If you don’t recall your IUGA web site log-in details, or are having difficulty accessing the members-only section of the website, please contact Amy Cassini, the Membership Manager, at amy@iuga.org. 

Call for abstracts
The 2015 abstract submission system is open! The deadline for submission will be February 1, 2015.  For more information or to submit your abstract, please visit, http://www.iugameeting.org/abstracts/.

Meet the experts call for proposals-3 days left to submit!
The ever popular “Meet the Experts” is back! We are asking all interested facilitators  to complete and submit a short application along with their CV by December 1st to ensure transparency and fairness in the selection process.  The breakfast will be held on Friday, June 12th with a maximum of 20 tables.  To download the application form, please click here. For any questions, please email office@iuga.org.

Visit www.iugameeting.org for more information about the 2015 annual meeting.

Elections for vice president, International Advisory Board members and committee members
voting ends December 2nd!
There are just a few days left to vote in the IUGA election. Join the 100’s of other IUGA members who have already voted and cast your ballot to select the leadership for your association.  A reminder e-mail was sent this Wednesday, November 26 (The subject line of the email begins: ‘Only 6 days remaining to vote! 2015 IUGA Board, committees and International Advisory Board elections’). All members have the opportunity to vote for the vice president and Nominations Committee and Scientific Committee members.  Members in Europe and North America are also voting for their representatives on the International Advisory Board.  Please take a moment to cast your ballot and help select IUGA’s leadership! Elections will close on Tuesday, December 2nd at 11:59 p.m. EST.  If you have any questions about voting, please contact Nailah Metwally at nailah@iuga.org.

Research Grant Opportunity
IUGA, with the generous support of Uroplasty, is soliciting applications for research grant proposals within the clinical space of overactive bladder or fecal incontinence.  The amount of the grant will be $15,000. 

Submissions for this grant competition will be reviewed and awarded by the IUGA Research and Development Committee using their regular review processes, which involve peer-review.   The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, December 17, 2014. It will be awarded to one IUGA member who properly completes and submits the required application prior to the stated deadline.  Only complete applications that include all required material will be forwarded for review.  The notification of award will be announced at the end of February 2015. 

IUGA Webinar: “Laparoscopic Sacralcolpopexy Tips and Tricks”
December 18, 2014 at 3:00pm – 4:00pm EST
On Thursday, December 18 at 3:00pm EST in North America (early December 19 in Asia and Oceania) IUGA will offer a webinar to IUGA members titled ‘Laparoscopic Sacralcolpopexy’. This session is being supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Coloplast.  As with previous webinars, this session will be recorded and will be available to IUGA members via the IUGA website

Faculty for this webinar will include Robert Moore, Bruno Deval, and Stephen Jeffery.

Thursday, December 18 at 3:00pm EST in North America is equivalent to:

12:00pm in Los Angeles
6:00pm in Sao Paulo
8:00pm in London
9:00pm in Amsterdam and Cape Town
11:00pm in Riyadh
1:30am in New Delhi (on Friday, December 19, 2014)
3:00am in Bangkok (on Friday, December 19, 2014)
4:00am in Singapore and Beijing (on Friday, December 19, 2014)
7:00am in Sydney (on Friday, December 19, 2014)
9:00am in Auckland (on Friday, December 19, 2014)

If your city is not listed above, please consult this link to see the time difference between your local time and 3pm EST: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html 

If you think you will attend this webinar, it is strongly advised that you visit the IUGA website at: http://www.iuga.org/?page=webinar and review the webinar tools that are posted.  This webinar will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.  Information regarding connecting to the webinar will be distributed to members a couple of days before the event.

To view recordings of the previous webinars, click here and find the section labeled “Previously Recorded Webinars”. The recordings are available to members only. If you are not already logged-in to the IUGA web site, you will be prompted to log-in.

View webinar recordings online
One of the many benefits of being an IUGA member is that you get to view recordings of past webinars on our web site. Archived webinars include a series on overactive bladder, a series on transvaginal mesh and our most recent one, “Highlights from the Annual Meeting”. To view any of these webinars, please click here. If you are not logged-in you will be prompted to do so.