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27-30 June 2007 Helsinki, Finland ESPE 2007 will be arranged in the Helsinki Fair Centre, which can occupy congresses with up to 10 000 participants. A quarter of a century has elapsed since ESPE had its previous annual meeting in Finland. The theme “Prevention of endocrine disorders and their long-term sequelae” was chosen for the meeting. Plenary lectures, symposia, free communications, poster presentations, research methodology, 'meet the expert' sessions and exhibitions will allow both clinicians and basic researches to hear the most recent developments of the field and to communicate with colleagues and friends during the meeting. New 'clinical controversies' sessions are included in the programme. In these sessions, opposing views on the treatment of idiopathic short stature and subclinical hypothyroidism will be presented and discussed. A record 788 abstract submissions from 59 different countries have been submitted for free communication and poster presentations. The posters will hang throughout the meeting allowing ample time to view them. As a new initiative, special poster awards will be granted for the best five posters. The ESPE working groups and clubs will start the meeting with their parallel sessions on Wednesday, June 27. A special workshop - 'Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes in Africa' - will also be arranged in the afternoon of Wednesday June 27, which will cover the recent ESPE activity in Africa. You are all welcome to these sessions. In spite of a tight scientific programme you may have the opportunity to see the city of Helsinki and take part in the social programme. The end of June is when Helsinki is at its best - a short, light night in a city by the Baltic Sea is an amazing experience by itself. The social programme includes the welcome reception at the Helsinki City Hall (Wednesday June 27 at 19:30), 'ESPE evening' in the historical Hotel Kalastajatorppa (Friday June 29 at 20:15) and at the end of the meeting an opportunity to participate in a 3-5 km Nordic Walk (Saturday June 30 at 18:00), please note that tickets are limited, so advance registration is highly recommended. During the ESPE 'midsummer evening' you can enjoy a top class musical event by the seafront, followed by a table-seated dinner. Then dance through the soft twilight in the dusk of the Finnish summer night
The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) held its first advanced seminar in
developmental endocrinology in Paris May 10-11, 2007. The free, 2-day seminar addressed
pancreatic developmental biology and physiology with special reference to neonatal
diabetes and was focused on young doctors studying the pancreatic development. Below
you will find the programme that was presented.
Clinical doctors were given the opportunity to present interesting case reports with reference
Step-by-step each of us is trying to build an interesting professional life. From my point of view, the ESPE Summer School can be considered as the trigger of my paediatric endocrine career. In fact, I left Paris for Segovia (ESPE 2002 in Madrid) as a clinical fellow in a paediatric endocrine unit looking for the best opportunity to pursue a paediatric endocrine career. I returned as a future research fellow in Dr H Jueppner's laboratory (Boston, USA) with the project of deciphering the hidden secrets of the GNAS locus. What was the trigger? An informal dinner gathering teachers with students, in a convivial place, probably after a few Beatle's songs played for the entire community of paediatric endocrinologists present in Segovia. My point is that by favouring the direct interaction of confirmed researchers and motivated students, the ESPE Summer School provides European or even world-wide opportunities to both teachers (to share their experience and find dedicated students) and students (to learn from the experience of others and identify training possibilities). Of course, other ingredients are also necessary for this recipe to work, such as finding funds to realize this post-doc project (thanks to the ESPE Research Fellowship Grant), recognition of your effort and work by your peers when you return from the US, and chance! My own advice would be, go to the ESPE Summer School and just be aware that you may be lured to move overseas the following year!
ESPE Working Group Updates
The 2007 Summer School will cover type 1 diabetes, polygenic heritability, calcium disorders and ovarian function. The Summer School committee includes John Achermann (London), Malcolm Donaldson (Glasgow), Lucia Ghizzoni (Parma), Moshe Phillip (Petah Tikva) and Tiina Laine (Helsinki) - who is the local organizer. We are very thankful to all of them for their dedication to the organization of the program and to the course itself. The program hosts 26 fellows including two selected by the Winter School and one selected by the SLEP (Sociedad Latino Americana de Endocrinologia Pediátrica). This year, we received 58 applications for the remaining 23 available seats, i.e. an acceptance rate of 40%. These applications came from 21 countries, from fellows with a mean age of 35 years. All applications were independently rated by five committee members based on age (bonus for applicants younger than 40 years), pereviewed publications and experience in paediatric endocrinology. It was a difficult and heart breaking task to select delegates and we sincerely apologize to those who were not selected who are encouraged to apply again. The Summer School committee wish to thank the faculty members who will join during the Summer School and share their knowledge with fellows and Ferring Pharmaceuticals who has continuously supported the Summer School since its foundation in 1987, through an educational grant.
