with the patronage of: MINISTERO DEL LAVORO, DELLA SALUTE E DELLE POLITICHE SOCIALI REGIONE CALABRIA PROVINCIA di Cosenza COMUNE di Cosenza COMUNE di Rende CAMERA DI COMMERCIO di Cosenza FONDAZIONE CARICAL SOVRAINTENDENZA per il Parimonio Storico, Artistico ed Etnoantropologico per la Calabria ORDINE DEI MEDICI di Cosenza ORDINE DEI FARMACISTI di Cosenza	SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMM RATES & INFORMATION venue registration ecm social event housing information AWARDS REGISTRATION & RESERVATIONS on llne fax/mail Registration form fax/mail Housing form click here for .pdf version LE PREISCRIZIONI SONO CHIUSE SARA’ POSSIBILE REGISTRARSI “ON SITE” DALLE ORE 12 DEL 10 SETTEMBRE	With the contribution of: APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS BAYER DBA ITALIA KARNAK PERKINELMER PIROSSIGENO ROCHE TISSUE GNOSTIC WYETH Special Thanks to: FERROVIE DELLA CALABRIA PROMOCOSENZA Az. Spec. C.C.I.A. CS & AGRISITEMA Az. Spec. C.C.I.A. CS SACAL

RATES & INFORMATION

VENUE

University of Calabria

Arcavacata , Rende - Cosenza

How to reach University of Calabria

By Plane
The nearest air terminal is Lamezia Terme airport, also called Sant'Eufemia. Daily connections exist from Milan (Linate) and Rome (Fiumicino) to Lamezia Terme. This airport is at one hour's distance from Cosenza, which can be reached both by taxi (with an expense of about 50 Euro) and by bus (with an expense of about 5 Euro).
For Alitalia flight information please visit the following Web Site: www.alitalia.com
Lamezia Terme International Airport

By Train
The railway stations in Cosenza and Castiglione Cosentino (the nearest railway station to the university campus) are well connected to the main train station in Paola (18 min.) which, in turn, is connected to Rome and Milan by inter-city and Eurostar trains. Some inter-city trains are also connecting Rome to Cosenza and Castiglione Cosentino directly, without the need of changing train in Paola.
For Italian train schedule please visit the following Web Site: www.trenitalia.com

By Car
The most important road connection to Cosenza is the“A-3” motorway (Salerno - Reggio Calabria). The university area is located less than 1 Km away from the “Cosenza Nord” (Salerno- Reggio Calabria) exit. Exiting the motorway, we suggest taking the road for "Paola" and following the road indications for the "Università".

How to reach the University campus from the city centre

By Bus
The university campus may be reached by university buses leaving each hour from the "Stazione Autolinee" (bus station) in Cosenza and the nearby the railway station of Castiglione Cosentino, in the town of Rende.

By Coach
There are daily connections, from Monday to Saturday, from Rome (Stazione Tiburtina) to Cosenza (Stazione Autolinee), done by private companies.

ECM

This meeting, intends to update a large area of interest for medical professionals and has been implemented in the continue education programme in medicine; credits will be assigned for every single day of attendence.

The registration rate permits the entrance to all the meeting rooms (room "Magna", room "Caldora", room "Consolidata") note that in order to obtain all credits the attendee must:

• register at the beginning of the work sessions at the registration stand of the selected room
• assure the attendence in the same room for all the duration of the work session
• feel out and deliver at the end of the work session both the event evaluation form and the learning evaluation questionnaire.

The attendee will receive the credits related to the attendence days.

Learning valuation method: multiple choice questionnaire

Check method: electronic system (badges with barcode)

Assigned Credits:

sept. 11 aula Magna 5 sept. 11 aula Caldora 5

sept. 12 aula Magna 5 sept. 13 aula Magna 4

REGISTRATION

Register by June 15th, 2008 to receive the discounted registration fee

There are three ways to register for the meeting: online, mail or by fax

On line:

SIP 2008 Registration

Mail:

CS CENTRO SERVIZI Via delle Mimose, pal. Terrieri 87040 CASTROLIBERO (CS)

You must complete the registration form when sending your request via mail

Fax (24 hours):

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EB Registration Fees	On or Before June 15	After June 15
Sponsoring/Participating Society Members	€ 250,00	€ 300,00
Non members	€ 300,00	€ 350,00
Training people	€ 200,00	€ 240,00

Registration rate include: working participation, meeting kit, certificate of attendance, coffee break, working lunch, ecm credits for the party entitled.

