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Annual Scientific Meeting

2005
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The Annual Scientific Meeting 2005 is to be held at the Olympia Conference Centre, Kensington, London between Saturday 5th and Tuesday 8th March 2005 .

Meeting highlights here

Annual Business Meetings
Preliminary agendas and documents are now available for the 2 business meetings being held on Saturday 5th and Monday 7th March.  Please click on the links below to take you to the relevant papers.  Please note that due to the current situation changes may occur to the agenda up to and including 5th March.

Annual Business Meeting 1

Annual Business Meeting 2



Auditorium, Olympia Conference Centre

Look out for CTSNet who will have a table at the exhibition this year.  You will have the opportunity to upate your home pages and photos so make sure you're wearing your best suits!

Please click here to take you to the official Olympia Conference Centre  website.  It is possible to  pre-book car parking spaces.    Click here for a map  and useful information about getting to the venue.

The lead hotel for the conference is the Hilton London Olympia.  You will need to book your accommodation directly with the hotel.

Download an hotel booking form  here.

Budget Hotels

Please click here for information on the IBIS hotel in Earls court which is either a short journey on the underground or a 30 minute brisk walk away from venue

 
Guest Speakers Symposia

Prizes

Our guest speakers this year are  Andrew Wechsler MD , Stanley K. Brockman Professor and Chairman at Drexel University College of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA and  Walter Weder MD , Professor of Surgery at the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland.

 

THIS SYPMOSIUM IS NOW FULL AND CANNOT TAKE ANY FURTHER REGISTRANTS

UK Medical Ltd Surgical Division Symposium on Endocarditis:  Surgical Strategies

A symposium will be taking place on Monday 7th March at the Olympia conference centre from 18.00 to 20.00 with a buffet available from 20.00 to 21.15.  Please note that you will only be able to register for this symposium if you have registered for the main meeting.

This year there will be 3 prizes available.  The Ronald Edwards Medal for best oral presentation, the John Parker Medal for best interactive presentation and the SCTS Medal for best thoracic presentation.

Prizewinners will be announced at the annual dinner to be held on Tuesday, 8th March at the Royal College of Surgeons.

 

European and American CME credits


The Annual Meeting of The Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland is accredited by The European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of The European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), and forms can be downloaded at http://www.uems.net/.   The meeting is designated for a maximum of 24 hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she has actually spent in the educational activity.EACCME credits are recognised by the American Medical Association towards the Physician's Recognition Award (PRA). To convert EACCME credits to AMA PRA category 1 credit, contact the AMA.