We are very pleased to announce that the following speakers have confirmed:

• Prof. Andreas Pfeiffer, Charitè, Berlin, Germany
• Prof. Luc van Loon, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• Dr. Sabita Soedamah-Muthu, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
• Prof. Ursula Schwab, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
• Prof. Leanne Hodson, University of Oxford, UK
• Prof. Miriam Cnop, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
• Prof. Koen Venema, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• Prof. John Sievenpiper, University of Toronto, Canada
• Prof. Mireille Serlie, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Prof. Louise Dye, University of Leeds, UK
• Prof. Andries Kalsbeek, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Prof. Helen Roche, University College Dublin, Ireland
• Prof. James Betts, University of Bath, UK
• Prof. Hanno Pijl, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
• Prof. Rikard Landberg, Chalmers University Goeteborg, Sweden
• Prof. Ellen Blaak, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• Prof. Gary Frost, Imperial College London, UK
• Dr. Courtney Peterson, University of Alabama, US