Worldwide Calendar of Scientific Conferences and Meetings in Rheumatology
Upcoming Meetings in 2008
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 6, 2008 (Saturday) 8:30-11:30 am - Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop, Long Island Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 101 James Doolittle Blvd, Uniondale, NY 11553. Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
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, 2008 (Tuesday) 6-9 pm - Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop,
The Drake Hotel, 140 E Walton Place, Chicago, IL 60611. Tel: 609-371-1137 -
Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
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, 2008 (Thursday) 6-9 pm - Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop, Morton's The Steakhouse, 9 Maple Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605. Tel: 609-371-1137 -
Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
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 18-21, 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 20, 2008 (Saturday) 8:30-11:30 am - Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop, Hilton Cincinnati, Netherland Plaza, 35 W Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.
Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
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 (Wednesday) 6-9 pm - Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop, Lidia's, 101 W 22nd Street, Kansas City, MO 64108. Tel: 609-371-1137 -
Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
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, 2008 (Thursday) 6-9 pm - Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop,
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse, 1 W Exchange Street, Providence, RI 02903.
Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
October 2-4, 2008 — Knee Society Interim Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA. Contact: Knee Society. Website: http://www.kneesociety.org
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 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 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 16, 2008 (Thursday) 6-9 pm - Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop,
Morton's The Steakhouse, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC 20036.
Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
October 18, 2008 (Saturday) 8:30-11:30 am - Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop, Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, NV 89109.
Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
October 21, 2008 (Tuesday) 6-9 pm - Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop,
The Rittenhouse Hotel, 210 West Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
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 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 6-8, 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, 2008 (Thursday) 6-9 pm -Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop,
The Grand Plaza Hotel & Resort, 5250 Gulf Blvd, St. Petersburg Beach, FL 33706.
Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
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 13, 2008 (Thursday) 6-9 pm -Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop,
The Capital Grille, 255 E Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30305. Tel: 609-371-1137 -
Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
November 15, 2008 (Saturday) 8:30-11:30 am - Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases
Workshop, The Omni Tucson National Resort, 2727 West Club Drive, Tucson, AZ 85742.
Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
November 19, 2008 (Wednesday) 6-9 pm-Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop, Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel and Yacht Club, 1881 SE 17th Street,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.com/CORE/
December 3, 2008 (Wednesday) 6-9 pm-Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop,
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse, 455 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.come/CORE/
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 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 10, 2008 (Wednesday) 6-9 PM -Current Issues in Rheumatic Diseases Workshop, Westin Palo Alto, 675 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301.
Tel: 609-371-1137 - Register at www.princetoncme.come/CORE/
More Online Information on Meetings in Rheumatology
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