The last newsletter to appear before the conference. Your final chance to join the international community of insurance medicine professionals at the only World Conference in the business.

1. 25th ICLAM Conference
22-25 May 2016
Maastricht, Netherlands
www.iclam2016.org
congress.iclam.org
app.iclam.org
Newsletter #9
May 2016

2. The Last Newsletter before the conference. After this, just one more message:
We will send all delegates an e-mail with information relevant to them
Registrations
 A new registration form at https:/congress.iclam.org/node/106
 Separate registration from for accompanying guests at
https://congress.iclam.org/node/107
Payment of registration fees
 Our payment form that accepts many payment methods, like credit cards (VISA,
Mastercard), bank transfer, IBAN, iDEAL, SOFORT, Belfius /Bancontact, Mr.Cash.
More information at https://congress.iclam.org/node/108
Tours for delegates and accompanying guests
 Double bookings, missing bookings: whatever went wrong, almost everything has
been corrected now.
 Some tours are very popular. We doubled the capacity of one of the most popular
tours, but even that wasn’t enough: no more bookings.
Hotel room reservations
 https://aws.passkey.com/event/14801203/owner/14295447/home leads to
the webform of the Maastricht Booking Service (MBS).
 MBS made sure no delegate lost his/her room reservations of hotel deposit.
Book your room with MBS. No refund of the original payment if you cancel.
Payment of hotel room
 MBS does not ask for a deposit or down payment. But to be able to keep the
rooms reserved, they need your credit card details. The credit card will not
be charged.
 You only pay to the hotel, at the day of your departure.
Financial status
 Thanks to a good contracts, the active support of the conference venues and MBS
and some delegates, we lost no money. Our financial status is stable. The show will
go on, without any compromise.
We hired a new PCO:
Pauwels Congress Organisers
Registration open till 13 May 2016 It is not possible to register at the conference: No registration, no entry

3. 1. Robert Kneepkens – President Organizing committee & Foundation
– Member ICLAM Board
2. Jan Buitenhuis – Member Organizing committee, & Foundation
– President Scientific programme committee
3. Jan Bronsema – Member Organizing committee & Foundation
– Vice-president Scientific programme committee
4. Jeroen Roke – Treasurer Organizing committee & Foundation
5. Astrid Blaauw-Hoeksma – Member Organizing committee
– President Social events committee
6. Monique Tolsma-Piegza – Vice-president Social events committee
– President GAV
– Member ICLAM Bureau
7. Nico Croon – Member Scientific programme committee
8. John Evans – Member Scientific programme committee
– Member ICLAM Bureau
9. Max Hendriks – Member Scientific programme committee
10. Liesbeth Wijnvoord – Member Scientific programme committee
11. Frans van den Wildenberg – Member Social events committee
12. Gerda van Beelen – Member Social events committee
ICLAM Congress Netherlands Foundation : Ch.of Co. Reg. Nr. 50118870 Congress Secretariat : secretariat@congress.iclam.org
WELCOME TO MAASTRICHT!

4. REGISTRATION Information: https://congress.iclam.org/node/7 Form: https://congress.iclam.org/node/106
Cancellation policy
Your notification of registration cancellation must be made in writing to the Congress secretariat, email: secretariat@congress.iclam.org, by 1 April 2016.
Cancellations until this date will be accepted with a refund of all received fees less a 50 euro administration charge. Cancellations thereafter will be charged the full
fee. Any refunds will be dealt with after the Congress – or before the conference if possible.
The following countries are
considered to have an Advanced
Economy.
America
• Canada, United States
Asia and Oceania
• Australia, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan,
Korea, New Zealand, Singapore,
Taiwan
Europe
• Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
San Marino, Slovak Republic,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, United Kingdom
Included events
Welcome reception on Sunday evening; Gala dinner on Tuesday evening; All participants tour on Tuesday afternoon;
participation to the Scientific Programme, or Tours on Monday and Wednesday. The extra tour on Tuesday is no longer
available.
Included services
Services include the conference app and free access to internet in the MECC; free public transportation in the City of
Maastricht (also for accompanying guests).
Delegates Advanced economies 725 euro
Delegates other countries 375 euro
Accompanying guests 400 euro
Bank Transfer
Account holder : Stichting ICLAM Congres Nederland
Name account (use as “payee”) : ICLAM 2016
Account number : 40 46 64 520
Bank : ABN-AMRO
Address bank : Heuvelring 88, Tilburg, NB, Netherlands
IBAN : NL14ABNA0404664520
BIC / SWIFT : ABNANL2A
VISA / MasterCard / SOFORT / iDEAL / ...
Visit https://congress.iclam.org/node/108

