Meetings and Courses

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October

Emerging infectious diseases October 18-22, 2010; Suzhou, China

The inaugural Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference on emerging infectious diseases which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China. The conference will begin at 7.30 pm in the evening of Monday October 18, and will be closed after lunch on Friday, October 22, 2010. This conference is arranged by Yi Guan, Hong Kong University; Margaret Liu, ProTherImmune (USA) and Karolinska University (Sweden); Zihe Rao, Nankai University and Tsinghua University (China). The conference will include eight oral sessions and two poster sessions covering the latest findings across many topics in infectious disease research. The deadline for submission of abstract is July 30, 2010. For any further information, please contact: Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences, Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center, No. 299 Qiyue Road, SIP/ Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Tel: 86-512-62729029; Fax: 86-512-62729028; Email: meetings@csh-asia.org. Website: http://www.csh-asia.org/infect10.html.

20th world congress of the IASGO October 20-23, 2010; Cairo, Egypt

The meeting's scientific program includes pre-congress workshops, panel discussions, debates, symposia, videobased education sessions, meet the expert discussions, plenary lectures, guest lectures and concurrent sessions in all subspecialties of surgery. The official language of the meeting is English. There will be no simultaneous interpretation. For more information, please contact: Dr. Shahenda El Hawary, Tel: 20-233-023-642; Fax: 20-233-027-672; Email: cobshahi@link.net. Website: http://www. iasgo-2010.org/index.php?pageID=.

IDSA 48th annual meeting October 21-24, 2010; Vancouver, Canada

The 48th annual meeting of IDSA will be held on October 21-24, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The meeting brings together physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals involved in research, patient care, public health, disease prevention, and education in the field of infectious diseases. There are no prerequisites for attendance. This meeting provides three and a half days of broad continuing educational courses and comprehensive educational experiences in the major facets of infectious diseases: pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The courses combine expert reviews of the traditional field of infectious diseases with emphasis on the most contemporary trends, including emerging infections, new diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics. Conference objectives include: 1) To update the knowledge about infectious diseases in clinicians and investigators, as well as state-of-the-art developments in the field, including timely reviews of recent advances in clinical care and research and original reports of clinical, translational, and basic research; 2) To bridge the widening gaps among the fields of infectious diseases clinical practice, clinical research, epidemiological and health services research, translational research, and basic research; 3) To promote multi-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration among clinicians and investigators, thus facilitating advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases. For more information, please contact: Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22209, USA. Email: info@idsociety.org. Website: http://www. aasld.org/thelivermeeting/Pages/default.aspx.

North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition NASPGHAN 23rd annual meeting and postgraduate course October 21-24, 2010; Sheraton New Orleans New Orleans, LA, USA

For more information, please contact: National Office, NASPGHAN, PO Box 6, Flourtown, PA 19031, USA (215-233-0808; Fax: 215-233-3918). Website: http://www. naspghan.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=491.

18th United European gastroenterology week October 23-27, 2010; Barcelona, Spain

The UEGW is to be held in Barcelona, Spain on October 23-27, 2010. For more information, please visit Website: http://uegw10.uegf.org/.

The Liver Meeting? 2010--AASLD's 61st annual meeting October 29-November 2, 2010; Boston, Massachusetts, John B. Hynes Convention Center, USA

The Liver Meeting? is the premier event in the science andpractice of hepatology. Designed for physicians, surgeons, scientists, educators, nurses, physician assistants, and all other hepatology health professionals. Numerous workshops, plenary and parallel sessions, poster presentations, scientific exhibits, State-of-the-Art lectures given by leading scientists in their field, focused study groups, the postgraduate course, and various specialty courses will be presented. For more information, please visit the website: http://www.aasld.org/ thelivermeeting/Pages/default.aspx.

