Srpsko udruženje za proučavanje gojaznosti                                                                                                                                                        Serbian Association for the Study of Obesity

19 - 21. June 2008 Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Plovdiv, one of the oldest cities in Europe, is a place of extraordinary beauty and is unique for its numerous historical and cultural monuments. It was founded 342 B.C.E. by Philipp of Macedonia under the name of Philippopolis and became the capital of the province Thrace in the Roman Empire under the name of Trimontium (City of Three Hills).

In the Antique Amphitheatre built by Emperor Marcus Aurelius during the II century A.D. theatre and opera performances are still staged on warm summer nights

 

Central European Diabetes Association (FID) Congress 2008

www.fid.at

 

 

23. International Danube-Symposium on Diabetes mellitus (FID)

- 3. Congress of the Central European Diabetes Association -

 

19 - 21. June 2008 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

The scientific programme consists of: 

 

     1. Lectures on up-to-date topics in diabetology, presented by leading experts from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other countries of Central Europe 

    2. Abstracts in all fields of clinical and experimental diabetology can be submitted by e-mail to the congress president – Assoc. prof. Theodora Temelkova-Kurktschiev (mc_rkoch@cablebg.net or congress@gmedc.eu ). Accepted abstracts can be presented as posters in German or in English. Deadline for abstracts submission is 30th April 2008

Accepted abstracts will be published in the journal „Diabetes, Stoffwechsel und Herz“. Information on authors instructions can be seen on  www.fid2008.com  

 

Congress registration:

Congress fee     (Euro)                         until April 30, 2008           after April 30, 2008

FID members                                                    100 .-                                140.-

Associated FID members, students                       50.-                                   70.-

Non-members                                                   140.-                                  180.-  

Further information on registration and hotel reservation is available on  www.fid2008.com   


Travel grants:

Authors, aged below 45 years, can apply for a travel grant of 500 € (in general this should be the first author of the abstract or there can be one applicant per abstract). Necessary requirements for the grant approval are 1. abstract acceptance, and 2. active FID-membership. The FID-membership can be applied for simultaneously with the applying for a travel grant (membership fee per year 10 Euro, homepage:  www.fid.at). Applications should be submitted to the secretary of the Association, Professor Dr. Raimund Weitgasser, Paracelsus Medizinische Privat-Universität, St. Johanns-Spital, Müllner Hauptstraße 48, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria (r.weitgasser@salk.at).

 

Prof. Theodora Temelkova-Kurktschiev, Sofia                Prof. Helmut Schatz, Bochum

 

Congress President                                                            FID-President

Official Journal of the
European Association
for the Study of Obesity
EASO

Editor-in-Chief
Johannes Hebebrand, Essen

Associate Editors
Ulrich Cuntz, Prien
Vojtech Hainer, Prague
Stephan Herpertz, Dortmund
Anja Hilbert, Marburg
Anke Hinney, Essen
Hans-Georg Joost, Potsdam
Susanne Klaus, Potsdam
Amelia Martí, Pamplona
Dragan Micic, Belgrade
Manfred J. Müller, Kiel
Thomas Reinehr, Datteln
Annette Schuermann, Potsdam
Thorkild Sørensen, Copenhagen
Matthias Tschöp, Cincinnati, OH
Haijun Wang, Beijing
Rudolf Weiner, Frankfurt/Main

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Srpsko udružnje za proučavanje gojaznosti, Institut za endokrinologiju, dijabetes i bolesti metabolizma 
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