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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 2008 July 19-20, 2008 — Ten Topics in Rheumatology, Singapore. Contact: Ten Topics Asia Secretariat, Ping Healthcare Pte Ltd, 14 Science Park Drive, #02-01A, The Maxwell, Singapore 118226. Tel: +65 6778 5620. Fax: +65 6778 1372. E-mail: TenTopicsAsia@pinghealthcare.com July 22-26, 2008 — Frontiers in Immunology Research, Florence, Italy. Contact: Helen Kantarelis, 64 Holden Street, Worcester, MA 01605-3109, USA. Tel: 508 852 3937. Fax: 508 595 0089. E-mail: hkan@firnweb.com. Web: http://www.firnweb.com 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 24-25, 2008 — Clinical Trials:ICH GCP Meeting, Kiev, Ukraine. Contact: Kristina Shevchenko. E-mail: dr@nbscience.com 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 July 31-August 2, 2008 — Fourth International Conference, Giant Cell Arteritis & Polymyalgia Rheumatica, New York, New York, USA. Contact: Michele Appel, MHE, CHES, Program Coordinator, Education Division, Hospital for Special Surgery. Tel: 212 774 2110. Fax: 212 734 3833. E-mail: gcaconference@hss.edu. August 1-2, 2008 — Santa Fe Bone Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Contact: E. Michael Lewiecki, MD. Tel: 505 855 5525. Fax: 505 884 4006. E-mail: Lewiecki@aol.com August 1-3, 2008 — 16th Biennial National Conference on Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Crystal City, Virginia, USA. Contact: OI Foundation. Website: http://www.oif.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 12-15, 2008 — 38th Scandinavian Society for Immunology, Stockholm, Sweden. Website: http://www.congrex.com/ssi2008/ 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 17-22, 2008 — 12th World Congress on Pain, Glasgow, Scotland. Contact: International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Secretariat. Tel: 206 283 0311. Fax: 206 283 9403. E-mail: iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org. Website: www.iasp-pain.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 3-6, 2008 — American Society for Pain Management Nursing National Conference 2008, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Contact: ASPMN National Office, PO Box 15473, Lenexa, KS 66285-4473. Tel: 888 34 ASPMN/913 895 4606. Fax: 913 895 4652. E-mail: aspmn@goamp.com September 8-11, 2008 — 2008 American Academy of Pain Management Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Contact: AAPM. Tel: 209 533 9744. Fax: 209 533 9750. E-mail: rosemary@aapainmanage.org. Website: http://www.aapainmanage.org/conference/ Conference.php 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 10-14, 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 11-13, 2008 — 4th EULAR Course in Diagnostic Laboratory Testing in conjuction with AutoCure, Lyon, France. Contact: Julie Racinet, Immunology Research Unit, Hopital Edouard Herriot, 5, Place d'Arsonval, 69437 Lyon, France. Tel: +33 472 117463. Fax: +33 472 117429. 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 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 18-20, 2008 — 2008 European Congress on Shoulder Surgery (SECEC), Bruge, Belgium. Contact: Medicongress. Tel: 011 329 344 3959. Fax: 011 329 4010. E-mail: secec@medicongress.com. Website: www.secec2008.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 24, 2008 — Key Advances in Vasculitis, Irish Society for Rheumatology, London, UK. Contact: Chandni Kohar. Tel: +353 1 6618261. E-mail: isr@arthritisireland.ie. Website: http://www.isr.ie September 25, 2008 — 9th Cambridge Immunology Forum: Visions of Immunology, Cambridge, UK. Contact: Professor Ken Smith. E-mail: dps35@cam.ac.uk. Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk September 25-26, 2008 — British Society for Rheumatology and BHPR Foot and Ankle Course, Leeds, UK. Contact: Angela Nartey. Tel: 020 784 20900. E-mail: anartey@rheumatology.org.uk September 25-26, 2008 — Irish Society for Rheumatology/IRHPS combined Autumn AGM 2008, Kilkenny, Ireland. Contact: ISR Secretariat, Arthritis Foundation of Ireland, 1 Clanwilliam Square, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2. Tel: +353 1 6618261. E-mail: isr@arthritisireland.ie. Website: http://www.isr.ie September 25-26, 2008 — Critical Issues in the Care of Older Adults: Managing Depression & Substance Use in Later Life, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Contact: Registrar, Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School, G1200 Towsley Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, SPC 5201, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5201. Tel: 734 763 1400. Fax: 734 936 1641. September 29-October 3, 2008 — 10th EULAR Postgraduate Course, Krefeld, Germany. Contact: Caroline Pasche, EULAR Education Programme Coordinator. E-mail: caroline.pasche@eular.org September 29-October 11, 2008 — Neurology and Pain Management Cruise, Athens, Greece. Contact: Sandra Barnhart. Tel: 800 422 0711. E-mail: contactus@continuingeducation.net. Website: http://www.continuingeducation.net October 2-4, 2008 — Knee Society Interim Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA. Contact: Knee