In 2016 the Spine World will meet in

In 2016, the Spine World will meet in SINGAPORE

ORGANIZED BY:

• ISSLS (International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine) • NASS (spring meeting) • ASSI (Association of Spine Surgeons India) • APSS (Asia Pacific Spine Surgeons) • PASS (Pan Arab Spine Society)

• ISASS (International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery) • Korean Society of Spine Surgery • SMISS (Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery) • ICSG (International Consortium for Scoliosis Genetics)

• CAOS (Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons) and Chinese Spine Society • SILACO • BSS (Brazilian Spine Society) • AO-Spine • F-Mark • Africa. Spine • European Spine Journal

SINGAPORE

TRAVEL INFORMATION • Singapore Airport is the hub for Asia. • Public transportation is well-integrated and convenient to use, and communications networks are world-class, so getting wired up is easy. • It is very safe in Singapore, even at night. • The official language is English. • The currency is the Singapore Dollar S$. • The Singapore standard time is GMT +8 hours.

MARINA BAY SANDS CONVENTION CENTRE • State-of-the-art Convention Centre • MBS Hotel with 2, 600 rooms • One of the largest shopping malls of Singapore • In-house museum, theaters, restaurants • Breathtaking skypark on top of the hotel (will be the venue for the All Societies Dinner on Thursday)

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION • 5, 000 Hotel rooms pre-reserved for Spineweek at preferential rates • Low-budget, mid-class and high-class hotels • FREE shuttle to the Convention Centre from most of the hotels (for rooms reserved through www. spineweek. org)

HOTEL ACCOMODATION • 19. 000 rooms • Hotel 5* (200 -250 US$) • Hotel 4* (100 -200 US$) • Hotel 3* (70 -100 US$)

IMPORTANT DATES Registration: 1 September 2015: Registration Open 15 January 2016: Early Registration Deadline 30 April 2016: Late Registration Deadline Abstracts: 15 November 2015: Abstract Submission Deadline January 2016: Author Notification

DINNERS Each of the Participating Societies will organize a dinner during Spineweek. More information available on www. spineweek. org

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