5. Sunday 22 May 2016
10:00 – 16:00 ICLAM Board & Bureau meetings invitation only
10:00 – 16:30 Mortality Introduction Course public, to be purchased separately
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome Reception delegates & accompanying guests
Monday 23 May 2016
08:45 – 09:10 Opening ceremony delegates & accompanying guests
09:10 – 17:00 Scientific programme delegates
09:10 – 17:00 Full Day Tour accompanying guests
Tuesday 24 May 2016
08:30 – 12:30 Scientific programme delegates
12:30 – 16:00 Tour & lunch bag delegates & accompanying guests
18:30 – 23:00 Gala Dinner delegates & accompanying guests
Wednesday 25 May 2016
09:00 – 16:15 Scientific programme delegates
09:30 – 11:30 Tour accompanying guests
16:15 – 17:00 ICLAM 2019, Closing ceremony delegates & accompanying guests

6. The Future of Risk - insurance and
uncertainty in the territory of the
unknown
Professor Dr. Frank Furedi
The focus of this presentation is the
changing cultural understanding of risk.
Once associated with the calculation of
probabilities risk is now frequently
equated with threats that are difficult to
interpret, manage and anticipate. This
shift in orientation applies not only to
virtually every dimension of human
experience from personal health, child
rearing to climate change. The
implications of these developments for
society’s need and relation to insurance
will be evaluated.
Some highlights
Scientific programme
Insurance and politics: Decision Making in Europe
Dr. Ralf Fischer zu Cramburg
European lawmakers are still committed to major reforms in
the insurance sector not at least when it comes to the life
and health sectors. This will not be without effect on
national laws whose vast majority is a mere transposition of
Brussels made regulations. Thus, it is even more important
to raise the concerns of the industry at the appropriate time
and level. This presentation will have a specific focus on how
politicians think and what can be learnt from recent
experiences in order to make our business model more
tangible and transparent to decision makers.
Prolonged work absence following injury: Psychological factors?
Professor Dr. Michael Sullivan
In recent years, pain catastrophizing and perceived injustice have
emerged as robust psychological predictors of adverse health and
mental health outcomes of injury. Clinical studies have shown that
catastrophizing and perceived injustice contribute to prolonged
disability beyond the variance accounted by pain or physical status
variables. This presentation will address the processes by which
these psychosocial risk factors impact on disability. Methods of
detecting and intervening on psychosocial risk factors will be
addressed.
Mental Illness: An Often Underappre-
ciated Cause for Increased Mortality
Dr. Clifford Titcomb
The presentation will review the overall
mortality associated with the forms of
mental illness most commonly
encountered in insurance underwriting. It
will include a review of the risk modifiers
that influence outcomes and will focus on
depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar
disease and schizophrenia.
Medical Marijuana
Dr. Gina Guzman
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse,
marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in
the United States with widespread use among young
people. The legalization of marijuana for medical use
in several states in the United States has sparked
some controversy as well as confusion amongst many
physicians. This presentation will review the effects
of marijuana on the body, the medical-legal
ramifications for the treating physician in the United
States, and the multiple complex implications for the
insurance industry.
Big Data Analytics for Health
Insurance
Dr. Fabian Winter
Big data and business analytics are
rapidly gaining impact along the
complete value chain. Data collected
on a global scale can produce
enormous volumes in a very short
time. This gives rise to the need for
new methods to generate added
value for businesses from the
inexhaustible potential of big data.
Business analytics provides structure
when dealing with such data. For
health insurers, big data and business
analytics are central issues for the
future. But what is behind these
buzzwords? What actual effects will it
have on your business?
And 50 more
speakers &
presenters

