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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 2007 December 24-31, 2007 6th Annual Pulmonary, Infectious Disease and Sleep Disorders Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Contact: Sandra Barnhart. Tel: 1 800 422 0711. Fax: 727 527 3228. E-mail: sandra@continuingeducation.net 2008 January 7-12, 2008 Keystone Symposia: Eicosanoids and Other Mediators of Chronic Inflammation, Big Sky, Montana, USA. Contact: Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 524 800 00. Fax: +46 8 31 11 01. E-mail: info@ki.se January 9-12, 2008 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS), Beverly Hills, California, USA. Contact: AAHS. Tel: 312 236 3307. Fax: 312 782 0553. E-mail: contact@handsurgery.org. Website: www.handsurgery.org January 10-12, 2008 Winter Total Joint Symposium, Vail, Colorado, USA. Contact: Biomet Orthopedics. Tel: 800 348 9500. Fax: 574 267 8137. Website: www.biomet.com January 14-18, 2008 Endocrinology and Rheumatology: The Most Useful Topics in Both Specialties, Sarasota, Florida, USA. Contact: Eva Easterwood/Cristina Colon. Tel: 866 267 4263. Tax: 941 365 7073. E-mail: mail@ams4cme.com. Website:www.ams4cme.com January 15-19, 2008 - Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Contact: Administrative Office, RWCS 2008, 41 East Lipoa Street, Suite 21, Kihei, HI 96753. Tel: 858 385 0785. Fax: 858 683 2027. E-mail: information.services@r-w-c-s.com January 18-19, 2008 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons/American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Rosemont, Illinois, USA. Contact: AAOS. Tel: 847 823 7186. Fax: 847 823 8125. E-mail: meeting@aaos.org. Website: www.aaos.org. January 20-22, 2008 World Congress on Neck Pain, Los Angeles, California, USA. Contact: Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability. Tel: 800 872 3105. Fax: 604 684 6247. Website: www.neckpaincongress.org January 20-25, 2008 Viral Immunity, Keystone, Colorado, USA. Website: http://www.keystonesymposia.org January 24-25, 2008 International 26th Course for Percutaneous Endoscopic Spinal Surgery (ISSMISS), Zurich, Switzerland. Website: www.issmiss.com January 26-29, 2008 2008 Midwinter Conference of Immunologists at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, USA. Contact: Kimberly Gurney, Conference Registrar. Tel: 650 5718367. E-mail: kim.gurney@byu.net January 26-February 1, 2008 Winter Rheumatology Symposium, Snowmass, Colorado, USA. Website: www.rheumatology.org/meetings January 26-February 2, 2008 Musculoskeletal Injuries in Adults & Children in the Emergency Department, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Contact: Janice MacIsaac, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. Tel: 800 463 1158 ext. 20. E-mail: registration@caep.ca. Website: www.caep.ca January 28-29, 2008 6th Annual Cytokines and Inflammation Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: GTCbio, 434 W. Foothilll Blvd., Monrovia, CA 91016. Tel: 626 256 6405 x2. E-mail: customerservices@gtcbio.com January 29-30, 2008 RCN Rheumatology Nursing Forum Annual Conference and Exhibition, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Contact: Guillia Ward. Tel: +44 0 207 647 3591. E-mail: rheumatology@rcn.org.uk. Website: www.rcn.org.uk January 29-February 3, 2008 Tolerance in Transplantation and Autoimmunity, Keystone, Colorado, USA. Contact: Keystone Symposia. Tel: 800 253 0685. Fax: 970 262 1525. E-mail: info@keystonesymposia.org January 29-February 3, 2008 Keystone Symposia: Tolerance in Transplantation and Autoimmunity, Keystone, Colorado, USA. Contact: Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 524 800 00. E-mail: info@ki.se 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 February 3-8, 2008 Lymphocyte Activation and Signaling, Snowbird, Utah, USA. Contact: Keystone Symposia. Tel: 800 253 0685. Fax: 970 262 1525. E-mail: