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30 - May 2, 2013 SGI User Group Meeting 2013, San Diego, California, USA The SGI User Group has celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2012. It began meeting ten years ago in Orlando with Walt Brooks of NASA Ames as its President. A lot has happened in all these years, both with the SGI User Group and with SGI. For the last 2 plus years, SGI has taken a more supportive role in working with the user group. Their positive interest in advancing the work of the user group is appreciated as well as growing its membership by giving added value to being a member. Conference web site May 1-2, 2013 6th Annual Information Technology in Aged Care Conference - ITAC 2013, Melbourne, Australia ITAC 2013 will provide key content and opportunities for individuals and organisations with an interest in the aged care sector. International and national experts will present on a range of topics related to the conference theme. Presentations will also focus on the broad business and strategic issues facing an industry dealing with multiple challenges in an environment of substantial reform. Conference web site May 1-2, 2013 2013 Summit on Energy Efficiency, Santa Barbara, California, USA The theme for the 2013 summit will be "Materials for a Sustainable Energy Future", bringing together more than 300 leaders from industry, government, and academia at the helm of research efforts in energy efficiency technology. Sessions will focus on materials-related challenges and opportunities in key areas of energy efficiency research, including energy storage, lighting, critical materials for energy technologies, and high efficiency power electronics. Conference web site May 2, 2013 LDT Boot Camp: Mastering the Essentials to Achieve Success with your Molecular and Genetic Assays, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA This is a full-day session devoted exclusively to all that is new and important in molecular diagnostics, genetic tests, and laboratory-developed tests (LDT)! This workshop is designed to give you the building blocks you need to develop a test programme within your laboratory that delivers clinical value in a financially-sustainable manner. Conference web site May 2, 2013 Introducing WebSmart Mobile for Rapid Mobile Web Development - Webinar, USA Join this webinar to see how new WebSmart Mobile makes it faster and easier to develop RPG or multi-platform PHP mobile web apps that run on iOS, Android and other popular mobile platforms. WebSmart's templates give IBM i programmers the jumpstart they need and the IDE gives them the flexibility to create any type of mobile web app. Conference web site May 2, 2013 eI4Africa Thematic Workshop: on to e-Science, Lilongwe, Malawi The workshop's main objectives are to: Enhance collaboration among African and European scientists Raise awareness on the regional research and education networks and their transformative potential Propose alternate means of conducting research and delivering services Demonstrate the relevance of e-Infrastructures and advanced networks Provide a forum for discussions and debates on recent development and perspectives in the field Conference web site May 2-4, 2013 Translational Research Breast Cancer Conference - IMPAKT 2013, Brussels, Belgium Conference objectives include: To provide information of the myriad discoveries that already have or will have impact on breast cancer research and treatment in the near future To put in perspective advances on a molecular level in cell biology, understanding of breast cancer heterogeneity and molecular pathways exploited for clinical purposes To keep in tune with scientific progress in breast cancer research as the therapeutic road from the laboratory to the clinic shortens To focus on premier data and technologies that sharpen the knife of molecular dissection and define the cellular structures that determine responsiveness to novel therapies To promote collaboration in breast cancer research, new ideas for projects, and create new contacts Conference web site May 3, 2013 Vision Innovation and Venture Forum, Seattle, Washington, USA The newest ophthalmic innovations with market potential will be the focus of this one-day seminar, which will connect scientists, venture capitalists, pharmaceutical representatives and others. Unlike other investor forums, the meeting will focus on cutting-edge research, rather than established companies. The event aims to help innovators and scientists better understand how products move through the approval and commercialization pipeline, while giving investors insight into treatments and devices that are nearing readiness for commercial development. Conference web site May 3, 2013 TEDxCERN, Geneva, Switzerland Going beyond particle physics, TEDxCERN will provide a stage for the expression of science in multiple dimensions and disciplines, unveiling a world in which physics intersects with other multi-dimensional disciplines and thought. Conference web site May 3-4, 2013 Imperial Festival, London, United Kingdom This year's event will explore some of the most interesting and interactive science and engineering projects currently being undertaken by researchers at the College, offering Festival-goers the rare chance to meet world-leading experts working in areas such as climate science, engineering and the hot topic of obesity research. Conference web site May 4-8, 2013 American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, USA The AUA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of urologists in the world, providing unparalleled access to groundbreaking research, new guidelines and the latest advances in urologic medicine. Conference web site May 5-7, 2013 ATA Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Austin, Texas, USA The ATA Annual Meeting and Trade Show is the premier exhibiting venue for companies looking to market their remote medical products and services to nearly 6000 telemedicine professionals, institutional providers, government agencies and other healthcare stakeholders. It is also one of the fastest growing meetings in the world, as recognized by the magazine Trade Show Executive. Conference web site May 5-8, 2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Venice, Italy PervasiveHealth is a premier international forum with specific focus on technologies and human factors related to the use of ubiquitous computing in health care and wellbeing. PervasiveHealth 2013 will provide researchers, practitioners, application developers, vendors and users a high-end forum to present, share and discuss the latest findings. The conference will feature research talks, workshops, demonstrations and doctorate colloquia. Conference web site May 5-9, 2013 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2013 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA This meeting will feature lectures from three keynote speakers, including two Nobel laureates, during the organisation's five-day conference. The ARVO/Alcon Keynote Series will include Oliver Smithies, DPhil; Roger Tsien, PhD and Christopher Murray, MD, DPhil. Conference web site May 6, 2013 FInES Cluster Meeting, Brussels, Belgium The opening keynotes of the Future Internet Enterprise Systems Cluster meeting will be provided by Mr. Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, Head of Cabinet of DG CONNECT and Mr. Peter Fatelnig, Deputy Head of Unit E3 - Net Innovation. Conference web site May 6-10, 2013 INTEROP 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Interop delivers engaging and informative experiences to the world's IT professionals, helping them leverage technology to power business. Conference web site May 7, 2013 How Professional Services Help Your IBM i Web Projects Succeed - Webinar, USA Desktop and mobile web applications can significantly improve your business processes but most IBM i shops struggle to find the time to tackle these projects. While it's important to use the right tools, it's also beneficial to partner with web development experts who can help you succeed. Join us for this webinar where you'll learn how BCD Professional Services: Rapidly develops strategic web applications for you or alongside your team (you'll see real-world examples). Offers custom desktop and mobile web applications (PHP or RPG), web GUIs for green screens, ERP, CRM, CMS, dashboards and more. Transfers knowledge to reduce dependence on services. Provides accurate project estimates. Conference web site May 7, 2013 The Global Mobile Internet Conference 2013, Beijing, China GMIC Beijing is Asia's largest and most influential mobile industry event and, for five years, has been at the forefront of the mobile Internet industry, focusing on global markets and emerging technologies. GMIC Beijing has been especially successful at connecting leading mobile companies in US and Europe to those in China and Asia. As such, GMIC is the Launchpad for many companies entering China like Evernote, Flipboard, Halfbrick (Fruit Ninja), and Rovio (Angry Birds). GMIC brings together industry leaders such as the CEOs of China's largest Internet and mobile companies, the entrepreneurs behind Asia's fastest growing mobile startups, and leading innovators in Silicon Valley. GMIC is a platform to educate and inspire attendees, while also outlaying potential for cross-border co-operation. From its conception, GMIC has championed innovation and globalization throughout the mobile ecosystem. GMIC Beijing 2013 is a premier opportunity to expand your company's reach and solidify its position in Asia. Come to promote your brand, connect with leading developers, personally experience the forefront of innovation, and network with Asia based media. Conference web site May 8-9, 2013 SecureCloud 2013, Frankfurt am Main, Germany SecureCloud is the only European conference to focus on Cloud computing security. It is held by Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), CASED/Fraunhofer SIT and ISACA. Conference web site May 8-9, 2013 Facilitation Essentials with Persuasive Business Presentations, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia We have all heard before that, what makes a good worker need not necessarily make a good manager. Similarly, what worked well in the past for a learner may not be sufficient to effectively support the new role of a teacher. The transitional shift for an individual member of any organisation to the position of responsibility as a facilitator is probably the single most challenging factor in organizational life in every given situation, there is a profound need to transform our thinking about work and relationships by learning new skills and knowledge. This specially designed 2-day training helps develop and refine facilitation skills for both, those people starting out in management, as well as those who are more experienced. The course empowers you to optimize the effective functioning of your daily tasks. Your active participation in the programme provides you with a rigorous training environment, enabling you to apply and sustain your learning with the aim of forming winning habits. Conference web site May 8-10, 2013 Third International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - CLOSER 13, Aachen, Germany CLOSER 2013 focuses on the emerging area of Cloud computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations, and available services through the global network. Further, the conference considers as essential the link to Services Science, acknowledging the service-orientation in most current IT-driven collaborations. The conference is nevertheless not about the union of these two (already broad) fields, but about Cloud computing where people are also interested in how Services Science can provide theory, methods and techniques to design, analyze, manage, market etc. Cloud computing. Conference web site May 8-10, 2013 10th Future Internet Assembly - FIA 2013, Dublin, Ireland FIA is open to all researchers engaged in FI research - including non EU-funded researchers - to contribute and participate. It allows for open interactions and cross-fertilisation across technical domains, reaching out to our expert European FI community. It is a platform for exchanges on research challenges, scenarios and roadmaps. It supports (pre-) standardisation consensus building. The technical discussions lead to exchanges between national and EU-funded FI initiatives. The theme for FIA-Dublin will be "Future Internet accelerates Innovation", and the event will focus on how European Future Internet research and innovation will support EU's competitiveness and enable a new wave of technologies at the eve of Horizon 2020. Conference web site May 8-10, 2013 Drug Discovery Summit, Boston, Massachusetts, USA This summit will bring together experts from academia and industry to discuss cutting edge research and new technologies and discuss the legal and regulatory strategies involved in the pharmaceutical and biotech fields. The conference also have designated opportunities to network with high-level executives from top pharma and various biotech/pharmaceutical companies, explore potential collaborations, and learn about relevant issues and deals that will affect the industry. Conference web site May 8-10, 2013 3rd Epigenetics in Drug Discovery Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Some key discussions around epigenetics drug discovery at the conference include: 1) The role of epigenetics in human diseases such as cancer, leukaemia, neurodegenerative conditions, neuropsychiatric disorders, inflammation, etc.; 2) Novel mechanisms, biomarkers, technologies and diagnostics for epigenetics drug discovery; 3) Cutting edge research from GlaxoSmithKline, Epizyme, Genentech, Constellation, Astex, Cellzome, RaNA Therapeutics, Pfizer, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, etc. Conference web site May 8-10, 2013 6th Imaging in Drug Discovery and Development Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA This is the only imaging conference that brings together high-level/influential leaders with decision-making authority from the pharmaceutical industry, academia, and government to share their knowledge and expertise in drug discovery and development. The approach offers a more intimate and networking-oriented environment that is geared towards connecting scientists and researchers who use single- and multimodal imaging applications to further collaborate and advance their imaging projects in drug discovery and development. Conference web site May 8-10, 2013 7th Drug Design & Medicinal Chemistry Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA This conference will bring together leading industrial and academic experts to further collaborate on the exciting advances in the field. Experts will facilitate discourse on topics such as strategies for hit and target identification, fragment based drug design, chemo-informatics, protein-protein interactions, ligand based drug design, computer aided drug design, protein flexibility, high performance computing, covalent inhibitors, mutational resistance, selectivity of kinase inhibitors, potency, specificity, lead optimization, ADMET, safety in drug discovery, advances in drug delivery and much more. Conference web site May 9, 2013 Introducing Allinea DDT - Webinar This webinar introduces performance profiling with Allinea MAP and reveals how complex parallel performance issues are easily identified in your source code. Conference web site May 9-10, 2013 Orphan Drugs Research and Commercialization Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA With new therapies emerging in rare disease treatment and exciting partnerships being forged between big pharma and smaller niche companies, it is clear that the field of rare disease and orphan drug is growing. Rather than merely reciting the challenges of orphan drug development, it is time all stakeholders in the community come together to find innovative solutions in order to better serve rare disease patients. This meeting connects industry, academia, regulators, and patient groups to dialogue about strategies to improve orphan drug research, pricing, reimbursement, access, and other key topics. Conference web site May 9-10, 2013 Managing Risk through Innovative Contracting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Commercial transactions occur within a complex contracting environment that governs what companies can do and cannot do. The contracting professional also interprets and enforces many of their promises in the agreements. Contracting professionals often lack the understanding of what makes up this contracting environment and how it can have an impact on their work. This course is designed to give participants an understanding of the contracting fundamentals. Topic ranges from the principles that apply to interpreting and enforcing their agreements, to the procedures for resolving their disputes, to addressing interpretational issues posed by common contract provisions. Conference mail May 9-11, 2013 5th Meditex Bangladesh 2013 International Expo, Dhaka, Bangladesh 5th Meditex Bangladesh 2013 International Expo, Bangladeshs' biggest and only International Exhibition on Medical Equipments, Surgical Instruments, Healthcare, Hospital Equipments & Supplies will once again like its previous editions be the most prestigious, successful and exclusive International Exhibition devoted to focus on the entire Medical Sector of Bangladesh and will be a one-stop single platform to showcase from home and abroad the latest developments and emerging technology for the Medical and Hospital Sector of the country. 5th Meditex Bangladesh 2013 will be the biggest meeting place ever held in Bangladesh for Buyers and Suppliers of Medical/Surgical/Healthcare/Hospital Equipments and will also provide an interactive platform for Exhibitors to generate business through displays/direct interaction and will enhance the synergy effect and attract top level professionals from the Industry thus improving technology, focus and visitors of the expo. This exhibition is very important for Bangladesh and its Healthcare Industry as a whole as it offers an Industry specific showcase of Hospital, Pharmaceutical & Medical Equipment, Healthcare products, solutions and services from leading companies from across the globe. There are also opportunities for various health care companies and professionals in the areas of medical training, ambulance services, retirement homes, medical equipment supplies and rural health services. Bangladesh hospital expansion programmes offer enormous scope for medical equipment manufacturers to penetrate the country's lucrative hospital market, also to mention the huge Government and private investments happening right now in Bangladesh to upgrade the Medical and Hospital sectors. Conference web site May 11, 2013 Quantified Self Europe Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Quantified Self Europe 2013 is a conference for users and tool makers interested in self-tracking systems. It will be a "working meeting" for the QS community (70 groups worldwide), where attendees will gather, inspire, and learn from one another as they share and collaborate on self-tracking projects. Attendees will also explore the potential effects of self-tracking on themselves and society. Most of the conference will be hands-on and interactive, with user-defined workshops on mood, data visualization, sleep, ethics, and anything else people want to see. There will also be the best speakers from QS Show&Tell meet-ups reprise or update their talks on the big stage, and a few amazing keynote speakers. Conference web site May 12, 2013 Continua Connects Technology Showcase, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates To promote and support global adoption of interoperable Design Guidelines and gain exposure for Continua-ready personal health technologies developed by member companies, Continua Health Alliance has launched "Continua Connects" technology showcase and networking events that bring together major purchasers with developers and integrators of Continua compliant devices, systems and services. Continua Connects events are open to member and non-member companies and are designed to Promote standardization to governments preparing to implement a telehealth or mhealth programme, highlight new and available technologies that can facilitate timely roll-out for target programmes requiring Continua compliant technologies, enhance business opportunities for members, facilitate public-private partnerships and support the technology economy in the host nation. Conference web site May 13, 2013 Activity Based Funding Conference, Sydney, Australia IHPA's Activity Based Funding Conference 2013 will bring together local and international experts to discuss health reform and the best approaches to implementing activity based funding in Australian public hospitals. With the commencement of Activity Based Funding in July 2012, this year's conference will focus specifically on the following topics: Implementing Activity Based Funding locally, Future directions for classification development, Costing issues at the hospital level, Pricing safety and quality and Pricing and funding model development. Conference web site May 13-14, 2013 International Conference on Information Management and Evaluation - ICIME 2013, Saigon, Vietnam The International Conference on Information Management and Evaluation provides a forum for both researchers and practitioners to come together to develop their understanding of both theory and practice in all aspects of IT/IS management and evaluation. The wide scope of ICIME reflects the increased use of technology to manage information in and between organisations of all types and sizes across the globe. ICIME 2013 will provide opportunities for people working and researching in the field to come together both formally and informally to share their knowledge and expertise. Conference web site May 13-14, 2013 Health: Refactored, Mountain View, California, USA Health:Refactored is a 2-day conference for developers and designers to learn and share the latest hacks, hone their skills, and make the necessary connections to thrive in the health industry. With the industry rapidly evolving, the potential to improve lives through health technology is limitless. Whether you are a developer, designer, or just want to learn more about health tech, get yourself to Health:Refactored and build your expertise for the greatest impact. Conference web site May 13-14, 2013 Mini Track on Intelligent Methodoloties for Knowledge Management, Saigon, Vietnam Over the past few years a number of different methodologies and machine learning techniques have been proposed by researchers for the purposes of developing efficient knowledge-based systems to perform a range of different tasks. These systems are based on artificial intelligence methodologies, concepts and theories. There are many such systems in existence today, which are applied to areas including health care , business, commerce and education. The objective of this mini track is to bring together researchers engaged in knowledge engineering and knowledge computing methodologies. This track welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions focusing on, without being limited to, the following topics: Ontological Engineering Knowledge Computing Machine Learning Knowledge-Based Systems Intelligent Decision Support Systems in health care, business, commerce, and education Intelligent techniques for Biomedical Informatics Conference web site May 13-15, 2013 eHealth Week 2013, Dublin, Ireland eHealth Week 2013 brings together two main events: the High Level eHealth Conference co-organised by the European Commission and the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and WoHIT - World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition - organised by HIMSS Europe. The event not only brings industry partners and providers from across Europe, but also important government and regional decision makers. Conference web site May 13-16, 2013 First Nordic e-Infrastructure Conference, Trondheim, Norway This event marks the 10-year anniversary of Nordic collaboration in computing and storage services for science. The aim of the conference is to couple Nordic user communities with the skill base that exists within the national e-Infrastructure organisations, to develop ideas, and to elicit the opportunities for cost-efficient common solutions and joint e-Infrastructure services. The First Nordic e-Infrastructure Conference will be hosted by the Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC), UNINETT Sigma and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), in collaboration with NORDUnet, the Danish e-Infrastructure Collaboration (DeIC), CSC-IT Center for Science (Finland), the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) and RHNET (Iceland). Conference web site May 13-16, 2013 13th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing - CCGrid 2013, Delft, The Netherlands CCGrid is a successful series of conferences that serves as the major international forum for presenting and sharing recent research results and technological developments in the fields of Cluster, Cloud and Grid computing. The CCGrid symposium, which is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and the ACM, reaches out to both researchers and practioners, and to both academia and industry. The conference features keynotes, technical presentations, posters, workshops, tutorials, as well as the SCALE challenge featuring live demonstrations. CCGrid has traveled the world over, and will this year return to Europe. CCGrid 2013 will have a focus on important and immediate issues that are significantly influencing all aspects of cluster, Cloud and Grid computing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Applications and Experiences: Applications to real and complex problems in science, engineering, business, and society; User studies; Experiences with large-scale deployments, systems, or applications Architecture: System architectures, design and deployment; Power and cooling; Security and reliability; High availability solutions Autonomic Computing and Cyberinfrastructure: Self-managed behaviour, models and technologies; Autonomic paradigms and systems (control-based, bio-inspired, emergent, etc.); Bio-inspired optimizations and computing Cloud Computing: Cloud architectures; Software tools and techniques for Clouds Multicore and Accelerator-based Computing: Software and application techniques to utilize multicore architectures and accelerators in clusters, Grids, and Clouds Performance Modelling and Evaluation: Performance prediction and modelling; Monitoring and evaluation tools; Analysis of system and application performance; Benchmarks and testbeds Programming Models, Systems, and Fault-Tolerant Computing: Programming models and environments for cluster, Cloud, and Grid computing; Fault-tolerant systems, programs and algorithms; Systems software to support efficient computing Scheduling and Resource Management: Techniques to schedule jobs and resources on cluster, Cloud, and Grid computing platforms; SLA definition and enforcement Conference web site May 13-17, 2013 Leadership Strategies for Information Technology in Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA As the health care industry continues to evolve in conjunction with the challenges of upcoming HITECH requirements, the