Thank you for attending the EPC2009 meeting
Once again the Organizers would like to thank you for attending the 41st Meeting of the European Pancreatic Club. The summary of the Meeting can be provided as follows:
1) Invited speakers
There were 49 invited speakers at the meeting (33 from Europe, 11 from USA and 5 Others). Almost all of the top experts in the field of Basic and Clinical Sciences of Pancreatology accepted our invitation. We could support their travel and covered their accommodation and registration fees.
2) Abstracts
We received an impressive number of 278 abstracts from 30 countries. 56 abstracts were accepted for oral presentation, 40 abstracts for oral-poster presentation and 176 abstracts for poster presentation. 1 abstract was rejected, 5 abstracts were withdrawn.
3) Travel Scholarships
We received 123 travel scholarship applications which is the highest number of applications ever at EPC meetings. One of our biggest achievements was that we could obtain enough sponsors to support all of the Scholarships. Therefore, all of the travel scholarship applications were awarded.
4) Participants
All together 469 people registered for the conference (390 participants, 32 accompanying persons and 69 sponsors). The local organizers supported the attendance of 172 participants (44% of all participants (!): 49 invited speakers, 123 young and/or basic and/or Eastern European scientists) with 90.795 Euros. In addition the registration fees were one of the lowest that have been charged at EPC meetings.
5) Other issues
There were direct transports (between Szeged and Budapest Airport) organized for all of the participants. In addition we were pleased to show Hungarian gastronomy, culture and arts to everyone. The registration fees for the social events (2 Euros (!)) allowed everyone to attend the evenings.
We are glad that the Conference was a great success with a large number of people attending.
