Eur Spine J (2004) 13 : 181 DOI 10.1007/s00586-004-0697-1 ANNOUNCEMENTS Tel.: + 32-9-3 44-39 59 The GRAMMER European Spine Britspine 2004 Fax: + 32-9-3 44-4010 Journal Award 2004 28–30 April 2004 – Nottingham UK e-mail: [email protected] In order to encourage basic science re- Information: Mrs. Sue Woodward, Website: http://www.medicongress.com search in the field of Spinal disorders, the The Centre for Spinal Surgery, University European Spine Journal is proud to an- Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, nounce the 20.000 Euro GRAMMER Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK 30 Annual Congress European Spine Journal Award for basic Tel.: + 44-115-9 70-97 61 of the Greek Spine Society science. Each paper submitted to the Jour- Fax: + 44-115-9 70-99 91 nal dealing with basic science qualifies e-mail: [email protected] 16–19 September 2004 – Samos, Greece automatically for this award as soon as it tr.trent.nhs.uk Information: Thomas Patsiaouras has been published. The winning paper Website: www.qmc.nhs.uk/britspine e-mail: [email protected] will be selected at the end of each acade- Website: www.citycongress.com mic year (for the next time in 2003/2004) and will be announced in one of the follow- 11th Congress ing issues. The GRAMMER Award will of the International Forum VII – Primary Care Research also be presented at the next EuroSpine meeting. At least one author of the win- Musculoskeletal Laser Society in Low Back Pain ning paper must attend at his own expense 12–15 May 2004 – Seoul, Korea 7–9 October 2004 – Edmonton, Alberta, the EuroSpine 2004 meeting which is be- Canada ing held in Porto (Portugal)...