TABLE OF CONTENTS

Programme……………………………………………………………………….. 2

Keynote lectures……………………………………………………………….. 4

Jerzy Vetulani……………………………………………………………… 4

Henrik Ehrsson……………………………………………………………. 5

Jan Lubiński………………………………………………………………… 6

Aleksander Sieroń………………………………………………………..7

Michał Zembala………………………………………………………….. 8

Nicolas Demartines…………………………………………………….. 9

Mark Wilson……………………………………………………………….. 11

Wojciech Fendler…………………………………………………………11

Jolanda Lindenberg…………………………………………………….. 13

Workshops………………………………………………………………………. 14

Organizers………………………………………………………………….. 14

Workshop Programme……………………………………………….. 15

Special Workshop ‘Novel Methods of Communication

in Medical Professions’…….………………………………………. 17

Social Programme………………………………………………….. ………… 18

Rules of Presentation………………………………………………………… 20

Awards……………………………………………………………………........... 21

Case Report Abstract Book……………………………………..………… 21

Practical Info…………………………………………………………..………… 22

World Health Summit……………………………………………………….. 26

Useful Polish Phrases………………………………………………………… 27

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PROGRAMME

Thursday 07.05.2015

Didactics Centre, Księcia Trojdena 2a

15.00-17.00 Pre-conference tours / Social programme

18.00 - 21.00

Opening Ceremony

Opening Lecture I: Prof. Jerzy Vetulani: Why do we think and how can we err interpreting the world?

Opening Lecture II: Prof. Henrik Ehrsson: Two Legs, Two Hands, One Head, Who Am I?

Friday

08.05.2015

Didactics Centre, Księcia Trojdena 2a

Room 231 Room 232 Room 233 Room 234 Room 141 Rooom 142

8.30 - 10.30 Session I

Basic & Preclinical Science I

Internal Diseases I

Pediatrics I Case Report -

Surgical I Infectious Diseases

Radiology

11.00 - 13.00 Session II

Basic & Preclinical Science II

Internal Diseases II

Pediatric Case Report

Case Report - Surgical II

Psychiatry Orthopedics & Physiotherapy

13.45 - 14.45

Expert's Lecture

Prof. Jan Lubiński: The latest advances in clinical genetics of breast cancer

14.45 - 15.45

Expert's Lecture

Prof. Aleksander Sieroń: No More Amputations!

16.00 - 17.00

Expert's Lecture

Michał Zembala, MD PhD: Hybrid Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation - When Heart Team Expertise Matters

20.00 - 24.00 Gala Dinner

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Saturday 09.05.2015

Didactics Centre, Księcia Trojdena 2a

Room 231 Room 232 Room 233 Room 234 Room 141 Rooom 142 Room 117 CBI

08.30 - 09.15 Prof. Nicolas Demartines: Why does Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program ERAS Improve Surgical Outcome

9.15 - 11.00

Session III

Cardiology &

Cardiosurgery Surgery I

Case Report -

Internal I

Oncology &

Hematology I

Obstetrics &

Gynecology I Pharmacy I

11.30 - 13.15 Session IV

Cardiology & Cardiosurgery

Surgery II Case Report -

Internal II Oncology &

Hematology II Obstetrics &

Gynecology II Pharmacy II Neurosurgery

13.15 - 14.00 Mark Wilson, MD PhD: Brain at Extremes of Physiology

14.45 - 16.45 Workshops I

Workshops

17.00 - 18.45 AKADOS Workshop: Novel Methods of Communication in Medical Professions

18.45 - 21.30 Social Programme - Warsaw by Night

21.00 - 24.00 Party in ‘Medyk’ Club

Sunday

10.05.2015

Didactics Centre, Księcia Trojdena 2a

Room 231 Room 232 Room 233 Room 234 Room 141 Rooom 142

8.30 - 10.30

Session V

Dentistry,

Dentistry Case Reports

Healt Science

& Epidemiology

Neurology Dermatology Laryngology Head & Neck

Surgery

11.00-13.00 Workshops

13.30 - 14.15 Wojciech Fendler, MD PhD: My microRNA adventure - from monogenic diabetes to terrorism

14.15-16.45 Closing Lecture: Jolanda Lindenberg, PhD: Ageing: regenerating the future of medicine and care?