November

Frontiers of immunology in health and diseases November 8-10, 2010; Suzhou, China

The inaugural Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Frontiers of Immunology in Health and Diseases will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China. The conference will begin on Monday November 8th, and will be concluded on Wednesday November 10th, 2010. This conference is arranged by Xue-Tao Cao, Zhejiang University, China; Richard Flavell, Yale University School of Medicine, USA; Tada Taniguchi, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. The conference will include eight oral sessions and two poster sessions covering the latest findings across many topics in immunology in health and diseases. Topics include innate immune response and inflammation; development and function of the adaptive immune system; central tolerance; peripheral tolerance; autoimmunity and allergy; immunity and cancer; mucosal immunity; and infectious diseases and vaccine development. For any further information, please contact: Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences, Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center, No. 299 Qiyue Road, SIP/ Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Tel: 86-512-62729029; Fax: 86-512-62729028; Email: meetings@csh-asia.org. Website: http://www.csh-asia.org/immune10.html.

14th national conference on biliary surgery (NCBS) and 2010 Chinese international forum on hepatobiliary surgery (CIFHBS) November 18-21, 2010; Shanghai, China

The congress will be held at the Shanghai International Convention Center, China. Abstracts can be submitted on-line by Email (ncbs_cifhbs@126.com). Detailed instructions for on-line submission are available on the website. For more information, please contact: Yong-Wei Sun and Ke-Wei Li, Department of General Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No.1630 Dongfang Road, Shanghai 200127, China. Tel: 86-21-68383773; Fax: 86-21-58393018; Email: secretary@ ncbs_cifhbs.com. Website: www.ncbs-cifhbs.com.

December

Hepatobiliary diseases meeting—new concept of treatment of liver failure December 26-30, 2010; Nanjing, China

Sponsored by the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Medical College, Nanjing University, China this meeting is to be held at Nanjing, China on December 26-30, 2010. For more information, please contact: Prof. Yi-Tao Ding, Tel: 86-25-83106666ext66866.

March, 2011

Hepatitis 2011 March 21-23, 2011 Oxford, United Kingdom

The first international Oxford viral hepatitis conference, Hepatitis 2011 will address the following aspects of clinical and basic research on hepatitis viruses, in particular hepatitis B and C viruses, and invites proposals for podium and poster presentations: Immunology and vaccines; Molecular and structural virology; Epidemiology; New therapies; and Diagnostics. For further information, please contact: Dr Paul Klenermans, Nufield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford (paul. klenerman@ndm.ox.ac.uk), or Dr Ellie Barnes, Nufield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford (ellie.barnes@ ndm.ox.ac.uk); or Dr Nicole Zitzmann, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford (nicole.zitzmann@bioch.ox.ac.uk).

6th international symposium on liver failure and artificial liver 2011 March 24-26, 2011; Xi'an, China

Organized by Liver Failure and Artificial Liver Group, Chinese Society of Infectious Diseases, CMA, Artificial Organ Group, Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering and Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the 6th International Symposium on Liver Failure and Artificial Liver 2011, will take place on March 24th-26th in Xi’an, China. Topics to be discussed include: Mechanism and early diagnosis of liver failure; Internal medical and surgical treatment of liver failure; Blood purification in the treatment of liver failure; Clinical practice of artificial liver; Artificial liver and liver transplantation; Construction of Artificial Liver Supporting System (ALSS); Advances on ALSS in the treatment of liver cirrhosis; Advances on ALSS in the treatment of other severe liver diseases; Nursing in ALSS; Complications andtheir preventions in ALSS; Advances on hybrid artificial liver; Perspectives on the study of embryonic stem cells. For more information, please contact: Artificial Liver Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Tel: 86-571-87236590; Fax: 86-571-87236591; Email: ALSSmeeting@126.com. Website: http://www.alss.ac.cn.

The 46th annual meeting of the European Association for the study of the liver March 30-April 3, 2011; Berlin, Germany

The International Liver CongressTM2011, the 46th annual meeting of the European Association for the study of the liver, will be held in Berlin, Germany at the Internationales Congress Centrum (ICC Berlin) which ranks among the biggest, most advanced and most successful congress venues in the world. The annual meeting which provides an opportunity to hear the latest research, perspectives and treatments of liver disease from principal experts in the field shall take place from March 30-April 3, 2011 and is expected to attract over 7,500 clinicians and scientists from all around the world. For further information, please contact the EASL press office: media.easl2010@cohnwolfe.com.

May

1st world congress on controversies in the management of viral Hepatitis (C-Hep) 19-22 May, 2011; Barcelona, Spain

For more information, please visit website at: http:// comtecmed.com/chep/2011/.