Payment Registration

by Bank Transfer

CS CENTRO SERVIZI SRL

to Banca Popolare di Crotone
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postal transfer (only for Italian participants)

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Deadline Registration

by mail or by fax or on line Sept.1st 2008

Registrations sent by mail or by fax will be considered only if accompanied by a copy of the relative rate payment (bank transfer or postal transfer).

On-site Registration:

On-site registration will be available at University of Calabria Aula Magna, on Wednesday September 10th from 9:00 am to 5:00pm.

There are limited registrations for ECM participants.

Cancellation and Refunds:

The receipt and a letter requesting a refund of the registration fee must be received by July 15, 2008.

A € 30,00 non-refundable processing fee will be deducted from the refund. After July 15th, 2008 no refunds will be issued.

Mail to: SIP 2008 Registration Office

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e.mail segreteria@cs-cs.it www.cs-cs.it

SOCIAL EVENTS

10 september, wednesday, RENDE

Hour: 19,00 (7:00p.m.) – University Campus grounds, Arcavacata di Rende

"Welcome Cocktail" :

offered by the “ Chamber of Commerce” of the Province of Cosenza

A Meeting with “Maestro( Master) Jean Luis Notòn and his accordion”

He achieved his Diploma at the Music Conservatory of Lyon in France and is the winner of many national and international musical contests among which “Pinder O.R.T.F Trophy in “Paris”. He has also produced software addressed to computerized music for the Ministry of Education. In 1991 he became demonstrator and consultant on MIDI for the famous Cavagnolo di Lione, accordion manufacturer company.
A talented and an eclectic accordion player , he composed and played numerous movie sound tracks , music for children and also original pieces of music. He composed pieces of classical music for accordions too.
The Maestro’s ( Music Master) show varies from the “ french musette” way to the Piazzola, from jazz to classical music and much more.

11 september, thursday, RENDE

The Local Municipal Administration of Rende is pleased to offer to the welcomed participants to the Meeting :

The Theatrical performance : “L’Orda” – Tales, songs, images of immigrants .

with Gian Antonio Stella, Gualtiero Bertelli and “La Compagnia delle acque ( The Theatrical Company of the Waters)

The Horde:

“Stories, Songs and Images of emigrants

When we were the Albanians”

by Gian Antonio Stella

Text and images research by

Gian Antonio Stella

Musical research and new songs by

Gualtiero Bertelli

Recorded Italian emigration lasted exactly 100 years, from 1876 to 1976. Before this time, emigrants had left in their thousands but nobody knew how many and who they were. Since 1976 , however, the number of immigrants, whether Italians returning back home or citizens of other countries coming to Italy in search of work, has been greater than the number of emigrants. During these hundred years, Italians have gone from being unwelcomed new arrivals to fully integrated citizens in their adopted country, but it has been a long and tortuous process. Anti-Italian feelings, which emerged in various forms almost everywhere and unfortunately, with particular venom in the USA, has rendered this integration painful and at times bloody. Furthermore, the Italians who first emigrated were generally dirty, hungry, ignorant and with a propensity to violence. They created numerous problems to the societies where they settled and in turn suffered considerable discrimination.

This is the story “The Horde” recounts : how much discrimination the Italians were put against, what type of life our grandparents were forced to lead throughout these 100 years and how difficult was it for others to accept us. The show mixes stories Tales, historical documents and songs from Italian popular culture overseas as well as others composed especially for this occasion. All to the accompaniment of the non-stop projection of extraordinary original images : the result of detailed research in public archives and private family collections.

at 20,30 ( 8:30 p.m.)  "Garden" cinema,

following later

at 22,00 ( 10:00 p.m. ) "Palagarden"

"Dinner"

12 september, friday, COSENZA

The Local Provincial Administration of Cosenza is pleased to offer to the welcomed participants to the Meeting :

“Meeting with the musico f Louis Bacalov”

Concert of the Rome Symphony Orchestra directed by Maestro L. Bacalov

Hour 20,00 (8:00p.m.) “Rendano” theatre

Luis Enrique Bacalov (born in Buenos Aires March 30, 1933) is a prolific Argentine composer of film scores. Early on in his career, he composed scores for Spaghetti Western films, including Django, Storm Rider and The Price of Power.