Award Ceremony and Concert

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KEYNOTE LECTURES

Prof. Jerzy Vetulani, PhD

Neurobiologist

Institute of Pharmacology, Kraków, Poland

May 7th, 6:00 PM

Why do we think and how can we err interpreting

the world?

We think because we have very efficient brain and because thinking

increases our survival fitness. Our brain evolved to contain 86 billion

(109) neurons and 85 billion glial cells, and it still evolves, particularly

in areas of high mixing of races. The Flynn effect demonstrates that it

functionally improves. However, to develop the brain has to be used.

The brain acts by activation of many cooperating neuronal networks,

some of which are grouped in modules serving to solve particular

problems, such as face recognition. The social life requires

understanding of emotions and way of thinking of others, and the

system of mirror neurons and circuits subserving the theory of mind

serve to this purpose. The mirror neurons are the base for empathic

behavior. The limits of our cognition are demonstrated by uncertain

objects and illusions. Studies on the split brain suggest that each of us

has a world interpreter in our left hemisphere, and that this

interpreter constructs theories about why we act and behave the way

we do.

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Prof. Henrik Ehrsson MD, PhD

Neuroscientist

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

May 7th, 6:00 PM

Two Legs, Two Hands, One Head, Who Am I?

Ask any child if his hands belong to him and the answer will be

“Of course!” But how does the brain actually identify its own body?

Henrik Ehrsson will describe how cognitive neuroscientists have

recently begun to address this fundamental question. A key idea is that

parts of the body are distinguished from the external world by the

patterns they produce of correlated information from different

sensory modalities (vision, touch and muscle sense). These

correlations are hypothesized to be detected by neuronal populations

that integrate multisensory information from the space near the body.

Dr. Ehrsson and his team have recently used a combination

of functional magnetic resonance imaging and human behavioral

experiments to present experimental evidence in support of these

predictions. To change the feeling of body ownership, perceptual

illusions were used where healthy individuals experienced that

a rubber hand was their own, that a mannequin was their body (‘body-

swap illusion’), or, that they are outside their physical body and looking

at it from the perspective of another individual (‘out-of-body illusion’).

By clarifying how the normal brain produces a sense of ownership

of one’s body, we can learn to project ownership onto artificial bodies

and simulated virtual ones; and even make two people have

the experience of swapping bodies with one another. This could have

ground-breaking applications in the fields of virtual reality and neuro-

prosthetics.

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Prof. Jan Lubiński, MD, PhD

Pathologist

Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

May 8th, 1:45 PM

The latest advances in clinical genetics of breast cancer

Breast Cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide.

In 2008, breast cancer caused 458,503 deaths worldwide.

Due to severity of the issue, many efforts are done to improve the

knowledge about pathogenesis of breast cancer.

Some genetic susceptibility may play a minor role in most cases. In less

than 5% of cases, genetics plays a more significant role by causing

a hereditary breast–ovarian cancer syndrome. This includes those who

carry the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. In 2012, researchers said

that there are four genetically distinct types of the breast cancer and

that in each type, hallmark genetic changes lead to many cancers.

During the lecture the latest advances in clinical genetics of breast

cancer will be presented. The talk will be concentrated around 5 main

issues:

- Germline RECQL mutations and association with breast cancer

susceptibility

- Timing of oral contraceptive use and the risk of breast cancer

in BRCA1 mutation carriers

- Impact of oophorectomy on cancer incidence and mortality

in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

- Clinical characteristics of breast cancer in women with a PALB2

mutation

- Pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant cisplatin

in BRCA1 - positive breast cancer patients

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Prof. Aleksander Sieroń, MD PhD

Internal Medicine Specialist

Silesian University of Medicine, Katowice, Poland

May 8th, 2:45 PM

No More Amputations!

Nowadays in Europe, and not only, one of the biggest medical

problems are chronic wounds, especially chronic leg wounds. One

of serious complications of this disease are amputations. The number

of amputations is different depending on country. Ratio

of amputations occurrence between western Europe and other

countries, for example Poland, is about six. Two years ago we started

in Europe with special edition of the European Days "No more vascular

amputations". In March 2015 in Poland the second Edition of the Days

was organized. Why the information about peripheral arteries disease

is so important? Answer is very simple. Knowledge about this disease

is still not complete. Information about this problem is also very

important on medical students level.

