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Meetings in Rheumatology

2006

July 13–14, 2006 — Osteoporosis 2006: New Insights in Research, Diagnosis and Clinical Care, San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education, 3333 California Street, Room 450, San Francisco, California, 94118. Tel: 415 476 4251. Fax: 415 476 0318.

July 13–16, 2006 – American Juvenile Arthritis Organization National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Contact: AJAO. Tel: 404 965 7538. E-mail: kbitner@arthritis.org

July 13–16, 2006 — International Spine Intervention Society 14th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Website: www.spinalinjection.com/a/events.htm

July 15–18, 2006 — 18th World Congress, European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Beaulieu, Switzerland. Website: http://www.worldasthma2006.ch

August 1– 5, 2006 — 12th APLAR Congress: Asian Rheumatology, “Facing the Challenges”, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Contact: AOS Conventions, 39 Jalan Mamanda 9, Ampang Point, 68000 Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel. 60 4252 9100, fax 60 4257 1133. E-mail: enquiry@aplar2006.com,  website: http://www.aplar2006.com/marketroot/aplar2006/

August 11–12, 2006 — Santa Fe Bone Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Contact: E. Michael Lewiecki, MD. Tel: 505 855 5525. Fax: 505 884 4006. E-mail: LEWIECKI@aol.com.

August 16–19, 2006 — 31st Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology, Reykjavik, Iceland. Contact: Iceland Travel Conference Department, Lagmuli 4, PO Box 8650, IS-128 Reykjavik, Iceland. Tel. 354 585 4300, fax 354 585 4390. Website: it-conferences.is. E-mail: conference@icelandtravel.is

August 17–20, 2006 — XIV Latin American Congress of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contact: Dr. J.C. Ivancevich; tel. 54 11 4334 7680, fax 54 11 4334 7680. E-mail: latamcong@alergio.org.ar

August 19–22, 2006 — Selected Topics in Rheumatology, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Contact: MSCME in Rochester, tel. 800 323 2688 USA only or 507 284 2509, fax 507 284 0532. E-mail: cme@mayo.edu

August 20–24, 2006 — PANLAR: 14th Congress of the Pan American League of Associations for Rheumatology, Lima, Peru. Contact: PANLAR Congress, Av José Pardo 138, Oficina 1206, Miraflores - Lima 18, Lima, peru. Tel. 511 446 1323, fax 511 446 1323. E-mail: socreuma@ terra.com.pe, Website: www.spr.com.pe

August 23–26, 2006 — 4th International Conference, International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Website: http://www.sicot.org/

August 24, 2006 — Key Advances in the Clinical Management of Osteoporosis, London, England, United Kingdom. Contact: Marty Adair. Tel: 44 0-2 072 902 981. Fax: 44 0 2 072 902 977. E-mail: events@rsm.ac.uk

September 6–9, 2006 — 1st Joint Meeting of European National Societies of Immunology, 16th European Congress of Immunology, Paris, France. Contact: ECI Paris 2006 c/o Colloquium, 12 rue de la croix-Faubin, 75011 Paris, France. Tel: 33 1 44 64 15 15. Fax: 33 1 44 64 15 16. E-mail: eci2006@colloquium.fr. Website: www.eci-paris2006.com

September 13–16, 2006 — Pain in Europe V, 5th Congress of the European Federation of IASP Chapters (EFIC), Istanbul, Turkey. Contact: Mrs. Sarah Wheeler, Executive Officer. E-mail: efic@internet.gr. Website: www.efic.org

September 14–16, 2006 — Rheumatology Board Review, San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education, 3333 California Street, Room 450, San Francisco, CA 94118. Tel: 415 476 4251 / 415 476 5808. Fax: 415 476 0318 / 415 502 1795. E-mail: info@ocme.ucsf.edu.

September 14–16, 2006 — Irish Society for Rheumatology & British Society for Rheumatology, 2006 Joint Meeting, Dublin, Ireland. Contact: Irish Society for Rheumatology. Website: www.isr.ie

September 15–19, 2006 — 28th Annual American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Contact: ASBMR. Tel. 202 367 1161, fax 202 367 2161. E-mail: ASBMR@smithbucklin.com

September 20-23, 2006 — 10th Belgian Congress on Rheumatology, Mons, Belgium. Website: http://www.kbvr.be

September 20–23, 2006 — 12th International Conference on Behçet's Disease, Lisbon, Portugal. Contact: Veranatura Conference Organizers, rua Augusto Macedo 12D, Escritorio 2, 1600-503 Lisboa, Portugal. Tel. 3512 1712 0778, fax 3512 1712 0204. E-mail: cristinavicente@veranatura.pt.  Website: www.icbdlisbon2006.org

September 21–22, 2006 — British Society for Rheumatology Practical Use of Biological Agents in Rheumatology Course 2006, Leeds, United Kingdom. Contact: Rowena Treitel. Tel: 44 020 7842 0900.

