Congress President	David J. Kerr, Oxford/GB and Doha/QA
Scientific Committee Chair	Rolf A. Stahel, Zurich/CH
Educational Committee Chair	Andrés Cervantes, Valencia/ES
Press Officer	Fortunato Ciardiello, Naples/IT

Basic science and translational research	Marco A. Pierotti, Milan/IT, Chair Martin Fey, Bern/CH Carlos Caldas, Cambridge/GB Maria Grazia Daidone, Milan/IT Miguel Angel Piris, Madrid/ES Jacques Pouyssegur, Nice/FR
Breast cancer	Luca Gianni, Milan/IT, Chair John Crown, Dublin/IE Michele De Laurentiis, Naples/IT Wolfgand Eiermann, Munich/DE Christopher Poole, Coventry/GB Christoph Zielinski, Vienna/AT
Chest tumors	Jean-Charles Soria, Villejuif/FR, Chair Robert Pirker, Vienna/AT David Gandara, Sacramento/US Cesare Gridelli, Avellino/IT Luis Paz-Ares, Seville/ES Nagahiro Saijo, Osaka/JP David Waller, Leicester/GB
Developmental therapeutics	Johann de Bono, Sutton/GB, Chair Maja De Jonge, Rotterdam/NL Christian Dittrich, Vienna/AT Manuel Hidalgo, Baltimore/US Jan H. M. Schellens, Amsterdam/NL Anthony W. Tolcher, San Antonio/US
Gastrointestinal tumors, including colorectal	Jean-Yves Douillard, Nantes/FR, Chair Alberto Sobrero, Genoa/IT Eduardo Diaz-Rubio Madrid/ES Claus-Henning Koehne, Oldenburg/DE Carmelo Pozzo, Rome/IT Arnaud Roth, Geneva/CH Josep Tabernero, Barcelona/ES
Genitourinary tumors	Carsten Bokemeyer, Hamburg/DE, Chair Vesa Kataja, Kuopio/FI Maria De Santis, Vienna/AT Tim Eisen, Cambridge/GB Karim Fizazi, Villejuif/FR Thomas Powles, London/GB
Gynecological cancers	Jonathan Ledermann, London/GB, Chair Stan Kaye, Sutton/GB Andres Cervantes, Valencia/ES Angiolo Gadducci, Pisa/IT Curzio Ruegg, Epalinges/CH Ate van der Zee, Gronigen/NL
Head and neck cancer	Lisa Licitra, Milan/IT, Chair Amanda Psyrri, Athens/GR Jacques Bernier, Genolier/CH Vincent Gregoire, Brussels/BE Jean-Louis Lefebvre, Lille/FR Marshall Posner, Boston/US Martin Schlumberger, Villejuif/FR Roger Stupp, Lausanne/CH Michael Weller, Zurich/CH
Hematological malignancies and myeloma	Michele Ghielmini, Bellinzona/CH, Chair Martin Dreyling, Munich/DE Jean-Luc Harousseau, Nantes/FR Francesco Lo-Coco, Rome/IT Michael Pfreundschuh, Hamburg/DE Lena Specht, Copenhagen/DK
Oncology and public health	Hans H. Storm, Copenhagen/DK, Chair Andreas Ullrich, Geneva/CH David Brewster, Edinburgh/GB Lars Holmberg, London/GB Heinz Ludwig, Vienna/AT Hans-Jörg Senn, St. Gallen/CH
Palliative and supportive care	Jørn Herrstedt, Odense/DK, Chair Simon Van Belle, Ghent/BE J. Peter Donnelly, Nijmegen/NL Dorothy M.K. Keefe, Adelaide/AU Lukas Radbruch, Aachen/AU Fausto Roila, Perugia/IT
Sarcoma, melanoma and rare tumors	Paolo G. Casali, Milan/IT, Chair Jean-Yves Blay, Lyon/FR Alessandro Gronchi, Milan/IT Pancras C.W. Hogendoorn, Leiden/NL Axel Le Cesne. Villejuif/FR Patrick Schöffski, Leuven/BE

Honorary Chair	Umberto Veronesi, Milan
Executive Chair	Roberto Labianca, Bergamo
	Francesco Boccardo, Genoa
	Paolo G. Casali, Milan
	Francesco Cognetti, Rome
	Filippo De Braud, Milan
	Sergio Dompé, Milan
	Marina Garassino, Milan
	Giovanni Rosti, Treviso

Educational Steering Committee	R. A. Stahel, Zurich/CH (Chair) A. Cervantes, Valencia/ES N. Pavlidis, Athens/GR M. Dicato, Luxembourg/LU M. Cullen, Birmingham/GB F. Ciardiello, Naples/IT
Exam Committee Chair	C. Bokemeyer, Hamburg/DE
Faculty Coordinators	L. Licitra, Milan/IT E. Felip, Barcelona/ES C.H. Koehne, Oldenburg/DE F. André, Villejuif/FR A. Poveda, Valencia/ES C. Sternberg, Rome/IT P. Casali, Milan/IT H. Schouten, Maastricht/NL J. B. Vermorken, Edegem/BE M.A. Pierotti, Milan/IT H.J. Senn, St. Gallen/CH M.S. Aapro, Genolier/CH M.A. Dicato, Luxembourg/LU J. Mackay, London/GB J. Wagstaff, Swansea/GB R. Stupp, Lausanne/CH S.J.P. Van Belle, Ghent/BE K. Fizazi, Villejuif/FR C.J.A. Punt, Nijmegen/NL H. Kosmidis, Athens/GR R. Eckert, Wendlingen, DE