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2008

April 19-22, 2008 — Immunopharmacology 2008, Varadero Beach, Cuba. Contact: Dr. Gabino Garrido. Tel: 00 5 372 725 222. Fax: 00 5 372 736 471. E-mail: gabino.garrido@infomed.sld.cu

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: amsig2008@iceaustralia.com. Website: http://www.amsig.org/meeting.shtml

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 8-10, 2008 — 7th Central European Congress of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic. Website: www.revma.cz/crs/2008

May 8-11, 2008 — 6th International Workshop for Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions, Cologne, Germany. Contact: International Society for Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (ISMNI). Website: www.ismni.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 14-18, 2008 — American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 17th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress, Orlando, Florida, USA. Website: www.aace.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 17-21, 2008 — National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses Annual Congress, San Jose, California, USA. Website: http://www.orthonurse.org/CEC/AnnualCongress

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 21-24, 2008 — Autoimmunity, inflammation and lymphoproliferative diseases, Genova, Italy. Contact: Accademia Nazionale di Medicina, Via Martin Piaggio 17/6, 16122 Genova. Tel: +39 010 837 94225. Fax: +39 010 837 94260. E-mail: registration@accmed.org

May 22-25, 2008 — 81st Annual Congress of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association, Sapporo, Japan. Contact: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine. Fax: 011-81-11-233-0035. E-mail: joa2008@congre.co.jp. Website: www.joa2008.jp

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 27-31, 2008 — OMERACT 9, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. Contact: OMERACT Secretariat, Leanne Idzerda, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5. Tel: 1 613 562 5800. Fax: 1 613 562 5659. E-mail: omeract@uottawa.ca

May 28-31, 2008 — American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Contact: ACSM. Website: http://www.acsm.org

May 28-31, 2008 — Orthoptic, 11th International Congress, Antwerp, Belgium. Contact: IOC. Website: http://interdok.com

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 4-7, 2008 — American Orthopaedic Association & Canadian Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada. Website: http://www.aoacoa2008.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 5-9, 2008 — Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Contact: FOCIS. Website: www.focisnet.org

June 6-7, 2008 — 15th Congress of the European Rheumatism and Arthritis Surgical Society, Barcelona, Spain. Contact: Organizing Secretariat Active Congress, Ronda General Mitre, 17, 08017 Barcelona, Spain. Tel: 34 93 205 09 71. Fax: 34 93 205 38 52.

June 6-8, 2008 — New England Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, 2008 Annual Meeting, Manchester, Vermont, USA. Website: http://www.neplasticsurgery.com

June 7-11, 2008 — XXVII Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Barcelona, Spain. Contact: EAACI Executive Office Sweden. Tel: 011 46 8 459 6623. Fax: 011 46 8 663 3815.

June 8-11, 2008 — 15th EULAR Sonography Course, Paris, France. Contact: Dr. Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, Paris Ile-de-France-Ouest UVSQ, Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, 9, avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt. E-mail: maria-antonietta.dagostino@apr.aphp.fr

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 11-14, 2008 — American Physical Therapy Association Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Website: http://www.apta.org

June 13-17, 2008 — Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons 60th Annual Meeting, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. Contact: ABJS. Website: http://www.abjs.org

June 16-19, 2008 — Fifty Years of AO: ECM IX/BAB I Internal Fixation: From Research to the Clinics, Davos, Switzerland. Website: www.ecmjournal.org/ecm_meetings/next_event.shtml

June 16-21, 2008 — 6th International Conference on Pathways, Networks, and Systems, Chania, Crete, Greece. E-mail: PathwaysNetworksSystems@aegeanconferences.org

June 18-21, 2008 — 2008 Convention of the Canadian Association for Prosthetics and Orthotics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Contact: Kathy Kostycz, CAPO Head Office. Tel: 204-949-4970. Fax: 204-947-3627. E-mail: capo@mts.net

June 18-21, 2008 — American Back Society 25th Anniversary Program, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Website: http://www.americanbacksoc.org

June 19-22, 2008 — American Spinal Injury Association 34th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, California, USA. Website: http://www.asla-spinalinjury.org/annualMeeting

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 22-25, 2008 — Spina Bifida Association 35th Annual Conference, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Website: http://www.sbaa.org

June 23-25, 2008 — Bone Research Society Annual Meeting, Manchester, UK. Website: www.brsoc.org.uk