7. Gold sponsor

8. • Prof. dr. Frank Furedi : The Future of Risk - insurance and uncertainty in the
territory of the unknown
• Prof. dr. Johan Mackenbach : Global trends in life expectancy: roads into an
uncertain future
• Prof. dr. Mike Nurmohamed : Cardiovascular risk (management) in rheumatology
• Prof. dr. Jim van Os : Mental health diagnosis: sick care or health care perspective
• Dr. Clifford Titcomb : Mental illness: An often underappreciated cause for
increased mortality
• Prof. dr. John Cockcroft : Aortic stifness and pulse wave velocity as risk marker
• Dr. Pieter Jelle Visser : Early detecting of Alzheimer’s disease
• Prof. dr. Arno Akkermans : The anti-therapeutic effects of compensation
procedure and the responsibilities of lawyers
• Prof. dr. David Cassidy : Recovery from injury – why we need to pay attention to
insurance legislation
• Prof. dr. Harald Merckelbach : Five myths about feigning illness. And why we
believe them
• Prof. dr. Michael J.L. Sullivan : Prolonged work absence follow injury: The role of
psychological factors
• Prof. dr. Johan Vlaeyen : Pain science: its all about behaviour
• Prof. dr. Steven Linton : Psychological risk factors for pain-related disabiity: what
they are, how they work and what they mean
• Prof. dr. Regina Kunz : Evidence Based Insurance Medicine
• Prof. dr. Bert Otten : Extraordinary human movement: disabled athletes and
unique talents
• Prof. dr. Jan Hartvigsen : Everyone is an athlete!
• Prof. dr. Bruno Dubois : New approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of
Alzheimer’s Disease
• Prof. dr. Gerd Assman : Personalising cardiovascular risk today and
tomorrow
• Prof. dr. Brigitte Autran : HIV infection in 2016: a chronic insurable disease
• Prof. Dr. Ab Osterhaus : New developments in infectious diseases
• Prof. dr. Kristina Alexanderson : Disability pensions and mortality
• Dr. Luc Bonneux : Too much medicine: the dangers of screening
• Dr. Ralf Fischer zu Cramburg : Insurance and politics: Decision Making in
Europe
• Dr. Gina Guzman : Medical use of Marihuana
• Karsten Filzmaier : How often is rare ? The challenge of underwriting rare
diseases
• Dr. Michael Clark : Long-term prognosis of corrected congenital heart disease
• Dr. Himanshu Bhatia : Breast cancer in the east vs the west: Is it the same
disease?
• Dr. Christoph Nabholz : Radical medical innovation and its impact on the
insurance industry
• Dr. Tommaso Camerota : Prostate cancer: insurance problems and critical
illness
• Dr. Fabian Winter : Big data analytics for health insurance suggested by board
• Tracy Peterson : Cancer, social status and socioeconomics
• Dr. Fernando Ariza : The contribution of the insurance medicine in the
unexpected increase of longevity pricing
• Dr. Marianne Cumming : Long-term prognosis of corrected congenital heart
disease
• Prof. dr. Ian Cameron : Encouraging health recovery after motor vehicle
crashes: research informed interventions
• Dr. Shanil Ebrahim : Psychotherapy in patients on sick leave due to mental
health disorders
• Dr. Jason Busse : The role of psychological factors in predicting disability
following surgery
Invited speakers
+ 20 more submitted presentations

