ME-conference in Stavanger, Norway 22-23 September 2021 (new date)

Kalliope

Kalliope

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Note: due to the Covid-19 situation, the conference has been postponed to 2021.

The Norwegian ME Association - Rogaland County - invites to a big ME-conference in Stavanger 23-24th Sept. 2020.

Main lecturers are:
Ron Davis and Ian Lipkin

Other lecturers are:
Kristian Sommerfelt, professor and paediatric neurologist at Haukeland University Hospital
Per Julin, senior doctor and researcher at ME/CFS Ward at Stora Sköndal, Sweden
Nigel Speight, paediatrician, England
Øystein Fluge, oncologist and senior doctor at Haukeland University Hospital
Brian Hughes, professor in psychology at the National University of Ireland, Galway
Katarina Lien, MD and researcher at Oslo University Hospital
(Name not yet finalised), Stavanger University Hospital

The conference will take place at Radisson Blu Atlantic Hotel in the centre of Stavanger. Main themes of the conference will be research into ME and experiences from clinical practice.

The first day will be for health care personnel and applications for continuing education credits have been sent.
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The second day is for everyone.
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For me it's too far away from where I live. I see it costs money to participate, so I assume this will not be streamed live online (?).
Do you, @Kalliope or @Marky, know if there will be published "summary-publications" from any media after the conference?
The Norwegian ME-association maybe?
 
Caesar said:
For me it's too far away from where I live. I see it costs money to participate, so I assume this will not be streamed live online (?).
Do you, @Kalliope or @Marky, know if there will be published "summary-publications" from any media after the conference?
The Norwegian ME-association maybe?
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I think @benji mentioned somewhere that they are trying to make a live stream available?
 
Caesar said:
For me it's too far away from where I live. I see it costs money to participate, so I assume this will not be streamed live online (?).
Do you, @Kalliope or @Marky, know if there will be published "summary-publications" from any media after the conference?
The Norwegian ME-association maybe?
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Previously, somebody usually writes a transcript to one of the facebook groups :) Hopefully there will be a live-stream though. Important when so many cant travel and want to listen!
 
Marky said:
Previously, somebody usually writes a transcript to one of the facebook groups :) Hopefully there will be a live-stream though. Important when so many cant travel and want to listen!
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I hope so. Excellent work by The Norwegian ME-association with this conference. It's a living-ME-legends-show. If you know what I mean. It sounds better in Norwegian ;)
 
If someone attends they should press Lipkin about his prediction that he made a couple years ago that there would be a treatment for this disease by now. This type of bluster (a different b word could also be used here) is not helpful— it unrealistically inflates patient expectations.

Also Lipkin is a “bug” guy and I am not optimistic that looking for bugs will bear fruit in this disease.
 
Hm, if the conference might be classed as "Videreutdanning" for working people, is there any chance students could get some credits/ECTS? I have no idea how that would work, but I wouldn't mind :P Although I might not be part of a health-care education by then.
 
Jaybee00 said:
If someone attends they should press Lipkin about his prediction that he made a couple years ago that there would be a treatment for this disease by now. This type of bluster (a different b word could also be used here) is not helpful— it unrealistically inflates patient expectations.

Also Lipkin is a “bug” guy and I am not optimistic that looking for bugs will bear fruit in this disease.
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You mean where he also said "provided the resources are made available"? I don't think anybody would claim that the appropriate level of resources have been made available, so quoting him out of context isn't helpful in my opinion.
 
Andy said:
You mean where he also said "provided the resources are made available"? I don't think anybody would claim that the appropriate level of resources have been made available, so quoting him out of context isn't helpful in my opinion.
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For reference, if it's needed,
Then Lipkin made his bold declaration “We’re going to solve this in three to five years”. It came with a significant proviso “provided the resources are made available” but indicated that he believes ME/CFS is a mystery that can be cracked fairly quickly. That sounds really fast, but Lipkin’s time-frame is not that far off from Ronald Davis’s 5-10 year time-frame (provided he gets the resources as well.) (or Dr. Montoya’s).
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http://simmaronresearch.com/2015/12...ears-to-solve-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-mecfs/
 
Andy said:
You mean where he also said "provided the resources are made available"? I don't think anybody would claim that the appropriate level of resources have been made available, so quoting him out of context isn't helpful in my opinion.
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Agree.

Hopefully this will be a conference where also health care personnel and decision makers within health services that haven't yet attended ME conferences will participate. The aim of the conference is to provide an overview of the research field as of today and to share some experience from clinical care.

To have someone of dr. Lipkin's calibre joining to talk about his research into ME, will hopefully in itself help make the field more attractive to other researchers. A conference in the spirit of dialogue and enthusiasm for ME research might inspire more collaboration, more research projects, more funding. :)
 
I was idly googling Stavanger yesterday. Stavanger in September sounds like a fantastic place to be, even without a great ME conference. I hope lots of people attend the event.

Top 10 things to do in Stavanger Norway
This summer we spent three weeks road tripping around Norway. First stop was Stavanger, a gorgeous town on the western coast of Norway. We spent five wonderful days here, in the midst of summer, and here we share some of the best things to do in Stavanger. Stavanger, famed for its many natural attractions, including its position on the Lysefjord and famous hikes including Preikestolen and Kjerag, as well as its beautiful old town and interesting museums.
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