Conference listings - for fuller listing see www.iotf.org/conferences/

April 27-29
International Conference on Eating Disorders - London
Contact: Mark Allen International Communications, Croxted Mews, 286a-288 Croxted Road, London SE2 UK
Tel +441816717521
Fax +441816744550

April 28-May 2
The PPARS: Transcriptional Links to Obesity, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease - Keystone, Colorado
Contact: Keystone Symposia
221 Summit Place #272,
Drawer 1630, Silverthorne CO80498 USA Tel +1 9702621230
Fax +1 9702621525
website: www.symposia.com

May 3-5
Childhood Obesity: Partnerships for Research and Prevention - Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: Debra Kibbe, ILSI, 2900 Chamblee-Tucker Road, Bldg 2, Atlanta, GA 30341-4128 USA
Tel +1 770 4559435
fax +1 770 4551826
email: meetings@dc.ilsi.org

May 27
Obesity - launch of task force report
British Nutrition Foundation Conference
London . Contact: Priscilla Appiah
BNF 52-54 High Holborn, London WC1V 6RQ
Tel +44 1714045404
Fax +44 1714046747 email: british_nutrition@compuserve.com
website: www.nutrition.org.uk

June 3-6
9th European Congress on Obesity
Milan
Contact: StudioGi, Via Monte Rosa 14, I-20149 Milan, Italy
Tel +39 2 4800 2686
Fax +39 2 4801 1894
email: studiogi.eco@interbusiness.it
website: www.sameint.it/eco

June 6-8
Developments in Adipose Tissue Biology
ECO 9 Satellite Meeting
Ancona-Portonovo, Italy
Tel +39 71 220 6088
Fax +39 71 220 6087
email: cinti@popcsi.unian.it or anatan@popsci.unian.it

June 17-19
8th European Nutrition Conference
Lillehammer, Norway
Contact: Lillehammer Arrangement AS, PO Box 14, N-2601 Lillehammer, Norway
Tel +4761251705 Fax +4761256515
email: lillarra@sn.no
website: www.nutrition.uio.no

June 30 - July 2, 1999
4th International Clore Symposium - Obesity and NIDDM: New Molecular Targets. Buckingham, UK
Contact: Clore Laboratory, University of Buckingham, MK18 1EG, UK
Fax +44 (0)1280 820135 email:
monique.heald@buckingham.ac.uk
website:www.buckingham.ac.uk/clore/

August 21 - 22

Eighth Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for the Study of
Obesity, Sydney.
Gerald Berenson from the Tulane Centre for Cardiovascular Health in New Orleans will be a keynote speaker. Angelo Tremblay from Laval University will be our second international speaker. He is well known to many in the exercise and metabolism field.The Scientific Organising Committee invites suggestions for inclusion in the program (contact Kate Steinbeck on kss@diab.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au or 02 9515 9770). A lay meeting on the prevention of obesity is planned for August 23 as part of a prevention of obesity workshop which is being organised in association with the Commonwealth Department of Health.

August 26-28
Diet and the Metabolic Syndrome
Ystad, Sweden
Contact: Ms Agneta Hartlen
The Swedish Nutrition Foundation, Ideon, SE-223 70 Lund, Sweden
Tel + 46462862282
Fax + 46462862281

September 3-7
9th Meeting and Workshops of the European Neuroendocrine Association
Odense, Denmark Contact: Dr Claus Hagen, Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
Tel +4565411811
Fax +4565919653
email: ENEA99@OUH.DK
website: www.ouh.dk/enea99/

September 6 - 7
IV International Congress of Obesity and X Chilean Meeting of Obesity
(Satellite IV Latin American Congress).
Organizer: Chilean Society of Obesity.
Speakers invited: Stephan Rossner(Sweden), L.Arthur Campfield(USA), Alfredo Halpern and others. Contact:Chilean Society of obesity.
Tel +562 632 7537 Fax +562 639 1085 Esmeralda 678. Of. 306. Santiago. CHILE. Email:sochob@entelchile.net

September 9-11
IV Latin American Congress -
See website for full details
www.iotf.org/conferences

4th Argentinian Congress 6th Rioplatense Meeting on Obesity and Eating Disorders Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
September 8-11
Body Weight Regulation and Obesity
Pamplona, Spain.
Contact: DR J A Martinez, Department of Physiology and Nutrition, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Tel + 34 948425600
Fax + 34 948 425649
email jalfmtz@unav.es

September 23-24
13th International Symposium on Obesity Surgery, Salzburg, Austria
Contact Karl Miller, 2nd Surgical Department, General Hospital, Mullner Hauptstr. 48, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria
Tel +43662 44822401
Fax +43662 454975
email: k.miller@lkasbg.gv.at

October 28-31
Multiple Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease: Global Assessment and Intervention. Venice, Italy. Contact: Fondzione Giovanni, Lorenzini, Via Andrea Appiani 7, I-20121 Milan, Italy
Tel +39 2 29006267
Fax +392 29007018
email: lorenzfo@icil64.cilea.it

November 14-18
NAASO Annual Conference
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Contact: via NAASO or from:
Office of CME, Medical University of South Caroline, 141 MUSC Complex Suite 301, Charleston SC 29425
Tel +1 843 8761925
Fax +1 843 8761931
email: naaso99@musc.edu
website: www.naaso.org

2000
May 24-27
10th European Congress on Obesity
Antwerp, Belgium
Contact: Prof Dr L.F. Van Gaal
Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
Dept. Endocrinology
Wilrijkstraat, 10
B-2650 Edegem - Antwerp
BELGIUM
Tel +3238213266
Fax +3238254980
email: luc.van.gaal@uza.uia.ac.be

May 30-June 1
6th Varna International Symposium on obesity and related diseases, Bulgaria
see IOTF website for details
2002 - August 24-29

9th International Congress on Obesity, Sao Paulo, Brazil Pre congress satellite symposia: 23-24 Recife - Obesity as a disease 23-24 Rio de Janeiro - Pharmacologic Intervention
Post congress satellite symposia:
30-31 Foz Do Iguacu - Role of Physical Activity 30-31 Buenos Aires -
The Importance of Nutrition
Contact: Congress Office
WTE Gerenciamento de Eventos Ltda,
Alameda Campinas, 463-6 andar
01404-000 Sao Paulo, SP Brasil
Tel + 55112537947
Fax + 55112846629
E mail: wte@sanet.com.br