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Report of the President of the XIIIth International Congress of Nephrology

Organization In 1990 during the XIth ICN in Tokyo, the proposal of the Spanish Society of Nephrology to hold the XIIIth ICN in Madrid was accepted. Luis Hernando was appointed as President of the Organizing Committee, Luis Revert and Jose Rodicio as VicePresidents, Julio Botella as Secretary, and Fernando Valderrabano as Treasurer. The Organizing Committee was intended to be small and effective. This meant that the workload imposed, especially on some of the members, would be very high; however, we still recommended such an approach. A larger Advisory Committee, with at least one representative from each of the 17 Spanish Comunidades was later appointed and met twice a year. The Executive of the Organizing Committee met frequently, during certain periods weekly. In 1994, a Finance Committee and a Selection Committee for the Free Communication part of the Program were designated (see Final Program). In. 1991, the Executive and Council of the ISN decided to shorten the intervals between ISN Congresses from three to two years. The final date of the Congress was subsequently brought forward and fixed for the first week of July, 1995. The confirmation of this date had to wait until the Jerusalem meeting in July 1993. In 1992, after studying several proposals, Grupo Geyseco (Director Mr. Rufino Sarabia) was chosen to give assistance in running the Congress. Running a meeting the size of the ICN efficiently without using a professional Congress organizer is virtually impossible. A mailing list was constructed from numerous sources, including the registration list from the XIIth ICN in Jerusalem, ISN membership list, and all major national and international Societies known and available to us. This list totalled over 23,000 names. A Preliminary Announcement was distributed for the first time in Jerusalem and a first announcement was handed out at the ASN meeting in Boston and the EDTA meeting in Glasgow and at other meetings of national societies. The Second Announcement and first Call for Abstracts were either distributed or mailed to the complete mailing list. The Third Announcement (final announcement and Call for Abstracts) was mailed to a reduced number of approximately 14,000 people. We would like to acknowledge the help of the Treasurer of the ISN, Craig Tisher, for the mailing to the members of the ISN. The Madrid meeting was presented for the first time in Jerusalem. Then we had a booth at all the meetings of the

Professional Staff Congress Review of Arbitrations and Digest of Selected Related Issues

Professional Staff Congress Review of Arbitrations and Digest of Selected Related Issues

Abuse for visiting scientists.

In recent years the field of Japanese psychiatry has been troubled by dissension and occasional violence. The disruption in April 1985 of a professional congress by "anti-psychiatrists" was one in a series of confrontations going back 16 years, when radical doctors objecting to traditional forms of education and treatment seized the inpatient psychiatric ward of Tokyo University's hospital. Allegations of abuse have also been made against administrators of some mental hospitals, where over 80% of Japan's more than 300,000 psychiatric patients are involuntarily confined. Calls for governmental involvement have come from foreign experts, but there has been little interest in reform in Japan, where involuntary commitment is easily arranged and the mentally ill are stigmatized.

The second regional scientific conference of doctors of the TR

The conference took place following the Professional Congress of Doctors of the TR between January 13-17 this year. In addition to the delegates of the congress, some doctors from Marioblast, Chuv .. republic, Votsk region and one from the Mordovian region, as well as city doctors and seconded doctors from the Clinical Institute, took part in the work of the Conference.