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2007

March 11-15, 2007 — International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy, 7th Triennial Congress, Sydney, Australia. Contact: Roland Hicks. Website: http://www.hands2007.com

March 15-20, 2007 — Il Corso Teorico-Pratico La Settimana delle Malattie Rare in Reumatologia "Alessandro Lupoli," Pisa/Buti, Italy. Contact: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Via Santa Maria 31, 56126 Pisa. Tel: 39 050 40124. Fax: 39 050 502299. E-mail: marconcini@clinexprheumatol.org

March 19-21, 2007 — Osteoporosis and Other Metabolic Bone Diseases, St Anne's College, Oxford, UK. Contact: British Society for Rheumatology. Tel: +44 (0)1454 642 240. E-mail: conferences@endocrinology.org

March 21-25, 2007 — American Academy of Osteopathy Annual Convention, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Contact: AAO.Website: www.academyofosteopathy.org

March 24-28, 2007 — 2nd International Congress of Molecular Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. Contact: Prof. Dr. Turgay Isbir. Tel: 90 2 126 351 959. 90 2 126 351 959. E-mail: tisbir@superonline.com

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 1-4, 2007 — First Course on Genetics of Rheumatic and Auto-inflammatory Diseases, Bertinoro, Italy. Contact: European Genetics Foundation. Tel: +39 051 306171; 306474; 5870614. Fax: +39 051 6364004. E-mail: courses@eurogene.org. Website: www.eurogene.org

April 11-14, 2007 — 10th Meeting of the Society for Natural Immunity, Cambridge, UK. Contact: Inflammation and Immunology Network. Website: http://ki.se

April 11-14, 2007 — Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Contact: ACPOC. Website: www.acpoc.org/annual_conference/

April 11-15, 2007 — 18th Israeli Medical Association World Fellowship International Conference, Jerusalem, Israel. Contact: Ms. Sagit Ishay. Tel: 97 236 384 444. Fax: 97 236 384 455. E-mail: imawf@ortra.com. Website: www.ortra.com/imawf

April 11-15, 2007 — World Immune Regulation Meeting, Davos, Switzerland. Contact: SIAF, Obere Strasse 22, CH-7270 Davos, Switzerland. E-mail: siaf@siaf.unizh.ch. Website: http://www.siaf.unizh.ch

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 19-21, 2007 — Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, & Vascular Biology, 2007 Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Contact: Julie Green, American Heart Association. Website: www.myamericanheart.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 20-21, 2007 — 5th International Conference "Sex Hormones, Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases," Florence, Italy. Contact: Edra S.p.A., Viale Monza 133, 20125 Milano, Italy. Tel: 39 02 28172329. Fax: 39 02 28172399.

April 25-27, 2007 — First Central Asian Congress of Rheumatology, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Contact: Prof. A. Seisenbayev, Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. E-mail: Zdrav_kz@nursat.kz

April 26-28, 2007 — 51st Annual General Assembly and Scientific Meeting of Japan College of Rheumatology and the 16th International Rheumatology Symposium, Yokohama, Japan. Contact: JCR. Website: www.ryumachi-jp.com

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.

April 27-May 2, 2007 — Endocrinology, 9th European Congress, Budapest, Hungary. Contact: Blaguss Ltd Congress Bureau. Tel: 36 1 374 7030. Fax: 36 1 312 1582.

May 1-31, 2007 — Sports Medicine 10: A Primary Care Approach, 2007 Conference, Sarasota, Florida, USA. Contact: American Medical Seminars, Inc. Website: http://interdok.com/mind/detail.cfm?ID-20128

May 5, 2007 — European Calcified Tissue Society Course: Bone Quality: From Bench to Bedside, Copenhagen, Denmark. Contact: ECTS, PO Box 337, Patchway, Bristol BS32 4ZR, UK. Tel: 44 0 1454 610255. Fax: 44 0 1454 610255. E-mail: admin@ectsoc.org. Website: www.ectsoc.org

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

May 6-9, 2007 — Bones Society Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Contact: BONES. Website: www.bonessociety.org

