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6th International Medical Symposium on VHL

Kochi, Japan, May 2004

Conference Information and Preparation
Agenda	Report from the meeting
Travel information	Abstracts

Invitation

Dr. Taro Shuin

Kochi, Japan, May 20-23, 2004

The first major medical meeting on VHL to be held in Japan will be at the Kochi City Culture Plaza in Kochi, May 20-23, 2004. We have designed the meeting over a four-day period to meet the needs of attendees with different medical backgrounds.

Dr. Taro Shuin of the Department of Urology, will chair the meeting, hosted by the Kochi University Medical School.

This meeting is to foster interaction among researchers and clinicians. Families are welcome to attend, but should know that no attempt will be made to constrain the language, so it will be pretty technical. Thursday in particular will be a sharing of the state of research on the workings inside the cell, so the language may be difficult even for clinicians. Sunday’s meeting is the portion designed specifically to include families.

Draft Agenda - click here for more information

Thursday, May 20: Basic Science Day, and Opening Ceremony

Friday, May 21: Clinical Session, Genotype/Phenotype Alignment, and Dinner

Saturday, May 22: Clinical and Basic implications

Sunday, May 23: Summary, Open Questions, exchange of ideas between patients and doctors

Travel Information - click here for more information

Kochi is a long, fan-shaped area stretching from east to west, which takes up almost all the southern half of Shikoku Island. It has a warm, subtropical climate. Kochi City Culture Plaza is a community education and cultural center, with meeting rooms for conferences like ours.

Kochi Castle was built in 1600 by Kazutoyo Yamanouchi. The castle tower and gates are rich in the culture of the area. From the top of the castle you can see out over Kochi city.

Katsura-Hama is a lovely beach, well known as the most beautiful sight-seeing point in Kochi. You can enjoy a very blue sea and a picturesque moon. The Yosakoi dance festival features more than 15,000 colorful dancers performing in the streets to the accompaniment of naruko, a kind of instrument unique to Japan.

Hotel rooms have been blocked at Hotel Nikko Kochi, Kochi Daiicchi hotel, and others. More details will be made available in future newsletters, and on the web at www.vhl.org/conf2004. Those interested in presenting at this conference should contact the Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, at vhlsympo@kochi-ms.ac.jp

Organization

Dr. Shuin heads one of the most important research studies on VHL, the largest in Asia and one of the five top centers in the world. This meeting is designed as a forum for experts in VHL -- clinicians and researchers -- to share their latest findings and accelerate progress in management of VHL.

So far we know that there will be speakers and attendees from U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, France, Germany, and a number of Asian nations. Please join us!

Abstracts - click here for details

Health care professionals who would like to present their work on VHL at this meeting should submit abstracts to Dr. Shuin at shuint@kochi-ms.ac.jp

Length requirements and other details are provided on the meeting website in Japan.

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