EACCME Accreditation:
Serono Symposia International Foundation (
http://www.seronosymposia.org) has submitted the following CME activity for accreditation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME). The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS),
http://www.uems.net/
This program “2nd World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)” (Athens, Greece - October 23-26, 2008) has been approved by EACCME for a maximum of 18 (eighteen) hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
For UK participants:
Serono Symposia International Foundation has applied to the Royal College of Physicians, London, UK for CME accreditation of the “2nd World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)” (Athens, Greece - October 23-26, 2008).
For Italian participants:
Serono Symposia International Foundation has submitted, in compliance with the procedures indicated by the Italian Ministry of Health, the main congress program of this event n. 13776 – 8041146 entitled the “2nd World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)” (Athens, Greece - October 23-26, 2008) to the Italian National Commission for Continuing Medical Education.
The CME accreditation is valid for the main congress program only and does not cover the company-sponsored symposia.
ISO 9001 Certification:
Serono Symposia International Foundation has received the ISO 9001 Certification of Quality Management Systems. This Quality certification requires all participants to fill in a scientific questionnaire and to evaluate the overall quality of the event. Questionnaires will be distributed onsite during the congress.