Welcome
Invitation from the President
If you have never been to Australia before now is your chance to come. If you have been before then come and explore our wonderful country again but this time come to learn with us all about how we can help improve the outcomes for all of our patients in what I hope will be a warm, collegial and friendly congress.
Why Australia one might ask? Well it’s safe, relatively cheap with totally friendly people. We have organised great accommodation in the best places at the sites around Australia at all pricing levels. The air is clean, the environment pristine and the animals fascinating.
The main congress will be held in Darling Harbour, Sydney just a stones throw from the famous Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The congress here will emphasise and involve members of other discipline areas so we can all learn together in a relaxed environment.
The major foci will revolve around the theme areas of lymphangiogenesis, lymphatics, lymphoedema and life, that is from the molecular level to the holistic one. Our aims will be to explore what we can do better in terms of early detection of lymph and other oedemas, their prevention, new directions in treatment and management and how we can better do these by working and learning together.
Importantly we will have a strong emphasis on what our younger lymphologists and students in other discipline areas can tell us. We will welcome innovation and novel ideas.
For those interested in seeing a little more of Australia, you can come to the Pre congress Satellite meeting to be held in Cairns, which is situated in Far North Queensland on the Great Barrier Reef. Here our focus will be on tropical diseases, heat and humidity and its effect on the lymphatic system. There will be time to visit the reef and dive and sail or just enjoy the environment there.
If you want to see still more of Australia then come to the Post Congress Satellite meeting which will be held in Central Australia at Ayers Rock (now called Uluru). Here you will watch the sun set on the “Rock” and have a chance to participate in discussions about rural and remote health issues with respect to lymphoedemas, the effect of dry on the lymphatics and most exciting of all have an opportunity to interact with Australian and New Zealand Phlebologists who will also have a common day with us in Central Australia.
We are very excited to have this congress in Australia and want to proudly show you all our country, our people and introduce you to our researchers.
Bring your partner, your family, your friends, I and our congress organisers will make sure it will be a memorable experience for all. Book in early to get the best deals!
We look forward to seeing you at the 22nd International Society of Lymphology Congress in Australia in 2009.
Professor Neil Piller
Congress President
| Key Dates | |
|---|---|
| September 2008 | Call for Papers Opens |
| December 2008 | Registration Opens |
| December 2008 | Abstract submission deadline |
| March 2009 | Notification of acceptance of abstract |
| May 2009 | End of Early Bird registration |
| Pre Congress Satellite | Cairns 19 September 2009 |
| 22ISL Congress | 21-25 September 2009 |
| Post Congress Satellite | Uluru 26-27 September 2009 |