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Accreditation

The Congress will be accredited by the Hellenic Medical Association, and by the European Board of Urology  (EBU)

The EBU works according to the rules and quality standards of the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), according to the EACCME-UEMS criteria.

The EBU/EACCME CME Credits are recognized by National Accreditation Authorities.
Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Airlines
The Athens International Airport is connected daily with over 50 cities around the world.

The link below provides a list of International Airlines which fly to and from Athens International Airport. Clicking on a variety of the listed airlines will guide you to their homepage, assisting you in finding the best route to Athens.List of Athens International Airport Airlines 
For information on flight details arriving and departing from Athens International Airport please see the link below. Real Time Flight Information

We have the pleasure to announce the organization of the 1st  International Congress  “CLINICAL TOPICS IN UROLOGY (CTU)”, to be held in Athens, Greece, on the 5th and 6th of July, 2013. The meeting is planned to be repeated every year focusing on different monothematic topics, starting with Lithiasis.

The meeting is jointly organized by the First and the Second University Departments of Urology of the Athens University Medical School, in joint forces with the Department of Urology of the "Acibadem" University Medical School, Istanbul and the Israeli Endourological Society is an integral part of the Israeli Urological Association.

Invited Faculty

Confirmed faculty,  till February 28th, 2013

• Adamakis Ioannis, Athens, Greece
• Anastasiou Ioannis, Athens, Greece
• Binbay Murat., Istanbul, Turkey 
• Bissas Apostolos, Athens, Greece
• Bucuras Viorel, Bucharest, Romania
• Constantinides Constantinos, Athens, Greece
• De la Rosette Jean, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Deliveliotis Charalampos, Athens, Greece
• Giannakopoulos Stelios, Athens, Greece
• Gravas Stavros, Larissa, Greece 
• Hoznek Andras, Creteil  France 
• Karagiannis Aristides, Athens, Greece
• Karagiotis  Evangelos, Athens, Greece
• Kural Ali Riza , Istanbul, Turkey, 
• Liakouras Christos, Athens, Greece
• Livadas Konstantinos, Athens, Greece
• Mitropoulos Dionisios, Athens, Greece
• Mamoulakis Charalampos, Heraklion, Greece
• Mitsogiannis Iraklis, Athens, Greece
• Papatsoris Athanasios, Athens, Greece
• Polyzois Konstantinos, Athens, Greece
• Rassweiler Jens, Heilbronn, Germany 
• Seitz Christian, Vienna, Austria
• Serafetinidis Efraim, Thessaloniki, Greece
• Skolarikos Andreas, Athens, Greece
• Sofer Mario, Tel Aviv, Israel 
• Stravodimos Konstantinos, Athens, Greece
• Tuerk Christian. , Vienna, Austria 
• Turna Burak , Izmir, Turkey 
• Varkarakis Ioannis, Athens, Greece

 

Hands-On Training (HOT) Workshops

Special Hands-On Training (HOT) Workshops on URO-PERC MENTOR^TM Simulators will be organized during the CTU Congress.

HOT Workshops schedule:

* All HOT Workshop participants will attend the introductory part for one hour as a group and then practice separately for one hour each in the stimulator training station. Times advised in the table correspond to the total practice time for all participants (four stimulators available, i.e. 9 hours of practice for all 36 participants to be trained for an hour each).

Participation in the HOT Workshops:
Registration to the CTU Congress is a prerequisite for your participation in a HOT Workshop. Due to limited availability, CTU delegates are kindly advised to register to the HOT Workshops as soon as possible, by filling in the appropriate field in their online or offline registration form; participation will be confirmed on a “first-come first-served” basis, upon payment of the HOT Workshop registration fee.

Registration fee per HOT Workshop per person: 100 euro

Accommodation

• ON-LINE
  (FOR CREDIT CARD PAYMENT ONLY)
   to login for the on-line registration and bookings system
  NOTICE: once you log-in and register, entering your personal data requested by the system, you may revisit the on-line services for your abstract(s) submission or any additional reservations, using only your password and your username. 
  
  
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• OFF-LINE
  (FOR PAYMENT THROUGH BANK TRANSFER AND/OR CREDIT CARD)
  In case you do not wish to register on-line,  to download the Registration, Accommodation and Tours Booking Form, fill in and send it by fax (+30-210-7257532) or email (hospitality@CTUcongress.org) along with a copy of the bank transfer receipt.

Large number of rooms have been provisionally reserved at the Divani Apollon Palace Hotel , for the Congress participants. It is strongly advised to book as early as possible, in order to ensure your reservation.

For further information regarding hotel accommodation, please contact hospitality@CTUcongress.org

Submission Info

Call for Abstracts

The Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of abstracts for

Poster Presentation ONLY

 Submission procedure

Please read the below mentioned information, before entering to the on line system:

1. The first step to follow before submitting an abstract on line is to login to the system, by creating your own username and password required by the system. The username and password will be useful in any of your future visits to the on line services of the Congress (registration, hotel accommodation, etc)
2. Abstracts must be submitted in English through the on-line abstract submission form
3. Your abstract must be submitted until April 30^th , 2013
4. All received abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee
5. The Presenting author will be notified by May 25^th , 2013
6. For each abstract, the registration fee for at least one of the authors, should be paid.
7. The presentation of the abstract and its publication in the Final Program is conditional upon payment of the registration fee by the at least one of the author per abstract
8. The presenting author of an abstract can only be a co-author of another abstract
9. Abstract texts must be a maximum of 500 words.
10. Number references should be placed in the order they appear in the abstract. 
11. If an author wishes to withdraw a submitted abstract, a written request should be sent to the Congress Secretariat
12. Abstracts will not be accepted if sent by fax, e-mail or hard copy (paper copy)
13. For any corrections in an already submitted abstract, the presenting author can enter the on line system and proceed accordingly, only if he has marked his abstract in a “pending” status (please see instructions in the on line procedure). After the expiration of the abstract submission deadline, all abstract will automatically turned to “Confirmed” status, therefore, no change can be made by the author

For further information regarding Abstracts, please contact:
info@CTUcongress.org

Contact: , Congress Organizing Bureau , Erasmus SA

Phone: 011-30-210-741-4700

Fax: 011-30-210-725-7532

Email: info@CTUcongress.org