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Joint meeting of the GP ‐ TCM Research Association, the TCM Chemistry Specialty Committee and the TCM Pharmaceutical Analysis Specialty Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies 13 th ‐ 15 th July 2015, Mons, Belgium First Announcement Invitation to the Joint meeting of the GP ‐ TCM Research Association, the TCM Chemistry Specialty Committee and the TCM Pharmaceutical Analysis Specialty Committee of WFCMS The Good Practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Association (GP ‐ TCM RA) and the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) invite all scientists from academia, industries, and other fields, dealing with traditional Chinese medicine, natural medicine, medicinal plants and acupuncture research to attend this meeting. The scientific meeting will be held in University of Mons, located in Mons, a city in the south of Belgium, 1.5h by train from Brussels and 2 ‐ 3 h by train from Paris, London and Amsterdam. Mons owns three works of art that UNESCO has listed as World Heritage sites and has been chosen to be the European Capital of Culture in 2015. During this year, the city will be marked by a plenty of festivals, joint projects and surprises. Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 1

Joint meeting of the GP ‐ TCM Research Association, the TCM Chemistry Specialty Committee and the TCM Pharmaceutical Analysis Specialty Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies 13 th ‐ 15 th July 2015, Mons, Belgium First Announcement Organizing committee: De ‐ An Guo, Rudolf Bauer, Qihe Xu , Peter Hylands, Tai ‐ Ping Fan, Hai ‐ Xue Kuang Local organizing committee: P. Duez , B. Blankert, P. Okusa, A. Nachtergael, M. Poivre (UMONS), C. Stévigny, V. Bunel, C. Fontaine (ULB) Scientific topics Chair • Quality control and standardization Prof. Kelvin Chan and Prof. Yuan ‐ Shiun Chang • Pharmacology and toxicology Prof. Pierre Duez and Dr. Fan Qu • Clinical and in vivo studies Prof. Aiping Lu • Acupuncture Prof. Nicola Robinson and Prof. Jian ‐ ping Liu • Regulatory affairs Dr. Tai ‐ Ping Fan and Prof. Wei ‐ Dong Zhang • etc. Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 2

Brief description Around 100.000 people 1h30 by train from Brussels 2 ‐ 3h by train from Paris 4 UNESCO World Heritage Gems Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 3

UNESCO World Heritage Gems • The Belfry Built in 1662 ‐ 1669 Dominates the Borinage Currently being restored Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 4

UNESCO World Heritage Gems • The Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 5

UNESCO World Heritage Gems • The fight so called ‘Lumeçon’ – Or ‘Doudou’ Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 6

UNESCO World Heritage Gems • The Mundaneum, paper ancestor of internet Philip Ball, "Information technology: Forgotten prophet of the Internet", Nature 509, 425 (2014) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v509/n7501/full/509425a.html Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 7

Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh House in Cuesmes Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 8

Vincent Van Gogh in Mons (Borinage, 1878 ‐ 1880) ‘Charbonnage de Marcasse’ (1879) Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 9

Vincent Van Gogh after Mons (1888 ‐ 1890) Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 10

Mons 2015 – European Capital of Culture Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 11

Happy to see you on 13 ‐ 15th july in Mons! Université de Mons Prof. Pierre Duez 12