1. In 2016, the Spine World will meet in SINGAPORE

2. ORGANIZED BY:

3. ISSLS (International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine) NASS (spring meeting) ASSI (Association of Spine Surgeons India) APSS (Asia Pacific Spine Surgeons) PASS (Pan Arab Spine Society)

4. ISASS (International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery) Korean Society of Spine Surgery SMISS (Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery) ICSG (International Consortium for Scoliosis Genetics)

5. CAOS (Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons) and Chinese Spine Society SILACO BSS (Brazilian Spine Society) AO-Spine F-Mark AfricaSpine European Spine Journal

6. SINGAPORE

7. TRAVEL INFORMATION Singapore Airport is the hub for Asia. Public transportation is well-integrated and convenient to use, and communications networks are world-class, so getting wired up is easy. It is very safe in Singapore, even at night. The official language is English. The currency is the Singapore Dollar S$. The Singapore standard time is GMT +8 hours.

8. MARINA BAY SANDS CONVENTION CENTRE State-of-the-art Convention Centre MBS Hotel with 2,600 rooms One of the largest shopping malls of Singapore In-house museum, theaters, restaurants Breathtaking skypark on top of the hotel (will be the venue for the All Societies Dinner on Thursday)

9. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION 5,000 Hotel rooms pre-reserved for Spineweek at preferential rates Low-budget, mid-class and high-class hotels FREE shuttle to the Convention Centre from most of the hotels (for rooms reserved through www.spineweek.org )

10. HOTEL ACCOMODATION 19.000 rooms Hotel 5* (200-250 US$) Hotel 4* (100-200 US$) Hotel 3* (70-100 US$)

11. IMPORTANT DATES Registration: 1 September 2015: Registration Open 15 January 2016: Early Registration Deadline 30 April 2016: Late Registration Deadline Abstracts: 15 November 2015: Abstract Submission Deadline January 2016: Author Notification

12. DINNERS Each of the Participating Societies will organize a dinner during Spineweek. More information available on www.spineweek.org

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