| Main Patron | |
| Arpad Gogl | Minister of Health |
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Patrons |
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| Gabor Demszky | Mayor of Budapest |
| Tamas Paal | Director General, National Institute of Pharmacy |
| Gabor Racz | Honorary Member of the Hungarian Homoeopathic Medical Association, President of the Examining Board for Homeopathy of the Hungarian Ministry of Health |
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Special Patrons |
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| Christopher Day | President of the International Association for Veterinary Homeopathy |
| Laszlo Solti | Rector of University of Veterinary Science, Budapest |
| Peter Vago | Chief Director, Central Institute of Stomatology, Budapest |
| Peter Varley | Chairman of the British Homeopathic Dental Association |
| Zoltan Vincze | Director of Semmelweis University of Medicine - University Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacy Administration |
| Katalin Kurti
Jeno Ebert Anton Rohrer Fruzsina Gabor Agnes Heiczman Andras Hermann Arpad Matray Csaba Miklos Mariann Molnar Beata Szabo Gyorgyi Takacs |
(Hungary) Chair
(Germany) Co-chair (Austria) Co-chair (Hungary) Organiser of the Pharmaceutical Session (Hungary) (Hungary) (Hungary) (Hungary) (Hungary) (Hungary) Organiser of the Dental Session (Hungary) Organiser of Veterinary Session |
Dear Colleagues,
Hungary has been awarded the honour to host the 55th Congress of the Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internatinalis to be held between May 13-17, 2000.
In Hungary, where homeopathy has great traditions, a Congress of this kind was organised last time in 1935. Since then – especially during a ban of more than 40 years - no such event could be held here. The Congress in 2000 is meant, among others, to put an end to that long period of silence.
The year 2000 is also the year of the Hungarian Millennium. The Millennium festivities will most probably raise interest in Hungary all over the world. By organising the Congress, Hungary may very well find itself in the centre of the attention of the ever-expanding international homeopathic community. In addition to promoting homeopathy, our Congress will also contribute to the fulfilment of the objectives of Millennium festivities.
The year 2000 is at the same time the turn of the century. Many people say that homeopathy is the healing method of the 21st century and will receive its due recognition in the new era. This is the reason why we have decided to select "Homeopathy - Medical Art of the 21st Century" as the main theme of the Congress.
The Congress will be held on the premises of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Count Istvan Szechenyi, founder of the Academy, was known to subject himself to homeopathic treatment. Is there a worthier venue in Hungary for the first lecture by George Vithoulkas, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize?
Prof. Dr. Mathias Dorcsi, who is Hungarian on his father's side, will be the Honorary President of the Congress. The Austrian professor, living now in Germany, has done a lot to start the education of classical homeopathy in Hungary.
Homeopathic experts of international fame have been invited to give presentations every day. In addition to George Vithoulkas of Greece, the Congress will feature Farokh J. Master of India, Tatyana D. Popova of Ukraine and Massimo Mangialavori of Italy.
We look forward to a successful and memorable Congress attended by researchers and practitioners of homeopathy from all over the world.
Mathias Dorcsi (Austria)
After studying medicine, Mathias
Dorcsi, whose father was of Hungarian origin, established the New Medical
Association for Homeopathic Doctors in Austria in 1953. He organised intensive
homeopathic courses in Baden/Vienna in 1973. In 1975 he was given permission
by the Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute to carry out homeopathic research in
Austria. After a long battle with the Medical Faculty in Vienna, lectures
on homeopathy were launched in 1984, and Dorcsi was appointed to a professorship
in 1985. He moved to Munich in 1989. Since 1995 he has been the supervisor
of the model project of "Homeopathy in Pediatrics" at the Dr. von Haunersches
Children's Hospital, University of Munich. He authored a great number of
books and has received many awards for his work, e.g. the Gold Medal for
Sciences and Art of the Republic of Austria, in 1996. Also, he plays an
important role in rebuilding homeopathy in Hungary; the first Baden-type,
three-year homeopathic education started with his lectures in 1993.
Massimo Mangialavori (Italy)
He was a surgeon and beside this
he was interested in anthropology. He has been practising homeopathy for
15 years. He has a school for Classical Homeopathy in Italy and also teaches
at many other places.
His main interest in Homeopathy
is to work on the relationship with the patient and to look over a wide
range of remedies that he considers grouped by families, according to different
similarities. He doesn’t deny the individuality of each remedy, however
says that it is very important to understand the relationship between similar
remedies to have a more precise diagnosis and a more precise therapy.