Bacalov has been nominated twice for Academy Awards: for Scoring of Music adaptation or treatment for The Gospel According to St. Matthew in 1967 and winning the award for Original Music Score for Il Postino in 1996.

In the early 1970s, he collaborated with Italian progressive rock bands New Trolls, Osanna and Il Rovescio della Medaglia.

In recent years, Bacalov has also composed significant works for chorus and orchestra, including his Misa Tango, a work setting in a Spanish-language adaptation of the classic liturgical Mass to the tango rhythms of his native Argentina. The standard Mass text has been significantly truncated in accordance with Bacalov's desire that the work appeal to those of all Abrahamic faiths: Christians, Muslims and Jews. All references to Christ except as the Lamb of God in the Agnus Dei have been deleted. The Credo has been reduced to "I believe in one God, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. Amen." Misa Tango debuted in Rome with Placido Domingo as solo Tenor in 2000 and was later recorded by Deutsche Grammophon with Placido Domingo (tenor), Ana María Martínez (mezzo-soprano) and Héctor Ulises Passarella (bandoneón), with whom he is rumored to have had a passionate love affair, as soloists.

Bacalov recently composed Cantones de Nuestro Tiempos (Psalms for our Times): The Cambridge Psalms, a commissioned work with text from the Psalms of David for baritone and soprano soloists, orchestra and chorus, which had its world premiere at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts in spring 2006 by the Cambridge Community Chorus (William E. Thomas, Music Director). Two of his songs were used in Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill.

Presently he is the artistic director of Orchestra della Magna Grecia in Taranto, Italy.

The Programme

“A ciascuno il suo” (Each to his own), from the film directed by Elio Petri)

“Baires 1 Suite”

Paralelo a paralelo (from parallel to parallel)

Ricercare Baires 1 (finding Baires 1)

Tangana Ostinato (from Tango and Around)

“Concerto Grosso”from the film the “ Designated Victim” directed by Maurizio Lucidi

The concerto grosso , Italian for big concert is a form of baroque music in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists (the concertino) and full orchestra (the ripieno )

Suduccion from Assassination Tango by Robert Duvall

Suite from “ the Postman”from the homonymous film directed by Michael Radford

The postman

Beatrice

Bicycle Riding

“La città delle donne” (City of Women) from the homonymous film directed by Federico Fellini

Suite from “ Vangelo secondo Matteo” (Gospel according to Mathew) directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Possessed 1

Danza

Kolnidrei

Possessed 2

“Il grande duello” (the Great Duel) film directed by GiancarloSanti

from “Le juge” by Philippe Lefevre

Flic Solitarie

Finale

at 21,30 ( 9:30p.m. ) National Art Gallery “PALAZZO ARNONE”: “Social Dinner” *

* participation at the social dinner will be available with the purchase of a ticket of 45,00 euro that has to be booked with the registration when filling out the housing form