9. Gold sponsor

10. • Aamer Fattah : Rise of the cyborgs
• Ine Van Hoyweghen : Big Data, Small Solidarity?
• Paul Triggs : Lessons from a deep morbidity database
• Rebecca Gallagher : Value of Rehabilitation
• Anja Holwerda : Collaboration between mental health and employment
services to support employment of individuals with mental disorders
• Lieke Lammerts : A participatory supportive RTW program for workers
without a permanent employment contract, sick-listed due to a common
mental disorder
• Monica Garcia : Can we predict who is at long term risk of disability?
• Sohail Mullah : Factors associated with disability claim duration among
Canadian workers
• Marc Du Bois : The unbearable lightness of “abnormal damage” in the
Belgian no-fault scheme
• Nieke Elbers : Differences in perceived fairness and health outcomes in two
injury compensation systems
• Stephan Becher : Disability due to infections
• Lyubov Ruzina : Evaluation of risk assessment in cases of Diabetes Mellitus
type 1
• Takeshi Uchiyama : Kawasaki Disease and its Impact on Underwriting
• Marissa van Maaren : Insurability of cancer survivors
• Liesbeth Wijnvoord : Evaluation of the effect of exclusion clauses in
disability insurance
• Rainer Hakimi : Insurance Medical Consultation in the Private Health
Insurance
• Stephen Holland : Long Term Care Insurance in the USA
• Kevin Somerville : Overinvestigation and overdiagnosis
• Tripthi Mathew : XY Chromosome Variations
One of the innovations this year is the Call for presentations. 25
people reacted, 20 were chosen to give an oral presentation, 15 will
also present their abstract on a poster.
ICLAM Award for submitted abstracts
The members of the ICLAM Bureau, representing over 30 countries in the
world, will assess the abstracts on criteria like relevance, importance,
newness, validity and quality of the evidence, presentation, and quality of
research. The first author of the best abstract will win the ICLAM Award. The
runner-up will also receive a prize out of hands of a representative of the
ICLAM Bureau.
With the Award, ICLAM hopes to stimulate young professionals in
insurance medicine to dedicate time and effort into research and evidence-
based practice.

11. Mortality Introduction
Course
15 points
Continuing Medical Education
The ABSG, the Dutch Accreditation Bureau for Social Medicine, has
accredited the scientific programme of the ICLAM conference with 15
CME points in two fields:
 Insurance Medicine (including Social Security);
 Society & Medicine, profile Policy & Advice, which focuses on
Health Insurance.
Most countries recognize CME points of the ABSG. The Scientific
programme committee will also apply for European CME points, that
are recognized in all countries.
Dutch doctors will need the ABSG registration ID: 239561.
Course objectives
• You know the terminology and statistics involved in analysis of mortality data
needed for underwriting Life insurances.
• You know the difference between survival and mortality and are able to
translate survival data into mortality data.
• You know the basis methodology to translate data from a scientific
publication for underwriting.
• You are able to assess an application by using literature, tables and
guidelines.
Basic course information
• Language : English
• Capacity : Maximum number of participants 50.
• Costs : 200 euro, Early Bird fee until 31 January 2016 175 euro.
• Certification / CME : 5 points, ABSG registration ID: 240136.
• Venue : MECC (Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre).
• Staff : Jan Bronsema MD MSc, Willem Appeldoorn MD, Eric Groenewegen MD.
Basic Mortality Introduction Course
For starting medical advisors and underwriters, organized by the Educational committee of the GAV (Dutch Association of Medical Advisors
in Private Insurance Affairs), available to all delegates and accompanying guests. It has to be purchased separately.

12. The MECC will be the venue for the 25th ICLAM 2016 conference and the Mortality Introduction Course in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The Maastricht Exhibition &
Conference Centre is owned by the city of Maastricht. Please visit the website of the Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre for more information on the Venue.
The website is available in English, French, German and of course Dutch.
Following page : Floor plan MECC
Address : Forum 100, 6229 GV Maastricht
Telephone : +31 (0)43 38 38 383
Email : info @ mecc.nl
Latitude : 50.837725 | Longitude : 5.713192
Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre
www.mecc.nl

13. On the right
The main entrance of the venue gives access to the Trajectum. Here you will find the
registration desk, the booths of the sponsors, the poster presentation. Lunches and
refreshments will be served here.
Below
The Trajectum gives access to the Auditorium (plenary sessions) and to the ground
floor, where the rooms for the concurrent sessions are located.