Farokh J. Master (India)
He is professor of Homeopathic Materia
Medica at Homeopathic Medical College in Bombay which has been affiliated
to Bombay University for the last 19 years. He is Doctor of Medicine in
Homeopathy awarded with Gold Medal. He authored about 29 books and has
been internationally teaching for the last 16 years in Europe and the United
States.
Recently, he focused his interest
on how the state of mind of pregnant mother influences the foetus and how
we can act in these cases with the aid of homeopathic treatment.
Tatyana D. Popova (Ukraine)
She is the President of the Popov
Homeopathic Centre in Kiev.
After graduation (1955. Kiev Medical
Institute) she immediately started to work as a homeopath. She followed
the track of her father, founder of the Kiev Homeopathic School.
During the era of the so called
“perestroika” which brought official recognition to homeopathy in the country,
she established the Homeopathic Center of which she continues to be the
tireless leader to date. She is the author of several books, a great number
of articles on homeopathy. She was awarded with the Commemorative Medal
of OMHI for her outstanding achievements in developing homeopathy in her
native country. As a doctor she is a follower of classical homeopathy.
George Vithoulkas (Greece)
He is the Honorary President of the
Hellenic Medical Association; Director of the Centre of Homeopathic Medicine,
Athens; Director of the International Academy for Classical Homeopathy
in Alonissos, Greece. He has been teaching classical homeopathy internationally
20 years. He is member of several organisations and foundations; author
of a number of homeopathic books, among other Materia Medica Viva; developer
of a highly sophisticated computer system: Vithoulkas Expert System, an
essential tool for hundreds of homeopaths in prescribing homeopathic remedies.
In 1996 he was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize for his outstanding
achievements in the field of classical homeopathy.
The Programme is arranged into 90-minute sessions.
The highlights of the Congress are the plenary sessions with invited speakers. No activities have been scheduled to coincide with these sessions.
Plenary sessions are followed daily by two parallel sessions accommodating the papers accepted for oral presentation.
A Workshop on Data Collection will be additionally organised Tuesday afternoon, May 16 .
A number of authors have been invited
to prepare their papers for poster presentation. Posters will be displayed
during the Congress next to the "coffee break area". Authors will be asked
to present their papers during coffee breaks (3-4 papers per break). The
schedule of the poster presentations will be included in the Final Programme.
Sessions:
SESSION ATTENDANCE
FORM
To help the organisers to select
the proper room sizes, please complete the enclosed Session
Attendance Form
and return it with your Registration
Form to
LMHI Congress Secretariat, c/o Mariann
Kindl
Kende u. 13-17, H-1111 Budapest,
Hungary
Fax: +361 386 9378
The list below includes the papers invited by the Organising Committee for poster presentation:
Results of Fifteen Years of Funding
Research on Homeopathy
H. Albrecht (Germany)
Silver Baby' the Painting of Big
Canvas!
(Would she feel the pulse of our
modern conventional medicines? A case of Griscelli Syndrome)
Mirza Anwer Baig (India)
Pure Materia Medica of Loxosceles
Laeta: Brief Description and Clinical Cases
Carlos Nestor Campora (Argentina)
Tissue Salts for the New Millennium
Christopher Day (United Kingdom)
Annex for Evaluation of the
Treatment of Asthma with Unicist Homeopathy
Elizabeth Pinto Valente de Souza
(coordinator),Conrado Mariano Tarcitano Filho, Denise Miranda Eliza Fushchuber,
Lilia Ramos. Marcia Coelho, Miriam Mattos, Samuel Geovannini (Brasil)
The Chinese Energy Paradigm as a
Key to Homeopathic Methods of Treatment
Emma Gonikman (Republic of Belarus)
Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
with Homoeopathic Podiatry
M. Taufiq Khan, M. Tariq Khan
(United Kingdom)
Why so Important to Deal with the
Geopathic Zones also for Homeopaths?
Albert Konya (Hungary)
Krasnodar Regional Homeopathic Centre
Olga Korvyakova, Antonia Lebedeva
(Russia)
New Approaches to Treatment of the
Inflammatory Processes
N. Kostinsky, A. Martynenko,
L. Kirkilevska (Ukraine)
Homoeopathy the Medical Art of the
21st Century
P.S. Krishnamurty (India)
The Artistic Approach to the Art
of Healing
Patricia Le Roux (France)
Homeopathic Complexes in Organic
Farming and Industrial Feed-Lots: Long-Term Challenge or Short Trick?
