Dear Congress participants,

 

After the success of the first edition of the European conference dedicated to Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) in Borstel (Germany), we are delighted to announce the second edition of this conference, which will be held at the University of Versailles.

On behalf of Laurent Kremer, Roland Brosch and myself, it is a real pleasure to invite you to this second NTM meeting that will be held at the Medical Faculty in Montigny le Bretonneux (France) from June 25 to 27 2018. Montigny le Bretonneux is situated close to Versailles, which will allow you to have an easy access and benefit of this famous historical city near Paris. The program of this new edition is particularly interesting including a keynote lecture and numerous invited talks on key NTM pathogens, such as M. abscessus, M. avium, M. chimera, M. leprae, M. kansasii and M. ulcerans, presented by internationally-renowned speakers, who will cover clinical and fundamental aspects of these NTMs and the diseases they cause. The program also includes a wide variety of selected abstract talks and poster presentations, giving all participants the possibility to actively participate in the meeting.

The French Society for Microbiology (SFM) welcomes your attendance and participation and we hope that you will find the program as exciting and constructive as we do. We look forward to having you join us in June for a successful and enjoyable 2nd Conference on latest insights on NTM.

Jean-Louis Herrmann