info@keystonesymposia.org February 7-12, 2008 Joint Meeting Cell Death in the Immune System and Cell Death and Cellular Senescence, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. Contact: Keystone Symposia. Tel: 800 253 0685. Fax: 970 262 1525. E-mail: info@keystonesymposia.org February 8-10, 2008 12th International Conference on Lymphocyte Activation and Immune Regulation, TCell Regulation and Autoimmunity, Newport Beach, California, USA. Contact: Conference Secretariat. Tel: 949 824 5818. E-mail: jsatouta@uci.edu February 10-11, 2008 The Mosaic of Autoimmunity, Kfar Maccabiah, Israel. Contact: Congress on Autoimmunity. Website: http://www.kenes.com/mosaicofautoimmunity February 14-17, 2008 7th Congress of Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand 2008, Hong Kong, China. Contact: APFSSH. Tel: 852 2735 8118. Fax: 852 2735 8282. E-mail: apfssh@mvdmc.com. Website: apfssh2008.org; www.hksht.org. February 14-17, 2008 New Trends in Immunosuppression & Immunotherapy, 8th International Conference, Berlin, Germany. Contact: Secretariat. Website: www.kenes.com/immuno February 14-17, 2008 8th International Conference on New Trends in Immunosuppression and Immunotherapy, Berlin, Germany. Contact: Kenes International. Tel: 011 41 22 908 0488. Fax: 011 41 22 732 2850. E-mail: immuno@kenes.com February 18-19, 2008 3rd International Conference on Cytokine Medicine, London, UK. Contact: Hannah Barnett. Tel: 0044 0 20 8979 8300. E-mail: cyto@hamptonmedical.com. Website: http://www.cytokines.org.uk February 21-24, 2008 11th Annual Conference on Osteoporosis, Amelia Island, Florida, USA. Website: http://www.sma.org/education/ cmecalendar/osteo February 24-29, 2008 Joint Meeting NK and NKT Cell Biology and Innate Immunity: Signaling Mechanisms, Keystone, Colorado, USA. Contact: Keystone Symposia. Tel: 800 253 0685. Fax: 970 262 1525. E-mail: info@keystonesymposia.org February 25-29, 2008 Emergency Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach to Adult Care, Sarasota, Florida, USA. Contact: Eva or Cristina. Tel: 1 866 267 4263, 1 941 388 1766. Fax: 1 941 365 7073. E-mail: mail@ams4cme.com March 1-5, 2008 Keystone Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium, Keystone, Colorado, USA. Website: www.rheumatology.org/meetings March 3-7, 2008 Intensive Applied Course in Epidemiology, Aberdeen, Scotland. Contact: Lorraine Middleton. Tel: +44 0 1224 552 495. E-mail: epidemiology@abdn.ac.uk. Website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk March 5-8, 2008 Canadian Rheumatology Association 2008 Annual Meeting and Conference, Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. Website: http://www.rheum.ca March 6-8, 2008 Infections, Rheumatism and Autoimmunity, Milan, Italy. Contact: Elena Guerriero. Tel: +39 02 657 1200. E-mail: e.guerriero@oic.it. Website: www.oic.it/ira2008 March 6-9, 2008 10th International Workshop on Autoantibodies and Autoimmunity, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. E-mail: igdlt@aol.com; iwaa-gdl@prodigy.net.mx; registration@iwaa.com.mx March 7-11, 2008 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 64th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Contact: Andi Raabe. Tel: +1 414 272 6071. Fax: +1 414 272 6070. Website: www.aaaai.org March 7-11, 2008 European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria. Website: www.ecr.org March 8, 2008 Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA)–2008 Specialty Day, San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: AANA. Tel: 847 292 2262. Fax: 847 292 2268. E-mail: info@aana.org. Website: www.aana.org March 8-9, 2008 IOF Osteoporosis Diagnosis Course, with Densitometry Certification, Tehran, Iran. Contact: Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Center. E-mail: emrc@sina.tums.ac.ir March 8-14, 2008 International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS) Davos Workshop: Bone Biology & Therapy, Davos, Switzerland. Contact: Anne Paterson, IBMS. Tel: 202 367 1121. Fax: 202 367 2121. E-mail: info@IBMSonline.org March 12, 2008 Osteoarthritis Conference, London, England. Contact: Royal College of Physicians of London. Tel: 011 44 207 224 1539. Fax: 011 207 487 5218. E-mail: conferences@rcplondon.ac.uk. Website: www.rcplondon.ac.uk March 12-15, 2008 2008 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: ISCD Educational Department. Tel: 860 586 7563. Fax: 860 586 7550. E-mail: iscd@iscd.org. Website: www.iscd.org March 14, 2008 International Neuroimmunology Symposium, Dublin, Ireland. Contact: Dr. Clare O'Connor, Conway Institute, University College Dublin. Tel: 353 1 716 6700. Fax: 353 1 716 6701. Website: http://www.ucd.ie/mniest/Neuroimm_workshop.html March 14-18, 2008 64th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Contact: Katie Ferguson, AAAAI. Tel: 414 272 6071. Fax: 414 272 6070. E-mail: annualmeeting@aaaai.org March 15-18, 2008 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Mexico City, Mexico. Contact: Nenetzen Saavedra, Secretariat. Tel: 011 52 777 329 3095/011 52 777 329 3000 ext. 5958. E-mail: safety2008@insp.mx. Website: www.safety2008.mx March 27-28, 2008 Elbow/Shoulder/Wrist Trauma and Arthroplasty Meeting, Celebration, Florida, USA. Contact: Biomet Orthopedics. Tel: 800 348 9500. Fax: 574 267 8137. Website: www.biomet.com March 31-April 1, 2008 An Introduction to Immunology, Coventry, UK. Contact: Dr. Steve Hicks. Tel: 0044 02476 523540. E-mail: s.j.hicks@warwick.ac.uk. Website: http://www.warwick.ac.uk March 31-April 4, 2008 British Society for Rheumatology, 25th Annual General Meeting, Brighton, United Kingdom. Contact: BSR. Website: http://www.siicsalud.com/ March 31-April 4, 2008 Rheumatology: Improving Primary Care Outcomes Through Diagnosis and Treatment (CME), Sarasota, Florida, USA. E-mail: mail@ams4cme.com. Website: http://www.ams4cme.com April 2-5, 2008 22nd European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, Toulouse, France. Contact: Mogens Thomsen, Secretariat. Tel: 011 33 56 132 2061. Fax: 011 33 56 132 2084. Website: www.efiweb.org/meetings.html April 4-8, 2008 The Fifth International Congress on FMF and Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Rome, Italy. Contact: Conference Secretariat, Pyramide srl, Via San Godenzo 164, 00189 Roma, Italy. Tel: +39 06 3314114. Fax: +39 06 3314113. E-mail: segr-fmfsaid2008@pyramide.it. Website: www.fmfsaid2008.com April 6-13, 2008 Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. E-mail: contactus@continuingeducation.net. Website: http://www.continuingeducation.net/coursedetails.php?program_ number=574 April 9-12, 2008 8th European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis, Istanbul, Turkey. Website: www.ecceo8.org April 11-13, 2008 21st Annual Spring Meeting of the Canadian Society for Immunology, Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. Contact: Gill Wu, CSI. E-mail: gill.wu@yorku.ca. Website: www.csi.ucalgary.ca April 11-13, 2008 5th World Congress of Sports Trauma and 6th Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Meeting, Hong Kong. Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/whoctr/wcst2008/ April 11-18, 2008 5th World Congress of Sports Trauma & 6th Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Meeting, Hong Kong, China. Contact: Ms. Poyee Tong. Tel: 852 2632 2798. Fax: 852 2646 3020. E-mail: poyee@ort.cuhk.edu.hk. Website: www.cuhk.edu.hk/whoctr/ April 12-13, 2008 State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Website: www.rheumatology.org/meetings April 12-13, 2008 8th Biennial Canadian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Symposium 2008, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contact: CME, University of Toronto. Tel: 416 978 2719. Fax: 416 946 7028. E-mail: ce.med@utoronto.ca April 15-18, 2008 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Pain