June 23-25, 2008 — 2nd Joint Meeting of the Bone Research Society and the British Orthopaedic Research Society, Manchester, UK. Contact: Janet Crompton. Tel: +44 0 1453 549929. E-mail: janet@janet-crompton.com. Website: http://www.brsoc.org.uk

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 11-13, 2008 — Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction Society 18th Annual Scientific Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Website: http://www.llrs.org

July 14-17, 2008 — Techniques & Applications of Molecular Biology, Warwick, England. Contact: Dr. Charlotte Moonan. Tel: 024 7652 3540. E-mail: Charlotte.Moonan@warwick.ac.uk. Website: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/ go/bioscienceshortcourses

July 24-25, 2008 — Clinical Exercise Testing and Interpretation: A Practical Approach, Cambridge, UK. Contact: Michelle Joyce. Tel: +44 0 1223 217763. E-mail: michelle.joyce@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

July 24-27, 2008 — Principles of Dance Medicine CME course, New York, New York, USA. Contact: Harkness Center for Dance Injuries of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. Tel: 212 598 6022. Fax: 212 598 7613. E-mail: harkness@nyumc.org. Website: http://www.med.nyu.edu/hjd/harkness

July 28-August 1, 2008 — Kaiser Permanente Orthopaedic Surgery Conference 2008, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Contact: Kaiser Permanente. Tel: 877 843 8500. Website: www.cmxtravel.com

August 1-3, 2008 — 16th Biennial National Conference on Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Crystal City, Virginia, USA. Contact: OI Foundation. Website: http://www.oif.org

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

July 10-19, 2008 — Juvenile Arthritis Conference, Costa Mesa, California, USA. Contact: American Juvenile Arthritis Organization (AJAO). Website: http://www.arthritis.org/conferences.php

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 — XV Panamerican Congress of Rheumatology, Guatemala. Contact: Asociacion Guatemalteca de Reumatologia. Fax: 502 2632 6890. 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

August 17-22, 2008 — Immunochemistry & Immunobiology Conference, Oxford, England. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences. Tel: 401 783 4011. Fax: 401 783 7644. E-mail: grc@grc.org

August 21-23, 2008 — Mayo Clinic Selected Topics in Rheumatology, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Tel: 800 323 2688. Website: www.mayo.edu/cme

August 24-29, 2008 — XXIV Triennial World Congress of the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT), Hong Kong. Contact: SICOT AISBL. Tel: 011 32 2 648 6823. Fax: 011 32 2 649 8601. E-mail: hq@sicot.org. Website: www.sicot.org

September 1-5, 2008 — 54th Congress of the South African Orthopaedic Association, Cape Town, South Africa. Contact: Leana Fourie, SAOA Secretariat. Tel: 011 051 430 3280. Fax: 011 051 430 3284. Website: www.saoa.org.za

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 9-13, 2008 — 43rd Annual Scoliosis Research Society Meeting & Course, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Contact: Scoliosis Research Society. Tel: 414 289 9107. Fax: 414 276 3349. E-mail: info@srs.org. Website: www.srs.org/meetings

September 11-14, 2008 — American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedics 81st Annual Assembly, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. Website: http://www.aoao.org/aoao/meetings

September 12-16, 2008 — 30th ASBMR Annual Meeting: Advancing the Future, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Contact: The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Website: www.asbmr.org

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 15-17, 2008 — 3rd European Course of Capillaroscopy and Rheumatic Diseases, Genova, Italy. Contact: EDRA Spa, Viale Monza 133, 20125 Milano, Italy. Tel: +39 02 281 72300. Fax: +39 02 913 90681. E-mail: 3rdcapillaroscopy@edraspa.it

September 16-19, 2008 — 2008 Annual Congress of the British Orthopaedic Association, Liverpool, England. Contact: BOA. Tel: 011 44 207 405 6507. Fax: 011 207 831 2676. Website: www.boa.ac.uk

September 17-20, 2008 — Joint 13th Annual Meeting for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis of the Americas Committee and 24th Congress of the EU, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Contact: ACTRIMS, c/o National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Tel: 212-476-0452. Fax: 212-499-0741. E-mail: actrims@nmss.org. Website: www.actrims.org/future.asp

September 18-20, 2008 — 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Contact: ASSH. Tel: 847 384 8300. E-mail: meetings@assh.org. Website: www.assh.org

September 18-20, 2008 — 2008 European Congress on Shoulder Surgery (SECEC), Brugge, Belgium. Contact: Medicongress. Tel: 011 329 344 3959. Fax: 011 329 344 4010. E-mail: secec@medicongress.com

