• 2014 AUGS/IUGA Joint Scientific Meeting
  • Meeting registration is now open!
  • Accommodations for the meeting
  • Essential information for traveling to the U.S.
  • Late breaking news abstract submissions
• Prof. Linda Cardozo receives Order of the British Empire award
• Training site directory now available online

Registration is now open!
Registration for the AUGS/IUGA Joint Scientific Meeting is now open. This is the first-ever joint meeting between AUGS and IUGA, so it’s sure to deliver the best of both organizations! Don’t miss out on exciting debates, innovative presentations during the scientific program, a fun new twist on the typical Friday night closing celebration and so much more. Register by May 11 to take advantage of discounted registration fees. To view the various registration rates and types, please click here.  

IUGA members will be required to enter a key code during the registration process to identify them as members. The code and instructions for using it were sent via e-mail  yesterday (April 11th). You can also find the code on your profile page by logging in at www.iuga.org and selecting ‘Profile Home’ from the menu options on the left-hand side of the page.

CLICK HERE TO BEGIN YOUR REGISTRATION

Please send all registration questions to info@augs.org.

Accommodations
We are now accepting hotel reservations for the 2014 AUGS/IUGA Joint Scientific Meeting through our personalized reservation websites at the Renaissance Washington DC and Grand Hyatt Washington. Please click here for more information.

Essential information for traveling to the U.S.
If you reside outside of the U.S. and are planning to attend the AUGS/IUGA 2014 meeting, you may be required to obtain a visa. Please visit the U.S. Department of State web site regarding visas for temporary visitors. 

You may require a letter of invitation to obtain your visa. If so, please send your request in writing to office@iuga.org. The request should include the following information: 

• Your complete name, organization and job title
• Your name as it appears on your passport
• Passport number
• Issuing government
• Expiration date 

If you are a national of a visa waiver country which includes countries such as Australia, Austria, Japan, the Netherlands and the UK: 
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security requires that travelers who wish to enter without a visa under the visa waiver program must still obtain pre-authorization through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) prior to initiating travel to the United States. Learn more at www.cbp.gov/esta. For a list of the countries in the visa waiver program, click here.

Late breaking news abstract submissions
Late-breaking abstract submissions are intended to allow for the timely presentation of high impact trials to AUGS-IUGA meeting attendees.  It is expected that these abstract submissions are from studies for which no preliminary data was available at the time of the abstract submission deadline (February 3, 2014).

Training site directory now available online
The IUGA training site directory is an interactive PDF which contains a listing of fellowship training sites around the world, broken down by region. It is an excellent tool for anyone searching for a fellowship in their own country or internationally. This fluid document will be updated continuously throughout the year as we receive updates.

IUGA is planning to publish the directory in the IUJ in September. If you represent one of the sites listed in the directory, please review the entry to ensure the information published in the IUJ is as complete as possible. IUGA staff have been in contact with each program listed here and entered the most up to date information provided to them as of the time this document was placed on the web. If the information for your site is incorrect, or your program is not listed and you would like it included, complete the “training site directory update form” on the training site directory web page and send it to the IUGA office as directed on that form.

Please click here to visit the training site directory page.

If you have questions regarding the directory, please contact Amy Cassini, Membership Manager, at amy@iuga.org.

Prof. Linda Cardozo receives Order of the British Empire award
IUGA would like to congratulate Professor Linda Cardozo, Consultant Gynaecologist at King’s College Hospital, who has been presented with her Order of the British Empire award by His Royal Highness Prince of Wales during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on March 14th. The OBE is the highest civilian award in the United Kingdom.

Prof. Cardozo was recognised in the last round of New Year’s Honours for her services to urogynaecology and women’s health. In 1994, she became the first Urogynaecology Professor in the UK and is responsible for establishing the Urogynaecology Department at King’s, which now receives more than 2,500 new referrals a year. She is also a dedicated IUGA member, who served as President from 1998-2000 and received the IUGA Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Annual Meeting in Dublin for “her many years of dedication to women’s pelvic health as a teacher, treater, thought leader, mentor and role model, a true IUGA icon”.

Congratulations, Prof. Cardozo!

The IUGA office will be closed Friday, April 18th and Monday, April 21st in observance of Easter.