Society. Website: http://www.kneesociety.org October 2-4, 2008 — Fibromyalgia and Sleep Disorders Scientific Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA. Contact: Shanda Shribbs, National Fibromyalgia Research Association. Tel: 503 315 7527. E-mail: shanda@nfra.net October 4-7, 2008 — 2nd Mediterranean Clinical Immunology Meeting, Antalya, Turkey. Contact: Ayse Zeynep Askin, Turkish Immunology Society and Serenas Tourism. Tel: 90 212 282 33 73. E-mail: immunology@serenas.com.tr. Website: www.clinicalimmunology2008.org October 8-10, 2008 — 3rd European Workshop on Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, London, UK. Contact: Medicongress, Kloosterstraat, 9960 Assenede, Belgium. Tel: +32 9 344 3959. Fax: +32 9 344 4010. October 8-11, 2008 — New Mexico Osteopathic Medical Association, 28th Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Contact: NMOMA. Website: http://www.nmoma.org October 10-14, 2008 — The 2008 Lupus Genetics Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Website: omrf.org/2008lupus October 10-14, 2008 — Bone and Joint Decade Annual Global Network Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. E-mail: benh@arthritiswa.org.au October 11-14, 2008 — American Academy of Pediatrics Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Website: http://www.facs.org October 11-16, 2008 — 4th International Conference on Gene Regulation in Lymphocyte Development, Rhodes, Greece. Contact: 4thGeneRegulation@aegeanconferences.org October 12-16, 2008 — American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, California, USA. Website: http://www.facs.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 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 15-18, 2008 — XLV Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Rheumatology, Venice, Italy. Contact: AISC & MGR, AIM Group, Via G. Ripamonti 129, 20141 Milano, Italy. Tel: +39 02 566011. Fax: +39 02 56609045. E-mail: sir2008@aimgroup.it. Website: http://www.reumatologia.it October 15-19, 2008 — 3rd National Osteoporosis Congress of the Turkish Osteoporosis Society, Antalya, Turkey. Website: http://www.iofbonehealth.orgOctober 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 22-24, 2008 — 1st Advances in Rare Bone Diseases Conference, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Tel: 847 384 4009. October 22-25, 2008 — International Bone & Mineral Society (IBMS) International Conference on Osteoporosis & Bone Research, Beijing, China. Website: http://www.chinamed.com.cn/icobr2008 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 — American Osteopathic Association 113th Annual Convention & Scientific Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Website: http//www.events.jspargo.com 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 4-6, 2008 — The Orthopaedic Design and Technology Conference and Expo, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Contact: Howard Revitch. Tel: 201 825 2552 x343. E-mail: info@odtexpo.com. Website: http://www.odtexpo.com November 6-7, 2008 — The Society for Back Pain ResearchAnnual General Meeting 2008, Staffordshire, UK. Contact: Debbie McStrafick. E-mail: deb@spineresearch.org.uk. Website: http://www.sbpr.info November 6-8, 2008 — 3rd National Spinal Cord Injury Conference and the 16th Interurban Spinal Cord Injury Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Tel: 416 597 3422 ext. 3693. E-mail: conferences@torontorehab.on.ca 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 6-8, 2008 — Congress of Chiropractic State Association Convention, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Website: http://www.cocsa.org November 7-9, 2008 — American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons 18th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA. Website: http://www.aahks.org November 7-9, 2008 — American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons 18th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA. Contact: AAHKS Administrative office, 6300 N. River Road, Suite 615, Rosemont, IL 60018-4237. Tel: 847 698 1200. Fax: 847 698 0704. 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 17-19, 2008 — Ontario Hospital Association, 2008 Convention & Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Website: www.oha.com 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 November 25, 2008 — AHPs as Rheumatology Clinical Educators: Issues of Training and Teaching Improvement Skills, Derby, UK. Contact: Angela Nartey. Tel: 020 784 20900. E-mail: anartey@rheumatology.org.uk November 27-30, 2008 — 24th Annual Meeting of the Indian Rheumatology Association and 2008 Bone & Joint Decade World Network Conference/Convention, Pune, India. Contact: Conference Secretariat, Center for Rheumatic Diseases, 11 Hermes Elegance, 1988 Convent Street, Camp, Pune 411001, India. Tel: +91 20 26348291, Fax: +91 20 26334756. E-mail: crdpune2008@gmail.com. Website: www.rheumatologyindia.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 6-7, 2008 — Perspectives in Rheumatic Diseases: Meeting the Clinical Challenge, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Website: www.rheumatologynewsperspectives.com December 7-10, 2008 — Annual Meeting of the American Society for Matrix Biology, San Diego, California, USA. Website: http://www.asmb.net December 10-13, 2008 — Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Seminar, Orlando, Florida, USA. Tel: 216 295 1900. Fax: 216 295 9955. December 13-17, 2008 — The 48th Annual Meeting, American Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco, California, USA. E-mail: ascbinfo@ascb.org. Website: http://ascb.org/meetings
