Understanding how the landscape is shifting will be critical to your lab's business model - and profitability - in the coming years. That's why you won't want to miss Paul Mango's session "Understanding ACOs, Integration of Clinical Care, and Healthcare's Changing Landscape" at the 2012 Executive War College for Laboratory and Pathology Management.

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May 1-2, 2012
2012 Regional, State, and Local Initiatives in Nanotechnology, Portland, Oregon, USA

The workshop will examine:

• the current landscape of U.S. RSL nanotechnology initiatives and their status;
• current Federal resources available for RSLs;
• RSL best practices, business models, and opportunities for partnering; and
• the role of nanotechnology RSLs in future U.S. economic growth and job creation.

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May 2, 2012
Research in Future Cloud Computing, Brussels, Belgium

In spring 2009 a group of experts was established with the aim to develop a Cloud Computing vision for Europe and future research directions. The results were published in the report "The future of Cloud Computing" in January 2010. Since then, technology for supporting Cloud computing has made considerable advances. As part of this development, also our understanding of the concept and hence expectations towards the Cloud environments have changed accordingly. In order to capture the changes and maintain a state-of-the-art view on Cloud computing technologies, its position in and its relevance for Europe, the group of experts was re-convened in 2011.

The aim was to address the technological progress made during the last few years in the domain of Cloud computing, to ensure that the current state of the art is reflected accurately and to identify the major gaps and necessities for future research and development in Cloud technologies. The outcome of the group's work will now be presented.

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May 2-4, 2012
8th WSEAS International Conference on Energy, Environment, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development - EEESD'12, Faro, Portugal

This conference includes:

• Plenary Lecture 1: Individually Oriented E-Learning Course Development by Prof. Sarma Cakula, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Latvia.
• Plenary Lecture 2: Strategic Noise Mapping: An Adequate Tool for Assessing Urban Environmental Noise - The Case of Nicosia-Cyprus by Assoc. Prof. Konstantinos Vogiatzis, University of Thessaly, Greece.
• Plenary Lecture 3: Utilization of Alternative Power Sources in Modern Low-Energy Buildings in the Conditions of Sustainable Development by Assoc. Prof. Petr Mastny, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic.
• Plenary Lecture 4: Environmentally Responsible Sustainable Air and Ground Transportation by Prof. Ramesh K. Agarwal, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.

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May 2-4, 2012
5th IASME/WSEAS International Conference on Landscape Architecture - LA'12, Faro, Portugal

Topics include: Landscape Design; Traditional Building; Landscape Gardening; Gardens; Gardening to attract wildlife; Community gardens; Parks, National parks; Botanical gardens, Children's gardens; Sanctuary gardens, Cemeteries, Golf courses, Plazas, Labyrinths, Memorials; Historic districts, Historic sites Land Art; Earthworks Art; Playgrounds; etc.

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May 2-4, 2012
5th World Conference - Applied Computing Conference - ACC'12, Faro, Portugal

This conference includes:

• Plenary Lecture 1: People, Automation, and Complexity Concerns Affecting Enterprise Information Integration by Dr. Ionel Botef, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

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May 2-4, 2012
1st International Conference on Lakes, Rivers, Groundwater and Sea - LARIGS'12, Faro, Portugal

Topics include: Philosophy of conservation - historical and global perspectives; Catchment characteristics and river ecosystems; The case for conservation - threats to river systems, trends in the state of rivers, the value of protection; Rivers' and Lakes' classification/assessment of conservation potential; Ecosystem integrity - biological, chemical, hydromorphological; New methods and approaches; Ecosystem services and environmental economics; The integration of habitat and wildlife conservation with wider management objectives; Catchment management; Rivers' and Lakes' management - overall objectives, channel engineering, riparian zones, catchment control, fluvial changes.

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May 2-4, 2012
1st International Conference on Sustainable Cities, Urban Sustainability and Transportation - SCUST'12, Faro, Portugal

Topics include: Planning, development and management; The community and the city; Urban strategies; Landscape planning and design; Urbanization of rural areas; Architectural issues; Cultural heritage issues; Waste management; Case studies; Environmental management; Sustainable energy and the city; Transportation; Intelligent environments and emerging technologies; Urban metabolism; Waterfront developments; Planning for risk; Quality of life.

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May 2-4, 2012
1st International Conference on Forests, Mountains, Valleys and Volcanoes, FOMOVAVO'12, Faro, Portugal

Topics include: Planning, development and management of Forests, Mountains, Valleys and Volcanoes; Forest Fires; Detection, monitoring and response systems; Decision support systems related to Forests, Mountains, Valleys and Volcanoes; Resource optimization related to Forests, Mountains, Valleys and Volcanoes; Risk and vulnerability assessment; Computational methods and experiments; Air quality and health risks; Environmental impact; Emergency response systems; Human behaviour and education; Economic impact; Landscape planning and design; Urbanization of rural areas; Architectural issues; Cultural heritage issues; Waste management.

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May 2-4, 2012
1st International Conference on Science Parks and Technology Parks - SPATP'12, Faro, Portugal

Topics include: Global knowledge economy; Economic development and competitiveness of regions and cities by: Sharing of ideas in science and technology parks; Launching new companies in science and technology parks; Business cluster in science and technology parks; Cluster development in science and technology parks; Business incubator in science and technology parks; Management in a science and technology park; Creating new business opportunities and adding value to mature companies; Fostering entrepreneurship and incubating new innovative companies; Generating knowledge-based jobs; Building attractive spaces for the emerging knowledge workers; Enhancing the synergy between universities and companies.

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May 2-4, 2012
1st International Conference on Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Heritage - STACH'12, Faro, Portugal

Topics include: Sustainable Tourism; Tourism Planning and Modelling; Tourism and Environment; Tourism and Culture; Tourism and Art; Tourism and Civilization; Security Aspects; Urban Tourism, Rural Tourism; Tourism and Transportation; Tourism and Education; Sociological Issues; E-Tourism; Cultural Heritage; Archaeological Sites and Excavations; Museums; Historical Past.

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May 2-4, 2012
1st International Conference on Biologically Inspired Computation - BIC'12, Faro, Portugal

Topics include: Artificial life; Artificial neural network; Behaviour based robotics; Bionics; Bioinformatics; Cognitive modelling; Cognitive architecture; Cognitive science; Connectionism; Digital morphogenesis; Digital organism; Evolutionary Algorithm; Evolutionary Computation.

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May 2-4, 2012
2012 International Data Linkage Conference - IDLC, Perth, Australia

The conference will bring together a wide range of exciting leading international speakers, researchers, data linkers, practitioners, policymakers and consumers to discuss and exchange ideas relating to the full spectrum of utilising data linkage to advance knowledge for better health and social outcomes.

