12th EFORT Congress 2011 Abstract submission deadline 15 September 2010 Early registration deadline 31 January 2011 www.efort.org First announcement & call for abstracts Copenhagen, Denmark 1-4 June 2011 Contents GENERAL ORGANISATION INVITATION TO PARTICIPANTS EFORT Central Office Welcome from EFORT 4 Technoparkstrasse 1 Societies 5 8005 Zurich, Switzerland Phone +41 (44) 448 4400 FORTHCOMING 12TH EFORT CONGRESS COPENHAGEN Fax +41 (44) 448 4411 Call for abstracts 6 E-mail
[email protected] The Congress at a Glance 7 www.efort.org Preliminary scientific programme 8 Preliminary social programme 9 Registration and fees 10 CONGRESS SECRETARIAT Payment and cancellations 11 OIC srl General information 12 - 13 Viale Matteotti 7 50121 Florence, Italy ABOUT COPENHAGEN Phone +39 (055) 50 351 About the host city 14 Fax +39 (055) 500 1912 Hotel information 15 E-mail
[email protected] Travel information 16 TOURS Optional tours 17 - 18 First announcement & call for abstracts 3 Welcome from EFORT Prof. Dr. Miklós Szendröi Dr. Manuel Cassiano Neves Ass. Prof. Dr. Kjaersgaard-Andersen Dear Participant, Welcome to the 12th EFORT Annual Congress in cooperation with the Danish Orthopaedic Association. It is our pleasure to invite you to join us in buil- ding up what we expect to be an outstanding scientific meeting. Following on from previous meetings, the scientific programme will be focused mainly on Symposia and Instructional Lectures given by distinguished speakers from all over Europe. Special sessions like Experts meet Experts (ExMEx) or the Controversial Case Discussions (CCD) were highly rated at past meetings, and will constitute one of the highlights of the scientific programme.