need for a health information technology strategy which conforms to government standards while fitting your organisation has never been greater. This programme, comprised of four modules, provides health care leaders with the knowledge necessary to design, develop, and deploy a cogent health IT strategy. Along with government policy initiatives, the economic landscape is driving an immediate need for health care organisations to improve efficiency and reduce costs, while maintaining a sharp focus on quality and patient reported outcomes, such as patient satisfaction. Hospitals and health systems can improve these metrics through efficient and effective use of health information technology. Conference web site May 14, 2013 Become qbase+ Savvy in Less than One Hour - Webinar, Belgium Do you want to speed up your analysis? Are you struggling to get your qPCR data-analysis right? Join Dr. Barbara D'haene for a webinar session and discover the basic functionalities of qbase+. During this session Barbara will show how to analyse a qPCR experiment using qbase+. The key points in this webinar are data quality control, normalization and easy biostatistical analysis. Conference web site May 14-15, 2013 International Consumer Technology Congress 2013 - ICT-Nigeria Congress 2013, Lagos, Nigeria The congress provides a forum for all stakeholders engaged in ICT and Consumer Technologies, and implementation of technology-supported E-Learning, E-Health, Smart City, Smart Grid, Smart Metering, Mobile Money, Cloud Computing, Broadband, Cyber and Physical Security. This platform is certainly the target destination for consumer technologies manufacturers, decision-makers and practitioners in governments, public and private sectors. Internationally renowned experts will give presentations and debate in panel discussions about the latest advancements in ICT for development in Nigeria. The congress will feature a supporting exhibition showcasing the trends, services and innovative systems in this rapidly advancing field. Conference web site May 14-17, 2013 European Identity and Cloud Conference - EIC 2013, Munich, Germany This conference offers the most valuable platform in Europe to position your company as a key player in the game changing marketplace for solutions and services in the fields of Cloud Computing, Identity Management, Information Security and GRC. Conference web site May 15, 2013 2013 Early Stage Venture Capital Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA Eighteen of Florida's best early-stage prospects for equity financing will make 8 minute presentations to an audience of venture capitalists, private equity investors, angel investors, investment bankers, financial intermediaries and entrepreneurs. Conference web site May 15-16, 2013 HIMSS Forum Australia and New Zealand 13, Sydney, Australia Expenditure in health IT across Australia and New Zealand is anticipated to exceed $2 billion by 2015. Not only is it growing at an unprecedented rate but the technologies involved are rapidly changing to accommodate market needs for improved outcomes at a reduced financial investment. In this changing landscape, HIMSS Australia and New Zealand Forum13 comes at an ideal time for HIT industry leaders to gather to hear about the latest advances in the field. Make a date to join them as they share their experiences not only from local markets but from regional HIT experts. The Forum is organized in collaboration with NSW Health, and supported by the Australian Government Department of Health & Aging, NETHA and NSW Health Support Service. Conference web site May 16, 2013 European Cyber Security Conference, Brussels, Belgium This conference will bring together top level policymakers and stakeholders for an interactive debate on tackling cyber threats and securing the EU's on-line environment. Focusing on the European Commission's recently released Cyber Security Strategy, the conference will provide an opportunity to discuss the current challenges that are faced and the necessary policy, legal and practical actions required in order to enable citizens in Europe and beyond to continue to safely enjoy the benefits of a networked world. Conference web site May 16-17, 2013 Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Masterclass, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a key tool for vendor management and for managing internal and external services. Internal SLAs are frequently implemented in association with Balanced Scorecard or other strategic initiatives. They help to provide harmony between service providers (both internal and external) and their customers. The Service Level Agreement is a commitment entered into between a service provider and a customer that define the scope, timeframes and quality of the services. The Service Level Agreement is a powerful tool to manage any service provision, internal or external. This course is intended for participants who have some prior knowledge of SLAs and for those embarking on a SLA project. It is an intensive, practical workshop studded with real life case studies and examples. The workshop will use cumulative exercises and videos to emphasize learning points. Conference mail May 18-21, 2013 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Denver, Colorado, USA Microbiologists study living organisms and infectious agents, and their work is critical to human and animal health, agriculture, the environment and biotechnology. Many accomplishments in the microbiological sciences have significantly affected our lives, such as the development of treatments for infectious diseases, the prevention of food spoilage, the use of microorganisms to clean up pollutants and basic knowledge of the nature of all living things. Among the topics to be presented are: The role of microbes in human evolution and vice-versa The microbiology of oceans and human health Digital microbiology and the automation of laboratory diagnosis How metabolism steers infection The role of microbes in environmental sustainability New frontiers in synthetic biology How knowledge from the human microbiome project will change how we diagnose disease Conference web site May 18-23, 2013 International Council for Nurses Congress 2013, Melbourne, Australia The ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress will bring together evidence, experience and innovations highlighting the critical importance of equity and access to health care for communities and individuals, demonstrating how nurses are key to ensuring equal access and quality of health care for all. The Congress will provide a global platform for the dissemination of nursing knowledge and leadership across specialities, cultures and countries via the ICN scientific programme, featuring keynote and main session invited speakers as well as a wide range of concurrent sessions including dynamic papers accepted through our highly competitive abstract selection process. Conference web site May 20, 2013 Broadband Telemedicine summit, St. Louis, Missouri, USA This inaugural conference is an event that brings people together for mutual support, education and inspiration. We are expecting attendance of 350 people from Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and others in the region and in the nation. The Summit is open to broadband enthusiasts, telemedicine experts and healthcare professionals. Conference web site May 21, 2013 Healthy Communities Data Summit - HCDS, San Francisco, California, USA Attendees will learn and discuss how health data can be used across the nation to improve outcomes, increase patient engagement, raise awareness of pressing health issues, and inform policy-making at a local and state level. Conference web site May 21-22, 2013 Occupational Health-2013, Beijing, China Occupational health and safety is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the Safety, Health and Welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The main goal of this programme is to foster a safe work and working environment. The International Conference and Exhibition on Occupational Health and Safety-2013 will schedule and co-ordinate all meetings with the Editorial Board Members and other experts in the Research and Safety field across the world. The scientific programme paves a way to gather visionaries through the research talks and presentations and put forward many thought provoking strategies on Occupational Health and Safety. Conference web site May 21-23, 2013 International Scientific Conference on Bacteriocins and Antimicrobial Peptides - BAMP2013, Kosice, Slovakia The scientific programme will focus on current advances in the science and research of bacteriocins and antimicrobial peptides. At BAMP2013 leading scientists from industry and academia will present and will discuss current advances in the research of bacteriocins and antimicrobial peptides. Key themes will be isolation, characterization, mechanism-of-action, food, clinical and veterinary applications of novel or already characterized bacteriocins produced by lactic or non-lactic acid bacteria. Further to its scientific content, BAMP2013 will be a networking event, a unique opportunity to meet those who are worldwide involved with basic research or application development of bacteriocins and antimicrobial peptides. Initiation of cross-border co-operations between scientists and institutions are also facilitated. Conference web site May 21-24, 2013 TETRA World Congress, Paris, France During the last 14 years the TETRA World Congress has developed to become the annual meeting place for TETRA Users, Operators, Distributors and Manufacturers from around the globe. The show started as a small conference for a pioneering group of Critical Communications professionals striving to define and develop the TETRA standard. Over time, like the technology, the show has gained momentum, delivering sustained year on year growth and reaching out to new markets and Users. This year's event will be the most diverse yet, attracting visitors from 75+ countries to hear 150+ case studies of TETRA in action and to visit an exhibition of 106 companies. Conference web site May 22-23, 2013 e-IRG Open Workshop, Dublin, Ireland The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group organises workshops twice a year in collaboration with the country holding the EU presidency. Workshops are open to all, and function as incubators for feeding new information and trends into the e-IRG plenum work. Conference web site May 23, 2013 From a different perspective: Principles, practice and potential of bistatic radar, London, United Kingdom Bistatic radar systems have been studied and built since the earliest days of radar. They have the advantages that the receivers are passive, and hence potentially undetectable. The receiving systems can also be simple and cheap. In spite of those advantages, rather few bistatic radar systems have got past the 'technology demonstrator' phase, and it is only now that real bistatic radar systems are being developed and fielded. Also, there is particular current interest in passive bistatic radar (PBR) techniques, using broadcast and communications signals as 'illuminators of opportunity'. The lecture presents a review of some of the history, and the properties and current developments in the subject, as well as the prospects for the future. Conference web site May 25-28, 2013 Heart Failure Congress 2013, Lisbon, Portugal More than 100 scientific sessions on hot topics in heart failure will be presented by global experts. They include: Early diagnosis and risk prediction including novel and emerging biomarkers and imaging modalities such as cardiac MRI Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF), which affects more than 50% of all heart failure patients New pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches in patients with acute heart failure or hospitalised for chronic heart failure, both of whom have a poor prognosis Device therapy in heart failure, with the latest updates on ICDs, defibrillators and CRT, including the novel subcutaneous implantable ICD for young patients and the new mini pumps for improving circulatory failure Cardiac surgery such as volume reduction therapies and heart transplantation Basic and translational science which pave the way for novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers for early detection of disease Intervention in heart failure. Conference web site May 27 - June 1, 2013 Fourth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization - Cloud Computing 2013, Valencia, Spain Tracks include: CLOUD: Cloud computing - Cloud economics; Core Cloud services; Cloud technologies; Cloud computing; On-demand computing models; Hardware-as-a-service; Software-as-a-service (SaaS applications); Platform-as-service; Storage as a service in Cloud; Data-as-a-Service; Service-oriented architecture (SOA); Cloud computing programming and application development; Scalability, discovery of services and data in Cloud computing infrastructures; Trust and clouds; Client-Cloud computing challenges; Geographical constraints for deploying Clouds CLOUD: Challenging features - Privacy, security, ownership and reliability issues; Performance and QoS; Dynamic resource provisioning; Power-efficiency and Cloud computing; Load balancing; Application streaming; Cloud SLAs, business models and pricing policies; Cloud service subscription model; Cloud standardized SLA; Cloud-related privacy; Cloud-related control; Managing applications in the Clouds; Mobile Clouds; Roaming services in Clouds; Agent-based Cloud Computing CLOUD: Platforms, Infrastructures and Applications - Custom platforms; Large-scale compute infrastructures; Data centers; Processes intra- and inter-Clouds; Content and service distribution in Cloud computing infrastructures; Multiple applications can run on one computer (virtualization a la VMWare); Grid computing (multiple computers can be used to run one application); Cloud-computing vendor governance and regulatory compliance; Enterprise Clouds; Enterprise-centric Cloud computing; Interaction between vertical Clouds; Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds; Cloud computing testbeds GRID: Grid networks, services and applications - GRID theory, frameworks, methodologies, architecture, ontology; GRID infrastructure and technologies; GRID middleware; GRID protocols and networking; GRID computing, utility computing, autonomic computing, metacomputing; Programmable GRID; Data GRID; Context ontology and management in GRIDs; Distributed decisions in GRID networks; GRID services and applications; Virtualization, modelling, and metadata in GRID; Resource management, scheduling, and scalability in GRID; GRID monitoring, control, and management; Traffic and load balancing in GRID; User profiles and priorities in GRID; Performance and security in GRID systems; Fault tolerance, resilience, survivability, robustness in GRID; QoS/SLA in GRID networks; GRID fora, standards, development, evolution; GRID case studies, validation testbeds, prototypes, and lessons learned VIRTUALIZATION: Computing in virtualization-based environments - Principles of virtualization; Virtualization platforms; Thick and thin clients; Data centers and nano-centres; Open virtualization format; Orchestration of virtualization across data centres; Dynamic federation of compute capacity; Dynamic geo-balancing; Instant workload migration; Virtualization-aware storage; Virtualization-aware networking; Virtualization embedded-software-based smart mobile phones; Trusted platforms and embedded supervisors for security; Virtualization management operations /discovery, configuration, provisioning, performance, etc.; Energy optimization and saving for green data centres; Virtualization supporting Cloud computing; Applications as pre-packaged virtual machines; Licensing and support policies Conference web site May 28-29, 2013 Public Society Communication Europe (PSCE) Conference, Brussels, Belgium Forum for Public Safety Communication Europe is to foster, by consensus building, excellence in the development and use of public safety communications and information management systems as well as to improve the provision of public safety services and the safety of the citizens of Europe and the rest of the world. The PSCE provides a common platform for researchers, industry and users to meet and network, learn about technologies used for public safety and influence policy makers at European level. Conference web site May 28-30, 2013 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Enterpreneurship, East London, South Africa The Forum is a biennial international flagship event, convening the global innovation and entrepreneurship community to exchange know-how, establish partnerships and develop innovative approaches. The specific focus of the 2013 event is to enable innovative entrepreneurship for sustainable, inclusive growth and employment in developing countries. Bringing together, among other international attendees, several high-level African and European policy-makers and experts, we are confident that the Forum will not only assist the strengthening of bilateral science and innovation partnerships between South Africa and Europe, but will also contribute to enrich knowledge economy policy dialogues and cooperation initiatives between Africa and Europe. Conference web site May 29-30, 2013 Enhancing Performance Through Emotional Intelligence, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The main objectives of the workshop are to help participants develop a practical action plan to integrate emotional intelligence in order to enhance their leadership impact by: providing participants with better communication skills and enhanced listening setting up a plan to develop resilience in the face of set back developing interpersonal effectiveness and team work being confident in the face of conflict in the office preparing an individual development plan to develop key skills on which they can leverage on in their own organisations: political savvy Conference web site May 29-30, 2013 Malaysian Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety Law, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia This training will provide participants with the basis of environmental, occupational health and safety together with the roles and responsibilities of the regulatory bodies and those responsible for enforcement of these laws. Conference mail May 29-31, 2013 e-Learning Africa 2013, Windhoek, Namibia Every day, there are reports of tweetups, hackathons, webinars and blogfests that are aggregating the collective experience of innovation and entrepreneurship across Africa. How are they changing the learning, teaching and skills development landscape in education, health, agriculture, banking, mining and security in Africa? How are they influencing the behaviour of learners, teachers, farmers, decision-makers, policy influencers and investors in Africa? How are they changing traditional practice, institutions and systems in all of these spheres? These are some of the key questions that will guide our conversations at eLearning Africa 2013. The organisation calls for an open examination of experiences, projects, investments, policies, partnerships and research that focus on African traditions, change and innovation in learning, teaching and skills development. Conference web site May 29-31, 2013 IST-Africa 2013, Nairobi, Kenya Part of the IST-Africa Initiative, which is supported by the European Commission under the ICT Theme of Framework Programme 7 (FP7), IST-Africa 2013 is the eighth in an annual services of Ministerial Level Technology Research Conferences that brings together senior representatives from leading commercial, government and research organisations across Africa and from Europe, to bridge the Digital Divide by sharing knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice related to Information Society and ICT Adoption, Policy and Research. Conference web site May 30, 2013 How To Do Successful Gene Expression Analysis - Webinar, Belgium What are the critical issues in the qPCR workflow that need to be addressed? In this webinar, Biogazelle's co-founder and CEO Dr. Jan Hellemans reviews the entire work flow from experiment design, assay and sample quality control to data-analysis and reporting steps. The key message in this webinar is that quality assurance and quality control are essential throughout the entire RT-qPCR work flow. Conference web site May 30-31, 2013 International Conference on GNSS Technologies and Applications for the Development of Sub-Saharan African Countries, Dakar, Senegal The main objectives of this International Conference are to foster and promote African technological and scientific competences that have a clear potential for Galileo and EGNOS products and services/applications. More particularly, the conference aims to: Foster the development of innovative ideas and new products related to the space sector; Promote the collaboration between African industrial and university students to obtain a more stable and better structured African satellite landscape; Better position the local industry with regard to future African and worldwide activities so as to be ready to submit competitive bids when the respective calls are published; Increase the technological maturity of ideas developed by academia and to promote competitive Space products thanks to partnerships with industry. Conference web site May 30 - June 2, 2013 World Congress on Building Consensus out of Controversies in Gynecology, Infertility and Perinatology - BCGIP-cogi, Istanbul, Turkey The BCGIP (COGI) World Congress will provide a unique platform for world leaders and participants to conduct a vibrant discussion aimed at reaching consensus in the various fields of gynaecology. Debates, discussions and plenary lectures will facilitate this academic dialogue which will raise the most dynamic and challenging clinical and technological questions. The Congress will promote excellence in the fields of Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Infertility and Perinatology and aim to bridge gaps between the expansion of information and its implementation in clinical practice. International and local experts will share and compare experiences in stimulating and interactive debates. Allowing ample time for speaker-audience discussion, the Congress aims at reaching up-to-date and agreed-upon answers to ongoing debates even when proof is lacking, through evidence-based medicine and expert opinion. The Congress will enable participants from all over the world to meet with outstanding world experts in various disciplines and to be updated on the most pressing issues facing clinicians today. Conference web site June 1, 2013 International Cricket Sports Science Symposium, London, United Kingdom The event is bringing together a range of experts under one roof to discuss the latest and best techniques of injury prevention, treatment and performance development. The day's programme includes hands-on workshops covering all aspects of training and injury prevention, lectures on treatments for injuries, and practical tips and tricks from international coaches and trainers. Conference web site June 3-4, 2013 MAPPER Summer School 2013 on Distributed Multiscale Computing, Barcelona, Spain Today scientists and engineers are commonly faced with the challenge of modelling, predicting and controlling multiscale systems which cross scientific disciplines and where several processes acting at different scales co-exist and interact. Such multidisciplinary multiscale models, when simulated in three dimensions, require large scale or even extreme scale computing capabilities. Progress in science and technology is limited by our ability to solve efficiently such problems on available distributed computing infrastructures. The MAPPER project will respond to this critical need by developing computational strategies, software and services for distributed multiscale simulations across disciplines, exploiting existing and evolving European e-Infrastructure. Driven by seven challenging applications from five representative scientific domains (fusion, clinical decision making, systems biology, nano science, engineering), MAPPER will deploy a computational science environment for distributed multiscale computing on and across European e-infrastructures. By taking advantage of existing software and services, as delivered by EU and national projects, MAPPER will result in high quality components for today's e-Infrastructures. The MAPPER team will advance the state-of-the-art in high performance computing on European e-Infrastructures by enabling distributed execution of multiscale models. It will develop tools, software and services that allow two modes (loosely - and tightly coupled) of multiscale computing, in a user friendly and transparent way. The team will integrate our applications into the MAPPER environment, and we will demonstrate their enhanced capabilities by answering one challenging scientific question related to each application. The team plans to collaborate with other projects on adaptation of successful MAPPER methodologies, and will work with resource providers to develop policies facilitating the new multiscale computing paradigms. Conference web site June 3-5, 2013 5th International Workshop on Science Gateways, Zurich, Switzerland Science gateways are a community-specific set of tools, applications, and data collections that are integrated together via a web portal or a desktop application, providing access to resources and services of distributed computing infrastructures (DCIs). Science gateways offer the potential to open the utilisation of DCIs to wider audiences by providing a customised and easy to use user interface to access large computational and data resources. The complexity of the underlying infrastructure can be completely hidden from the end-users by a suitably tailored interface. As interest in science gateways has accelerated in the past few years, an increasing number of new user communities can utilise Grid or Cloud computing resources in a convenient manner. The workshop aims to bring together researchers and scientists from different scientific domains, along with science gateways developers, to discuss problems and solutions in the area, to identify new issues, to shape future directions for research, foster the exchange of ideas, standards and common requirements and push towards the wider adoption of science gateways in e-Science. