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Message from the President
LATS. January-February 2010
Dear LATS colleagues,
We are glad to share some good news with you all.
Firstly we would like to remind you about the 14th International Thyroid Congress (ITC) to be held on September 11-16, 2010, in Paris, France. You can get complete information on scientific activities, social events, prizes and several other important aspects as well as the procedure for registration and instructions for abstract submission at the Congress website (http://www.itc2010.com). You can take advantage of the discounted early bird registration available until June 30th, 2010. The deadline for abstract submission is 30th April. You can easily access the 14th ITC site through LATS webpage (https://www.lats.org).
The International Coordinating Committee (ICC) in its last meeting agreed on several relevant issues related to the 14th ITC. The ICC, constituted by the President and Secretary of the four sister Thyroid Societies, American Thyroid Association (ATA), European Thyroid Association (ETA), Asia-Oceania Thyroid Association (AOTA) and LATS, met in Lisbon, Portugal, on September 6th, 2009, at the time of the 34th ETA Annual Meeting. The President of the Program Organizing Committee (POC) and the President of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the 14th ITC, Drs. Wilmar Wiersinga and Martin Schlumberger, respectively, were present. The meeting was chaired by the ICC Coordinator, Dr. Hugo Niepomniszcze. The activities of the POC and the LOC of the 14th ITC were informed and up to date. Some of the main points established were:
- the award winners of the four international thyroid sister societies (AOTA,
ATA, ETA and LATS) will give plenary lectures at the 14th ITC. It was decided
not to give in advance the names of the winners.
- The sister societies (AOTA, ATA, ETA, LATS) will award 8 Young Investigator
Awards of 1000 euro each (4 for oral and 4 for poster presentations).
- Each of the four international thyroid sister associations will have some travel
grants available to attend the ITC 2010
- There will be preferential registration fee for the category of ”Member of the
sister societies”. It was agreed that each sister society will send the list of its
respective membership (not in debt), to the LOC.
A last topic treated by the ICC was the up to date of the World Thyroid Federation (WTF) project. Dr. Niepomniszcze presented the final draft of the WTF project after his trip to Washington DC where he discussed the project with the ATA Executive Committee. The corrected version will be the official document of the WTF, to be founded in Paris, during the 14th ITC.
To apply for the LATS YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS and TRAVEL GRANTS the following conditions must be fulfilled:
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
1. The Latin American Thyroid Society (LATS) will award 2 Young
Investigator Awards of 1000 euro each (1 for oral and 1 for poster
presentations). For consideration for an award, the Young Investigator
must be below the age of 40 at the time of the meeting and the
presenter and first author of an abstract submitted to the Congress.
2. The applicants must tick the appropriate box during the abstract
submission process.
3. The preselection will be made by the Programme Organising Committee
on the basis of the abstract score. The final selection will be made at
the Congress, based on the quality of the oral or poster presentation.
4. There will be no division between Clinical or Basic presentations.
5. The applicants should be members of LATS (not in debt).
6. The work presented must have been done totally in Latin America.
7. Winners will be announced on Thursday 16 September during the
Closing Ceremony.
TRAVEL GRANTS
1. LATS is offering 30 Travel Grants of 500 Euros each, 15 for the best
basic and 15 for the best clinical papers.
2. The applicants should be members of LATS (not in debt).
3. They should be younger than 40 years
4. The applicants must present the work at the 14th ITC, as first author
5. The work presented must have been done totally in Latin America.
6. The candidates will be selected at the Congress, based on the quality of
the oral or poster presentations.
Remember that you cannot be a candidate for LATS Travel Grants or young Investigator Prize as well as preferential discounts on registration fees if you are in debt with the Society.
Next, we would like to inform you that the LATS Executive Committee has decided to hold the 2011 LATS Congress in Lima, Perú. The date August 4-7, 2011, has been proposed for the meeting.
Finally, we would like to remind you of some incoming events:
Curso Prático de Tireoidectomia vídeo-assistida
27-28 March, 2010
Jonhson & Jonhson Medical Innovation Institute
Rua Agostinho Cantu, 214 - Butantã,
informações videotireoidectomia@gmail.com
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 2010 Annual Meeting
18-20 APRIL, 2010 - PITTSBURGH, PA
Website: www.endocrinesurgery.org
AACE 19th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress
21-25 APRIL, 2010 - BOSTON, MA
Sheraton Boston Hotel and the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convetion Center
Website: www.aace.com
ATA Spring Meeting
13-16 MAY, 2010 - MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
Phone: (703) 998-8890
Fax: (703) 998-8893
Website: www.thyroid.org
Our best regards,
Hans Graf
LATS PresidentAna Maria Masini-Repiso
LATS Secretary
Marcos Abalovich
LATS President-Elect
Eduardo Tomimori
LATS Treasurer
