Announcements

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, Apr 2006

The 79th Annual Congress of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association

18-21 May 2006

Yokohama, Japan

Venue: Pacifico Yokohama

Contact:

Medical Business Room, ASATSU-DK Inc.

13-1, Tsukiji, 1-chome, Chuo-ku

Tokyo, 104-8172, Japan

Tel: 81 3 3547 2533

Fax: 81 3 3547 2590

E-mail: n90013@adk.jp

Website: www.joa2006.com

The 5th Meeting of the Hip Section of the APOA and The 10th Conference of the International Society for Fracture Repair (ISFR)

22-24 May 2006

Adelaide, South Australia

Venue: The Hilton Adelaide

Contact:

Lara Birchby

The Meeting People

PO BOX 882, UNLEY

South Australia 5061

Australia

Tel: 61 8 81772215

Fax: 61 8 81772251

E-mail: info@themeetingpeople.com.au

Website: www.hipapoa06.org.au & www.isfr06.org.au

2nd APOA Trauma Section Meeting with 36th Annual Meeting of Malaysian Orthopaedic Association

1-4 June 2006

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Venue: Hilton and Le Meridien

Contact:

Conference Secretariat

MOA/APOA Trauma Combined Meeting

19 Jalan Folly Barat

50480 Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Tel: 603 2093 0100/0200

Fax: 603 2093 0900

E-mail: acadmed@po.jaring.my

Website: www.apoatrauma06.org

New Zealand Knee and Sports Surgery Society Annual Meeting

Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Congress

28-30 August 2006

Christchurch, New Zealand

Venue: Christchurch Convention Centre

Contact:

The Conference Office

University of Canterbury

Private Bag 4800

Christchurch, New Zealand

Tel: 64 3 364 2534

Fax: 64 3 364 2324

E-mail: apossm@cont.canterbury.ac.nz

Website: www.conference.canterbury.ac.nz/apossm

The 5th Meeting of the Hip Section of the APOA (Hip APOA 06) and The 10th Conference of the International Society for Fracture Repair (ISFR)

Hip APOA 06 will be open to all orthopaedic surgeons, surgeons in training, and scientists from the AsiaPacific region and will cover arthritis, joint replacement, revision surgery, fractures, osteotomy, arthroscopy and new technologies including computer assisted surgery and bone substitutes. The members of the Hip section of APOA encourage all orthopaedic surgeons from the Asia Pacific region to participate in this meeting and to submit abstracts for podium or poster presentation.

ISFR will be attended by orthopaedic and trauma surgeons, physicians and scientists from around the world and will focus on fixation, osteoporosis, biologies, minimally invasive surgery, new technology and outcome measures.

Combined Hip APOA 06/ISFR sessions will deal with areas of mutual interest, including hip fractures and bio materials.