News About Our Montréal Conference

• Some Words from the Conference Organisers
• Travel Tips for Montréal
• A glimpse at the scientific programme of the CISTM6
• Late Breakers in Travel Medicine Session

Some words from the Conference Organizers

Dear ISTM Members,

I can’t think of any good excuse not to come to the 6th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine, CISTM6 in Montréal.

The Scientific Program is now completed and, I must say, looking very exciting: New subjects, new speakers and the one’s you have always appreciated over the years at previous CISTM.

Many posters have been accepted. To allow participants to really appreciate them, they will all be posted during the whole conference. Not to be missed!

The support of the industry will be obvious during the Conference, with many satellite symposia and a large exhibit room. Without their support, it would be impossible to put together such a conference at an affordable price for participants.

The venue is right in the heart of the beautiful city of Montréal. The Palais des Congrès is equipped with all the services you can expect from a modern conference centre. And the Canadian Dollar… Well! It’s the only "low " I can think of for this Conference. But for most of you, it will mean more for less.

Looking forward to seeing you in Montréal.

Dominique Tessier, MD
Chair – CISTM6

Travel Tips for Montréal

Montréal is beautiful early June. The average temperature is 24°C (78°F).

Montréal may be the largest francophone city in America, you should be impressed by the ease we all usually "guess" when to speak in English to a customer. Montréal is also rich with its well established multicultural communities. The dress code at the Conference and in restaurants is casual. Some fancy restaurants may require a tie.

Life is inexpensive in Montréal. A coffee costs around 1.00$ CDN, an espresso 1.50$ and a large bowl of cafe latte (my favourite) less than 3.00$. You can expect to pay 5 to 10.00$ for a full breakfast, american type (more in hotels) and for lunch around 10.00$ (table d’hôte). For dinner, it will depend where you feel like going. Many excellent restaurants in Montréal can be more pricy if you include wine and 5 services. You will find all type of cuisine. If you come with your kids, don’t miss the Biodôme. Le Cirque du Soleil just opened a new show. Nobody should spend a whole life without seeing them once.

Remember that a beautiful Concert with Music for all hearts will be played at the Notre-Dame Cathedral on Tuesday, June 8th . At one block from the Palais des Congrès, the Cathedral offers not only a page of Montréal history but also a surprisingly good acoustic.

Bring your walking shoes… and roller blades if you are into it. In the Old Montréal, you will find a few miles of walking/biking/rolling path along the St-Lawrence River. All the trees should still be blooming.

The Grand Prix de Montréal will follow right after CISTM6. The fans already know that. But make firm reservations with your hotel if you want to avoid sleeping under one of our bridges. Certainly not as romantic as Parisian Bridges. For more information, please visit the CISTM6 Website or the city of Montréal Website at: http://ville.montreal.qc.ca

Dominique Tessier, MD
Chair – CISTM6

A glimpse at the scientific programme of the CISTM6

The Scientific Programme of the CISTM6 offers a wide scope of various topics covered by specialists in travel and migration medicine.

The overture of this Canadian Concerto will be composed by two stimulating pre-conference events on Caring for the Globally Mobile Expatriate Community on a Shoe String and on Health Care on the Move the Practitioners Perspective on Migration Medicine. There are some places left in both symposia, so get enrolled quickly. The 6th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine will be officially opened on Sunday, June 6th, with a keynote address given by the ISTM president, Prof. Michel Rey, on the Challenges for the Future, including Guest-Host Relationships.

The first movement of the Conference Programme starts on Monday with the Jonathan Mann Memorial Lecture, held by Daniel Tarantola on the Impact of Travel and Migration on the Spread of HIV. This lecture remembers our most esteemed colleague and friend who has given major inputs for the benefit of the ISTM. The first plenary of the Conference deals with innovative topics concerning malaria. The following symposium on relief workers introduces an established line of interest of the Society, along with a free communication session and two workshops. Monday afternoon opens the field for Special needs, the Military, Airline, and two free communications sessions, seconded by workshops on Women’s issues, Malaria Skin and Computer-www Resources in Travel Medicine.

The second movement on Tuesday is launched with a well known and highly acclaimed tune, the Meet the Professor session, which will also boost the morning enthusiasm during the following days. A plenary on Migrant Health then preceedes two symposia on Drug Resistance and Cruise Ships, again supported by a string of free communication sessions and workshops on Fever and Computer. The Tick is next on the list, the other afternoon symposium is on Adoption. Workshops on Children Malaria Treatment, Travellers‘ Diarrhoea and Geosentinel round up the programme.

The third movement on Wednesday tackles issues of a Changing World in the plenary session. The symposia on Jet Lag, News on Infections and Safe Food and Water (afternoon) provide the latest knowledge and a variety of workshop topics, including Refugee Health, Chronic Diarrhoea, The immunocompromised Traveller, The Nursing Working Group, STDs and Extreme Travel stimulate the participants who do not visit the free communications sessions.

Every day is hosting one or more satellite symposia.

Long breaks between the morning sessions and during the lunch hour allow for interactions between the participants and for carefully studying the colourful set of posters which will be exposed during the entire duration of the conference to foster discussions between the presenters and the public. Incidentally, we hope that the participants will help us in selecting the best poster and the best oral presentation of the Conference which will be awarded during the closing ceremony.The final movement includes symposia on Travellers Diarrhoea and Coping with Airline Emergencies, seconded by late breakers in the free communication session and a workshop on Malaria.

The finale hosts the trumpets of a plenary on Vaccines and the Closing Ceremony before we have to leave the floor to the roaring Formula One cracks on the weekend.

Make sure you get one of the pole positions ... for the CISTM6!

Late Breakers in Travel Medicine Session

This session is specifically designed for presentation of high impact new data of importance to travel medicine clinicians but which was obtained after the closing date for regular abstract submission. Reports of outbreaks, suspected emerging pathogens or of newly available data from sizeable clinical studies are appropriate. Abstracts of 250 words or less (see below for format) MUST be submitted by e-mail to David O. Freedman freedman@uab.edu, Session Chair, no later than Monday May 24. Eight ten-minute papers will be selected and presenters will be notified by e-mail before June

Copies of accepted abstracts will be included in the CISTM-6 registration packets. Informal e-mailed enquiries as to the suitability of potential papers for presentation are highly encouraged.

Abstract Format

1. Must not exceed 250 words (excluding title and author information.
2. Title must be in CAPITAL letters on the first line. Author’s(s’) name(s), institution, city and country are to be typed under the title, with initials preceding surname(s). Do not include degrees or professional titles (M.D., Dr., Prof., etc). A maximum of six co-authors may be listed.
3. Place an asterisk after the name of the presenting author. Include an e-mail address, for the presenter only, in parentheses.
4. Leave one line between the title/author block and the body of the abstract. Do not indent paragraphs and do not leave blank lines between paragraphs.