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May 3, 2012
Prepare Your Lab for Next-Gen Gene Sequencing Tests, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Get the latest on the emerging revolution in laboratory testing, fueled by new molecular assays and genetic tests. Why it's essential for every lab to deliver a mix of molecular and genetic tests that add clinical value and are financially sustainable. Learn about the important regulatory changes and Supreme Court decisions that affect gene patents and proprietary molecular tests. Get new strategies for obtaining favorable coverage decisions and adequate reimbursement from government and private payers. Understand what's new in next-generation gene sequencing and molecular technologies. Details on the full spectrum of information technology - from computational needs with the LIS and PathLIS to digital pathology and computer-assisted image analysis.

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May 3, 2012
Opportunities and Challenges in Massive Data-Intensive Computing, Newark, Delaware, USA

Emerging real-world graph problems include detecting community structure in large social networks, improving the resilience of the electric power grid, and detecting and preventing disease in human populations. Unlike traditional applications in computational science and engineering, solving these problems at scale often raises new challenges because of sparsity and the lack of locality in the data, the need for additional research on scalable algorithms and development of frameworks for solving these problems on high performance computers, and the need for improved models that also capture the noise and bias inherent in the torrential data streams.

In this talk by David A. Bader from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the speaker will discuss the opportunities and challenges in massive data-intensive computing for applications in computational biology, genomics, and security. The explosion of real-world graph data poses a substantial challenge: How can we analyze constantly changing graphs with billions of vertices? Our approach leverages fine-grained parallelism, lightweight synchronization, and shared memory, to scale to massive graphs.

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May 3-4, 2012
ISE Conference: Strengthening the European Research Area: What does science need to flourish?, Barcelona, Spain

The Initiative for Science in Europe advocates the involvement of scientists in the political process. Experience shows that the latter can be best achieved through organizing public events. The ISE workshop is intended to be the start of a long-term campaign on the European Research Area - it is within ISE's mission is to look beyond of what is currently the mainstream in the debate to put real needs of science in the spotlight. The sessions will focus on topics such as how to involve of scientists in the governance of ERA and how to organise cross-border research collaboration.

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May 3-5, 2012
Latino-American Medical Informatics and Telemedicine International Conference - LAMIT 2012, Lima, Peru

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 and global 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
• Neuroinformatics, A.I. and cognitive brain
• e-Health Support Programmes for Elderly people with Chronic Disease
• Telemedicine and eHealth in international co-operation processes

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May 5-6, 2012
Humanity+ Conference on "Future Science and Technology", Melbourne, Australia

The aim of this conference is to work out those changes likely to have a profound impact and those that are merely transient or fashionable. IEET Fellows Natasha Vita-More and Aubrey de Grey will be presenting lectures, the performance artist Stelarc is also on the bill, and Russell Blackford is a possible guest.

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May 5-18, 2012
Third BOINC Pentathlon, Germany

SETI.Germany continues their special event this year where all BOINC-Teams are invited to participate. This competition is inspired by the Pentathlon of the ancient world.

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May 6-8, 2012
Global Connected Care and 3rd MediTour Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

This important event will provide education, business opportunities and a networking forum for the Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism Industry. It will identify and remove barriers to the adoption of global health care.

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May 6-9, 2012
COMMON 2012 Annual Meeting and Exposition, Anaheim, California, USA

This is the premier Power Systems-related educational and networking event and the largest gathering of the Power Systems community - learn and meet with fellow users, vendors, industry experts, and IBMers.

Benefits include:

• Four full days of over 300 educational sessions on IBM i, AIX and Linux-related topics.
• Variety of educational formats, including all-day pre-conference workshops, open labs and regular-length sessions.

In addition to all these benefits, COMMON is planning a special tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory so that you can get an inside view of space exploration past, present, and future.

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May 6-11, 2012
Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics - CLEO 2012, San Jose, California, USA

CLEO 2012 features a complete and up-to-date technical programme under three core conferences; CLEO: QELS- Fundamental Science, CLEO: Science & Innovations, and CLEO: Applications & Technology. You can also receive world-class instruction and skill-building training by taking a CLEO short course.

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May 7, 2012
First IST Young Scientist Symposium on Human Evolution, Klosterneuburg, Austria

The programme encompasses six scientific talks on diverse topics such as genetics or locomotion and concludes with a panel discussion on the future of human evolution. Among the expert speakers from five different countries are Morten Rasmussen from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Bence Viola from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who worked together with Eske Willerslev and Svante Pääbo respectively on reconstructing genomes of archaic species of humans. The other keynote speakers are Eörs Szathmáry from Eötvös Lorand University Budapest, Hungary, Daniel Nettle and Bill Sellers from the Universities of Newcastle and Manchester,UK, and Philipp Mitteröcker from the University of Vienna, Austria.

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May 7-8, 2012
World Class Global IT Project Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This workshop is for practitioners who have experiences working with a structured IT integrated model and it focuses on determining new ways to enhance the current model implemented in the organisation. Practitioners will be exposed to numerous ways to formulate new methods to predict problems and minimize risk. This workshop will also highlight advance ways and ideas which will enable practitioners to oversee and monitor cost. In order to cover the human factor in IT project management, practitioners will also be updated with practical communication enhancement styles in project management.

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May 7-9, 2012
2012 World of Health IT, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sessions include:

1. Healthcare IT: Beyond the Technology: A session series that looks beyond the technical implications of successful IT implications:
• Health Outcomes and/or
• Patient Satisfaction and Customer Service and/or
• Reducing the possibility for Medical Errors and improving patient safety
2. eHealth Empowered Nursing: This session should offer one or more case studies examining the conversion of a paper based care delivery and the proven practical benefits to the nurse, the patient and the organization through fully digitized nurse.
3. Ambulatory Clinical Settings and IT Empowerment: This session should examine the GP's Surgery and other ambulatory settings as the pillars of low cost and practical settings to deal with frequent management of chronic disease. This session should show the way forward for the effective digitization of small to mid-size GP practices.
4. Nation Building: Assembling a national, regional, local exchange of health information: This session should describe best known practices of assembling all of the stakeholders in the healthcare continuum into a collaborative effort that achieves health information exchange:
• Policy Maker Perspectives
• Hospital Management
• CIO/IT Directors perspectives
• Clinicians
• Patients and understanding customer perspectives
5. How is mobile technology changing healthcare? This session should give solid examples of initial or advanced use of mobile health technology and its impact on health care from the provider and the hospital perspective.
6. Clinical applications: This session should offer practical examples of documented cost savings and/or improved health outcomes using one or more of the below technologies:
• Clinical decision support
• Visual diagnosis
• Emergency response systems
• Emergency management systems
• CPOE - Clinical Provider Order Entry
• RFID
• Biometrics
• Social Media
• Virtual technologies
• Personalised medicine
7. Reporting of quality metrics - transitioning from a 20th century to a 21st century hospital: This session should demonstrate practical examples from a local/regional/national perspective of how more transparency in the reporting of health care quality metrics has led to a more efficient and effective delivery of care.