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: Science gateway enabling technologies and development frameworks Ready to use science gateways in different areas and disciplines Management of high-throughput data via science gateways Portal technology and portal construction methods Usage models and gateway tools in different disciplines Security aspects of science gateways Usability studies of science gateways Work flows and service composition in science gateways High level tools for managing Grid and Cloud portability Demonstrations/success stories Conference web site June 3-6, 2013 TERENA Networking Conference - TNC2013, Maastricht, The Netherlands Through keynote speeches by renowned specialists and many parallel sessions, the Conference presents an overview of the latest developments in research networking, both in the technical field and in the areas of application and management. Conference web site June 3-6, 2013 World Biotechnology Congress 2013, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Presentations will focus on pharmaceutical biotechnology, vaccines, CNS, cancer, antibodies, protein engineering, plant and environmental technologies, transgenic plant and crops, bioremediation, and microbial diversity research as well as business development, strategic alliances, partnering trends, product opportunities, licensing, growth business models and strategies. The conference aims to highlight the latest breakthroughs in various areas of biotechnology and bring together scientists, academics and industry professionals from all over the world to present their current research and discuss commercial and industrial aspects of the field. Conference web site June 5-6, 2013 Effective Communication and Customer Service Excellence: Creating a positive impact on people by developing a Service Mindset, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Creating a delightful customer experience requires an employee to have a customer focused mindset and superior communication skill. The first button hole to get right is the attitude and mindset about the work we do - the difference between our purpose and our function and how this affects the way we serve our customers and the way we communicate with them. Investing in training our employees with the right skill-set without first addressing the correct mindset they should have would be a waste of precious resources. This is because employees can be trained to say the right words to the customer but the customer can still be unhappy or upset. Once they have acquired the right mindset to serving customers, we need to then equip them with the fundamental communication skill to help them manage expectations and convey the right message so that they can achieve their goals and results. In this workshop, participants will be challenged to think about the work they do from a different perspective; be inspired to want to serve others with excellence and learn how to communicate effectively to achieve results. Conference web site June 5-7, 2013 6th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis - IbPRIA 2013, Madeira, Portugal IbPRIA is a single track conference that includes tutorials, invited speakers as well as oral and poster presentations. The conference intends to act as a forum for research groups, engineers and practitioners to present recent results, algorithmic improvements and promising future directions in pattern recognition and image analysis. The conference are looking for new theoretical results, techniques and main applications on any aspect of pattern recognition and image analysis, including but not restricted to the following topics: Pattern Recognition Image Analysis Computer Vision Multimedia Systems Statistical and Structural Pattern Recognition Machine Learning and Data Mining Bioinformatics Image Coding and Processing Shape and Texture Analysis Information Systems Biometric Technologies Speech Recognition Document Processing Character and Text Recognition Robotics Remote Sensing Industrial Applications of Pattern Recognition Special Hardware Architectures Conference web site June 5-7, 2013 International Conference on Computational Science - ICCS 2013, Barcelona, Spain The International Conference on Computational Science is an annual conference that brings together researchers and scientists from mathematics and computer science as basic computing disciplines, researchers from various application areas who are pioneering computational methods in sciences such as physics, chemistry, life sciences, and engineering, as well as in arts and humanitarian fields, to discuss problems and solutions in the area, to identify new issues, and to shape future directions for research. ICCS 2013 in Barcelona will be the thirteenth in this series of highly successful conferences. The theme for ICCS 2013 is "Computation at the Frontiers of Science", to mark the ever-increasing importance of and progress in computational science theory and practice at the frontiers of science. The conference will be a unique event focusing on recent developments in computational methods for modelling complex systems in diverse areas of science, scalable scientific algorithms, advanced software tools, computational Grids, advanced numerical methods. Novel application areas where the above models, algorithms and tools can be efficiently applied such as physical systems, computational and systems biology, environmental systems, finance, but also humanities and socio-economic systems will be considered. ICCS2013 will also feature the important advances in computational science towards exascale computing. ICCS 2013 invites original contributions on all topics related to Computational Science, including, but not limited to: Scientific Computing Problem Solving Environments Advanced Numerical Algorithms Complex Systems: Modelling and Simulation Hybrid Computational Methods Web- and Grid-based Simulation and Computing Parallel and Distributed Computing Advanced Computing Architectures and New Programming Models Visualization and Virtual Reality as Applied to Computational Science Applications of Computation as a Scientific Paradigm New Algorithmic Approaches to Computational Kernels and Applications Computational Humanities Education in Computational Science Large Scale Scientific Instruments Computational Sociology Conference web site June 5-7, 2013 10th International Workshop on Modelling and Computing Multiscale Systems - Subtopic: Distributed Computing - MCMS 13, Barcelona, Spain The modelling and computation of multiphysics and multiscale systems constitutes a grand challenge in computational science, and is widely applied in fields such as astrophysics, chemical engineering, plasma physics, materials science, biomedical science, and aerospace and automotive engineering. Most of the real-life systems encompass interactions within and between a wide range of physical phenomena, each of which may operate on different time and length scales. They require the development of sophisticated numerical models and computational techniques to accurately simulate the diversity and complexity of multiscale and multiphysics problems, and to effectively capture the wide range of relevant physical phenomena within these simulations. Additionally, these multiscale models frequently need large scale computing capabilities as well as dedicated software and services that enable the exploitation of existing and evolving e-infrastructures. This workshop aims to provide a forum for multiscale application modellers, framework developers and experts from the distributed infrastructure communities to identify and discuss challenges in, and possible solutions for, modeling multiscale systems, as well as their execution on distributed e-infrastructures. This MCMS workshop is a successor of the successful SMMS series of workshops on Simulations of Multiphysics Multiscale Systems organized by the same chairs over the last 10 years. It has been merged with the workshop on Distributed Multiscale Computing (DMC2011) held by the co-chairs as a response to the necessity of a platform for both, scientific modelers and experts for execution tools and e-infrastructure. Conference web site June 6-7, 2013 M-Enabling Summit, Arlington, Virginia, USA This summit will promote mobile accessible and assistive applications and services for senior citizens and persons with disabilities leveraging the latest operating systems, handsets and tablets based technologies. Conference web site June 7-8, 2013 III. International Training Course for Full-Endoscopic Operations of the Lumbar, Thoracic and Cervical Spine, Istanbul, Turkey Lumbar disc disease is an important cause of disabilty affecting millions of people worldwide being a financial and social burden to community, new treatment options and surgical techniques are developed continuosly for management. Full endoscopic surgery is the most exiting and unique innovation combinning the advantages of radical treatment offered by open microscopic surgery, currently the gold standard and the noninvasive and tissue preserving nature of percutenous techniques. Conference web site June 9-14, 2013 2nd International Workshop on Speech and Multimodal Interaction in Assistive Environments - SMIAE 2013, Atlanta, Georgia, USA The SMIAE 2013 workshop will focus on all issues, applications, and development of various tools in the field of Speech and Multimodal Interaction in Assistive Environments. It will be concerned with all topics which fit within the purview of speech and multimodal communication in environments suitable for the elderly and people with physical or cognitive disabilities. Assistive environments are an application area of the research field of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). This research field promotes intelligent assistant systems for a better, healthier, and safer life in the preferred living environments through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Human-computer and human-robot interaction are key technological tools in the area of Assistive Environments, and as such the workshop will particularly aim to draw together speech and multimodal work in these areas. Moreover, both theoretical and applied computational work regarding multimodal interaction in assistive environments will be welcome at this workshop. Conference web site June 10-13, 2013 12th Cloud Expo, New York City, New York, USA Recent IDC research shows that worldwide spending on Cloud services will grow almost threefold, reaching $44,2 billion by 2013. And a recent Gartner report predicts that the volume of enterprise data overall will increase by a phenomenal 650% over the next five years. These two unstoppable enterprise IT trends, Cloud Computing and Big Data, will converge at the 12th Cloud Expo. Conference web site June 11-13, 2013 HP Discover 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA This is your opportunity to experience the innovation and technology that is changing the world, and influencing how we work and live. Conference web site June 11-13, 2013 International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics - IPC2013, Kosice, Slovakia The conference programme will focus on current advances in the science and research of probiotics, prebiotics and their present and future role in maintaining health and preventing diseases. IPC2013 aims to highlight evidence-based benefits as proven in clinical trials and scientific experiments. Further to the health effect of probiotics and prebiotics new developments in their selection, identification, production, application and delivery will be discussed. Topical subjects as safety, regulatory issues and claim substantiation will be also addressed by internationally renowned experts from industry and academia. It is the goal of IPC2013 to further explore the potential of already used and novel probiotics by disseminating current insights and new approaches in probiotic and prebiotic research. In addition novel strains, controversial but scientifically solid ideas, approaches, visions will be presented. Worldwide co-operation between scientists and institutions will be facilitated. Conference web site June 12, 2013 SDSC's Industry Partner Programme Research Review, San Diego, California, USA The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego will host its first annual research review for current and prospective industrial partners and affiliates as part of a broader strategy to foster increased collaborations that may benefit from the center's extensive research capabilities. Participants will learn about SDSC's diverse research activities including its wide expertise in advanced computing and storage, managing the deluge of 'Big Data' now being generated by commercial laboratories, academia, and government institutions; and how the Center is leading the way in emerging areas such as data mining and predictive analytics. Conference web site June 12-13, 2013 2nd Annual Cloud Connect India, Mumbai, India Topics include the following areas: Cloud performance, Cloud Interoperability, Cloud Testing, Cloud Monitoring and Management, Public Clouds, Private Clouds, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Security, Authentication, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Cloud Analytics, Cloud-based Security, Cloud Economics, Social Cloud, Big Data and Mobile Cloud. Conference web site June 12-14, 2013 19th EUNIS Congress, Riga, Latvia The EUNIS 2013 Congress's theme is "ICT role for Next Generation Universities". Topics include but are not limited to: Open Access, Open data, Open Courseware and Digital publishing Information Systems for Research Support ICT for Teaching and Learning Enhancement ICT in Learning Spaces Enterprise Architecture Identity Management Enterprise Information Systems IT Leadership and Governance Business Intelligence and University Analytics ICT for Mobility and Collaboration Campus Computing: Cloud, High Performance Computing Social Media in Universities University IT security Conference web site June 13, 2013 1st ConPaaS Workshop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ConPaaS is constantly growing with new features and possibilities being added every few weeks. The ConPaaS workshop aims to offer a forum for ConPaaS developers and users to meet each other, learn about recent developments, and have a chance to influence the roadmap for the next releases. You can expect presentations on the following topics: The current state of development of ConPaaS, and the short and medium-term plans for extensions. Technical presentations about the internal architecture of the system Tutorials on how to extend ConPaaS and build new services Reports from happy users Research results made possible by ConPaaS Future research plans involving ConPaaS and the new Harness EU project Exploitation plans for ConPaaS Conference web site June 14-15, 2013 First Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress - Eastern Europe, Moscow, Russia The great success of the Advanced Course in Facial Aesthetics through the active participation and the fruitful joint collaboration between international and Russian experts working hand in hand, has paved the way for new inspiring events throughout Russia. Conference web site June 15-16, 2013 Global Future 2045 International Congress, New York, New York, USA GF2045 will be attended by visionaries and world-class practitioners in science, technology and ethics, as well as educators, futurists, philosophers, and spiritual leaders. Congress discussions will include challenges to our global civilization, brain modelling, life support systems for the brain to extend human life, brain-machine interfaces, consciousness, interfaith discussions, and the synthesis of science and spiritual traditions. Speakers include Ray Kurzweil, Dr. Marvin Minsky, Dr. George Church, Dr. James Martin, Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro, Dr. Theodore Berger, Dr. Ed Boyden and others. Conference web site June 15-20, 2013 NENA 2013, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA NENA is on the forefront of all emergency communications issues. The association serves its members and the greater public safety community as the only professional organization solely focused on 9-1-1 policy, technology, operations, and education issues. With more than 7000 members in 48 chapters across the United States and around the globe, NENA promotes the implementation and awareness of 9-1-1, as well as international three-digit emergency communications systems. Conference web site June 16, 2013 PRACE Scientific Conference 2013, Leipzig, Germany Top European scientists present results and advances in large scale simulations obtained with support of PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe. The European HPC Strategy implementation is presented by Konstantinos Glinos, head of the European Commision e-Infrastructure unit. PRACE services for Science and Industry are highlighted by Sergi Girona, Chair of the PRACE Board of Directors. Conference web site June 16-20, 2013 28th International Supercomputing Conference - ISC'13, Leipzig, Germany The International Supercomputer Conference, the leading supercomputing event in Europe, will combine a strong line-up of technical experts in the field of HPC with exhibits from leading supercomputing centres, as well as hardware and software vendors. ISC presents state-of-the-art applications, architectures and trends in supercomputing. As a result, this HPC event has created a unique atmosphere of collaboration and co-operation. Topics include: State of the Art for Petascale Applications Analysis of Big Data: Hard Problems for HPC Challenges for Exascale Architectures Memory Developments for Future HPC-Systems Petascale Computing in the Cloud Cryptography and HPC The End of Silicon Technology and Moore's Law? Conference web site June 17-18, 2013 Forecast 2013, San Francisco, California, USA Forecast 2013 will focus on sharing best practices based on these initiatives, as well as address the top challenges facing enterprises as they implement Cloud computing services. Conference web site June 17-18, 2013 1st International Workshop on Optimization techniques for Resources Management in Clouds - ORMaCloud, New York, New York, USA The Cloud Computing paradigm is gaining an increasing degree of popularity and interest both in the industrial and in the scientific community, allowing customers to outsource the management of physical resources, and to rent a variable amount of resources according to their actual needs, in a pay-per-use fashion. In order to hide to customers the details of physical resources and to provide a flexible and efficient environment to users, Cloud Resource Management (acronym CloudRM) targets a multitude of constraints and objectives, with the burden of optimizing physical resource usage to ensure feasible business model placed entirely on Cloud providers. Due to the typical scale of Cloud systems, these goals are achieved mainly by infrastructures characterized by a high degree of automation. Such infrastructures allow resource provisioning and dynamic management of compute, storage and network resources. The ORMaCloud workshop will focus on management and optimization issues related to dependability, scalability, economicity and performance at each level of Cloud computing infrastructures, but also on green computing concerns, i.e. issues related with energy efficiency and carbon footprint limitation. The workshop aims at providing a venue for investigating and discussing these issues and state of the art techniques to solve them from a number of different viewpoints, like: Different Cloud Platforms: single-tenant Clouds, Cloud brokering platforms, Cloud Federations; Features required by Scientific, Real-time, 24/7, and Big Data Applications, as well as other classes of Applications; CloudRM and advanced QoS management for performance, networking, power efficiency, security, reliability; Unified programming models and impact of the IaaS/PaaS interaction on CloudRM; Supporting techniques and methodologies for CloudRM: resource mapping and scheduling, autonomic management, service monitoring and modelling; Interplay of CloudRM and Cloud business models According to the above description, the topics of interest for the workshop include but are not limited to: Optimization Algorithms for CloudRM in Clouds, Cloud Brokers and Cloud Federations CloudRM solutions targeting specific classes of applications including Scientific, Real-time, 24/7, and Big Data Applications Design of energy efficient Cloud IaaS software stacks and middlewares Design of QoS aware Cloud IaaS software stacks and middlewares Computing models for PaaS in Clouds allowing advanced CloudRM: QoS-, Green- and Security-aware Abstractions for new types of resource: CloudRM of multicore CPUs and GPUs Autonomic approaches to CloudRM Multi-criteria Scheduling for CloudRM Advanced monitoring solutions for CloudRM Benchmarks for CloudRM evaluation CloudRM impacts on Cloud business models Conference web site June 17-19, 2013 Biosensors & Bioelectronics Conference and Exhibit, Chicago/Northbrook, USA Biosensors & Bioelectronics-2013 will provide a forum for accessing to the most up-to-date and authoritative knowledge from both commercial and academic worlds, sharing best practice in the field as well as learning about case studies of successfully integrated bio-sensing technologies. The meeting will provide an opportunity to highlight recent developments and also identify emerging future areas of growth in this exciting field. Conference web site June 17-21, 2013 22nd International ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing - HPDC'13, New York, New York, USA Topics include clusters, Clouds, Grids, data-intensive computing, massively multicore, and global-scale computing systems. New scholarly research showing empirical and reproducible results in architectures, systems, and networks is strongly encouraged, as are experience reports of operational deployments that can provide insights for future research on HPDC applications and systems. Conference web site June 17-21, 2013 International University Master of Science in Preventive, Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Dresden, Germany This first World international "Master programme in Preventive, Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine" is a 2-year programme (60 credits). Degree-seeking students must fulfill all academic requirements by registering to seven 5-day seminars, E-learning modules, self-learning and thesis. After completion of the full programme, a Master's thesis must be successfully defended in front of a jury in order to obtain the University Degree, Master of Science in Preventive Medicine. Conference web site June 17-21, 2013 PRACE Summer School 2013 - Frameworks for Scientific Computing on Supercomputers, Ostrava, Czech Republic This five-day event will offer tutorials on several distinguished software packages, frameworks and libraries widely used for solving large-scale engineering and scientific problems on high performance computing systems. The target audience consists of scientists and developers who wish to use high-level tools but at the same time require fine-grain control over the solution process. The presented open source packages were selected to cover the whole "life cycle" of such projects: preprocessing, solution and postprocessing. However, the focus is on the solution phase. Deadline for registration is March 31, 2013. Conference web site June 17 - July 1, 2013 International Multi Sectoral Conference, Plymouth, United Kingdom The conference will bring together leading figures in various sectors/Government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) from across the World to discuss the several of ways of empowering the women/youths to succeed and how the society can protect them as it's most valuable asset. This Conference will create an opportunity for participants to learn more about the impact of women and youth empowerment in combating the scourge of HIV/AIDS. Delegates will receive professional updates from experts internationally about the various ways of preventing HIV/AIDS epidemic and other serious health problems. The Conference will also provide an opportunity for participants to share insights and Experiences and to network with other colleagues from voluntary sectors, health, education, religious groups, Governments, social organisations, cooperate bodies, local authorities and other areas. Conference web site June 18, 2013 Matchpoint East, New York, New York, USA During this meeting, innovators have the opportunity to demo their innovations with potential partners and investors. Innovative companies are pre-selected by an expert committee based on the sponsoring companies' areas of interest. Traditionally, over 500+ applications are reviewed to identify 10-15 innovative companies. Conference web site June 18-20, 2013 Automation Technology Expo East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Immerse yourself in a face-to-face environment with top automation experts and game-changing education geared toward maximizing your productivity and prostability in any industry. Conference web site June 19, 2013 Bioinformatics and Data Management Strategies Workshop, San Francisco, California, USA This is a half-day seminar dedicated to helping users in discussing the issues and developing solutions to these problems. Bioinformatics experts will present on methods and best practices for data management, analysis and interpretation in a variety of sequencing applications. Additional topics include optimization of work flow, software utilization and Cloud computing. Conference web site June 19-20, 2013 GigaOM Structure Conference, New York City, New York, USA Structure is GigaOM's flagship conference that examines the future of Cloud computing and internet infrastructure. We bring together the most influential speakers, buyers and vendors for two days of discussion, reporting, and debate. Conference web site June 19-20, 2013 Coaching and Mentoring for Improved Performance, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia If too little time and fewer resources are creating performance issues for your own success and the success of your people and organisation, then this course is for you. Imagine the benefits you and your organization would realize if you could apply proven techniques to delegate successfully and to achieve the results you want whether you have formal authority or not. By participating in Coaching and Mentoring for Improved Performance training course you'll learn how to apply a powerful behavioural coaching and mentoring model and a set of integrated tools that will improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of your coaching with lasting results, whether with direct reports, peers or those in more senior positions. Through practical exercises, group discussions and case studies, you will determine what work can be assigned and to whom based on current performance levels and work load. You'll also learn how to delegate work with improved clarity and efficiency in order to establish a strong foundation for success. This training course provides techniques for delegating work with the appropriate level of instruction and guiding others' progress on the work assigned, focusing on the most suitable type of help people need in order to be successful. You'll learn how to evaluate results of the finished work and to provide focused feedback that helps sustain performance in the future. You will assess your own personal coaching style and learn how to leverage that style. You will acquire skills to effectively deal with the typical and very challenging realities faced by coaches and managers in all types of organisations. You will also have opportunities to assess and discuss your own real-life coaching issues in a practical, highly engaging and thought-provoking environment. You will learn a structured approach for improving your performance and of those who work with you. Conference web site June 19-21, 2013 Transformation in a Changing Climate Conference, Oslo, Norway Climate change is considered by many to be the greatest challenge to humanity - a perfect storm that will lead to unprecedented social and ecological impacts unless addressed in a comprehensive, urgent manner. Yet there is a growing recognition that traditional, business-as-usual approaches to mitigation