55th CONGRESS OF THE LIGA MEDICORUM HOMEOPATHICA INTERNATIONALIS, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, MAY 13 - 17, 2000

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to participate in the 55th Congress of the International Homœopathic Medical League, the last one before the end of the 20th century. In Hungary, where homeopathy has great traditions, a Congress of this kind was last time organized in 1935, which was the 10th Congress of the LMHI.

After the ban of this treatment for more than 40 years, the 55th Congress will be an important brick in the new building of homeopathy in Hungary. We are sure that the Congress will also be a considerable step to make this medical art more and more popular in our country. Come and help us in our work!

At the same time, the year 2000 marks the Millennium of the Foundation of the Hungarian State. Through various social and cultural programmes, we would like to provide you with opportunities to gain more in-depth knowledge of Hungary.

Come and celebrate with us!

SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE


HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS
Mathias Dorcsi (Austria)

After studying medicine, Mathias Dorsci, whose father is of Hungarian origin, established the New Medical Association for Homeopathic Doctors in Austria in 1953. He organized intensive homeopathic courses in Baden/Vienna in 1973. In 1975 he was granted permission by the Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute to carry on homeopathic research in Austria. After a long battle with the Medical Faculty in Vienna, lectures on homeopathy were initiated in 1984, and he received the title of professor in 1985.

He moved to Munich in 1989. Since 1995 he has been the supervisor of the model project of “Homeopathy in Pediatrics” in the Dr. von Haunersches Children’s Hospital, University of Munich.

Dorsci is author of numerous books and has received many honours for his work, e.g., the Gold Medal for Sciences and Art of the Republic of Austria, in 1996. Also, he has an important role in rebuilding homeopathy in Hungary. The first Baden-type, three-year homeopathic education in our country started with his lectures in 1993.

IINVITED KEY SPEAKERS

Massimo Mangialavori (Italy)
He was a surgeon and beside this he was interested in anthropology. He has been practising homeopathy for 15 years. He has a school for Classical Homeopathy in Italy and also teaches at many other places.
His main interest in Homeopathy is to work on the relationship with the patient and to look over a wide range of remedies that he considers grouped by families, according to different similarities. He doesn’t deny the individuality of each remedy, however says that it is very important to understand the relationship between similar remedies to have a more precise diagnosis and a more precise therapy.


Farokh J. Master (India)
He is a professor of Homeopathic Medical College in Bombay which has been affiliated to Bombay University for the last 19 years. He is Doctor of Medicine in Homeopathy awarded with Gold Medal. He authored about 29 books and has been internationally teaching for the last 16 years in Europe and the United States. Recently, he focused his interst on how the state of mind of pregnant mother influences the foetus and how we can act in these cases with the aid of homeopathic treatment.


Tatiana Demianovna Popova (Ukraine)
She is the President of the Popov Homeopathic Centre in Kiev. After graduation (1955, Kiev Medical Institute) she immediately started to work as a homeopath. She followed the track of her father, founder of the Kiev Homeopathic School. During the era of the so-called “perestroika” which brought official recognition to homeopathy in the country, she established the Homeopathic Center of which she continues to be the tireless leader to date. She is the author of several books, a great number of articles on homeopathy. She was awarded with the Commemorative Medal of OMHI for her outstanding achievements in developing homeopathy in her native country. As a doctor she is a follower of classical homeopathy.


George Vithoulkas (Greece)
He is the Head of the International Academy for Classical Homeopathy in Alonissos, in Greece. He authored several homeopathic books, among them Materia Medica Viva, and is the developer of the expert system VES. He has been an international teacher of classical homeopathy for 20 years. In the year 1996 he was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize for his work of several years in the field of Classical Homeopathy.

STRUCTURE OF THE CONGRESS

Main Programme
One 90 minute presentation by a key-speaker will highlight the Main Sessions every day. Lectures of general interest (20 minutes each) will be selected as part of the Main Programme.


Satellite Programme
Further three sessions (running parallel to the Main Sessions) will also be organized on

• Veterinary Surgery
• Pharmacology
• Dentistry

Topics

• Homeopathy - the Medical Art of the 21st Century
• Prevention and Homeopathy
• New Provings
• Latest Results of Homeopathic Research
• Nosodes of Our Times
• Other

Official Language
The official language of the Congress is English.


Important Dates
Sending back the Reply Form .......................................................... NOW
Notification of acceptance ...............................................................
Distribution of the Preliminary Programme
and Registration Information ........................................................... January 5, 2000
Early Registration .............................................................................. February 25, 2000
Congress ............................................................................................. May 13-17, 2000


If you wish to receive further information and the Preliminary Programme (available in early January 2000), please contact the Congress Secretariat immediately (provided you have not already done so), at the following address:
SCOPE Ltd., Ms. Mariann Kindl
H-1111 Budapest, Kende u. 13-17, Hungary
Phone: +, 209 6442, Fax:
E-mail: Website: www.sztaki.hu/conferences/ligacongress2000

GENERAL INFORMATION

Host City
Budapest is a unique metropolis on the banks of the majestic Danube river, a city everyone falls in love with at first sight. Budapest is a great place to live, where you will find superb museums, concert halls and theatres, splendid old buildings and medieval churches. A city where food is delicious, wines are full-bodied. The year 2000 marks the 1000th anniversary of the Hungarian statehood. The whole country and especially Budapest will celebrate, adding to the attractiveness of the city. We invite you to join us for the 55th Congress of the Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis and let us make it an unforgettable experience.
(For more information about Hungary and Budapest see: http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary).

Congress Venue the magnificent premises of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, one of the most beautiful historical buildings in Budapest, will accommodate the Congress and its related exhibition between May 13 and 17, 2000. The downtown in the heart of the city is within walking distance.


Hotels
Budapest offers a choice of hotels in all categories. The Congress organization has made block rseervation for the participants at advantageous, special rates in a number of hotels of different categories. Most hotels are located within walking distance from the Congress venue. Hotel reservation form will be sent out together with the registration form in early 2000.


Registration
The preliminary program, registration information and form (including hotel reservation) will be distributed in the first days of January 2000. Early registration fee (paid by February 25, 2000): USD 400-450, depending on sponsorship.

A reduced fee will be offered for participants coming from developing countries and countries in transition (Central and Eastern Europe, CIS).


Exhibition
An exhibition area will be available for international and Hungarian companies, institutions and for all other groups who wish to present their ideas, services or products.