Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the 3rd Northern European Conference on Travel Medicine, to be held on May 26-29, 2010 at the Conference Center in Hamburg, Germany. We are sure that this conference will provide a unique opportunity to participate in hearing or presenting the latest information in the field of travel medicine. The target audience includes travel medicine practitioners, primary care physicians, infectious disease and tropical medicine specialists, researchers, nurses, pharmacists, and students involved in this field. The conference will also meet the needs of the travel media and industry including manufacturers of travel health-related products, drugs and vaccines.

The programme will include all aspects of travel medicine including the “basics“ such as vaccinations, malaria prophylaxis and travellers diarrhoea – but we will also try to substantiate travel medicine advice on a sound scientific basis and on good epidemiological data. In our opinion, travel medicine in a globalised world also includes migration medicine, occupational medicine and environmental issues. Practitioners giving pre-travel advice also see patients returning with unfamiliar and tropical diseases – differential diagnosis in these travellers will also be an important topic. A special local conference theme will be maritime medicine. Last but not least we think that the conference is a forum to establish standards for training and education in travel medicine.

The conference will bring together travel medicine practitioners, researchers and individuals from related specialties under one roof. In addition to the scientific programme, the conference provides the opportunity to network with colleagues, mingle with old friends and form new collaborations. It goes without saying that a number of special workshops on controversial topics will offer opportunities for vibrant discussions.