September 22–24, 2006 — Second European Course on Capillaroscopy and Rheumatic Diseases, Genova, Italy. Contact: EDRA SpA, viale Monza 133, 20125 Milano, Italy. Tel. 392 2817 2300, fax 392 9139 0681. E-mail: 2ndcapillaroscopy@edraspa.it

September 25, 2006 — Key Advances in Systemic Lupus, London, UK. Contact: Laura Matthews. Tel: 020 7290 3848. E-mail: laura.matthews@rsm.ac.uk

September 27-29, 2006 — First European Workshop on Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: Medicongress. Tel: 32 09 344 39 59. Fax: 32 09 344 40 10. E-mail: imid@medicongress.com. Website: www.medicongress.com/imid

September 27–30, 2006 — European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, 22nd Meeting, Madrid, Spain. Contact: AKM Congress Services, Clarastrasse 57, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Tel. 4161 686 7777, fax  4161 686 7788. E-mail: info@akm.ch. www.akm.ch/ectrims2006.com.
Website: http://www.akm.ch/basel/english/index.html

September 29–October 1, 2006 — United States Bone and Joint Decade Young Investigator Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Website: http://www.usbjd.org/rd/index.cfm?YII

October 6–9, 2006 — International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty Annual Symposium, New York, New York, USA. Website: http://www.ista.to

October 7–12, 2007 — 3rd International Conference on Autoimmunity: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments, Rhodes, Greece. E-mail: Autoimmunity @aegeanconferences.org

October 8–12, 2006 — International Conference of Immunogenomics and Immunomics, Budapest, Hungary. Contact: Zoltan Prohaszka. Tel: 361 212 9351. Fax: 361 212 9351. E-mail: prohoz@kut.sote.hu. Website: www.bcii2006.org

October 8–13, 2006 — Australian Orthopaedic Association & New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Scientific Meeting, Canberra, Australia. Website: www.aoa.org.au/

October 9-14, 2006 — Australian Orthopaedic Association, 66th Annual Scientific Meeting, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Combined meeting with NZOA. Contact: Kevin Wickham. E-mail: aoacbr@wickhams.com.au

October 11–15, 2006 — Sixth International Conference on Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, Cavtat, Croatia. For more information please contact: info@depolkomunikacije.hr

October 12–14, 2006 — Fifth International Congress on Spondyloarthropathies, Gent, Belgium. Contact: Medicongress, Waalpoel 28-34, B-9960, Assenede, Belgium. Tel. 329 344 3959, fax 329 344 4010. E-mail: spondylo@medicongress.com; website: www.medicongress.com

October 15–19, 2006 — Inflammation Research Association 14th International Conference, Cambridge, Maryland, USA. Website: www.inflammationresearch.org/PDFs/14ConfAnnounce090805.pdf

October 18–21, 2006 — 34th Congress, German Society for Rheumatology, Wiesbaden, Germany. Tel. 49 3024 048 470, fax 49 3024 048 479. E-mail: info@dgrh.de

October 19–21, 2006 — 16th Annual Meeting, International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Website: www.iadma.org

October 19-23, 2006 — 2nd International Conference on Osteoporosis and Bone Research (ICOBR ‘06), Chengdu, China. Contact: ICOBR 2005 Secretariat, Chinese Medical Association, Tel: 86 10 6524 9989 ext 1601. Fax: 86 10 6512 3754. E-mail: fredfeng@cma.org.cn. Website: www.ichts.org

October 23–26, 2006 — Combined 3rd International Osteoporosis Foundation Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Osteoporosis and 2006 Australia New Zealand Bone Mineral Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Port Douglas, Australia. Contact: I. Johnson, ANZBMS, 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.  Tel. 612 9256 5405, fax 612 9251 8174, E-mail: anzbms@racp.edu.au