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Michał Zembala, MD PhD

Cardiosurgeon, Interventional cardiologist

Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland

May 8th, 4:00 PM

Hybrid Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation - When Heart Team

Expertise Matters

Atrial fibrillation (AF) remains the most common cardiac arrhythmia,

affecting nearly 2% of the general population. It has been shown that

AF is associated with increased risk of cerebrovascular

thromboembolic events, increased frequency of cardiac related

hospitalizations and significantly reduced quality of life. More

importantly its occurrence raises mortality two-fold and notably

increases the cost of care of patients either suffering from AF or from

its non-fatal comorbidities. Despite recent advances, sole medical

therapy is often sub-optimal and limited by serious toxicities resulting

in the introduction of interventional treatment methods. Endocardial

Catheter ablation is highly effective for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

and remains a class IIa/A indication if optimal medical therapy has

failed. However its success declines in persistent and long-standing

persistent types of atrial arrhythmias as published data suggest high

rate of AF recurrence within one year after the procedure, implying

the necessity for repeated interventions, which often prove

unsuccessful. Recently updated guidelines still limit surgical ablation

to failed percutaneous attempts in highly symptomatic patients, not

indicating however, the number of percutaneous attempts for these

individuals. Regardless of a significant gap in reported evidence,

a minimally invasive surgical procedure is rarely proposed in long-

suffering AF patients, even after failing one or more catheter ablations,

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as many of these patients are still considered to be candidates

for percutaneous intervention.

Rapid advancements in minimally invasive endoscopic and robotic

cardiac surgery allow for the creation of ablation lesions epicardially

through a minimal surgical incision. The Hybrid or Convergent

Procedure, a combination of endocardial and epicardial ablation,

overcomes the challenges of individual surgical and catheter ablations.

The combined epicardial and endocardial approach provides

a complementary multidisciplinary approach that yields long-term

success. Published data provides confirmation that the Convergent

Procedure is a safe and efficacious treatment option for patients with

persistent (PSAF) and longstanding persistent (LSPAF) atrial fibrillation

for whom both medical management and ablation strategies proved

ineffective. This truly combined, Heart Team Approach warrants

excellent results.

Prof. Nicolas Demartines, MD PhD

Surgeon

University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

May 9th, 8:30 AM

Why Does Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program ERAS

Improve Surgical Outcome

The main goal of surgery is to cure patients and to improve outcome.

Today, this is only possible with good multidisciplinary work especially

in surgical oncology.

Improved surgical outcome need a perfect surgical technique,

the application of new technologies, innovative strategies and

multidisciplinary work (Surgeon, anesthesiologist, radiologist,

oncologists). Moreover, the entire perioperative management

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neglected for decades has been improved dramatically over these 10

last years mainly with Enhanced Recovery programs like ERAS.

ERAS have shown to decrease complications and hospital stays after

various types of surgery, like colorectal, hepato-biliary (HPB) and

upper GI.

Cost-effectiveness of ERAS programs was demonstrated for colorectal

surgery, and is about to be demonstrated for liver and for pancreas

surgery as well.

ERAS decreases surgical stress, eases the procedure and improves

recovery. Surgeons, anesthetists, and nursing staff have to closely

collaborate to implement ERAS program. The way is an evidence-

based standardization of pre-, per-, and post-operative management.

Among 22 different ERAS items, preoperative information

of the patient is very important as the patient becomes an active actor

of his own treatment. Some other ERAS key elements are pre-

operative and early postoperative nutrition, mobilization the day

of surgery, and the absence of drain or tube. ERAS was implemented

in our department in May 2011, and today more than 1500 patients

were treated successfully with this concept. Complications, length

of stay and cost were decreased significantly, and ERAS is now

extended to other specialties like thorax and vascular surgery

or gynecology. Worldwide in May 2015, 15’000 patients were included

in the ERAS audited anonymous database that allows benchmark

among the various centres.

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Mark Wilson, MD PhD

Neurosurgeon, Pre-hospital Care Specialist

Imperial College of London, United Kingdom

May 9th, 1:15 PM

Brain at Extremes of Physiology

Most cardiovascular mechanisms within the human body aim

to maintain sufficient brain oxygenation under all circumstances.

