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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 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 21-22, 2006 — Oncology and Clinical Trials 2006, Kiev, Ukraine. Contact: Dr. Markov. Tel: 00 380 445 331 270. Fax: 00 380 445 331 270. E-mail: markov@nbscience.com 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 25-26, 2006 — Advanced Paediatric Rheumatology, Institute of Child Health, Bloomsbury, London, UK. Tel: 020 7905 2135. E-mail: info@ichevents.com 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 9-11, 2006 — International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society and the Society for Leukocyte Biology to Host Joint Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Website: www.ieiis.org/sanantonio2006.html or www.leukocytebiology.org November 9-12, 2006 — Arthroscopy Association of North America Fall Course, Palm Desert, California, USA. Website: www.aana.org November 10-11, 2006 — 3rd Annual Orthopaedics For the Primary Care Provider, New York, New York, USA. Contact: Amy Romanoff, Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai Medical Center. Tel: 212-241-1678. E-mail: amy.romanoff@mountsinai.org. Website: www.mssm.edu/orthopaedics/ortho_ prim_care_symp.shtml 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 9-12, 2006 — 67th Annual Assembly, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Honolulu, USA. Website: 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 18-21, 2006 — 5th Annual Canadian Medical Association Leaders' Forum 2006, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Contact: CMA, 1867 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa, ON K1G 3Y6, Canada. Tel: 800 663 7336 x2319. E-mail: leadersforum@cma.ca. Website: cma.ca/leadership.htm November 20-21, 2006 — Advances in Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutics, London, United Kingdom. Contact: Smi Group Limited, Great Guildford Street Business Square 30, Great Guildford Street, London SE1 0HS. E-mail: mkiyimba@smi-online.co.uk. Website: http://www.smi-online.co.uk/events/overview.asp? 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 26-December 1, 2006 — The Australian Health & Medical Research Third Congress, Melbourne, Australia. Contact: ASN Secretariat. Tel: 0(+61) 3 9863 7867. Website: http://www.ahmrcongress.org.au/program.htm November 28-December 1, 2006 — V International Course in Arthroplasties, Barcelona, Spain. Tel: 34 932 050 971. Fax: 34 932 053 852. E-mail: info@activecongress.es 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 November 29-December 3, 2006 — American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 3rd International POSNA/AAOS Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium, Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: Customer Service. Tel: 800 626 6726 (US and Canada), 847 823 7186 (outside US and Canada). E-mail: custserv@aaos.org November 30-December 2, 2006 — Canadian Arthritis Network, 2006 Annual Scientific Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Website: www.arthritisnetwork.ca November 30-December 2, 2006 — 11th Annual Congress of the Belgium Society of Internal Medicine, Brussels, Belgium. Contact: Isabel Van Dorpe. Tel: 00 32 92 404 402. Fax: 00 32 92 404 403. E-mail: isabel.vandorpe@ugent.be 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 9-13, 2006 — 46th American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, USA. Website: www.ascb.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. December 14-17, 2006 — Canadian Arthritis Network Partnerships and Sustainability Committee Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Contact: Arthritis Community Research & Evaluation Unit. Tel: 416-603-6269. E-mail: acreu@uhnres.utoronto.ca. Website: www.acreu.ca/research/events.html 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 15-19, 2007 — Topics in Endocrinology & Rheumatology: A Practical Approach, 2007 Seminar, Sarasota, Florida, USA. Contact: American Medical Seminars, Inc. Website: http://www.ams4cme.com 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 27-30, 2007 — Immunologists, 2007 Mid-Winter Conference, Pacific Grove, California, USA. Contact: Christel Uittenbogaart. Website: http://www.midwconfimmunol.org 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 12-13, 2007 — 5th Canadian Cochrane Symposium, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Contact: Miranda Cumpston, The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre. Tel: 416 927 2027 x2193. E-mail: cochrane@uottawa.ca. Website: www.cochrane.uottawa.ca February 12-16, 2007 — Primary Care Rheumatology: Improving Outcomes Through Diagnosis & Treatment, 2007 Seminar, Sarasota, Florida, USA. Contact: American Medical Seminars, Inc. Website: http://www.ams4cme.com February 14-18, 2007 — American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, USA. Contact: International Cartilage Repair Society. Tel: +41 (0) 44 390 18 40. Fax: +41 (0) 44 390 18 41. E-mail: office@cartilage.org. Website: http://www.