Symposium Venue:   Congress Center St. Wolfgang, Phone ++43-(0)6138-8008-20, Fax ++43-(0)6138-203004   Hotel Scalaria (Exhibition area) Phone ++43-(0)6138-8000, Fax ++43-(0)6138-8080       Symposium Directors:   Natesa G. Pandian, MD   Tufts - University Medical Center, Box 32, 750 Washington Street, Boston,   MA 02111, USA   Fax ++1 617 636 8070; Phone ++1 617 636 6151; e-mail: npandian@tuftsmedicalcenter.org       H. Joachim Nesser, MD   KH der Elisabethinen, Fadingerstrasse 1, 4010 Linz, AUSTRIA   Fax ++43 (0)732-7676 4936; Phone ++43-(0)732-7676 64905;   e-mail: hans-joachim.nesser@elisabethinen.or.at       Symposium Secretary:   Christian Ebner, MD   KH der Elisabethinen, Fadingerstrasse 1, 4010 Linz, AUSTRIA   Fax ++43-(0)732-7676 4936; Phone ++43-(0)732-7676 64918;   e-mail: christian.ebner@elisabethinen.or.at       Angelika Hesz   email:angelika.hesz@elisabethinen.or.at       Offical Opening Hours:   Saturday 18th 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sunday 19th 8:00 am – 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, Monday 20th 7:30 am – 5:00 pm, Tuesday 21st and Thursday 23rd 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Wednesday 22nd and Friday 24th 8:00 – 10:00 am       Exhibition area (at the “Hotel Scalaria“ opposite the Conference Center): 9.00 am until 5:00 pm (Wednesday until 1:00 pm) from Monday June 20th to Friday June 24th       Registration Fee:   Symposium (June 20-24, 2011) Euro 600,– Workshop on “The Quantitative Hemodynamic Laboratory” Euro 250,– Combined Package Euro 650,–       Registration fee for participants includes:   - Access to all scientific events - Lunch at the exhibition area - Coffee/tea during breaks - Symposium dinner and party (Wednesday)       The fee for accompanying persons for symposium dinner and party: Euro 40,–       Registration procedure:   All registrations must be made on the registration form.   Deadline for registration: Credit Cards – June 10th, 2011   Banktransfer – June 10th, 2011       After this date only on site payment possible, nevertheless send the registration form.       Payment procedures: see the registration form.       Registration desk at the congress:   All congress documents and access badges will be handed over to the registered participants at the registration desks.       Call for Abstracts and Informations for Authors   Abstracts can be submitted online to our homepage: www.cardiology.co.at (Registration side) OR send the abstract (Word-document) as attachment with e@mail to the Symposium Secretary. Deadline for submission of abstracts: June 10th, 2011 Abstracts, in English only, may be submitted for poster presentation. The best Abstracts will be published in the journal „Echocardiography“.       Technical Equipment for posters: Size: 110 cm in width and 90cm in length Pins and adhesive material will be provided. Please use letters large enough to be read from 1.5 meters distance. Poster viewing will be possible during coffee and lunch breaks. Authors of posters will receive detailed information about mounting and removal times together with the letter of acceptance.       Hotel Accommodation: Rooms are available in all price categories. Some hotels are located in short walking distance to the Conference Center. Nevertheless early room reservation is recommended.       For further informations and hotel reservation please contact:   Agency Pro Travel: (Mr. Haberl): Phone ++43-(0)61 38-25 25; Fax ++43-(0)61 38-30 54, e-mail: protravel@st-wolfgang.at homepage: www.protravel.at       Guest activities:   There are a lot of local events (e.g. concerts, operetta, folklore evening.) and sporting possibilities (e.g. tennis, squash, golf, canyoning, hot air ballooning, keep fit training area, climbing, watersports . . .)   For detailed informations call Kurdirektion St.Wolfgang.           Travel to St. Wolfgang   Air transport: arrival at airport Salzburg or Munich. From Salzburg airport there is a shuttle bus service to the main train station (bus No. 77).   By car: motorway A1 („Westautobahn“) – see the graph.   By train: to Salzburg main train station (than take the bus).   By bus: from the main train station take busses to “St.Wolfgang” – you have to change in Strobl. Price approx Euro 10.–.       For individual shuttle service please contact the Pro Travel agency. (see above)!