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POSTED: Thursday October 8th 2009
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FIFA Medical Conference in Zurich on 17-18 October 2009

More than 400 people from all over the world have registered for this conference.

FIFA will hold a Medical Conference in Zurich on 17 and 18 October 2009. Medical staff, but particularly administrators and officials from FIFA member associations worldwide, will be introduced to the latest achievements in football medicine and the many benefits for associations, communities, teams and players at all levels of play.


All of the topics will be presented in an easily comprehensible, entertaining way under the guidance of Dr Michael D’Hooghe (chairman of the FIFA Medical Committee and FIFA Executive Committee member) and Prof. Jiri Dvorak (FIFA Chief Medical Officer and Chairman of F-MARC) to inspire a non-medical audience.
 
More than 400 people from all over the world have registered for this conference, which is the first of its kind. Among the many speakers will be FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, Gérard Houllier, German international player Birgit Prinz, former Czech Republic star Pavel Nedved, former South Africa captain Lucas Radebe and Swedish international referee Martin Hansson.


The FIFA Medical Conference at the Swissôtel in Zurich-Oerlikon, Switzerland (Am Marktplatz Oerlikon, Schulstrasse 44) will be open to the media. Journalists interested in attending can register by sending an e-mail to media@fifa.org by 13 October 2009.
The conference will be held in English. An interpreting service will be available in German, Spanish and French. The detailed programme can be found on FIFA.com: http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/medical/01/10/40/41/programme_medicalconference_30.09.09_e.pdf
A media briefing with Dr Michael D’Hooghe and Prof. Jiri Dvorak is scheduled for 12.30 on Sunday, 18 October.

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Keywords · Michael D’Hooghe · Jiri Dvorak · FIFA Medical Conference · Joseph S. Blatter · Gérard Houllier · Birgit Prinz · former Czech Republic star Pavel Nedved · Lucas Radebe · Martin Hansson

Name: Nicolas Maingot
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URL: http://www.fifa.com/index.html

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