3rd International Meeting on Visual and Neuromuscular Disorders

Organizers
This meeting is co-organized by the World Federation of Neurology and the Cuban Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery. WFN members and all interested neurologists are encouraged to attend. The meeting is open to all neurologists regardless of citizenship.
Main Topics
Visual disorders -Optic Nerve diseases -Electrophysiology of Vision -Clinical Neurophthalmology -Visual system disorders	Neuromuscular disorders -Motor Neuron diseases -Dysautonomic Disorders -Polineuropathies -Myopathies
Participants
Ophthalmolgists, Neurophysiologists, Neurologists, Neurosurgeons, Physicians, Pediatricians, technicians and professionals in general in charge of the care of the Neurological and Ophthalmological patients.
Venues
Hotel Nacional de Cuba and ICBP Victoria de Girón.
Language
English and Spanish will be the official languages for the presentations.
Registration fees
Participants: 300.00 €uros / CUC Accompanying persons: 150.00 €uros / CUC The payments will be done in Havana, by cash, upon registration. The touristic packages could be adapted to your particular needs. For more information, contact Lic. Tamara León Rodríguez CUBATUR Tel: (53-7) 883-1371 Fax: (53-7) 883-1376 or contact the CUBATUR Agencies in your country. We can only guarantee reservations made before 5 December 2005. (after that date it will be difficult to find accommodation because there are other meetings in Havana at the same time) For USA participants: Contact: Mr. Luis Vazquez, MILA tours / Transair milalatin@aol.com Phone: 1 800 367 7378 Fax: 847 249 2772. REGISTRATION HERE
Abstracts
The Organising Committee welcomes your participation. The deadline for the abstracts reception is 30 November, 2005 Abstracts should be sent in electronic format using Microsoft Word, Arial 12. The Name of document will include the following structure: Abstract_(name of the author).doc Example: Abstract_Smith R.doc Please, send your abstracts according to the following Template: The Title should not exceed 15 words, in Capital Letters, Centered. A singlespace. Authors and Affiliation of the presenting Author, after the last author's name. A single space. Type de Abstract with no more than 250 words. One table or graphic could be included and the body of the abstract should be structured as follows: -Introduction. -Objectives. -Methods. -Results. -Conclusions. A single space. Modality of presentation according to the following: -Pre-congress courses -Lectures -Free communications -Workshops -Roundtables -Symposia -Posters -Videos -Telemedicine Send your abstract right now to Neuromuscular Disorders or Visual Disorders.



Accommodation
The official Travel Agency for the meeting is CUBATUR As a promotional offering of this agency, three Cuban Hotels will be available for the following prices in CUC / per day; Including: Lodging and Breakfast * Transfer in/out * Transfer to the Congress Sessions * Tourist Guide Service
HOTEL	SINGLE ROOM	DOUBLE ROOM
Nacional *****	136.00	108.00
Palco ****	73.00	56.00
Vedado ***	64.00	53.00

Scientific Program and Pre-Congress Courses
Download in PDF
Foreign Speakers
Neuro-Ophthalmology 1) Babac Mazinani, Germany 2) David Lozano Elizondo, Mexico 3) Dimitrios Kountouris, Greece 4) Irene González Olhovich, Mexico 5) Irene Olhovich Greene, Mexico 6) Malena Abdalla, Brasil 7) Manfred Stache, Germany 8) Thamar Gómez-Villegas, Mexico
Neuromuscular 1) Alvaro Cordoba, Uruguay 2) Christian Krarup, Denmark 3) Freddy Paiz, Cananda 4) Louis Weimer, USA 5) Mark Bromberg, USA 6) Orla Hardiman, Ireland 7) Paola Sandroni, USA 8) Rafael Labrador, Venezuela 9) Richard Lewis, USA 10) Roberto de Bellis, Uruguay 11) Sean Conolly, Ireland 12) Serenella Servidei, Italy
Contact Us
For additional or any further information, please contact Mrs. Celia R. Soto (Secretary) at
tmvision@infomed.sld.cu or tmmuscle@infomed.sld.cu
You can also contact the Presidents of the Organising Committee:
Visual Disorders Dra. Rosaralis Santiesteban Freixas
Neuromuscular Disorders Dr. Joel Gutiérrez Gil
You can also contact us by regular mail to: Instituto de Neurología y Neurocirugía. Calle 29 y D Vedado, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba Phone: (53-7) 553022 ext 222. Fax: (53-7) 551820.
Last update: January 2006