Discurso de Abertura

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36th Congress
of the International Society of
Medical Hydrology Climatology

www.ismh08.org
Closing Ceremony
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• Conclusions

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Preparation

• Two years of intense work
• Construction of the website
• Hundreds of hours in meetings with our
  secretariat
• Meetings with the authorities and institutions
• Decisions about the venue, other facilities and
  equipment
• Inspection visit from the executive commitee
• Long process of negociation with our of sponsors
• Thousands of emails
• Many other mailings and newsletters.
• Many difficulties, insuficient suport of some
  authorities and institutions from whom we
  expected more
• Limited budget

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Results (public awarenness)

• We achieved our goal of reaching the public for
  calling their attention for the Medical Hydrology
  (awareness of this field of Medicine)
• Several TV programs
• Newspapers interviews
• Radio (1 hour of prime time in one of the main
  National Radio Stations). And other flashnews
  about the congress
• Etc. etc,.

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Opening Ceremony

• Water, science and culture

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Scientific Sessions
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Results (scientific sessions)

• We received 191 abstracts
• 32 countries
• 15 Sessions, beeing 4 of them parallel
• 1 satelite simposium
• 1 Workshop
• One consensus meeting
• Three general Assembly( ISMH, Portugal, France)
• One Examination (Spain)

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• Posters

• Two sessions
• 52 posters

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32 Countries sent abstracts

• Portugal
• Spain
• France
• Italy
• Germany
• Hungary
• Romenia
• Chec Republic
• Eslovakia
• Slovenia
• Serbia

• Bulgaria
• Russia
• Greece
• Turkey
• Sweden
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Netherlands
• Gabon
• Cameroon
• Pakistan

• Iran
• Pakistan
• Japan
• Israel
• USA
• Canada
• Argentina
• Venezuela
• Brasil
• Cuba

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We intend to prepare

• the Procedures book
• also in CD
• We kindly ask those who are interested in having
  their papers published to send it as soon as
  posible to us so that we can start imediately all
  this process

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Social Programm

• Portuguese guitar oncert by Mário Pacheco, fado
  by Cuca Roseta and a coreography specifically
  composed for this event by Daniel Cardoso Former
  New York City and also Kirov r ballet dancer and
  performed by the Forum Ballet company
• Presidents dinner at the Moder Art Museum
• Gala Dinner in the Taylors Port Wine Cellars
• Two tours (Porto city tour Braga-Guimarães)

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So, I want to thank to
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Thanks to all the Institutionsthat suported
us

• Ministério da Saúde / ARS Norte
• Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS)
• International Society of Physical and
  Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM)
• European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation
  Medicine (ESPRM)
• Ordem dos Médicos
• Instituto de Hidrologia da Universidade do Porto
• Instituto de Hidrologia da Universidade de
  Coimbra
• Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
  (ICBAS)
• Universidade da Beira Interior
• Comissão Portuguesa da Década do Osso e
  Articulação
• Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Física e de
  Reabilitação (SPMFR)
• Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia
• Sociedade Portuguesa de Ortopedia e Traumatologia

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PATRONO CULTURALCULTURAL PATRONAGE
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Concert Sponsor
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GOLD SPONSOR
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SILVER SPONSORS
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Other Sponsors
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Exhibitors

• AQUANATTUR
• ASSOCIAÇÃO DE TERMAS DE PORTUGAL
• BALNESS
• BANCO ESPÍRITO SANTO
• BIAL
• IBEROTERMAS
• INATEL
• MEDY BAYREUTH
• MERCK SHARP DHOME
• NOVARTIS
• PEDRAS SALGADAS
• SERVIER
• TECNIFAR
• TERMAS DE S. JORGE
• TERMAS DE UNHAIS DA SERRA

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Portuguese SPA Association
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VERY SPECIAL THANK
To Pedro Cardoso and all His team, Andreia,
Liliana, Ana, Maria Manuel and al
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Thanks also to

• Fernando Duarte and all his fantastic team of
  image (photographs and Cameramen)
• Luis Santos Productions
• Cristina Roque, Silvério and all the other
  musicians
• All the technical staff of the congress rooms
• All the staff of the Sheraton Hotel
• Drivers of the Buses

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• So, it is time to say good bye but first I would
  like to let you a souvenir of this congres and so
  I asked Fernado Duarte our image producer and
  Director to prepare for us a brief overview of
  this congress so that you may remember these
  wonderful nmoments we shared together

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Five bridges
Baroque
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• WE WISH YOU ALL
• An excellent and safe return back to your homes
  and families !
• Thank you !