BUSINESS

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2003 BUSINESS MEETING
INTERNATIONAL BONE AND MINERAL SOCIETY
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• Agenda
• Welcome Address Call to Order (G. Rodan)
• Up-date on the IBMS-JSBMR 2003 Meeting (T.
  Matsumoto)
• Report on IBMS Membership - Statistics (G. Rodan)
• Update on IBMS' Society Affiliations (G. Rodan)
• Report on BONE Best Paper Awards (G. Rodan)
• Information about BoneKEy-Osteovision (G. Rodan)

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• Agenda continued
• Report on IBMS Finances (I. Reid)
• Announcement of the IBMS-ECTS Meeting in 2005
  (R. Rizzoli)
• 2003 Board Elections (G. Rodan G. Mundy)
• Presentation of the new IBMS President (G. Rodan)
• Strategic IBMS Initiatives 2003 - 2005 (G. Mundy)
• Any other business
• Adjournment

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IBMS-JSBMR 2003 Facts
Submitted Abstracts 657 from 52
countries Attendees 1,459 from 43
countries Exhibition 22 Companies
2003 IBMS Business Meeting
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IBMS 2001-2003 Achievements
Membership Growth of Members 5/2003 1,457
2 Affiliate Member Societies 1 Special
Interest Group International representation 48
Countries
2003 IBMS Business Meeting
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IBMS 2002-2003 Achievements
BONE of Manuscripts 354 (9/02 5/03) 465
(9/01-9/02) Acceptance to Publication Time 3.2
months (2002) Overall Rejection Rate - 66
1st Qtr 2002 Rejection Rate US 66
Europe 57
Asia-Pacific 56
2003 IBMS Business Meeting
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IBMS/BONE Best Paper Award
2001 Best Basic Paper

• Keith A. Hruska, M.D.
• St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Identification of the type II Na-Pi
cotransporter (Npt2) in the osteoclast and the
skeletal phenotype of Npt2-/- mice Volume 29,
Issue 5, Pages 467-476
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IBMS/BONE Best Paper Award
2001 Best Clinical Paper

• Erick R. Legrand, M.D.
• Cedex, France

Osteoporosis in men a potential role for the
sex hormone binding globulin Volume 29, Issue 1,
Pages 90-95