Prof. Andrea Doria is Full Professor of Rheumatology and Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University School of Medicine. He is also Director of Postgraduate School on Rheumatology of University of Padua Professor Doria is a member of the Lupus Academy Steering Committee and co-Chaired the 4th Annual Meeting held in Rome 27th February-1st March 2015 and the 9th Annual Meeting held on-line 11-13th September 2020. He was the Chair of the 10th European Lupus Meeting, held in Venice (Italy) 5–8th October 2016. In 2016 he founded the European Lupus Society (SLEuro) and was the first President of the Executive Committee Professor Doria has organised over ten international conferences on autoimmunity and he has authored over 400 ISI publications on SLE and other connective tissue diseases. He is on the Editorial Boards of several rheumatology and immunology journals, including Lupus, Autoimmunity, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Autoimmunity Reviews, Journal of Autoimmunity, Experimental Biology and Medicine, Rheumatology Reports, Journal Autoimmunity Highlights and Reumatismo Professor Doria has long-standing experience in the clinical management of patients with connective tissue diseases as well as in the management and follow-up of pregnant patients with systemic rheumatic diseases