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.

There is now a much stronger reason why participants of the Excellence in Paediatrics should not miss the Conference workshops!

In view of the World Aids Day (1 December 2010), the Conference Organisers are excited to announce that the total income generated by the registration fees for the Conference workshops will be donated to KEEP A CHILD ALIVE to support its mission in the fight against AIDS.

There is now only a few days left to register for the 3rd Mediterranean Sustainable Energy Summit, being held in Athens, Greece on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th May 2010.

World Health Day 2010 will focus on urbanization and health.

With the campaign "1000 cities - 1000 lives", events will be organized worldwide during the week of 7 - 11 April 2010 calling on cities to open up streets for health activities. Stories of urban health champions will be gathered to illustrate what people are doing to improve health in their cities.

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18-20 November 2010, Athens Hilton Hotel, Athens, Greece

To ensure the sustainability of the 41st IAPCO Annual Meeting & General Assembly (18-21 February 2010, Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens), the host organisation AC&C, Professional Congress Organiser, member of C&C International Group of Companies together with IAPCO have taken some serious actions to reduce the meeting’s carbon footprint.

Following the dynamic Excellence in Paediatrics 2009 held in Florence, Italy from 3-6 December 2009, the next edition of the Excellence in Paediatrics series is scheduled to take place in London from 2 to 4 December 2010.

Once more, the International Congress & Convention Association run its popular Silent Auction in the framework of the 48th ICCA Congress & Exhibition held in Florence, Italy, 7-11 November 2009.