EASI International is on the one hand the EASI forum » (a group of all speakers of the National EASI teams) and on the other hand the much smaller EASI core group » who gives ideas and proposals to the EASI forum. These two closely co-working groups have own projects, such as international multicenter studies, and they build the network between the national teams » . 

EASI Core Group in 2002: J-C Piette, A Wiik, P-L Meroni, Y Shoenfeld, C Kallenberg, M Khamashta, A Sundset, RE Schmidt, M Haass

The role of Phadia
EASI was initiated by Allan Wiik and the diagnostic company Phadia in 2002. Internationally as well as nationally, Phadia supports EASI by organizing the meetings, the meeting rooms, the EASI conference etc. However, no EASI member receives any financial support. Neither travel expenses nor accomodation costs nor any other financial compensation are payed by Phadia to avoid any competing interests. Phadia does not influence any decisions, publications or studies of the EASI groups.