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May 9, 2012
How Will "3Rs" Work in Exchanges? What the Reinsurance, Risk-Corridor and Risk-Adjustment Regulation Means for Insurers - Webinar, USA

HHS's final "3Rs" regulation - outlining reinsurance, risk adjustment and risk corridors in health insurance exchanges - allows unexpected flexibility to states and health insurers alike. One of the most controversial changes in the final reg is a provision directing insurers to calculate their own risk scores, rather than having the state or federal government do the collection and calculation. How will the 3Rs work in exchanges? What are the options for states to ensure premium stabilization, market participation and affordability? And how do the different options affect insurers?

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May 9-10, 2012
Behavioural Interviewing: Selecting and Recruiting the Right People, with the Right Skills, in the Right Positions, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The objective of this programme is to significantly improve your selection and recruiting capabilities via a highly interactive and practical training programme. You will be exposed to behavioural interviewing techniques that will allow you to select and recruit the right people, with the right skills, in the right positions. People learn better by doing. This is why a blended learning approach is used that combines best practice theory with role plays and a wide range of activities to ensure you get the most benefit out of this programme.

By participating in this Behavioural Interviewing training course, you will learn how to apply a powerful interviewing model that will improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of your recruiting with lasting results. Through practical exercises, group discussions, role plays and case studies, you will be exposed to Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Behavioural Interviewing. After completion of this programme, you will possess the necessary skills to select and recruit the best candidates available using proven industry best practice recruitment techniques and approaches.

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May 9-11, 2012
IST-Africa 2012 Conference & Exhibition, Tanzania

Part of the IST-Africa Initiative, which is supported by the European Commission under the ICT Theme of Framework Programme 7 (FP7), IST-Africa 2012 is the seventh in an Annual Conference Series which brings together senior representatives from leading commercial, government & research organisations across Africa and from Europe, to bridge the Digital Divide by sharing knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice and discussing policy related issues.

IST-Africa 2012 is focused on applied ICT and the core thematic areas include:

• eHealth & Health Information Systems
• eInfrastructures
• Living Labs
• Technology Enhanced Learning and ICT Skills
• Digital Libraries and Intelligent Content
• Open Source Software - Applications
• ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility
• ICT for Environmental Sustainability
• RFID and Networked Enterprise
• Cloud Computing
• eGovernment & eDemocracy
• Mobile Applications, including M-Education, Social Networking
• Cyber Security
• Transformation of Research Results into Local Innovation
• IPv6

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May 9-11, 2012
Third International Conference on Future Energy Systems Where Energy, Computing and Communication Meet - e-Energy 2012, Madrid, Spain

Due to the increasing significance of power consumption in computing and networking, the goal of e-Energy is to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners working in this area to discuss recent and innovative results, as well as identify future directions and challenges. The continuing spread of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has contributed much to the reduction of energy consumption in many areas of everyday life. Nevertheless ICT infrastructure continues to expand in capacity and reach, and needs to be more energy-efficient itself. Additionally, ICT can be used to optimize the production, transport and consumption of energy in other set-ups.

The conference addresses the varied fields of servers and communication infrastructures, services in data centers, end-systems in home and office environments, broadband access networks, sensor networks, Cloud computing, smart grids and future networks such as The Internet of Things.

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May 9-13, 2012
31st ESTRO Congress and the World Congress of Brachytherapy, Barcelona, Spain

ESTRO 31 and the World Congress of Brachytherapy will combine to feature new research results in clinical and basic radiobiology, physics and brachytherapy, presented by top doctors and scientists from all over the world working together for the benefit of cancer patients. The two conferences, which will run in parallel, are expected to attract 4000 delegates from around 50 countries.

The conferences cover the entire spectrum of radiotherapy and brachytherapy and highlight what is new across fields as diverse as:

• how radiotherapy can cope with an ageing population
• gene profiling, radiobiology, and treatment of disease
• how to combine radiotherapy with molecular targeted drugs
• using particle therapies to spare normal tissues
• radiotherapy and health economics
• how can radiotherapists deal with patients' movement?
• the use of predictive biomarkers

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May 10-11, 2012
HIMSS Forum Australia 12, Sydney, Australia

The intense two-day conference focuses on transforming health care delivery through IT and business intelligence. The key topics to be discussed include HIMSS EMR Adoption Model, Mobile Health, Social Media Marketing, Return on Investment and Business intelligence.

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May 10-12, 2012
Shanghai 2012 International Forum on Family Medicine, Shanghai, China

This is one of the highest-profile meetings of this field in China. Well-known experts and scholars will join us to give excellent speeches. Family medicine is now recognized as a specialty in its own right, which is devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages and is the first line of prevention and treatment. It is the cornerstone for developing a community based health care system. The conference will be a forum for the presentation of international research, discovery and innovation in Family Medicine and provide a focal point for local, national and international discussion regarding the latest developments in all major sub groups within the field.

This major international conference aims to promote networking, exchange of ideas and experiences, and advance awareness of family medicine. The organizers expect this event to be very interesting, active, informative, and well-attended because Family Medicine is the first line of prevention and treatment. The success of this event relies heavily on the involvement and active participation of individuals and medical professionals in the field of Family Medicine.

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May 11, 2012
Ten Behaviors of Managers Who Excel, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

This one-day, fast-paced comprehensive seminar will provide you with the knowledge and, most importantly, the skills to improve the productive work of your staff. Whether you supervise a staff of one or 101, we will provide the basic skills training, as well as build on the skills you already have, to enable you to succeed in the many facets of your job. You will leave this programme with the confidence and ability to create a strong winning team of competent employees.

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May 11-13, 2012
1st International Conference on Computing, Information Systems and Communications - CISCO'12, Singapore

Topics include: Computer Languages, Software Engineering, Data Structures, File Structures and Design, Data Bases, Compilers, Knowledge and Data Technology, Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, File Structures for on-line Systems, Operating Systems, Parallel and Distributed Systems, Information Systems, Complexity Theory, Computing Theory, Numerical and Semi-Numerical Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Parallel Programming, Computerised Signal Processing, etc.

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May 11-13, 2012
1st International Conference on Systems, Control, Power, Robotics - SCOPORO'12, Singapore

Topics include: Systems Theory, Circuits, Control Systems, Stochastic Systems, Non-linear Systems, Information Systems, Signal Processing Systems, Multidimensional Systems, Multivariable systems, Hybrid Systems, Multirate Systems, Robotics, Man-Machine Systems, Speech and Image Processing Systems, Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Manufacturing Systems, Decentralised Systems, Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Machines, Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks, etc.