However, this can be pushed to the limits both in extreme

environments and extreme clinical situations.

By studying physiology under extreme environmental loads, we can

extrapolate the pathophysiology of critical care medicine.

The translation of this information enables us to better understand

and better treat a plethora of conditions. This lecture will explain how

by studying the brain under high altitude hypoxia and in microgravity,

we can better manage brain injured patients.

Wojciech Fendler, MD PhD

Diabetologists

Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

May 10th, 1:30 PM

My microRNA Adventure - from Monogenic Diabetes

to Terrorism

MicroRNAs are short fragments of ribonucleic acid that play an active

role in repressing gene translation. Their actions are mediated through

binding to 3’UTR fragments of mRNA and accelerating their decay

in the cytoplasmic milieu. However, recent developments have shown

that microRNAs are actually detectable in the serum, where they can

be quantified through real-time PCR or microarray-based methods

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and used as biomarkers. Whereas the major field of biomarker studies

is oncology, my work in circulating microRNAs started in an altogether

different field that of monogenic diabetes. This type of diseases

affects 1 per 10000 individuals with roughly half of the cases being

the result of transcription factor mutations. Diagnosis of such patients

is cost-effective due to several options of pharmacogenetic

interventions. Our project was focused on investigating

the mechanism of microRNA regulation by transcription factors crucial

for survival of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. During my work

however, a score of ancillary projects were launched into exciting and

diverse fields, such as immunomodulatory effects of treatment

in tuberous sclerosis, progression of paediatric ependymoma,

detection of triple-negative breast cancer, radiosensitivity

of astrocytoma cells and finally accidental radiation exposure. The last

project was by far the most interesting and showed that some

microRNAs may be used for rapid triage of patients accidentally

exposed to lethal or sublethal doses of ionizing radiation, be it through

industrial accidents or terrorist attacks. My lecture will present

the overview of microRNA studies that one can easily perform in

widely varying fields and applications in the XXI century.

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Jolanda Lindenberg, PhD

Anthropologist

Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, The Netherlands

May 10th, 2:15 PM

Ageing: Regenerating the Future of Medicine and Care?

It is said that the person that will live to 200 years has already been

born. It should come as no surprise that worldwide life expectancy has

increased. Even though we know that we are becoming older,

the question is why we become older. The Leyden Academy on Vitality

and Ageing is devoted to answering these and other question

to ultimately improve the care for older people. Dealing with this

future also means discussing this future. Often enough the ageing

process is portrayed as an irreversible downward slope: decline

of function, mobility, memory and so on. In the same line it is often

suggested that there is little we can do during the process. In this

lecture you will learn that this is hardly the case: there are many things

that we can do to live longer, even at later age, and more importantly

that ageing is a process that is more malleable than often expected.

Questions addressed during this lecture are: why do we age? How can

we care for patients that have several problems at the same time?

What are the opportunities and challenges? We will show you glimpse

of the future. This lecture will review how we can develop evidence-

based medicine for our patients of the future: It will give you

an overview of a still rarely explored future of medicine.

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WORKSHOPS ORGANIZERS

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WORKSHOPS PROGRAMME – SATURDAY

* Workshop takes place out of the Congress Venue. Meeting point - Didactics Centre, Księcia Trojdena St. 2a; 14:30 ** Workshop takes place in Collegium Anatomicum, Chałubińskiego St. 5

Please note that you can find information about remaining places for workshops in the INFO point.

Saturday

Workshop Room

Classical Neck Massage - Exercise Physiotherapy building*

Kinesiology Taping Physiotherapy building*

Professional Negotiations In Medical Professions

CBI 117

Emergencies In Endocrinology, Part 1: Thyroid Storm, Myxoedema Coma, Adrenal Crisis

141

Medical Rescue - Advanced Life Support CBI 126

Laboratory Medicine Faculty of Pharmacy*

Neurovascular Workshop Collegium

Anatomicum**

Law And Medicine Workshop 142

Otoscopic Examination CBI 124

Bone Marrow Biopsy 124

Echocardiography 234

Laparoscopic Surgery & Suturing Techniques 233

Microsurgery 125

Self-Presentation 202

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WORKSHOPS PROGRAMME - SUNDAY

* Workshop takes place out of the Congress Venue. Meeting point - Didactics Centre, Księcia Trojdena St. 2a; 10:45 ** Workshop begins at 9:00 *** Workshop begins at 10:00

Please note that you can find information about remaining places for workshops in the INFO point.

