12th Vitreoretinal Symposium Frankfurt – Marburg 2009

General Information

Scientific Management

Prof. Dr. med. Frank H. J. Koch
Dr. med. Pankaj Singh
Dr. med. Michael J. Koss
Dr. med. Yesim Häußler-Sinangin
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt/Main
Phone: (+49) 69 / 63 01-5649
Fax: (+49) 69 / 63 01-5621
E-Mail:

Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Mennel
Prof. Dr. med. Walter Sekundo
University of Marburg
Department of Ophthalmology
Robert-Koch-Straße 4, D-35037 Marburg
Phone: (+49) 6421 / 286-2600
Fax: (+49) 6421 / 286-5678
E-Mail:

Location:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt/Main
Campus Bockenheim
Lecture hall H, 2nd floor
Mertonstraße 17-21
D-60325 Frankfurt/Main

Registration:

Thursday, 27th August 2009   09.00 – 18.30
Friday, 28th August 2009      07.30 – 18.00
Saturday, 29th August 2009   08.00 – 19.00

Parking:

Car park at the "Bockenheimer Depot" (Carlo-Schmid-Platz / Gräfstraße)
and at the "Parkhaus Adalbertstraße" (both with limited space / chargeable).

Tram-connection:

Subway U4, U6, U7 until stop “Bockenheimer Warte”
(3 min. from Frankfurt main station and 300 meters walk)

Professional Congress Organisation

Congress-Organisation Gerling GmbH
Werftstraße 23, D-40549 Duesseldorf
Phone: (+49) 211 / 59 22 44
Fax: (+49) 211 / 59 35 60
E-Mail:
Internet: www.congresse.de

Official Language priority:

English/German

Information hotline:

(+49) 211 / 53 70 296

Scientific Programm:

Dry-Labs
Dry-Lab A: Thursday, 27th August 2009   08.30 – 11.30 (180 min.)
Dry-Lab B: Thursday, 27th August 2009   12.15 – 15.15 (180 min.)
Dry-Lab C: Thursday, 27th August 2009   16.00 – 19.00 (180 min.)

Real time surgery
Details: Friday, 28th August 2009 08.30 – 13.00

Symposium
Friday, 28th August 2009 14.00 – 18.00
Saturday, 29th August 2009 09.30 – 18.35

Breakfast meeting
Saturday, 29th August 2009 07.30 – 09.00
Frankfurt Marriott Hotel

Social Event and Dinner:

Friday, 28th August 2009 20.00 hrs
"WINDOWS 25"
25th floor of the Japan Tower
Taunustor 2, D-60329 Frankfurt/M

Participation fees:

	Symposium (2 days) Friday & Saturday lunch incl.		Dry-Lab A/B/C Thursday per Dry-Lab:		Social Event Friday night incl. dinner
Regular		€ 210		€ 220	€ 50
Residents* Student*		€ 125		€ 190	€ 40
			The fee for the Dry-Lab has to be paid in advance!

Incl. VAT, excl. foreign transfer fees
*) certificate required. This has to be enclosed with the announcement or faxed to (+49) 211 / 593560; otherwise regular fee will be charged.

Remittance of fees:

Invoice payable upon receipt into bank account or by credit card:
VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS, MASTERCARD, EUROCARD

Exhibition:

The symposium will be accompanied by a commercial exhibition. In addition, companies will present their "Newest and Greatest" in the scientific program.

Hotel:

Frankfurt Marriott Hotel*****
Single room: € 162
Double room: € 199
incl. breakfast
Reservation deadline: 26th June, 2009

Important notes for participants

Reduced participation fees need to be certified with the announcement.

Registration fees include lunches (Friday& Saturday), several coffee breaks and the summary of the abstracts.

If you register late or on site we cannot guarantee for lunch and participation at the social program. The registration fee for the symposium does not include participation in the Dry-Labs. So please register for the
symposium and one ore more of the Dry-Labs separately, so that your registration is definite. You are encouraged to apply for the annual meeting and/or the Dry-Labs either online, by mail or by fax.

Cancellation for the 12th VRS Symposium has to be made via mail or via fax (+49-211-59 35 60) by 21st August 2009 and cancellation for the Dry-Labs by 10th August 2009: In any case an administration charge of N 17,– has to be made. After this dates, no refunds can be made.

Errors, misprints and typographical errors excepted.

CME credits

The Vitreoretinal Symposium Frankfurt-Marburg 2009 and the vitreoretinal Dry-Labs will be certified as a further education diploma according to after the guidelines of the German Medical Association.

Hinweis für deutsche Teilnehmer: Bitte vergessen Sie Ihre EFN-Nummer (Einheitliche Fortbildungs-Nummer/Barcodeaufkleber) für die Zuteilung der Fortbildungszertifizierungspunkte nicht!