PENSA Newsletter September-December 2000, Vol.1 No.3 Message From Editor Dear PENSA members: Firstly, we have to congratulate Professor Tsann-Long Hwang and his team for organizing the very successful 6th Congress of PENSA in Taipei last month. The very informative scientific session was as impressive as the warm hospitality of the organizing team. The participants of this congress composed of 39 oversea lecturers, 134 foreign attendants and 330 Taiwanese. For those who missed the event, you still can have a glimpse of the highlight lecture in our newsletter as well as in the PENSA website at http://www.pensa.org. In this newsletter, you can find an interesting article about "Synthetic dipeptide : a new dimension in clinical nutrition" from Professor Peter Furst, the ex-president of the European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ESPEN). This article is a new step in development of intravenous formula. Also, we have an announcement of the 7th Congress of PENSA "Nutri-Asia 2001, Novel approach in Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition" which would be held on August 24th - 26th , 2001 in Bali in conjunction with the 8th Indonesian International Symposium on Shock and Critical Care. Those who are interesting, can contact the organizing committee directly, or through PENSA Center in Bangkok. There is some change in the program. The PENSA workshop on "Nutrition Support Team in Adult Patient" which is scheduled on February, 2001 has to be postponed for a certain period due to the constrain in the budget. We will make an announcement about the workshop later, if the situation is better. Our last paragraph is dedicated to the memorial of Professor Dr.Vichai Tanphaichitr who had passed away last month. Professor Vichai was an excellent doctor, teacher, and researcher who dedicated his whole life working in the field of nutrition and was one of the founder of clinical nutrition science in Thailand as well as in Asia. His works are world widely accepted and publicated. His enthusiasm in work will always be in the memory and be followed by his students and colleague. May he rest in peace.