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Dear Colleagues

It is our pleasure to invite you to the 7th International Conference on Children's Bone Health, to be held 27-30 June 2015 in the beautiful Austrian city of Salzburg.

This Conference will bring together scientists and clinicians from a wide range of disciplines to gain a better understanding of the growing skeleton in health and disease. The scope ranges from basic molecular mechanisms to clinical aspects, from bone physiopathology to treatment.  We invite anyone with an interest in bone metabolism and bone mass in children, adolescents and young adults to attend.  The 2013 meeting held in Rotterdam was attended by over 300 delegates from over 45 countries, making it truly multinational and multidisciplinary – a unique networking opportunity.

The scientific programme is designed to present researchers, physicians, and allied health professionals with the newest research, with sessions including plenary lectures by world-leading experts, symposia, workshops, oral communications and poster sesssions.

The Conference will offer investigators from around the world an opportunity to meet with each other and with industry representatives. There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion both in and outside the lecture theatre and we actively encourage you to submit your abstracts for oral and poster presentation. Our priority is to maximise the time available for presentation of submitted abstracts.

We are proud to hold this conference in one of the most beautiful cities of Europe.  Famous as the birthplace of Mozart, Salzburg is well known for its romantic scenery and rich cultural heritage.  Situated in Central Europe, the city is easily accessible from every corner of the globe through the major European transportation hubs.  The conference will be held in the Salzburg Congress Center, a versatile, modern and spacious venue, perfect in size and location for ICCBH.

ICCBH is your opportunity to hear about and discuss the newest developments in our understanding of paediatric bone health. Come and participate in a lively interactive meeting with the leaders in the field!

We look forward to seeing you in Salzburg in June 2015.

Wolfgang Högler

Conference Chairman

EUR

Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

The 2015 conference will be held in the Salzburg Congress Center.

Opened in 2001, the Center offers a versatile, modern and spacious venue, perfect in size and location for ICCBH.

Address:

Auerspergstraße 6

5020 Salzburg

Austria

Submission Info

Thank you to everyone who submitted abstracts - a fantastic response.  Don't miss the deadline for early bird registrations - 3 April.

The abstract deadline has now passed.  Please contact us if you have any queries.

Late-breaking abstract submission opens on 10 April, deadline 1 May.

Topics include:

Bone development and growth

Bone assessment

Bone fragility and metabolism

New bone diagnostics

Epidemiology

Bone health in chronic and rare diseases

Novel drug targets and medical therapies

Nutrition and rickets

Physical activity and muscle-bone relationship

Advances in orthopaedic surgery

Genetics and metabolomics of bone signalling and structure

Abstracts and clinical cases on these and other relevant topics are invited. There will be plenty of time on the programme for oral communications from the submitted abstracts, and for dedicated poster viewing sessions, and we encourage you to submit your work.

No fees are charged for abstract submission.

A number of travel grants and awards are available to eligible authors. Please see the Grants and Awards page for more information.

Invitation to participate

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in the 7th International Conference on Children’s Bone Health, to be held in the beautiful city of Salzburg, Austria, from 27-30 June 2015.

The ICCBH meeting will offer a high quality scientific programme of interest to both clinical and basic scientists. We are expecting around 300 delegates to attend, many of whom will be key opinion leaders in their fields.

The last meeting was held in Rotterdam in June 2013 and was the first ICCBH meeting after a 4-year gap.  It was very successful and was attended by over 300 delegates from 45 countries. 

One of the attractions of this meeting (both for delegates and for sponsors) is its multidisciplinary nature, so it gives you the opportunity to talk to specialists from many different fields – paediatricians, endocrinologists, rheumatologists, nephrologists, nutritionists, orthopaedic surgeons and others.

Highlights will include the following:

An exciting programme of invited speaker lectures featuring some of the world's leading experts in the field

Company-supported satellite symposia highlighting some of the latest developments and research

A busy exhibition area with lunch included in the delegate fee

Well-attended poster sessions in the same space as the exhibition

Options include support for:

Satellite symposia

Individual sessions

New Investigator Awards

Poster Awards

Poster boards

Conference A/V set up

Programme/abstracts on USB flashdrive

Delegate name badges

Pens and paper for delegate bag

Advertising in the on-site programme

Delegate bag inserts

Exhibition space

Your own ideas always welcome!

Please download the Sponsorship Prospectus or contact the Secretariat for further information.

We hope that you will be able to join us for what promises to be an exciting meeting.  

Wolfgang Högler

Scientific Programme Chair

On behalf of the Organising Committee

Janet Crompton

iccbh@ectsoc.org

Tel + 44 (0)1453 549929

Fax + 44 (0)1453 548919

Local Agent

Ralph Kerschbaumer

S12! Studio 12 gmbh

Innsbruck, Austria

Tel: +43 (0) 512 890438

Email: ker@studio12.co.at