Sunday

Workshop Room

Gynecology & Obstetrics - Gynecological Examination** 120 +121

Gynaecology & Obstetrics - Natural Labour

Neurological Emergency Room - Not Only for Neurologists!

231

Emergencies in Endocrinology, Part 2: Catecholamine Crisis, Hypercalcemic Crisis, Hypocalcemic Crisis, Carcinoid Crisis

141

Medical Rescue - Advanced Life Support CBI 126

Surgery 126***

Medical Databases CBI 6

Saving Medicine? Non‐Communicable Diseases and The Promise of Robotics

CBI 124

Dietary Antioxidants and Prevention of Chronic Diseases

Faculty of Pharmacy*

Ophthalmology 233

Motivation 202

The Principles of Fetal Cardiology 142

Microsurgery 127

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SPECIAL WORKSHOP

AVAILABLE FOR PARTICIPANTS AND AUDITORS

‘Novel Methods of Communication in Medical Professions’

May 10h, 2.15 pm

Have you ever had an impression that you could have made things go in a very different direction, if only you possessed some tools and knew some simple-to-learn rules, but nobody have shown them to you before? How about being in control of your emotions and able to quench the anger of others? Increasing your patients’ trust in you? Being able to communicate better even the most terrible news regarding them and their loved ones?

This workshop will teach you how to better communicate - one on one as well as in a group.

You will learn how to recognize the messages you send for what they are. We will show you how to utilize the Acceptance Mechanism™. You will experience the enormous advantage of employing Non-antagonistic Communication™, as well Extraction Communication™, released only in 2015!

You will see on the basis of real business cases the power of communication done the right way. You will get to know the importance of body language and start using this knowledge right away!

A famous speaker and businessman, Krzysztof Sarnecki, will introduce the importance of communication skills in the medical field. He will focus on strategies which can be easily applied within healthcare and everyday life situations.

Please note, that this workshop is OPEN for everyone and registration IS NOT required.

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SOCIAL PROGRAMME

At the Registration Desk you can get information about free places for events, that you did not manage to register for via the Internet. If you are not able to attend any Workshops or Social Programme events you have registered for, please inform us about it also at the Registration Desk.

Gala Dinner (prior registration required) Start: Friday, May 8th, 8.00 PM

Where: the Didactics Centre of the Medical University of Warsaw

Dress code: Black-tie

The gala dinner is a time to party together in the Didactics Centre

of the Medical University of Warsaw. A party with delicious meals and

music from all over the world played by a famous DJ is a great

opportunity to meet other young scientists, get to know their

countries and culture and find long-lasting friendships. Gala Dinner has

become a vital element of the Warsaw International Medical Congress,

which you cannot miss.

Medykalia (registration not required) Start: Friday, May 8th

Where: Osiedle Przyjaźń, Konarskiego st. 85

Ask at the INFO point for the directions

May is definitely the month for students! Every university has its own

festival and Medykalia are annually organized by the Medical

University of Warsaw. Luckily, this year the 11th Warsaw International

Congress for Young Scientists and the Medykalia takes place

at the same days so after a long day of inspiring lectures we invite you

to join the audience of many energetic concerts. The line‐up provides

a lot of positive vibrations and a unique atmosphere experienced

among fantastic people!

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Warsaw by night (prior registration required)

Start: Saturday, May 9th, 6.45 PM

Where: Meeting at the Registration Desk, Didactics Centre

of the Medical University of Warsaw

If you are a kind of a night owl, come on and hit the night with us! We

will discover dark beauties of Warsaw from the skyscrapers

to the banks of Vistula. Come and see charm of the Old Town, marvel

at our famous National Stadium and feel the vibe of the night-life

in Warsaw. During our walk you will also have a chance to watch

an extraordinary show in the Multimedia Fountain Park - one

of the most impressing places in our city.

Party in ‘Medyk’ Club (registration at the INFO point

during the Congress) Start: Saturday, May 9th, 9.00 PM Where: ‘Medyk’ Club, Oczki1a, Warsaw Ask at the INFO point for the directions

After hours of dwelling on research we would like to invite you

to ‘Medyk’ Club. It is a place specifically dedicated for Medical

University of Warsaw students, where we often meet with our friends,

dance and simply have fun. Please, do not hesitate and join us! We all

know that a little party never killed anybody.