and adaptation are insufficient to address the breadth, scale and complexity of challenges associated with climate change. The conference will serve as a creative, innovative and inspirational gathering that catalyzes new insights on transformation processes and the implications for research, policy and practice. Such insights will contribute to international transdisciplinary research initiatives, including Future Earth. Conference web site June 19-21, 2013 3rd Next-Generation Sequencing Conference, San Francisco, California, USA The 3rd Next-Generation Sequencing conference will provide a forum for industry, academic and government leaders in the field to present on the current and future applications of the technology as well as share strategies, best practices and protocols on the usage of the tool. Hot topics that will be covered include clinical diagnostics development, the microbiome and infectious disease applications, bioinformatics and methods of data analysis, nanopore sequencing and other future sequencing technologies on the horizon. Attend this conference to network with fellow scientists and researchers and learn about sequencing technologies that are available, how they are being applied and what are the strategies for handling the data. Deadline for paper abstract submission is May 19, 2013. Conference web site June 19-21, 2013 Nucleic Acid Summit, San Francisco, California, USA Since the advent of next-gen sequencing and the discovery of RNAi, both have changed the way scientists understand the human genome and have become valuable research tools. The Nucleic Acid Summit provides a forum for leaders in the field of sequencing and RNAi discovery to collaborate on the most cutting-edge technology and discuss the latest in therapeutic, diagnostic and clinical applications. Conference web site June 19-21, 2013 11th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics - ICOST 2013, Singapore ICOST is considered as a premier venue for the presentation and discussion of research in the design, development, deployment and evaluation of Smart Environments, Assistive Technologies and Health Telematics systems. ICOST brings together stakeholders from clinical, academic and industrial perspectives and along with end users and their family carers explore how Smart Homes and Health Telematics can foster independent living and offer an enhanced quality of life. ICOST 2013 invites participants to present and discuss their experiences in the design, development, deployment and evaluation that demonstrate significant contributions in the areas of smart homes, health telematics and assistive technologies. ICOST 2013 will provide a dynamic programme which will incorporate a range of technical, clinical and industrial related keynote speakers, oral and poster presentations along with demonstrations and technical exhibits. Conference web site June 20-21, 2013 4th RNAI Research and Therapeutics Conference, San Francisco, California, USA Since its discovery, scientists have hoped that by understanding the mechanisms of RNAi they could transform what has become an invaluable research tool into a game-changing therapeutic modality. Indeed, today, RNAi and related technology have entered the clinic for the treatment, prevention, and detection of numerous diseases. Conference web site June 20-21, 2013 21st Century PA Excellence Masterclass, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The 21st Century PA Excellence Masterclass will equip you with modern PA business management skills to be an even more effectiv e Executive Personal Assistant. The programme will enable you to support your Manager at the highest level of the organisation with confidence in your ability. Conference mail June 20-21, 2013 Designing and Implementing Total Reward Strategy: Key Strategies to Attract, Retain and Motivate your Workforce, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Regardless of where you are in your career, this is an opportunity to learn and apply advanced concepts in workforce management through the use of a total reward strategy and practices. At the conclusion of this course, you will understand the concept and elements of a total reward strategy, how different business scenarios drive a TR strategy, and the impact each element of a TR strategy has on attracting, retaining, aligning and engaging your workforce. Conference mail June 20-22, 2013 BIT's 2nd Annual World Congress of Cloud Computing-2013 - CloudCon-2013, Dalian, China The aim of this conference is to facilitate the mutual communication between researchers from these disciplines in a setting that encourages the intense exchange of both fundamental knowledge and technical advancement. CloudCon-2013 will offer more opportunities for you to expand your research and business opportunities. Deadline for paper submission is May 24, 2013. Conference web site June 20-22, 2013 3rd Annual World Congress of U-Homes - 2013, Dalian, China U-Homes-2013 is hosted by Information Research Center of International Talent and China Council for the Promotion International Trade, and operated by BIT Congress Inc. The partner organisations also include China International Software & Information Service Centre. In addition to U-Homes-2013, there are some other concurrent events that you can participate at the same time: 2013 China International Software & Information Service Fair, WCEIT-2013, U-World-2013 and Cloud Con-2013, where you will be able to enjoy both scientific programme sessions and exhibition in large scale. The conference this year is themed "All About Your Smart Life". It still focuses on Smart Home. The programme is dedicated to highlight some recent breakthrough stories and successes in 10 major topics. Conference web site June 23-25, 2013 AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting has been the premier forum for health services research, where more than 2400 attendees gather to discuss health policy implications, sharpen research methods, and network with colleagues from around the world. Conference web site June 23-26, 2013 Greenhouse Gases and Animal Agriculture Conference - GGAA 2013, Dublin, Ireland This scientific meeting will attract speakers and delegates from throughout the globe and builds on previous successful meetings in the series. The meeting will focus on advancements in the areas of animal derived GHG mitigation since the last meeting in Banff, 2010. This meeting also presents an ideal opportunity to visit and explore Ireland where Agriculture is the largest indigenous industry, and plays a major role in the lives of many of our citizens. Conference sessions include: Policy and industry context for greenhouse gases from animal agriculture. Techniques for measuring greenhouses gases - enteric methane, soil and manure-derived gases. Microbiology of the rumen, soil and manure in relation to greenhouse gas emissions. Mitigation strategies - enteric methane, soil and manure-derived gases. Modelling of livestock greenhouse gas emissions. Conference web site June 23-28, 2013 Fourth International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences, New York City, New York, USA This summer school is sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation's Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) project, the European Union Seventh Framework Programme's Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe Implementation Phase project (PRACE-2IP), and RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (RIKEN AICS). Leading American, European and Japanese computational scientists and high-performance computing technologists will offer instruction on a variety of topics, including: Access to EU, U.S., and Japanese cyberinfrastructures HPC challenges by discipline (e.g., bioinformatics, computer science, chemistry, and physics) HPC programming proficiencies Performance analysis and profiling Algorithmic approaches and numerical libraries Data-intensive computing Scientific visualization Conference web site June 24, 2013 Third International Workshop on Dependability of Clouds, Data Centers and Virtual Machine Technology - DCDV 2013, Budapest, Hungary Cloud computing can be characterized as the culmination of the integration of computing and data infrastructures to provide a scalable, agile and cost-effective approach to support the ever-growing critical IT needs of both enterprises and the general public. Massive data centers providing storage and processing power with fast network connectivity form the core of the support infrastructure for the Cloud. It is thus imperative that we get the Cloud and consequently the underlying data centre infrastructure right so that both the deployment, operation and maintenance of the infrastructure is efficient, cost-effective and meets the performance, dependability and security requirements. The Third International Workshop on Dependability of Clouds, Data Centers and Virtual Machine Technology will bring together academics and industry practitioners in order to share experiences, discuss existing state-of-the-art and set directions for future research and evolution for this dynamic and rapidly evolving field. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: Architecture and design of Clouds and data centres for dependability Faults, failure diagnosis, and recovery issues in Clouds and data centres Dependability challenges and solutions for Cloud users and Cloud providers Dependability and security of virtual machine and multicore technology Dependability metrics, analysis, and evaluation for Clouds and data centres Assured services, protocols and standards for Clouds Dependability benchmarking and measurements in Clouds and data centres Security and privacy issues in Clouds and data centres Sustainability issues and energy management in Clouds/data centres Trust, policy management and regulatory compliance issues Conference web site June 24-27, 2013 43rd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks - DSN 2013, Budapest, Hungary The Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) is the most prestigious international forum for presenting research results in the field of dependability and security. The rapidly expanding Information Technologies (IT) increasingly form the basis of all imaginable and novel emergent application paradigms, with the technical aspects being as important as the growing socio-economical and societal values. Dependability and security aspects are essential, as both the society and individuals rely more and more on the services delivered by IT. Coping with attacks and unintentional faults in a rapidly evolving technological and application environment generates new challenges for the dependability and security community thus driving DSN. DSN is now in its fifth decade of evolution and has a sustained tradition to address both conceptual and applied research results related to actual questions posed by the rapid IT evolution. This flagship dependability conference addresses the entire spectrum of scientific and technological challenges which are indispensable to solve for partaking the benefits of modern IT. DSN 2013 aims at offering a value focused programme including plenary talks, regular papers, experience reports, panels, student forum, fast abstracts, demonstrations of tools and technologies, debate sessions, together with state-of-the-art workshops and tutorials. Conference web site June 24-26, 2013 8th Annual European Spectrum Management Conference, Brussels, Belgium The conference will bring together representatives from all the major stakeholders for a detailed and interactive discussion on key issues and developments relating to spectrum management policy in Europe. Conference web site June 25, 2013 Health 2.0 - Matchpoint East, New York, New York, USA Matchpoint East is an exclusive opportunity for health technology entrepreneurs and large stakeholders to meet in designated 15-20 minute meetings. During these meetings, innovators have the opportunity to demo their innovations with potential partners and investors. Innovative companies are pre-selected by an expert committee based on our sponsoring companies' areas of interest. Traditionally, over 500+ applications are reviewed to identify 10-15 innovative companies. Conference web site June 25-26, 2013 Teratec Forum 2013, Palaiseau, France The plenary sessions will bring together personalities from the political, economic and academic users of international industrial leading providers of leaders in these technologies and innovative SMEs around issues of supercomputing. June 26, technical workshops will provide an update on major topics. During these two days, an exhibition of sixty stands bring together key players in the high-performance simulation presented their latest innovations in HPC. Conference mail June 25-26, 2013 EuroAfrica-ICT Regional Workshop on Joint Africa-EU Research Priorities and Horizon2020 Perspectives, Dakar, Senegal This workshop aims at raising awareness on FP7/ICT, at enhancing the participation of Africa organisations in EU-funded FP7/ICT collaborative research projects and to introduce local stakeholders to the cooperation opportunities offered by the FP7 Programme. These events, organised over 1,5 days, will be possibly co-located with other related events and synchronised with FP7/ICT Calls for proposals announcements. Participation is free of charge. Conference web site June 25-26, 2013 5th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing - HotCloud 13, San Jose, California, USA HotCloud brings together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry working on Cloud computing technologies. Cloud computing has gained traction over the past few years, becoming a viable alternative to dedicated data centres and enabling the launch of many prominent companies. However, many challenges remain in the design, implementation, and deployment of Cloud computing. HotCloud provides a forum for both academics and practitioners to share their experience, leverage each other's perspectives, and identify new/emerging "hot" trends in this important area. Its programme is arranged to create close interaction between researchers and industry practitioners, so that the research can inform current deployments and deployment challenges can inform new research. HotCloud is open to examining all models of Cloud computing, including the scalable management of in-house servers, remotely hosted infrastructure (IaaS), infrastructure augmented with tools and services that provide platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Improving elasticity and availability in Cloud infrastructure and Cloud services Multi-tenancy and related issues such as performance isolation Charging models and economics Power-efficient ("green") computing for Clouds Monitoring, troubleshooting, and failure recovery Debugging and performance analysis of Cloud applications Cloud management and configuration Virtual appliance management and composition Storage architectures for Cloud computing Novel networking approaches for Cloud computing Programming models Security and privacy in Clouds New applications for Clouds Mobility Integrating enterprise applications with the Cloud Conference web site June 26-27, 2013 5th Annual Cloud World Forum, London, United Kingdom Boasting the most comprehensive agenda and speaker line-up in the Cloud sector, the Cloud World Forum is the platform for global authorities to present their "how-to" strategy and vision for how Cloud can enhance your organisation. Whether private or public sector, SME or global enterprise, the Cloud World Forum will help you harness the Cloud opportunity in your business and maximise your ROI. Conference web site June 26-29, 2013 27th International Congress and Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery - CARS 2013, Heidelberg, Germany The CARS congress is the yearly event for a renowned international community of scientists, engineers and physicians to present and discuss the key innovations that shape modern medicine on a worldwide basis. Founded in 1985, CARS has played a leading role in medical and imaging informatics for more than 25 years by focusing on research and development on novel algorithms and systems and their applications in radiology and surgery. Its growth and impact is due to CARS's close collaboration with the ISCAS, EuroPACS, CAR, CAD and CMI societies. At CARS you will have the opportunity to meet scholars and practising experts in the fields of radiology, surgery, engineering, informatics and health care management who have an interest in topics, such as: image- and model-guided interventions advanced medical imaging image processing and visualization computer aided diagnosis medical simulation and eLearning surgical navigation and robotics model-guided medicine, and personalised medicine Conference web site June 27-28, 2013 Second Prostate Cancer Translational Research in Europe Meeting - PCTRE, Malmö, Sweden The 2nd PCTRE Meeting is a pioneering event which stimulates translational research, by distributing new research data, and stimulating the development of research collaborative networks. This meeting brings the most pressing issues to the discussion table of the experts, industry, government structures and patient advocacy groups. Since the first meeting in 2009, the rapid development of translational research projects has provided a large number of new diagnostic and therapeutic options and more is to be expected within the next few years. It is time to discuss how to can pursue the aims in the most efficient manner. Conference web site June 30 - July 3, 2013 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia IAS 2013 will be dedicated to the exploration and implementation of HIV science. This biennial gathering is a crucial opportunity for the world's leading scientists, clinicians, implementers, public health experts and community leaders to examine the latest developments in HIV-related research, and to explore how scientific advances can be translated quickly into effective interventions to prevent and treat HIV, particularly in low and middle-income countries. IAS 2013 will be an opportunity to highlight new scientific developments and the need to rapidly implement them in the field. The organizers will also continue to emphasize monitoring the effectiveness of programmes as we scale up treatment and prevention, given that we still have tremendous strides to make before reaching the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. Conference web site June 30 - July 6, 2013 International Conference on Complexity, Cybernetics, and Informing Science and Engineering - CCISE 2013, Porto, Portugal The purpose of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Complexity, Cybernetics, and Informing Science and Engineering: CCISE 2013 is to bring together scholars and professionals from the three fields, Complexity, Cybernetics, and Informing Science/Engineering (including scholars/professionals in their supporting tools and technologies) in order to promote and foster inter-disciplinary communication and interactions among them; oriented to foster the formation of the intellectual humus required for inter-disciplinary synergies, inter-domain cross-fertilization, and the production of creative analogies. Consequently, formal disciplinary oriented breakout sessions will be complemented with interdisciplinary presentations and informal conversational sessions. There are many good disciplinary, specific and focused conferences in any one of the major themes of CCISE 2013. There are also good general conferences, which have a wider scope and are more comprehensive. Each one of these kinds of conferences has its typical audience. CCISE 2013 Organizing Committee purpose is to bring together both kinds of audiences, so participants with a disciplinary and focused research will be able to interact with participants from other related disciplines for interdisciplinary communication and potential inter-disciplinary collaborative research. The conference has two special tracks: Special Track on Education, Informatics, and Cybernetics - stEIC 2013 Special Track on Society and Information Technologies - stSIT 2013 Conference web site June 30 - July 6, 2013 Special Track on Academic Informing Science and Engineering - AISE 2013, Porto, Portugal Some of the areas announced on the AISE 2013 conference web site are the following: Informing via research and/or informing research (meta-research) Informing via teaching (pedagogical methods and processes) and/or getting informed form students, as feedback for a more effective teaching Informing via consulting or practice and/or getting informed form practice, as feedback for a more effective consulting Relating or Integrating Research, Education, and/or Consulting or Problem solving Relating or Integrating informing sciences and informing engineering Action research applied to Academic Informing Qualitative and hybrid research applied to Academic Informing Informing systems engineering Educational systems engineering Conference web site July 1-2, 2013 Strategic Business Planning Masterclass, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Strategic Business Planning is crucial to the current business environment, as the strategies implemented today will lead your organisation well into the future. This two day practical course aimes to identify the key capabilities and skills an organisation needs in order to deliver its strategic objectives. The programme also challenges orthodoxies, appreciates different strategic approaches and explores their use in one's organisation. Conference mail July 1-6, 2013 Summer School on Grid and Cloud Workflows and Gateways, Budapest, Hungary There are already several well established Grid and Cloud infrastructures in Europe. The next issue is how to exploit these infrastructures, how to port and develop application for these infrastructures and how to extend their user communities. The main goal of this summer school is to give answers for these questions and to promote best practice examples for potential application developers and users of e-science infrastructures. The main goal of this summer school is to give answers for these questions and to promote best practice examples for potential application developers and users of e-science infrastructures. Two current FP7 projects and the SZTAKI Cloud project organize this summer school to show various aspects of user support for the European Grid and Cloud infrastructures. The SCI-BUS project will train application developers how to develop work flows and parameter sweep applications for distributed computing infrastructures (DCIs) based on the WS-PGRADE work flow concept and the gUSE high-level user support environment that enables transparent access to various DCIs like Grids (ARC, gLite, Globus, UNICORE), Clouds (OpenNebula, Openstack, Amazon, Google Application Engine), Desktop Grids (BOINC), clusters (PBS, LSF) and supercomputers. SCI-BUS will also show how to customize the generic WS-PGRADE/gUSE gateway according to the needs of various user communities and create application-specific science gateways for these communities. The ER-flow project will explain how those user communities who are engaged with one of the major work flow systems (ASKALON, Galaxy, GWES, Kepler, MOTEUR, Pegasus, Taverna, Triana, WS-PGRADE) can explore the various DCIs mentioned above via the services of gUSE. The SHIWA work flow interoperability technology supported and disseminated by ER-flow enables sharing workflows between different user communities and combining different type of work flows to build meta-work flows via the SHIWA Work flow repository, SHIWA Portal and SHIWA desktop technologies. The SHIWA portal is also based on the WS-PGRADE/gUSE gateway so it is a good case study how to customize the WS-PGRADE/gUSE gateway for specific community needs. The SZTAKI Cloud project establishes a production level institute wide private Cloud system based on OpenNebula. This Cloud is actively used in the SCI-BUS project and many other internal SZTAKI projects and EU projects. Through this Cloud we will show the main features of clouds and particularly OpenNebula Clouds. The lectures will include explaining how to build such Cloud systems and how to organize them into multi-Cloud systems. The role and usage of Cloud marketplaces will also be covered. Finally integration of Cloud and Grid systems will be an important subject of the summer school. Although the summer school is organized by the three above mentioned projects its subject is not restricted for showing the technologies developed by these projects. Since these projects are about integrating many different technologies participants will get detailed view on how the various Grid, Cloud middleware technologies can be combined and utilized via high level user-oriented tools and environments like science gateways and work flow systems. Deadline for registration is June 27, 2013. Conference web site July 3-4, 2013 Perfecting Key Performance Indicators Masterclass, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is part of the critical decision-making process for any organisation. An organisation will be able to achieve its goals with effective KPIs. However, many organisations face the issue of having too many, outmoded or unaligned KPIs. The focus of this workshop will show how dependable KPIs can be developed and implemented in organisations. KPIs will show immediate information about a company's operations and their impact on the critical success factors. By learning to map out winning KPIs, decision makers will enable organisations to transform their operations to meet business goals and strategies. Conference mail July 3-5, 2013 Future Network and Mobile Summit 2013 - FUNEMS 2013, Lisbon, Portugal This is the twenty-second in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts delegates from industry and research to share experiences and research results, identify future trends, discuss business opportunities and identify opportunities for international research collaboration under the ICT Theme of Framework Programme 7 (FP7). It will thus contribute to showcasing European research in the field, and position it within the multiplicity of related initiatives supported in other regions of the world. In the context of convergence and innovation, the 22nd Future Network and MobileSummit will address the challenges of building the Future Internet Infrastructures, based on mobile, wireless and fixed broadband communications technologies. Conference web site July 4-7, 2013 Data Analysis and Statistical Software in Epidemiology and Biomedicine, Desio, Italy Topics include: Elements of Data Analysis and Methods of Applied Statistics in Epidemiology and Biomedicine Genomic Databanks and Genomic Epidemiology Examples Medical records, Clinical Databases, Hospital and Health Information Systems; Epidemiological archives and registers Medical data integration over Internet and web-based application in Biomedicine Survey and introduction to use of some statistical software packages (SPSS, SAS, R, ...) The statistical package SPSS Data management commands Statistical functions Applications in medicine: examples and exercises Case studies and exercises Elements of Data mining and neuronal networks Examples and applications Course evaluation Conference mail July 6-11, 2013 38th Federation of European Biochemical Societies Congress 2013, St. Petersburg, Russia The Congress theme is "Mechanisms