Next iCSi meeting in Kyoto - September 3-4 2012. Mark the date in your diary!
2012: Kyoto
Several iCSi members have expressed interest in how they may approach an industry partner for assistance to attend an iCSi meeting and more broadly for help with their association’s objectives.
A sample letter to help our members approach funding bodies to support their attendance at the iCSi meeting in Japan is below.
Sample sponsor letter.docWelcome from Akiko!
Dear colleagues of iCSi
We are very grateful to your kind consideration and words of encouragement for the recent earthquakes. Japan is now trying to keep our chin up and working hard toward recovery. Regarding nuclear power plants accidents, the life here is normal and peaceful as usual from the very beginning, except the limited areas. So please feel easy and come visit Japan.
The iCSi meeting in the coming year will be an exciting opportunity for us to meet outside of European region for the first time. The meeting is sure to be more productive one than ever. I am looking forward to it already.
Also, visits to beautiful clinics in Osaka, the venue of ASPIRE congress, are scheduled before or after the main program. The clinics are truly one-of-a-kind facilities; one plays classical musics for the incubator while the eggs develop, the other has a waterfall like installation inside the clinic building so that it helps “qi”, or vital energy flow, fill the clinic. Either one has also the state-of-the-art facility, so they are really worth visiting.
I hope we will have opportunities to introduce you treatments in combination with oriental medicine, which are quite common in Japan.
I cannot wait to meet the colleagues of iCSi in almost one year from now. Please do come and meet us in Japan.
Mikae will introduce you the charms of Kyoto, where we will hold iCSi meeting.
Akiko Matsumoto
Welcome from Mikae!
Dear colleagues of iCSi
I am excited to invite the colleagues of iCSi to the first meeting held in Asia Pacific region.
The disastrous earthquakes which hit northeastern Japan have left traces of destruction in the areas. However, the iCSi meeting and events will be held in the cities of Osaka and Kyoto which fortunately escaped the suffering. It will be a very meaningful meeting as many people from around the world get together, exchange views and discuss what can be done to support people who are hoping to make a family.
In Osaka the iCSi patients’ session in the frame of the concurrent ASPIRE congress and one-day clinic visits are scheduled in Osaka, which is sometimes referred to as “Venice in the Orient”. The regular biyearly iCSi meeting will be held in Kyoto under the auspices of Ritsumeikan University.
Osaka is a city with vibrant trade and friendly people. About thirty minutes train ride will take you to Kyoto. The city has a history of thousands years and still keeps old shrines and temples, and fascinate many people.
A trip to neighboring cities like Kobe or Nara will be good options for those who have already visited Kyoto and Osaka. Either city has its distinctive charms.
I am looking forward to welcoming you in Japan in September 2012. “Kyoto de aimasho! (We’ll see you in Kyoto!)”
Mikae Ueda