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NEWS:

• Both ECHM Executive Board meeting and ECHM Board of Representative meeting will be held during the EUBS Conference in Geneva, Switzerland in Spetember 2016 (Tuesday September 13th 2016 at 14:00-17:00 and on Friday September 16th 2016 at 13:00-14:30, respectively). The Agenda of those meetings as well as the Minutes from the previous meetings will be sent to all invited members soon. If you should receive them, but had not, or if you have any question, please contact directly the Secretary.
  
  (updated on 4th July 2016)
  
  
• The 10th ECHM Consensus Conference on Hyperbaric Medicine was held on April 15th-16th, 2016 in Lille, France. Chairman: Prof. Daniel Mathieu. The preliminary report has been already published in the Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal. The summary can be accessed at the PubMed using this link. More information can be found at the Conference website: www.echm-lille-consensus-2016.org
  
  (updated on 27th October 2015)
  
  
• It is now time to update the European Code of Good Practice for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, which was published for the first time in May 2004 (it can be downloaded here). The process of updating has just started and request for comments has been already sent to all European representatives working actively in this field. It is expected to have the final agreed version before the end of 2014. If you are interested in participation in this process, please contact General Secretary - Jacek Kot (office@echm.org).
  
  (updated on 13th August 2014)
  
  
• There are some interesting scientific events coming closer, including:
  • The SPUMS Annual Scientific Meeting, Fiji (May 15-21, 2016) - www.spums. org.au
  • The UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting in Las Vegas, USA (June 9-11, 2016) - www.uhms.org
  • The EUBS Annual Scientific Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland (September 13-16, 2016) - www.eubs2016.org
  
  If you have any information on other events to be listed here, please contact directly the Secretary.
  
  (updated on 7th April 2015)
  
  
• Older news can be found in the archive
  
  (updated on 7th April 2015)