SNOG
The Scandinavian Society of Neuro-Oncology
Meeting 2016 in Copenhagen
2016 Copenhagen May 19-21 Odd Fellow Palace
Invitation
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in the Scandinavian Society of
Neuro-Oncology (SNOG) Meeting from the 19th to the 21st of May 2016 in Copenhagen.
Meeting and Abstract Guidelines
SNOG is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to promoting advances in the field of
brain tumors through research and education. At the SNOG meeting 2016 leading scientists
and their research groups will present novel results and disputed topics will be discussed. It is
an interdisciplinary meeting were interested scientists and clinicians, working with brain
tumors, can present their work in poster sessions and oral presentations chosen from
submitted abstracts. Furthermore new trends in Neuro-Oncology will be discussed by
prominent invited scientists.
Abstract guidelines
 Then length of the abstract should not exceed 2500 characters
 Abstracts should be submitted under the headings: Introduction, Material and
Methods, Results and Conclusion
 Final abstracts should be sent as a word document named after the first author to
[email protected]
 Abstract deadline: 15th of January 2016
Preliminary Program
Thursday May 19th
11.00 – 12.00:
12.00 – 12.45:
12.45 – 14.30:
14.30 – 15.00:
15.00 – 16.45:
16.45 – 17.00:
17.00 – 18.00:
Registration
Lunch
Scientific Session
Afternoon break
Scientific Session
Afternoon break
Optional Company presentations
Friday May 20th
09.00 – 10.30:
10.30 – 11.00:
11.00 – 12.30:
12.30 – 13.30:
13.30 – 14.30:
14.30 – 16.00:
16.00 – 16.30:
16.30 – 18.00:
18.30
Scientific Session
Morning Break
Scientific Session
Lunch
Poster Session
Scientific Session
Afternoon Break
Scientific Session
Musical Dinner
Saturday May 21st
09.00 – 10.30:
10.30 – 11.00:
11.00 – 12.30:
12.30 – 13.30:
13.30 – 14.30:
Scientific Session
Morning Break
Scientific Session
Lunch
Scientific Session
and Goodbye
Invited speakers
 Guido Reifenberger, MD, DMSc, Professor, Institute of Neuropathology, University
Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany (Presentation: “Advanced molecular diagnostics
and the new WHO classification of gliomas“)
 Michael Weller, MD, DMSc, Professor, Department of Neurology, University
Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland (Presentation: “Immunotherapy of glioblastoma: a
new horizon”)
 Eric Holland, MD, PhD, Senior VP and Director, Fred Hutch, Professor of
Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, USA (Presentation: “Gliomas: of
mice and men”)
Registration and Accommodation
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Register at [email protected] by 15th of February 2016.
Registration fee: 4600 DKK. This includes participation in the conference from the 19 th to
the 21st of May 2016 and participation in the Musical Dinner on the 20th of May (More
information will follow)
o Account for payment of Registration fee:
 Nordea: Account name: SNOG-2016
 Reg. no: 2135 Account no: 4388933718
 IBAN: DK0920004388933718
 Swift code: NDEADKKK
 Please write your full name in relation to the transfer.
o Registration fee should be paid using the abovementioned account number and
name no later than 1 week after registration. When payment is confirmed, you
will receive a receipt from the SNOG organizing committee.
We have reserved rooms at the Hotel Phoenix, which is located just across from the
Conference location. Prices: Single room: 1550 DKK; Double room: 1750 DKK, prices
include breakfast buffet. Rooms can be booked directly at the Hotel webpage using the
following links (The special price designated SNOG 2016 will become visible when you
have chosen dates of arrival and departure):
o Danish: http://www.phoenixcopenhagen.dk/arpbe/web/da/login/52661277
o English: http://www.phoenixcopenhagen.com/arpbe/web/en/login/52661277
Location
The meeting will take place at the Odd Fellow Palace in the heart of Copenhagen. The
palace was built in 1751 as a Rococo town mansion and is located close to Kongens Nytorv,
Amalienborg Palace and Frederik’s Church (Marmorkirken) and overlooks Rosenborg Castle
Gardens (Kongens Have).
Scientific committee
 Rolf Bjerkvig, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway; Head of
section, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg
 Petra Hamerlik, PhD, Senior Scientist, Department of Radiation Biology, Copenhagen University
Hospital, Denmark; Junior Group Leader, Danish Cancer Society, Denmark
 Roger Henriksson, MD, PhD, Professor, Experimental Oncology and Senior Consultant, North Sweden
University Hospital, Stockholm and Umeå University, Sweden; Head of the Regional Cancer Centre
Stockholm/Gotland, Sweden
 Michael Kosteljanetz, MD, DMSc, Department of Neurosurgery, Copenhagen University Hospital,
Denmark
 Bjarne Winther Kristensen, MD, PhD, Professor, Clinical Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
 Ulrik Lassen, MD, PhD, Professor, Head of Phase 1 Unit, Department of Oncology, Copenhagen
University Hospital, Denmark
 Ian Law, MD, PhD, DMSc, Professor, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine,
Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
 Hanna Mäenpää, MD, PhD, Oncology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Organizing committee
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Sidsel Højklint Poulsen
Maria Dinche Johansen
Camilla Bjørnbak Holst
Hans Skovgaard Poulsen, President of SNOG
Information regarding the meeting will be updated regularly at SNOG2016
Sincerely,
Dr. Hans Skovgaard Poulsen, President of SNOG