| Annals ofBurns and Fire Disasters - vol. IX -
n. 4 - December 1996
ANNOUNCEMENTS 1997 G. WHITAKER INTERNATIONAL BURNS PRIZE PALERMO, ITALY FOR 1997 under the patronage of the authorities of the Sicilian Region By Law N' 57 of June 14th 1983 the Sicilian Regional Assembly authorized the President of the Region to grant the Giuseppe Whitaker Foundation, a non-profit making organization under the patronage of the Accademia dei Lincei with seat in Paleniio, an annual contribution for the establishment of the "G. Whitaker International Burns Prize" aimed at recognizing the activity of the most qualified experts from all countries in the field of bums pathology and treatment. The amount of the prize is fixed at twenty million Italian lire. The prize will be awarded every year by the month of June in Palermo at the seat of the G. Whitaker Foundation. The Adjudicating Commitee is composed of the President of the Foundation, the President of the Sicilian Region, the Representative at the Accademia dei Lincei within the G. Whitaker Foundation, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Palermo University, the President of the Italian Society of Plastic Surgery and three experts in the field of prevention, pathology, therapy and functional recovery of burns, and a legal expert nominated in agreement with the President of the Region as a guarantee of the respect for the scientific purpose which the legislator intended to achieve when establishing the prize. Anyone who considers himself/herself to be qualified to compete for the award may send by January 3 1 st 1997 a detailed curriculum vitae to: Michele Masellis M.D., Secretary-Member of the Scientific Committee, G. Whitaker Foundation, Via Dante 167, 90141 Palermo, Italy. V NATIONAL SHORT TERM TRAINING COURSE IN BURNS NURSING 11 - 25 January 1997, Jaipur, India For further information contact: DISASTER'97 - EXPANDING YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE: THE 18TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE January 30 - February 2,1997, Orlando, U.S.A. For further information
contact: ADVANCES IN WOUND HEALING, BURN CARE & INFECTION CONTROL17 - 21 February 1997, Maui, Hawaii For further information
contact: FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE IMMUNE CONSEQUENCESOF TRAUMA, SHOCK AND SEPSIS - MECHANISMS AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES 4 - 8 March 1997, Munich, Germany For further information
contact: PLANT SAFETY IN THE
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contact: THE FIRST JOINT RUSSIAN-AMERICAN MEETING ON BURNS AND FIRE DISASTERS in association with the MBC 16 - 18 June 1997, St. Petersburg, Russia 19 - 20 June 1997, Moscow, Russia Topics 8TH CONGRESS EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION FOR PLASTIC, RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY22 - 25 June 1997, Lisbon, Portugal Topics: 5TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STUDY GROUP THE SEVERELY BURNED CHILD 28 June 1997, Kassell, Germany For further information
contact: 37TH WORLD CONGRESS SURGERY INTERNATIONAL SURGICAL WEEK 199724 - 30 August 1997, Acapulco, Mexico For further information contact: THE FOURTH
CONGRESS OF PAN-ARAB Topics: or LUNA TRAVEL & TOURISM Mr. Mabmoud Issa Damascus,
Syria EUROPEAN BURNS ASSOCIATION 7TH
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS Topics: WADEM 10TH WORLD CONGRESS ON EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MEDICINE 24 - 27 September 1997, Mainz, Germany For further information contact: Prof. Dr. W. Dick, VJinik ftir Andsthesiologie, Johannes Gutenberg Universitdt, Langenbeckstr. I D-55131 Mainz, Germany Tel.: 49 6131 177117 Fax: 49-6131-176649 1998 10TH ISBI
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