ICRS Focus Meeting Thessaloniki - The Impact of Sports in Cartilage: How Much is Normal is organized by International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society (ICRS) and will be held from Mar 25 - 27, 2021 at Mediterranean Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Course Description: They all understand the severity of the morbidity caused by cartilage injuries or posttraumatic – postsurgical osteoarthritis and they are happy to announce that in this special ICRS Focus Meeting they will all manage to get in depth knowledge of the real problem, focusing on the mid and long term results of injury, or even no-injury!! Epidemiological and pathophysiological data will be presented with the surgical techniques that are already used worldwide for the treatment of cartilage lesions. Special credit will be paid in evidence-based rehabilitation and prevention, parallel to presentation of surgical or conservative treatment that can lead to better outcome. Our main aim is that all the participants, at the end of the Focus Meeting, will understand the impact of sports in joint homeostasis and cartilage health, and they hope that they open the discussion regarding consensus of how much is optimal and what is the best treatment algorithm. Hot Topics: • Effect of activity in joint homeostasis • Acute traumatic injuries in sports: what happens in the cartilage • Chronic damage and early OA in athletes: any evidence? • Treatment methodology to achieve better results • Orthobiologics: the impact on reducing OA prevalence in sports • Rehabilitation aspects towards achieving homeostasis • Prevention – Prescription of exercise as “cartilage health tool” • Treatment algorithm – Set the consensus • Workshop for rehabilitation on cartilage cases  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

On behalf of ESAG, I would like to welcome all of you attending ESAG 5th World Congress, taking place in Athens, Greece from May 30 - Jun 02, 2021. June 2nd, 2021: Masters Class on Cosmetic, Functional & Reconstructive Gynecology by the Experts - via detailed step by step video demonstration (separate registration required) Description: ESAG’s Congresses have come to take the stage light in the sector of Reconstructive, Aesthetic & Regenerative Gynecology; an area which has gained great attention from professionals with various backgrounds and specialties. Every year, ESAG contributes in this fast growing area of medicine, by bringing together Gynecologists, Plastic Surgeons, Dermatologists, GPs, Family doctors, Sexual Medicine Professionals, Anti-Ageing Medical Professionals, Aesthetician, Nurses and many other experts who deal with Women’s Health, Beauty and Wellbeing to take the lead in promoting and expanding the knowledge in this field. ESAG’s Congresses traditionally gather prominent speakers from all around the world - experts in the field to share their knowledge and to bring in the up to date surgical and non-surgical techniques in Reconstructive, Aesthetic & Regenerative Gynecology. Our mission is to provide an environment for scientific interaction between delegates and technology providers of the field, on an uncommercial level. So, don’t miss the chance to visit the city of light and knowledge; the cradle of civilization and the country of Hippocrates. In his words “Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity”                                                                                                                         -- Hippocrates Looking forward to welcoming you this time, in Athens - Greece Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

VII MIPS Annual Meeting is organized by Defoe Congresses / Defoe Congressi and will be held from Jun 24 - 26, 2021 at Crowne Plaza Athens - City Centre, Athens, Attica, Greece. Theme: “Towards an evidence-based clinical practice of pelvic floor dysfunctions in the Mediterranean region”. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

10-Night Israel Intensive Cruise CME Away™ is organized by Sea Courses Inc and will be held from Oct 21 - 31, 2020 at Azamara Journey, Athens, Attica, Greece. The target audience for this medical event is family physicians, specialists, and allied health care professionals. Course Description : The aim is to provide evidence-based material, as well as practical and relevant clinical pearls that will be easy to implement into one’s own medical practice. Conference attendees will be invited to complete a pre-course Needs Assessment to assist the faculty with the development of their presentations. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available. 

4th Hellenic Conference of Podiatry-Podology is organized by Hellenic Society of Podiatrists and will be held from Oct 31 - Nov 01, 2020 at Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens, Attica, Greece.  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

15th Panhellenic Multidisciplinary Seminar of PHC is organized by Hellenic Society for Research and Education in Primary Health Care and will be held from Dec 11 - 13, 2020 at Anemolia Resort & Conference, Arachova, West Greece, Greece. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.  

6th World Congress on Vascular Access (WoCoVA) is organized by World Congress on Vascular Access (WoCoVA) and will be held from Apr 07 - 09, 2021 at Megaron Athens International Conference Centre, Athens, Attica,  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

31st Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) Conference is organized by European Federation for Medical Informatics Association (EFMI) and will be held from Apr 11 - 14, 2021 at Athens, Attica, Greece. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

3rd Balkan Rhino Forum - Sinus, Skull Base & Rhinoplasty Symposium is organized by Conco: The Conference Company and will be held from Apr 15 - 17, 2021 at Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens, Attica, Greece. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.    

6th European Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (ECBIP) is organized by European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmology (EABIP) and will be held from Apr 22 - 24, 2021 at Megaron Athens International Conference Centre, Athens, Attica, Greece. The ECBIP 2021 – Hybrid edition offers two attendance alternatives: in-person or virtual. Topics: • Central airway management • Lung cancer diagnosis, staging and endoscopic treatment • Diseases of the pleura • Bronchoscopic treatment of obstructive lung disease (emphysema, bronchitis and asthma) • Infectious diseases and TBC • Interstitial lung diseases • Lung transplantation and beyond • Pediatric Interventional Bronchology • Training, education and assessment • Miscellaneous Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.