14. Visit the Booths!
SCOR Global Life – Gold Sponsor of ICLAM 2016
Prof. Weyer Risk Consulting GmbH (25 May only); DACIM/ACPV (other days)
Industrielle Entwicklung Medizintechnik GmbH
Hannover Re – Gold Sponsor of ICLAM 2016
Munich Re – Silver Sponsor of ICLAM 2016
VascuCheck & Triple Dynamixs – Prevention, healthcare and coaching
ICLAM 2019 Mumbai – XXXth International conference of insurance medicine
Cunningham Lindsey Nederland B.V.
Silver sponsor

15. Silver sponsor

16. Free wifi sponsored by
In the Mecc, our congress venue, all participants will have free acces to the internet via wifi
Since a few weeks our special ICLAM 2016 conference app is available for mobile phones and
tablets. Go to your browser and open http://app.iclam.org to have always the most actual
information at hand.
The ICLAM Conference app is sponsored by

17. The Welcome Reception
is offerd by the City of
Maastricht and by:
Photographs by
Etienne van Sloun
Design between Heaven and Earth. The 15th century Kruisheren cloister and monumental
gothic church has been transformed into a very special designer hotel with restaurant. The
modern hotel accommodates 60 individually decorated rooms. The Kruisherenrestaurant is
situated in the nave of the church on a mezzanine. The magnificent interior by Henk Vos
and Ingo Maurer will complete your heavenly feeling.
All participants and accompanying guests
are invited to the Welcome Reception
Please go to the registration desk at the conference
venue (MECC) between 9:00 and 15:30 to receive
your conference badge and bag. The badge will give
you free public transportation.
We will welcome you on the terrace. The terrace is
accommodated at the beautiful and intimate cloister
courtyard.
Sunday 22 May 2016, 18:00
Kruisherenhotel
Kruisherengang 19-23
6211 NW Maastricht
The Netherlands
Admission included in
Registration fee
Separate tickets 115 euro

18. Gala dinner
Tuesday 24 May 2016 19:00 – 01:00
For the Gala dinner we will visit a beautiful country estate in Belgium, located in the heart of a verdant
wooded area. The welcome aperitif will be served in the stately garden with small avenues, ponds and
idyllic spots that may take you into reveries of times gone by. The expanses of the Hoge Kempen
National Park start right outside the front door to offer the wonders of nature.
18:20 - 18:40 : Touring cars leaving from five different hotels for Lanaken; 19:00 - 20:00 : Welcome
aperitif, in the garden if the weather permits; 20:00 - 21:30 : Gastronomic dinner in a number of
adjoining rooms; 21:30 - 23:00 : Party in the Alexanderhof; 22:00 - 23:00 - 24:00 - 01:00 : Touring cars
leaving for Maastricht. Costs : all food and drinks included in the conference fee.
Sponsored by

19. Martial history is the
leitmotiv of this walk. You still
can see the old fortifications
on several locations in town.
This parade of delicacies will
introduce you to all the
culinary delights that
Maastricht has to offer! Take
a walk with a guide who not
only knows the highlights of
the city, but has a unique
eye for the local specialities.
This tour on foot will pass the many
beautiful places in the city centre of
Maastricht including stokstraatkwartier
(restored town district in the inner
city), the O.L.Vrouweplein and the
Vrijthof. The guide will show you the
treasure chamber of the Basilica of St.
Servatius.
You'll go ashore at the St.
Pietersberg (Zonneberg
System) for a tour through
the marlstone caves in the
St. Pietersberg hill. Even
today the walls and
ceilings show us how the
'block breakers' used
to work in there. On the
walls one can find
numerous interesting
inscriptions and drawings,
some of which are very
old.
Or discover the secrets of
St. Pietersberg with a kick
scooter.
Many tours to
choose from The South of Limburg : A full day bus tour for accompanying guests: The
famous hills of South Limburg with the undulating landscape; Lunch at
Drielandenpunt Vaals; Guided tour Jesuit caves; Apostelhoeve.

