Vancouver Meeting 7-10th July 2010
Please note: the Closing date for Receipt of Abstracts is
Friday 12th February 2010.
The 54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into
Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida will be held in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada (at the University of British Columbia) from July
7-10, 2010 at the invitation of the Department of Paediatrics,
UBC.
Registration: An online registration form will
be available through a link on the website from 1st
March 2010. The early registration fee (by June 6th) for
members will be in Canadian Dollars C$500, for non-members C$605
and for accompanying persons C$360. Registration fees include all
social events and meals for the duration of the conference.
Vancouver local organising committee
The organising committee headed by Dr. W.J.D Arnold
(Paediatrician and Head of Local Organising Committee) is
accompanied by Dr. Doug Cochrane (Paediatric Neurosurgeon), Dr.
Paul Thiessen (Paediatrician and Medical Director of the Spinal
Cord Program), Judi Haddy (secretary, Dr. Bill Arnold), Nicola
Valentine (Occupational Therapist), Bev Irwin (Nurse Clinician) and
Carol King (Physiotherapist). All of them work in the Spinal
Cord/Spina Bifida Program at British Columbia Children's
Hospital.
From left to right: Doug Cochrane, Judi Haddy, Paul Thiessen,
Bill Arnold, Nicola Valentine, Bev Irwin and Carol King.
The Vancouver committee is very excited about hosting the
meeting in Canada for the first time in the Society's history. The
scientific sessions will be held at the Ike Barber Center at the
University of British Columbia.
Accommodation for delegates will be available in the West Coast
Suites, situated on the University Campus, very close to the Ike
Barber Center. All the academic and social venues are within
walking distance.
The social events will include a welcome reception at the Museum
of Anthropology, which was designed by the world famous architect
Arthur Erickson. The Thursday Society outing includes a traditional
First Nations salmon barbeque luncheon in the Long House at UBC,
followed by a dinner cruise through beautiful mountain fiords in
beautiful Howe Sound, just a short distance from downtown
Vancouver. The accompanying person's program includes a gondola
trip and luncheon at the top of Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver,
a tour of the Japanese (Natobi) gardens at UBC and tour of the city
of Vancouver. The gala dinner will be held at the Cecil Green
House, a heritage mansion situated overlooking spectacular Howe
Sound. Cecil Green house is situated on the UBC Campus.
UBC campus Virtual tour: http://www.students.ubc.ca/youbc/va/virtualtour/
Contact Doug Cochrane dcochrane@cw.bc.ca or
Bill Arnold and Bev Irwin at birwin@cw.bc.ca for further
information.
Travel Information to Vancouver:
All of the major airlines and especially charter airlines fly into
Vancouver. The airlines with direct or with a connecting flight are
Air Canada, American Airlines, Air France, British Airways, BMI,
Continental Airlines, Delta, KLM, Lufthansa, Northwest, Air
Transat, United Airlines and Virgin Airlines; all fly direct from
the UK or Europe. Air Transat has many charter flights to Vancouver
from many cities in the UK and Europe during the spring/summer and
fall. Air Transat is associated with Thomas Cook Travel. Watch
carefully for seat sales!! An excellent website for information
about Vancouver and environs is through Tourism Vancouver: http://www.tourismvancouver.com
. There are many day tours to Victoria, on Vancouver Island,
Whistler, and tours from Vancouver to the Rocky Mountains by coach
or train.
Please click the link below and circulate the flyers to the
relevant departments and desseminate.
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