October 25–28, 2006 — EuroSpine 2006, Istanbul, Turkey. Contact: Haluk Berk, tel. 902 324 123 357, fax 902 322 772 277. E-mail: haluk.berk@deu.edu.tr

October 26-29, 2006 — 1st Mediterranean Workshop on Clinical Immunology, Evora, Portugal. Contact: Mrs. Greta Martins. Tel: 351 214 407 900. Fax: 351 214 407 970. E-mail: mwci.evora@gmail.com

October 31-November 4, 2006 — Bone and Joint Decade 2006 World Network Conference, Durban, South Africa. Website: http://bjdonline.org

November 29–December 3, 2006 — 5th International Congress on Autoimmunity, Sorrento, Italy. Website: www.kenes.com/autoim2006, E-mail: autoim06@kenes.com

November 9–12, 2006 — 67th Annual Assembly, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Honolulu, USA. Website: http://www.aapmr.org/assembly/amdates.htm

November 11–14, 2006 — American College of Rheumatology 70th Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC,  USA. Contact: American College of Rheumatology, Suite 250, 1800 Century Place, Atlanta, Georgia 30345-4300. Website: www.rheumatology.org

November 23–26, 2006 — 22nd Annual Conference of Indian Rheumatology Association, IRACON 2006, Lucknow, India. Tel: 91 522 2258691. Fax: 91 522 2258691. E-mail: daslko@gmail.com or rheumatologykgmu@gmail.com

November 24–26, 2006 — British Society for Rheumatology Basic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Contact: Stephanie Smith. Tel: 020 7842 0913. E-mail: ssmith@rheumatology.org.uk

November 28–December 3, 2006 — 8th EULAR Postgraduate Course in Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic. Contact: EULAR Secretariat, E-mail: secretariat@eular.org. Tel. 411 383 9690, fax 411 383 9810, www.eular.org

November 29–December 3, 2006 — 5th International Congress on Autoimmunity, Sorrento, Italy. Contact: Kenes International - Global, Congress Organizers and Association Management Services, 17 Rue du Cendrier, PO Box 1726, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland. Tel: 41 22 908 0488. Fax: 41 22 732 2850. E-mail: autoim06@kenes.com

December 1–3, 2006 — Arthroscopy Association of North America, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Website: http://www.aana.org

December 4–5, 2006 — American Society for Bone and Mineral Research: Contemporary Diagnosis and Treatment of Vitamin D-Related Disorders, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Website: http://www.asbmr.org 

December 7–10, 2006 — OsteoArthritis Research Society International World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Prague, Czech Republic. Contact: OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI), 15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054, USA. Tel. 856 439 1385, fax 856 439 0525. E-mail: oarsi@oarsi.org

December 10–14, 2006 — VI International Meeting on Cancer Induced Bone Disease, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Contact: Conference Secretariat, tel. 202 367 1138, fax 202 367 2138. E-mail: info@cancerandbonesociety.org

December 13–16, 2006 — Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Course, Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: Current Concepts Institute, tel. 216 295 1900, fax 216 295 9955. E-mail: ccjr@orl-inc.com.

2007

January 11–13, 2007 — Arthroscopy Association of North America, Winter Course Preliminary Program, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Tel: 847 292 2262. Fax: 847 292 2268. Website: www.aana.org

January 18-23, 2007 — Arthroscopic Surgery, 2007 Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, USA. Contact: Karon Sorensen. Website: http://uuhsc.utah.edu/som/education/cme/conference%20list.htm

January 25-27, 2007 — Asian Musculoskeletal Society, 9th Annual Scientific Meeting, Tokyo, Japan. Website: http://www.asianmsk.org/pages/279630/index.htm

January 30–February 1, 2007 — 16th IOF Advanced Training Course on Osteoporosis, Lyon, France. E-mail: fliu@osteofound.org or sgrazioli@osteofound.org

February 2–4, 2007 — Canadian Society of Orthopaedic Technology, 2007 Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contact: Tessie Poong. Website: http://www.siicsalud.com/scripts/congresos.php/cc008176

February 11–14, 2007 — Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Diego, California, USA. Contact: ors@aaos.org

February 23–27, 2007 — American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 63rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, USA. Contact: J. Alexander, tel. 414 272 6071, fax 414272 6070.

