As you may be aware the International Federation of Head & Neck Oncology has planned a first of its kind World Tour from September 29th – November 4th, 2008. This initiative is spearheaded by Dr. Jatin P Shah, Chief of Head & Neck Services at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York along with six international experts in the field. (Dr. Jean-Louis Lefebvre (Director, IFHNOS) from France, Dr. William Wei (Secretary General, IFHNOS) from Hong Kong, Dr. Christopher O’Brien (Web Director, IFHNOS) from Australia, two members of the executive committee of IFHNOS – Dr. Patrick Gullane from Canada , Dr. Kie-Kian Ang from Houston, Texas and Dr. Arlene Forastiere from Baltimore, Maryland) . The main focus of the program is to provide state of art knowledge and explore the frontiers of Head & Neck cancer diagnosis and current treatment. The highlight is to provide ample opportunity for interactive sessions between local faculty, delegates and the international experts. The entire tour will cover 11 countries across the globe. Details of the world tour are available on the website:

http://www.ifhnosworldtour2008.org/

The South East Asian Leg will be hosted in Mumbai on the 20th and 21st of October 2008. We plan to start the program the previous evening (19th October) with satellite symposia and welcome reception commencing 6pm that evening.

This letter is for your information as well as a request to pass it on to anybody who in your opinion would be interested to attend. The conference is multidisciplinary and targeted at surgical oncologists, Otolaryngologists, Head and Neck Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, Medical Oncologists and others with a special interest in the field of Head & Neck Oncology.

The basic format of the programme is a two hour capsule focused on each subsite in the head and neck region. This will include a half hour overview by one of the touring international faculty followed by an interactive panel discussion which deals with specific case scenarios.

We have special rates for early registration and I would urge you to register at the earliest. Cheques should issued in the name of IFHNOS MUMBAI and mailed to me at the address below. The registration fee is Rs 4000 only till the 1st of September, Registration will include entry to all scientific sessions, welcome reception as well as the conference banquet. The registration form is attached to this mail or can be downloaded from the website above.

I look forward to an early reply in this very important first of its kind event. Your active participation will go a long way in not only making the conference a success but more importantly in contributing to the Head & Neck Oncology specialty in the entire region.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. A.K. D’Cruz
Professor & Surgeon
Head & Neck Services
Tata Memorial Hospital
Dr. E. Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai 12
Email : ifhnosmumbai@gmail.com, docdrcuz@gmail.com
Fax : 24158989
Tel : 24177000
http://www.ifhnosworldtour2008.org/

Dear Colleagues,
Assalamon-Alaikum, ( May ALLAH Keep You Safe )

Department of Plastic Surgery,Services Institute of Medical Sciences/Servcices Hospital,Lahore , Department of Microbiology, University of Health Sciences,Lahore, School of biological Sciences and Honey Bees Research Institute, Punjab University,Lahore invite You to the second international conference on “ Medicinal Uses of Honey” from Nov.10-12,2008.
The idea behind the conference is to share and exchange Knowledge, Research and experience and to promote use of Honey in a wide spectrum of diseases. Following topics will be discussed by internationally renowned speakers.

Honey, The Natural Healer and The best medicine
Past, Present and Future of Honey in modern medical Science
Can Honey reduce Insulin Resistance, Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus?
Honey Dressings in Burn Patients
Use of Honey in Diabetic Foot
Antibacterial properties of Honey
Are we losing fight against multi-drug resistant microbes?
Honey as probiotics and prebiotics
Antioxidant properties of Honey
Comparison of different floral Honeys with regard to MIC values against common pathogens
Bees and Bee’s Products
Bee Flora and its Biodiversity
Use of Honey and Transfer Factors in Cancer and Degenerative Diseases
Honey use as Cough Suppressant
Honey Use for Restorative Sleep
Honey Use for Cognitive performance and Memory
Honey as adjuvant to Chemotherapy

Honey is a natural product, produced by Honey Bees from nectar and pollen of flowers prevalent in that particular area. So the honey’s color, taste and smell vary in different parts of the world. So far more than 300 types of Honey have been found.
Honey is produced by bees as food for themselves but the major use is by the humans. Honey is one of the healthy food product having readily assimilable sugars, as these have already been digested by the Bee’s intestinal enzymes.

