| John G F Cleland | National Heart &Lung Institute, National Institute of Health Research Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton &Harefield Hospitals, Imperial College |
| Burkert Pieske | Charite University Medicine |
| Gerasimos Filippatos | National and Kopodistrian University of Athens, Athens University Hospital Attikon |
| Mihai Gheorghiade | Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |