Welcome to the ESPU 2009 Meeting Website
Dear colleagues and friends,
On behalf of the Board of the ESPU and the Dutch Paediatric Urologists, we would like to welcome you for the 20th Anniversary Congress of the European Society for Paediatric Urology in Amsterdam, May 6-9, 2009.
After the foundation in 1989, the first annual meeting of the ESPU was organized in Amsterdam in 1990. In the same congress venue we will now organize for you the 20th Anniversary Annual Congress.
This meeting promises to be a very special one, not only for its high scientific content, but also for the special social events we are planning to celebrate our 20th Anniversary.
The Congress Venue will be the Forum Complex at the RAI Congress Center in the southern part of Amsterdam. Amsterdam has one of the busiest airports of Europe, with numerous direct flight-connections to the whole world. There is a direct 10 minutes train link from Schiphol Amsterdam Airport to the RAI Congress Center and the surrounding Hotels, in which a large number of hotel rooms has already been blocked for the meeting attendants.
The weather in Amsterdam in May is usually very pleasant, with very sunny conditions and temperatures of over 20º Celcius in early May 2008! But please remember the green country side which might be explained by some rain in may.
The historic City Center of Amsterdam is very close to the congress venue, and easily reached by a direct tram-connection. It offers many famous museums like the van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum and the Anne Frank House and literally thousands of fine restaurants from very casual to Michelin Star rated ones.
This time of year is also perfect to visit the Keukenhof, the famous outdoor exhibition of millions of blossoming flower-bulbs, which is in the close proximity of Amsterdam.
On Friday 8 May the 20th ESPU Gala dinner will take place in the Winter Garden of one of the oldest and finest hotels in Amsterdam, the Grand Hotel Krasnapolski, offering you not only an enchanting atmosphere, but also exquisite cuisine and swinging live music.
We look forward to meeting you in Amsterdam!
Prof. dr. Rien Nijman, ESPU President
Prof. dr. Wouter Feitz, Congress Chairman
Dr. Robert de Gier, Congress Secretary
Dr. Tom de Jong, Local Scientific Committee Representative
Amsterdam congress card