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 20-23, 2007 — British Society for Immunology, 2007 Congress, Glasgow, UK. Contact: British Society for Immunology. Website: http://www.immunology.org/congress/2007/index.htm 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 414 272 6070. Website: www.aaaai.org/members/meetings/future_meetings.stm March 28-31, 2007 — 7th European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis, Porto, Portugal. Contact: International Cartilage Repair Society. Tel: +41 (0) 44 390 18 40. Fax: +41 (0) 44 390 18 41. E-mail: office@cartilage.org. Website: http://www.kit.de April 11, 2007 — World Immune Regulation Meeting-Special Focus on Regulatory Cells, Davos, Switzerland. Website: http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly. jsp?d=5181&a=13427&l=en April 11-15, 2007 — 18th Israeli Medical Association World Fellowship International Conference, Jerusalem, Israel. Website: www.ortra.com/imawf 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 19-22, 2007 — International Cartilage Repair Society Laboratory Skills Hands-on Workshop, Cardiff, United Kingdom. Contact: ICRS Executive Office. E-mail: sseiler@cartilage.org. Website: http://www.cartilage.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 April 27-29, 2007 — Cell/Tissue Damage & Autoimmune Response Colloquium, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. By invitation only. May 5-9, 2007 — 34th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues, Copenhagen, Denmark. Website: http://www.ectsoc.org/ May 10-14, 2007 — 8th European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) Congress, Florence, Italy. Tel: 0041/1/913-3225. E-mail: gabrielle.skala@efort.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 29-30, 2007 — International Cartilage Repair Society Rehabilitation Consensus Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland. Contact: ICRS Executive Office. E-mail: info@cartilage.org. Website: http://www.cartilage.org 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 3-5, 2007 — Bone Research Society Annual Meeting (formerly Bone & Tooth Society), Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Contact: Janet Crompton. Tel: 44 0 1 453 549 929. Fax: 44 0 1 453 548 919. E-mail: janet@janet-crompton.com 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 12-13, 2007 — International Symposium on Paget's Disease, Oxford, England, United Kingdom. Contact: Janet Crompton. Tel: 44 0 1 453 549 929. Fax: 44 0 1 453 548 919. E-mail: janet@janet-crompton.com 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 August 21-25, 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 27-29, 2007 — Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, 76th Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada. Website: http://www.umdnj.edu/psyevnts/ September 27-30, 2007 — 68th Annual Assembly, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Boston, USA. Website: http://www.aapmr.org/assembly/amdates.htm September 28-October 2, 2007 — 7th International Cartilage Repair Society World Congress on Cartilage Repair, Warsaw, Poland. Contact: ICRS Executive Office. E-mail: infor@cartilage.org. Website: http://www.cartilage.org October 6-13, 2007 — Rheumatology Cruise, Papeete, French Polynesia. Contact: Sea Courses Cruises. Tel: 1-888-647-7327. Fax: 1-888-547-7337. E-mail: cruises@seacourses.com 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 7-10, 2007 — Low Back & Pelvic Pain, 6th Interdisciplinary World Congress, Barcelona, Spain. Contact: University of California at San Diego. Website: http://www.worldcongresslbp.com 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 November 25-28, 2007 — National Osteoporosis Society 12th Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Contact: Sarah Phillips. Website: http://www.ectsoc.org/events.htm 2008 April 2-5, 2008 — 22nd European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, Toulouse, France. Contact: Mogens Thomsen. Tel: 33 561 322 061. Fax: 33 561 322 084. E-mail: thomsen@toulouse.inserm.fr 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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