Website: www.aaaai.org/members/meetings/future_meetings.stm

April 18–20, 2007 — 12th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Florence, Italy. Contact: e-mail: info@antiphospholipid.net Website: http://www.antiphospholipid.net/

April 26–29, 2007 — 26th Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. Tel: 847 292 2262. Fax: 847 292 2268. E-mail: info@aana.org

May 5–9, 2007 — 34th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues, Copenhagen, Denmark. Website: http://www.ectsoc.org/

May 12–18, 2007 — International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 15th Scientific Meeting, Barcelona, Spain. Contact: ISMRM Office: tel. 510 841 1899, fax 510 841 2340. Website: www.ismrm.org

May 16-20, 2007 — The 8th International Congress on SLE, Shanghai, China. Contact: Mr. Bo Feng. Tel: 861 085 158 145. Fax: 861 065 123 754.
E-mail: lupus2007@cma.org

May 27–31, 2007 — 6th Biennial Congress, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Florence, Italy. Contact: Michele Johnson, ISAKOS, 2678 Bishop Drive, Suite 250, San Ramon, CA 94583, USA. Tel. 925 807 1197, fax 925 807 1199. E-mail: isakos@isakos.com. Website: www.isakos.com

June 10–13, 2007 — European Atherosclerosis Society 76th Annual Meeting, Helsinki, Finland. Contact: Congress Secretariat, Kenes International, 17 rue du Cendrier, PO Box 1726, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland. Tel. 41 22 908 0488, fax 41 22 732 2850. E-mail: eas2007@kenes.com

June 13–16, 2007 — European League Against Rheumatism 2007 Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain. Contact: EULAR Secretariat, website: www.eular.org

June 16–20, 2007 — Inflammation, 8th World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark. Sponsored by the International Association of Inflammation Societies. Website: www.inflammationresearch.org/meet-natconf.html

June 21–24, 2007 — International Conference on Children’s Bone Health, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. E-mail: info@iccbh4.org

June 24–29, 2007 — International Bone & Mineral Society, 17th Scientific Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Contact: Anne Paterson, Association Assistant, International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS), 2025 M Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Tel: 202 367 1121. Fax: 202 367 2121. E-mail: IBMS@dc.sba.com. 
Website:www.ibmsonline.org/Conferences/ibms07.cfm

July 10–11, 2007 — Advances in the Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Bone Disease, Oxford, England. Contact: Janet Crompton, The Old White Hart, North Nibley, Dursley GL11 6DS, UK. Tel 44 1453 549 929, fax 44 1453 548 919. E-mail: janet@janet-crompton.com. Website:www.paget.org.uk

July 12–13, 2007 — International Symposium on Paget's Disease, Oxford, England. Contact: Janet Crompton, The Old White Hart, North Nibley, Dursley GL11 6DS, UK. Tel 44 1453 549 929, fax 44 1453 548 919. E-mail: janet@janet-crompton.com. Website: www.paget.org.uk

July 19–22, 2007 — International Spine Intervention Society 15th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Website: www.spinalinjection.com/a/events.htm

August 12–17, 2007 — 13th International Congress of Immunology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Contact: Congress Secretariat, e-mail: ici2007@usp.br

September 3–7, 2007 — South African Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa. Contact: SAOA, tel. 2751 430 3280, fax 2751 430 3284. Website: http://www.saoa.org.za

September 16–20, 2007 — Twenty-ninth Annual American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Contact: ASBMR Business Office. Tel. 202 367 1161; fax 202 367 2161; e-mail ASBMR@smithbucklin.com

September 19–22, 2007 — 35th Congress of the German Society for Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany. Contact: Martin Berndt. Tel: 49 211 585 897 0. Fax: 49 211 585 897 99. E-mail: info.duesseldorf@intercongress.de

September 27–30, 2007 — 68th Annual Assembly, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Boston, USA. Website: http://www.aapmr.org/assembly/amdates.htm

October 20–24, 2007 — 6th Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Website:http://www.ors.org/

December 6–9, 2007 — OsteoArthritis Research Society International World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Contact: OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI), 15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054, USA. Tel. 856 439 1385, fax 856 439 0525. E-mail: oarsi@oarsi.org

November 14–17, 2007 — American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2007 Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA. Contact: ACAAI. E-mail: mail@acaai.org. Website: http://www.acaai.org/Member/ Annual_Meeting/ Annual+Meeting.htm

2008

August 17–22, 2008 — 12th World Congress on Pain, Glasgow, Scotland. Contact: Elizabeth Twiss, tel. 206 547 6409, fax 206 547 1703. E-mail: liz@iasp-pain.org