May 6-9, 2007 — Life, Disability & Health Insurance Medicine, 22nd Triennial International Congress, Berlin, Germany. Contact: Comed GmbH. Website: www.siicsalud.com

May 8-11, 2007 — British Society for Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Birmingham, UK. Contact: Rowena Treitel, BSR, Bride House, 18-20 Bride Lane, London EC4Y 8EE. Tel 44 0 207 842 0900. Fax: 44 0 207 842 0914. E-mail: conferences@rheumatology.org.uk. Website: www.rheumatology.org.uk

May 12-14, 2007 — 38th Laurentian Conference of Rheumatology, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. Contact: Carol Yeadon. E-mail: carol-anne.yeadon.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

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 18-22, 2007 — American Association of Immunologists Immunology 2007, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Contact: The American Association of Immunologists, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814. Tel: 301 634 7178. Website: www.aai.org

May 23-27, 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 25-27, 2007 — Ontario Rheumatology Association Annual General Meeting, Muskoka, Canada. Website: www.rheum.ca

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. E-mail: arasyd@wickhams.com.au. Website: www.araconference.com

May 30-June 2, 2007 — American College of Sports Medicine, 2007 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Contact: ACSM. Website: http://interdok.com/

May 30-June 3, 2007 — International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, 2007 Annual Meeting, Beijing, China. Contact: R. Gunzburg. Website: http://interdok.com/

June 1-3, 2007 — Canadian Orthopaedic 62nd Association Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Contact: COA. Website: www.coa-aco.org

June 1-30, 2007 — DVD-Topics in Endocrinology and Rheumatology Diagnostic and Treatment Skills, Sarasota, Florida, USA. Contact: Eva or Cristina. Tel: 1 866 267 4263. Fax: 941 365 7073. E-mail: mail@ams4cme.com

June 7-9, 2007 — High Density Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis, Helsinki, Finland. Contact: EAS - Paavo Nurmi HDL Satellite Symposium 2007, Secretariat/Sari Mustala, KTL/MLO/Biomedicum Helsinki, P.O. Box 104, Fl-00251 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: 358 9 47448282. Fax: 359 9 47448960. Website: www.ktl.fi

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 10-14, 2007 — International Society of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, 4th World Congress, Seoul, Korea. Contact: ISPRM. Website: www.isprm2007.org

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/

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

June 22-24, 2007 — 22nd Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch - Traumatologische Sportmedizin, München, Germany. Contact: ICRS Executive Office. Tel: 41 0 44 390 18 40. Fax: 41 0 44 390 18 41. E-mail: info@cartilage.org

June 23-24, 2007 — Vertebral Fracture Assessment Course, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Contact: ISCD Headquarters. Tel: 860 586 7563. Fax: 860 586 7550. E-mail: iscd@iscd.org. Website: www.iscd.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/

June 28-July 1, 2007 — 3rd International Forum on Pain Medicine, Montreal, Canada. Website: www.kenes.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

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 12-15, 2007 — American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 33rd Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Contact: AOSSM, 6300 N. River Road, Suite 500, Rosemont, IL 60018, USA. Website: www.aossm.org

July 14-19, 2007 — Autoimmunity, 2007 Conference, Saxtons River, Vermont, USA. Contact: Peggi McGovern, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Website: src.faseb.org

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 24-26, 2007 — Biologic Therapies for Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disease States, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Contact: UNITECH Communications. Tel: 216 297 7330 or 800 238 6750. Website: clevelandclinicmeded.com/biotherapies07

September 1-5, 2007 — Rheumatology 2007, Oludeniz, Turkey. Contact: Serenas Tourism & Organization. Tel: 011 90 312 44 5011. Fax: 011 90 312 441 4564. E-mail: yavuzalp@serenas.com.tr. Website: www.serenas.com.tr/english/02_org.php

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 5-9, 2007 — 14th Pediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress, Istanbul, Turkey. Contact: Dr. Seza Ozen. Website: www.pres2007.org