Francois Madin (France)
Some More Small Remedies and Their
Use in Veterinary Practice
Jacques Millemann (France)
Disappointment and Loneliness as Causa of Disease
Csaba Miklos (Hungary)
How to Evaluate the Effectiveness
of a Remedy in a Clinical Practice
Colette Pillonel (Switzerland)
The Use of Lycopodium in Anxiety
Related Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Colette Pillonel (Switzerland)
The Use of Evaluation Scales for
Emotional Disorders and Aggression in Dogs
Colette Pillonel (Switzerland)
An Appraisal of Homoeopathic Quinquagenimillesimal
Potencies of Plumbum Metallicum and Stannum Metallicum by Means of Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Sean Michael Power (South Africa)
The Ethnography of the Individual
- Homeopathy and the Methodologies of Qualitative Enquiry
Trevor D.B. Thompson, Robert
Fordham (Scotland, Great Britain)
Some Chosen Sides of the "Unreal
Animal" Test Use in the Classical Homeopathy
Ilia Tiraspolski, Tatyana Timofeeva
(Russia)
Magnetic Experimental Field - Showed
by the Analysis of the Placebo Effect in One Hundred Homoeopathic Experimentation
and by the Result Obtained by the New Pathogenetic Model
Regina Vale, Maria de Lourdes
Guimaraes Camilo, Iracema de Castro Engler (Brasil)
Towards a 21st Century Integrative
Medicine Through Homoeopathy and Pathology
Anastassios Vartholomeos (Greece)
Proof of Efficacy: Arnica 30 X after
Knee Surgery
Wilkens J., Luedtke R. (Germany)
The New Salts of Aurum: Study on
the Mind Picture
Beata Katalina Vasakou, George
Loukas, J. Eustathiou (Greece)
Homeopathic Remedy and Brownian Motion
Gilberto Ribeiro Vieira (Brasil)
Homoeopathy in Psychiatry
Darina Sturova (Slovakia)
The Preconditions of Homeopathic
Regulation of Energetic-Informational Status of Biosystems, Planetary Mission
of Homeopathy
Konstantin G. Zadorozhnikov (Ukraine)
As of December 15, 1999, the following institutions and companies have expressed their intention to exhibit:
British Homoephatic Association (United
Kingdom)
Herbamed Ag. (Switzerland)
Homeoden-Heel (Belgium)
Homint International
Homoeopathic Links (The Netherlands)
Kent Homeopathic Association Inc.
(USA)
Phytomed (Hungary)
Phonix Laboratorium GmbH (Germany)
Should you wish to exhibit or sponsor
the Congress, please contact the Congress Secretariat for details (kindl@sztaki.hu).
Host City
Budapest is a unique metropolis on the banks of the majestic Danube river, a city everyone falls in love with at first sight. Budapest is a great place to live where you will find superb museums, concert halls and theatres, medieval churches, stately edifices, spas and forests. A city where food is delicious, wines are full-bodied. The year 2000 marks the 1000th anniversary of Hungarian statehood. The whole country, and especially Budapest will celebrate, adding to the attractiveness of the city. We invite you to join us for the 55th Congress of the Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis. Let us make it an unforgettable experience together.
Congress Venue
The magnificent premises of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, one of the most beautiful historical buildings in the heart of Budapest, will accommodate the Congress and its related exhibition between May 13 and 17, 2000. The downtown shopping area is within walking distance.
Official Language
The official languages of the Congress are English and Hungarian. Simultaneous translation in these languages will be provided at the plenary and parallel sessions. No simultaneous translation will be available at the Workshop.
SCOPE Ltd., Ms Mariann Kindl
H-1111 Budapest, Kende u.
13-17, Hungary
Phone: +361 209 6001, 209 6442,
Fax: +361 386 9378
E-mail: kindl@sztaki.hu
Registration Desk
The Registration Desk will operate at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences as follows:
Saturday May 13 14:00 - 18:00
Sunday May 14 08:00 - 18:00
Monday May 15 08:30 - 18:00
Tuesday May 16 08:30 - 18:00
Weather
Hungary is in the temperate zone, the mid-May weather is usually nice and warm. Daily temperature ranges from 15 to 25o C (59oF and 77oF), and the relative humidity is below 50%. However, mornings and evenings may be chilly so a light jacket/sweater is recommended.
Visas
Visitors from European countries, except Albania and Turkey, are not required visas. Participants from a few overseas countries are required visas.
