Dear EPOS Members, Dear Doctors, The Scientific Programme has taken on shape - and we would like to introduce to you the newest additions to the programme of the EPOS 2012 Congress in Helsinki:
1. BAT Advanced Course On Wednesday morning, 18 April 2012, the EPOS BAT Advanced Course "Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita - an update" will kick- off the EPOS 2012 Annual Congress! The BAT Course is headed by Dr. Moeller Madsen, who will introduce the three hour course focussing on the cause and management of AMC. The course is subject to a fee of 30 EUR. For more information on speakers and topics, click here. For those who have already registered, an email will be sent within the next week, detailing how to amend your booking in order to register for this course.
2. Specialised Symposia On Thursday Afternoon, 19 April 2012, three Specialised Symposia will take place. These will take place in parallel from 2 - 4 PM. Please note that no abstract presentations will be taking place at this time. The Symposia are lead by Dr. Darko Anticevic, Prof. Ruediger Krauspe and Prof. Andreas Roposch respectively. As they are part of the programme, the participation is included in your registration fees. Specialised Symposium 1: Weak Bone Diseases Specialised Symposium 2: Sagittal plane problems in paediatric spine
Specialised Symposium 3: Outcomes in Paediatric Orthopaedic Research For those who have already registered, an email will be sent within the next week, detailing how to amend your booking in order to register for one of these symposia.
3. Star Alliance Airlines Appointed as Official Carrier for EPOS 2012 EPOS 2012 is happy to announce that the Star Alliance member airlines have been appointed as the Official Airline Network for the Annual Congress! This means that registered participants plus one accompanying person travelling to the event can qualify for a discount of up to 20%, depending on fare and class of travel booked. Discounts are offered on most published business and economy class fares, excluding website/internet fares, senior and youth fares, group fares and Round the World fares.For details on how to take advantage of this offer, visit: http://www.epos2012.org/epos2012/Star_Alliance.html The participating airlines for this event are: Scandinavian Airlines, Adria Airlines, Aegean Airlines, Air Cananda, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Blue1, bmi, Brussels Airlines, Contitnental Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EzyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, south African Airways, Spanair, SWISS, TAM Airlines, TAP Portugal, THAI, Turkish Airlines, United, US Airways. We advise you to book your flights as soon as possible, since Helsinki will be busy this year as it was appointed as World Design Capital 2012! Don't forget to book your hotel accommodation as well! Just 62 days left until EPOS 2012! We hope to welcome many of you there.
Best, EPOS 2012 Annual Congress