2009 January 14-17, 2009 — Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium 2009, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Contact: Nicole Gomez. Tel: 858 385 0785. Fax: 858 683 2027. E-mail: nicole.gomez@r-w-c-s.com. Website: www.r-w-c-s.com January 15-17, 2009 — Winter Total Joint Symposium, Vail, Colorado, USA. Contact: Biomet Orthopedics. Tel: 800 348 9500. Fax: 574 267 8137. Website: http://www.assh.org February 21, 2009 — American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2009 Specialty Day, Washington, DC, USA. Website: http://www.assh.org February 25-March 1, 2009 — 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Contact: AAOS Office. Tel: 847 823 7186. Fax: 847 823 8125. E-mail: meeting@aaos.org. Website: www.aaos.org March 10-13, 2009 — Sports Medicine Council of British Columbia, 2009 Annual Symposium, Whistler, BC, Canada. Contact: SMCBC. Tel: +1 604 473 4850. Fax: +1 604 473 4860. March 11-14, 2009 — 2009 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: ISCD Educational Department. Tel: 860 586 7563. Fax: 860 586 7550. E-mail: iscd@iscd.org. Website: www.iscd.org March 13-16, 2009 — 5th World Congress, World Institute of Pain, New York, New York, USA. Contact: Kenes International, 1-3, Rue de Chantepoulet, P.O. Box 1726, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 908 0488. Fax: +41 22 732 2850. E-mail: wip@kenes.com March 13-17, 2009 — 65th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Washington, DC, USA. Contact: Katie Ferguson, AAAAI. Tel: 414 272 6071. Fax: 414 272 6070. E-mail: annualmeeting@aaaai.org. Website: www.aaaai.org March 21-25, 2009 — 2nd Joint Meeting of the International Bone & Mineral Society and the Australian & New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society, Sydney, Australia. Contact: Anne Paterson, IBMS. Tel: 202 367 1121. Fax: 202 367 2121. E-mail: info@IBMSonline.org. Website: www.IBMSonline.org March 31-April 3, 2009 — 2009 Annual Meeting of the British Pain Society, London, UK. Contact: The British Pain Society. Tel: 011 44 207 269 7840. Fax: 011 44 207 831 0859. E-mail: info@britishpainsociety.org April 3-6, 2009 — 22nd Annual Spring Meeting of the Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI), Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Contact: Gill Wu, CSI. E-mail: gill.wu@yorku.ca. Website: www.csi.ucalgary.ca May 6-9, 2009 — 28th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, San Diego, California, USA. Contact: APS. Tel: 847 375 4715. Fax: 877 734 8758. E-mail: info@ampainsoc.org. Website: www.ampainsoc.org May 23-26, 2009 — 8th World Congress of the International Cartilage Repair Society, Miami, Florida, USA. Contact: Mr. Stephen Seiler. Tel: +41 44 390 18 40. E-mail: office@cartilage.org May 23-27, 2009 — 36th European Symposium of Calcified Tissues, Vienna, Austria. Tel: +44 0 1453 610255. E-mail: admin@ectsoc.org. Website: http://www.ectsoc.org June 3-6, 2009 — 10th EFORT Congress, Vienna, Austria. Contact: EFORT Central Office, Technoparkstrasse, 1, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel: +41 44 448 4400. Fax: +41 44 448 4411. June 10-13, 2009 — EULAR 2009 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, Copenhagen, Denmark. Contact: MCI Suisse SA. Tel: +41 22 33 99 620. Fax: +41 22 33 99 621. E-mail: eular@mci-group.com 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 July 8-9, 2009 — International Symposium on Paget's Disease, Oxford, United Kingdom. Contact: Janet Crompton, The Old White Hart, North Nibley, Dursley GL11 6DS, UK. Tel: +44 1453 549929. Fax: +44 1453 548919. E-mail: janet@janet-crompton.com September 11-15, 2009 — 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Denver, Colorado, USA. E-mail: asbmr@asbmr.org. Website: http://www.asbmr.org September 13-16, 2009 — 2nd European Congress of Immunology, Berlin, Germany. Website: www.eci-berlin2009.com The 2009 Pediatric Rheumatology Initial Certifying Examination will be administered on March 30, 2009 by the American Board of Pediatrics. The new applicant registration period for the 2009 Pediatric Rheumatology Initial Certifying Examination commences August 4, 2008, and will end October 1, 2008 at 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Applicants must apply online at www.abp.org at least 24 hours before the deadline so that any technical difficulties can be addressed. Applications submitted after the deadline will require a late fee. The new applicant late registration period commences October 2, 2008, and ends October 31, 2008 at 3:00 PM EDT, after which time no applications may be submitted. Please review the requirements for certification found on the ABP Web site. |