University of Calabria

The University of Calabria, situated in Southern Italy, is a public institution initiated in 1972. Even though the idea of a University in Calabria dates back to the fifties, almost twenty years passed before the idea became a reality with a Parliament law in 1968. In that year the University founding charter was granted, while its statutes were passed in 1971. The construction of the university campus started in 1972 and since then a continuous and visible expansion of new buildings on the campus is taking place. Its particular architecture is due to the co-operation between two architects: the Italian Gregotti and the Danish Martensson.
Unical is a medium size university with about 35,000 students. The University's annual budget is of more than 300 million Euro, and land, buildings and equipment are worth far more than 600 million Euro.
The University of Calabria has six Faculties (Arts, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences, Pharmacy, Nutritional and Health Sciences, and Political Sciences), twenty-seven degree courses and sixteen university diploma courses. It is organised into 24 departments. Teaching staff is composed by more than 900 units - including full professors, assistant professors, lecturers and research assistants - while the administrative staff amounts to more than 700 units.
This University is the only example of a residential university campus in Italy. As to what concerns the university campus, its management and services, it is important to mention the “Centro Residenziale”, which provides accommodation and leisure facilities to students. In the residential area the Sports Centre, the Health Centre, and the Centre for Arts, Music and Performance are also located. Moreover there are a Centre for Radio and Television, the University Press, the Language Centre and several other interdepartmental centres.
One of the largest and unique libraries in the whole of Southern Italy has been built on the University campus and is accessible to internal and external users. For details on the University libraries please link to the following Web Site: www.biblioteche.unical.it.
Most of the departments in the University do research at national level and in a number of sectors have achieved international standards, as the existence of many post graduate doctorates proves.
Many researches are financially supported by organizations external to the university and, indeed, Unical provides scientific backup for many projects in the Calabria Region. Often these projects are developed together with scientific collaborations of other prestigious institutions both in Europe and in other foreign countries.
Indeed the University of Calabria is making great efforts in promoting the development of the Region both at national and international level. This line of action has been successfully testified by a quite recent CENSIS1 survey, in which the University has been ranked in tenth place out of a scale of fifty Italian Universities, actually above the average in a nation-wide university ratings.

Alfonso Rendano Theatre in Cosenza

The Municipal Theatre dedicated to the pianist Alfonso Rendano of Cosenza was built by the Municipality, on the design of Zumpano, from 1887-1909 and inaugurated on November 20^th 1909. It was severely damaged during World War II in September 1943. Reconstruction was assured through funding by law. no. 1543 on October 26^th,1960. The Municipality of Cosenza contributed with its funds to the execution of works of accommodation outside the restoration of the facade according to the original neoclassical design, and the stairway construction in the gallery.

The design was entrusted to Enzo Gentile of Naples, who presented the project on November 30^th 1960. The work was directed by the Office of Civil Engineers of Cosenza, the hall, theatre boxes, corridors, the stage and services were completely rebuilt by the state.

The Royal Palace (Palazzo Arnone): The building and the city

Known to many as the The Royal Palace of Cosenza, Palazzo Arnone stands isolated on the hill Triglio, dominating over the crowed city below, it is reached by the Old Santa Teresa bridge in Santa Maria district. Used throughout the centuries as a royal audience palace, noble palace and prison, it is fitting that the hill that holds the palace remains a symbolic expression to popular “cosentini”(people of Cosenza). Triglio, from Greek Trilio or Trilocus, meaning three vertices of geography, likely stemming from earthquakes, is believed to be dedicated to the Oscan Triad. Surrounded by three hillocks, it was an area consecrated to the gods by the Oscan culture, including the Bretti and Bruzi (ancient dwellers of the Cosenza area) and it is believed that the temple of the divine Trilia triad consisted of Jano, Camasene and Minerva.

Surely until the end of the 1970s, the district Triglio, according to toponymy dialect, did not enjoy good reputation because being viewed as a prison. The Palace was listed as “Supra Palazzu” (over the courthouse)or it is Colle Triglio (jail) or “They climbed” are all witty euphemisms to indicate that someone had been locked up in prison on the ground floor. In the square outside the palace, “Largo Palace”, was erected in 1799. It was not by chance, during the Partenopea Republic, “the tree of liberty”, a symbol of enthusiasm accessed throughout Europe by the echoes of the French revolution and the Declaration of Rights of “man and citizen”. On the occasion of the Centennial of the Partenopea Republic in 1899, Mayor Alfonso Salfi affixed a commemorative plaque, written by literature critic Bonaventure Zumbini, on the facade of the palace. The site experienced continued public riots and outcry, being viewed as a place oppression, as occurred on July 14, 1647 while in Naples of the revolt raged Masaniello who tried to establish a republic. (Antoniette Catalan)

