Romanian Prader Willi Association  and International Prader Willi Organization are organizing
the 2nd Eastern European Conference on PWS

in cooperation with UMF Timisoara and Local Authorities Salaj

"Management of the daily life" and the main themes will be: clinic, genetic and epigenetic aspects in PWS; GH Therapy; weight management and behavior therapy.

Zalau, 29-30 OCTOBER 2010

Deadline for registration: 10th October 2010
Registration and information are open on the following website:
http://www.apwromania.ro

ABSTRACTS
Authors are invited to write and submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations according to the following instructions:

Instructions for writing abstracts

-  abstracts must be submitted in English
-  abstracts should not exceed 250 words
-  font should be Times New Roman, size 10 pts
-  title of the abstract should be written in capital letters (size 12 pts, Times New Roman)
-  authors: start a new line and write the last name and first name initial for all authors without titles; underline the name of the presenting author
-  start a new line and write the name of the institution, city and country for all authors
-  then write down the e-mail address of the author presenting the paper
-  abstracts should consist preferably of: aim of the study, methods, results and conclusions
-  your abstract will be published exactly as submitted (linguistic accuracy is the responsibility of the author)
-  accepted abstracts and full-text presentation will be published in the supplement of Journal of Paediatrics

Instructions for submitting abstracts

-  online submission: office@apwromania.ro
-  abstracts submitted by fax will not be accepted

Submission Deadline extended to September, 30, 2010

Notification of Acceptance of Abstracts will be sent electronically to the corresponding author by
October 5, 2010
Instructions for Speakers and Poster Presenters
Oral presentations
Invited speakers: 20 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion
Presentation time: 10 minutes plus discussion
Technical equipment
LCD projector will be available for oral presentation.
Speakers are kindly asked to submit their computer presentations one day or at least two hours before their lecture in the preparation room and give them to the technician.
Preparation room will be open daily from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Poster presentations
Posters must be written in English.
Poster dimensions: max. 80 cm (width) x 120 cm (height)
Posters will be displayed in the congress area on poster panels. The authors should bring posters in person. Supplies for poster mounting will be provided by the Congressional Service.

ZALAU
Placed in north-western Romania, at the crossing between Eastern Carpathians and the Apuseni Mountains, Salaj county was known as Sylvania County ( i.e. the County of Woods). With an area of 3 850 sq. km., its neighbors are Satu-Mare and Maramures counties in the north, Bihor county in the west and south-west and Cluj county in south-east. Placed in the centre of the county it is the administrative residence of the Salaj county.

It is situated close to the border with the former Roman Empire, more precisely 8 km from the Roman camp of Porolissum- the strongest fortress in north-western Roman Dacia.

During the medieval times the town represented the passage between Central Europe and Transilvania, through the well-known " salt road".
Today the town is connected to the European road on the axis Cluj- Satu-Mare- Petea Vama, DN1F-E81.
Apart from its economic importance, it is a powerful cultural educational and touristic centre. It is not long since, apart from the well-known schools and high schools, two more colleges have been authorized to carry on their activities in the town.

Being a municipal town of the county, Zalau is also its cultural centre. The cultural events take place in the Union Culture House, the Municipal Cultural House, The " Ionita Scipione Badescu " LIbrary, the History and Arts Museum, " Ioan Sima' Gallery as well as in the cinema hall of the town.

Zalau also possesses a Documentary Library created in 1646 within the Reformed College. Today the library owns more than 40.000 books of which a good part are very rare or even unique. Among the writers one could mention the ancient Greeks- Homer, Platon, Aristotel, Plutarch, Dyionisus of Halicarnas, Ptolemeu and Plinius Secundus or the writers Erasmus of Rotterdam, Calvin, Descartes as well as other writers of the time. Latest research has revealed 7 Dutch sole exemplars, documents belonging to the 17th and 18th centuries (The " Ionita Scipione Badescu" County Library).

History:
The media of the time recorded the inauguration - on the 23 th August 1950- of a " Central Library" owning 7000 Roman and Hungarian books. Among other personalities, Rodica Fanateanu, Elena Fanateanu, Karl Kun and many others were present. The collections comprise very old books like Petrarca's " De remediis" ( 1649). In 1952 it became " District Library" , coordinating all the Salaj county libraries.
In 1957 took the name of the Salaj scholar Ionita Scipione Badescu.

It became " County Library" in 1968. Throughout the times it functioned in the Municipal Cultural House building, in the former Museum location, in the building of the today's Bookstores Centre and since 1971 in the building on the Iuliu Maniu Square no. 13. It possesses at the moment more than 160.000 books.
Cultural institutions
Among the most representatives the following institutions are to be mentioned:
The Salaj County Cultural, Cults and National Cultural Heritage Control, The Zalau County Arts and History Museum, The "Ionita Scipione Badescu" County Library, The Popular School of Arts and Trades, The Salaj Centre for the Valorization and Promotion of the Traditional Culture, The Zalau Cultural House of Unions. We are waiting you to learn together about PWS and to enjoy the beauties of this Transylvanian town.

We are looking forward to welcome you again in Romania!

Dorica Dan – president RPWA