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Dear Colleagues:
On behalf of the Organizing and Scientific Committees
of the International Society of Travel
Medicine (ISTM), it is our great pleasure to
invite you to attend the 11th Conference of the International
Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM11) to be
held in Budapest, Hungary at the Eötvös
Loránd University (ELTE) Congress Center from May 24–28, 2009.
The goal of the Budapest meeting is to share with all our
international colleagues advances in the science and art of travel
medicine, presented in a spectacular European city.
The biennial ISTM conferences are established as the leading
venue for the practice and science of the discipline of travel
medicine. As usual, educational formats will include Plenaries and
Symposia, Debates, Workshops, Original
Scientific Presentations, Meet the Experts,
Case of the Day and abstract presentations.
Satellite programs and sponsored events will also be offered.
Budapest possesses a rich and fascinating history as well as a
vibrant cultural heritage. Recognizing the
unique value of its traditions it has managed to maintain its magic
and charm, and is rightly known as the Queen
of the Danube. It has also been called the
City of Spas, as there are a dozen thermal bath complexes served by
over a hundred natural thermal springs.
The capital city of Hungary, Budapest, was created out of the
unification of the separate historic towns of
Buda, Pest and Óbuda in 1873. While the area had been inhabited from
early times, it was from this date that the
city’s expansion into a world capital really
began. Today Budapest is one of the most beautiful cities of Europe.
It is home to a population of 1.8 million
people.
On behalf of the
Local Organizing
Committee and
the Scientific
Program Committee of the
ISTM, we are pleased to invite you to this
unique venue for this 11th CISTM. This marks the first time that
ISTM has ventured from traditional conference
sites in Western Europe and North America.
We are confident you will have an engaging scientific, cultural and
historical experience in this innovative location in the new Eastern Europe.
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