Committee Members

Local organising committee

  • Matthias Pirlich, Local President
  • Kristina Norman
  • Dorothee Volkert
  • Stephan Bischoff
  • Johann Ockenga

Local scientific committee

  • Kristina Norman, Chair
  • Elisabeth Blüthner
  • Knut Mai
  • Monika Rau
  • Christian Stoppe
  • Jürgen Bauer
  • Anja Bosy-Westphal
  • Aileen Hill
  • Olga Ramich
  • Anja Sandek

Local educational committee

  • Frank Jochum, Chair          
  • Nicole Erickson
  • Kerstin Möcking
  • Lily Sester
  • Martin Smolich
  • Klaus Winckler
  • Gert Bischoff
  • Marc Martignoni
  • Diana Rubin
  • Christian Sina
  • Arved Weimann

Central executive committee

  • Stanislaw Klek,
    Chairman
  • Stéphane Schneider, Treasurer
  • Cristina Cuerda,
    General Secretary
  • Matthias Pirlich,
    President 2026

Central ESPEN scientific committee

  • Mireille J. M. Serlie, Chair
  • Francisca Joly, Permanent Member
  • Nicolaas E.P. Deutz, Permanent Member
  • Dileep Lobo, Editor Clinical Nutrition
  • Emanuele Cereda, Permanent Member
  • Claudia P. Heidegger, Permanent Member
  • Kristina Norman, Rotating Member

Central educational and clinical practice committee

  • Rosa Burgos Pelaez, Chair
  • Michela Zanetti, Physician
  • Kerstin Möcking, Nurse
  • Frank Jochum, Rotating Member
  • Simon Lal, Physician
  • Uchu Meade, Pharmacist
  • Darija Vranesic, Dietitian

Associated committees

IT Communication Officer

  • Marcin Folwarski

ESPEN Guidelines Officers

  • Laurence Genton
  • Arved Weimann

NEMS

  • Maurizio Muscaritoli
  • Cristina Cuerda

Malnutrition Awareness Week

  • Maria Ballesteros-Pomar

Clinical Nutrition Editors

  • Pierre Singer
  • Nicolaas Deutz
  • Ronan Thibault
  • Dileep Lobo

LLL Board Members

  • Rémy Meier, LLL Course Director
  • Regina Komsa, Kalliopi SA Poulia & Eliza Mei Francisco, LLL Co-Directors

Nutrition Day

  • Michael Hiesmayr
  • Silvia Tarantino

Important dates

Submissions open:
Thursday, 8 January 2026

Submission deadline:
Wednesday, 8 April 2026, 23:59 CEST

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