36th Congress of the International Society of Medical Hydrology & Climatology

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Closing Ceremony

Conclusions

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Preparation • Two years of intense work• Construction of the website• Hundreds of hours in meetings with our secretariat • Meetings with the authorities and institutions• Decisions about the venue, other facilities and equipment• Inspection visit from the executive commitee• Long process of negociation with our of sponsors• Thousands of emails• Many other mailings and newsletters….• Many difficulties, insuficient suport of some authorities and institutions from

whom we expected more• Limited budget

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Results (public awarenness)• We achieved our goal of reaching the public for

calling their attention for the Medical Hydrology (awareness of this field of Medicine)

• Several TV programs• Newspapers interviews• Radio (1 hour of prime time in one of the main

National Radio Stations). And other flashnews about the congress

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Opening Ceremony

• Water, science and culture

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Scientific Sessions

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Results (scientific sessions)

• We received 191 abstracts• 32 countries• 15 Sessions, beeing 4 of them parallel• 1 satelite simposium• 1 Workshop• One consensus meeting• Three general Assembly( ISMH, Portugal, France)• One Examination (Spain)

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Posters

• Two sessions• 52 posters

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32 Countries sent abstracts• Portugal• Spain• France• Italy• Germany• Hungary• Romenia• Chec Republic• Eslovakia• Slovenia• Serbia

• Bulgaria• Russia• Greece• Turkey• Sweden• Latvia• Lithuania• Netherlands• Gabon • Cameroon• Pakistan

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• Iran• Pakistan• Japan• Israel• USA• Canada • Argentina• Venezuela• Brasil• Cuba

We intend to prepare:

• the Procedures book• also in CD

• We kindly ask those who are interested in having their papers published to send it as soon as posible to us so that we can start imediately all this process

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Social Programm • Portuguese guitar oncert by Mário Pacheco, fado

by Cuca Roseta and a coreography specifically composed for this event by Daniel Cardoso Former New York City and also Kirov r ballet dancer and performed by the “Forum Ballet” company

• President´s dinner at the Moder Art Museum • Gala Dinner in the Taylor’s Port Wine Cellars• Two tours (Porto city tour; Braga-Guimarães)

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So, I want to thank to…

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Thanks to all the Institutionsthat suported us

• Ministério da Saúde / ARS Norte• Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS)• International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM)• European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM)• Ordem dos Médicos• Instituto de Hidrologia da Universidade do Porto• Instituto de Hidrologia da Universidade de Coimbra• Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS)• Universidade da Beira Interior• Comissão Portuguesa da Década do Osso e Articulação• Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação (SPMFR)• Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia• Sociedade Portuguesa de Ortopedia e Traumatologia

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PATRONO CULTURALCULTURAL PATRONAGE

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Concert Sponsor

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GOLD SPONSOR

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SILVER SPONSORS

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Other Sponsors

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Exhibitors• AQUANATTUR• ASSOCIAÇÃO DE TERMAS DE PORTUGAL• BALNESS• BANCO ESPÍRITO SANTO• BIAL• IBEROTERMAS• INATEL• MEDY BAYREUTH• MERCK SHARP & DHOME• NOVARTIS• PEDRAS SALGADAS• SERVIER• TECNIFAR• TERMAS DE S. JORGE• TERMAS DE UNHAIS DA SERRA

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Portuguese SPA Association

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VERY SPECIAL THANK

To Pedro Cardoso and all His team,Andreia, Liliana, Ana, Maria Manuel and al

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Thanks also to…

• Fernando Duarte and all his fantastic team of image (photographs and Cameramen)

• Luis Santos Productions• Cristina Roque, Silvério and all the other musicians• All the technical staff of the congress rooms• All the staff of the Sheraton Hotel• Drivers of the Buses

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• So, it is time to say good bye but first I would like to let you a souvenir of this congres and so I asked Fernado Duarte our image producer and Director to prepare for us a brief overview of this congress so that you may remember these wonderful nmoments we shared together…

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Five bridges

Baroque

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WE WISH YOU ALL:

•An excellent and safe return back to your homes and families ! Thank you !

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