23rd Annual Meeting
Dear Colleagues
It is a great honor and pleasure for me to welcome you to the 23rd Annual Meeting of the International BFM Study Group which will be held in Santiago , from Friday April 20 to Sunday April 22, 2012.
The schedule of the meeting as always will include closed meeting, committee meetings and plenary sessions. So the meeting we will give us the chance to discuss the most important issues, new research data and exchange ideas.
The I-BFM meeting will be followed by the 8th Bi-Annual Childhood Leukemia Symposium, which will be held from Sunday April 22 to Tuesday April 24, 2012.The success of the bi-annual symposia organized formerly in Hannover was repeated in Celle, Noordwijkerhout, Glasgow and Antalya. Top experts of childhood leukemia, both clinical and experimental, come together in these meetings. We hope to combine this unique chance of international collaboration with a pleasant stay in Chile in April 2012.
In Chile you can enjoy diversity climate and landscapes; the driest deserts of the world, the imposing Andean mountain chain, the south lakes and volcanoes, and the southern area with its magic geography of channels and thousand-year-old glaciers. Special sites are Eastern Island, San Pedro de Atacama, vineyards in the central valley and Chilean Patagonia with Torres del Paine
Chile is also recognized by the excellent quality of its wines and its varied sea products.
We are delighted that for the first time these meetings will be held out from Europe.
We look forward to seeing you in Santiago.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Myriam Campbell
On Behalf of the Local Organizing Committee
The non-public annual meeting of of the I-BFM Study Group is a forum to discuss ongoing studies, general issues relating to leukemia and lymphoma and the development of collaborative clinical and laboratory projects.
In May 2011, the group held a very fruitful meeting in Gdansk, Poland.
Participation
The I-BFM study group meeting is a closed meeting. Participation is possible upon invitation by the chairs of the I-BFM SG. Each national group may submit names of attendees from their group which will be sent an invitation. Additionally, external observers can be invited if proposed to the chairman of the group.
Registration, accommodation, congress venue
see website: www.ibfm2012.org
Contact
For general inquiries please contact:
Chair of the Local Organizing Committee
Prof. Myriam Campbell
Hospital Roberto del Rio-Universidad de Chile
Department of Paediatric Haematology – Oncology.
Street Prof Alberto Zañartu 1085.Independencia
Santiago
Phone: +56-2-5758300
E-mail: myriamcampbelb@gmail.com
Congress Secretariat
Eventotal Ltda.
Tel: 56 – 2- 220 4553
Fax: 56 – 2- 224 14 81
Camino el Alba 8670 Of. 101 (esq. Apoquindo),
Las Condes
e-mail: i.cortes@eventotal.cl
www.eventotal.cl
to request an invitation please contact the Chair of the I-BFM study group:
I-BFM SG Administrative Office
Department of General Pediatrics
University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel
Schwanenweg 20
D-24105 Kiel
Germany
Mag. Michaela Gürtler
phone:+49 (0) 431-597 3794
Fax: +49 (0) 431-597-3966
e-Mail:
guertler-ibfm@pediatrics.uni-kiel.de