2nd Joint Meeting of the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) and International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS) 25-29 June 2005 Geneva, Switzerland CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ABSTRACT DEADLINE 10 JANUARY 2005 Dear Colleague As Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, I am writing to bring you exciting details of next year's Joint Meeting of the European Calcified Tissue Society and International Bone and Mineral Society in Geneva, 25-29 June 2005. We are delighted to be hosting this prestigious meeting, which was last held in Madrid in June 2001. The Madrid meeting was a huge success, attracting over 3,000 delegates, who came together to share cutting-edge scientific discoveries in the field of metabolic bone diseases. The abstract submission for next year’s ECTS-IBMS Joint Meeting in Geneva, 25-29 June 2005, is now open and we invite you to visit the meeting website at www.ectsibms-2005.org for full details. The meeting website also includes details of the scientific programme and social events and you can register and book your accommodation on-line. The deadline for abstracts is 10 January and all accepted abstracts will be published in Bone. Go to the website today! www.ects-ibms-2005.org or contact our Congress Secretariat for further information: MCI Suisse SA 75, rue de Lyon PO Box 502 CH-1211 Geneva 13 Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)22 33 99 595 / Fax: +41 (0) 22 33 99 621 Email: ects-ibms@mci-group.com We hope that you will be able to join us next year. With kind regards, René Rizzoli LOC Chairman, ECTS-IBMS-2005 www.ects-ibms-2005.org