SUBMISSION FORM

SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

TOPICS

• Biology (biochemistry, microbiology, physics, physiology…)
• Geology
• Health  benefit of thermo-mineral balneological modalities (rheumatology, dermatology, respiratory and ENT, metabolism, digestive tract, urinary tract, obesity, vascular diseases, neurology, psychiatry, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, children, gynaecology, mouth conditions…)
• New trends : exercise, education, ageing, rehabilitation, prevention, public health
• Mud therapy, Fangotherapy
• Climatherapy
• Thalassotherapy
• Practices and techniques in balneology
• Safety (resources, products, treatments, patients…)
• Drug consumption and balneology
• Drinking mineral waters
• Dermo-cosmetological issues
• Methodology of scientific investigation
• Medical Hydrology Teaching (initial and continuous medical education)
• Managing the quality
• Economics
• Miscellaneous...

LANGUAGE

The language of the Congress is English. All the informative documents, inscription documents, abstracts submitted, text of the presentations and posters will be in English. The Congress will not provide translation in other languages. 

ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION 

DEADLINE for abstract SUBMISSION : 15th april 2010.

All the abstracts will have to be submitted online on the congress website. Once the abstract successfully submitted, the main author will receive a confirmation email. The decision of the scientific committee will be communicated to the main author on 15th   May 2010. 

SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS

The selected papers will be presented as key-note lectures, oral communications, posters communication according to the demand of the authors and to the final decision of the scientific committee. The main author will have to get an inscription to the congress for full acceptation ot the presentation.

The authors will be informed of the decision of the committee and of the schedule of their presentation. 

All the oral presentations will have to be Power Point documents (using PC only). The dimensions of the posters will be : 120 cms (H) x 80 cms (W).

WORKSHOPS

Workshops will be organised on the demand of the scientific committee, proposition of delegates and proposition of partners. The workshop will be 1.30 long and will be conducted by two experienced delegates. The attendees of the worshop will receive a certificate of attendance. Inscription to the workshop is compulsory and is free of charge.

BLOG ON TERMINOLOGY

A BLOG on TERMINOLOGY is now opened on the congress website, please tell us your opinions on this topic after reading the Christoph GUTTENBRUNNER contribution.