Information Day: 2009 Calls for proposals under the Public Health Programme. 18th March, Luxembourg.

The Information Day about the 2009 Calls for proposals will be held in Luxembourg on 18 March 2009. The sessions as always will provide a thorough introduction into the new Work Programme (still to de adopted by the commission, expected for the end of February) and will include practical workshops on the different aspects of the calls and the application process. The Infoday is the best place to network among the EU health community, to talk directly to commission officials and EAHC staff and to share experience of applying and managing projects and other grants under EU Health Programme.

See more information: http://ec.europa.eu/eahc/health/infoday.html

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Symposium. 28th March 2009, Zutphen, Netherlands. The FAS Foundation of the Netherlands (FAS Stichting Nederland) and the Gelre Hospitals are organizing the 3rd FAS Symposium in the Netherlands, to be held on Saturday, 28 March, 2009. See the full programme here Speakers include Susan Astley, Reinhold Feldmann, and Laurent Servais. About half the talks will be in English, and written summaries of the other talks and workshops will be available in English. Due to the organization of the workshops, it is possible to attend English-language sessions for most of the day. Plenty of time will also be available to meet the speakers, who all speak excellent English. Parents of children with FAS are welcome for a low "parents rate"; please contact the FAS Stichting for information on this at info@fasstichting.nl