Int. J. Oral Surg 1980: 9: 408-409

Athens, GreeceThe 2nd Hellenic Conference on Maxillofa­cial Surgery took place on 3-4 November atthe Athens Hilton Hotel. There were 200participants and 40 papers were presented,covering all the fields of Oral and Maxillo­facial Surgery, such as Orthognathic Sur­gery, Fractures of the Facial Skeleton, Tu­mors and Tumorous conditions of the Oro­Facial region, as well as research. From the

International News

foreign participants papers were presentedby G. I. FORDYCE Postgraduate DentalDean of London University, Prof. CHRISDOKU, Boston, U.S.A., Prof. E. STEINHAU­SER, Erlangen, Germany, J. ROWE!tMAN,Consultant Oral Surgeon, London, Prof. R.FRIES, Austria, Ass. Prof. J. MINDERJAHN,Austria, R. ACHARD, Consultant Oral Sur­geon, France.

From right to left: President of the LA.O.S., Prof. VAN DER KWAST; President of the H.S.O.S.Ass. Prof. A. YANNOULOPOULOS; Minister of Social Services, Mrs. A. SrNODlNOU and Rector ofAthens University, Prof. F. MrTsIs.

The President of the International Asso­ciation of Oral Surgeons W. A. M. VAN

DER KWAST, was kind enough to honor ourconference with his presence and presentedan elegant paper on "Unusual lesions of thepalate". He also stressed the aims of the

I.A.O.S. in a forceful presentation at theclosing ceremony which ended with an ad­dress by the President of the Hellenic So­ciety, A. YANNOULOPOULOS. The next con­ference will take place in Spring 1981.