September 18-20, 2008 — 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Association of Osseointegration (EAO), Warsaw, Poland. Contact: Colloquium. Tel: 011 33 1 4464 1515. Fax: 011 33 1 4464 1516. Website: www.eao.org

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 21-26, 2008 — 3rd International Conference on Tissue Engineering, Rhodes, Greece. Website: www.aegeanconferences.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

September 29-October 3, 2008 — 10th EULAR Postgraduate Course, Krefeld, Germany. Contact: Caroline Pasche, EULAR Education Programme Coordinator. E-mail: caroline.pasche@eular.org

October 2-4, 2008 — Knee Society Interim Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA. Contact: Knee Society. Website: http://www.kneesociety.org

October 10-14, 2008 — Bone and Joint Decade Annual Global Network Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. E-mail: benh@arthritiswa.org.au

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

October 16-19, 2008 — 13th Meeting of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID), Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Contact: Congress Care. Tel: 011 31 73 690 1415. Fax: 011 31 73 690 1417. E-mail: info@congresscare.com

October 23-25, 2008 — 18th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Contact: Donna Krasnow, Conference Director, IADMS. E-mail: ConferenceDirector@iadms.org

October 23-26, 2008 — 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Atherosclerosis Society, Fremantle, Western Australia. Website: http://www.meetingsfirst.com.au/meetings

October 24-28, 2008 — 2nd Congress of the European Academy of Paediatrics, Nice, France. Contact: Kenes International. Tel: +41 22 908 0488. Fax: +41 22 732 2850. E-mail: paediatrics@kenes.com

October 24-29, 2008 — American College of Rheumatology 2008 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. Website: www.rheumatology.org

October 24-29, 2008 — Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals 2008 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: ARHP. Website: http://www.rheumatology.org/annual/ 08meeting.asp

October 26-30, 2008 — 9th International Congress of Neuroimmunology, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Contact: Organizing Secretariat, EEM International Congress Service. Tel: 39 06 5193499. Fax: 39 06 5194009. Website: http://www.isniweb.org

October 31-November 1, 2008 — International Cartilage Repair Society 2nd Surgical Skills Course, Miami, Florida, USA. Contact: ICRS Executive Office, Seestrasse 53, 8702 Zollikon, Switzerland. Tel: 41 44 390 118 40. Fax: 41 44 390 18 41. E-mail: office@cartilage.org. Website: www.cartilage.org

November 6-8, 2008 — Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Contact: MSTS. Website: http://www.msts.org

November 6-8, 2008 — Congress of Chiropractic State Association Convention, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Website: http://www.cocsa.org

November 6-8, 2008 — OSTEOMEN 4th International Conference on Osteoporosis in Men, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy. Contact: IN&FO&MED Srl, Via Melchiorre Gioia, 82, 20125 Milano, Italy. E-mail: osteomen@infomed-online.it

November 7-9, 2008 — American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons 18th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA. Website: http://www.aahks.org

November 7-12, 2008 — 2008 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Seattle, Washington, USA. Contact: ACAAI. E-mail: mail@acaai.org. Website: www.acaai.org

November 12-14, 2008 — 14th Annual Congress of the Egyptian Society of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Cairo, Egypt. Contact: EGYRAR. Tel: +202 24856957. E-mail: rheumasociety@yahoo.com. Website: www.egyrar.com

November 13-16, 2008 — Arthroscopy Association of North America Fall Course, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Contact: Holly R. Albert, Director of Meetings, AANA. Tel: 847-292-2262. Fax: 847-292-2268. E-mail: holly@aana.org. Website: www.aana.org/cme/FutureMeetings.aspx

November 20-23, 2008 — 69th Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, San Diego, California, USA. Contact: AAPMR. Tel: 312 464 9700. Fax: 312 464 0227. E-mail: info@aapmr.org. Website: www.aapmr.org

December 3-6, 2008 — Cervical Spine Research Society 13th Instructional Course & 36th Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, USA. Website: http://www.csrs.org

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

December 10-13, 2008 — Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Seminar, Orlando, Florida, USA. Website: www.siic.info

2009

July 6-8, 2009 — International Workshop on the Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Bone Disease, Oxford, UK. Contact: Janet Crompton. Tel: +44 0 1453 549929. E-mail: janet@janet-crompton.com. Website: http://www.paget.org.uk