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Dear Colleague, |
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It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in a unique satellite meeting to be held in conjunction with the AD/PD conference in Sorrento, Italy. The one-day meeting will take place on March 9th at the Hilton Sorrento Palace, beginning promptly at 8:00 a.m. This meeting is part of a series of conferences that utilize debates as the primary means of advancing the field of research in Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders (the content of previous meetings can be found on the web site at http://www.worldeventsforum.com/alzheimer.html). |
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The debates in Sorrento include three topics with the following tentative schedule: |
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MARCH 9, 2005 - Hilton Sorrento Palace - Tritone Room |
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8:00 - 8:05 |
Welcome |
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8:05 - 10:05 |
DEBATE 1 |
Intracellular aggregates: poison or protection? |
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10:05-10:20 |
Break |
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10:20-12:20
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DEBATE 2
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Animal models of neurodegenerative disease: what are they good for? |
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12:20-13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-15:30
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DEBATE 3
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"What's in a name? AD, DLB, PD are different manifestations of common disease mechanisms" |
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Invited participants include: Lester (Skip) Binder, Claudio Cuello, Ted Dawson, Abraham Fisher, John Hardy, Kurt Jellinger, June Kinoshita, Frank LaFerla, Dale Schenk, Tony Wyss-Coray, Gunnar Gouras, Maria Spillantini, and John Trojanowski. |
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Due to the generous support made available through the Neurological Disease Foundation (www.n-d-f.org), the normal registration fee for this meeting ($100) has been greatly reduced to $25 for regular attendees and $10 for students and fellows (lunch and coffee included). To insure a place in this unique meeting, please register today at the following web site: http://www.worldeventsforum.com/alz/registration.htm. |
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We look forward to seeing you in Sorrento. |
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The Organizers, |
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Keith A. Crutcher
Steve Robinson
Dale Schenk
Mark Smith |
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