This to advise all interested parties we are planning the Major Bi Annual Conference on Parkinson's disease. Confirmed to speak is Canada's Professor Tony Lang, U SA's Professor Stanley Fahn and Spain's Professor Eduardo Tolosa. Anyone interested can get further details from Conference Action Pty Ltd, PO Box 1231, North Sydney NSW 2059 Australia. Dates are from the 22nd to 24th of August '99. Of local interest are the results of a ten year study which may prove to be an eye opener and some new research from the brain bank showing some patients exhibit damage to the Glutamate receptors creating two very different types of PD. It should be a thrill a minute and good reason to visit Sydney, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Peter Dawkins