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Meetings in Rheumatology
Readers are invited to submit notices of conferences, seminars, and other events in rheumatology, autoimmunology, and related fields. Details of your meeting should be submitted at least 2 months before the desired month of publication. E-mail notice of your event should be sent to jrheum@jrheum.com 2006 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 August 29, 2006 — Key Advances in the Clinical Management of Osteoporosis Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Contact: Jennifer Lake, Royal Society of Medicine. Tel: 011 44 207 290 3919. Fax: 44 207 290 2977. E-mail: jennifer.lake@rsm.ac.uk. Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/A10-osteog.htm September 1-3, 2006 — 3rd International Ankle Symposium, Dublin, Ireland. Contact: Kenneth Monaghan. E-mail: anklesymposium@ucd.ie September 5, 2006 — Key Advances in the Clinical Management of Osteoporosis, Derby, England, UK. Contact: Marty Adair. Tel: 44 0 2 072 902 981. Fax: 44 0 2 072 902 977. E-mail: events@rsm.ac.uk September 6-8, 2006 — Care IV Conference of the British Society for Rheumatology, Leeds, England, UK. Contact: Julie Whittle, Conference Coordinator, Leeds West Yorkshire. E-mail: j.a.whittle@leeds.ac.uk. Website: www.leeds.ac.uk/CAREIV 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 7-9, 2006 — European Day of Internal Medicine, Krakow, Poland. Contact: Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Medical University of Silesia. Tel: 011 48 32 359 8290. Fax: 011 48 32 202 9933. E-mail: ekucharz@slam.katowice.pl. Website: www.efim.org September 7-9, 2006 — 9th International Congress of Osteology for Slovak and Czech Doctors, Presov, Slovakia. Contact: Bc. Maria Ochabova. Tel: 00 421 556 806 258. Fax: 00 421 556 806 156. E-mail: progresswbb@dodo.sk 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 20-23, 2006 — The Jubilee Conference Dedicated to 100-Year Anniversary of Vreden Orthopaedic Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Contact: Maxim Goncharov, Meeting Organizer. Tel: 011 78 12 550 7647. Fax: 78 12 556 0696. E-mail: interseretar@aotrf.org. Website: www3.aaos.org/international/ events/calendar_report.cfm?recordnum=440 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 21-23, 2006 — 4th Congress of Asia-Pacific Knee Society, Seoul, Korea. Website: www.apks06.org 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 28-29, 2006 — British Society for Rheumatology Foot and Ankle Course, Leeds, UK. Contact: Stephanie Smith. Tel: 020 7842 0913. E-mail: ssmith@rheumatology.org.uk 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 4-7, 2006 — Orthopaedic Trauma Association, 2006 Annual Meeting & Residents Course, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Contact: OTA Staff. Website: http://interdok.com/mind/contact.cfm?ID=17196 October 5-7, 2006 — Frontiers of Clinical Investigation Symposium: Host Defense 2006, La Jolla, California, USA. E-mail: ocme@ucsd.edu. Website: cme.ucsd.edu/b2b2006/ October 6, 2006 — Resolution of Inflammatory Responses: Singalling Networks & Novel Therapeutic Strategies, 2006 Conference, London, UK. Contact: Natalie Sterman. Website: www.biochemistry.org/meetings 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 16-20, 2006 — American Osteopathic Association 111th Annual Convention and Scientific Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Contact: Registrar. Tel: 800 621 1773 ext. 8256. E-mail: convention@osteotech.org. Website: www.do-online.osteotech.org 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 27-29, 2006 — International Meeting of Bone and Joint Decade, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Contact: Arthritis Community Research & Evaluation Unit. Tel: 416 603 6269. Fax: 416 603 6288. E-mail: acreu@uhnres.utoronto.ca. Website: www.acreu.ca/research/events.html 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 1-3, 2006 — Summit on Standards for Arthritis Prevention and Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Contact: Arthritis Community Research & Evaluation Unit. Tel: 416 603 6269. Fax: 416 603 6288. E-mail: acreu@uhnres.utoronto.ca. Website: www.acreu.ca/research/events.html November 3-5, 2006 — American Association of Hip and Knee Surgery 16th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA. Contact: AAHKS. Website: www.aahks.org November 8-9, 2006 — Evidence-Based Rheumatology: Reducing the Prevalence and Impact of Arthritis, Washington, DC, USA. Contact: Arthritis Community Research & Evaluation Unit. Tel: 416 603 6269. Fax: 416 603 6288. E-mail: acreu@uhnres.utoronto.ca. Website: www.acreu.ca/research/events.html November 18-21, 2006 — 5th Annual Canadian Medical Association Leaders' Forum 2006, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Contact: CMA, 1867 Atla Vista Drive, Ottawa, ON K1G 3Y6, Canada. Tel: 800 663 7336 x2319. E-mail: leadersforum@cma.ca. Website: cma.ca/leadership.htm 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 23-24, 2006 — 5th Birmingham Course Orthopaedic Surgery for Rheumatology Trainees, Birmingham, UK. Contact: Katie Timmins. Tel: 0121 685 4166. 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, 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 3-6, 2006 — Philippine College of Surgeons, 2006 Annual Convention, Manila, Philippines. Contact: Jose Macario V. Faylona, MD. Website: www.pcs.org.ph 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 17, 2007 — Arthroscopy Association of North America, 2007 Specialty Day, San Diego, California, USA. Website: www.docguide.com/ crc.nsf/congresses/3DCAFC1748F9786085256F5B006CBEB1 February 22-24, 2007 — 27th European Workshop for Rheumatology Research, Florence, Italy. Website: www.ewrr2007.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 18-22, 2007 — Osteoporosis: Translating Research into Clinical Practice, Washington, DC, USA. Contact: National Osteoporosis Foundation, 1232 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037-1292, USA. Tel: 202 223 2226. Fax: 202 223 2237. Website: www.nof.org 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 26-30, 2007 — 49th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Rheumatology Association, Sydney, Australia.
Contact: P.O. Box 235, North Balwyn, Victoria 3104, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9859 6899. Fax: +61 3 9859 2211. 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
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