23rd European Conference on Psychosomatic Research 17–21 June 2000: Oslo, Norway Details:Congress-Conference AS - CONGREX, Thomas Heftyes gt. 2, PO Box 2694 Solli, N-0204 Oslo, Norway. Tel + 47 (0) 2256 1930; fax + 47 (0) 2256 0541; email: ecpr2000{at}congrex.no

Falk Symposia 4–6 May 2000: Hepatology 2000 (Munich, Germany) 9/10 June 2000: Cholestasis and gallstones (Cluj Napoca, Romania) 1/2 October 2000: Non-neoplastic diseases of the anorectum—an interdisciplinary approach (Freiburg, Germany) 3/4 October 2000: Immunosuppression in inflammatory bowel diseases—standards, news, and future trends (Freiburg, Germany) 12/13 October 2000: Biology of bile acids in health and disease (Den Haag, The Netherlands) 4 November 2000: Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases—progress and controversies at the turn of the century (Bucharest, Romania) Details: Falk Foundation eV—Congress Division, Leinenweberstr 5, PO Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany. Tel +49 (0) 761 130340; fax +49 (0) 761 1303459; email: symposia{at}falkfoundation.de

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 5/6 May 2000: 12th Annual orthopaedic trauma course. Current techniques in upper & lower extremity trauma 22–25 May 2000: 4th Annual conference. Botanical medicine in modern clinical practice28–31 July 2000: 10th Annual corse. A comprehensive review of movement disorders for the clinical practitioner 30 July–5 August 2000: 5th Annual course. Update and intensive review in internal medicine Details: Center for Continuing Education, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 West 168th Street, Unit 39, New York, NY10032, USA. Tel + 1 212 781 5990; fax + 1 212 781 6047; email: cme{at}columbia.edu

Ninth International Symposium on celiac disease 10–13 August 2000: Hunt Valley, MD, USA Details: Althea Pusateri, Program Coordinator, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 W Baltimore Street, Baltomore, MD 21201, USA Tel +1 410 706 3957; fax +1 410 706 3103;http://www.celiaccenter.org