Official Carrier
MALEV Hungarian Airlines is appointed the official carrier for the 55th Congress of LMHI.
Participants and their companions flying by MALEV are entitled to a 10% reduction on the best rate offered by the local MALEV Offices. For this allowance, a letter from the Congress Secretariat confirming your registration will be required.
A list of MALEV Offices and flight schedules can be found on the Internet.
Arrival in Budapest - Transfer from the Airport & Railway
Most participants will arrive at the Budapest Ferihegy Airport. The simplest means of transportation to the Hotels (or any other place in Budapest) is via minibuses. This door-to-door Airport Minibus Service is reasonably priced (approx. USD 6) and is much more reliable than taxis.
A Railbus Service operates from the three major Railway Stations, with approximately the same conditions as the Airport Minibus.
Getting to the Congress Venue from the Hotels
An orientation map on the back cover, together with the hotel information on page 30 will help you to find your way to the Congress site from the Congress Hotels. For more information contact your hotel reception.
Bank, Currency, Credit Cards
The unit of currency is the Hungarian Forint (HUF), denoted as “Ft” here.
International credit cards (AmEx, EC/MC, Visa) are accepted at most hotels, restaurants and shops. ATMs are available at the Airport and all over the city. Also, a money exchange desk will operate during the Congress in the registration area.
Shopping Hours
Shopping hours are generally from 10:00 to 18:00 on weekdays, with shorter hours on Saturdays. Shops (except some megastores or small private shops in tourist centres) are closed on Sundays.
Voltage
The electricity supply in Hungary is 220 V AC (50 Hz)
Information and Enquiries
A multilingual staff at the Registration Desk will be pleased to help participants and their companions during the Congress.
Coffee Break
Coffee and refreshments will be served during the breaks of the technical programmes.
Lunch
Lunch is not included in the registration fee. A list of restaurants of different categories in the vicinity of the Congress venue will be included in the Participants Bag.
Insurance
The Organisers of the Congress do
not provide insurance and do not take responsibility for any loss, accident
or illness that might occur during the Congress or in the course of travel
to or from the meeting site. It is therefore the responsibility of the
participants to check their coverage with their insurance provider.
All participants are kindly requested to register at their earliest convenience. A Registration Form is enclosed. One separate form per participant should be completed and returned to the Congress Secretariat. Use a photocopy of the form if an extra is necessary.
Registration Fees
| Early registration fee
Late registration fee Single-day ticket Single-day ticket Accompanying guest's fee |
before February
25
after February 25 before February 25 after February 25 |
USD 400
USD 500 USD 150 USD 200 USD 70 |
The registration fee includes:
The single-day registration fee
includes:
The accompanying guest’s fee
includes:
As a result of generous grants from sponsors of the Congress, limited funds are earmarked for reduced registration fee for participants from Central- and Eastern-European Countries /CEEC/.
CEEC participants requesting fee reduction are to send a written application together with the Registration Form to the Congress Secretariat no later than February 25, 2000. Applications received after that date will not be considered.
Method of Payment
Advance payments can be made with credit card or by bank transfer. American Express, EUROCARD/MasterCard and Visa are accepted.
Payments by bank transfer should
be sent to the following account of the SCOPE Meetings Co. Ltd.:
|
Account no. 11711041-20420022 OTP (National Savings Bank) Swift code: OTPVHUHB H-1117 Budapest, Irinyi Jozsef u. 30. Hungary |
Please attach a proof of the remittance to this registration form; also, in order for the organisers to identify payments, please make sure that the name of each Congress participant is clearly indicated on all documents.
Please note
Early Registration
Participants are advised to register at their earliest convenience but no later than February 25, 2000, in order to
Confirmation of registration will be mailed upon receipt of the completed Registration Form and, in case of bank transfer, the proof of remittance. Please bring the confirmation with you to the Congress for presentation at the Registration Desk.
Cancellation
Requests for refunds of the registration
fee (less 20% administration charge) will be honoured only if received
before April 15, 2000. No refunds will be given for cancellation requests
received after that date or for non-attendance.
