Fyi,
I have been involved in this for a couple of years and if your at all
interested in Pediatrics, this is an excellent resource for you.
Sorry for any cross postings,
Bob Pyke Jr.,RN,CPNP
Changes in Chat Program (TRY THEM THEY ARE THERE NOW,
http://www.pedschat.org)

     We are up and running with new software, Enter webtour right form
JAVA CHAT ROOM
     Password no longer needed
     Newer Edition of the Chat Software will be set up in a new faster
NT server (Ready Right
     Now)
     (less problems and more user friendly and no cookie problems)
     Dr Vladimiro Alcaraz is our hero. He discovered a new way to enter
webtour that is super
     user friendly. You will be able to enter the education session
automatically from the chat room
     "Pediatrics". This should make things work better.

Changes in Education Program
Besides the excellent sessions given by
University of Arizona
Case Western University

We will have sessions by
Pediatric Intensive Care Specialist
So far three sessions have been promised by
Ken Tegtmeyer, MD
Instructor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
from University of Minnesota
and Christy Ann Flynn RN is working on three more sessions from
Yale University Pediatric Intensive Care Specialist

University of San Diego School of Medicine may also give three sessions

Changes is Season and Time of Sessions
We are exploring Changing the season start and ending dates
and Changing the day and time of the sessions
Your input would be helpful
What do you think of 9 PM NY time Tuesday and 1 PM NY time Wednesday?

Education Conference
I promised to advertise for my friend
Philippe Evrard, MD pediatric neurologist Paris, France
>        The next Congress of the European Pediatric Neurology Society,
and
>the satellite meetings, will be held
>in Nice, France, in November 1999.
>- November 5-6 (Friday-Saturday): Board meeting of the ICNA
(International
>Child Neurology Association)
>- November 5-6 (Friday-Saturday): Satellite meeting of the
International
>Rett Association.
>- November 6-7 (Saturday-Sunday): First World Congress of the
Associations
>of Parents and Friends (in the fields of handicaps, pediatric
neurology,
>metabolic disorders, rehabilitation)
>- November 7 (Sunday): Postgraduate and Advanced Courses in Pediatric
>Neurology.
>- November 7 (Sunday): Joint Meeting of the Associations and of the
>Pediatric Neurologists, with special sessions for the use of internet
>- NOVEMBER 8-10 (Monday to Wednesday): MAIN CONGRESS OF THE EPNS
(European
>Pediatric Neurology Society). Main theme of the EPNS Congress:
TREATMENTS
>IN PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY.
>- November 8-9 (Monday and Tuesday): First World Congress of the Nurses
in
>Pediatric Neurology, in Metabolic Disorders, and in Epilepsy.
>- Other satellite symposia: Brain Growth Factors in Development and in
>Tumors; Symposium about Migration Disorders and Zellweger Disease
(research
>symposium of research groups about Zellweger disease supported by
BIOMED
>programs of the European Union).
>        Most of these events will be held at Acropolis, the Congress
Center
>of the City of Nice; a part of the joint events of November 5-6 will be

>held at the Nice SAS Radisson Hotel.
>        The abstracts of the Congress will be published in the European

>Journal of Pediatric Neurology, a Saunders journal which is the
official
>journal of the European Pediatric Neurology Society.
>        For more information about the EPNS Congress and the Satellite
>congresses, see the following websites:
>http://www.congress-epns.com (scientific program, registrations,
abstracts,
>...)
>http://www.pediatric neurology.org (EPNS Board, Bylaws, ...)
>http://www. (presentation of the Congress Center where most of the
>activities will be held)
>        In addition to the websites:
>- for any practical information concerning the EPNS Congress and the
>satellite congresses, courses and meetings, you could reach Mrs. Muriel

>Bonino ( [log in to unmask] );
>- for scientific information, you could reach Dr. Christian Richelme,
>secretary general of the congress ( ) or Prof. Marc Tardieu,
vice-president
>of the congress ( [log in to unmask] ) or Prof. Philippe
>Evrard, president of the congress ( [log in to unmask]
);
>for hotel accommodations and excursions, you could reach Nice Voyages (

>[log in to unmask] ).
>- Messages concerning the Congress of the Associations could be sent to

>Mrs. Kathy Hunter ([log in to unmask] ) for North America and to
Mr.
>Gérard N'Guyen (Fax +33 (0)1 47 90 65 59), Mr Xavier Viollet (Fax +33
(0)2
>33 65 12 43) or Mr  Alphonse Baudot
>([log in to unmask]) for the other continents.
>- For any information about the scientific exhibition held at the
Acropolis
>Convention Center, be in touch with Mrs. Nathalie Skandul (
>[log in to unmask] ).
>- Messages concerning the Congress of the Nurses are to be sent to Mrs.

>Marie-Ange GUERRERO  (Tel +33 (0)4 92 03 46 67 -- Fax +33 (0)4 92 03 46

>69).
>        Due to the exceptional interest raised by this EPNS Congress,
>Satellite and Joint Events, and on request of many participants, we
>obtained a delay for the printing of the abstracts. It is the reason
why we
>postpone the deadline for the abstracts until August 9, 1999. It will
be
>impossible for us to take in consideration the abstracts sent after
August
>9, 1999. The mode of presentation of the papers (oral or poster) will
be
>posted on the web sites before August 25 and it will be confirmed
through
>the postal service before September 5.
>        Recent results "discovered" between August 9 and the opening of
the
>Congress could still be submitted later for presentation at the EPNS
>Congress during the special "Recent Result Session" which will be held
on
>Wednesday, November 10, under the chairmanship of Prof. Jan Rotteveel.
The
>letter which will be sent before the congress to all registered
>participants will explain how to submit a "recent result" obtained
after
>the deadline for the abstracts. We wish to underline that the brief
papers
>which will be accepted for presentation at the "recent results session"

>will not be published in the abstract book.
>        With best regards.
>
>Christian Richelme, MD, Secretary General of the Congress
>Marc Tardieu, MD, Vice-President of the Congress
>Philippe Evrard, MD, President of the Congress
>Muriel Bonino, EPNS Congress Manager


Julius Edlavitch MD
International Pediatric Chat
http://www.pedschat.org





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