The Slovenian
Aerospace Medical Society (SAsMA) intiated this series of annual lectures to
commemorate the Slovenian pioneer of aviation, Edvard Rusjan.

Lecturers are nominated primarily on the basis of their
contribution to aviation medicine, but should also be pilots and play an active
role in aviation science in general (for more information about SAsMA
and Edvard Rusjan, please see
www.sasma.szd.si).
This year's Annual Edvard Rusjan Memorial Lecture will
be presented by Col. Jan Linder M.D., Command Flight Surgeon and head of the Aeromedical Centre in Stockholm (Sweden). Col Linder is also Chairman of
the Swedish Aero-nautical Medical Association and Fellow of the
Aerospace Medical Assocaition.
The title of his lecture is:
"THE PILOT
IN THE MODERN MILITARY COCKPIT"
ANNUAL POTOCNIK MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Slovenian Aerospace Medical Society (SAsMA) intiated this series of annual lectures to commemorate the Slovenian aerospace pioneer,
Herman Potocnik-Nordung.
Lecturers are nominated primarily on the basis of
their scientific contribution to aerospace medicine (for more
information about SAsMA and Herman Potocnik, please see
www.sasma.szd.si).
This year's Annual Herman Potocnik Memorial Lecture
will be presented by Dr. Ola Eiken, Research Director of the Environmental
Physiology Unit at FOI (Swedish Defence Research Agency) and head of the
Aviation Medicine Laboratory at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm
(Sweden).
The title of his lecture is:
"PRESSURE DISTENSION IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD VESSELS:
IMPLICATIONS FOR AEROSPACE MEDICINE"