3rd International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research,- 29-31 March, 2008

3rd International Congress on
Complementary Medicine Research
Sydney, Australia 2008

Congress Secretariat Tulips Meetings Management
Telephone +61 2 4984 2554
Facsimile +61 2 4984 2755
E-mail iccmr@pco.com.au
Address PO Box 116
Salamander Bay NSW 2317
Australia

In collaboration with the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research
29-31 March, 2008
Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, NSW, Australia

Program Highlights

Come to Sydney to hear first hand why the Australian Government is looking at Complementary Medicine to reduce health care costs and hear Prof Alan Bensoussan tell us what the Australian government is doing about it (see for example Why Is the Australian Government Interested in Complementary Medicine? A Case Study of Economic Rationalism Baer, H.A., et al. Complementary Health Practice Review, October 2007)

Are you interested in a new paradigm for evaluating complementary medicines? Hear Prof Harald Walach, Editor in Chief of Forschende Komplementârmedizin/ Research in Complementary Medicine and President of the International Society of Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR) give a plenary lecture on "Circular Instead of Hierarchical: Methodological Principles for Evaluation of Complex Interventions"

The congress program includes
Plenary sessions
Concurrent symposia in a wide variety of CAM areas, including both western (herbalism, naturopathy) and eastern (TCM, Ayurveda and other Asian) practices in various therapeutic areas (eg cancer, womenÌs health, chronic conditions)
A (fourth) stream of CAM practice symposia over two days (eg acupuncture, homeopathy, mind-body therapy, Tai-Chi, etc)
CAM paediatric and chiropractic special interest group concurrent programs