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News from the Committees
It happened on October 2008:
The program is eighty percent complete! Over 500 speakers from 76 countries have confirmed their contribution to the congress.
At this point the scientific committee is analyzing and allocating the more then 200 Instructional Courses received.
If you want to have a general and quick idea of the track lines, the grid and main aspects of the program, click here to download the pdf file of the Advance Program.
If you want to have a detailed view of the program, with the confirmed speakers and their assigned topics, click here. There are several ways you can search the program and we update it daily.
We thank all of you that sent us suggestions and contributions helping us prepare this program, which we hope will please our colleagues from all over the world.
It happened on April 2008:
The Scientific Committee gathered during the ENT Brazilian Congress and was very pleased and surprised by the number of abstracts and instructional courses that are already being submitted.
Between March and April, over 500 invitations have been sent out to guest speakers all over the world.
Dr. David Kennedy has confirmed that The American Academy, AAO-HNS, will participate at IFOS 2009 with a special symposium, which is being organized by Prof. Eugene Myers.
Dr. Olofsson, EUFOS President, confirmed that the European Federation will also have an special scientific symposium during the congress.
Dr. Pekka Karma confirmed that The Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum will sponsor the CORLAS Minisymposium.
The Pan-American Association of Otorhynolaringology and Head & Neck has also confirmed the organization of a symposium.
The European and the International Salivary Gland Society will also organized their symposium, which is being organized by Dr. F. Marchal from Switzerland.
We encourage all National and International Societies to actively participate in the scientific program, to stimulate their members to submit papers and instructional courses.
It happened on February 2008:
The scientific program has been structured and over 600 speakers from 30 different countries have been invited so far.
Besides key note speakers lectures, the program will have panels with plenty of time for discussion and questions from the audience.
Registration for Instructional Courses is now open on-line. Courses can have the duration of 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes. All presenters must register before September 1st, 2008. Rules & Submission
AWARDS AT IFOS 2009:
- Best Paper on Rhinology, Allergy and Facial Plastic Surgery
- Best Paper on Otology, Neuro-Otology and Skull Base Surgery
- Best Paper on Oncology and Head and Neck Surgery
- Best Paper on Laryngology and Broncho-Oesophology Best Paper on Otology
- Best Paper on Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Best Paper on Equilibrium
- Best Paper on Phoniatrics and Audiology
Free Papers registration is now open. Rules & Submission
It happened on December 2007:
From December 5 to 8, the Brazilian ORL Foundation held in Rio de Janeiro its annual meeting for approximately 2000 professionals. As established in the timeline determined in our last meeting in August, the IFOS 2009 National Scientific Committee gathered again to work on the program. Since we are receiving a lot of suggestions from the congress website and the scientific committee members have already put together a lot of information, names and topics as well as the commitments of worldwide key opinion leaders, this time, the discussions focused on session allocations, and the general outline of the program. We are getting ready for the formal invitations!
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It happened on August 2007:
On February 9, 2007 the IFOS Ad-Hoc Committee members gathered in Sao Paulo for a two-day meeting to finalize the program guidelines, main topics assignments, logistics and deadlines.
As part of the Feb 9 meeting guidelines and according to the previously established Scientific Committee’s schedule, it was hold in São Paulo, last August 24th, the first Latin American Meeting to concert the methodology of work for the world ENT congress scientific program.
The following colleagues were present:
- Carlos Boccio (Argentina) IFOS Executive Committee Representative
- Jefferson D’Avila (Brazil-Laryngology)
- Geraldo Santana (Brazil-Laryngology)
- Mauricio Ganança (Brazil-Equilibriun)
- Renato Roitman (Brazil-Rhinology)
- Pedro Cavalcanti (Brazil-Rhinology)
- Oswaldo Laércio Mendonça Cruz (Brazil-Otology)
Paulo Pontes, José Eduardo Dolci, Marcos Mocelin, Henrique Olival Costa, and Francini de Paula, representing the Executive Committee, were also present
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It is very important to the Scientific Committee to listen to your suggestions. We are focused in the IFOS 2009 audience needs. So, please take two minutes of your time and send us your suggestion (click here to fill out a short form).
At IFOS 2009 you are not just a delegate you are part of it!
