 2010

  6. EAS Membership Benefits • Member-rate registration fee* at EAS Congresses, Workshops and Symposia • Free online subscription to the EAS Journal Atherosclerosis • Free access to EAS-heartwire news feed service, in collaboration with theheart.org • Eligibility for EAS Travel Grants and other awards • Newsletters with information on EAS activities • Links to partner societies via EAS website • Eligibility of young investigators for EAS Educational Activities, such as Advanced Courses • 15% off Elsevier books via the EAS website *Note: applies for the following year only, e.g., EAS members 2010 are eligible for member-rate registration at EAS 2011 in Gothenburg.

  7. Registration Rates EAS 2010 Hamburg * Persons who were EAS members the preceding year (here, members 2009)

  8. EAS Congress - General • Renewal of contract with Kenes International (2009) • until completion of EAS 2012 Milan • continuity of high standards for future EAS Congresses • Creation of the new position of Special Advisor to the President in Matters relating to Congress Organization • appointment of Professor Marja-Riitta Taskinen • Definition of EAS policy documents • continuity and efficiency within our own organization • clarity and consistency in our ongoing professional relationships with other organizations

  9. EAS Congress – year-by-year • EAS 2010 Hamburg • EAS 2011 Gothenburg • Local and Scientific Program Committees engaged • Scientific Program almost complete • Plenary Speakers confirmed • Workshop/other speakers invited

  10. EAS Congress – year-by-year • EAS 2012 Milan • Appointment of Local and Scientific Program Committees underway • EAS 2013 • Site visits by EC representatives complete • Selection of Lyon, France as location for EAS 2013 • Appointment of Congress Chair/key organizers underway • EAS2014 • Bids welcome: deadline December 2010

  11. Atherosclerosis Journal • Appointment of Professor Steve Humphries as Editor-in-chief • Increase in journal's impact factor to 4.601 • Renegotiation by EAS of agreement with journal publishers, Elsevier • Reduction of EAS membership fees

  12. Collaborations – theHeart.org • With theHeart.org • Link to the EAS website via theheart.org homepage • increased visibility for the EAS and its Congresses • selected Newsfeed from theheart.org available for EAS members via the EAS website • Potential for educational videoconferences

  13. Collaborations - Guidelines • With ESC on the “European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice” • With ESC on the “European guidelines for the management of dyslipidemias” • Task force headed by Alberico Catapano and Zejlko Reiner

  14. Collaborations – Learned Societies • With other learned societies, e.g., by collaboration in Joint Sessions • ESC at ESC2009, Barcelona • ESC at ESC2010, Stockholm • IDF at IDF2009 Montreal • IAS at ISA2009, Boston • EACPR at EUROPREVENT 2009, Prague • ESC, EACPR, ICCR at EAS 2010 Hamburg and EAS 2011 Gothenburg

  15. Collaborations – National Societies • EAS Congress bids • Support of National Society meetings • Endorsement • Publicity via EAS website • Initiative to strengthen links between EAS and National Atherosclerosis Societies of European countries

  16. EAS membership - Individual • Individual membership fee • 40 € (over 35)/20 € (35 and under) • EAS is an affiliated member of IAS, like the national societies • EAS pays to IAS annual fee of $2 x (number of members)

  17. IAS Membership - Affiliation • Automatic membership of the IAS when you are a member of an IAS constituent society (National Atherosclerosis Society) • National Society pays annual fee of $3 x (number of members) to IAS

  18. IAS Membership Benefits • IAS Membership benefits: • reduced personal subscription to Atherosclerosis* • monthly IAS E-Newsletter (free) • monthly IAS E-Literature (free) *Online access to Atherosclerosis is free with EAS membership

  19. EAS/IAS/National Society relationship Individual membership fee EAS Individual members EAS membership benefits Collaborative projects andmutual support Affiliated membership fee Individual membership fee Nat. Soc. membership benefits IAS National Atherosclerosis Societies IAS membership benefits Affiliated membership fee

  20. EAS/IAS Links • Joint Workshops/Symposia, e.g., • IAS/EAS Eastern European Workshops • Izmir (2009) • Prague (2010) • Mutual support of Congress • Complimentary booth • EAS booth at ISA2009 Boston • IAS/ISA2012 booth at EAS 2010 Hamburg • EAS Young investigators reception at ISA2009 • Joint Scientific Sessions at Congress (2 Joint Workshop Sessions at ISA2009)

  21. EAS Corporate Partnership • New initiative starting 2010 • Agreements with industry partners to work in collaboration towards achieving our common goals • Our partners

  22. Speaker’s Bureau • New initiative starting 2010 – work in progress • Invitations to be sent to distinguished EAS members • Selected to participate in Educational Activities and events organized by EAS, some co-organized with Corporate Partners and/or IAS

  23. Consensus Position Paper Initiative • Consensus Position Paper Initiative • “A Critical Appraisal of the Scientific and Clinical Status of non-LDL-C lipid risk factors” by expert panel • Publication due 2010

  24. Educational Initiatives • 2009 • Summer School (initiated in 2006) 2009 • Joint Eastern European EAS/IAS Workshop, Sept 2008, Prague, Sept 2009, Izmir • 2010 • Joint Eastern European EAS/IAS Workshop, Sept 2010, Prague

  25. Proposals for the Future EAS Educational Program • Summer School, Advanced Course, Workshops • Educational Symposia • EAS Symposia in National Society meetings • Eastern European Workshops • EAS Accredited Workshops in Centers of Excellence • Open call for applications to organize these activities will be placed on the EAS website. • Applications will be evaluated by external reviewers before final selection and approval by the EC

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