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May 11-13, 2012
1st International Conference on Digital Services, Internet and Applications - DSIA'12, Singapore

Topics include: Virtual teachers, Virtual (e-) Classrooms, Virtual (e-) Schools, Management of Virtual Schools, Chatrooms, E-examinations, E-degrees, Multiservice networks, Multimedia for Internet Learning, Video Meetings, Intelligent Agents for testing e-schools, e-Libraries Administration, access to e-libraries, security aspects, privacy issues, sociological and political aspects, others.

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May 11-13, 2012
1st International Conference on Integrated Systems and Management for Energy, Development, Environment and Health, Singapore

Topics include: Environment and sustainable development, Sustainable management, Indoor Air Quality in Offices and Houses, Quality of water, Global change, climate and biodiversity, Sustainable marine ecosystems, Climate and global change, Advanced Marine research, Research on Natural hazards, Cleaner energy systems, Renewable energy Systems, Combined Heat and Power Systems, Combustion and gasification, Energy Storage, Materials Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Hydrogen energy production, storage and transmission, Fuel Cells, Electrolysis, Hydrides, etc.

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May 11-14, 2012
10th International 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 percent over the next five years. Just as Cloud and Big Data solutions will be side by side on the Expo floor, so they are in the conference programme.

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May 13-15, 2012
Second International Conference on Integrative Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

The conference will bring together physicians and therapists from all over the world to discuss the changes and influence of the Integrative Medicine. The conference will focus on various fields of Integrative Medicine such as: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Naturopathy, Chiropractic Medicine, Herbalism, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Meditation, Yoga, Biofeedback, Hypnosis, Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Nutritional-Based Therapies and many more.

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May 13-16, 2012
12th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Grid and Cloud Computing - CCGrid 2012, Ottawa, Canada

Rapid advances in processing, communication and systems/middleware technologies are leading to new paradigms and platforms for computing, ranging from computing Clusters to widely distributed Grid and emerging Clouds. CCGrid is a series of very successful conferences, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and ACM, with the overarching goal of bringing together international researchers, developers, and users and to provide an international forum to present leading research activities and results on a broad range of topics related to these platforms and paradigms and their applications. The conference features keynotes, technical presentations, posters and research demos, workshops, tutorials, as well as the SCALE challenges featuring live demonstrations.

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.
• Autonomic Computing and Cyberinfrastructure: Self managed behaviour, models and technologies; Autonomic paradigms and approaches (control-based, bio-inspired, emergent, etc.); Bio-inspired approaches to management; SLA definition and enforcement.
• Performance Modelling and Evaluation: Performance models; Monitoring and evaluation tools, Analysis of system/application performance; Benchmarks and testbeds.
• Programming Models, Systems, and Fault-Tolerant Computing: Programming models for cluster, Clouds and Grid computing; fault tolerant infrastructure and algorithms; systems software to enable efficient computing.
• Multicore and Accelerator-based Computing: Software and application techniques to utilize multicore architectures and accelerators/heterogeneous computing systems.
• Scheduling and Resource Management: Techniques to schedule jobs and resources on clusters, Clouds and Grid computing platforms.
• Cloud Computing: Cloud architectures; Software tools and techniques for Clouds.

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May 13-17, 2012
3rd Conference on Optimization Methods and Software - OMS 2012, Crete, Greece

The conference aims to review and discuss recent advances and promising research trends in continuous and discrete optimization theory, methods, applications and software development.

Topics include, but are certainly not limited to the following subjects: Linear and Nonlinear Optimization; Integer and Combinatorial Optimization; Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization; Global Optimization; Semi-definite Programming; Semi-infinite Programming; Multi-objective Optimization; Stochastic Optimization; Complementarity and Variational Inequality Problems; Derivative-free Optimization; Network Optimization; Scheduling Problems; Optimal Control; Automatic Differentiation; Optimization Software.

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May 14-15, 2012
Spring Fling Matchpoint Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The Spring Fling will feature Health 2.0 Matchpoint. Health 2.0 Matchpoint was started at the 2011 Fall conference by bringing together industry partners with a small number of innovators. Many successful active partnership discussions have already started following those meetings.

Health 2.0 Matchpoint turns the typical conference focus on its head by placing health tech entrepreneurs up close and personal in 15 minute meetings, across a table from organisations looking to pilot, partner, or invest in their technologies. Health 2.0 Matchpoint will be the focus of a whole conference about scaling Health 2.0 into business and enterprise level health care. Hosts will include organisations from the worlds of technology, pharma, hospitals, payers and more.

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May 14-15, 2012
Internal SLAs and Services Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This 2-day workshop provides you with the latest in good SLA management practice so you can design, implement and manage internal SLAs incorporating services that are cost-effective and quality driven. It is based on many years of implementing SLAs and identifying and defining internal services in hundreds of organisations. The management practices and methodologies outlined in the course are not just academic theories but real world techniques that have been developed and proven in the marketplace over the last seventeen years across numerous organisations around the world.

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May 14-16, 2012
Imaging and Signal Processing in Health Care and Technology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

This is the Second International Symposium of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED).

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May 14-16, 2012
11th WSEAS International Conference on System Science and Simulation in Engineering - ICOSSSE'12, Singapore

Topics include: Systems Theory; Circuits; Control Systems; Stochastic Systems; Non-linear Systems; Information Systems; Signal Processing Systems; Multidimensional Systems; Multivariable systems; Hybrid Systems; Multirate Systems; Robotics; Man-Machine Systems, etc.

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May 14-16, 2012
12th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer Science - ACS'12, Singapore

Topics include: Programming Languages; Software Methodologies; Software Engineering; Software Requirements; Software Design and Development; Software Maintenance; Software Metrics; Software Testing; Educational Software; Fault Tolerance; Project Management; Intelligent Agents; JAVA, COBRA, XML; Web-based Software Engineering; Cyber-Science and Cyber-Space, etc.

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May 14-16, 2012
11th WSEAS International Conference on Education and Educational Technology - EDU'12, Singapore

Topics include: Educational Software and Development; Computers for Education; Distance Learning and Distance Teaching; Intelligent Robots as Teachers; Classroom Monitoring; New types of Examinations; Education Reforms; Continuous Collaboration of Industry and Education; Bridging the gap of Education and the Requirements of the Production; Multimedia for Education; Internet for Education; Web-based Education; E-School and E-University; E-Learning and E-Pedagogy; Educational Software and Development, etc.

