WELCOME TO THE 20TH INTERNATIONAL WORLD MUSCLE SOCIETY CONGRESS 2015!
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
On behalf of the Local Organising Committee, we invite you to attend the 20th International Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society in 2015. This is the premier annual Congress on neuromuscular disorders, attended by established and young physicians, researchers, therapists and neuropathologists from all over the world.
The 20th International meeting will be a very special event for the World Muscle Society. Following the first meeting held in London in 1996, the meeting returns to the UK for this important anniversary of the foundation of the society and it's now renowned conference. The academic and clinical teams based at the MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Child Health and Institute of Neurology, London, will host and organise this exciting event which is expected to attract more than 500 attendees.
The UCL MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Disease includes the Paediatric Service at UCL institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Adult Service at The UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square. The London Neuromuscular Centres at UCL have a longstanding expertise and tradition in diagnosis, and run one of the largest neuromuscular services in the world with a wide ranging programme of basic and translational research in muscular dystrophies and congenital myopathies, channelopathies, metabolic diseases, and neuropathies.
In 2015 the Congress is being held in Brighton, on the south coast of England (under an hour by rail from London and only half an hour from London Gatwick airport. The city is also served by a direct rail link from the Eurostar Service at St Pancras and the regular National Express coach services) from Thursday 1st of October through to Sunday 4th of October, with an opening reception on Wednesday 30th of September.
The Congress venue is the elegant Brighton Dome which, in addition to the auditorium, includes a fine Concert Hall, the Corn Exchange and the Studio Theatre. All three venues offer a pleasant and closely integrated space for all the conference activities, and are located in the centre of Brighton, a few minutes from the sea and from all the major hotels and restaurants.
We are very much looking forward to welcoming you to Brighton!
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Francesco Muntoni |
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