NEWSLETTER
Advancing Science & Health

SRNT Europe Conference, Nov. 19-22, 2003

The Fifth Annual SRNT Europe Conference is only three months away! The spot for this year's conference is the delightful city of Padua (Padova) Italy. We hope that, in addition to partaking of the fine science during the conference, you will take the time to explore this lovely region of Italy. Below you will find a list of conference highlights, plus some tourist information about Padova. Please plan on attending!

Conference Highlights:

Thursday -- After Presidential addresses by SRNT, SRNTEurope, ERS, and AIMAR, the Opening Conference will be NRT for smoking cessation and reduction in health and diseases. The Welcome Reception will conclude the first evening.

Friday -- Morning parallel sessions will be: Methods and cost-effectiveness of lung cancer prevention and early diagnosis and Interdisciplinary analyses of nicotine dependence: Laboratory studies. Late morning parallel sessions will be: Smoking cessation after diagnosis of cardiac and pulmonary diseases and Genetics of pulmonary diseases and genetics of tobacco smoking. Oral presentations in clinical and basic science will take place in the afternoon. On Friday evening R. Zuin will chair the main room lecture, Respiratory inflammation in tobacco smoking and after smoking cessation.

Saturday -- In the morning, Martin Jarvis will chair the main room lecture, Craving and H2150 PET cerebral blood flow during free smoking and acute smoking abstinence. The Joint Sessions will present SRNTers' Guidelines for smoking cessation in COPD patient. Parallel sessions on Saturday will be Smoking cessation and rehabilitation and New Drugs under Development/Gender vs. tobacco smoking and smoking cessation. The final sessions of the conference will be oral presentations in basic and clinical science. The conference ends with the Closing Ceremony at 18:00.

Tourist Information: Padua (Padova) Italy.
Region: Veneto
Best reasons to Visit: Basilica di Sant'Antonio, Giotto frescos, Europe's first Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico).

Overview. Padova is a walled city situated along the Bachiglione River, between Verona and Venice. If you come by train, the Station (Stazione Ferroviania) is on the north side of town. Find the Basilica and Botanical gardens on the southern edge of town. Either the Corso del Popolo or the Viale Codalunga heading south will take you into the old center of town. Padua is one of the prettiest cities in Europe, although not often visited by tourists.

Restaurants. According to www.goeurope. about.com, the food in Padova is a cut above the average fare in Venice. The food is simple and made from fresh ingredients. A favorite restaurant in Padua is the Osteria Dal Capo, which features moderate prices and good house wine. The menu changes daily and features typical Veneto cuisine. It is located on Via Dei Soncin, a narrow, alley-like street directly across the piazza del Duomo.

Before dinner, you might try going for an aperitivo (cocktail) at one of the two cafes that compete for customers in the Paizza Capitaniato to the north of the Duomo. One you’ll notice attracts younger people, the other the older crowd. There is also a wine bar further north on the Via Dante. Enjoy your trip to Padova!

For more details, visit the conference website: www.srnt2003.sistemacongressi.com

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
D. Balfour (UK), A. Batra (D), C. Chiamulera
(I), C. Jimenez-Ruiz (E), E. Kralikova (CZ), J.
Le Houezec (F), S. Nardini (I), J. Prignot (B),
P. Toennesen (DK), G. Viegi (I)

ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT:
Sistema Congressi
ViaJappelli 12
35121 Padova – Italy
Tel. (+39) 049-651699; Fax 049-
Email: srnt2003@sistemacongressi.

SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT:
Mirco Lusuardi (Correggio RE,
Tel. (+39) 0522-630264
Email: lusuardimi@ausl.re.it

Stefano Nardini (VittorioVeneto,
Tel. (+39) 0438-567354; Fax 0438-
Email: snardini@qubisoft.it