26th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invitation to 6th International Symposium on Pneumococci & PneumococcalDiseases, ISPPD-6, 8 -12 June 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland

walter marget educational workshop

Each year ESPID sponsors an educational workshop for 20 trainees at the annual meeting. The workshop is clinically oriented and interaction between trainees and the faculty is strongly encouraged.
The goals and objectives of the workshop are:

To discuss, in depth, management of common infectious diseases in children
To provide tools to cope with common problems in paediatric infectious diseases
To present updated knowledge on common paediatric infectious disease problems
To conduct discussions among participants on the management of common problems
To provide guidelines for dealing with the problems under discussion

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
By invitation only
Saturday, May 17, 2008

	TITLE: ADVANCES IN ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY
09:00 - 09:10	Introduction and aim of the workshop – Carlo Giaquinto, Italy
09:15 - 10:00	Practical implication of Antibiotics pharmacokinetic Robert Cohen, France
10.00 - 10.45	Pharmacogenomics in paediatric therapy Evelyne Jacqz-Aigrain, France
10:45 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 11:45	Topic TBC Sue Luck, UK
11:45 - 13:00	Case discussion presented by the tutors and participants Emmanuel Grimpel, France Shai Ashkenazi, Israel
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:45	Practical guide to the use of antifungals E. Roilides, Greece (TBC)
14:45 - 15:15	The therapeutic approach to a child with meningitis or meningoencephalitis Shai Ashkenazi, Israel
15:15 - 15:30	Break
15:30 - 17:00	Case discussion presented by the tutors and participants Usonis Vitautas, Lithuania

Registration for the workshop is open to trainees in paediatric infectious diseases who will be expected to register for the 2008 ESPID annual meeting in Graz, Austria and who must be ESPID members. Registration of the educational workshop is free of charge and will be open to a maximum of 20 persons who will be selected by the ESPID Education Committee. Criteria considered for the selection will be country of origin (East Europe will be prioritised) and number of previous attendance.

Participants receive a specially subsidised package for accommodation, registration and travel for the meeting. Registration for the annual meeting will be EUR 70 and accommodation will cost EUR 340 for 4 nights in a single occupancy room at The Best Western Hotel Drei Raben (EUR 500 in a double occupancy room). Travel arrangements are to be made on your own. You will be advised by the meeting organisers as to the amount that you will be reimbursed for your travel expenses (in accordance with your origin country, based on economy APEX fare).

Do not send any payment with your application. You will be contacted by the meeting organisers regarding payment if your application is successful.

Applicants should send the following information using the subject title “Walter Marget Educational workshop 2008” to espid@kenes.ch . Applicants without access to email may send applications by fax to:
+ 41 22 732 2607 or by mail to: ESPID, c/o Kenes International 1-3 Rue Chantepoulet, CH 1211, Geneva, Switzerland

Walter Margaret Workshop application:

Deadline for applications: January 18, 2008

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* Room rate is on a bed and breakfast basis. The Walter Marget Eductional Workshop package is valid for the The Best Western Hotel Drei Raben ONLY and cannot be transferred to an alternative hotel.