Dear colleagues,

The first bi-annual EPATH conference entitled “Transgender Health Care in Europe” will take place in Ghent (Belgium) from March 12-14, 2015. This conference seeks to foster European knowledge, clinical skills, education and training in transgender health care, to facilitate and extend the bonds between European countries in transgender health care and to share research results.

EPATH invites professionals in the field of transgender health to submit abstracts, for one of the following streams:

1. Mental Health
2. Endocrinology
3. Social sciences
4. Children and adolescents
5. Surgery
6. Law
7. Voice and communication

We additionally invite multidisciplinary workshops proposals on the topic of “Challenges in Transgender Health Care”, that can address, but are not limited to:

• (Shared) decision making, informed consent model
• Recommendations for genital reconstructive surgery
• Queer identities and bodies
• Transgender care in non-Western cultures
• Work experiences of multidisciplinary teams
• Addressing sexuality / sexual history
• ….

Students and young researchers are warmly invited to submit poster presentations. EPATH will announce the first Poster Award during the conference.

Please visit our website for more information and to submit your abstract at www.epath.eu. The deadline for abstract submission is 15^th of September, 2014.

We look forward to meeting you in Ghent next Spring!

The scientific committee,

Guy T'Sjoen, Joz Motmans, Griet De Cuypere, Stan Monstrey, and Timo O. Nieder

Alessandra Fisher, Alexandros N. Constansis, Annelou de Vries, Baudewijntje Kreukels, Birgit Moller, Cecilia Dhejne, Chiara Manieri, Christella Antoni, Dragana Duisin, Esther Gomez-Gil, Gerd Verschelden, Isabel Esteva, Janneke van der Ros, Jiska Ristori, John Van Borsel, Kaltiala-Heino Riittakerttu, Karlien D'Hondt, Malene Hilden, Maria Södersten, Miroslav Djordjevic, Polly Carmichael, Şahika Yūksel, Stephen Whittle, Walter Pierre Bouman, Yona Greenman, and Zowie Davy.