Taking place in the breathtaking city of Istanbul, Turkey, on 17-19 February 2011, Excellence in Rheumatology is committed to disseminating recent innovations and practice-changing advances in rheumatology and aspires to generate annual state-of-the art guidance on selected topics related to clinical practice.

The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism in collaboration with the Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers HAPCO, assures that Greece remains a safe and affordable destination for conferences and incentives, despite current economic restrains.

All strikes and protests that took place in the first days of May 2010 in Athens were definitely limited in a relative restricted area in the centre of the city. Moreover, no such demonstration occurred nor affected any of the traditional tourist destinations throughout Greece.