in Biology". The aim is to build a powerful and diverse programme to support this key theme. Symposia presently under consideration include: Immunology, RNA, Carbohydrate Biochemistry, Stem Cell Biology, Mechanisms of Proteolysis, Bacteriology, Bioinformatics, and Techniques of Biochemistry. A total of 37 symposia will be included in the programme. The organizers are expecting to have a strong cohort of keynote and symposium speakers from Europe, USA, Japan and other countries. Conference web site July 7-9, 2013 International Congress on Naturopathic Medicine - ICNM 2013, Paris, France ICNM 2013 is the premier International Congress for the most influential and inspiring complementary medicine practitioners and health care professionals who are dedicated to improving patient care. You have the opportunity to join with the finest Naturopaths worldwide and update your knowledge and skills learning from internationally recognized researchers and clinicians. Conference web site July 7-10, 2013 10th eGovernment eHealth Conference - eGeH'13, Desio, Italy Topics include: Administrative Inforamtion Systems Electronic Documents and Protocols Digital signature / electronic identity cards Biometrics, cryptography and security Smart cards in P.A. and health services Data bases and data banks Local, regional and national information systems in PA and health Internet services and social networks Government and health 2.0 Onthology in health care and PA systems Grid technology in PA and health care activities Neural computing in biomedical sciences Telemedicine systems and appications (radiology, cardiology, pathology, ophthalmology, etc.) Telemonitoring, tele-homecare and ambient assisted living for elderly people pHealth and biomedical devices mHealth, mobile health Cloud computing in PA and health care Business intelligence in government organisations and health care Digital divide and international cooperation on ICT applications in government and health administations There is also a pre-conference tutorial on July 7 on Elements and Methods of Artificial Intelligence in BioMedical Informatics. Deadline for paper submission is May 31, 2013. Conference mail July 8-9, 2013 Pharmaceutical Sales & Brand Management Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA How does the pharmaceutical salesperson of the future delivery value? The answer is no longer simple. What was once a standard operating procedure has been thrown into flux. The market is in the midst of a sea change and pharmaceutical companies are now re-evaluating brand & life cycle management, sales team design & incentives, physician & payer relationships and social media campaigns. Decisions made on these strategic issues will have a direct impact on the organisation's ability to grow as a brand. However significant change brings new opportunity. The best strategic plans will chart new courses and create new market leaders. Sales teams of the future will solidify new bonds with customers driving brand value. New marketing campaigns will harness the voice of the customer to enhance public awareness. Access will be created by satisfying needs. But only those who understand this dynamic market and develop the best strategic tools will enjoy the successes this new future holds. Conference web site July 8-9, 2013 8th Protein Kinases in Drug Discovery Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Despite the hundreds of kinase inhibitors currently in discovery and pre-clinical phases, the number of kinase inhibitors which have been approved and are on the market remains low by comparison. This discrepancy reflects the challenges which accompany the development of ATP-competitive kinase inhibitors, including low specificity and off-target binding. There is also the problem of gatekeeper-associated drug resistance. To remain competitive in the kinase field, it will require you to stay abreast with recent development trends and technological advancements aimed at circumventing these issues. The team will also provide you with a broad overview of the role kinases play in various types of cancer as well as introduce you to several novel kinases and inhibitor candidates. Conference web site July 8-10, 2013 10th Anti-Infectives Partnering and Deal-Making Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA GTC's Anti-Infectives Partnering & Deal Making is an infectious disease partnering and business development conference that gives global biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies an opportunity to network with high-level executives from top pharma and various biotech/pharmaceutical companies, explore potential collaborations, and learn about relevant anti-infective issues and deals that will affect the industry. This event also provides a unique venue for attendees to learn about the anti-infective business development trends, the infectious disease markets, and novel technologies that shape up the industry. Conference web site July 8-10, 2013 11th Vaccines Research and Development: All Things Considered Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Development of new vaccines truly requires a consideration of many things. The team examines vaccine development from basic research to marketing. It brings together the people who make the discoveries, make the decisions, fund the work and license the vaccines and foster their interaction with the attendees to share their perspectives of the vaccine industry. The latest information on the new malaria, HIV, tumour, and therapeutic vaccines, DNA vaccines, adjuvants, mucosal and other delivery mechanisms will be presented, as will updates on governmental priorities, funding, and the FDA. Representatives from the HHS, BARDA and NIH as well as NGO will provide a first-hand perspective into current US vaccines policy, regulation and funding as well as updates on the pandemic and bio-defense policy. All aspects from discovery to marketing will be covered. Conference web site July 8-10, 2013 Infectious Diseases World Summit, Boston, Massachusetts, USA This summit will bring together experts from academia and industry to discuss cutting edge research and new technologies used in the pharmaceutical and biotech fields. It will also give global biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies an opportunity to network with high-level executives from top pharma and various biotech/pharmaceutical companies, explore potential collaborations, and learn about relevant infectious diseases issues and deals that will affect the industry. Conference web site July 8-10, 2013 2nd Influenza Research and Development Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA This conference will once again bring together experts from industry, government and academia to discuss the issues facing the influenza field. Topics will range from basic science of the influenza virus itself to pandemic preparedness to vaccination and clinical development. Attend this conference to learn, discuss and network with fellow scientists and researchers involved in various sectors of the influenza filed in an intimate setting. Conference web site July 8-12, 2013 ADSA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA This meeting offers a diverse scientific programme offering over 2200 oral and poster presentations showcasing the scientific work of over 3000 scientists. Enjoy more than 35 symposia presented by the world's leading animal and dairy scientists. Topics include: animal health and well-being, dairy food science, dairy production, animal and human nutrition, livestock transport, food safety, and production and management. Over 100 Trade Show participants will share innovative products, services and solutions. Conference web site July 8-12, 2013 Programming and tUning Massively Parallel Systems Summer School - PUMPS 2013, Barcelona, Spain In its fourth edition, the Programming and tuning Massively Parallel Systems Summer School offers researchers and graduate students a unique opportunity to improve their skills with cutting-edge techniques and hands-on experience in developing and tuning applications for many-core processors with massively parallel computing resources like GPU accelerators. The summer school is oriented towards advanced programming and optimizations, and thus previous experience in basic GPGPU programming will be considered in the selection process. Some of the topics that will be covered during the course are: CUDA Algorithmic Optimization Strategies Dealing with Sparse and Dynamic data Efficiency in Large Data Traversal Reducing Output Interference Controlling Load Imbalance and Divergence Debugging and Profiling CUDA Code GMAC Runtime Multi-GPU Execution Introduction to OmpSs OmpSs: Leveraging GPU/CUDA Programming Hands-on Labs: CUDA Optimizations and OmpSs Programming Deadline for application is May 17, 2013. Conference web site July 9-12, 2013 17th World Multi-Conference, Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics - WMSCI 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA The purpose of WMSCI 2013 is to promote discussions and interactions between researchers and practitioners focused on disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary issues, ideas, concepts, theories, methodologies and applications. We are particularly interested in fostering the exchange of concepts, prototypes, research ideas, and other results which could contribute to the academic arena and also benefit business, and the industrial community. WMSCI 2013 is an international forum for scientists and engineers, researchers and consultants, theoreticians and practitioners in the fields of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. The forum focuses into specific disciplinary research, and also in multi-, inter-, and trans-disciplinary studies and projects. One of its aims is to relate disciplines, fostering analogical thinking and, hence, producing input to the logical thinking. Conference web site July 9-12, 2013 7th International Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics - IMSCI 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA One of the main purposes of the International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics: IMSCI 2013, is to bring together academics, professionals, and managers from the private and the public sectors, so they can share ideas, results of research, and innovative services or products, in a multi-disciplinary and multi-sector forum. The following are among the areas of IMSCI 2013: eLearning eCommunities eBusiness, eCommerce eGovernment eHealth Knowledge-based Society Globalization and Informatics/Cybernetics Information Society Technologies Digital Divide, eInclusion Conference web site July 9-12, 2013 11th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications - EISTA 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA Relationships between Education/Training and Information/Communication Technologies (ICT) are increasing acceleratingly, sometimes in unexpected ways, with original ideas and innovative tools, methodologies and synergies. Accordingly the main purpose of EISTA 2013 is to bring together researchers and practitioners from both areas, in order to support the bridging process between education/training and ICT communities. The following are among the areas of EISTA 2013: eLearning Academic Informing Co-operative Learning Integration of Academic Activities Education and Training Technologies Applications of Information and Communication Technologies in Education and Training Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Educational Informing Processes and Methodologies Conference web site July 9-12, 2013 6th International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation - IMETI 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA Special Tracks being organized in IMETI 2013 include: Engineering, Education and Educational Technologies: EEET 2013 Energy Engineering, Economics, and Policy: EEEP 2013 Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA 2013 Computing, Communications, and Control Technologies: CCCT 2013 Optical Engineering and Photonic Technology: OEPT 2013 Some of the areas announced on the IMETI 2013 conference web site are the following: Engineering Education Engineering Design and Modelling Collaborative Engineering and Science Engineering Management and Management Engineering Engineering and Society Managing Research & Development Knowledge Engineering and Management Disciplinary Research and Development Engineering Biomedical Engineering Conference web site July 9-12, 2013 Summer 3rd International Conference on Design and Modeling in Science, Education, and Technology - DeMset 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA Design and modelling are concepts and activities common to several disciplines in Science, Education, and Technology. Consequently, Design and modelling provide effective concepts, theories, methodologies, and tools for intra- and inter-disciplinary communications. The World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI might provide synergic relationships with a conference on Design and Modelling, and vice versa. Attendees of these conferences might gain insights and have effective analogical thinking in both the formal and informal communication they usually have in meetings, symposia, and conferences. On the other hand research activities are also common to several disciplines in Science, Education, and Technology, as has reciprocal relationships with Design and Modelling. Descriptive models are used in Science, and prescriptive modelling activities are used in designing scientific activities, educational methodologies, and engineering or technological products. Consequently, Design, Modelling, and Research are transdiciplinary concepts that might serve well in disciplinary and inter-disciplinary communication. Conference web site July 9-12, 2013 Special Track on Qualitative Research and Methodologies in Science and Engineering - QRMSE 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA Qualitative research and methodologies have been effectively used, for a long time in Social Sciences and they are increasingly being used in technological innovation, information systems development, system engineering, software engineering, knowledge engineering and, in general, in any adequate insertion of technologies in organizations or society at large. No matter how quantitative are the data and calculation in scientific or engineering fields, the educational processes of these fields, and the applications of their research results for the generation of technological innovations and/or in real life problem solving processes, require qualitative approaches, studies, research, and/or methodologies. So, too, any quantitative approach ostensibly as a deductive process, has its origin in inductive thinking, a thinking that is characterized by qualitative methods. No matter how accurate the quantitative research data calculation is, they would be useless with poor qualitative interpretation and understanding. Conference web site July 9-12, 2013 10th International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications - CITSA 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA CITSA 2013 is an International Multi-Conference being organized with the purpose of providing researchers, practitioners, developers, consultants, and end-users of computerized, communications and/or control systems and technologies, as well as their industrial and social applications in the private and the public sectors, an opportunity to join in a common place sharing experience and knowledge. It is intended to be a forum to expose and share current and future research work and innovations in these areas, as well as in the relationships among them. One of the primary objectives of CITSA 2013 is to promote and encourage interdisciplinary cross-fertilization, epistemic things and the production of technical objects. Its intellectual perspective context is systemic thinking and practice, including the analogical thinking that characterizes the Systems Approach. Conference web site July 9-12, 2013 Case Studies and Methodologies - stCSM 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA Topics include: Case Methods and Methodologies Case Studies Research Case Studies in Education Case Studies in STEM Education Consulting Case Studies Business Case Studies Case Studies in Management Case Studies in the Integration of Academic Activities Case Studies in the Integration of Inter-disciplinary Research, Education, and Communication Case Studies in Applying IDREC to Real Life Problem Solving Information Systems Case Studies Software Engineering Case Studies Engineering Case Studies Medical and Health Care Case Studies Case Studies in Science Ethical Case Studies Deadline for paper submissions is May 14, 2013. Conference web site July 9-12, 2013 Interdisciplinary Research, Education, and Communication - IDREC 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA Topics include: Inter-disciplinary Research Inter-disciplinary Education Inter-Disciplinary Communication (which includes the communication of disciplinary research to other disciplines) Relationships between Inter-disciplinary Research and Inter-disciplinary Education Relationships between Inter-disciplinary Research and Inter-disciplinary Communication Relationships between Inter-disciplinary Education and Inter-disciplinary Communication ICT support of IDREC Relationships between IDREC and Analogical Thinking and/or Creative Thinking Case Studies Deadline for paper submissions is May 14, 2013. Conference web site July 15-17, 2013 3rd International Conference on Proteomics & Bioinformatics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA The 3rd International Conference on Proteomics and Bioinformatics is the event which promotes exchange of knowledge and research techniques with all the experts from pharmaceutical and biotech companies, academicians from leading universities, scientists from research institutions. It gives the opportunity to participate in a congress with fellow colleagues, delegates, exhibitors and leading scientists in the field of Proteomics and Bioinformatics. Conference web site July 15-17, 2013 4th International Conference on Biomarkers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA The 4th International Conference on Biomarkers and Clinical Research intends to ground the scientific platform to bring together the variety of scientific disciplines likes physical, chemical & biological sciences, applied life sciences into computational & statistical analysis, genomics & proteomics, analytical & biophysical and micro-array technologies to put forth the holistic scientific approach to validate the existing and development of novel biomarkers as to better understanding of diseases and diagnosis. The conference invites scientific professionals, researchers and corporate leaders from diverse disciplines emphasizing the areas of types and approaches for biomarker discovery, biomarkers in data analysis, clinical research & development, biomarkers of exposure, response, and susceptibility, microbial infections and disorders. Conference web site July 15-18, 2013 Australia's Health Informatics Conference - HIC2013, Adelaide, Australia HIC will be bringing together a range of international and national experts and leaders to share, inspire and evolve the e-health and health informatics community. Conference topics include HIT innovation, national e-health policies, digital health service delivery, patient centred care, new technologies. Conference web site July 16-19, 2013 2013 International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems - ECS 2013, Rhodes Island, Greece ECS 2013 is an international forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research and development results in all areas of Electronics and Telecommunication Systems. Conference web site July 16-19, 2013 2013 International Conference on Systems, Control, Signal Processing and Informatics - SCSI 2013, Rhodes Island, Greece SCSI 2013 is an international forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research and development results in all areas of Systems, Circuits, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Instrumentation Signal Processing, Software Engineering, and Computer Science and Applications of Informatics. Conference web site July 16-19, 2013 6th International Conference on Urban Rehabilitation and Sustainability - URES'13, Rhodes Island, Greece This conference includes: Plenary Lecture 1: Significance of Structural Health Monitoring in Cultural Heritage Structures by Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Turer, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Plenary Lecture 2: Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils and Remediation Technologies by Assoc. Prof. Dilek Turer, Hacettepe University, Turkey. Plenary Lecture 3: On the Link Between Energy Retrofit and Economic Evaluation Priorities by Prof. Lamberto Tronchin, University of Bologna, Italy. Conference web site July 16-19, 2013 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science - AICS'13, Rhodes Island, Greece This conference includes: Plenary Lecture 1: The Cognitive Action Cycle in Artificial Intelligence Guided Control Systems by Prof. Wolfgang Baer, Naval Postgraduate School, USA. Conference web site July 16-19, 2013 1st International Conference on Innovative Computing and Information Processing - INCIP'13, Rhodes Island, Greece This conference includes: Plenary Lecture 1: Hadamard Matrix Computing of Genetic Code by Prof. Matthew He, Nova Southeastern University, USA. Conference web site July 16-19, 2013 8th International Conference on Energy & Environment - EE'13, Rhodes Island, Greece This conference includes: Plenary Lecture 1: Energy and Environmental Landscape: The Laws of Thermodynamics and Nature by Prof. M. Kostic, Northern Illinois University, USA. Plenary Lecture 2: Emphasis on Sustainability Concepts for Analyzing the Disconnection Process Energy Transformation in the Generator Circuit-Breaker by Assoc. Prof. Cornelia Aida Bulucea, University of Craiova, Romania. Plenary Lecture 3: New Energy (Fuel) Will Save Our Earth - Dimethyl Ether (DME): A Clean Fuel for the 21st Century by Assoc. Prof. Kaoru Takeishi, Shizuoka University, Japan. Plenary Lecture 4: Formaldehyde Emission Modeling Depending on Plywood Thickness at Different Testing Temperatures by Prof. Loredana Anne-Marie Badescu and Dr. Octavia Zeleniuc, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania. Plenary Lecture 5: Incidence of Cutting Fluids on the Machining Process, the Operator and the Work Environment by Prof. Constantin Buzatu, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania. Plenary Lecture 6: Satellite Image Processing and Mathematical Modeling of the Growth of Cyanobacteria to Determine the Level of Environmental Contamination in the Tiete River Beach by Prof. Carlos Formigoni, UNILINS, Brazil. Plenary Lecture 7: Complex Model for Risk Assessment in Industrial Processes by Assis. Prof. Katarina Holla, University of Zilina, Slovakia. Conference web site July 22-25, 2013 2013 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition - IPCV13, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Software tools for imaging Image-based modeling and algorithms Illumination and reflectance modelling Motion and tracking algorithms + orientation estimation Biometric authentication Event recognition techniques in image sequences Medical image processing and analysis Image geometry and multi-view geometry Segmentation techniques Geometric modeling and fractals Scene and object modelling Image data structures and databases Image compression, coding, and encryption Image display techniques Digital imaging for film and television Image formation techniques Conference web site July 22-25, 2013 4th Workshop on Soft Computing in Image Processing and Computer Vision - SCIPCV 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Vision in general and images in particular have always played an important and essential role in human life. In the past they were, today they are, and in the future they will continue to be one of our most important information carriers. Nowadays, image processing and computer vision have numerous commercial, scientific, industrial and military applications. All these applications result from the interaction between fundamental scientific research on the one hand, and the development of new and high-standard technology on the other hand. In order to cope with the variety of image processing and computer vision challenges, several techniques have been introduced and developed, quite often with great success. Among the different techniques that are currently in use, we also encounter soft computing techniques. Soft Computing is an emerging field that consists of complementary elements of fuzzy logic, neural computing, evolutionary computation, machine learning and probabilistic reasoning, and often offers solutions where conventional approaches fail. The 4th Workshop on Soft Computing in Image Processing and Computer Vision (SCIPCV) aims to provide a forum for current state-of-the-art approaches of soft computing techniques in image processing, computer vision and related applications. High quality submissions are sought. Topics include, but are not limited to, soft computing approaches such as: fuzzy logic neural networks evolutionary computing rough sets swarm intelligence etc. in/for image analysis: edge detection, segmentation, pattern recognition, object recognition, interpretation image enhancement: filtering, noise removal, enhancement, restoration image compression image reconstruction image similarity and image retrieval satellite image processing medical image processing mathematical morphology wavelets video processing and retrieval image formation and physics based vision 3D processing shape-from-X scene understanding etc. Conference web site July 22-26, 2013 37th Annual International Computer Software & Applications Conference - COMPSAC 2013, Kyoto, Japan The theme of the 37th COMPSAC conference is "The Expanding Sphere of Software and Data". The emergence and increasing importance of digital society, cyber-physical systems, and semantic, pervasive, and mobile computing are expanding the role of software and applications. Associated with these paradigms are instruments, sensors, and a multitude of applications that generate and require analysis of massive volumes of diverse, complex, and distributed data. Knowledge, tools, practices, and infrastructures related to software and data have begun to evolve to cover this expanding sphere, while addressing grand challenges brought about by the complexities and uncertainties of the physical world and the heterogeneity and massive scale of the cyber infrastructure; e.g., sensors, mobile platforms, and clouds; and the data they produce and require. Conference web site July 22-26, 2013 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Complex Information Flows - CIF 2013, Kyoto, Japan The aim of this workshop is to discuss and advance the state-of-the-art, research and development in the area of complex systems, with an emphasis on information flow in such structures. This year's focus is on the modelling, analysis, design and control of these complex networks. How can we extract relevant information from very large networks? How can we design networks that are optimal in terms of information