Persons living with myotonic dystrophy
IDMC-6 will be held next September, 12th to 15th, 2007, at main campus of University of Milan. This will be an occasion for persons living with myotonic dystrophy and their relatives to meet with researchers, clinicians and young scientists.
Registration
There is no registration fee to attend the meeting. The attendance to the Congress including scientific program, business lunch during the whole congress, coffee breaks, congress bag, social activities is free. You must pay for your travel and lodging expenses. The patients willing to participate to IDMC-6 should fill the registration form.
Program
The patients may attend to entire meeting if they wish. During the meeting parallel sessions, where patients English or France or Italian speaking can interact with clinicians or researchers of the same language, are scheduled:
| Thursday 13th | at 12.00 -12.30 (continuing lunch time from 12.30-13.30) at 15.15 -16.00 |
| Friday 14th | at 12.30 -13.00 (continuing lunch time from 13.00 -14.00) at 18.30 -19.00 |
| Saturday 15th | at 10.30 -11.00 / 12.30 -13.00 (continuing lunch time from 13.00 -14.00) at 15.30 -16.00 |
There will be opinion leaders for USA +UK + english Canadian speaking patients; for France+ french Canadian speaking patients; for Germany and Italy patients in their own languages, who will summarize each session into a short informal discussion/questions + answers session to be held just before and during lunch. All questions from patients group will be discussed in a special meeting “Interactive Session” (Saturday 15th, at 16.15 - 18.15) where patients and relatives could interact with all clinicians and researchers.