Pre-Congress Course
European Confederation of Neuropathological Societies (EURO-CNS) is organising courses for trainees in neuropathology. The third EURO-CNS course "Tumours of the central nervous system and its coverings", organised by Professor Dirk Troost, secretary of EURO-CNS (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), will be held in Helsinki on 9-13 July 2002, i.e. directly before the Neuropathology 2002 Congress. The venue of this course will be the Biomedicum Helsinki, which will also be the site of the Congress. For tumour course registration, information on possible financial support, and further information regarding the other EURO-CNS Neuropathology Courses, please contact the EURO-CNS Educational Board at:
    E-mail: A.vanSchendel@amc.uva.nl
    Telephone: +31-20-5664267
    Telefax: +31-20-6979567

Pre-Congress Satellite Symposium
The new UK Parkinson’s Disease Society Brain Bank at Imperial College (D. Dexter, M. Graeber, R. Pearce & R. Reynolds) will arrange a Satellite Symposium entitled Parkinson’s Disease: An Update in London, UK, with leading international speakers on 10-11 July 2002. For further information please contact Professor Manuel Graeber:
    E-mail: m.graeber@ic.ac.uk
    Telefax: +44-208-8467794