PENSA Newsletter May-August 2000, Vol.1 No.2 Message From Editor Dear PENSA members: It is our great pleasure to invite you all to join us in the 6th congress of PENSA in Taiwan in November 9-12, 2000. This scientific meeting will be a great opportunity to share our experience in providing nutritional support for the patients as well as to hear state-of-the-art lecture, debates on current nutritional practices, and presentations of the latest advances in research. For more information you can contact the organizing committee at the following congress address Taiwan Society for Parenteral and enteral Nutrition           Department of Experimental Surgery           Chang Gung Memorial Hospital           5 Fu-Hsing St., Kewi Shan, Tao-Yuan, TAIWAN           Tel : 886-3-3288671           Fax : 886-3-3970370           E-mail : hwangtl@adm.cgmh.com.tw For ones who had mised the 5th Congress of PENSA in Malaysia last year, in this newsletter, you may enjoy these scientific data; "Glitamine and the immune response", derived from the Congress's program book. Lastly, We would like to welcome our new member from Pakistan, Dr.Nasir Haider, Ph.D,RD who has applied for membership personally. However, we hope that this will be the first step of PENSA in Pakistan and we would have opportunity to contact the nutrition society in this country soon. For thoes who are interesting or want to know more information about PENSA, you can contact web site: http://www.pensa.org or E-mail: srcretary@pensa.org, sicct@mahidol.ac.th