EDITORIAL

We are now rapidly approaching the wound event of 2004 – the meeting of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies to be held in Paris this July. The European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel is proud to be a co-host of this event and there will be a wealth of new pressure ulcer information presented over the week long meeting. The EPUAP look forward to welcoming you to Paris this July for what will be undoubtedly a rewarding, though probably exhausting week. In this issue we have the latest news from the organiser of the WUWHS event, Luc Téot and would like to thank Luc for taking time away from the preparations to provide EPUAP members with an update of the Paris meeting.

There has already been a pressure ulcer meeting in Paris this year! The PERSE association held its annual training day half-way up the Eiffel tower on 1 April. We have reproduced some photos from this event in this issue of the Review given that the EPUAP was strongly represented by Denis Colin (France), Carol Dealey (UK), Jeen Haalboom (the Netherlands), Christina Lindholm (Sweden) and Tom Defloor (Belgium). I was also present at the meeting but with my distinct fear of high places it was a great relief to step out of the elevator and into the conference hall! The meeting was a great success with over 170 delegates and several exhibitors. However, no-one could quite believe it when you said you were going to be speaking up the Eiffel Tower on 1 April – surely this was our President’s way of teasing several EPUAP trustees? The reality was this year marked the third meeting of PERSE within one of the great symbols of France – a magnificent venue for an excellent gathering upon pressure ulcers.

Next year the EPUAP annual meeting will be held in Aberdeen in the North-East of Scotland. The dates of the meeting are 5–7 May 2005 and the event will be preceded by a national tissue viability event hosted by the UK Tissue Viability Society on 4 May. It is a great pleasure to be able to plan an EPUAP open meeting to be held within my home town – this issue of the EPUAP Review contains the preliminary programme for this event. We are confident that the programme and social events will match the great success of our recent meetings in Budapest and Tampere. There is no doubt that our Scots colleagues will richly entertain us during our stay in Scotland – and I look forward to seeing as many EPUAP colleagues as possible in traditional Scottish dress!

See you in Paris.

Michael Clark
Editor