The Eighteenth Century and the Art Gallery of Palazzo Arnone

Naples is the most vital aspect of painting in the eighteenth century. It is the city where many artists were trained. Its influence in painting and architecture lies in the culmination of the Neapolitan Baroque tradition which had as its first protagonists Luca Giordano and Francesco Solimena. Not only in Naples but throughout Italy the principle of the Eighteenth Century not only that of Luca Giordano, due to his art form, but along with Solimena, is one of the catalysts for art in the southern provinces between the end of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Francesco Solimena is the continuation of Giordano and in his works he always uses an architecture with wide arches in order to provide space at the bottom and steps in the foreground to precipitate composition. His viewers need strong lighting to notice his figures in varying gestures. Following Solimena we have influenced artists like Francesco De Mura, Corrado Giaquinto, and Paolo De Matteis, active in Naples in the first half of the Eighteenth Century. Many of these artists' masterpieces were brought to Calabria where they are now located in the art gallery of the Arnone Palace in Cosenza. The art gallery keeps two paintings by Stefano Liguoro documented in 1697 and 1710 and represents the first “Adoration of the Shepherds” dated around 1710 and the second is the “Adoration of the Magi more or less of the same period. Nothing is known about it, except that in 1697 it is according to Painters Guild of Naples attributed to a student of Solimena.

Part of the collection is also a beautiful painting depicting the “ Saints Dorothy and Mary Magdalene” signed and dated 1772 by the painter Paulo De Matteis Piano Cilento 1662-Naples 1728). The artist came to Naples still young and entered the craftsman studio of Luca Giordano for his first apprenticeship. His production in Calabria is also certified by the work attributed to him depicting the “Circumcision” of the Church of Santa Maria d’Episcopio in Scalea, (Cosenza) or either by a paining depicting the “Apparition of the Virgin Mary” in San Brunone (Catanzaro) “signed and dated1721” and from the Carthusian Monastery in Serra San Bruno (Catanzaro).

Part of the Gallery’s beautiful paintings were paint.ed by Sebastiano Conca (Gaeta 1680-including 1764), depicting the “ Madonna and Child” and Saints Nicola and Philip Neri dated around 1741 Sebastiano Conca was formed in the craftsman workshop by Francesco Solimena, with whom he worked very often. The works have been recognized as the sketches of the so called Palla Ruffo of San Lorenzo in Panaso Rome painted between 1741 and 1743 from the Conca.

Corrado Giaquinto (Molfetta 1703-Naples1760) has two paintings depicting respectively the “Glory of St. John of God” dated 1742-46 and “Minerva presents Spain to Jupiter and Juno”. Corrado Giaquinto is considered one of the most brilliant interpreters of the Italian and European eighteenth century Rococo. He received at first pictorial education in Puglia and later in the workshop of Solimena. To complete the list of the followers of Francesco Solimena there is De Mura (Naples 1696-including 1784) also present in the gallery with works depicting “Christ healing the blind” (around 1768-70) Francesco De Mura undertook apprenticeship painting at the craftsman workshop of Dominic Viola, but soon went to Francesco Solimena, where he became among the most significant painters of eighteenth century Neopolitan art. The work has no artistic reference in the literature, but is attributable to this master on stylistic basis. (Antoniette Catalan).

The Arnone Family

The noble Arnone family was born in Rovito, Cosenza and is one of the most important houses of Cosenza, which between the XVI and XVII reached its peak as a distinguished, cultural interesting and humanistic centre. In this environment Bartolo Arnone was born roughly around the last decades of the fifteenth century and under the government of the viceroy. He was Quaestor of Cosenza in Calabria and Treasurer of Calabria Citra listing also among the wealthy nobles of the Bruzia City. He started the construction of the magnificent palace on the Triglio Hill. Dealing both with the appearance and architectural decorativism and afterwards facilitating the decoration of the majestic portal in tufo stone. The building perhaps powered by Bartolo for the usage of his house became reality as a prison, politcal headquarters of the Royal Court and the residence of the Head of the Province. The contruction phrases of the building continued after the death of Bartolo (1554) by his younger brother Ascanio , known jurist and later Dean of the Province of Calabria Citra. At the viceroy headquaters in Naples, Arnone obtained 8,000 ducats from the sale of the royal location to the Royal Court. It seems that at first the viceroy government first honoured the contractual payments but when requested payments Ascanio was accused of false money and his entire property was confiscated. In memory of his two brothers it is still visible inside the Palace an epigraph , and the second it kept in the complex of St. Francis of Assisi in Cosenza, along with the tomb of Bartolo Arnone. It was Ascanio who erected the memorial to his brother and dedicated the plaque dated 1554. The inscription, the tomb, the heraldic emblem of the House are also visible in a Chapel of the Church of Saint Barbara in Rovito of which Arnone had the patronage. The heraldry of Arnone is characterized by a central band that probably refers to Crawler chivalry, even if it is not known with certainty whether the family had an old knighthood; the blue stands for justice, fairness and good reputation. Additional elements of the emblem is a mountain which symbolizes the fueds and possessions of the noble and in the end a star indicating “safe travelling” a symbol of one who aspires to sublime actions and at the same time great fame amd glorious nobility. (Monica Turkish).

