Dear all,

We cordially invite you to Baltic Bone Symposium 2024 which will be held face-to-face in House of Science and Letters, Helsinki. Take the opportunity to meet bone and other skeletal tissue researchers and hear the interesting talks! We had a wonderful symposium last year, and this year will surely be no exception!

When: Thursday 11th of April 2024 at 9:00 – 14:30 (Finnish time)
Where: House of Sciences and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6, 00170 Helsinki
Registration: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/49B3C60CB14F345F

The deadline for registration is 17th of March 2024.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Professor (emerita) Christel Lamberg-Allardt, University of Helsinki
Docent Teun De Vries, University of Amsterdam
Docent Ton Schoenmaker, University of Amsterdam

We warmly invite you all to participate in this symposium focusing on musculoskeletal research! Importantly, we hereby encourage all young scientists to submit an abstract (300 words) to be selected for a short (15 min) oral presentation. Please submit your abstract via Webropol. We will announce the selected abstracts on the 21th of March 2024. According to our tradition, the best presentation by a young scientist will be awarded!

Participation in the symposium is free of charge and includes lunch and coffee. Travel and accommodation costs must be covered by the attendant (excluding invited speakers).

Finnish Bone Society has negotiated following prices for Hotel Scandic Grand Marina (Katajanokanlaituri 7, Helsinki):

-Room for one 111.00 € / night
-Room for two 131.00 € / night

Use discount code BFIN100424 when making a reservation via the website. The deadline for discount code is 27th of March 2024.

The annual FBS meeting will be organized in the context of this symposium. Tentative program is attached.

We also warmly welcome you to dinner at Hotel Scandic Grand Marina after the symposium at 18.00. The dinner is free for FBS members and all speakers at the symposium. For others, the dinner price is 30,00 €. Payment information will be given upon registration.

We would appreciate it if you could distribute this invitation to your colleagues and students who might be interested in participating in the symposium.

Welcome!

For questions, please contact:
Antti Koskela, Chair of the Finnish Bone Society (antti.koskela@oulu.fi)
Elina Kylmäoja, Treasurer of the Finnish Bone Society (elina.kylmaoja@oulu.fi)