Spanish leaders in the field of chronic fatigue joined today, May 15, in the "http://www.vhir.org/DDGRecerca/DOCENCIAACTIVITATS/2013/2013_0103/2013_0103_001.pdf" 'XI Meeting on advances in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)', at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. On May 16th there is a "http://www.vhir.org/DDGRecerca/DOCENCIAACTIVITATS/2013/2013_0103/2013_0103_004.pdf" benefit jazz and soul concertof Erwyn Seeruton Black & White. Research in CFS focuses the last part of the meeting, with the lecture of the member of the Chronic Fatigue group at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Jesús Castro, who offers the point of view of the lab about the model of immunoinflammatory disease, and the lecture of the professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Albert Selva, who gave a clinical vision on myositis. Besides these lectures, in the meeeting will be also discussed the fatigue in Parkinson disease, with a conference of Dr. Naia Sáez from the Chronic Fatigue group at VHIR, the characteristics of the sleep in patients with CFS, the clinical assessment of patients with CFS in 2013, and the assessment of their bodily harm. The meeting is not only addressed to professionals, but also to patients, associations and foundations related with CFS.VHIR and UAB organize this national meeting with the collaboration of Vitae and Laboratorio Complementos Nutricionales, and the direction of Dr. Tomás Fernández from UAB. The head of the Chronic Fatigue research group at VHIR, Dr. José Alegre, coordinates the meeting together with Dr. Ana María García from Clínica Delfos.In the opening ceremony, besides Dr. Alegre and the board of the hospital, there was also a representative of the Catalan Minister of Health, Roser Vallès, and Dr. Anna Meseguer, assistant to VHIR's director.The benefit jazz and soul concert will be celebrated on Thursday 16th at 9PM, at Pavelló Docent building at Vall d’Hebron. The tickets cost 10€ and the funds collected will be directed to the research in CFS at VHIR.