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The following conference is 9 months away, but I thought our subscribers
would like to know about it early for planning purposes.  The speakers
include many of the world's finest celiac researchers, and attendance is
NOT restricted to medical professionals. The programme will be conducted in
English.

CHANGING FEATURES OF COELIAC DISEASE
Scientific meeting to be held at July 10 - 12, 1998 Tampere, Finland

July 10        Friday

09.00   Changing features of coeliac disease
          Dr. Markku Maki, Tampere, Finland

Chairman: Dr. Pekka Collin, Tampere, Finland

09.30   Diagnostic criteria of coeliac disease
          Dr. Riccardo Troncone, Naples, Italy

10.00   Dermatitis herpetiformis: From gut to skin
          Prof. Timo Reunala, Tampere, Finland

10.30   Markers of coeliac disease latency
          Dr. Kati Holm, Tampere, Finland

Chairman: Dr.Luisa Mearin, Leiden, the Netherlands

11.30   Prolamins in cereals
          Prof. Herbert Wieser,Garching, Germany

12.00   Codex standard for gluten free products
          Dr. F.W. Janssen, Zutphen, The Netherlands

12.30   Food legislation and contamination
          Mrs. Hertha Deutsch, Vienna, Austria

13.00   Dietary compliance in coeliac disease
          Dr. Parveen Kumar, London, U.K.

Chairman: Dr. Parveen Kumar, London, U.K

14.45   To screen or not to screen?
          Dr. Markku Maki, Tampere, Finland

15.25   Malignancy
          Prof. Geoffrey Holmes, Derby, U.K

15.55   Osteopenia
          Dr. Trausti Valdimarsson, Linkoping, Sweden

16.25   Quality of life
          M.A. Susanna Lohiniemi, Tampere, Finland

July 11        Saturday

Chairman: Dr.Riccardo Troncone, Naples, Italy

09.00   Evolution of coeliac disease
          Prof. Luigi Greco, Naples, Italy

09.30   Epidemiology of coeliac disease
          Prof. Claes Hallert, Linkoping, Sweden

10.00   Associated diseases in coeliac disease
          Dr. Pekka Collin, Tampere, Finland

Chairman: Dr. Markku Maki, Tampere, Finland

11.00   Introductory lecture for panel discussion:
          Oats and wheat starch in the diet of coeliac patients
          Dr. Markku Maki, Tampere, Finland

11.15   Panel discussion: Oats and wheat starch in the diet of coeliac
patients

          Panelists:
          Dr. Carlo Catassi, Ancona, Italy
          Prof. Conleth Feighery, Dublin, Ireland
          Dr. Risto Julkunen, Kuopio, Finland
          Dr. Parveen Kumar, London, UK
          Prof. Isabel Polanco, Madrid, Spain
          Prof. Timo Reunala, Helsinki, Finland
          Dr. Harald Vogelsang, Vienna, Austria

Chairman: Dr. Kati Holm, Tampere, Finland

14.15   Oral presentations of young scientists

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More information is available at <http://www.sci.fi/~keliakia/aoecs/>.
Full details of the conference, with prices, accomodations, etc. will be
available in a few months.  To be mailed a registration form, contact
Ms.Susanna Lohiniemi
Executive Director, M.A.
The Finnish Coeliac Society
Hammareninkatu 7
FIN-33100 Tampere
Tel. +358-3-2541 321  e-mail: [log in to unmask]