diffusion? What are the best techniques, or hardware solutions, for such tasks? The workshop will be of interest to researchers across different disciplines, from academia as well as industry. Conference web site July 22-26, 2013 Cloud Summer School, Almere, The Netherlands The Cloud Summer School will feature a variety of keynotes from highly respected international experts in the field, lectures about the internals of the Contrail and other Clouds. Practical sessions will be dedicated to applying fresh knowledge about the Contrail and other Clouds. Conference web site July 25-28, 2013 Up Close and Personalized, The 2nd International Congress on Personalized Medicine, Paris, France The main focus of the second Up Close and Personalized Congress is to examine the essential clinical, imaging, genomic, proteomic, metabolomic, pharmacogenomic and biomarker data necessary to predict, prevent and treat major medical conditions concerning metabolism (diabetes and obesity) and cancer. As in the first meeting one of the key themes will be to explore bio-informatic tools, algorithms, decision support systems and other new platforms for disease prediction and better tailoring treatment modeling to the individual patient. Furthermore, we will discuss health policy issues such as barriers for implementing Personalized Medicine, and quality assurance. Conference web site July 25-28, 2013 PIMA MidYear Meeting and Tradeshow: Risk, Regulation and Data in the Age of the Consumer, Southampton, Bermuda PIMA convenes its accessible community of more than 100 leading organisations, twice annually, to grow affinity business. Conference web site July 29-31, 2013 2nd International Conference on Nephrology Therapeutics, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The conference will bring together professors and research scientists in the field of Nephrology to discuss and deliberate on the progress made in the field during the first decade of the new millennium. A galaxy of International experts will be there to share their knowledge and wisdom with the participants. The scientific programme will focus on current advances in the research and serves as a catalyst for the advancement of nephrology. The programme is currently evolving through collaboration between local and International experts and is expected to be very innovative. Conference web site July 29-31, 2013 3rd International Conference on Vaccines and Vaccination, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Vaccines-2013 is a scientific platform to meet fellow key decision makers all-around the academic institutions, health care institutes, pharmaceutical, biotech, CROs, vaccine developers supply chain, logistics practitioners making the congress a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations through the research talks and presentations to put forward many thought provoking strategies in Vaccines and Vaccination, making the Congress a perfect platform to share proficiency. Conference web site July 29 - August 3, 2013 31st International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, Mainz, Germany The annual lattice symposium brings together a global community of researchers from theoretical particle physics and beyond, who employ numerical and computational methods to study the properties of strongly interacting physical systems, above all Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory describing the interactions of quarks and gluons. Topics will include studies of the spectrum and structure of hadrons, lattice studies of matter under extreme conditions, hadronic contributions to weak decay amplitudes, as well as recent developments in simulation algorithms and computer hardware. Conference web site July 30 - August 1, 2013 Workplace Benefits Mania, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Join your colleagues and help your business reach its full potential through a programme that offers the latest tools, strategies, and best practices for agents and brokers in this new era. Conference web site July 31 - August 2, 2013 HIMSS AsiaPac13 Greater China Conference and Exhibition, Hong Kong HIMSS AsiaPac13 is seeking proposals from top industry leaders and experts that will specifically address the educational needs of professionals in various sectors of health care regarding enterprise solutions and practical approaches to today's health care IT issues. Your topic should stimulate discussions and offer practical information and solutions, including a case study. It should represent the diverse health care needs in Asia Pacific as well as the health care needs of Greater China. Product or commercial perspectives are discouraged; however, case studies that focus on solutions to business issues may be considered. Conference web site August 1-3, 2013 2nd International Conference on Latino-American Medical Informatics and Telemedicine - LAMIT, Bogota, Colombia Topics include: Medical record and electronic patient record Clinical and epidemiological data bases Multimedia database, images and signals processing Digital signature in health documents Security, privacy of medical data Hospital Information Systems and hospital virtualization Health information systems and patient smart cards Standards and interoperability in Health Informatics Regional and national information systems Grid technology, Cloud computing, e-Health Teleconsulting/telediagnosis/telemonitoring Teleradiology, telecardiology, telepathology, teleophtalmology, telediabetology, etc. Telehomecare and ambient assisting living Internet in health care and medical web portals Web 2.0 applications and social health networks Distance learning in health care Decision support system in medicine Statistical software and neural networks in biomedicine Bioinformatics and genomic data banks Neuro-informatics, Articial Intelligence and cognitive brain e-Health Support Programmes for Elderly people with Chronic Disease Telemedicine and e-Health in international co-operation activities Deadline for paper submission is June 3, 2013. Conference mail August 5-7, 2013 2nd International Conference on Translational Medicine, Chicago-North Shore, Ilinois, USA Translational Medicine-2013 will bring together representatives from the pharma, government and leading academic research institutions. Together they will share cutting-edge and will discuss on advancement of early stage research to clinical treatments. Conference web site August 12-14, 2013 2nd International Conference on Biodiversity and Sustainable Energy Development, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA The 2nd International Conference on Biodiversity & Sustainable Energy Development provides a platform for scientists, engineers, directors of companies and students in the field of Biodiversity to meet and share their knowledge. It gives an opportunity to foster collaborations through the research talks and presentations to put forward many thought provoking strategies sharing the common agenda of biodiversity conservation. Conference web site August 14-16, 2013 4th World Congress of Diabetes and Metabolism, Chicago-North Shore, Ilinois, USA Diabetes-2013 will provide the latest technologies to treat and prevent diabetes and its related illnesses. It is one of the largest innovative diabetic technologies for researchers, clinicians and general practitioners in all fields of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism. Conference web site August 14-16, 2013 International Conference on Radiology and Imaging, Chicago-North Shore, Ilinois, USA Radiology-2013 is an event that brings together active researchers, intellectuals, academicians, students, contributors and industrialists to exchange ideas, communicate and discuss research findings on new advancements in Radiology and Imaging techniques. The event focuses on cutting edge practical radiological technology that is used in every day practice. This will enable intellectuals, not only to learn about the latest practical advances in radiology but also gives the opportunity to experience the history, culture and landmarks of Chicago. Radiology-2013 is a three day multidisciplinary Congress covering all aspects of diagnostic imaging and oncology, including clinical service delivery, management, informatics and research. The Congress has exciting sessions and presentations to offer. We expect the Conference and its publications to trigger a further research and technology improvements in related fields and encourage research in the field of Radiology. Conference web site August 14-16, 2013 International Conference on Astronomy and Cosmology, Chicago-North Shore, Ilinois, USA Astronomy-2013 is a remarkable event which facilitate the education, development, and participation of atmospheric scientists from developing countries as a conference. It initiates, encourages, facilitates and coordinates international cooperation in scientific research and stimulates discussion, presentation and publication of scientific results. To promote public education and awareness of the role and importance of the atmosphere and atmospheric sciences. Conference web site August 18-21, 2013 79th Annual APCO 2013 Conference and Expo, Anaheim, California, USA With over 5000 attendees and exhibitors at the largest gathering of its kind in North America, this is your chance to share with individuals in the same field from across the country and discover solutions to your most pressing issues. Conference web site August 19-21, 2013 International Conference on Dental and Oral Health, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Dental-2013 highlights the basic concept of dentistry with the aim to provide a outstrip treatment for the betterment of patients with Dental and chronic abnormalities. Conference will also focus to provide an ample strategy for the treatment and therapy used in the palm of dentistry. Conference web site August 19-21, 2013 International Conference on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Health defines the functional or metabolic efficiency of the living beings. Maintenance and promotion of health is achieved through different combination of physical, mental, and social well-being. Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Concept of rehabilitation plays a vital role for the management of health problems. Physical Medicine-2013 is a unique event which brings together a unique and International mix of health concerned research institutions, leading universities, government organisations, treatment, and rehabilitation centres across the globe making the conference a perfect platform to share novel therapeutic innovations and challenges in the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Conference web site August 21-23, 2013 International Conference on Biodefense and Natural Disaster, Orlando, Florida, USA Natural Disasters-2013 is a unique event which forms a network with leading academic scientists, researchers, industry professionals and colleagues from many countries who share the same goals. You will be enlightened with innovative ideas and solutions and take initiatives to find better solutions to reduce future risks and threats of disasters. Conference web site August 26-27, 2013 2nd International Conference on Hydrology, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA The conference will schedule and co-ordinate all meetings with our Editorial Board Members and other experts in the field of Hydrology & Ground Water across the world. The scientific programme paves a way to gather visionaries through the research talks and presentations and put forward many thought provoking strategies in Hydrology and Ground Water. Conference web site August 26-28, 2013 World Congress on Endocrinology, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Endocrinology-2013 will be an innovative and invigorating International congress reflecting the direction of Endocrinology in the 21st century in a secure yet exciting environment that offers a wide range of diversions to participants of all backgrounds. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet leading Scientists in the field of Endocrinology and learn about the latest technological advances for people with endocrine related problems. The different tracks are arranged in an interdisciplinary manner to allow delegates to explore issues directly connected to their own areas of work. This also provides an opportunity to engage with other professionals from a wide range of disciplines. Conference web site August 26-28, 2013 10th International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems - MobiWIS 2013, Paphos, Cyprus The International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems (MobiWIS) aims to advance the state of the art in scientific and practical research on mobile Web and information systems. It provides a forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and the public sector in an effort to disseminate latest research results and to share knowledge and experiences regarding tools, techniques, technologies, models, and methodologies that lead to better information and service provisioning in the mobile Web. The conference comprises a set of carefully selected tracks that focus on the particular challenges regarding mobile Web Information Systems in research areas such as, among others, Web Engineering, Service-Oriented Computing, Web Search, Data and Knowledge Management, Cloud Computing, Security and Human-Computer Interaction. Conference web site August 26-30, 2013 Euro-Par 2013 Conference, Aachen, Germany Euro-Par is an annual series of international conferences dedicated to the promotion and advancement of all aspects of parallel and distributed computing. Euro-Par covers a wide spectrum of topics from algorithms and theory to software technology and hardware-related issues, with application areas ranging from scientific to mobile and Cloud computing. Euro-Par provides a forum for the introduction, presentation and discussion of the latest scientific and technical advances, extending the frontier of both the state of the art and the state of the practice. The main audience of Euro-Par are the researchers in academic institutions, government laboratories and industrial organisations. Euro-Par's objective is to be the primary choice of such professionals for the presentation of new results in their specific areas. As a wide-spectrum conference, Euro-Par fosters the synergy of different topics in parallel and distributed computing. Of special interest are applications which demonstrate the effectiveness of the main Euro-Par topics. In addition, Euro-Par conferences provide a platform for a number of accompanying, technical workshops. Thus, smaller and emerging communities can meet and develop more focussed topics or as yet less established topics. The unique organisational structure of a Euro-Par conference, which puts the hosting team in charge of both the scientific programme and the local organisation, makes it a particularly lively and stimulating experience. Conference web site August 31 - September 4, 2013 European Society of Cardiology Congress - ESC 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands This year's congress builds on the best of 2012 and introduces some exciting new features. As in 2012, expect top quality, late breaking science in the Hot Line Sessions, Clinical Trial and Registry Updates sessions. The spotlight is on "The heart interacting with systemic organs". It marks a novel departure for the ESC, with experts from different fields set to provide the latest science and clinical information at these interfaces. For example, brain and heart interactions can lead to stroke, brain haemorrhage or have psychological impacts. Kidney injury provokes ischaemic heart disease and heart attack while heart failure causes a spiral of kidney deterioration. Conference web site September 2-3, 2013 Fourth International Conference on Energy-Aware High Performance Computing - EnA-HPC 2013, Dresden, Germany Power provisioning and energy consumption become major challenges in the field of high performance computing. Energy costs over the lifetime of an HPC installation are in the range of the acquisition costs. The greening of HPC thereforeis an important research field that attracts many scientists. Up to now we see different approaches on different abstraction levels in an HPC environment. For example, vendors work on power efficient processor architectures and software developers on mechanisms of how to use them. However, thereis no integrated approach yet that would show ways of how to operate an HPC environment in an energy efficient way. The EnA-HPC conference aims at bringing together researchers, developers, vendors, and users to discuss the energy consumption challenge that HPC is facing. Some of the key issues are applications, modelling, simulation, measurement,analysis and optimization, facility issues and business concepts. EnA-HPC will provide a forum to present novel solutions that tackle these issues. Conference web site September 3-4, 2013 7th Parallel Tools Workshop, Dresden, Germany This workshop is organized by the Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing Dresden (ZIH) together with the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS). Conference web site September 4-6, 2013 International Conference on Omics Studies, Orlando, Florida, USA Omics Studies-2013 is based around the theme "Re-integrating the 'Omics' fields to accelerate precision research". Omicsstudies-2013 is designed to bring together scientific researchers and business entrepreneurs to discuss the development and to catalyze the networking between the various fields of Omics studies and to facilitate the amalgamation of the complementary scientific efforts in the academia and industry to achieve common scientific goals. The Conference highlights the following topics: Genomics Transcriptomics and Gene Prediction Proteomics Metabolomics Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Bioinformatics in Biopharmaceuticals & Medicine Sequencing and Alignment Medical Informatics Systems Biology Canceromics Other-Omics Conference web site September 5-6, 2013 Gauss-Alliance's HPC Status Conference: Competence in High Performance Computing - CiHPC, Dresden, Germany The event gives scientists and users from academia and industry a platform for interdisciplinary exchange on current research and issues in the field application-oriented HPC software for scalable parallel computers. Specifically, the objectives and results in this area that have been achieved by the currently funded BMBF research projects, will be presented to a broad audience. Conference web site September 6-7, 2013 4th International Conference on Transforming Health Care with Information Technology, Hyderabad, India India's best and biggest International conference on IT in health care will see top notch speakers from all around the world and will be attended by more than 1000 delegates of Healthcare Information Technology sector from India and abroad. Conference web site September 9-10, 2013 CNS Diseases World Summit 2013, Boston, Massachusetts, USA The CNS Diseases World Summit 2013 brings together the leading experts across the industry and academia to discuss the latest research and developments in the CNS field. The summit has two parallel tracks that focus on neurodegenerative conditions and CNS partnering and deal-making. Conference web site September 9-10, 2013 7th Neurodegenerative Conditions Research & Development Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA The drug discovery effort for neurodegenerative diseases has been one of the major challenges and focuses of the pharmaceutical industry. Though there is a growing need for groundbreaking treatments, clinical trials for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases have been failing over the past several years. In spite of these setbacks, there has still been great progress in the development of novel therapeutic approaches and targets to treat AD, PD, and various other neurodegenerative diseases. The conference will bring together leading researchers from industry and academia to discuss topics such as biomarkers, the growing use of tau as a target, the role of non-profit groups in accelerating research, and many more. Conference web site September 9-10, 2013 CNS Partnering & Deal-Making Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA The conference has traditionally provided a forum for global biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies an opportunity to network with high-level executives from top pharma and various biotech/pharmaceutical companies, as well as explore potential collaborations and learn about relevant CNS disease issues and partnerships that will affect the industry. While all of the above will once again hold true for this year's meeting, this year the team will focus on how it can broaden our understanding of what the words "effective partnerships" can mean. Together, one will explore and review collaborations between industry and academia, the formation of research consortia, and the growing role of patient groups and non-profit organisations in accelerating research. Conference web site September 9-13, 2013 2013 Second International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud - LTEC 2013, Kaohsiung, Taiwan This workshop will provide opportunities for delegates to discuss the latest research in Technology Enhanced Learning and its impacts for learners and institutions. The workshop will explore a number of issues surrounding the use of technologies in learning, providing a platform for informed debate across all sectors of education and learning. The workshop invites researchers, practitioners and academics to present their research findings, works in progress, case studies and conceptual advances in areas of work where education and technology intersect. It brings together researchers across all educational sectors, from primary years, to informal learning, to higher education across a range of disciplines from humanities to computer science, media and cultural studies with different perspectives, experiences and knowledge in one location. It aims to help practitioners find ways of putting research into practice and for researchers to gain an understanding of real-world problems, needs and aspirations. Conference web site September 10-12, 2013 Sustainable Energy For Green Economic Growth, Lyngby, Denmark At DTU International Energy Conference 2013 the latest findings within research in sustainable energy technologies and systems will be presented by DTU researchers and international renowned energy experts. The conference is organised with high level plenary sessions with invited keynote presentations on global trends on development of technologies, systems and economy. Furthermore the conference will encompass a number of parallel sessions with presentations and discussions of the most recent developments of energy technologies and systems. The conference will conclude with a roundtable session, where policy makers, energy industry and researchers will discuss and identify solutions that can fulfil the needs for green economic growth and create the necessary new intelligent energy systems. Deadline for paper abstract submission is March 31, 2013. Conference web site September 10-13, 2013 6th ESA International Workshop on Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems for Space Applications, Darmstadt, Germany Tracking, Telemetry and Command systems are of fundamental importance in the space programmes. Recent developments in the areas of telecommunications, signal processing, computing and electronics provide new capabilities in the design and functionality of TTC systems either in space or in ground systems. New frequency bands, including optical, will be used for space applications. New Modulation and Coding schemes allow a more efficient use of the link resources. Its adequate exploitation is also a very attractive area for innovation of the space to ground link and for extraction of the consequent benefits. Deep space applications introduce new environments and new challenges in system TTC design. Methods and architectures for TTC systems and components, and their interconnection are also evolving and will increase the performances of the space systems offered to the community of users. Alongside with the workshop, an industrial exhibition will be organized. European companies active in the TTC area will be invited to exhibit samples of their products either by mean of equipment demonstrations or by appropriate posters. The workshop will offer the opportunity of joining many professionals in a single place allowing to interact with a wide sample of the TT&C community. Conference web site September 15-17, 2013 Ninth International Workshop on OpenMP - IWOMP-2013, Canberra, Australia This is the premier forum to present and discuss issues, trends, recent research ideas and results related to parallel programming with OpenMP. The international workshop affords an opportunity for OpenMP users as well as developers to come together for discussions and sharing new ideas and information on this topic. Conference web site September 16-17, 2013 4th Biobased Chemicals: Commercialization & Partnering Conference, San Francisco, California, USA The conference will look to examine new supply chain developments and business models being adopted for biobased chemicals products. Topics covered include novel chemical production platforms, advantageous feedstock, end user applications, securing funding and strategic partnerships and trends and challenges in commercial scale up. Renewable chemical companies, biofuel companies and end market consumers will be discussing innovations in the science, technology and end-market development of biobased chemicals, polymers and plastics. Get the latest updates from investment, scientific, manufacturer and business perspectives - the highlights and the challenges to making big new things happen with special emphasis on commercialization. Conference web site September 16-18, 2013 2nd International Conference on Surgery and Anesthesia, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The theme of the conference involves the discussion on "lRecent Innovations in Surgery & Sustainable Strategies in Anesthesia". This is an exclusive opportunity for experts to share their latest findings, technical expertise and experiences in the field. The different tracks are arranged in an interdisciplinary manner to allow delegates to explore issues directly connected to their own areas of work. Conference web site September 16-18, 2013 2nd International Conference on Clinical Microbiology and Microbial Genomics, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA This conference focuses on opening of many new opportunities and challenges in all areas of Clinical Microbiology from routine diagnosis to basic research. The event will focus in particular on microbial infections, toxins, novel diagnostics and treatment in the field of Clinical Microbiology. It will provide an unique platform for the clinical scientists, young researchers, and consultants in clinical and medical microbiology to exchange current information, emphasize on the molecular basis of microbial infection, host-pathogenic interactions and control of microbial contamination. Conference web site September 16-20, 2013 EGI Technical Forum, Madrid, Spain This event is hosted by EGI.eu and IBERGRID, a partnership