Closing Ceremony and Concert (registration not

required) Start: Sunday, May 10th

Where: the Didactics Centre of the Medical University of Warsaw

Closing Ceremony gives us the opportunity to meet for the last time

and sum up the Warsaw International Medical Conference. After

the ceremony we have the honour to invite you to a concert performed

by the Chamber Orchestra of Medical University of Warsaw.

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RULES OF PRESENTATION

Scientific Papers may be presented as regular oral presentations

or short oral presentations, with differences in length of presentation

and discussion:

REGULAR ORAL PRESENTATION

7 minutes for the presentation and 3 minutes for the discussion.

SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION

4 minutes for the presentation and 2 minutes for the discussion.

CASE REPORT

4 minutes for the presentation and 2 minutes for the discussion.

Organizers do not take responsibility for malfunctions of presentations

created in different formats.

Only one person, chosen from the authors can be a presenter.

Presenter is obligated to participate in the discussion after finishing

presentation. Co-authors are also allowed to participate

in the discussion.

The official language of presentation is English.

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AWARDS

The Jury of each session chooses and awards three best presentations.

The special prizes are awarded by the Jury of a particular session,

unless the prize founder states otherwise. The prizes will be handed

out during the Closing Ceremony on the last day of the conference.

Authors of three best papers which will be chosen among all presented

works will be rewarded with a special prize- invitation to World Health

Summit in Berlin.

CASE REPORT ABSTRACT BOOK

Abstracts of Case Reports presented during the 11th Warsaw

International Medical Congress will be available in electronic version

published in a supplement to IJMS International Journal of Medical

Students, Official Partner of the Congress.

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PRACTICAL INFO

Public Transport in Warsaw

Public transport in Warsaw serves the city with buses, trams and

subway (‘Metro’ in Polish).

Standard ticket prices:

- 20 minute ticket entitles to an unlimited number of journeys

for a period not exceeding 20 minutes from its validation

or a single journey to a stop or station which is the last

on the route 3.40 PLN

- Single fare transfer ticket entitles to an unlimited number

of journeys for a period not exceeding 75 minutes from its

validation or to a single journey to a stop or station which is

the last on the route. 4.40 PLN

- 24 hours ticket entitles to unlimited number of journeys for

24 hours from its validation 15 PLN

- Weekend ticket entitles to unlimited number of journeys from

7:00 PM on Friday till 8:00 AM on Monday 24 PLN

- Group weekend ticket entitles a group of up to 5 people

to unlimited number of journeys from 7:00 PM on Friday till

8:00 AM on Monday 40 PLN

During the first journey the ticket should be validated immediately

after boarding the vehicle. When travelling by metro, you should

validate the ticket at the entrance gate before entering the platform,

or in the validating machine available next to the lift.

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Please note that 50% Discount is available for Polish students - valid

student ID card or an electronic student ID card is required.

Unfortunately, the discount is NOT available for ISIC international

students card holders.

Where to buy tickets?

You can buy your ticket in newsstands, post offices, ticket machines

at the stops, ticket machines in particular vehicles or from drivers.

Public transport at night

Day lines run between 5:00 AM and11:00 PM Night lines run within

the remaining hours. Organization of public transport at night differs

from its standard arrangement. The basic connections make up

a network of lines joining remote districts with the centre, serviced

every 30 or 60 minutes.

Please note, that metro DOES NOT run between 12:30 AM and

5:00 AM during weekdays and between 3:00 AM and 5:00 AM

on Fridays and Saturdays.

Plan your journey in Warsaw: www.warszawa.jakdojade.pl

More info about public transport in Warsaw: www.ztm.waw.pl

How to reach the Congress Venue?

1) From Chopin Airport: Bus no. 188 or 175 to the bus stop

UNIWERSYTET MEDYCZNY.

2) From Central Railway Station (DWORZEC CENTRALNY): Bus no.

175, 128 or 504 to the bus stop UNIWERSYTET MEDYCZNY

Attention! Line 504 stops here only on demand - you should press

the “STOP” button.

