17th Conference of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation
Pécs (Hungary), 6-9 July 2013
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Minutes of the Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

The meeting of the ESCHM Advisory Committee was held during the 17th European Conference on Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation in Pecs (Hungary) on July 8th, 2013 at 12.30.

Members present: K. Toth (Hungary), S. Aydoga and O. Baskurt (Turkey), P. Connes (guest) and J-F. Brun (Guadeloupe and France), S. Forconi, T. Gori, G. Caimi and M. Rossi (Italy), W. Reinhart (Switzerland), C. Saldanha (Portugal), N. Antonova (President, Bulgaria), I. Velcheva (Bulgaria), F. Jung, R.P. Franke; D. Clevert (Germany), E. Roitman (Russia), S. Shin (guest, South Korea), G.B. Nash (UK), M. Fornal (Poland).

Communications of the President of the ESCHM, Nadia Antonova

The president welcomes all members of the ESCHM and expresses her satisfaction for the organization of the 17th Conference on Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation and for the great number of scientists who contributed with their work and presentations to make this Conference a success. Prof. Antonova also thanks the local organizing committee for their contribution to the organization of the congress.

Prof.  Koller, Secretary General of the European Society of Microcirculation, expresses, on behalf of the ESM, the interest in further strengthening the cooperation between Societies.
Prof. Antonova informs the Committee that the mandate of the President of the ESCHM is expiring and should be renewed. She asks the participants if there are proposals for the name of the new President. Prof. Baskurt proposes the name of Prof. Toth and Prof. Jung proposes the name of Prof. Gori as candidates. After a vote with secret ballot, Prof. Gori was elected. Prof. Gori expresses his gratitude to the Advisory Committee for this honor.

Following the election of the President, three Vice-Presidents have to be elected. Having heard the suggestions of the Advisory Committee, Prof. Gori proposes Prof. Reinhart, Prof. Toth and Dr. Brun. All three candidates are accepted unanimously by the Advisory Committee.

As the mandate of the members of the ESCHM is expiring, Prof. Antonova asks the Presidents of the European societies to communicate the names of the new members.

Prof. Shin, Prof. Baskurt and Dr. Connes mention the existence of the risk of a possible overlap among society meetings in the summer of 2015. After discussion, the committee votes that the next European Conference will be held in 2016. Candidate cities are Moscow, Lisbon and Kraków. Representatives of each bid are asked to make a short presentation, and Prof. Rossi reports on the progresses of the organization of the next ESM meeting to be held in Pisa in 2015. After a vote, the city of Lisbon (Portugal) is chosen. The conference will be organized and chaired by Prof. Saldanha.
 
The meeting is adjourned at 14.30.

Tommaso Gori
President of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Minutes of the Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation (ESCHM) held in Pontresina, June-July 2009
To all the members of the Advisory Committee of the European Society for Clinical Haemorheology and Microcirculation (ESCHM)

Sofia, October 20, 2009

Dear colleagues - members of the Advisory Committee of the ESCHM,

At the end of these 4 months following the Pontresina Conference in 2009 I would like to inform you about the results achieved.
The 15th Conferences of the European Society of Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation (ESCHM) in Pontresina/St. Moritz, Switzerland (June 28th – July 1st, 2009), organized by Prof. Walter H. Reinhart, MD, Chur, was full of valuable scientific contributions (http://www.congress-info.ch/eschm2009): plenary lectures by Sandro Forconi, Shu Chien, Tommaso Gori, Herb Meiselman, Gerard Nash, the Fahraeus award lecture, and a special lecture on high altitude physiology by Peter Bärtsch from the University of Heidelberg, accompanied by symposia, oral presentations and poster sessions covering the whole field of Hemorheology and Microcirculation.
During the Pontresina meeting Prof. Friedrich Jung from Dresden, Germany has been honored with the Fahraeus Medal Award and the Laudatio has been given by Dr. Mike Rampling (London) – the Fahraeus Medal Award winner from the Dresden Conference. The Conference report about the Pontresina meeting has just been published in J. Applied Rheology by Prof. W. Reinhart.

