Registration
and Call for Abstract Submission.
Third EDCTP Annual Forum
www.edctp.org
Deadline for
registration and abstract submission: 23 July
2006
Date: 9-11 October 2006
Venue: Swedish Society of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
The Third Annual EDCTP Forum will be held from 9 to 11 October
2006 at 'The Swedish Society of Medicine' (www.svls.se),
which is situated in central Stockholm.
Theme
The theme of the forum is ‘Partnership and African Leadership:
Challenges and Opportunities.’
Sub-themes
This will be on the three main poverty-related diseases namely
HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and will focus on the
following sub-themes:
-Regulatory and ethical issues in clinical trials
-Capacity building and networking in conducting clinical trials
-Experiences in conducting clinical trials
Format
The forum format will include invited keynote addresses, oral
plenary presentations, round-table discussions and short
slide-presentations (pragsters). The forum language is English.
Short slide-presentations
Presenters are invited to submit a maximum of six to eight
slides in the form MS PowerPoint summarising their presentations
in this format (Download
pragster, MS PowerPoint). These short slide presentations
with a similar principle to poster presentations (poster
abstract presentation, pragster) will be presented and discussed
at allocated times at various computer stations during coffee
and lunch breaks throughout the forum. The first slide of the
presentations shall include title, authors (with the name of the
presenting author underlined) and affiliations. The following
slides should contain objectives, methods, results, discussion,
conclusion and acknowledgements. All presentations will be
available at the EDCTP homepage during and after the Forum.
Presentations must be submitted electronically to
forum@edctp.org by 23
July 2006.
Registration
Due to limitation in number of spaces, intending participants
are advised to register early by completing the registration
form (Download
registration form, MS Word) obtainable on the EDCTP website
(www.edctp.org). A
registration fee of €200 that will cover forum materials,
coffees and lunches will be required for participants from
non-developing countries.
Registration forms must be submitted electronically to
forum@edctp.org not later
than 23 July 2006.
Bursary
A bursary of €3000 each will be available for a limited number
of registered individuals from developing countries with
preference given to those who have submitted an electronic
presentation. Application for a bursary is included in the
attached registration form that is also obtainable on the EDCTP
website.
Contact:
Dr Thomas Nyirenda
South - South Networking Manager
European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
Medical Research Council
P.O. Box 19070
Francie van Zyl Street Tygerberg
Cape Town South Africa
Tel: +27 21 938 0346
Fax: +27 21 938 0569
Email: nyirenda@edctp.org
Website: www.edctp.org
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