Luciano Bertocchi (ICTP, Trieste), Franco Milano (University of Florence, Italy), John Oshinski (Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA), Renato Padovani (ICTP Trieste), Bregant Paola (Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina (ASU GI), Trieste), Perry Sprawls (Emory University, Atlanta, USA), Magdalena Stoeva (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria & IOMP), Slavik Tabakov (King''s College London, UK & IUPESM), Sameer Tipnis (Medical University of South Carolina, USA), Local Organiser: Renato Padovani (ICTP)