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Emergency phone numbers

999 Ambulance

998 Fire Brigade

997 Police

112 Emergency service

Access to the Internet

Free Wi-Fi in the Didactics Centre is provided. You can receive your

username and password in the INFO point.

To access the internet, choose ‘GOŚCIE’ network and enter the access

key 1234567890. Then, log in with your user name and password.

You can connect with Wi-Fi only on one device at the same time.

Money

The Polish currency is the złoty (PLN).

1 PLN=0.248 EUR=13.888 RUB=5.6496 UAH

The nearest ATM machine is placed on the ground floor

of the building which houses the Rector’s office (Just next to the

Didactics Centre).

Weather in Poland

It is useful to know that weather in Poland is highly unpredictable and

varied. During the spring the weather is often changeable - you are

likely to enjoy moderately warm temperatures from April to June.

Average temperature in Poland during May is 14C, average

precipitation is 60 mm.

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Electricity

Voltage: 220-240 Volts (U.S./Canada are 110-120 Volts)

Primary Socket Type: Europlug

Multi-voltage appliances (laptops, etc.): Plug adapter

110-120V electronics: plug adapter + step-down transformer

Hair dryers, curling irons, etc.: plug adapter + voltage converter

Tourist Information Centres

Addresses: Pl. Defilad 1

Rynek Starego Miasta 18/20/21a

Żwirki i Wigury 1

Pl. Zamkowy 1/13

Miodowa 17

Pictures

Photographs which will be taken during the conference will be

downloadable via www.wum.edu.pl and our fanpage on Facebook.

Cloakroom

You may find a cloakroom in the basement of the Didactics Centre

where you can leave your clothing and luggage.

WIMC ID and coupons

During registration every participant will get WIMC ID, please carry it

with you during all the activities of WIMC.

You will also get a special coupons which are necessary to get lunch,

remember to have them during lunch time (they are not needed

during coffee breaks).

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World Health Summit 2015

October 11-13th, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany

From October 11-13 (2015), more than 1,200 experts from over

80 countries will be meeting up for the seventh time to develop novel

solutions to the world’s most pressing health challenges. This year’s

central topics are Climate Change and Health; Digital Health; Global

Health Policy and Governance in the G7 and G20 Countries; Health

in the Post-2015 Development Agenda; Healthy Aging and Prevention;

Medical Education; and Translational Science.

Registration for the World Health Summit will open on May 15 (2015).

A special Early Bird Ticket will be available until July 31. The World

Health Summit is held under the high patronage of Angela Merkel

(Germany), François Hollande (France) and Jean-Claude Juncker

(European Commission). It brings together stakeholders and decision

makers from every field in the healthcare spectrum, providing the

perfect forum for exchange with experts from academia, politics,

industry and civil society. The world’s foremost strategic forum

for global health is organized by the M8 Alliance of Academic Health

Centres, Universities and National Academies.

http://www.worldhealthsummit.org/

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Useful Polish Phrases Although in Warsaw you should not have any problems to

communicate in English, we prepared some useful Polish expressions.

please –proszę /‘prosheh’/

thank you –dziękuję /‘dsyenkooyeh’)/

I’m sorry – przepraszam /‘pshehpraasham’)/

excuse me – przepraszam /‘pshehpraasham’/

good morning – dzień dobry /‘dsyeni dobree’/

good afternoon – dzień dobry /‘dsyeni dobree’/

good evening – dobry wieczór /‘dobry vyechoor’/

good night – dobranoc /‘dobra notz’/

hi – cześć /‘cheshch’.

bye – cześć /‘cheshch’/

see you – do widzenia /‘doh vidsenya’/

yes – tak /‘tahk’/

no – nie /‘nye’/

How much does it cost? – Ile to kosztuje? /’eeleh toh coshtuyeh’/

cheers – na zdrowie /’nah zdrovyeh’/

Shall we dance? – Zatańczymy? /‘zatanichimi?’/

I don't speak Polish – nie mowię po polsku /‘nye moovyeh poh polskoo’/

I don’t understand you. – nie rozumiem /’nye rosuhmyeh’/

The WIMC is just awesome! I’m coming next year!- WIMC jest świetny! Przyjeżdżam za rok! /’V-EE-M-TS yest shvyetnee!’ ‘Psheeyezhdzham sa rock!’/

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