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How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : |
1300 volunteers from many countries were present at the congress. |
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Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : |
Close to 1,300 participants from 54 countries ( Iran, China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, HongKong, Middle East and Euroupian countries) including delegates, faculty members, exhibitors, sponsors, and members of the press attended the symposium. |
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Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : |
No |
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If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : |
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : |
I was attended in poster session personally and answered to the specific participants’ questions and took part in related discussion. |
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If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : |
Professor Yoga I Kjasmir( Organizing Chair, APLAR Symposium 2013),
Professor Handono Kalim ( President, Indonesian Rheumatology Association)
Harry Isbagio
Rachmand Gunadi |
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Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : |
No, thanks for your concern. We took part the congress as a member of Iranian Rheumatology Association(IRA). IRA is the official organization to contact with Asian Pacific League of Association for Rheumatology (APLAR). It is responsible to manage the follow up actions, talks and collaborations. We can invite the other members of APLAR in annual congress of Rheumatology that is held by IRA.
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Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : |
Unfortunately the Iranian team experienced a very complicated and difficult process, regarding the limitation to benefit from an international reliable bank account (credit card ).
To buy the flight tickets we had to deal with a foreign office that charged us more expensive than real price. To pay for booking the hotel and registration the congress we had the same problem. I personally have some relatives in the European countries so I asked them to pay these fees. I don't have any idea that how the others deal with this process.
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Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : |
The APLAR Symposium 2013 was organized in conjunction with second Indonesia – Japan Rheumatology forum. The program was successfully held from August 29th – September 1st. Close to 1,300 participants from 54 countries including delegates, faculty members, exhibitors, sponsors, and members of the press attended the symposium.
The conference featured plenary lectures, symposia, USG and review courses, oral presentations and poster presentations with over 50 faculty members.
The symposium abstracts published as an Online Supplement of the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases.
Onsite delegate registration fees were 500 US Dollars. It included Admission to scientific sessions, conference materials, opening Ceremony and lunch and coffee breaks.
My research abstract, under the title of “Prevalence of hand osteoarthritis in dentists in Tehran, Iran” was presented as poster. We showed that the prevalence of HOA was higher in dentists in comparison to Iranian normal population according to COPCORD study. The dimensions of the poster were 90 cm. wide x 120cm. high. The poster was prepared on one sheet. The title and authors as stated on the submitted abstract were allocated on the top of the poster. The text, illustrations, etcwere bold enough to be read from a distance of two meters.
I was attended in poster session personally and answered to the participants’ questions and took part in related discussion |