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FIAP EVENTS                                                            FIAP EVENTS




         FIAP International Medical Photographers Club
                                                  (IMPC) News

 George Taylor on the left, President of
 the Scottish Photographic Federation,                         By Sefa Ulukan HonEFIAP EFIAP PFIAP
 with members of the FIAP Board,
 Herbert Gmeiner, Ioannis Lykouris,                                               IMPC President
 Joan Burgues Martisella, Riccardo Busi,
 Romain Nero and Paul Stanley
                               In  the short time since its establishment in December 2023, with
                            organisational work underway in 2024, IMPC has expanded its structure
     from three countries to twenty-one country representations and continues its work. We are delighted
 FIAP Events  to see a continuous flow of new members joining the club.  organizational efforts, we are also         FIAP Events


                                                                  In addition to these international

                                                               continuing our internal structuring
                                                               work. A good example of this
                                                               is  the  IMPC  Auspices  program,
                                                               where applications for exhibitions,
                                                               shows, events, and competitions
                                                               that comply with IMPC’s founding
 Fiona Spence on the left, President                           principles at the national or
 of Edinburgh Photographic Society,
 with the FIAP Board                                           international level are evaluated
                                                               and awarded IMPC Auspices.  We
                                                               started by awarding the first IMPC
                                                               Auspices for different events held in
                                                               Poland, Spain and Turkiye.

                                                                    In addition to IMPC’s page on
                                                               https://www.fiap.net/en,  we  also
     have a dedicated website, and the infrastructure for Facebook and Instagram pages is being prepared
     and will be operational very soon, allowing members to showcase their work. In this regard, Ronald
     Arnakis, the Romanian IMPC country representative, will serve as the IMPC Social Media Director.

         The following briefly summarizes our events held in recent months that have not previously
     been featured in FIAP News.
 Muriel Binnie on the left, Immediate Past
 President of Edinburgh Photographic   Following our  first joint
 Society, with the FIAP Board  exhibition in China last year, the
     second  IMPC  group  exhibition
     opened  in Fethiye,  Turkiye, on
     March 14 , Medical Day. March
              th
       th
     14   Medical  Day  in  Turkiye
     dates back to March 14, 1827,
     the date when modern medical
     education began in  Turkiye.
     This special day, coinciding with
     the establishment of the first
     surgical clinic during the time
     of the Ottoman Empire, was first
     celebrated as a holiday on March
     14, 1919, in occupied Istanbul,
 Group photo of many of the people
 present at the Awards Ceremony for the   during the resistance of medical
 FIAP World Cup for Clubs  students  for  independence,
     and became a day of honour          IMPC President, Dr Sefa Ulukan, opening the exhibition in Fethiye, Turkiye
     for the medical profession.
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