20. Silver sponsor

21. MBS – Maastricht Booking Service
MBS is the offical Hotel booking service for
ICLAM 2016 Maastricht.
Click on the link on our conference website
or go to
https://aws.passkey.com/event/14801203/owner/14295447/home

22. Travelling to Maastricht
Maastricht lies in the "Tail" of the "Dutch Lion", near
Aachen in Germany and Liege in Belgium.
Intercontinental travelers should not only look for flights
to Amsterdam Scihphol airport (AMS), but also to
German and Belgian airports.
For many European delegates, travelling by car might be
a good solution, specially if delegates travel together. If
you want to come by car, please look for parking places
near the hotels. The Congress Venue has 2500 parking
places, so we do not expect any troubles with parking
there. We will give parking information for all official
congress hotels and the congress venue.
For an overview of the possibilities, please visit
http://maastrichtconventionbureau.com/maastricht-2/accessibility/?lang=en
Transit bus arrangement MECC Maastricht
When you use the transit bus arrangement, you can travel for free through the center of Maastricht with your congress badge as ticket for the Veolia buses.
Maastricht provides an excellent transit service to reach fast and easy your hotel, train station or MECC Maastricht. All buses of Veolia inside Maastricht belong to
the transit bus arrangement. Unfortunately, you can’t use the transit bus arrangement for the bus to Maastricht Aachen Airport.
Book your train between Amsterdam Schiphol airport and Maastricht:
http://www.ns.nl/en/travel-information
Book your transport between Brussels airport and Maastricht:
https://shop.compoticketing.eu/nl/shop/ticketshop/event/76F08522BC2C/1

23. Do you need a Visa?
Please check this page:
http://www.government.nl/issues/visa-for-the-netherlands-and-the-caribbean-parts-of-the-kingdom/short-stay-visas-for-the-netherlands
Letter of invitation
If you need a letter of invitation, please contact the Congress Secretariat at secretariat@congress.iclam.org.
Netherlands and Belgium
Your Visa is a so called Schengen Visa, so it will be
valid for both the Netherlands and Belgium. This
means that you do not need a second Visa for the
Gala dinner, which takes place in Belgium. Your Visa
for the Netherlands is sufficient!
By Inoue-hiro - Photograph taken by myself (本人撮影), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3323939
Belgium – Germany – the Netherlands

24. Phone numbers
In case of emergency: 112
Transportation
Taxi for you Maastricht : +31 26 000 05 43
Jacobs Bus & DMC : +31 43 601 38 77
Venues
MECC (congress) : +31 43 383 83 83
Kruisherenhotel (reception) : +31 43 329 20 20
La Butte aux bois (gala dinner) : +32 897 397 70
Hotels
Aparthotel Randwyk : +31 43 361 68 35
Crowne Plaza Maastricht : +31 43 350 91 91
Kruisherenhotel : +31 43 329 20 20
NH Maastricht : +31 43 383 82 81
Registration desk (23-25 May)
The registration desk at ICLAM is located on the ground floor next to the entrance of
the MECC. At the registration desk you can pick up your conference bag and materials.
Opening hours registration desk at the conference venue (MECC):
Sunday 22 May 09:00-15:30
Monday 23 May 08:00-18:00
Tuesday 24 May 08:00-13:00
Wednesday 25 May 08:00-17:00
Congres Secretatriat
secretariat@congress.iclam.org

25. Main sponsor

26. Dutch people do not feel comfortable with too strict dress codes. So please see the dress codes on this page as mere guidelines to
help you choose the right dress for the occasion. Visit https://congress.iclam.org/node/13 for the meaning of the designations.
Welcome Reception
• Business Casual for men.
• Business Casual for women.
Congress venue
• Business Casual for men.
• Business Casual for women.
Congress tours
• No dress code, except for visits to places of worship.
Comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended.
Gala dinner
• National dress for both, if suitable for the occasion.
• Lounge suit for men.
• Cocktail dress for women.
Carnaval is
the
best
event
to
experience
the
love
of
the people
of
Maastricht
to
dress
for
the
occassion
Dressed for the City
Maastricht, capital of the province of Limburg, is a popular destination for Dutch, Belgian,
German and French tourists. The city owns the third congress venue of the Netherlands and it
harbours an international University. For these reasons the "city dress code" is very broad-
minded - anything goes - although the people from Limburg like to "dress for the occasion",
looking smart.
In the morning and afternoon, casual or smart casual - depending on your own preferences - will
be excellent for almost all occasions. In the evening smart casual will be preferable. For a visit to
the theatre, a concert or a Michelin-starred restaurant, you may feel more comfortable if you
wear business casual, but smart casual will still be appropiate.