All the acts and the decisions regarding the Society has been and will be shared on the web site of the ESCHM, which will be regularly updated (please, take a look at it now: http://www.esch.unisi.it/) or http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/asso/esch/index.htm or simply type ESCHM with Google. From the web site you can get all the possible information regarding the activities of the ESCHM and of the last Conferences. The Pontresina Proceedings will be published in a Special Issue of Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation after the usual reviewing procedures.
During the 15th Conference of the ESCHM a meeting of the Editorial Board of J. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation and the Head of journal department Mrs. Marleen Berfelo at the IOS Press was held. The journal is well developed and its Impact factor has gone up to 1.814 for 2008. We take the occasion for thanking the Editorial Staff of Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation at the IOS Press for their precious collaboration.
 
During the 15th Pontresina Conference the new Council of the European Society of Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation has been elected:
President: Dr. Nadia Antonova (Bulgaria) (President of the Bulgarian Society of Biorheology and Member of the Department of Biodynamics and Biorheology at the Institute of Mechanics and Biomechanics to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia)
Vice-Presidents: Prof. Lajos Bogar (Hungary) (President of the Hungarian Society of Haemorheology and Member of the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the University of Pecs), Prof. Gregorio Caimi MD (President of the Italian Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation) and PhD Dr. Dirk Clevert from Germany (Vice-president of the German Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation and Associate Professor at the University München, Head of the Interdisclinary Center of Ultrasound, Department of Radiology).
Prof. Friedrich Jung will remain as Past President as well as Prof. Sandro Forconi as Honorary President.
It was decided the next meeting – the 16th Conference of the ESCHM to be a joint meeting with the International Society of Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation (ISCH) and the International Society of Biorheology (ISB) (3 Societies Meeting) and to be held in Munich in 2011. Prof. Clevert will be the President of the 16th Conference and of the Meeting. The Advisory Board nominated also two delegates for the coordination among the three Societies: Dr. F. Jung (past-president of ESCHM) and Dr. N. Antonova (president of ESCHM). They will be members of the proposed and accepted a 6-person scientific/program committee of the future joint meeting with 2 people from each society. 
Two months after the Pontresina Conference in cooperation with the European Society of Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation in Borovets resort, Bulgaria the 3rd Eurosummer School on Biorheology & Symposium on Micro and Nano Mechanics and Mechanobiology of Cells, Tissues and Systems (August 29th – September 2nd, 2009) (http://www.biorheo2009.bsb-bg.eu) was held too. This is the third meeting, organized by the Bulgarian Society of Biorheology in cooperation with the European Society of Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation (ESCHM) and a co-organizer - the Institute of Mechanics and Biomechanics to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Thе meeting was important for the future investigations and collaboration, encouraging new generation of students, postgraduate students and young researchers in this area. There was an interest from the most of the participants in the next similar meetings to be held the future.

I do hope that the new Council will act well for the Society and I can guarantee my full co-operation for the future. I am also sure that during the Munich Conference in 2011 we shall meet together in that friendship mood which has always been a characteristic of our meetings. I do hope too that the Council will aim at high international standing and will keep the excellent level of our Society to adapt it to the future needs.

I wish you all fruitful cooperation in the future.
Best regards.

Nadia Antonova
President of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation
14th Conference of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation
Dresden (Germany), 28.6.2007
 
Minutes of the Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

The meeting of the ESCHM Advisory Committee has been held during the 14th European Conference on Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation in Dresden (Germany) on June 28th, 2007 at 16.30.

Members present: Lajos Bogar, Kalman Toth (Hungary), Samy Aydogan, Oguz Baskurt (Turkey), Herb Meiselman (USA), Max Hardeman (The Netherlands), Sandro Forconi, Marco Rossi (Italy), Bo Sandhagen (Sweden), Walter Reinhart (Switzerland), Carlota Saldanha, Joao Martins e Silva (Portugal), Amparo Vaya (Spain), Nadia Antonova, Irena Velcheva (Bulgaria), Ralf-Peter Franke, Bernhard Angelkort, Helmut Langraf (Germany, Jai-Wun Park (without the right to vote)

The president asks Prof. J.-W. Park to assist him in the compilation of the minutes of the meeting.

Communications of the President of ESCHM, Friedrich Jung

The president welcomes all members of the ESCHM and expresses his satisfaction for the organization of the 14th Conference on Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation and for the great number of scientists who contributed with their work and presentations to make this Conference a success. Prof. Jung also thanks the local organizing committee for their contribution to the organization of the congress.

