EPUAP Review 5/2 RIP - European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel

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epuap Letter
NEWS FROM EPUAP
THE annual meeting of the EPUAP this year in
Tampere, Finland is, as in the past, the major activity
of our organization. It is appropriate that we are
holding it in Finland this year, especially in view of the support
that our Finnish members have given the EPUAP since
its inception, and I would particularly like to thank Helvi
Hietanen for her energetic contribution as a leader of the
local organizing committee.
Helvi Hietanen
The meeting is organized by the Business Office with
the input of the scientific committee chaired by Michael
Clark. This year we have had more than eighty-five excellent
abstracts received for presentation on pressure ulcers.
In the programme there are slots for twenty-eight oral presentations;
the number was limited in order that the majority
of delegates could attend the main sessions. There will
be more than fifty poster presentations with the authors
presenting at special breakfast and tea sessions near the
posters in order to allow them to discuss their work with
attendees. The posters are a major feature of the EPUAP
Annual Meeting and they contribute a wealth of knowledge
on pressure ulcers as well as allowing time for in-depth discussion
between the authors and delegates.
Following the success of the satellite symposia at our
meeting last year in Budapest, this year (on Thursday morning)
we have four sponsored symposia which have been arranged
by ConvaTec, Johnson & Johnson, KCI and Smith
& Nephew. Two of these will take place before coffee and
two before lunch, before the opening of the main meeting.
We hope that you will support these excellent sessions in
which the subjects are all related to pressure ulcer prevention
and management, with well known and knowledgeable
EUROPEAN PRESSURE ULCER ADVISORY PANEL
from the Business Office
speakers in each of the symposia’s programmes. Details of
the symposia are in the programme abstract booklet.
If you are a paid-up member of the EPUAP I would encourage
you to attend this year’s annual general meeting
on Friday, at lunch time, as a number of administrative
changes need to be ratified, particularly those concerning
becoming Trustees of the EPUAP.
You will find an invitation in this issue of the Review to
attend a celebration of Gerry Bennett’s life and work, which
is to be held in London on 21 September 2003. Please note
that if you wish to attend, please contact the Warden’s Office
at the address on the invitation.
Next year our annual meeting will be held in Paris at
the Palais des Congres during the World Union of Wound
Healing Societies meeting 8–13 July 2004. EPUAP is a cohosting
society of this meeting and is part of the programme
planning committee with regard to pressure ulcers.
The members of the Business Office look forward to seeing
you all in Tampere at the EPUAP stand.
Dr George W. Cherry
Secretary/Treasurer
George Cherry
Volume 5, Number 2, 2003