Invitation to Fukuoka

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee and the City of Fukuoka, I am honoured to invite our SIU colleagues, urologists from the international community, as well as all our partners in Industry, to attend the 32nd Congress of the SIU from September 30 to October 4, 2012.

With a population of 1.4 million, Fukuoka is Kyushu’s largest city and the commercial hub of southwestern Japan. Since pre-Christian times, various new cultures were introduced and spread throughout the archipelago by people and goods that came and went through this area. Today it has developed into one of the most livable cosmopolitan cities in Japan. As for the meeting venue, the
Fukuoka Convention Center is a modern, spacious and well-equipped facility with comfortable meeting rooms, top-notch technical installations, and user-friendly common areas.

We have endeavoured to plan truly interesting options for our social programme, as well as for the optional tour selections. Many of you will travel great distances to join us, and we as your hosts will do everything in our power to make your visit a pleasant and memorable experience.

The scientific programme, chaired by Drs. Gerald Jordan and Michael Marberger, will offer us a global perspective on urology, and the opportunity to gain a balanced view on the most recent advances – and controversies – in our field. We are delighted that so many of our specialty’s top speakers have already agreed to be part of the faculty.

And to complement the educational opportunities afforded by the scientific component, we will also welcome our Industry partners at the exhibit and during sponsored symposia.

We look forward to welcoming each and every one of you, with your spouses, to Fukuoka next year. We thank you in advance for your presence, your support, and your scientific contributions. We are convinced that this will be a professional experience that you will not forget.