GENERAL INFORMATION
CONGRESS VENUE
Renaissance Salzburg Congress Center Hotel
Fanny-Von-Lehnert-Strasse 7
A-5020 Salzburg
Austria
Tel: +43 662-46880
Fax: +43 662-4688298
LANGUAGE
The official language of the Congress is English.
Workshop: Neuropathologic Staging of Parkinson's Disease
- The workshop will be held on Monday, October 25th between 17:30
- 18:30.
Participants cannot just register for this workshop. They must register for the congress as well.
- Time: 1 hour
- Leader: Heiko Braak, M.D. (Institute for Clinical Neuroanatomy,
J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- Cost of participation: Euro 90 based on a minimum of 15
participants. Seats are limited and will be served on a first-come,
first-serve basis. Please indicate your interest
to participate on the online registration form.
- Aim: In this workshop, you will be guided at the demonstration
microscope through a series of histological slides (100µm instead
of the usual 6 µm sections). You will have the opportunity to
see how the alpha-synuclein-immunoreactive intraneuronal pathology
begins in olfactory structures and the dorsal motor vagal nucleus
of the lower brain stem, follows an ascending route through the midbrain
(substantia nigra) and basal forebrain, and, finally, reaches the
cerebral cortex. Presymptomatic and symptomatic phases of the disorder
will be taken into consideration together with the implications of
neuropathological staging for potential early diagnosis of Parkinson's
disease-related olfactory, motor, and cognitive dysfunctions. There
will be enough time for questions, and it is hoped that input based
on your own clinical experience will truly "enliven" the
pathoanatomy for your co-viewers during the session.
REGISTRATION / HOSPITALITY
Desks will operate at the Renaissance Salzburg Hotel as follows:
Sunday, October 24th, 2004, from 15:30 to 19:30
Monday, October 25th, 2004, from 08:00 to 18:30
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004, from 08:00 to 19:00
Wednesday, October 27th, 2004, from 08:00 to 16:30
LUNCH
A buffett lunch will be offered each day at the Papageno Restaurant
at a cost of Euro 12.50 per person.
VISAS
Some participants may require a visa in order to enter Austria.
Please check with your local Austrian Consulate or Embassy.
OFFICIAL CARRIER
Austrian,
Austrian arrows and Lauda are the official carriers for our event.
They offer the most frequent flights to and from Austria.
Please contact your nearest Austrian Airlines office or travel
agent where you will receive information on flights and fares.
As participant of the "Mental Dysfunctions in Parkinsons'
Disease Congress, October 24th - 27th, 2004" you and
one accompanying person will benefit from a favourable congress
fare on Austrian, Austrian arrows and Lauda flights.*)
Please identify yourself as participant by presenting your
registration and referring to: CODE - MDPD4
If your ticket is issued at a travel agency, please ask
your agent to contact his Austrian Airlines office.
*) excluding certain reduced and action fares
Participants from the USA please contact exclusively:
Lyon Travel
999 Putney Road, P. O. Box 6179
Brattleboro, Vermont 05302-
Toll Free Telephone Number: 800-639-3849
General Office Tel.: 1-802-254-6033
Fax: 1-802-254-6123
E-mail: conferences@lyontravel.com
LETTER OF INVITATION
Upon request, the Secretariat of the Congress will
send a personal invitation to participate. This invitation
is meant only to help visitors to raise travel funds or to
obtain a visa, and is not a commitment on the part of the
organizers to provide any financial support.
ELECTRICITY
Equipment in Austria is 220 volt A.C., single phase,
50 cycles. Some appliances require an adapter for the plug
that may be purchased locally.
CONGRESS SECRETARIAT
Kenes International
17 Rue du Cendrier
P.O. Box 1726
CH-1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 908 0488
Fax: +41 22 732 2850
Email: pdment@kenes.com