One of the aims of the Clinical Practice Committee is to improve the daily management of children with endocrine diseases. To achieve this goal we have organized a series of consensus conferences that have undoubtedly contributed to the worldwide dissemination of knowledge and good practice in the controversial issues of Paediatric Endocrinology. More recently, we asked whether we could provide another type of clinical practice package to meet the requirements for better management of children with endocrine diseases. In this context, the initiative of the 'Daily Issues in Paediatric Endocrinology' was conceived and implemented. We have two main objectives. Firstly, to offer free access to electronic documents on the most common clinical issues encountered in the daily management of children with endocrine problems; secondly, to offer an opportunity for open debate among all ESPE members on the thorny subjects of our discipline. We have chosen a Wikipedia-like style, which means that papers will be made available for community-based open peer review involving online annotation and discussion. Therefore, each ESPE member will be able to insert annotations in the original text, thus contributing to the permanent update and refinement of the chapters. Furthermore, each section will be open to discussion: a sort of forum set to clarify, criticize, rebut or simply exchange viewpoints. Each chapter is based on personal clinical experience and offered to share practical conducts and viewpoints. Of course, the statements and opinions expressed in the published articles will be reviewed publications and experience in paediatric endocrinology. It was a difficult and heart breaking task to select delegates and we sincerely apologize to those who were not selected who are encouraged to apply again. The Summer School committee wish to thank the faculty members who will join during the Summer School and share their knowledge with fellows and Ferring Pharmaceuticals who has continuously supported the Summer School since its foundation in 1987, through an educational grant. solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not necessarily those of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE). The first experimental series (now on-line) is devised to represent a prototype of the long-term and wide range initiative. Each ESPE member is kindly invited to contribute by submitting an issue that they consider important. Contributions and proposals can be e-mailed to [email protected] Finally, to provide wide accessibility to the contents delivered in the 'meet the expert' sessions of our annual Congresses, résumés from 'meet the expert' sessions will be published on the same webpage http://www.eurospe.org/clinical/ clinical_daily1.html.
The 47th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE),
20-23 September 2008 will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. The theme of the meeting will be
'Paediatric Endocrinology and Public Health' and the meeting venue is located in the city
centre within walking distance from all official meeting hotels.
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meeting web site at: www.espe2008.org
ESPE Secretariat © 2007 The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology The views expressed by the contributors are not necessarily those of ESPE. Secretary General Francesco Chiarelli, MD, PhD Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology, University Department of Paediatrics, Via dei Vestini, 5, I-66013 Chieti, Italy Tel: +39 0871 358015 - 574538; Fax +39 0871 574831; Email: [email protected] Editor Professor Jesús Argente Hospital Universitario Infantil del Niño Jesús Department of Endocrinology, Universidad Autonoma, Avda Menendez Pelayo, 65, MADRID, ES-28009, Spain. Email: [email protected] ESPE web site: www.eurospe.org Newsletter: Designed by subLime Published by BioScientifica Ltd Euro House, 22 Apex Court, Woodlands, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 4JT, UK www.bioscientifica.com BioScientifica is a subsidiary of the Society for Endocrinology 4 ESPE Newsletter is produced with an educational grant from Ipsen The ESPE Secretariat is managed by BioScientifica Limited. BioScientifica is headed by Managing Director Sue Thorn and Events and Secretariats Director Helen Gregson. Pauline Bertrand, BioScientifica's Secretariats Manager, oversees the day-to-day relationship with ESPE, liaising with the ESPE council and committee members as well as being the main point of contact for ESPE enquiries. She undertakes projects requested by the General Secretary, providing him with assistance and attending ESPE council and committee meetings. Helena Marciano handles membership renewals, payments and banking and deals with subscriptions to Hormone Research. Tom Parkhill holds a seat on the Corporate Liaison Board and deals with industry sponsors, Andrew Lowe sub-edits and co-ordinates publication of the ESPE Newsletter. ESPE Secretariat, BioScientifica Ltd Euro House, 22 Apex Court, Woodlands, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 4JT, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1454 642 246 Fax: +44 (0) 1454 642 222 Email: [email protected]
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