September 9-14, 2007 — III EULAR Course on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Pisa, Italy. Contact: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Via Santa Maria 31, 56126 Pisa, Italy. Tel: 39 050 40124. Fax: 39 050 502299. E-mail: marconcini@clinexprheumatol.org

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/

September 27-30, 2007 — American Academy of Pain Management Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Contact: Jillian Manley. Tel: 209 533 9744. Fax: 209 533 9750. E-mail: jillian@aapainmanage.org

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

September 30-October 4, 2007 — American Osteopathic Association Convention, San Diego, California, USA. Contact: AOA. Website: www.osteopathic.org

October 2-6, 2007 — Eurospine 2007, Brussels, Belgium. Website: www.eurospine2007.com

October 4-5, 2007 — Irish Society for Rheumatology & Irish Rheumatology Health Professionals Society AGM, 2007 Conference, Galway, Ireland. Contact: Abbey Conference Services and ISR/IRHPS Secretariat. Website: http://interdok.com/mind/detail.cfm?ID=20577

October 6-13, 2007 — Rheumatology and Chronic Pain CME Cruise, Papeete, Tahiti. Contact: Sea Courses Cruises. Tel: 888 647 7327. Fax: 888 547 7337. E-mail: cruises@seacourses.com. Website: www.seacourses.com

October 7-12, 2007 — Australian Orthopaedic Association, 2007 Annual Meeting, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Contact: AOS. Tel: 61 2 9233 3018. Fax: 61 2 9221 8301. Website: http://www.aoa.org.au

October 10-14, 2007 — Bone and Joint Decade Annual Global Network Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. E-mail: benh@arthritiswa.org.au

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

October 23-27, 2007 — North American Spine Society 22nd Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Contact: NASS. Website: www.spine.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 7-11, 2007 — American College of Rheumatology/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Website: http://www.rheumatology.org/

November 25-28, 2007 — National Osteoporosis Society 12th Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Contact: Sarah Phillips. Website: http://www.ectsoc.org/events.htm

November 29-December 1, 2007 — Cervical Spine Research Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: CSRS. Website: www.csrs.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

December 6-9, 2007 — 2007 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Contact: OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI), 15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054, USA. Tel: 1 856 439 1385. Fax: 1 856 439 0525. E-mail: oarsi@oarsi.org

December 7-9, 2007 — The 4th Huaxia Congress on Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatic Diseases, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Contact: Miss Kitty Y. L. Leung, Administrative Manager. Tel: 2821 3512. Fax: 2865 0345. E-mail: kitty@fmshk.org

2008

January 31-February 3, 2008 — 32nd Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology, Levi, Lapland, Finland. Contact: Marja-Leena Porsanger, Rovaniemi-Lapland Congresses, University of Lapland, PO Box 122, FI-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland. Tel: 358 16 341 2799. Fax: 358 16 317 843. E-mail: marja-leena.porsanger@ulapland.fi

March 31-April 4, 2008 — British Society for Rheumatology, 25th Annual General Meeting, Brighton, United Kingdom. Contact: BSR. Website: http://www.siicsalud.com/

May 24-28, 2008 — 35th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues, Barcelona, Spain. Tel: 44 0 1454 610255. E-mail: admin@ectsoc.org

June 8-13, 2008 — 2nd International Conference on Osteoimmunology: Interactions of the Immune and Skeletal Systems, Rhodes, Greece. E-mail: osteoimmunology@aegeanconferences.org

June 11-14, 2008 — European League Against Rheumatism, 9th Annual European Congress, Paris, France. Contact: EULAR. Website: http://www.slicsalud.com/

September 18-21, 2008 — 2008 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Rome, Italy. Contact: OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI), 15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054, USA. Tel: 1 856 439 1385. Fax: 1 856 439 0525. E-mail: oarsi@oarsi.org

September 23-27, 2008 — 13th Congress of the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology, Yokohama, Japan. Contact: APLAR. Tel: 81 3 3508 1214. Fax: 81 3 3508 1302. E-mail: aplar2008@convention.jp. Website: http://www.aplar2008.com

December 3-7, 2008 — IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis, Bangkok, Thailand. Website: http://www.iofbonehealth.org