{"id":6423,"date":"2020-04-21T19:15:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T17:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmtc.nl\/leden-conferentie-nl-2008\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:40:56","slug":"cmtc-ovm-member-conference-netherlands-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmtc.nl\/en\/blog\/2020\/04\/21\/cmtc-ovm-member-conference-netherlands-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"CMTC-OVM Member Conference Netherlands 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 8 November 2008 it was time for the annual CMTC-OVM meeting in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>One of our members from California was also present. He was able to combine his visit with (among other things) medical research at University Hospital in Maastricht. Thanks to him we were also able to &#8216;webcast&#8217; to members from around the world over the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>This year we had a separate room reserved with supervision for the children. This proved a great success! 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