Welcome letter

Dear Participant,

Welcome to France,
Welcome to Lyon!

It is a great honour for Lyon to host the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology.

Lyon was the capital of France during the Roman Era and was formerly called Lugdunum. It is now a one million people international city, with 100,000 students. Lyon is strongly connected to Italy and Switzerland but it plays an important role at the European and Mediterranean level.

The philosophy of this ESPN meeting is based on some important key words such as friendship, science, training, interaction, exchange, culture, happy hour, etc. It was therefore important to provide acceptable registration fee in general, but also reduced price to juniors and to colleagues coming from developing countries. For theses reasons, the venue is at Laennec Medical School, a place which can provide most available facilities.

The congress will include 3 CME teaching courses, 9 ESPN teaching points, 5 plenary lectures, 12 symposia, 9 oral communication sessions, 9 mini-lectures, 2 poster sessions, 1 controversy, 2 literature update, and 1 clinical pathological conference.

The social programme will give you the opportunity to discover the heart of the city and accompanying persons will convince you to come back and visit us again!...

Bon séjour à Lyon!

Pierre Cochat - ESPN and Congress President

Rosanna Coppo - Chair, Scientific Committee