Sriwijaya International Conference on Medical and Sciences

Dr. dr. Radiyati Umi Partan, SpPD-KR, M.Kes The Chairman of SICMS 2018 Dear Distinguished Guests and Participants, We cordially welcome you to the 1 st Sriwijaya International Conference on Medical Sciences in Palembang, South Sumatra. This conference is organized by the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sriwijaya; Ikatan Dokter Indonesia; and Publication Management and Services, Universitas Sriwijaya. I would like to present some information related to this conference. The conference’s theme is “New Challenges and Research Innovation in Medical Sciences for Better Life”. The goals of the conference are to provide a better insight into medical sciences and to offer interaction, discussion and possible collaboration among researchers in the future. This conference consists of 2 keynotes speakers from the USA and Indonesia, 4 plenary lecturers from Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia, and 93 selected paper which will be delivered as oral presentations. Of the selected articles 70 will be published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series (SCOPUS indexed proceeding). We are sincerely grateful to welcome all honourable keynote speakers, plenary lecturers, invited speakers and participants for sharing their knowledge in this conference. We believe SICMS 2018 will be a memorable event for all participants because of its outstanding gathering. I really hope that within this event, it may encourage many young scientists from diverse fields to discuss the impact on advancing the future through various life science research. Once again, welcome to SICMS 2018! I wish you have a pleasant and wonderful stay in Palembang, and looking forward to see you in the next SICMS conference. Thank you very much. Sincerely yours, Dr. Radiyati Umi Partan, SpPD-KR, M.Kes