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The next EMWA conference will be in London between Thursday 20 November and Saturday 22 November, 2008. Until we have more details here are the details of our previous conference.

Barcelona Conference 2008

Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I

Barcelona, Spain

29 April - 3 May 2008

Letter from the President.

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I am pleased to invite you to join us in Barcelona, Spain, from 29 April to 3 May 2008 for our 26th EMWA conference. As has been the case now for several years, this conference has continued to grow and the scope of activities on offer are the broadest ever. The EMWA Professional Development Programme (EPDP) is offering 58 workshops, most of which can be applied towards obtaining certification in the EMWA-approved accreditation for medical writers (see Page 10 for more details on the EPDP). Click here to read more....

*PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FREELANCER BUSINESS FORUM HAS MOVED FROM FRIDAY TO THURSDAY EVENING*

Conference Programme

Programme

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Please note that the following workshop are full:

Writing Global Submission Dossiers using the CTD
Interpreting and Reporting Measures of Risk
Drug Safety for Medical Writers
Medical Writing and Observational Studies
The CTD Clinical Summary
Serving Two Masters
Statistical Thinking for Medical Writers
Slippery Slopes
Sharpen up your Writing Skills

Please note that workshop #41 (Collocations in Medical Writing and Translation - Sofija Micic) and the short seminar #13 (Standardization of medical terms - Sofija Micic) haveboth been cancelled.

Workshop #41 has been replaced by a foundation level, 'soft skills' workshopentitled, "Interpersonal Skills for Medical Writers" by Barry Drees andJulia Forjanic Klapproth. It covers important topics such as how to mediate debates, what is the best way to deal with an irate client, and how to tell someone their data may not be sufficient for the message they are aiming for.

Conference Registration

If you are a member, it is now possible to register online for the Barcelona conference. Please login to members-only and access the online membership database to access this feature.

Additional Information

Please click here to see travel information for the conference.

Please click on the link below to book your room at the conference hotel. If you would like to share the expense of this room, please click on the link
on the right "Share-a-room" to find out more.

https://www.hrjuancarlos.com/emwa/emwa2008.html

For more information about a second, cheaper hotel, located near to the conference hotel, please click here.

For a full list of EMWA conferences, including past conference, please click here .