Social program for companion: as soon as possible

HOUSING INFORMATION

Reservations must be received by September 1st, 2008

Sleeping room requests for all convention hotels will be handled by the

CS CENTRO SERVIZI Via delle Mimose, pal. Terrieri 87040 CASTROLIBERO (CS)

+39.0984.853005 FAX +39.0984.854540

This is a service provided to SIP attendees by sip 2008.ACCOMODATING YOU! . 

You can make hotel reservations in any of the following ways:

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TO GUARANTEE A ROOM:

All reservations are being coordinated by the housing bureau and NOT with the hotel directly. A credit card is required to guarantee your reservation. Credit card expiration dates must be later than june 15th 2008. To obtain the special meeting rates, you must make your reservations before JUNE 15th.

CONFIRMATIONS:

Confirmation will be e mailed, faxed, on line, or mailed to you from the housing bureau. Once your reservation has been secured with a credit card. You will not receive confirmation from your hotel. If you do not receive confirmation within 20 days of the congress date, please call the housing bureau at +39.0984.853005.

If credit card payment is not possible you may pay by postal transfer or by bank transfer to the housing bureau.

CHANGES/CANCELLATIONS:

All changes and cancellations to hotel reservations must be made on or before 10 august 2008 by contacting the housing bureau directly. Any cancellations made within 72 hours of the arrival date will result in forfeiture of one night room.

Hotel Reservations

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Double bed/ Single use	85,00	98,00	----	95,00
Double	100,00	102,00	95,00	95,00

3***	S.AGOSTINO	MAJORANA
Single	42,00	70,00
Double bed/Single use	44,00	80,00
Double	67,00	90,00

+ Agency service fee: 10,00 €

Social events

Friday, Sept. 12th

“Palazzo Arnone”, Pinacoteca Nazionale – “Social dinner”

45,00 €

XXIX National Congress
In Collaboration with the American Society for Investigative Pathology
University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
September 10-13, 2008

SIP Awards
The Italian Society of Pathology (SIP) will offer three SIP Young Investigator Awards to researchers age 32 and younger for the three best scientific abstracts submitted at the National Congress.  Candidates must be 32 years of age or younger in 2008. The first award is 1000 Euro, and the second and third place awards are 500 Euro. 


Candidates for the SIP Young Investigator Award must:
The deadline for application for the SIP Young Investigator Award was May 5, 2008
1. Submit an abstract to the SIP National Congress by May 5, 2008, 12:00 EST.  Abstracts must be submitted online.  Please indicate that you would like to be considered for this award by checking the appropriate box when you submit your abstract. 

2. If you are submitting more than one abstract, you must choose which abstract you would like to be considered for this award.  You may enter only one abstract for consideration for this award.

3. Be a member of SIP.  Candidates may apply for membership prior to, or at the time of abstract submission.  Please apply for SIP membership no later than May 5, 2008.

4.  Individuals excluded from award consideration are members of The Italian Society of Pathology Board of Directors, Scientific Committee or any collaborators with invited speakers of the Congress.

ASIP Awards
The deadline to apply for an ASIP Award was May 5, 2008
The American Society for Investigative Pathology is offering a limited number of A. D. Sobel-ASIP Education Fund Travel Awards to ASIP trainee members who submit an abstract to the meeting. Awardees will receive a $500 Travel Award after they have attended the meeting and will be listed as an A. D. Sobel- ASIP Education Fund Scholar.

Requirements:
1. Trainee Membership in ASIP
2. The Deadline to submit an Abstract was May 5, 2008, 12:00 EST.