"It is pity that you did not attend the Saint Petersburg meeting. It was a wonderful meeting and a great success with very nice lectures. Eirini and Petros were there, so we could spend some time to meet and relax."

Dr. Dimitrios Bogdanos MD PHD, Greece

"It was a great pleasure for me to participate in Sankt Petersburg to such a successful immunology meeting! You have chosen diversity and contradictory issues instead of absolute truth or any kind of immune nirvana definite answers... The opening piano shooting was marvelous! It had created the smooth and warmly atmosphere needed for science days which followed. Immunology heated the scroll from scleroderma to breast silicone, from multiple sclerosis to cannabis, from burning antiphospholipid syndrome to relaxed rheumatoid arthritis therapeutics and mechanisms knowledge! 

All together meant well time spent and virgin autoimmune hypothesis! 

My brain left the building... Happy and more then satisfied... Congratulations!"

Dr. Ionitescu Razvan Constantin, Romania

"I was very proud to participate to 1st St. Petersburg Congress on Autoimmunity. 

St. Petersburg is a beautiful city, the Congress was very interesting and Russian people is nice."

Prof. Caterina De Carolis MD, Italy

"Thank you for very kind letter. It was a pleasure to participate the congress, which really was very successful."

Prof. Helen Korneva MD, Russia

"My impression is as follows: With the sun shining on the golden rooftops of the many magnificent buildings in Saint Petersburg, sparkling new developments in autoimmunity were discussed in a meeting that enabled crossing bridges between east and west!"

Dr. J.G.M.C. Damoiseaux, The Netherlands

"Dear Yehuda,

Thank you very much for making me a part of this wonderful meeting.  I enjoyed the culture, history, science, friendship and of course the knowledge. The team of organisers were great and helped at every stage."

Prof. Chris Edwards MD FRCP, UK

"Dear Yehuda, Yuri and the Kenes team, 

Once again, many congratulations for a wonderful meeting in St. Petersburg – even the weather turned out to be excellent today thanks to your local call Yehuda. Thank you again for an excellent meeting!" 

Professor David D'Cruz MD FRCP, UK

"Thank you very much for this great and interesting conference, especially for inviting so interesting people with interesting topics. As mentioned in St. Petersburg I would like to intense our scientific collaboration."

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Riemekasten, Germany

"Thank you for inviting me and giving me the opportunity to participate at this very fruitful and interesting congress! You have a very efficient and kind team."

Prof. Berkun Yackov, MD, Israel

"It was an excellent opportunity meeting with you and Prof. Shoenfeld in St. Petersburg this was a great opening for sharing valuable information on autoimmunity."

Felix Gastager, Austria

"It was a great pleasure and an honor to take part in the 1st St. Petersburg Congress on Autoimmune Diseases. Listening to the diverse agenda in the lecture hall of such a distinguished university was a memorable experience. A true feat!"

Prof. Merav Lidar, Israel

"Thank you very much for the great experience to be in St Petersburg!

The meeting was really interesting also for the mixture of different participants and different cultures. Thank you again and many thanks to your family."

Prof.ssa Angela Tincani, Italy

"Let me express my real appreciation for your efforts and care during my stay in Leningrad."

Prof. Elias Toubi, Israel

"Thank you again for the invitation to come to Saint Petersburg. It was a great pleasure to participate. I will be very happy to come to Lisbon next year."

Prof. Luc Mouthon, France

"Thanks a lot for the invitation; it’s amazing how you are able to turn into gold any meeting you are organizing. Congratulations."

Prof. Pier Luigi Meroni, Italy

"Thank you very much. It was a big honor and pleasure for me to participate in the Congress and start it!"

Prof. Sergey Aplonov, Russia

"Thank you very much for excellent organization of the Congress. It is a great event for all Russian science and medicine. Such a large number of outstanding specialists in the field of clinical immunology and rheumatology never were in Russia simultaneously. I believe that Saint Petersburg was a huge success as always. Thank you so much for all your efforts and for the success of the Congress. Can't wait for Lisbon too."

Dr. Carlo Perricone, Italy

"I enjoyed the lectures – all of them and even more the sparkling one of Master Yehuda Shoenfeld. Now a confession: I grew up in a communist country – my dream , to go to Israel , came true some fifty years ago. And seeing this conference that was an act of friendship and collaboration between East and West, between my heavy memories of former communist regime and Israel that I love - I made my peace with the world."

Dr. Carmi Geller-Bernstein, Israel