International Shoulder Group

Dear friends,

Following a number of requests, the deadline for abstract submission to the upcoming ISG 2008 meeting has been postponed until January 31st 2008. No further postponements are expected. Looking forward to welcoming you in Bologna.

Kind Regards,

Lorenzo Chiari (University of Bologna)
Andrea Giovanni Cutti (INAIL Prosthesis Centre)

This is a reminder that the abstract deadline for the International Shoulder Group meeting in Bologna next year is approaching faster than you think!

Abstracts are due by the 14th of January 2008

and should be sent to isg2008@inail-starter.org. The meeting will take place from the 10th - 13th of July 2008. Further details and templates can be found at http://www.inail-starter.org/ISG2008.html.

Here is the promotional leaflet for the 2008 International Shoulder Group Meeting, containing information on important dates, registration and publication. Please display it on your notice boards. The information is also available from the conference website at http://www.inail-starter.org/ISG2008.html.

Dear friends,

We are pleased to inform you that a selection of the proceedings of the ISG 2008 will be published as full papers
in "Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing" (MBEC). In addition, among the papers selected for publication, two awards will be assigned to the:

a) Young investigator best fundamental research paper
b) Young investigator best applied research paper.

The two winners will receive a cheque of 500€ (sponsored by the University of Bologna) and will have their papers freely downloadable from the MBEC website by everyone (with the sponsorship of Springer). All first authors under the age of 32 will be eligible.

For further information about the deadline and terms of participation, visit http://www.inail-starter.org/ISG2008.html

Lorenzo Chiari (University of Bologna)
Andrea Giovanni Cutti (Starter Lab - INAIL Prosthesis Centre)

A selection of the proceedings of the ISG 2008 conference will be published as full papers in Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing.

Further information will be published on the conference website at http://www.inail-starter.org/ISG2008.html by the end of August.