The ICE/ECE 2012 Congress team has been working tirelessly in Florence to put on a top-class Congress, and my what a city!
The Florence skyline, centred around the Duomu, is simply stunning, and the venue itself is no exception to this. Based in the walls of a Renaissance fort and featuring buildings both new and original, we’re sure you’ll enjoy the setting as you stroll between symposia, promenade towards the posters or simply take a break amongst the Tuscan garden.
Once you’re able to tear yourself away from the magnificent surroundings you’ll find a truly top-class programme awaiting you, kicking off today with a satellite symposium, a round table discussion on science publishing, our opening ceremony and of course the two ESE medal lectures. This year the Geoffrey Harris Prize is awarded to Professor Jonathan Seckl (Edinburgh, UK) who will deliver his talk entitled ‘Glucocorticoid metabolism and the brain, from fetal programming to senescence’ at 17:55. He will be followed by Professor Sadaf Farooqi (Cambridge, UK) who is awarded the European Journal of Endocrinology Prize lecture and will give her lecture, ‘Tackling obesity: lessons from genetics’ at 18:45. We would like to offer many congratulations to them both.
After the lectures you’ll be able to catch up with old friends from around the world, and make new ones, at the Welcome Reception. Don’t stay out too late though: the Congress starts anew tomorrow with the first Plenary lecture at 08:30.
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