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May 14-16, 2012
11th WSEAS International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Man-Machine Systems and Cybernetics - CIMMACS'12, Singapore

Topics include: Neural Networks: Foundation, supervised and unsupervised learning, algorithms, implementation, neurobiology and neurosciences, time series analysis, n.n. applications in all branches of electrical engineering and computer science, Neuro-Fuzzy Systems, Universal Approximators, Fuzzy Systems: Fuzzy sets, Fuzzy geometry, Fuzzy mathematical analysis, Fuzzy Differential Equations, etc.

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May 14-16, 2012
2nd IASTED International Symposia on Imaging and Signal Processing in Health Care and Technology - ISPHT 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

This conference will be an international forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange the latest research, results, and ideas in the areas of imaging and signal processing in health care and technology.

In recent years, with the aid of engineering and information technology, image and signal processing has emerged as a high-tech field, generating innovation in such areas as medical imaging, health informatics, wireless and remote sensors, watermarking, PACS, MRI, nuclear medicine and medical cybernetics. Scientists and engineers in this field have recently been working towards such advances as developing virtual learning systems for training intravenous catheterization and collecting blood samples, creating artificial organs that mimic natural human organs, conducting telemedicine and telediagnosis, performing surgeries with robots, creating a laboratory-on-a-chip, and watermarking medical data.

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May 14-16, 2012
International Conference and Exhibition on Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Biosensors & Bioelectronics-2012 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 to identify emerging and future areas of growth in this exciting field.

Deadline for paper submission is April 9, 2012.

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May 14-17, 2012
Tetra World Congress, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This is the meeting place of the international TETRA community and offers you a unique opportunity to meet with 3000 TETRA users, manufacturers, network operators, application developers and system integrators from around the world. Don't miss your chance to learn and network with all of the key players involved in the development, distribution and usage of the TETRA standard in one place at one time.

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May 14-17, 2012
Mobile Health Africa 2012, Johannesburg, South Africa

The objective is to evolve pilots to successful live mHealth deployments. Mobile Health Africa 2012 will provide the perfect platform for the establishment of the business models and partnerships needed to build sustainable and scalable mHealth services throughout Africa. The event will feature presentations from organisations and companies that are leading the development of mHealth initiatives on the continent. These include UNICEF, the Grameen Foundation, AMREF, Waha International, HIV/SA, USAID, UNFPA, Vodacom, Safaricom and HP.

Mobile Health Africa 2012 is part of the Connected Africa Forum, which will showcase the evolution of mobile lifeline services and applications in Africa, and highlight the evolving intersection between mobile money, mobile health and mobile agriculture.

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May 15, 2012
Healthcare COE Summit 2012 - Pre-Summit Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Excelling in today's health care provider business landscape demands a comprehensive model. A patchwork approach of plugging holes and extinguishing fires as they arise will not sustain a health care centre in an unprecedented dynamic and competitive environment.

Mastering one area at the expense of another will only provide limited success. Each decision should not be considered independently. Whether they are responsible for an entire health care centre or a single department, leaders in the business of providing health care services know they must design a set of systems that complement one another.

The Pre-Summit Workshop, "Developing a Sustainable Healthcare Business Model", will provide executives and leaders of healthcare providers the keys to:

• Efficient patient turnover to empower your facility to maximize its potential volumes
• Inspired employees who are powerfully engaged in the hospital's or department's success
• A crafted patient experience for the unique needs of the local customer population
• Lean business systems that slash wasteful and unproductive spending
• Revenue tracking models encompassing each patient's comprehensive treatment, including multiple departments and facilities

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May 15, 2012
AccelerEyes Jacket Training: Optimization With Jacket - Webinar, USA

The webinar will be conducted by a team of GPU computing experts and will include live demos of the GPU software so you can see how it works in real code.

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May 15, 2012
Marketing in an Exchange Environment: New Strategies for Reaching Consumers - Webinar, USA

With health insurance exchanges set to go into effect in less than two years, insurers are rapidly developing new ways to market themselves to potential customers. Rather than appealing exclusively to employers and brokers, they will soon need to market their products directly to individual health care consumers who will be able to compare premiums and coverage policies. In addition, insurers are expanding their brand to position themselves as providers of health care "solutions".

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May 15, 2012
JRC Conference on "Scientific support for growth, jobs and sustainability: the example of the Eco-Industries", Brussels, Belgium

Eco-Industries are activities which produce goods and services to measure, prevent, limit, minimize or correct environmental damage to water, air and soil, as well as problems related to waste and eco-systems. Thus Eco-Industries produce technologies, products and services that reduce environmental risk and minimize pollution and resources.

The major characteristic of European Eco-Industries is their diversity but also thier potential and the need of additional scientific support. Activities range from high-tech products and complex services in renewable energy, energy efficiency and air quality control to mature and well established applications in recycling and water and waste treatment. The EU's lead in many sectors (water; air quality; waste; energy efficiency; and renewable energy sources) gives a strong potential for growth and generates qualified jobs at local level.

The aim of the conference is to identify where scientific support is needed to strengthen Europe's Eco-Industries as a source of growth and jobs.

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May 15-17, 2012
Healthcare Centers of Excellence Summit, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Health care providers are facing increasingly difficult challenges. Major Regulatory initiatives laced with uncertainty, lower reimbursement levels, higher numbers of uninsured patients (and under insured), rising costs and continued scrutiny must be successfully navigated by hospital executives and administrators while ensuring quality patient experiences.

Only those armed with the best knowledge, strategic and tactical insight, and the keen understanding that health care administrators must continually innovate will avoid being left behind and achieve success. This begins with a strong network of colleagues and learning from those with exceptional inside knowledge.

The Healthcare Center of Excellence Summit will assemble a faculty offering high level, detailed insight based on real-world knowledge. The issues you face each day will be examined with solutions & results explained in interactive discussions all while relationships with colleagues are developed. Experts from various backgrounds, perspectives, positions and specialties will come together allowing a 360 degree viewpoint of the business and administrative challenges in managing a health care centre.

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May 15-17, 2012
Cancer Centers of Excellence Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Offering cancer treatment services starts with the understanding that successful business models have changed in recent years. Lessons that department executives and administrators may have relied upon in the past are no longer relevant. Those who do not actively work to stay at the forefront will find themselves falling behind other centers in their community.

The market has changed as government plays a larger role, payers are demanding more services at reduced rates, quality standards are strongly scrutinized and treatment options continually change while administrators are expected to reduce departmental costs.

While challenges have grown, opportunities for success have grown as well. Those with the best business models - which starts with the knowledge that good enough does not last long - have the ability to increase quality and patient satisfaction levels, maintain cost controls and grow market share.

