The organisers of this Congress invite you to attend. A full and interesting Scientific programme has been arranged, and there are lots of things to see and do in Brisbane and in other parts of Australia and New Zealand.

Robin Cooke (President of the Congress), Shinichiro Ushigome (President of the IAP), Bob Eckstein (Chairman of the Scientific Committee),
Warick Delprado (President of the Australasian Division)

Brisbane’s Central Business District

The first European settlers came to the present site of the city of Brisbane in 1824. They were a mixture of convicts (prisoners) and their guards. They had to build dwellings and to become self sufficient in food supplies in as short a time as possible.
Brisbane now has a population of about 1 million. It is the capital of the State of Queensland and the third largest city in Australia. The winding Brisbane River provides a picturesque backdrop for the modern, high rise buildings in the city centre.
The central business district is situated on the peninsular of land in the middle of the map illustrated. This area contains shops of all sorts, the major banks, insurance companies, company offices, legal firms, law courts, business clubs and the other organizations that are associated with the commercial life of the State. Scattered through the commercial buildings there are tourist hotels that offer accommodation from the economy rates that cater for the ever increasing “back packer” travellers, to 5 star penthouses that provide sweeping views of the city, the river and the near-by mountains.

The “City Cat” en-route from The Stamford Plaza Hotel to the Convention Centre at Southbank, passes the Botanic Gardens

The CBD viewed from the middle of the walking bridge that crosses the river to South Bank and the Convention Centre. The Queensland University of Technology is on the right, then the buildings associated with the State Government.

Headquarters buildings for the 3 levels of Government in Australia are also found here. The Queensland Offices of the Canberra based Commonwealth Government departments are situated in a number of different buildings. The State Government is represented by Parliament House where the elected members of this second level of Government meet to make State Laws. Behind Parliament House there is a high rise building close to the river bank which houses offices of the parliamentarians (the elected members of the Legislative Assembly). The administrative staff of the many Government Departments that run the business of the State are housed in office buildings throughout the CBD.
The third level of Government (called local government) is the Brisbane City Council. The Council is a small body of aldermen elected by the citizens of Brisbane to run the affairs of the city – transport, sewerage, water supply, roads, libraries, tourism. The Council is presided over by a Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor and the aldermen have their offices in the City Hall situated on King George Square near the city centre. The offices of the bureaucrats who administer the various Council departments are housed in a building adjacent to the City Hall.

The Commissariat store, built on the river bank to house the stores brought by sailing ships, is the oldest building in Brisbane. It is now a museum.

Parliament House near the Botanic Gardens, built of sandstone from a quarry west of Brisbane.

Taxes are levied by all three levels of Government. Some visitors may be interested to compare this system of government with their own, and to join the debate as to whether Australians are over governed and over taxed.
On the other side of the river to the CBD is the area called South Bank. This is the site of the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre where the IAP Congress will be staged. South Bank is an interesting mixture of activities. At its western (top end) there is the Art Gallery, the Museum and the Performing Arts Centre. The open space between the Performing Arts Centre and the Convention Centre is used to accommodate the crowds that gather for outdoor performances such as the Brisbane River Festival, and fireworks displays from pontoons anchored in the river.. On the eastern end there is a hotel to accommodate delegates to the Convention Centre, a block of upmarket apartments, gardens and walkways and many restaurants that provide an international cuisine. Inter mixed with these buildings there are buildings that house various departments of Griffith University – including the Conservatorium of Music and the College of Art.

The Queensland Club, opposite Parliament House, flying the state flag of Queensland.

Refurbished, old buildings near Parliament House, built originally to house politicians from far away electorates during times when the State Parliament was in session

Just beyond (about 200 metres) the South East boundary of South Bank, there is a hospital complex that is fairly representative of hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. The Mater Hospital complex consists of services that cater for adult medicine and surgery, paediatric medicine and surgery with many specialist services and accident and emergency services within these general categories, together with an obstetric (Ob/Gyn) unit. The hospital has a significant Oncology Unit based around a Radiation Oncology installation. The major part of the hospital is “public” where patients get treatment free of charge or for a relatively small fee. This is heavily financed by Commonwealth and State Governments. There is a free-standing private hospital in the complex that offers 5 star accommodation and “fee for service” medical services. Attached to the private hospital there is a Medical Centre in which doctors and paramedical specialists have their consulting rooms. Most of the specialists have appointments as Visiting Staff at the Public Hospital. The complex is serviced by pathology and Xray departments. It is a teaching hospital of the University of Queensland Medical School and participates in both undergraduate and post graduate medical education.

