The International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences and the organizing committee of the 10th Annual Meeting of the IACS-ES would like to gratefully acknowledge several individuals and organisations for sponsorship of the following program:
1. IACS Program Fund for Howard Morgan, Bohuslav Ostadal, Jan Slezak (2), and Andras Varro Awards as well as for six other invited speakers,
2. IACS- European Section for Naranjan Dhalla Honorary Lecture Medal,
3. IACS Program Fund for four poster awards named after Karl Werdan and Attila Ziegelhoffer,
4. Slovak Society of Cardiology for sponzoring the distinguished speakers in the clinical subsections (3), Dr. Vladimir Jakovljevic for two poster awards named after Miloslav M. Kostic,
5. Dr. Roberto Bolli for Young Investigator Awards Competition,
6. Dr. Martin Morad for IACS-ES Young Investigator Awards Competition (11 travel grants, 2 finalists) and sponzoring the distinguished speakers (2).