between the Spanish and Portuguese National Grid Initiatives that represents the Iberian Peninsula in EGI. Conference web site September 17, 2013 4th Annual European Data Protection and Privacy Conference, Brussels, Belgium As the amended EU Data Protection Directive regulation reaches agreement in the European Parliament, and negotiations in the European Council begin, this conference will ask what shape the new rules should take in order to best protect the privacy of European citizens, whilst continuing to support innovation and growth in the digital economy. It will explore what the new roles and obligations will be for those responsible for implementing and enforcing the regulation, and examine whether in their current state the proposals represent the most efficient way of harmonising data protection rules across 28 member states. Finally, the event will provide an opportunity to discuss how the updated EU legislation will fit with privacy frameworks outside of Europe, asking what the future holds for the cross-border flow of data in a globalised world. Conference web site September 17-19, 2013 Navigator UK, Bristol, United Kingdom The aim is to create an educational event relevant to all in emergency communications. Come learn and be inspired from some of the best in the industry. Mix and match tracks and sessions that fulfill your interests and developmental needs. Enjoy networking opportunities where you can connect with colleagues, make new friends, and share ideas and experiences. Conference web site September 18-20, 2013 21th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks - SoftCOM 2013, Split-Primosten, Croatia Authors are invited to submit their high-quality papers representing original results in all areas of communications software, services and applications, telecommunications and computer networks. Deadline for paper submission is May 15, 2013. Conference web site September 19-22, 2013 The European Academy of Paediatrics 2013 Congress, Lyon, France The 2013 EAP Congress and MasterCourse, EAP will continue its mission to train, educate, and update those professionals taking care of children, while at the same time stimulating and allowing the delegates the opportunity to meet and/or create personal professional network of colleagues and friends. The 2013 EAP Congress is the perfect setting to get the most updated, state-of-the-art information on the latest developments in research and clinical practice in the main areas of Paediatrics. It also provide the opportunity to debate on controversial issues and to contribute to the progress of the practice of paediatrics. Deadline for paper submission is May 15, 2013. Conference web site September 19-22, 2013 5th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - IC3K 2013, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal The purpose of the IC3K is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners on the areas of Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management. IC3K is composed of three co-located conferences, each specialized in at least one of the aforementioned main knowledge areas. Conference web site September 19-22, 2013 5th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - KMIS 2013, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal Knowledge Management (KM) is a discipline concerned with the analysis and technical support of practices used in an organisation to identify, create, represent, distribute and enable the adoption and leveraging of good practices embedded in collaborative settings and, in particular, in organisational processes. Effective knowledge management is an increasingly important source of competitive advantage, and a key to the success of contemporary organisations, bolstering the collective expertise of its employees and partners. Information Sharing (IS) is a term used for a long time in the information technology (IT) lexicon, related to data exchange, communication protocols and technological infrastructures. Although standardization is indeed an essential element for sharing information, IS effectiveness requires going beyond the syntactic nature of IT and delve into the human functions involved in the semantic, pragmatic and social levels of organizational semiotics. The two areas are intertwined as information sharing is the foundation for knowledge management. Conference topics include: E-Learning Organisational semiotics e-Government Digital libraries Interoperability Enterprise Information Systems Metadata and structured documents Best practices & communities of practice Business intelligence & CRM Communication, collaboration and information sharing Impact measurement of knowledge management Tools and technology for knowledge management Knowledge management projects Organisational memories Learning organisation & organisational learning Intelligent information systems Social networks and the psychological dimension Intellectual capital Studies, metrics & benchmarks Innovation facilitation KM strategies and implementations Information security Business Process Management Requirements Engineering Conference web site September 19-22, 2013 5th International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval - KDIR 2013, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal Knowledge Discovery is an interdisciplinary area focusing upon methodologies for identifying valid, novel, potentially useful and meaningful patterns from data, often based on underlying large data sets. A major aspect of Knowledge Discovery is data mining, i.e. applying data analysis and discovery algorithms that produce a particular enumeration of patterns (or models) over the data. Knowledge Discovery also includes the evaluation of patterns and identification of which add to knowledge. Information retrieval (IR) is concerned with gathering relevant information from unstructured and semantically fuzzy data in texts and other media, searching for information within documents and for metadata about documents, as well as searching relational databases and the Web. Automation of information retrieval enables the reduction of what has been called "information overload". Information retrieval can be combined with knowledge discovery to create software tools that empower users of decision support systems to better understand and use the knowledge underlying large data sets. Conference web site September 19-22, 2013 5th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - KEOD 2013, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal Knowledge Engineering (KE) refers to all technical, scientific and social aspects involved in building, maintaining and using knowledge-based systems. KE is a multidisciplinary field, bringing in concepts and methods from several computer science domains such as artificial intelligence, databases, expert systems, decision support systems and geographic information systems. Ontology Development (OD) aims at building reusable semantic structures that can be informal vocabularies, catalogues, glossaries as well as more complex finite formal structures representing the entities within a domain and the relationships between those entities. Ontologies, have been gaining interest and acceptance in computational audiences: formal ontologies are a form of software, thus software development methodologies can be adapted to serve ontology development. A wide range of applications is emerging, especially given the current web emphasis, including library science, ontology-enhanced search, e-commerce and business process design. Conference web site September 19-22, 2013 12th European AAATE Biennial Conference, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal Throughout the years the AAATE conference has established itself has a privileged forum for researchers in the transdisciplinary area of Assistive Technology. One of the main objectives of the AAATE2013 Conference is to bring together researchers, professionals, manufacturers, end users and its families, and combine their knowledge, expertise, needs and expectations, contributing in a multi-disciplinary way to the success of this meeting. Contributions to the advancement of Assistive Technology (AT), not only in technological areas, but in all the fields closely related with this domain of knowledge - Education and Training, Service Delivery, Research, Industry, Legislation - are accepted. Conference thematic areas include but are not limited to: Ageing, Disability and Technology Alternative and Augmentative Communication Ambient Assistive Living / Domotics Assistive Robotics AT and Cloud Computing AT for Motor Limitations, Mobility AT Policy Care Technology (monitoring, telecare) Design for All e-Accessibility Education and Training in AT e-Inclusion HCI and Multimodal Interfaces Information on AT Integrated Solutions for Mobility and Communication Knowledge / Technology Transfer Service Delivery Socio Economic Aspects, Outcomes Standardization Technology for Cognitive Impairments Technology for Sensory Impairments User Perspective Conference web site September 19-22, 2013 Special Session on Research and Development on Business Process Management - RDBPM 2013, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal Business process management (BPM) is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. 2013 is set to be a year of transformation for most IT departments. BPM and SOA are key to obtain higher levels of co-ordination across the enterprise and increase efficiency. This special session provides a forum for researchers and practitioners in all aspects of BPM including theory, frameworks, methods, techniques, architectures, systems, and empirical findings, attracting innovative contributions from several disciplines such as Computer Science, Management, Services Computing, and Information Technology Management. The main topics addressed include Business Process Design, Business Process Modelling, Business Analytics and Process Optimization, Business Process Execution and Monitoring. It also aims at discussing practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted. Conference web site September 21-24, 2013 5th EMBO Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands EMBO is an organisation of more than 1500 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences. The major goals of the organisation are to support talented researchers at all stages of their careers, stimulate the exchange of scientific information, and help build a European research environment where scientists can achieve their best work. Deeadline for paper abstract submission is June 12, 2013. Conference web site September 21-27, 2013 International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2013 - ICNAAM 2013, Rhodes, Greece Topics include Numerical ODEs, Numerical PDEs (inc. BVPs), Scientific Computing and Algorithms, Stochastic Differential Equations, Approximation, Numerical Linear Algebra, Numerical Integral Equations, Error Analysis and Interval Analysis, Difference Equations and Recurrence Relations, Numerical problems in Dynamical Systems, Applications to the Sciences (Computational Physics, Computational Statistics, Computational Chemistry, Computational Engineering etc.), Differential Algebraic Equations, Numerical methods in Fourier analysis etc. Deeadline for paper submission is July 20, 2013. Conference web site September 22, 2013 4th International Workshop on Software Knowledge - SKY 2013, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal Software Knowledge is a runnable expression of meaning. Running facilitates understanding in a very general sense. This is the rationale for the debugging process in a micro scale, where one runs and breaks at desired points to understand the reason of software failures. This is the basis of agile methods to manufacture and test concurrently, in a medium scale. This is the possible source of great new tools, in a macro scale, from the software hierarchy highest abstraction levels down to executable code. Conference web site September 22-25, 2013 15th International Celiac Disease Symposium - ICDS 2013, Chicago, Illinois, USA While the 15th ICDS meeting will continue to build upon the successes of 40 years of past ICDS scientific programmes, the Chicago meeting is designed to address the interests of all of those affected by celiac disease and gluten-related disorders - from physicians and researchers to patients and clinicians to family and friends. The ICDS Chicago will present two distinct interactive educational tracks. The meeting will bring together the world's top scientists and physicians to discuss the most recent scientific advances in managing and treating celiac disease and gluten-related disorders while a separate clinical forum will be held to further educate dietitians, clinicians, and patients. Conference web site September 23-24, 2013 ISC Cloud'13, Heidelberg, Germany This conference is highly valuable for members of the HPC community who want to understand, join, and benefit from this massive trend of mainstream on-demand HPC. The remarkable success of the first three international ISC Cloud Conferences has motivated the team to continue this series and organize the fourth conference in 2013 - again with a strong focus on the use of Clouds for HPC applications, in research and in industry. Conference web site September 23-25, 2013 Second International Conference on Informatics and Applications - ICIA2013, Lodz, Poland Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of informatics and its applications including, but not limited to: Information Ethics; Information Content Security; Data Compression; E-Technology; E-Government; E-Learning; Cloud Computing; Grid Computing; Green Computing; Access Controls; Data Mining; Social Search; Computer Forensics; Computer Security; Peer-to-Peer Social Networks; Information and Data Management; Network Security; Social Networks; Real-Time Systems; Internet Modeling; Assurance of Service; Image Processing; Web Services Security; Multimedia Computing; Software Engineering; Biometrics Technologies; Wireless Communications; Semantic Web, Ontologies; Mobile Social Networks; Distributed and Parallel Applications; Embedded Systems and Software; Critical Computing and Storage; Critical Infrastructure Management; Soft Computing Techniques; Confidentiality Protection; Mobile Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity; Anti-cyberterrorism; Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications; Forensics, Recognition Technologies and Applications; Fuzzy and Neural Network Systems; Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications; User Interfaces,Visualization and Modeling; Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Management; Web Services Architecture, Modeling and Design; Quality of Service, Scalability and Performance; Self-Organizing Networks and Networked Systems; Computational Intelligence; Data Management in Mobile Peer-to-Peer Networks; Data Stream Processing in Mobile/Sensor Networks; Indexing and Query Processing for Moving Objects; User Interfaces and Usability Issues form Mobile Applications; Sensor Networks and Social Sensing; XML-Based Languages; Cryptography and Data Protection; Information Propagation on Social Networks; Resource and Knowledge Discovery Using Social Networks; Computer Crime Prevention and Detection. Deeadline for paper submission is August 5, 2013. Conference web site September 23-25, 2013 International Conference on Hematology and Blood Disorders, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Hematology- 2013 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium biomedical and pre-clinical research and diagnostics companies, leading universities and biomedical research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia and evaluate emerging innovations around the world. The International Conference on Hematology and Blood Disorders will schedule and co-ordinate all meetings with our Editorial Board members and other experts in the Hematology field and cell culture field across the world. The scientific programme paves a way to gather visionaries through the research talks and presentations and put forward many thought provoking strategies. Conference web site September 23-25, 2013 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Biowaivers and Biosimilars, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Biosimilars-2013 a remarkable event that is bound to set new standards in research. This conference would witness new breakthroughs and new strategies in investigation followed by different investigational agencies both government and crime investigation bodies. Biosimilars-2013 is an apt platform for investigators to collaborate and share new ideas, innovations and strategies in fight against crime and terrorism. The scientific programme paves a way to gather visionaries through the research talks and presentations and put forward many thought provoking strategies in Biowaivers and Biosimilars. Conference web site September 24, 2013 Telemedicine - Making it Work in Practice, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom This is a conference for academics, clinicians, social workers, telehealth leads and telecare leads who are involved in digital health. Keynote speaker is Dr. Paul Rice, the Head of Information and Innovation at the NHS Commissioning Board (TBC). Conference web site September 24-26, 2013 International Congress of the Society for Microbial Ecology and Disease - SOMED2013, Kosice, Slovakia The mission of SOMED2013 is to present scientific achievements and research advances in the field of microbial ecology and its relation to diseases. SOMED2013 provides a comprehensive scientific forum to all stakeholders of microbial ecology in health and disease. The three day conference is a networking event for scientists, researchers and technology providers. The conference will also provide a platform for scientific exchange and discussion between delegates from worldwide academia and industry. Focus areas are current advances in clinical microbiology, dietary modulation of the GIT ecosystem, the effect of antibiotics on microbial ecology, host microbe interactions and the role of biofilms in health and disease. It is the goal of SOMED2013 to further develop the understanding of the complexity of microbial ecology in relation to diseases, and to explore how to transform research findings to practical tools and applications in order to promote health and prevent disease. The congress is a unique opportunity to meet leading and internationally renowned scientists, researchers who bring forward the understanding of the role of microbial ecology in health and disease. Conference web site September 24-26, 2013 EuroAfrica-ICT Regional Workshop on Joint Africa-EU Research Priorities and Horizon2020 Perspectives, Nairobi, Kenya This workshop aims at raising awareness on FP7/ICT, at enhancing the participation of Africa organisations in EU-funded FP7/ICT collaborative research projects and to introduce local stakeholders to the cooperation opportunities offered by the FP7 Programme. These events, organised over 1,5 days, will be possibly co-located with other related events and synchronised with FP7/ICT Calls for proposals announcements. Participation is free of charge. Conference web site September 25-26, 2013 ISC Big Data Conference, Heidelberg, Germany The ISC Big Data Conference will present best-of-breed practices and use cases, based on experiences gathered at large HPC installations and data-intensive enterprises. The event will also provide a forum to review and share the latest technology trends amongst the attendees. The information presented will be especially valuable to technical experts and key IT decision makers in the Big Data domain. Unlike other conferences that limit themselves to a narrower view, the ISC Big Data aims to actively encourage cross-fertilization between enterprise and HPC/HTC. It will also provide links to user sites with long traditions in processing huge data volumes, such as CERN and other facilities that must manage large data repositories. Conference web site September 29 - October 2, 2013 Health 2.0 7th Annual Fall Conference 2013, Santa Clara, California, USA For the Seventh Annual Fall Conference, you can continue to expect to see new innovation from Health 2.0, but the tradition of leading thinkers, fascinating conversation, and being the place where people network and business gets done, will be maintained. Conference web site September 30 - October 1, 2013 International Conference on Psychology, Autism and Alzheimer's Disease, USA PsychoAAD-2013 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of Psychology, Autism and Alzheimer's related researchers, therapeutics and diagnostics companies, leading Universities and research Institutions all around the world, making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, collaborations across industry and academia, and evaluate emerging technologies across the world. Conference web site September 30 - October 2, 2013 International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing - CGC 2013, Karlsruhe, Germany Cloud computing is positioning itself as an emerging platform for delivering information infrastructures and resources as IT services. Customers (enterprises or individuals) can provision and deploy Cloud services via pay-as-you-go pricing models saving huge capital investments in their own IT infrastructures. The paradigm has attracted international interest with many open challenges such as security and privacy. Green computing, in general, aims to enable computing and IT infrastructures to be energy efficient and environmentally friendly. With dramatically increasing demand on computing and storage systems, IT infrastructures have been scaled tremendously which results in huge energy consumptions, heat dissemination, greenhouse emissions and potentially also climate change. As such, green computing challenges the community for energy efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for modern computing infrastructures. These two domains meet at the challenge of making modern (Cloud) computing infrastructures environmentally friendly, sustainable and efficient with respect to their energy consumption. Cloud and Green Computing was created to provide a prime international forum for researchers, industry practitioners and domain experts to exchange the latest advances in Cloud and Green computing as well as their synergy. Deadline for paper submission is May 12, 2013. Conference web site October 2-5, 2013 16th European Health Forum Gastein, Bad Hofgastein, Austria The EHFG is the leading health policy event in the Euorpean Union and takes place annually. It provides a major platform for decision-makers in various fields of public health and health care. With its wide-ranging four-day programme, the EHFG offers an unparalleled opportunity to exchange information about a broad spectrum of contemporary health issues. Conference web site October 3, 2013 European Smart Grid Conference, Brussels, Belgium This conference will bring together stakeholders from both the energy and telecommunications sectors - inclusive of the policy-making communities - to debate the most pertinent issues relating to the EU-wide roll out of intelligent energy networks. The successful convergence of these major infrastructure sectors will dictate the successful delivery of the European smart grid. This conference will examine what needs to be done to achieve such cross-sector collaboration. Conference web site October 6-9, 2013 2013 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Silicon Valley, California, USA In recent years, Big Data has become a new ubiquitous term. Big Data is transforming science, engineering, medicine, health care, finance, business, and ultimately society itself. The IEEE International Conference on Big Data 2013 provides a leading forum for disseminating the latest research in Big Data Research, Development, and Application. Deadline for paper submission is July 30, 2013. Conference web site October 7-9, 2013 2nd International Conference on Forensic Research and Technology, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Forensic Research-2013 looks forward to provide a forum for laying the foundations of a new principled approach to Forensic Research. The 2nd International Conference on Forensic Research and Technology aims to attract Investigators, Scientists, Professors, Researchers, Professionals, delegates and Students with different backgrounds, to foster cross-pollination between different research fields, and to expose and discuss innovative theories, frameworks, methodologies, tools, and applications. Forensic Research-2013 would also serve as an enlightening source for the multi-disciplinary area that monitors and encompasses law, investigation for network hacking, cyber crimes, finance, telecommunications, digital data recovery, and data reconstruction. Conference web site October 7-9, 2013 2nd International Summit on Toxicology, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA This summit will schedule and co-ordinate all meetings with our Editorial Board Members and other experts in the field of Toxicology across the world. The scientific programme paves a way to gather visionaries through the research talks and presentations and put forward many thought provoking strategies. Conference web site October 7-9, 2013 International Conference and Exhibition on Lasers, Optics and Photonics, San Antonio, Texas, USA Optics-2013 offers an opportunity to interact with the researchers in the field of Optics, Lasers and Photonics through the dynamic scientific tracks and potential business collaborations. Making the Congress a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry & academia and share emerging scientific updates across the globe. Initiation of cross-border co-operations between scientists and institutions will also be facilitated. Conference web site October 11-12, 2013 9th European Masters in Anti-Aging Medicine - EMAA, Paris, France Founded on a multi-disciplinary approach to Global Aging Management, the EMAA attempts to unite two aspects of aging prevention and treatment, using aesthetics strategy - dermatology, surgery and aesthetic medicine - for the external appearance and applying anti-ageing medicine for internal wellbeing. The EMAA is well-known for its highly practical content that participants can directly apply to their daily clinical practice. Its programme is didactically designed to provide an update and the hottest procedures on age-defying treatment, cosmetology, products and new technologies. Training and educational sessions, live demonstrations and workshops are run by a world class faculty of opinion leaders in the related fields. Deadline for paper abstract submission is May 25, 2013. Conference web site October 14-18, 2013 20th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics - CHEP'13, Amsterdam, The Netherlands "BiG Data Beyond Moore's Law", coming to terms with Moore-less cores, ever increasing data volumes, and managing more resources without using more people. That's the theme of this CHEP Conference. With dedicated tracks on data acquisition, trigger and controls; event processing, simulation and analysis; distributed processing and data handling; data stores, data bases and storage systems; software engineering, parallelism & multi-core programming; and a track on facilities, production infrastructures, networking and collaborative tools. Conference web site October 15-17, 2013 Immunology-2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Immunology-2013 will be an innovative and invigorating international congress reflecting the direction of immunology in the 21st century in a secure yet exciting environment that offers a wide range of diversions to participants of all backgrounds. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet leading scientists in the field of immunology and learn about the latest technological advances for people with immunological problems. The different tracks are arranged in an interdisciplinary manner to allow delegates to explore issues directly connected to their own areas of work. They also provide an opportunity to engage with other professionals from a wide range of disciplines. This premier Conference highlights the latest developments in the field of Immunology, Immunomodulation, Neuroimmunology and Immunotherapy and many more. This conference offers developing and established researchers and practitioners from all branches of Immunology. Immunology-2013 is a unique opportunity to learn from world renowned experts in the field and to meet representatives of Immunology directories, biomedicine and Research institutes to enrich their own research ideas. Conference web site October 15-17, 2013 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Analytical and Bioanalytical Techniques, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Through the theme: "Showcasing the Contemporary Approaches in Analytical and Bioanalytical Techniques", the conference aims in promulgating knowledge and exchange of new ideas amongst the pharmacy professionals, industrialists, and students. This is an excellent opportunity for the delegates from Universities and Institutes to interact with the world class scientists. Conference web site October 18-19, 2013 18th Annual ISfTeH Conference, Takamatsu, Japan EHR/PHR with the theme of the current situation and the future of telemedicine in various countries of the world with the collaboration of regional medical information networks established under the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's "Restoration of Regional Medical Care" project, activating clinical trials with co-ordination pathways - such as the Diabetes Regional Medical Coordination - for various types of diseases, electronic prescription, the Japanese version of EHR, and IT. Conference web site October 21-23, 2013 3rd International Conference on Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs, San Francisco, California, USA Join global regulators, industry professionals, decision makers and academia to engage in systematic analysis on current health care regulatory landscape, future advances in scientific research and amendments by regulatory agencies and associations. The conference scientific sessions led by industry experts and representatives from authorities, designed specifically to address the biopharmaceutical industry to get updated with the latest trends and issues in regulatory world. Conference web site October 21-23, 2013 Euro-Mediterranean Medical Informatics and Telemedicine - EMMIT 2013 - 9th International Meeting e-Health and Telemedicine in Mediterranean Countries, Nador, Morocco The aim of EMMIT 2013 is to bring together experts from academia, industry and global health care institutions such as WHO and ISFTeH to stimulate research discussions, share experience with health care service providers and policy makers. The 9th EURO-Mediterranean Medical Informatics and Tele-Medecine International Conference this year is organized by the International Institute of Tele-Medecine, Milano, Italy, and the EURO-Mediterranean Medical Informatics and Tele-Medecine & eHealth and the Polydisciplinary Faculty of Nador. This edition will provide a forum to discuss achievements and current experiences in specific areas in medical informatics and tele-medecine, focusing on innovation methods and approaches. Its overall goal is to increase interaction and collaboration among professionals from both health and information technology sectors within and between the Mediterranean countries. Topics include: Electronic medical record / personal health record Clinical and epidemiological data bases Hospital Information Systems and hospital virtualization Health information systems and patient smart cards Standards and interoperability in Health Informatics: HL7, Dicom, XML... Multimedia database, medical images, RIS/PACS Telemedicine (teleradiology, telepathology, telecardiology, teleophthalmology, teledermatology, teleoncology,...) Telehomecare and ambient assisted living Bio-devices, sensors and bio-signal processing Personalized medicine and quality of medical care Patient safety, privacy and security Distance learning in health care Decision support systems and expert systems in medicine Statistical software and neural networks in biomedicine Bioinformatics and genomic data banks Neural Informatics, A.I. and cognitive brain processes Knowledge management, knowledge-based systems Internet in health care, medical web portals Guidelines and protocols Semantic web and ontologies in medicine Web 2.0 applications Modelling and simulation National e-Health roadmaps Grid technology and global e-Health Euro-Mediterranean - cross border applications Deadline for paper submission is July 31, 2013. Conference web site October 21-24, 2013 Digital Healthcare Week 2013, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Digital Healthcare Week 2013 will be a one-stop-shop where policy-makers, senior executives from health care providers, care providers, clinicians, nurses, healthcare IT professionals and technologies companies can come together for sharing and learning for improving quality of care. Under the umbrella theme of "Delivering the 21st century health care, riding the digital wave" this four-day event will be organised by HIMSS Asia Pacific in collaboration with key partners in health care IT to bring to attendees the widest array of learning and education programmes. Deadline for paper submission is May 3, 2013. Conference web site October 22-23, 2013 4th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Medical Device Design and Manufacturing Industry - MDDMI 2013, Haifa, Israel MDDMI is the premier event in Israel to the medical device industry, this is the leading conference covering the innovative medical devices design and manufacturing scene in Israel and abroad. MDDMI enables presenters, exhibitors, investors, companies, technology experts, patent specialists and service providers, to network and to exchange ideas and information, make connections and collaborations and update current and future innovations. The conference is another unique opportunity for companies, medical equipment, to meet a variety of service providers in the relevant fields and the ability to find the best suit their needs. Key decision makers and managers will attend the professional exhibition to evaluate service providers specializing in the various fields relevant to medical devices development. Conference web site October 23-25, 2013 2nd International Conference on Probiotics and Functional Foods, Orlando, Florida, USA This conference serves as a meeting ground for scientists in the broad areas of Probiotics and Food Technology. This conference aims to bring together academic scientists, leading engineers, industry researchers and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Probiotics and Food Technology, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. The scientific program will include Keynote Sessions, Speaker Sessions, Poster Sessions and Symposia on a wide range of Probiotic related topics. The conference will also feature a showcase of exhibitors for you to explore. Leading Nutritionists and Food Technology Experts will descend upon the city to share and examine innovative scientific breakthroughs on Probiotics from basic science to clinical research. Conference web site October 24-25, 2013 Partners HealthCare Connected Health Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA This Symposium will showcase the latest global developments and innovations in health care and policy. Join a capacity crowd of 1500 health plan leaders, hospital executives, community-based practitioners, large employers, government policymakers, investors, academics, patients and caregivers. Conference web site November 5, 2013 OpenChina Final Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania The objective of this Final Conference is to bring together policy and research stakeholders from Europe and China, to present the project final results, assess new alternative or novel ways to promote scientific cooperation in ICT between the two regions and provide recommendations towards more effective funding and more fruitful co-operation programmes. Among the main outcomes of the OpenChina-ICT project to be presented: Experts interviews to identify current and emerging research topics and priorities, Dialogue Conference held in China in November 2012, European and Chinese Roadmap Surveys on ICT research environment, Thematic Workshops organised in China in May and August 2013, EU-China ICT Co-operation Plan. Conference web site November 5-6, 2013 Health 2.0 Europe 2013, London, United Kingdom Health 2.0 Europe is about leveraging the international Health 2.0 community to promote cross-pollination of ideas and technology collaboration. Mark your calendars to join the best in health technology for brilliant keynotes, thought-provoking sessions, networking, and a code-a-thon. 2013 topics will include: Improving and enriching the doctor-patient relationship Extending the care community Sensors and trackers: From quantifying the self to listening to your body Design strategies for app adherence Holistic Health 2.0: Placing health back at the centre of life From big to smart and open - just how we like data Health 2.0 for the brain Health 2.0 from the waist down Conference web site November 6-8, 2013 ICT 2013 - Create, Connect, Grow, Vilnius, Lithuania More than 4000 researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, industry representatives, young people and politicians are expected to come to Vilnius. The event will focus on Horizon 2020 - the EU's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2014-2020. Conference web site November 11-12, 2013 4th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Telehealth Society and Successes and Failures in Telehealth - SFT-13, Brisbane, Australia SFT-13 is expected to attract over 150 delegates including academics, doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, government representatives, policy advisers, managers and technicians. SFT provides an excellent programme to learn from experts in the field. The scientific programme will be informative and interactive and will be accompanied by a trade show featuring the latest products and technology available in telehealth and e-health. The aim is to provide the opportunity for delegates to present their experience, the latest research and discuss the pros and cons of telemedicine, telehealth and e-health from a national and international perspective. Deadline for paper abstract submission is July 8, 2013. Conference web site November 12-14, 2013 2nd International Conference on Cosmetology and Trichology, Chicago Northshore, Illinois, USA The main theme of the conference is "To Share Novel approaches which enhances Beauty & Skin Care". Cosmetology-2013 will encompass research and technology advances through pioneering works in the field of health and beauty care all over the world. Conference highlights include: Cosmetic Surgeries Advanced Cosmetic Procedures Sustainable Cosmetic Product Development Anti-aging Medicine Hair Loss Management and Advances in Trichology Hair Transplantation Alternative Approaches to Skin & Hair Care Cosmeceuticals & Regulations Modern Cosmetic Products and Marketing Major risks from Cosmetic and Personal Care Products Conference web site November 12-14, 2013 2nd International Summit on GMP, Quality Control and Validation, Chicago Northshore, Illinois, USA GMP-2013 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices companies, Business Entrepreneurs, Pharmaceutical Consultants, leading Universities and Research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia and evaluate emerging technologies in improving the manufacturing quality of product across the globe. GMP and Quality control is an approach that extends beyond ordinary statistical quality control techniques and quality improvement methods. It implies a complete overview and re-evaluation of the specification of a product, rather than just considering a more limited set of changeable features within an existing product. Conference web site November 12-14, 2013 2nd International Summit on GLP, GCP and Clinical Research, Chicago Northshore, Illinois, USA Clinical Research-2013 conference is anticipated to share information among Clinical research professionals, Research Scholars, young Scientists & regulated communities to discuss the new opportunities and enhance the product development. Clinical Research will highlight three areas that present challenges to sponsors and investigational sites Enhancing Success through communication and assuring confidence in Clinical Research, GLP, GCP. Conference web site November 17-22, 2013 Supercomputing - SC13, Denber, Colorado, USA For a quarter of a century, the Supercomputing Conference has served as the crossroads for the entire HPC community. From users and programme managers to colleagues and vendors, from government to private industry to academia, SC has provided unparalleled co-operation, unequaled collaboration, and unmatched exposure. Spotlighting the most advanced scientific and technical applications in the world, SC13 will bring together the international supercomputing community for an exceptional programme of technical papers, tutorials and timely research posters. The SC13 Exhibition Hall will feature exhibits of the latest and greatest technologies from industry, academia and government research organisations. Conference web site November 18-10, 2013 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmacovigilance, San Antonio, Texas, USA This conference will bring together a unique and International mix of Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Clinical research companies, leading Universities and Research Institutes working in the field of Pharmacovigilance and drug safety, making the Conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia and share emerging scientific updates across the globe by means of thought provoking Keynote presentations, oral talks and poster presentations opportunities. Conference web site November 18-20, 2013 Petrochemistry-2013, San Antonio, Texas, USA Petrochemistry-2013 is a remarkable event which brings together unique and International academic scientists, leading engineers, universities and industries making the congress a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe. The World Congress on Petrochemistry and Chemical Engineering will schedule and co-ordinate all meetings with the Editorial Board Members of Journal of Chemical Engineering and Process Technology, Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology and other experts in the Petrochemistry & Chemical Engineering field across the World. The scientific programme paves a way to gather visionaries through the research talks and presentations and put forward many thought provoking strategies in Petrochemistry & Chemical Engineering. The scientific programme will focus on Advanced Technologies in Petrochemistry and Chemical Engineering. Conference web site November 21-24, 2013 5th International Conference on Fixed Combination, Bangkok, Thailand Fixed combination has recently made a comeback as an initial therapy in the treatment of hypertension. The additive or synergistic effect of combination therapy fully lowers blood pressure in patients who tend to have less than full response to one component only. Antihypertensive monotherapy does not address the multifactorial nature of hypertension as a disease with many pathways; using more than one drug makes more therapeutic sense, as combined agents cover more than one etiology. Deadline for paper abstract submission is June 18, 2013. Conference web site November 25-27, 2013 2013 National Indigenous Health Conference, Cairns, Australia The event is designed to bring together both government and non-government agencies who are working in the field of Indigenous health with the belief that working together can close the gap between the state of Indigenous Health as compared to the health of mainstream Australians. This gathering will highlight some of the existing indigenous health programmes currently implemented in Aboriginal communities and provide a unique opportunity for delegates and speakers to see the power of people networking together in one place, at one time with similar goals and exchange information regarding the successes and challenges that workers involve in implementing Aboriginal health programmes faced. Hence, grassroots communities are encouraged to participate and present their existing, successful programmes during the event. This year's event will herald a tried and proven method of exchanging ideas in Indigenous Health. While the conference has its aims and objectives, the core belief of the conference is that networking at a conference such as this is invaluable to the attendees as it offers a unique educational experience in the development of individuals and their careers. The event also offers an opportunity to access great information as well as the chance to rub shoulders with individuals from all walks of life; professors to doctors, grass-root workers and government officials. Conference web site November 29 - December 1, 2013 9th International Telemedicine Conference of Telemedicine Society of India - 2013, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Telemedicon is an initiative of the Telemedicine Society of India to increase the awareness and practice of TeleHealth in India in order to contribute to the improvement of the state of health in the country. Telemedicon brings together Telemedicine experts and healthcare professionals from around the world. It is truly a platform for learning and collaboration with experts in Telemedicine. Conference web site December 1-3, 2013 Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions - ICI 2013, Tel Aviv, Israel The upcoming meeting will focus on innovative technology and therapies in the cardiovascular area and related exciting disciplines and will cover all stages of the innovation process from the bench to the patient bedside. This year the team will continue to watch closely the dynamic and vibrant area of valvular interventions and the many innovations under investigation for treating cardiac valvular pathology using percutaneous techniques or combined surgical and interventional pathways. This year the team will continue to review the regulatory, ethical and financial aspects of new devices and continue the Mobile health track that was an exciting topic last year which will continue with a special flavour within the scientific programme. Deadline for paper submission is September 8, 2013. Conference web site December 2-4, 2013 3rd International Conference on Nanotek and Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA This conference provides a perfect symposium for scientists, engineers, directors of companies and students in the field of Nanotechnology to meet and share their knowledge. The scientific programme paves a way to gather visionaries through the research talks and presentations and put forward many thought provoking strategies. Conference web site December 2-4, 2013 2nd Conference on Obesity Weight Management, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Obesity-2013 will provide the latest technologies to treat and to enhance various healthy diet tips and beauty secrets for physical fitness. It is one of the largest innovative platforms for dieticians, physical fitness practitioners, beauticians and clinicians in all fields of medicine, beauty and health care. Conference web site December 2-4, 2013 International Conference on Nursing and Emergency Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Nursing-2013 aims at bringing together a unique and international mix of large and medium medical, pre-clinical research and pharmaceutical companies, leading universities and medical research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe. Conference web site December 3-6, 2013 International Conference on Scientific Computing - CSC 2013, Paphos, Cyprus This conference will bring together an international High Performance Computing research community to present and debate new methods and results, covering a diverse range of topics from fundamental sciences to climate change and medical applications. Recent successes in Computational Science and Engineering obtained by using PRACE and LinkSCEEM infrastructure will be highlighted. Conference web site December 9-12, 2013 6th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing - UCC 2013, Dresden, Germany Cloud Computing promises to deliver computational resources on demand as services that are commoditised and delivered as in traditional utilities such as electricity, gas, water and telephony. High Utility with Cloud services can already be achieved for compute, storage and communication resources but also for hosted software and data. UCC is the premierIEEE/ACM conference covering all areas related to Cloud Computing as a Utility. There is also increasing interest from commercial providers to offer business and revenue models around the services they offer. Understanding how these model could be used to provide utility for both users, intermediary brokers (aggregators) and providers will also be of interest for this conference. Submissions are invited on the following themes as well as additional interesting related topics: Principles and foundations of Utility Computing, including pricing and service models Architectural models to achieve Utility in Clouds Designs and deployment models for Clouds: private, public, hybrid, federated, aggregated Cloud Computing middleware, stacks, tools, delivery networks and services on all layers (XaaS) Virtualisation technologies and other enablers Scalability and resource management: brokering, scheduling, capacity planning, parallelism and elasticity, as well as marketplaces Cloud management: autonomic, adaptive, self-*, SLAs, performance models and monitoring Applications: games, social networks, scientific computing (e-science) and business Mobile and energy-efficient use of Clouds Beyond technology: Cloud business and legal implications, such as security, privacy, trust and jurisdiction especially in Utility contexts Deadline for paper submission is July 19, 2013. Conference web site December 12-15, 2013 4th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, Hong Kong More than in any other region of the world, the Asia-Pacific will be affected by the immense socio-economic burden caused by musculoskeletal diseases such as osteoporosis. Largely due to the ageing of the population and other lifestyle trends, more than 50 percent of the world's osteoporotic fractures are expected to occur in Asia by the year 2050. It is therefore essential that physicians are able to stay abreast of the latest management strategies and new clinical research in the field. Now in its fourth year, the IOF Regionals Asia Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting is a highly respected annual educational and research forum for osteoporosis and related bone, muscle and joint diseases. Deadline for paper abstract submission is August 9, 2013. Conference web site February 13-16, 2014 Third Global Congress for Consensus in Pediatrics and Child Health - CIP 2014, Bangkok, Thailand CIP Congress brings an innovative and stimulating global academic debate platform searching for consensus and agreements on main child health pathologies, difficulties and controversies. The concept for the CIP congress and programme was developed for Paediatricians working in Primary and Secondary Care, as well as for specialists in the diverse areas of Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgeons, Family Medicine Doctors, General Practitioners, Researchers and Policy Makers. Deadline for paper abstract submission is December 14, 2013. Conference web site February 20-23, 2014 3rd International Congress on Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy - CPP 2014, Venice, Italy The congress will concentrate on new clinical and pathophysiological data, update of current approaches and guidelines as well as providing an opportunity for exchange of information, development of collaborative research, discussion, upgrade of recent guidelines for the management of cardiovascular conditions during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Deadline for paper abstract submission is September 16, 2013. Conference web site April 3-5, 2014 International Neonatology Association Conference, Valencia, Spain The 2014 INAC is the perfect setting to get the most updated, state of the art information on the latest developments in research and clinical practice in the field of Neonatology. It also gives you the opportunity to debate on controversial issues and to contribute, with your own voice, to the practice of neonatology. For young professionals it is the perfect occasion not only to actively participate in the congress where you can discuss your research work with Internationally renowned neonatologists but also to participate in the skill enhancing workshop. Deadline for paper submission is October 24, 2013. Conference web site April 8-10, 2014 Second Food Integrity and Traceability Conference - ASSET 2014, Belfast, Northern Ireland Featuring experts from Queen's new GBP33 million Institute for Global Food Security and from across the globe, the event will highlight progress in delivering safe and authentic food to consumers and explore current and emerging threats to the integrity of the agri-food chain. The conference will concentrate on three key themes: Reviewing recent progress in delivering safe and authentic food to the consumer. Identifying the greatest current and emerging threats to the integrity of the agri-food supply. Delivering new analytical means of verifying the integrity of the agri-food supply chain. Conference web site July 20-25, 2014 20th International AIDS Conference - AIDS 2014, Melbourne, Australia The biennial International AIDS Conference is the premier gathering for those working in the field of HIV, as well as policymakers, people living with HIV and others committed to ending the epidemic. It will be a tremendous opportunity for researchers from around the world to share the latest scientific advances in the field, learn from one another's expertise, and develop strategies for advancing all facets of our collective efforts to treat and prevent HIV. AIDS 2014 is expected to convene over 18 000 delegates from nearly 200 countries. The International AIDS Society, the world's leading independent association of HIV professionals, with more than 16.000 members in 194 countries, is organizing AIDS 2014 in collaboration with international and local partners. Conference web site

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