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ICMART 2005 Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic
I am pleased to report that the ICMART 2005 Symposium in Prague, Czech Republic in association with the XXIII Congressus Acupuncturae Bohemiae et Slovacae com participatione internationali was a tremendous success. František Pára, M.D., Ph.D., President of the Symposium and Ladislav Fildán, M.D., Scientific Secretary of the
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Bryan Frank with (L-R) Ruy Tanigawa (Brazil), Helen Yamamoto (Japan), Carlos China (Brazil), Toshi Yamamoto (Japan), and François Beyens (Belgium)
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symposium worked diligently for this special event which featured many leading experts in the field of medical acupuncture and related techniques from around the globe. ICMART President Bryan L. Frank, M.D. and François Beyens, M.D., ICMART General Secretary, led the Board through the official ICMART events of the Symposium Additionally, Walburg Marić-Oehler, M.D. led the European Section Meeting and Marshall Sager, D.O., led the Educational Chapter meeting.
Approximately 300 persons from across Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Oceana attended the Symposium, where educational events included plenary lectures, workshops, free papers, and posters. Attendees from the USA and the AAMA included AAMA Past-Presidents Bryan L. Frank, M.D. and Marshall Sager, D.O. as well as Drs. Yang Ahn, Maria Guerra, Douglas Lee, and Albert Leung. Many other international presenters and attendees are long time friends and past presenters at Symposia of the AAMA.
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Marshall Sager and Alejandro Elorriaga (Canada) having fun, with Palle Rosted (England) and Walburg Maric (Germany) nearby.
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The Symposium Faculty and Organizing Committee as well as the attendees enthusiastically welcomed the formal announcement of the 2006 ICMART Congress, which will be hosted by the AAMA and held in conjunction with the 2006 AAMA Symposium in Washington, D.C. in April, 2006.
ICMART currently represents over 35.000 physician acupuncturists from 89 societies in 42 nations. It maintains an official website (www.icmart.org), a periodic newsletter, an active Educational Chapter and European Chapter, and promotes its annual Congresses and Symposia in as well as supporting various national Symposia around the world.
Bryan L. Frank
Madam President, Mr. President, Dear ICMART Members,
On behalf of the Czech Medical Acupuncture Society of the J. E. Purkyně Czech Medical Association, this is to inform you about the preparation of the ICMART 2005 International Medical Symposium of Acupuncture and Related Techniques to be held on 20 - 22 May in Prague, which will include, as its part, the XXIII. Congressus Acupuncturae Bohemiae et Slovacae cum participatione internationali. The event will take place in Hotel Diplomat, located in the centre of Prague near the Prague Castle.
The Symposium's web pages will be available from the first half of September and will be updated on a continuous basis
(www.icmart2005.cz). A preliminary agenda, together with a participation application form and other basic information will be circulated at the end of August or in September.
Preliminary information is available from the Symposium organiser:
Guarant International, Opletalova 22, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Telephone: +420 284 001 444
Fax: +420 284 001 448
E-mail: icmart2005@guarant.cz
Ladies and Gentlemen, dear friends of acupuncture and related techniques, the Symposium's Organising Committee warmly invites you to come and get to know the hospitality of people in the Czech Republic and see Prague, the beautiful city of history, culture and modern life, listed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage site.
Sixteen years ago many of us met in the then communist Czechoslovakia at the ICMART 88 3rd World Congress of Scientific Acupuncture, Prague, and we believe that those who remember that event – and not only they – are curious to see how our country and Prague, its capital, have changed since then.
Only ample participation of you, acupuncturist-physicians from all continents, and your pro-active approach to the Symposium, can effectively contribute to guaranteeing both a high professional standard and a friendly atmosphere to be remembered with pleasure.
We are ready to do our best to create for you the best possible conditions for scientific meetings as well as for the social programme, and we hope you will stay in our country longer than just for the Symposium.
Dear Colleagues, if any change has taken place in your Society's leadership, please, let us know the new postal and e-mail addresses by sending such details to the symposium organiser's address above. We would also like to ask you to be so kind and put this information on your Society's web site and in your scientific/professional journals and, if possible, circulate it to the e-mail addresses of the members of your Acupuncture Society. Next we would like to kindly ask you for the post address database of your members by reason of mailing our First Announcement.
We are looking forward to meeting.
Yours faithfully,
Frantisek Para Ladislav Fildan
representing the organising Czech Medical Acupuncture Society
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