Dear Colleagues,

In anticipation of the World Congress in Paris, the International Society of Dermatology will organise one of its meetings in Portugal, at the city of Oporto, from the 25th to the 27th of June 2002.

The scientific program will include lectures on the most common dermatological pathologies. The Local Organising Committee is planning to give the colleagues coming from abroad on the way to Paris, the possibility of spending a few days in the North of Portugal, a very beautiful, charming and inexpensive country.

We are planning a very attractive social and leisure programme. It will include tours to the Holly Places of Fátima (Centre of Portugal) and Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain); a dinner party and a tour around the city of Oporto and a boat cruise on River Douro.

It will give us a great pleasure to welcome you to Oporto and we shall do our best to ensure a very enjoyable stay.

Looking forward to meeting you in Oporto,

Yours sincerely

J. L. Cirne de Castro
President of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology