OFFICIALNEWSLETTER
FOUNDATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
VOL. 6 NO. 2
FALL2004
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NEWSLETTER IS BROUGHT TO YOU THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF
D.J.B
AKKER AND
J. D
ESOLA
The Undersea and
Hyperbaric Medical Society
Annual Scientific Meeting
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
MAY 25
TH TO
29
TH
2004
A
t the meeting of the UHMS Executive
Committee in Boston in 1999, and
confirmed in San Antonio in 2001, the
UHMS made the brave decision to accept a bid
to hold the ASM 2004 in Sydney. The decision
was not an easy one to make. The great
majority of UHMS members are U.S. or
European-based and for them it would be a
long trip to a distant corner of the world.
Reasonable doubts were expressed both about
the financial and scientific wisdom of such a
decision. In an area of medicine increasingly
under attack from funding agencies and
skeptical colleagues, it was argued, asking the
`true believers'to travel around the world to yet
another meeting off the North American
mainland was foolhardy.
Much to the delight of the bidding team based
in Sydney these doubts were outweighed by a
number of positive factors. We had both
enthusiasm within the planning committee, and
a clearly articulated set of targets and strategies
in place to measure our progress. Perhaps more
importantly, there were many members of the
EC who saw an opportunity to make a trip they
had long wanted to make (there had not
President's Message
D
ear colleagues, On behalf of CRIS-
UTH, we are happy to invite you to
attend a great event that will be held in
Barcelona, in September 2005. It will be a joint
meeting of the European Underwater &
Baromedical Society (EUBS) and of the
International Congress on Hyperbaric
Medicine (ICHM).
As you well know, the EUBS was founded in
1973, and ever since then an annual meeting
has been held, always organized by prestigious
institutions. You will also remember that in
1963 Prof. Boerema created the first
International Congress on Hyperbaric
Medicine, which has been repeated every three
years. These two prestigious institutions agreed
to share a common meeting in 2005 and they
have honoured us by choosing Barcelona as the
venue. Both societies will retain their
traditions: special lectures, receptions,
workshops, banquets, or awards. But there will
not be two simultaneous congresses, but rather
a large meeting of two prestigious societies that
agreed to share a large unified conference.
Barcelona is a perfect city for all kind of
international events. You probably remember
the Olympic games which were held in 1992,
and you may also know of many international
congresses, of almost all major medical
specialties being held here. CRIS-UTH already
had the honour to organize the IX Congress of
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