Honey has been used as food sweetener, for its nutritive and medicinal properties. Honey has been used for times immemorial as traditional remedy for many ailments. However may researchers and scientists now have carried out enormous number of clinical trials, proving the benefits of honey as an effective therapeutic agent. Honey is being used extensively to augment immune responses in patients on chemotherapy, to promote restorative sleep, reducing insulin resistance, control of diabetes mellitus & obesity, as cough suppressant, help in cognitive performance and memory, in delayed/non healing wounds, infected wounds, diabetic foot, gastric ulcers, sore throat, radiation mucositis ad ocular infections. Honey is being used by many ENT Surgeons, Dento-maxillo- facial surgeons and also by the dermatologists for many many ailments.
The first International Conference on Medicinal Uses of Honey was held at Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, under the patronage of University Sains Malaysia from Aug.26-28, 2006.This Conference was the first sincere effort to break the hard frozen ice about use of Honey in human ailments. There was a real variety of speakers from all around the globe, to discuss and share their experience about the medicinal uses of honey.

At the concluding ceremony, it was decided unanimously that the next conference will be held at Lahore-Pakistan in 2008.We are trying our level best to organize this event by requesting and attracting a galaxy of international speakers. The emphasis is to develop and provide a platform for western and eastern scientists so as to promote the use of honey on real scientific grounds in different diseases.
Please visit the official website “www.honeyconference .com” It will provide all information about the conference events, abstract submission, Travel arrangements, Registration fees, social program, city tour and accommodation/ hotel arrangements.
Please pass on this information to all colleagues interested in honey use in human diseases. We are anxiously waiting for your guidance and suggestions

With Warm Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan

Ghulam Qadir Fayyaz

Secretary Organizing Committee
Associate Professor Plastic surgery
Services Institute of Medical Sciences/
Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Email:- gqfayyaz@hotmail. com
Mobile:- 0092+321+4430561
Fax:- 0092+42+5164932

http://www.icanuae.com/3rdICAN/Index.html

Contact:
E-mail: contactus@icanuae.com
Tel: +9712-6139726
Fax: +9712-6270678

Topic 1: Dubai International Emergency & Catastrophe Management Conference

Topic 2: Dubai International Anaesthesia & Pain Management Conference &
Exhibition

Topic 3: International Critical Care Conference in Conjunction with Pan-Arab
Critical Care Medicine Society Annual Meeting

Date: 8th – 10th April 2008

Venue: Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre

Contact Details:
Mr. Michel Janho
Account Manager
Tel: +9714 3624717
Fax: +9714 3624718
Email: michel.janho@index.ae

For more details visit:
http://www.abudhabicme.com/main/view_specific_meeting.php?record=1657

http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/ecmsas/conferenceorganisation/

During the July 2008 Conference, one of the panels will be organized and headed by
Professor Dr. Azhar Mansur Khan who is an adjunct faculty member at ESC School of
Management Sciences Lille France and a faculty member at CASE (Center for Advanced
Studies in Engineering) . Limited funding for paper presenters will also be available.
Panel Details are appended below:
Panel In-charge: Professor Dr. Azhar Mansur Khan PhD(USA), PE, PMP

Panel Title: Management of Development Projects in South Asian Countries
Details: Projects are the building blocks of any investment or development plan. Many
South Asian countries development has been impeded by the enormous expenditure
incurred on the failed projects. Projects cover both social sector as well as
infrastructure sectors. There are countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka, which could offset their external loans, had they not wasted resources on failed
projects. Many South Asian countries had been borrowing resources to undertake
development projects and instead of developing they would lag behind and go further
under the debt. Therefore the aspect of better project management, involvement of
communities and transparency has been an important factor in the development of
South Asian countries.
This will indeed be an excellent topic for a panel and will attract several very interesting
papers, discussions and novel ideas from the presenters as well as the audience.
Email: azharmak@yahoo.com, azhar@bmc-online.com

Interested authors, students and faculty members are requested to submit brief paper
abstracts to Dr. Azhar Mansur Khan on the email addresses mentioned above by 31st
August 2007.