Philippe Debonnaire (MD, PhD, FESC) is cardiologist at Sint-Jan Hospital Bruges, focusing on diagnostic and therapeutic advanced echocardiographic imaging applications, including structural heart disease and interventions. Additionally, he has developed expertise in cardiac amyloidosis, with active scientific publications (h-index 30) and (inter)national lectures. Dr Debonnaire is immediate BWGNICI past-president and current EACVI Scientific Initiatives Committee member. He leads the echocardiographic imaging fellowship program in his centre.

Prof. Dr. Antoine Bondue is Head of the Cardiology Department at HUB Erasme Hospital in Brussels, President of the Belgian Cardiac League, and President of the Belgian Council of Cardiovascular Genomics. He is a member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and a member of the European Council of Cardiovascular Genomics. Professor Bondue specializes in cardiomyopathies, cardiac amyloidosis, inherited cardiac conditions, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Olivier Lairez holds a position of professor at the University of Toulouse, France. He has both specialities of cardiologist and nuclear physician, which he practises at the Toulouse University Hospital, France.

He heads the cardiac imaging centre and the reference centre for cardiomyopathies and cardiac amyloidosis.

His research interests are focused on cardiomyopathies and cardiac aging leading to heart failure. 

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