ESH Annual Meeting 2007
Message from the Chairman
of the XVII European Meeting on Hypertension
Prof. G. Mancia |
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Dear friends, it is a great pleasure for me to extend you a cordial invitation to attend the 17th
offi cial Scientific meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) which will be held in
Milan, June 15-19, 2007.
The Scientific programme will continue the tradition of the many ESH meetings which have been
held in the past. That is, a large portion of the programme will be devoted to oral and poster
presentations which will be selected from the abstracts submitted by the participants, based on
the assessment of several expert reviewers per abstract.
The programme will also include state-of-the-art lectures, debates and round tables to
complement presentations of original research with views of topics of basic and clinical interest
from worldwide authorities in hypertension; Satellite Symposia organised by Drug Industry,
which will be held in the days before, after and during (evening) the main meeting allow more
specifi c information on new treatments of hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases
to be presented and discussed; breakfast meetings and scientific sessions organised by the
Working Groups of ESH and presentations, in separate sessions, of the research activities of young
European investigators and teaching sessions focused on aspects of more practical interest
and on clinical cases aimed more specifi cally at physicians interested in becoming European
Hypertension Specialists. Several How-to and Meet-the -Expert sessions aimed at presenting and
discussing practical aspects of methods to be used in the initial and subsequent management of
hypertension and cardiovascular risk will also be included in the programme, using a format that
will allow a limited number of attendees to interact with the expert.
Presidents or Representatives of National Hypertension Societies in Europe will also meet to
exchange new ideas on how the programme can effectively interact and stimulate local research
in the cardiovascular area.
This will provide, I believe, a full update on current range and level of European research on this
vital area of medicine, also including, as always in the past, signifi cant contributions from extra
European countries. The programme will be under the responsibility of the Scientific Council
of ESH and the meeting will have the patronage of the Italian Society of Hypertension and the
University of Milan-Bicocca.
As in 2003 and 2005 the meeting will be held in the Congress Center of the Milan Fair. Those of
you who attended these meetings will remember that this was a pleasant experience because
the Center has facilities that can optimally accommodate the large number of participants
and the highly diversifi ed Scientific programme that characterise the European Hypertension
Meeting, including a suitable exhibition space for Drug Industry. Indeed, the facilities have been
recently improved, with the addition of several more lecture rooms of different sizes which will
suit the multifold needs of large meetings such as the ESH one. The Fair is also well connected
with Milan downtown.
As always in the past, the European Society of Hypertension will also provide travel and
accommodation grants to help participation of young investigators and investigators who may
fi nd covering expenses for participation in the meeting diffi cult.
Lower registration fees have also been planned for the members of the European Society of
Hypertension.
Yours sincerely,
Giuseppe Mancia
Chairman of the organising Committee
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