HRH CROWN PRINCESS KATHERINE ADDRESSES 16TH INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY AT SAVA CENTRE

Belgrade, 12 October 2009 – Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine II addressed the 16th International Meeting of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) last night at Sava Centre in Belgrade. This is one of biggest scientific events organized in Serbia this year, gathering around 1700 registered participants, and it will be held 11-14 October at Belgrade’s Sava Centre.

Participants from Serbia and almost all European countries, as well as the United States, Brazil, India, China, Iran and Japan, were addressed by HRH Crown Princess Katherine, Prof. Dr Vesna Kesic, Chairperson of ESGO 16 Conference, Prof. Dr Gerald Gitsch, President of ESGO and Prof. Dr Srdjan Djurdjevic, President of Serbian Association of Gynaecological Oncology.

HRH Crown Princess Katherine emphasized in her speech: “Gynaecological Oncology is a very complex field which has a huge impact on health and well being of our women. I wish this conference much success and that you gain new insights. I hope we will have more Conferences at this level organized here in Serbia and all across Europe”.

More than 90 top European experts will present their papers during this conference, while the key-note lecture will be held by Prof. Dr Harald Zur Hausen, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine in 2008.