Arctic Pelvic Floor Meeting (APFM)

Welcome to beautiful Tromsø city and to the land of the midnight sun! The focus of the conference is interdisciplinary approach to specialized care in incontinence and pelvic floor disorders, involving several fields such as urology, gynecology, gastroenterology, physiotherapy and nursing.

Day 1: Updates on conservative and surgical treatment
Day 2: Interdisciplinary approach to chronic pelvic pain

Keynote speakers:

• Thomas Dudding, Colorectal surgeon, Southampton
• Axel Forman, Gynecologist, Aarhus
• Philip Van Kerrebroeck, Urologist, Maastricht

Download the programme here (pdf)

Registration

Conference fee

• Participation both days:
  Early bird: NOK 3000 - registration until January 31st 2019
  Late: NOK 3500 - registration after February 1st 2019   
• Participation one day:
  Early bird: NOK 2300 - registration until January 31st 2019
  Late: NOK 2800 - registration after February 1st 2019
• Special fee for basic students (ex; medicine, nursing and physiotherapy):
  Participation one day: NOK 1100
  Participation both days: NOK 1400
• Conference dinner:   
  May 27th at the Scandic Ishavshotel restaurant, Panorama: NOK 615.

The conference fee for the APFM-meeting includes:

• Social “get together” including finger food. Sunday evening at 7PM, at the Scandic Ishavshotel. Remember to sign up for this, in the registration form.    
• Coffee breaks and lunch Monday and Tuesday.

Registration deadline: May 1^st 2019.

Register here (registration is binding after January 31st)

Note: limited seats left for the conference dinner.

Venue

The conference takes place at Scandic Ishavshotel, in the heart of Tromsø city. Stay in the “Paris of the North” with a view over Tromsø harbor. From the hotel location, you can spot the Arctic Cathedral (Ishavskatedralen) and the cable car up to the mountain ledge Storsteinen, Tromsø’s most popular tourist destination where you can enjoy a spectacular panoramic view of Tromsø and the surrounding mountains, 421 m above sea level.
More about the venue. For more information about activities in Tromsø

Accomodation

Scandic Ishavshotel
Address: Fredrik Langnesgate 2. Tromsø. 
A number of rooms are reserved for conference participants. 

For booking of rooms at Scandic Ishavshotel:
Booking code: BUNN260519
You can book the rooms online using the link https://www.scandichotels.no
or you can call the hotel directly by phone: 0047 776 66 497

The rooms are available for stay from the 24^th May – 28^th May 2019. You can book rooms from this online-code until the 25^th April. Bookings can be changed or cancelled until 18.00 local time 25^th April.

Payment upon arrival. Breakfast buffet is included. If there is anything the hotel can help you with, just contact them directly by phone +47 776 66 496 or by email: meeting.ishavshotel@scandichotels.com

The following prices are offered conference guests and includes breakfast: 
• Single room: 1240 NOK per room/day
• Double room: 1440 NOK per room/day

Scandic Ishavshotel

Conference dinner

The conference dinner is at the Scandic Ishavshotel restaurant Panorama, to the cost of 615 NOK. Registration is done separately in the main registration link.
Time: 8 PM.

Abstract

We are happy to announce that among accepted abstracts, four will be selected for oral presentations and the rest will be shown as posters during the conference.  
We accept abstracts within these topics:

• Urinary incontinence
• Anal incontinence
• Interdisciplinary approach to incontinence and pelvic floor problems
• Advanced pelvic floor surgery
• Chronic pelvic pain

Guidelines for abstract submission:

• Abstract must be written in English
• Abstract should not be longer than 350 words
•  Abstract must be composed with Microsoft Word with Arial size 12
• Please write corresponding author and person who will present
• Any revision tracking features must be turned off/removed in your original documents before pasting into the form
• One images, figures, graphs or table can be included in the abstrac
• Abstracts must use the subtitles given within the blank abstract form:

Hypothesis / aims of study
Materials and methods
Results
Conclusion

Send your submissions to hilde.tollefsen@unn.no  and mark with “APFM2019 ABSTRACT”
Deadline: February 1st 2019

Exhibition

It is with great pleasure we invite exhibitors to the 5th Arctic Pelvic Floor Meeting in Tromsø, 27th – 28th of May 2019. The focus of the meeting is interdisciplinary approach to specialized care in incontinence and pelvic floor disorders, involving several fields such as urology, gynecology, gastroenterology, physiotherapy and nursing. The meeting therefore provides a unique opportunity to reach a powerful and enthusiastic group searching to gain new knowledge and to be introduced to new and innovative solutions. The lectures are in English and we are announcing the conference both nationally and internationally.

Exhibition area is located near the lecture hall. We will provide infrastructure and logistics ensuring solid visitation from the delegates.
Price: 7000 NOK.

Advertising place includes:

• Registration for one person
• Exhibition Monday and Tuesday including coffee breaks and lunch
• Tables (120x45cm or double tables 120x90cm, according to your needs)
• White tablecloths and power connector

Registration of more exhibitors is done separately to the cost of 1400 NOK per person, for both days.
Participation to the conference dinner is done separately to the cost of 615 NOK.

Information for industry members of MedTech Europe: The event APFM2019 is trusted as compliant from the Conference Vetting System (CVS). More details about the CVS and the event status.

If you have questions about concept approvals, please contact hilde.tollefsen@unn.no 

The exhibition is now fully booked. 

Organization

Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health, University Hospital of North Norway.

Program committee

Stig Norderval
MD, PhD, Professor, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Dept. of Gastroenterological Surgery and Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health University Hospital of North Norway

Per Espen Låhne
MD, Consultant, Urologist, Dept of Urologic and endocrine surgery, and Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health, University Hospital of North Norway

Steen Buntzen
MD, Professor, Consultant, DMSc. Dept. of Gastroenterological Surgery and Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health University Hospital of North Norway

Kristine Amundsen
MD, Gynecologist, Dept. of Gynecology and Women’s health, and National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health. University Hospital of North Norway.

Tine Vold
MSc, Physical therapist. Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health. University Hospital of North Norway

Danuta Polak
Akershus University Hospital

Cecilie T. Hagemann
MD, Senior Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Associate Professor. St. Olavs University Hospital, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway

Anders Debes
MD, PhD, Consultant, Urologist. Dept. of Surgery, Urologic section. Bærum Hospital, Vestre Viken Health Trust, and Medical Advisor, Photocure ASA, Oslo

Lotte L. Eliassen
Head of Dept. Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health. University Hospital of North Norway

Hilde Tollefsen
Course and communication Manager, Urotherapist. Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health. University Hospital of North Norway

Stig Norderval

Steen Buntzen

Per Espen Låhne

Kristine Amundsen

Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health

Website (mainly in Norwegian)