A sandstone building on the river. Originally built as a Treasury building for the Government, now refurbished as a 5 star hotel - The Conrad International.

The buildings on the river and to the left of the parkland shown in the photograph of the headland that accommodates the CBD, belong to the Queensland University of Technology. The QUT, Griffith University on South Bank and the University of Queensland which is situated on another picturesque bend of the river a little further west, are the three major tertiary institutions in the State of Queensland.
The biggest medical complex in Brisbane (and one of the biggest in Australia) is situated on approximately 50 acres of land just near the top right hand corner of the map. This comprises the headquarters of the University of Queensland Medical School, the Royal Brisbane Hospital (adult, children’s and women’s hospitals) and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (one of the 2 largest medical research units in Australia).
It is interesting that within this relatively small CBD area, and mixed together, there are so many of the institutions that enervate society – the commerce that creates the wealth, government that creates the rule of law by which the society functions, the tertiary education bodies that produce the skills and ideas so important to the maintenance of society, and the cultural expressions of the society.
Enjoy your visit to Brisbane.

Robin Cooke

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Lake Baikal

The president elect, Professor Francis Jaubert, Hopital Necker, Paris, was one of the guest speakers at a conference held in Irkutsk, Siberia, August 22-29, 2003. The title of the congress was “Modern methods in the morphological diagnosis of tumours”.
This conference was jointly hosted by the Irkutsk Regional Oncology group and the Russian Society of Cytology. About 80 pathologists attended. Guest speakers were Francis Jaubert, Alain Verhest (Brussels, Belgium) and Gia-Khan Nguyen (Edmonton, Canada.) National speakers came from Irkutsk and Moscow. The official language was Russian, and simultaneous translations were done by Russian pathologist, Yuri Batoroev, the conference organizer and chief pathologist from Irkutsk, and Tatiana Kondratjeva from the Cancer Research Centre of the Moscow Medical Academy.
The programme consisted of:
• lectures on cancer classification by organ, with cytological and histopathological correlations.
• Differential diagnosis of paediatric tumours
• Molecular biology of lymphomas
• A practical cytology slide examination session
Irkutsk is an industrial city of 600,000 people in the mountainous area of southern Siberia, north of the Mongolian border, and just west of lake Baikal. As illustrated in the picture of the participants at the conference, the population is a mixture of Mongol people and immigrants from the western part of Russia.

Francis Jaubert

Tatiana Kondratjeva with the microphone. The projectionists are surgical staff from the hospital. The lady in white near the door is Dr. Victoria Dvonichenko, chief of Surgery and Director of the Hospital. Front row right is Yuri Batoroev with his wife beside him.

Dr.Nguyen during his lecture. Behind him is Dr. Yuri Batoroev who is doing a simultaneous translation into Russian

During the cytology presentation, students shared microscopes. Mrs. Yuri Batoroev is in the middle behind the white microscope.

Francis Jaubert (seated) socialising with a group of participants at the Congress.

Some presentations were illustrated with notes made on paper sheets that were turned after each illustration. Kodachrome slides were used by most of the speakers.

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Francis Jaubert (blue suit) at the lighting of the flame during the inauguration ceremony of the IAP conference. This ceremony signifies the new knowledge that will come from the conference. From left to right: Francisco Couto, Secretary of the Division, Anita Borges (President), Harilal (Past President) and the mistress of ceremonies in green sari. At the foot of the steps is Bishan Radotra (secretary of the Indian Association of Pathology and Microbiology and the local organizer of the conference).

The annual meeting of the Indian division was held on the 18th December, 2003, at Bhubaneshwar, Orissa State. Guest lecturer and President elect of the IAP was Francis Jaubert, Professor of Pathology, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France. His main lecture was entitled “The Pathology of Sex differentiation and determinism”. This was follwed by a slide seminar of 22 cases on lesions of the nose and paranasal sinuses. In the afternoon, there was a symposium on neuromuscular disorders. After this there was the general meeting of the Indian Division.
On the previous day there was a continuing medical education session. It covered the topics of renal biopsy, cardiovascular pathology and haematology. The format for this session was a series of slide seminars. Simultaneous sessions were conducted on a number of other topics.
The annual conference of the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists followed immediately after the IAP division meeting on December 19-21. Professor R.K. Gupta, President of the IAPM, delivered the Dr. B.K. Aikat Memorial Oration on “Ethics in Medical Practice” with emphasis on pathology practice. On the second day, Francis Jaubert gave a lecture entitled “Persistent Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy”.
On the second and third days, there were slide seminars and free paper presentations. Poster presentations were displayed during the conference. About 100 delegates attended the IAP meeting and considerably more attended the meeting of the IPAM.
The city of Bhubaneshwar is one of the main cities in the north eastern state of Orissa. It has many temples. The nearby city of Puri is an important place of Hindu pilgrimage.

Francis Jaubert & Prasantha Murthy (Australia)

The Trade Display

Visitors to one of the shrines in the city of Puri

The colorful entrance to the Scientific Exhibition

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Stanley Robbins, author of the best selling “Textbook of Pathology”, died in late 2003, aged 88.
The editor took this photograph of those who attended an extremely interesting and enjoyable home dinner in Boston on March 10th, 1990.

Left to right standing: John Driscoll, John Bell (Brisbane, Australia), Deirdre Cooke (Brisbane, Australia), Bill Welch, Lisa Ehrmann, Stanley Robbins, Bob Ehrmann, left to right seated: Laurel Welch, Janice Erhmann, Shirley Driscoll, Elly Robbins.

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The British Division offers Bursaries for pathologists from underdeveloped countries to attend educational meetings organised by the British Division and to receive short periods of training in associated Pathology Departments.
For more information on these bursaries see the British Division’s website at http://www.bdiap.org or contact Mrs. Carol Harris, Division Secretary, bdiap@blueyonder.co.uk or by Fax: 0117 907 7941.

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A question often asked of members of the Executive of the IAP when they visit Divisions around the world is “ What do I get for my USD 4 annual subscription to the IAP? ”
A tangible benefit is a copy of this News Bulletin 4 times a year.
The News Bulletin attempts to inform members about the people and the activities of pathology associations in different countries.
It gives membership of the only International Association of Anatomic Pathologists. It helps the IAP to run International congresses every two years.
It provides access to the teaching resources of the International Academy. This comes in the form of lecturers, and to a small extent, financial assistance for educational programs.
The subscription allows members to buy at discount rates, Pathology Journals sponsored by the IAP. It pays the cost of the small central secretariat.

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Intercontinental Congress of Pathology at Iguaçu Falls, June 9 – 13, 2004.
Contact: Congress Secretariat
Ph +55 41 343 3904 Fax +55 41 343 8094
Email: rd@eventosrd.com.br
Websites: ignassu2004.com.br AND eventosrd.com.br

XXV Congress of the International Academy of Pathology
Sunday 10 - Friday 15 October 2004. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Secretariat: Intermedia Convention & Event Management
Email: iap04@im.com.au
Website: www.iap04.im.com.au

Australian Society of Cytology Inc. 34th Annual Scientific and Business Meeting
Rydges Hotel & Convention Centre, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
16-18 October 2004For further information, please contact Ms Beverley James, National Office, Australian Society of Cytology Inc.
Telephone: (08) 8361 7233 / Fax: (08) 8361 7357
International: 61 8 8361 7233 / Fax: 61 8 8361 7357

20th European Congress of Pathology at Parlais des Congres, Paris, France.
September 3-8, 2005.
Contact: MCC, 29 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris, France.
Tel: +33 1 40 21 16 00 Fax: +33 1 40 21 30 35
Email: mail@m-centonze-conseil.com
For scientific information, please contact: pierre.bedossa@bct.ap-hop-paris.fr

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The XVII annual meeting of the division was held in the city of Sucre. The meeting was held in conjunction with the Bolivian Society of Cytology and the Bolivian Society of Pathology. There were two guest speakers: Professor Francisco Nagales from Spain and Doctor Jose Schalper from Chile. The division continued with its educational programme of monthly side seminars. Professor Nagales conducted a course in endometrial pathology and Doctor Schalper in cytopathology.
The next annual scientific meeting will be held from 31 May to 3 June, 2004, in the city of Rurrenabaque. This city is on one of the upper reaches of the Amazon River, and near the national park of Madidi.
Jamie Rios-Dalenz

The visiting speakers with the heads of the host societies. Left to right: Francisco Nagales (Spain), Jamie Rios-Dalenz (Bolivian Division of IAP)), Edith Elaros (President of the Bolivian Society of Cytology), Jose Schalper (Chile), Gualberto Arcienega (President of the Bolivian Society of Pathology)