Dear colleague,

Welcome to the 10th EWGGD Meeting. This year’s meeting will be held from June 28th to 30th, 2012 at the Novotel Paris Tour Eiffel in the heart of Paris, city of light, knowledge and culture.

The quality of the scientific content at the EWGGD meetings attracts an increasing number of participants with each edition. Our delegates are recognized experts in their fields, committed to both clinical and basic science in Gaucher disease.

Representatives from the European Gaucher Alliance, the patients’ association and a key partner of our conference, will share their experience and questions with the scientific community.

The medical community eagerly anticipates the results of basic science, clinical trials and registries highlights, to be announced during the meeting. Updated guidelines for the management of Gaucher disease will be released, taking into account the experience of different teams in various countries.

The Paris conference will offer a number of innovations in 2012. One of the new features is a practical session and workshop, edicated to nurses and paramedics with the objective of better integrating their crucial role in patient management through medical education, based on new practices such as home therapy.

A special part of the programme will be oriented towards the emerging medical community, our younger colleagues. We aim to assist them in the acquisition of skills and experience through a dedicated workshop highlighting both typical and unusual clinical cases, presented and discussed in-depth.

We look forward to meeting you in Paris.
Best regards,


The Organising Committee