Welcome Message

Dear Colleagues

It is with great pleasure to kindly invite you to participate in the XIXth SFEMG and Quantitative EMG (QEMG) Course and the XIth QEMG Conference, to be held in Kobe, Japan, on October 27-28, 2010 (SFEMG/QEMG2010 Kobe).

In the past, the International SFEMG/QEMG courses & conferences have been held in European or North American venues. Last year (2008) in February, the groups from the Japanese and International committees agreed to have the XIXth International SFEMG and QEMG course, as well as the XIth QEMG conference, be joined to become the First Asian Regional Course and Conference, choosing the October, 2010 dates. Timely enough, the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology (ICCN) will be held in Kobe at about the same period. In this regard, the joint SFEMG/QEMG courses and conferences shall serve as a Satellite Conference just before ICCN.
We project 1.5 days of SFEMG/QEMG courses and another half day "pre-Congress Joint Symposium" under the auspices of ICCN.

We would like to offer the newest information about methods, concepts and clinical applications of SFEMG/QEMG by world-renowned experts. The activity will be further complemented by "Live Demonstrations" organized in small groups that are expected to be very informative and comprehensive for participants.
In the same token, for the "pre-Congress Joint Symposium", the quest speakers will deliver topics related to SFEMG/QEMG methods and clinical applications.

We anticipate that the registration fees will be reasonable and discounted, considering that the participants attend both SFEMG/QEMG and ICCN meetings.

We are looking forward to seeing you in this exciting course and conference, and your participation is a manifestation of support in this expanding field of interest.
Thank you very much indeed.

Kimiyoshi Arimura, Japan
Masahiro Sonoo, Japan
Erik Stålberg, Sweden