The biennial Medical Symposium on VHL will be held September 16-18, 1998, in Paris, hosted by Dr. Stéphane Richard and VHL France, Mireille Proux, Présidente. The meetings will be held in English, with some French translation.

The meetings will take place in the Luxembourg Palace, built in the 1620’s for Marie de Médicis, the widow of King Henry IV of France and grandmother of Louis XIV. The palace complex sits in the beautiful Luxembourg gardens.

The medical meetings will be held Wednesday-Friday, and the language will be quite scientific. A formal dinner is planned for Thursday evening. Families are especially invited Friday afternoon, when there will be a special session designed as an exchange of information among families and health care professionals.

A touring program is being organized for companions of the attendees. Registration fees will be announced in March. This 17th-century structure is not wheelchair accessible. Please let us know if accommodations for wheelchairs is needed. For information about the area, see http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Luxembourg

As published in the VHL Family Forum 5:4, December 1997. For permission to reprint, please contact VHL Family Alliance, editor@vhl.org. Further information is available from the VHL Family Alliance, info@vhl.org.