27. Main sponsor

28. The streets in the Netherlands are safe, but..... Maastricht is
the number 2 tourist destination of the Netherlands
(Amsterdam is the number 1). This fact is well known
by pickpockets! The best defense is keeping a distance.
The city
Maastricht is an international city - with 120,000 inhabitants -
offering many opportunities. The city is located in the Meuse-
Rhine Euregion, close to international cities such as Aachen,
Düsseldorf, Liège, Brussels and Antwerp. The diversity of
European culture is clearly visible in Maastricht. It is for good
reason that Maastricht stood at the cradle of the European
Union in 1992 at the time of the signing of the Maastricht
Treaty - the treaty on European Union. Today, Maastricht still
plays a major international role. Many congresses are held
here, and transnational agreements are signed. Large
numbers of tourists also come to Maastricht every year for a
taste of the epicurean character of the south of the
Netherlands.
In and around Maastricht is a lot to see, and taste. This old
city with medieval streets is well known for its gastronomy.
You will be able to enjoy excursions in and around Maastricht
and neighbourhing towns like Liege (Belgium). Golf courses
and free use of bicycles will make your stay complete.
Distances
During the congress, every venue is within walking distance (<
30 minutes). Every registered guest will receive a free public
transportation ticket. For long term ICLAM website members
there will be free bicycles available.

29. Places of Worship
In the Netherlands, about 31% practices the Roman Catholic religion, 20% Protestantism (the religion of the Royal Family) and 5.5% is Muslim. Of the Dutch
people, 2.5% has another conviction and 41% claims to practice no religion or to have no specific conviction, although the majority does have a general
monotheistic view. In Maastricht, like in the rest of the southern parts of the Netherlands, most Christian people are a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
You will find here in alphabetical order some information on Churches, Mosques, Synagogues, Temples. The selection is arbitrary, with special attention to
services in English. If you miss important information, please do not hesitate to ask us for it. Maybe we can't help you, but we can certainly try.
Churches
Catholic
Catholic Mass in English is held every Saturday at 5:00 p.m.
in the crypt under the altar in the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-
basiliek. Everyone is welcome and preparation for first
communion is also available in English. More information:
Sterre-der-Zee website http://www.sterre-der-zee.nl/.
Damascus Road International Church
Damascus Road International Church is an English-speaking
church that connects people from many nations and
backgrounds. It meets on Sundays at 11:00 at the StayOkay
Hostel, Maasboulevard 101, Maastricht, Phone: +31 (0)6
26673880.
Mosques
El-Fath Mosque
Sint Lucassingel 70, 6217 JC
Maastricht, +31 (0)43 3437120,
Background: Marocco
Tevhit Mosque
Weustenraadstraat 24, 6217 HZ
Maastricht, +31 (0)43 3436598,
Background: Turkey
Synagogues
Jewish Maastricht
Jewish Maastricht is the English website of the
Jewish community in Maastricht, with many
useful links for Jewish visitors.
http://www.joodsmaastricht.nl/index.php/en/
Temples
ISKCON Temple
Bhakti Yoga Maastricht, Andre Severinweg 47,
6214 PL Maastricht, Tel: +31 (0)43 3257123,
meeting at Wednesday May 25 19:00.
Maastricht International Church
1st and 3rd Sunday of each month – 10.30am in rooms at the back of the Onze Lieve Vrouw church. Junior Church is also provided. Last Sunday of each month –
5pm, St Jan’s Church in Maastricht (red-spired church on Vrijthof). These services are held with the backing of the Church of England. Everybody is welcome.
For more details, please contact Claire and Richard Middleton or Alex Hobson, Anglican Chaplain to NATO base at Brunssum.

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