IFCC Office
The IFCC Office
The IFCC Office is based in Milan and it is responsible for
carrying out, under the direction of the EB and in conjunction with
Division and Committee members, all the administrative and
communication activities of the Federation. The IFCC Office reports
to the EB through the Secretary.
The IFCC Office is responsible for the efficient administration
of IFCC affairs and maintains the Archives of the organization. The
IFCC Office is responsible for day to day financial operations, for
all contacts with Member societies and it also assists the regional
organizations with which the IFCC has agreements. The IFCC
Office is staffed by two full-time and one part-time paid
employees.
Paola Bramati, in IFCC since 2005, is responsible for the
contacts with the Executive Board Members. She is in charge for the
activities related to the IFCC membership (Full Members, Affiliates
and Corporate), as well as the Scientific Division, Task Forces and
Administrative duties linked to IFCC Finances.
Paola's background is connected to communication, tourism and
marketing. Before joining IFCC, she has been working for more than
15 years in the airline business, dealing with day to day
passengers' operations, sales, marketing and pricing. Her
education is related to foreign cultures and languages, as she had
the chance to study abroad learning English, Spanish, French and
German.
Silvia Cattaneo, in IFCC since February 2010, is in charge for
the activities of the Congresses and Conferences Committee, as well
as of the Education and Management Division. She is also the
contact person inside the IFCC Office for the European Federation
of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFCC).
Silvia has a past as Congress Organizer. For more than two
decades she collaborated with the Italian Society of Clinical
Chemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology where she was
responsible for the organization of the educational activities.
Silvia has strong organizational skills and a great aptitude for
analysing problems and developing solutions as well as creating
logical working procedures.
Silvia C-L, in IFCC since January 2011, is in charge for the
activities of the Communication and Publications Division as
well as those related to IFCC special projects, such as
Professional Exchange Programmes, Scholarships and Awards.
Silvia C-L has been working in the communication industry for
more than a decade and she is responsible for the office activities
for two Italian scientific Associations. She is also responsible
for the press desk and the communication activities for some
Italian and international companies, managing the relations with
the press and carrying on all the PR activities on their
behalf.