ESAO 2006 in Umeå, Sweden - Call for abstracts

24 January 2006 - 22:30 Filed in: Meetings
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Dear ladies and gentlemen,
On behalf of the European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO), Working Group Liver Support, I would like to invite you and your colleagues to submit abstracts for this year’s ESAO meeting held in Umeå , Sweden, from June 21-24, 2006. The Congress will be combined with a meeting with the European Society For Haemapheresis (ESFH, June 20 and 21). Umeå is located close to the polar circle and at this time of the year it has exiting bright nights. The social program will focus on various outdoor and cultural activities and together with the scientific resources of the Congress speakers and participants it will be a strong recipe for success in this venture.
The One Day on the Liver this year will focus on the on the latest developments and clinical results concerning MARS, Prometheus, SEPET, SPAD, and other artificial detoxification systems. Furthermore, the biophysical principles and possible standards for an appropriate clinical evaluation of today's artificial liver support concepts will be discussed. We are expecting the following speakers:
  • Julia Wendon (King's College, London, UK)
  • Jack Patzer (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA)
  • Robert A.F.M. Chamuleau (AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  • Stephen R. Ash (HemoCleanse, Inc., Lafayette, USA)
  • Peter Krisper (University Graz, Graz, Austria)
  • Dieter Falkenhagen (Donau-Universität Krems, Krems, Austria)
  • Steffen Mitzner (University Rostock, Rostock, Germany)
  • Jacek Rozga (Arbios Systems Inc., Los Angeles, USA)
  • Igor M. Sauer (Charité, Berlin, Germany)
However, to be completely up-to-date we do need your help! Only the presentation of primary research results in the field of liver support will enable us to represent the status quo of liver support technologies. We would like to ask you to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations. Especially young scientists are encouraged to submit their work! We would be grateful if you could forward this email to your colleagues working in the field.
The official webpage provides all the necessary information. Deadline for submitting an abstract will be February 28th, 2006.