Message
from the President of the International Neuroendocrine
Federation
Invitation.
I am delighted to announce that the programme for the 6th
International Congress of Neuroendocrinology in
Pittsburgh, June 19-22 2006 is now complete*, with some 100 invited speakers in
21 Symposia and 6 Plenary Lectures. Accordingly I am pleased to invite all
whose research embraces neuroendocrinology, whether
basic or clinical (the Congress is ACCME compliant), to participate in this
exciting major olympiad
event. Registration and abstract submission are now open (via the INF website www.isneuro.org/ go
to ‘Congress website’). Please note that the deadline for abstract submission
(including for prizes), early registration and application for travel awards is
February 15th 2006, so now is the time to begin writing your
abstracts (which will be published in a special issue of Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology).
* Apart, as you might expect, from the ‘Hot Topics’ session to allow inclusion
of the very latest exciting research.
Programme
overview.
The 6th ICN Programme has been planned with imagination by the
international Programme Organising Committee representing all of the world’s neuroendocrine societies, under the Chairmanship of Iain
Clarke, and working closely with the Local Organising Committee Chaired by Tony
Plant. The Programme covers the major developments in our increasingly
important and exciting field since the 5th ICN in
More neuroendocrinology. But this is not all! The
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
(<http://www.sbne.org/ >) will be holding its Annual Meeting in
Ensuring
reduced registration. The LOC has succeeded in their careful budgeting and
substantial fund-raising for the 6th ICN in keeping the registration
fees and accommodation costs at a modest level, including the opportunity to
register for both the 6th ICN and the SBN Meeting as a special
package. Naturally, the registration fees are reduced for INF members: if you
are a paid-up member of one of the INF Member Societies (ANS, BSN, JNS, PSN,
SBN, SNE), or if you are a paid-up individual INF
member via a regional group then you are entitled to the reduced rate.
Otherwise you will have the opportunity at the time of registration to join the
INF, or to renew your subscription: simple arithmetic will show you that
joining the INF is a bargain against the full registration fee! If you need to
check your INF individual membership status either ask your regional
representative (e-mail addresses are on the INF website), or ask the INF
Treasurer/ Membership Secretary, Greti Aguilera
(e-mail address is on the INF web-site).
Financial support. The INF is making
available Travel Awards to assist trainees in neuroendocrinology
to participate in the 6th ICN (see 6th ICN website for
details).
Prizes. Trainees are invited to
indicate at the time of abstract submission if they wish to be considered for
the prizes for best submissions and presentations by young investigators
(details are on the 6th ICN website).
Finally, I recently had the
pleasure of visiting
I hope to meet you there.
Kind regards.
John Russell, INF President,
Edinburgh. December 2005.