Society, Liverpool, England. Contact: The British Pain Society. Tel: 011 44 207 269 7840. Fax: 011 44 207 831 0859. E-mail: info@britishpainsociety.org April 22-25, 2008 BSR Annual Meeting & BHPR Spring Meeting 2008, Liverpool, UK. Contact: Hannah Gardner. Tel: 020 7842 0917. E-mail: hgardner@rheumatology.org.uk. Website: http://www.bsrconference.org.uk April 24-27, 2008 24th Annual Rheumatology on the Beach, Destin, Florida, USA. E-mail: dmclain@pol.net. Website: http://www.rheumatologyonthebeach.com April 30-May 2, 2008 2008 Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Contact: Sharon Goldberg, Executive Director. Tel: 847 698 1692. Fax: 847 823 0536. May 3-4, 2008 Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG) Conference, Sydney, Australia. Contact: Brigitte Dumpich, Tour Hosts Pty Ltd. Tel: 011 61 2 9265 0700. Fax: 011 61 2 9267 5443. E-mail: enquiry@tourhosts.com.au. Website: www.tourhosts.com.au May 3-9, 2008 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 16th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contact: ISMRM office. Tel: +1 510 841 1899. Fax: +1 510 841 2340. Website: www.ismrm.org May 7-10, 2008 7th European Lupus Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: Cavana Quality Support, Herengracht 14 G, 1015 BK Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: + 32 020 4711337. E-mail: lupus@cavana.nl. Website: www.lupus2008.nl May 7-10, 2008 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society. Contact: APS. Tel: 847 375 4715. Fax: 877 734 8758. E-mail: info@ampainsoc.org. Website: www.ampainsoc.org May 13-16, 2008 26th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Graz, Austria. Contact: Meeting Secretariat, Kenes International, 17 Rue du Cendrier, PO Box 1726, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 908 4488. Fax: +41 22 732 2850. E-mail: espid@kenes.com May 17-21, 2008 50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Rheumatology Association, Adelaide, Australia. Contact: Kevin Wickham, The Wickhams Pty Ltd. Tel: 011 61 3 9859 1885. Fax: 011 61 3 9859 2211. Website: wickhams.com.au May 18-21, 2008 Current Concepts in Joint Replacement - Spring 2008 Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Contact: Dorothy L. Granchi, Current Concepts Institute (CCI). Tel: 216 295 1900. Fax: 216 295 9955. May 20-23, 2008 3rd Tutzing Autoimmunity Conference, Tutzing, Germany. Contact: Felix Angermüller, Conference Organizer. Tel: 0049 0 3641 35 33 226. Fax: 0049 0 3641 3533 21. Website: http://www.conventus.de/tac2008/ May 23-25, 2008 Ontario Rheumatology Association 2008 Annual Meeting, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada. Website: http://www.rheum.ca May 24-27, 2008 13th International Conference on Behcet's Disease, Poertschach/Klagenfurt, Austria. Contact: M. Schirmer. E-mail: office@sambax.com. Website: www.behcet.ws May 24-28, 2008 35th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues, Barcelona, Spain. Tel: 44 0 1454 610255. E-mail: admin@ectsoc.org May 27-30, 2008 2008 Annual Conference of the Canadian Pain Society, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Contact: CPS. Tel: 905 668 9545. Fax: 905 668 3728. Website: www.canadianpainsociety.ca/conferences.html May 29-June 1, 2008 European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Nice, France. Contact: EFORT Central Office. Tel: 011 41 44 448 4400. Fax: 011 41 44 448 4411. Website: www.efort.org June 4-7, 2008 63rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association and the 121st Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Contact: COA Office. Tel: 514 874 9003 ext. 5. Fax: 514 874 0464. Website: www.coa-aco.org/www.aoassn.org June 5, 2008 Joint Conference of the British Geriatrics Society and the British Society for Rheumatology: Rheumatology in Later Life, London, England. Contact: Royal College of Physicians of London. Tel: 011 44 207 224 1539. Fax: 