Smell and Taste 16

a practical introduction to the physiology and pathophysiology of the chemical senses, September 27^th to 28^th, 2024

Sponsored by the European Chemoreceptoion Research Organisation, ECRO   ^.

Where:Lecture Hall (“Hörsaal”) at the DINZ, house number 19, Fetscherstrasse 74, D-01307 Dresden

Start: Friday, 27^th of September, 2024, 9:00 h

End: Saturday, 28^th of September, 2024, 15:30 h

Registration deadline: 10^th of September 2024

Contact: Thomas Hummel, M.D., thummel@msx.tu-dresden.de

Aims

This course is an attempt to teach Smell and Taste in a most practical and interesting way, meaning that the meeting is not only defined by lectures, but through practical courses and demonstrations. In addition, the meeting is meant to provide a platform for the informal discussion of questions related to clinical issues around smell and taste - to this end we will hold plenary sessions where, for example, cases will be presented. Last, no least, the meeting is meant to build or to strengthen networks among the small community of clinicians interested in smell and taste.

Location of the Lecture Hall

Lecture Hall (“Hörsaal”) at the DINZ, Fetscherstrasse 74, D-01307 Dresden

Location through Google Maps: Coordinates 51.058192, 13.781396

It will be organised through the Smell & Taste Clinic of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University of Dresden Medical School, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany, phone +49- 0351 458-4189.

How to get to the conference site?

Lecture Hall (“Hörsaal”) at the DINZ, Fetscherstrasse 74, D-01307 Dresden

Location through Google Maps: Coordinates 51.058192, 13.781396

from the Airport:

From the Airport, please take the train S2 (every 30 min) to the train station Bahnhof-Neustadt. Then take the tram no. 6, direction Niedersedlitz, to the station Blasewitzer Strasse / Fetscherstrasse. Cross the street and walk along the Blasewitzer Strasse until the next intersection with Augsburger Strasse (about 200 m) which brings you to the gate of the clinic area. Please continue to walk for another 400 m or so, then the DINZ (house #19) is on the right.

by train:

From the main train station Hauptbahnhof please take the tram no. 10 from Hauptbahnhof Nord, direction Striessen, to the station Fetscherplatz. Then take the tram no. 12, direction Striessen, to the station Augsburger Strasse/Universitätsklinik. Cross the street and walk along the street Augsburger Strasse till you come after 50 m to the gate of the clinic area. Please continue to walk for another 400 m or so, then the DINZ (house #19) is on the right.

From the train station Bahnhof Neustadt take the tram no. 6, direction Niedersedlitz, to the station Blasewitzer Strasse / Fetscherstrasse. Cross the street and walk along the Blasewitzer Strasse until the next intersection with Augsburger Strasse (about 200 m), take a left on Augsburger Strasse  till you come after 50 m to the gate of the clinic area. Please continue to walk for another 400 m or so, then the DINZ (house #19) is on the right.

The Dinner

The dinner will start at 7:00 p.m. at the Restaurant TBD

The Excursion

On Saturday morning there will be an opportunity for 7 early birds to drive to the Saxonian Switzerland (the Bastei) which offers a spectacular view over this national reserve. The bus leaves at 5:30 a.m. in front of the lecture hall (house #19) and will be back at 8:30 a.m. xx will accompany the group. There will be fruits and some sweets plus water on the bus for a makeshift breakfast. Please let Thomas Hummel know whether you will join or not.

The excursion is free! Costs for that are included in the conference fee.

Fee

Fee for participation is 290 Euro.

For participants with an industrial background the participation fee is 600 Euro. Fees must be paid on registration with money transfer. The refund for no show is limited to 50%.

If bank transfer is not at all possible payment by credit card is also an option. Please turn to Thomas Hummel for details. 

Continued Medical Education: The course will earn you xx points or more, Category C.

How to pay conference fees

Conference fees can be paid either cash at the registration desk or by money transfer. Credit cards are not accepted.

Money transfer - please send the money to the following account:

Receiver: Carl Gustav Carus Management GmbH

Important: Please indicate as purpose of the payment “SMELLANDTASTE16” plus your name

IBAN: DE 71 1203 0000 0011 248 333

BIC: BYLADEM 1001

Carl Gustav Carus Management GmbH is the organizer and is responsible for the contractual and financial processing on behalf of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the Dresden University Hospital.

Data protection

Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and used as part of our event organization.

You agree to this use with your registration. Further information on data protection can be found at www.carus-management.de/datenschutz  and www.uniklinikum-dresden.de/de/impressum#Datenschutz .

Sponsors

Contact

Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Hummel

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Dresden Medical School

Fetscherstrasse 74 , 01307 Dresden, Germany

phone +49- 0351 458-4189 or -3197

Fax +49- 0351 458-7370

thummel@msx.tu-dresden.de

Deadline

Deadline for registration is the 10^th of September 2024. Please send an informal application to Thomas Hummel. Please let us know whether you would like to participate in the conference dinner. The maximum number of participants is 48; in case of more than 48 applications the date of application will decide about participation.

Speakers and Topics

Croy, Ilona (Jena) - The social dimension of olfactory loss
Giorgiopoulos, Harris (Lund) - Imaging of olfactory function in olfactory loss
Haehner, Antje (Dresden) - Neurodegenerative olfactory loss, aging, spontaneous recovery
Hummel, Thomas (Dresden) - General aspects, olfactory testing
Philpott, Carl (Norwich) - Postviral olfactory loss
Konstantinidis, Iordanis (Thessaloniki) –posttraumatic olfactory loss
Landis, Basile  (Geneve) - Taste dysfunction
Gellrich, Janine  (Dresden) – olfactory loss in children
Welge-Lüssen, Antje (Basel) - Idiopathic smell disorders and surgical therapy
Witt, Martin  (Rostock) - Anatomy of the human olfactory system
Weise, Susanne (Dresden) – implants and transplants
TBD – epidemiology, spontaneous recovery
TBD - Olfactory function in sinunasal disease

Posters

There will be a possibility to show posters on Friday and Saturday during the lunch breaks. The poster size is 119 cm W and 84 cm H.

If you would like to do that, please send an email to Thomas Hummel with

• The title of the poster
• Authors
• Affiliation and email address

Timetable

Practical courses

During the practical courses we will focus on the following:

• olfactory testing
• taste testing
• chemosensory event-related potentials
• recording of electro-olfactograms
• electrogustometry
• retronasal olfactory testing
• investigations of trigeminal sensitivity
• nasal endoscopy and intranasal volumetry
• anatomy of the "olfactory brain"
• histology of the olfactory epithelium
• MRI-based volumetry of the olfactory bulb
• biopsies from the olfactory epithelium

What to see?

Dresden sightseeing tour
City of Dresden homepage
Dresden and Saxony (Dresden is the state capital of Saxony!)

Where to stay?

prices are typically between 70 and 120 Euro

 Participants

to be determined