Prof. Jung recalls that the mandate of the President of the ESCHM is expiring and should be renewed. He asks the participants if there are proposals for the name of the new President. Prof. Forconi proposed the name of Prof. Jung and the Board unanimously accepted this nomination by acclamation.

As second point of the agenda three Vice-Presidents had to be elected. The proposal came directly from Prof. Jung who thanked the Advisory Committee for his election. He proposed Nadia Antonova, Amparo Vaya and Gregorio Caimi. All three candidates were accepted unanimously by the Advisory Committee.

As the mandate of the members of the ESCHM is expiring, Prof. Jung asked the Presidents of the European societies to communicate the names of the new members.

Herb Meiselman remembers that the 13th Congress of Biorheology and the 6th Conference on Clinical Hemorheology will take place at the Penn State University. Prof. Jung will organize a session of the ESCHM and visit the ISB/ISCH meeting.

After a wide discussion it has been decided that the next European Conference will be held in Chur (Switzerland), organized and chaired by Prof. Walter Reinhart.
There is interest for 2011 from Hungary and Turkey to organize the following Conferences.
 
The meeting was closed at 18.00.

13th European Conference on Clinical Hemorheology
Siena (Italy), 26-29 June 2005

Minutes of the Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology

The Meeting of the ESCH Advisory Committee has been held during the 13th European Conference on Clinical Hemorheology in Siena (Italy) on June 27th, 2005 at 12.30.

At the meeting take also part the other participants to the Congress who have been invited to stay (without the right to vote) by the present members of the Council of the ESCH (Forconi, Stoltz, Boisseau, Jung, Vaya ) who discussed this proposal before.

The president asks his assistant Luca Trabalzini to help him in the compilation of the minutes of the Meeting, which will be recorded with the consent of the participants.

The President of the ESCH Prof. Sandro Forconi expresses his satisfaction for the organization of the 13th Conference of the European Society of Clinical Hemorheology and for the great number of scientists who contributed with their researches of great scientific interest to the success of the meeting. Prof. Forconi also thanks the components of the local organizing committee for their contribution to the organization of the event.

1. Prof. Forconi recalls that the mandate of the President of the ESCH is expiring and should be renewed: he asks the participants if there are proposals from the members of the Advisory Committee for the name of the new President (he cannot be re-elected for another term according the Constitution of the Society): as there are no names proposed from the assembly he propose the name of Prof. Friedrich Jung as new President of the ESCH and the Board unanimously accepts this nomination by acclamation

2. Prof. Forconi introduces the second point of the agenda: the nomination of the 3 vice-presidents of the ESCH. The proposals come directly from the new President Prof. Jung who thanks the Advisory Committee for the nomination and propose the names of Claude Le Devehat (France), Gregorio Caimi (Italy) and Nadia Antonova (Bulgaria): all the names are accepted unanimously by the Advisory Committee.

3. Prof. Forconi introduces the theme of the choice of the next seat of the European Conference, which should be held in 2007: Prof. Jung proposal is Dresden (Germany) as seat of the next Conference of the ESCH and the Assembly agrees. Prof. Forconi asks the members of the Advisory Committee to formulate alternative proposals for the seat of the following Conference (2009) but no proposals seem to emerge at the moment.

4. Prof. Forconi asks the members of the Advisory Committee for suggestions or for general comments regarding the activity of the Society: Prof. Maiselmann recalls that in 2008 there will be in the USA the International Conference of the ISB-ISCH and hopes that the collaboration between the Hemorheological Societies will proceed in that occasion, as during the Siena meeting where a symposium has been organized by the ISCH; Prof. Forconi and Prof. Jung also hope that this collaboration will be enhanced in the next years. Prof. Jung at this point would like to discuss another proposal regarding the name of the Society: according to the new President the name of the Society should be “European Society of Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation” as Microcirculation plays an important role in the scientific interests of the members of the ESCH and of the participants to the Conference: Prof. Forconi supports this idea (the same change has been proposed and accepted both for the Italian and for the German Societies); the assembly unanimously approves. Prof. Brun also have a proposal: Prof. Forconi should be nominated Honorary President of the ESCHM; the decision is unanimously accepted by the members of the Advisory Committee and Prof. Forconi express his gratitude for this deliberation.

After this last point, having discussed all the topics of the agenda, the meeting is closed at 13.00.

12th European Conference on Clinical Hemorheology
Sofia, 22-26 June 2003

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL HAEMORHEOLOGY

The Meeting of the ESCH Advisory Committee has been held during the 12th European Conference on Clinical Hemorheology in Sofia on June 24th, 2003 at 13.00.

The following members are presents:
S. Forconi , G. Caimi , F. Laghi Pasini (Italy), J. F. Stoltz , C. Le Devehat (France), F. Jung (Germany), S.I. Bernath, G. Kesmarky, E. Pongracz (Hungary), A. Vayá , M. T. Contreras (Spain), M. Rampling (UK), O. K. Baskurt (Turkey), P. Riha (Czech Republic), I. Tihkomirova (Russia), G. Mchedlishvili (Georgia), N. Antonova (Bulgary).

Members who have delegated the President:
G. Nenci, R. Delsignore (Italy), P. Nguyen (France), C. Saldanha, J. Martins e Silva (Portugal), G. Lowe (UK), M.R. Hardeman (Netherlands), D. Koutsouris, C. Mircioiu (Greece)

M.R.Boisseau (France) delegated C. Le Devehat
H. Landgraf (Germany) delegated F. Jung
A. Muravyov (Russia) delegated I. Tihkomirova
The Hungarian delegation, indicated by the President of the Hungarian Society Prof. K.Toth, is composed by S.I. Bernath, G. Kesmarky, E. Pongracz

28 members on a total of 37 are represented.

At the meeting take also part the other participants to the Congress who have been invited to stay (without the right to vote) by the present members of the Council of the ESCH (Forconi, Stoltz, Antonova, Riha) which discussed this proposal before.

The president asks Prof. Franco Laghi Pasini to assist him in the compilation the minutes of the Meeting.

Communications of the President of the ESCH Prof. Sandro Forconi:

1. The President of the ESCH Prof. Sandro Forconi expresses his satisfaction for the organization of the 12th Conference on Clinical Hemorheology and for the great number of researchers who have contributed with their work of great scientific interest to the success of the Congress. Prof. Forconi also thanks Dr. Nadia Antonova for her efforts and for the organization of the event. Prof. Forconi expresses his gratitude to all the members who voted for him in the Faraheus award: this prize represents a great achievement and a sign of continuity in the field of clinical hemorheology.

2. Prof. Forconi recalls that the mandate of the members of the ESCH is expiring and should be renewed: therefore he invites the Presidents of the various national Societies and Groups to communicate the name of the renewed and/or of the new members.

3. Prof. Forconi remembers that from September 08, 2004 to September 10, 2004 will be held in Lisbon (Portugal) the 23rd European Conference on Microcirculation, organized by Prof. J. Martins e Silva (as Honorary President) and Prof. Carlota Saldanha. On this occasion a Hemorheologic Session will be organized and so the members of the advisory board are invited to present their proposals.

4. Prof. Forconi introduces the theme of the choice of the next seat of the European Conference, which should be held in 2005: at the moment the names of the cities which have been proposed are: Yaroslavl (Russia), Bari (Italy) and Siena (Italy). Prof. Baskurt underlines the fact that in 2005 in China will be held the Congress of the International Society for Clinical Hemorheology and of the International Society of Biorheology. In the discussion which follows it is underlined the opportunity of a more strong collaboration among the 3 rheological Societies and the future contacts among their Presidents will try to concentrate on a single city the seat of the next Conferences.

After a wide discussion it has been decided that the next European Conference will be held in Siena, probably on June, 27-29, 2005; Prof. Forconi will discuss with the President of the ISCH (Prof. Baskurt) the possibility of the fusion of the ESCH with the ISCH and will keep informed the President of the ISB, Prof. E. O'Rear. The two Presidents will be helped in this duty by Prof. Jung for the ESCH and by Prof. Toth for ISCH. Prof. Nash thinks that the ISB has no great interest in a fusion with the other two clinical Societies.

5. Prof. Forconi points out that, as the Presidents of the different national societies or groups, also his mandate as President of the ESCH is expiring. The Board decides unanimously to renew the mandate of President of the ESCH to Prof. Sandro Forconi, who accepts. After the election of the President, there is the nomination of Prof. Boisseau, Prof Jung and Prof. Vaya as Vice-presidents. The assembly unanimously approves.

After the election, having discussed all the topics of the list, the meeting is closed at 14.30.