011 207 487 5218. E-mail: conferences@rcplondon.ac.uk. Website: www.rcplondon.ac.uk 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/ June 11-14, 2008 American Society for Reproductive Immunology, 28th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Website: http://www.theasri.org/conference.html June 20-25, 2008 5th International Conference on Innate Immunity, Loutraki, Ancient Corinth, Greece. E-mail: 5thInnate@aegeanconferences.org June 21-26, 2008 5th International Conference on Innate Immunity, Crete, Greece. Contact: Aegean Conferences, 36 Haymarket Ln, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, USA. Tel: 610 527 7630. Fax: 610 527 7631. E-mail: info@aegeanconferences.org. Website: www.aegeanconferences.org June 29-July 6, 2008 Update in Medicine: Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, New York, New York, USA. Website: http://www.continuingeducation.net/coursedetails.php?program_number=578 July 10-13, 2008 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: Janisse Selan, Director of Education, AOSSM. Tel: 847 292 4900. Fax: 847 292 4905. E-mail: jan@aossm.org August 7-8, 2008 Elbow/Shoulder/Wrist Trauma and Arthroplasty Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Contact: Biomet Orthopedics. Tel: 800 348 9500. Fax: 574 267 8137. Website: www.biomet.com August 13-15, 2008 Scandinavian Society for Immunology Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden. Contact: Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm. Tel: +46 8-524 800 0. Fax: +46 8-31 11 01. E-mail: info@ki.se August 13-16, 2008 Panamerican Congress of Rheumatology, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Contact: Dr. Eduardo Samayoa. Tel: 50 223 626 889. E-mail: asoguareuma@gmail.com. Website: http://panlar2008.agreuma.org August 13-16, 2008 Panamerican Congress of Rheumatology, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Contact: Dr. Eduardo Samayoa. Tel: 50 223 626 889. E-mail: asoguareuma@gmail.com. Website: http://panlar2008.agreuma.org August 14-15, 2008 12th World Congress on Pain Satellite Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland. Tel: +44 0 1224 552 495. E-mail: epidemiology@abdn.ac.uk September 3-7, 2008 6th International Congress on Autoimmunity, Porto, Portugal. Contact: Kenes International, 17 Rue de Cendrier, P.O. Box 1726, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 908 0488. E-mail: autoimmunity@kenes.com. Website: www.kenes.com/autoimmunity September 12-16, 2008 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 30th Annual Meeting, Palais Des Congres, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Tel: 202 367 1161. Fax: 202 367 2161. E-mail: asbmr@asbmr.org September 12-16, 2008 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Montreal, Canada. September 13-16, 2009 2nd European Congress of Immunology, Berlin, Germany. Website: www.eci-berlin2009.com September 14-17, 2008 15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress, University College London, UK. Contact: British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology. Tel: +44 0 20 8979 8300. Fax: +44 0 20 8979 6700. E-mail: pres2008@hamptonmedical.com. Website: www.pres2008.ukevents.org, www.pres.org.uk 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 October 11-16, 2008 4th International Conference on Gene Regulation in Lymphocyte Development, Rhodes, Greece. Contact: 4thGeneRegulation@aegeanconferences.org October 11-25, 2008 Rheumatology and Cardiovascular Medicine CME Cruise Course, Athens, Greece. Contact: Sea Courses Cruises, Dr. Martin Gerretsen. Tel: 888 647 7327. Fax: 888 547 7337. E-mail: cruises@seacourses.com. Website: www.seacourses.com December 3-7, 2008 IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis, Bangkok, Thailand. Contact: Janice Blondeau, International Osteoporosis Foundation. Tel: +41 22 994 0100. Fax: +41 22 994 0101. E-mail: iofnews@osteofound.org |