Dear Professors,
Dear Colleagues,
Dear Participants,
On behalf of Prof. Dr. Guilherme de Oliveira, I am very happy to acknowledge our gratitude for all your efforts in order to make the Coimbra International Symposium a real success!
Your generosity in coming to Coimbra and spending some days with us to share knowledge and experience will always be in our memory.
There were speakers and participants from more than 10 countries: Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Brazil, United States, and Mauritius.
There were as many Speakers from abroad as from Portugal and a true international debate has taken place these two days, in an atmosphere of free thinking, free expression and tolerance.
We also would like to point out the high quality of all the presentations, but allow me a special reference of true appreciation for the papers presented by very young researchers, some under 25 years of age.
As you witnessed, the audience was highly motivated and all sessions had an impressive presence of participants.
All in all, there were more than 70 participants in our Symposium!
The WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL LAW has endorsed this International Symposium and was represented by a speech (on video) by our President, Prof. Dr. Thomas Noguchi, and a Vice-President, several Governors, former Governors and other leading members of this international scientific organization were present in this Symposium.
This was very important for the Centre for Biomedical Law and we thank Prof. Noguchi and the Executive Committee for their trust!
As you were told during the conference, you are all welcome to join the WAML and participate in its activities. http://www.thewaml.com/
Don’t forget! The next WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICAL LAW will take place in Maceio, Brazil, from 7 to 10 August 2012, organized by our colleague and Vice-President of the WAML, Eduardo Dantas.
I also would like to inform you that WAML (World Association for Medical Law) will be back in Portugal, in Madeira, from 12-17 September 2011, in a special session at the 19TH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, organized by the President of the IAFS, Prof. Dr. Duarte Nuno Vieira.
Prof. Dr. Anne-Marie Duguet (Professor of University of Toulouse III (Paul Sabatier); President of the « Association de Recherche et de Formation en Droit Médical » and organizer of the Summer School on Health Law and Bioethics) deserves a very special word of gratitude for all her efforts to bring together so many researchers of Medical Law in Toulouse and to “spread the news” all over Europe through very successful Summer Courses on Bioethics and Medical Law in Toulouse and other Universities.
Last but not least...,
in order to publish a book, we would like to receive the final written presentations of the Speakers until the 1st October 2011. It will be published in English, (probably) by an Editor from Coimbra, which sells on-line; thus the book can be bought all over Europe and all over the world. Authors will receive a few copies of the book (to be negotiated with the editor).
My very best regards,
André Pereira
Coimbra, 14th July 2011