The Cancer Centers of Excellence Conference providers administrators, whether they are from hospital, academic or stand alone facilities, the ability to gather important insight into the business of providing health care services to cancer patients. Speakers who are seasoned in what it takes to succeed in today's market will provide detailed analysis in an interactive setting while attendees are able to develop important professional relationships.

The Conference will examine issues such as understanding the market place, reducing costs while maintain quality, developing referral relationships and marketing strategies.

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May 15-17, 2012
Diabetes Centers of Excellence Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

As population patterns shift and the number of patients with this chronic disease increases, diabetes centres and departments will play an ever increasingly important part of the health care provider community. This brings opportunity to improve market share, not only for diabetes centres, but across all services offered by the provider as a whole. The department may serve as a port of entry for patients who are unfamiliar with the hospital's range of services and may have only limited previous experience receiving regular health care services.

Opportunity brings challenges as well. Providers must do more than simply treat the disease medically. They must treat the whole person including educating the patient on lifestyle changes, health monitoring and encourage regular visits to the department. Lack of success may bring payer scrutiny in an era of already lowered reimbursement levels.

Centre executives must evaluate their individual marketplace from a business perspective in order to understand and satisfy patient demands and needs. This ranges from recognizing the size of the market in their community to developing strong referral relationships from unaffiliated sources and marketing strategies as a whole. Relationships with sibling departments within the same facility is vital and if not maintained could lead to a loss of patient volume. Cost control is an area where administrators must succeed without negatively impacting patient quality standards. Healthcare consumerism requires administrators maintain high standards or risk losing patients to competing centres.

To succeed in all of these areas requires an understanding that the business of providing health care services does not stand still. The Diabetes Centers of Excellence Conference provides detailed insight into positively managing these issues from a facility of industry veterans in an interactive setting. Attendees will learn best practices while developing important industry relationships.

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May 15-17, 2012
Cardiac Centers of Excellence Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

The business of providing heart services requires innovative strategies from executives and administrators. The landscape has changed and new approaches are now necessary. For those who are able to stay at the forefront will be able to improve market share while providing high quality services. Those who cannot will find themselves watching as competing centres more past them.

Administrators already understand the business challenges: reduced reimbursement levels, additional governmental oversight, the rise of health care consumerism, high quality expectations and demands for cost cutting within the department. The ability to navigate these issues is what separates the leaders from the followers.

The Cardiac Centers of Excellence Conference brings together leaders from hospitals, academic providers and stand alone centres to come together as a community and share best practice insights into today's most important business issues ranging from market place surveying, bench marking analytics, marketing strategies and cost containment tactics.

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May 16-17, 2012
iMedicine & Mobile Life Sciences World Summit, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The iMedicine & Mobile Life Sciences World Summit provides a unique opportunity for mHealth developers to showcase and present their new technologies to a global eHealth audience; and for health care practitioners and pharmaceutical executives to present case studies on clinical or medical educational needs or outcomes of App implementation to highlight progress, challenges, and opportunities in the highly dynamic digital age.

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May 16-17, 2012
Corporate Grooming & Business Etiquette, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Most companies invest significant time, money and resources perfecting their corporate brand and image. Employees play a big part in how that corporate brand is delivered and defined inside and outside of the company. Frankly, what your employee say, how they look and how they dress say something about the company.

Teresa Dian Chew specializes in helping companies and organisations understand the impact of appearance and personal image on corporate brand. They help enhance individuals in the A (Appearance), B (Behaviour), C (Communication) of Image. It is about the Visual Appearance, Verbal and Non Verbal Communication and Business as well as Social Etiquette. Executives and professionals are taught to express their company Goals by aligning their A B C while maintaining their individuality.

The first impression that we give when we enter a room is in the basic form of how we look. We need to realise that the way we dress and project ourselves and the colours we wear are our initial form of communication and it is of utmost importance that we make good use of our wardrobe colours and personal grooming. The organizers help create Corporate Image and Corporate Identity where as a team, you help achieve Corporate Branding in line with your organisation vision and mission.

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May 17-20, 2012
Second International Meeting on Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy - CPP 2012, Berlin, Germany

The goals of CPP 2012 are to continue advancing the knowledge and expertise of health care professionals around the globe by exchange of information, development of collaborative research both basic and clinical, discuss, adopt and upgrade recent guidelines for the management of cardiovascular conditions during pregnancy and the post partal period.

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May 18, 2012
Creating, Executing and Measuring Client-focused Outcome Reports - Webinar, USA

Demonstrating value to clients is a top priority for independent agencies interested in retaining clients and growing new business relationships. Unfortunately, few agencies have the necessary processes in place to consistently and effectively communicate the employer outcomes and improvements achieved through their leadership. In this Webinar, participants will learn how to leverage sales methodologies and implementation strategies to create client-focused outcome reports that will secure new and existing buisness.

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May 18-19, 2012
2012 Clay Research Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom

Speakers are Artur Avila, Francis Brown, Stavros Garoufalidis, Jeremy Kahn, Marc Lackenby, Vladimir Markovic and Peter Scholze.

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May 19-22, 2012
Heart Failure Congress 2012, Belgrade, Serbia

Devices are one of the hottest topics in heart failure today and are the subject of this year's main theme, "Treatment of heart failure: integrating pharmacology and technology". Traditionally, heart failure has been treated with drugs and weight control, but the advent of novel devices including implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT), left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and telemedicine has revolutionised the field.

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May 19-22, 2012
Digestive Disease Week - DDW 2012, San Diego, California, USA

The latest research in the following GI health topics will be presented during the conference:

• Technology/devices: capsule endoscope and narrow band imaging
• Bowel disease: environmental risk factors and hormonal replacement therapy
• Liver disease: transplantation, acetaminophen use and hepatitis disease progression
• Colorectal cancer: colonoscopy versus computed tomography colonography
• Drugs: telaprevir, statin therapy and treatments for ulcerative colitis

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May 20-21, 2012
HIMSS Middle East 12 Conference and Health IT Leadership Summit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Conference themes include:

• Cloud Computing
• mHealth
• Revenue Cycle
• Insurance Trends
• Return on Investment

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May 20-22, 2012
Workshop on Optical Wireless Applications, State College, Pennsylvania, USA

Improved security, the absence of electromagnetic interference, a solution to the current spectrum crunch and energy efficiency are a few of the topics that will be discussed at the first meeting of the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Optical Wireless Applications, a joint project of Penn State and the Georgia Institute of Technology funded by the National Science Foundation.

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May 20-23, 2012
4th DIA China Meeting: Collaboration and Innovation in China, Shanghai, China

This multi-disciplinary event will bring together a network of professionals to foster innovation that will lead to the development of safe and effective health care products.

