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AIM

The period July-September was dedicated to the organizations of two important events. The first one, entitled “Transformative Advances in Neuromuscular Treatment: Next Generation Therapies” is scheduled for Friday, November 29, 2024 in Milan.

The Scientific Director of the event is Prof. Giacomo Pietro Comi, President of AIM.

The event will be free of charge for AIM members in good standing. On this occasion, the elections for the renewal of the positions of the AIM Board of Directors will be held. It will be possible to participate and vote remotely for those who will be unable to attend in person. For more information and registration, write at andreagaia.rancati@fclassevents.com.

The second event, the 3rd Italian Clinical FSHD group, is scheduled for December 13 and 14, 2024 in Turin, chaired by Prof. Tiziana Mongini and Dr. Liliana Vercelli. For more information and registration, write at camilla.foti@fclassevents.com.

The XXV AIM congress will be held in Palermo, Italy in June, 2025. Information will be available at the website: https://www.miologia.org

ANIL

The Association of the Italian Network of Laminopathies (ANIL) was established as a legal entity in Bologna on July 14, 2023, with the aim to promote biomedical and clinical research on Laminopathies. The Association is open to all those who want to share its perspectives, statute and regulations.

The XXIX Congress of the Network will be held in Bologna, next October 25, 2024.

Further information is available at the Association website: https://www.igm.cnr.it/laminopatie

e-NMD

The 5^th eNMD conference in E-health & innovation to Overcome Barriers in Neuromuscular Diseases will be held in Taormina, Italy, in November 2025.

MSM

The 14^th Meeting of the Mediterranean Society of Myology (MSM) will take place in 2025. Proposals to organize and host the event are welcome.

WMS

The 29^th International Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society will be held in Prague (Czechia), from 8 to 12 October 2024.

The conference will, once again be a hybrid event, offering the flexibility of virtual participation, but we encourage personal attendance to maximize the benefits of networking and scientific exchange. Both oral presentations and e-posters will be available via the platform and app for delegates who wish to participate virtually. The main thematic topics of this congress focused on acquired myopathies are:

Topic 1 - Acquired muscle disorders

Topic 2 - Neuromuscular disorders around the world

Topic 3 - RNA in NMD: clinical insights, pathomechanisms and treatments

Each day a plenary session will be dedicated to the selected topics. Speakers will summarize the state of the field on the selected topics, covering clinical, molecular and other aspects.

Further information is available at the WMS website: https://www.wms2024.com