A block reservation, at special rates,
has been made in the following hotels:
|
|
/night |
/night |
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| Hyatt Regency Budapest***** | USD 195 | USD 215 | Walking distance, 5 minutes |
| Inter-Continental Budapest***** | USD 180 | USD 200 | Walking distance, 5 minutes |
| Taverna**** | USD 100 | USD 125 | Walking distance, 15 minutes |
| Grand Hotel Hungaria**** | USD 80 | USD 100 | Metro Line 2 then Tram 2, 20 minutes |
| Ventura*** | USD 45 | USD 60 | Tram 47 then Tram 2, 30 minutes |
| Summer Hotel Hill /Youth Hostel
(very limited number of rooms) |
USD 30 | USD 35 | Tram 47, 49 then Tram 2, 20 minutes |
Room rates include taxes and breakfast.
For the location of the hotels and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences please, see map on inside back cover. The Congress venue is well accessible from all the above hotels (5 to 25 minutes).
To benefit from the special rates quoted for Congress participants, reservation should be made via the Congress Secretariat using the attached "Hotel Reservation Form" as soon as possible but no later than February 25, 2000. After this date the availability of room cannot be guaranteed.
Reservations will be confirmed
by the Congress Secretariat.
The hotel fee is to be paid directly
to the hotel.
General Conditions
One night room rate will be charged
- in case of non-attendance if a
cancellation notice in writing is not received by the Congress Secretariat
on
or before April 15, 2000
- in case of delayed arrival if
the Congress Secretariat is not advised
on or before April 30, 2000.
| Saturday May 13 | Welcoming Reception
(for all registered participants and accompanying guests) |
| 18.00 | Hungarian Academy of Sciences
(Budapest V. Roosevelt ter 9.) The Reception will be a good opportunity for participants and companions for a first getting together. |
| Sunday May 14 | Opera
(for all registered participants and accompanying guests registered before February 25, 2000) |
| 19.00 | Magyar Allami Operahaz (Hungarian
State Opera House)
(Budapest VI, Andrassy ut 22.) Programme:
Bela Bartok "The Miraculous
Mandarin"
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| Monday May 15 | Informal Dinner .................................................. Price: USD 40/person |
| 19.00 | Restaurant "Szazeves"
(Budapest V., Pesti Barnabas u. 2.) Pest’s oldest restaurant in baroque interior in the heart of the city, first class kitchen, delicious Hungarian food specialities. |
| Tuesday May 16 | Congress Banquet ............................................. Price: USD 50/person |
| 20.00 | Hotel Gellert
(Budapest XI., Szent Gellert ter 1.) The Congress Banquet will be held at Hotel Gellert, situated at the foot of Gellert Hill along the Danube. Built in the style of Hungarian Art Nouveau in the early 20th century, famous for its hotspring bath and typical Hungarian cuisine. |
| Saturday May 13 | Budapest Sight-seeing .........................................
Price: USD 25/person
(half day) |
| 10.00 - 14.00 | One of the most exciting metropolises of the world with fantastic geographic situation, full of historical monuments and places of interest. Budapest, including the banks of the Danube and the district of Buda Castle is on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. |
| Sunday May 14 | Godollo Palace ....................................................
Price USD 35/person
(half day) |
| 09.00 - 13.00 | The wonderful baroque palace was the summer residence of Queen Elizabeth (Queen of Hungary). |
| 09.00 - 17.00 | Danube Bend ......................................................
Price USD 75/person
(full day, lunch included) |
| Three small old towns crown the picturesque Danube Bend: Szentendre – a unique artists’ town, Visegrad – a former royal town, Esztergom – the former capital of Hungary. | |
| Monday May 15 | Cooking Course ..................................................
Price USD 55/person
(half day, lunch included) |
| 09.00 - 14.00 | Cooking, baking and tasting the prepared traditional Hungarian dishes under the guidance of the principal chef of Restaurant Gundel. Gundel was one of the most famous restaurants in Central Europe between the two World Wars, catering for royalty and heads of state from around the globe. |
| 09.00 - 17.00 | Hungarian Puszta ................................................
Price USD 75/person
(full day, lunch included) |
| Hungary’s wilderness country. The unique flora and fauna of the Puszta have been carefully preserved. | |
| Tuesday May 16 | Budapest Museums ...........................................
Price USD 25/person
(half day) |
| 09.00 - 13.00 | Budapest is an inexhaustable
fountain of culture.
The most valuable treasures greet the visitors in more than 200 museums and offer fine exhibitions for those wishing to know more about the Hungarian history and art. |
| 09.00 - 17.00 | Lake Balaton .....................................................
Price: USD 75/person
(full day, lunch included) |
| Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe, is known as “The Hungarian Sea”. |
All tours leave from the building
of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Tours are based on a minimum of
20 participants.