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May 21-22, 2012
Internal Communication Management Excellence Masterclass, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This 2-day workshop provide delegates the bedrock understanding which, up to now, have largely been missing from most organisations' IC management. Delegates will also walk away with practical tools and processes you need to be able to manage IC increasingly effectively.

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May 21-23, 2012
Tenth HealthGrid Conference - HealthGrid 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The conference will gather researchers, practicioners, developers and users of distributed infrastructures for biomedical research and clinical deployment. Besides the traditional scientific program and key note speakers, this year the conference will also feature special topics:

• a restrospective, lookingback at the 10 years of HealthGrid developments
• highlights of achievements of the Life Science Grid Community (LSGC)
• joint session on Scientific Gateways with IWSG-Life
• tutorials and demos

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May 21-24, 2012
TERENA Networking Conference 2012, Reykjavik, Iceland

The development and progress in Internet technology, infrastructure and services have been led by the research community since the very beginning of the Internet. Today, that community is still the main driver of the further development of the Internet. In Europe, this leading role is made possible by the collaboration of network engineers and managers from all over the region, facilitated and supported by TERENA.

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May 21-24, 2012
Mini Conference on Biomedical Informatics and eHealth, Athens, Greece

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of all areas of biomedical and e-health research areas. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer.

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May 21-25, 2012
26th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium - IPDPS 2012, Shanghai, China

IPDPS is an international forum for engineers and scientists from around the world to present their latest research findings in all aspects of parallel computation. In addition to technical sessions of submitted paper presentations, the meeting offers workshops, tutorials, and commercial presentations and exhibits. IPDPS represents a unique international gathering of computer scientists from around the world. Now, more than ever, the organizers prize this annual meeting as a testament to the strength of international co-operation in seeking to apply computer science technology to the betterment of our global village.

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May 21-25, 2012
Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics 2012 - CHEP 2012, New York, New York, United States

The International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP) is a major series of international conferences for physicists and computing professionals from the high energy and nuclear physics community, computer science, and information technology. CHEP provides an international forum to exchange the experiences and needs of the community, and to review recent, ongoing, and future activities.

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May 22-24, 2012
7th Annual WLSA 2012 Convergence Summit, San Diego, California, United States

While many have hosted large wireless and mHealth events with multiple tracks, Wireless Life Sciences Alliance is committed to provide value by designing an appropriate-sized agenda to engage the investment banking and venture community, wireless industry leaders, and entrepreneurs who are forging a paradigm shift in health care: making health care simpler through wireless innovations. Yes, there are legislative challenges we face which make our business choices more interesting and we plan to discuss some of these strategies.

The 2-day agenda will include health care strategists, thought leaders, policy experts and people who focus on proven results of moving technology ahead in the next year-to-five years. Navigation of this effort, targeting a strategic path and understanding what is new and viable across the next few years is critical in moving the wireless market ahead despite industry noise.

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May 22-24, 2012
CeBIT Australia 2012, Sydney, Australia

The conference is where individuals, companies and governments can source information, hear about the latest thinking, listen to what others are doing and share insights. Learn from the best. With over 100 conference sessions and workshops to choose from, you will have access to today's thought leaders and skilled practitioners.

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May 22-25, 2012
United Nations World Conference on the Impact and Implications of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on Sustainable Development & Climate Change Proposals for an Integrated Global Response to the Crisis, London, United Kingdom

The aim is to identify emergency and long-term responses to mitigate the impact of the crisis, populations, and initiate a needed dialogue on the transformation of the international financial architecture, taking into account the needs and concerns of all countries of the world.

The following topics can be covered in your submission and presentation:

• Causes and Solutions of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis
• Global Repercussions of the Financial and Economic Crisis
• Fundamental Defects of the Free Market System
• The Impact of the Financial and Economic Crisis on Developing Countries
• The Impact of the Financial and Economic Crisis on Millennium Development Goals MDG's
• Accounting & Financial Regulations
• Government and/or Private Sector Response to the Financial and Economic Crisis
• Any other topic relating to Finance and Economy

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May 23, 2012
Medical Loss Ratio Rebates: How Health Plans Are Handling 2012 Rebates and Preparing for Future Years - Webinar, USA

With the medical loss ratio (MLR) regulation finalized, health insurers are preparing to make rebate payments this summer for the 2011 plan year. But this is not as simple as merely issuing a check. Insurers estimate that the final reg forces them to make thousands of reports and notifications, with the distribution logistics differing among employer groups and individual policyholders. In addition, as health insurers prepare to comply with the MLR reg this year, they also are looking ahead to future years as they refine benefit designs, administrative cost loads and other components of MLR calculations. Find out what steps you can take to comply with these complex new provisions with a minimum expenditure of time and resources.

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May 23-24, 2012
Interpreting Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Organisations are increasingly seeing the importance of accurate and efficient financial statement analysis technique in shaping a more successful and prosperous organisation overall. Users of the financial statement of the company is usually concerned with and need to be informed about the financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position as a whole. This course is intended to familiarize participants with the revised approved international standards on accounting as well as presentation of the financial statements. You will able to apply financial management knowledge to your work, business and personal life.

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May 23-24, 2012
Second Doctors 2.0 and You, Paris, France

Doctors 2.0 & You will shed light on strategic issues for all of Health Care. The exciting programme will examine: how doctors and other professionals, patients, hospitals, government, pharma, and payers use Social Media, mobile apps, and Web 2.0 tools to connect and the best practices that emerge for each.

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May 23-24, 2012
8th Annual World health Care Congress Europe 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The 2012 Congress ensures that delegates will leave with a key action plan to meet the many challenges facing health care across Europe. The 2012 Congress will feature the top industry influencers including hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, health care industry suppliers, health ministers, and leading government officials.

Key themes that will be explored at World Health Care Congress 2012 include:

• Sharing international experiences in the development of sustainable health care systems
• Learning lessons from successful integrated care systems in Europe and the USA
• The rise of health consumerism and the growing power of the health consumer
• Personalised health and predictive medicine
• Using predictive analysis to target chronic disease management
• Developing partnerships to improve long term disease prevention
• The role of industry and business in supporting consumers to make healthy lifestyle choices
• Productivity and efficiency in health care delivery
• Mobile health, tele-health and e-health
• Health Technology, Infrastructure, Integration
• Innovative collaborative partnerships between industry and institutions in the pharmaceutical, biotech markets
• Evaluating the next generation of medical devices
• New health care financing models including outcomes based payment and bundling
• Global health and wellness
• Public health and affordable solutions for emerging economies

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May 23-25, 2012
4th International Workshop on Science Gateways for Life Sciences - IWSG-Life 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

New technologies and experimental methods in the field of life sciences have enabled researchers to create huge amounts of data in extremely short times. In turn, analysing this data demands a rise of compute power, storage, and data transmission. An enormous number of complex and sophisticated algorithms and tools have been developed to aid research. The demand for compute power and storage is met with a rise in provision of infrastructure and High-Performance Computing facilities and has resulted in the popularity of novel utility computing infrastructures, such as Grid and Cloud computing. Despite the increasing availability of resources, the broad uptake of these facilities and infrastructures is not following the same pace. The main reasons for this lie in the complexity of the human interface to these computing infrastructures.

