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, e-mail: ecpr2000{at}congrex.no).

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, e-mail: symposia{at}falkfoundation.de).

22–25 May 2000: 4th Annual Conference. Botanical medicine in modern clinical practice 28–31 July 2000: 10th Annual Course. 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, e-mail:cme{at}columbia.edu).

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).

14/15 September 2000: Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, London, UK (congress conducted in both French and English) Details: Secretariat APEE 2000, PO Box 3219 Barnes, London SW13 9XR, UK (tel: +44 (0)20 8741 1311, fax: +44 (0)20 8741 0611, e-mail: CourseRegs{at}aol.com).