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May 23-25, 2012
eLearning Africa, Cotonou, Benin

eLearning Africa 2012 will explore key questions in ICT-enhanced education in Africa: How might eLearning be a vehicle for sustainable development in Africa? How can the public sector, private enterprises, education and society as a whole benefit from learning innovations which have the potential to drive education and training?

With a wide range of themes to be explored, including mobile learning, eLearning and sustainable resources, teacher professional development and eLearning partnerships, the comprehensive programme will ensure all participants are able to develop multinational, cross-industry contacts and enhance their knowledge, expertise and abilities.

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May 24-25, 2012
Creating Sales Champions Masterclass, Singapore

The methods used in the past to manage and control people are no longer applicable in the information age today where Gen X/Y do not respect authority and are taught to question everything. Rather than controlling the what managers today must create the how through enlightened leadership and on the job coaching.

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May 24-25, 2012
HealthTech NextGen 2012 - Mobile, Cloud & Informatics, San Francisco, California, USA

Health Tech:Next Generation will host its second annual Conference and Expo bringing together leaders and professionals in Healthcare and Information Technology under one roof. It will showcase up-and-coming strategies and technologies to tackle today's health care delivery obstacles, shape and advance the health care industry forward into tomorrow's paradigm of patient controlled environments.

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May 24-27, 2012
1st Latin America Osteoporosis Meeting, São Paolo, Brazil

A comprehensive and clinically-focused programme will focus on the latest advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, with special sessions devoted to topics of specific relevance to the region. The speaker presentations and Meet-the-Expert sessions will be held in Portuguese, Spanish or English, with English sessions simultaneously interpreted into Portuguese and Spanish.

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May 28 - June 1, 2012
IFA 11th Global Conference on Ageing, Prague, Czech Republic

The IFA 11th Global Conference on Ageing entitled "Ageing Connects" provides a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary forum for networking and the sharing of information related to new research and evidence-based programmes and policies. It is an opportunity for those interested in the field of ageing and the evolution of the human spirit to take stock of social trends (e.g., age friendly environments), evaluate recent policy developments and collectively chart a course. The aim is to facilitate stronger linkages among research, policy and practice and explore in greater depth the role of civil society in building effective relationships.

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May 29, 2012
Clinical Sequencing Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

This workshop will be focusing on the issues of Next Generation Sequencing technology in the clinical space. This interactive workshop is dedicated to discussing current and future trends of clinical sequencing, use of NGS in a CLIA environment, quality control measures for lab developed tests and the use of sequencing platforms and data management.

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May 29-31, 2012
Omics Evolution Summit, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The Summit will bring together leading pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies, top scientists and government experts to discuss research and developments in drug discovery, new technologies and the evolving landscape of the industry in genomics, proteomics, RNAi, next-generation sequencing, epigenetics and protein kinases.

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May 29-31, 2012
2nd Next Generation Sequencing Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The conference will bring together leading technology and diagnostic companies, national laboratories and academic institutions from across the globe to discuss applications of NGS platforms, novel sequencing strategies, developments in nanopore and single molecule sequencing and the implementation of NGS in the clinical space.

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May 29-31, 2012
Genome-wide Partnering & Dealmaking Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The Genome-wide Partnering & Deal Making Conference is a partnering and business development conference for pharmaceutical, diagnostics, technology and health care companies. The conference will discuss investments and partnerships in the genomic field, companion diagnostics and partnering for personalized medicine, regulatory and reimbursement issues and the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome sequencing.

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May 29 - June 1, 2012
Mobile Health Summit, Cape Town, South Africa

The GSMA-mHA Mobile Health Summit will deliver a thought-leadership conference programme that will cover the hottest topics in mobile health: from service-provider business-models and MNO partnerships, through regulation and privacy, to on-the-ground innovations that are saving lives.

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May 30-31, 2012
7th Protein Kinases in Drug Discovery, 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. You will also be provided 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.

This conference will bring together industry leaders from major pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies as well as top researchers from academia and government to provide you with a better understanding of the complex activities of kinases and some solutions to the challenges associated with kinase drug development. The meeting will offer you an intimate forum to engage in discourse with other distinguished researchers involved in the most cutting-edge kinase work.

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May 30-31, 2012
2nd Genomic & Proteomic Drug Discovery Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

GTC's 2nd Genomic & Proteomic Drug Discovery Conference is part of the Omics Evolution Summit. The conference will be a forum for the use of omics based methods such as next generation sequencing and mass spectrometry for biomarker discovery and the development of novel therapeutics. Technology, diagnostics and major pharmaceuticals such as Pfizer, Roche, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Genzyme, Lifetechnologies, Agilent and more will meet with academic and government experts to discuss the novel applications of omics based research and its implications toward personalized medicine.

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May 30-31, 2012
2nd Epigenetics in Drug Discovery Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Leading researchers and experts from both the industry, academia and government will come together to collaborate on the latest epigenetics mechanisms, trends, developments and much more. There will also be plenty of opportunities for networking, around posters, meals and the conference down-time.

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May 30-31, 2012
3rd RNAi Research & Therapeutics Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Since the discovery of RNAi, scientists have hoped that by understanding the mechanisms underlying RNAi they could transform what has been a valuable research tool into a powerful therapeutic tool. Today RNAi-based drugs are being developed with implications for the treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions. Treatments for age-related macular degeneration are currently in a clinical trials, while therapies for asthma, cancer, diabetes, HIV, hepatitis C, Huntington's disease and viral infections are still in pre-clinical development.

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May 30-31, 2012
Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) Forum Conference, Helsinki, Finland

PSCE conferences traditionally contain presentations of top-level policymakers, academic researchers, industrial experts and other interested stakeholders addressing the new developments in the area of public safety communications. The event will also feature collaborative session between three PSCE committees.

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May 30-31, 2012
Transition Care: Improving Outcomes for Older People, Sydney, Australia

This two-day conference will gather a multidisciplinary mix of health care practitioners, working in both the residential and community settings of transition care, to share their field-tested strategies in overcoming the common challenges faced and to look at new ways of developing transition care to optimise outcomes for its clients.

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May 30-31, 2012
CALD Patient Management Conference, Sydney, Australia

This two-day conference is about managing culturally and linguistically diverse patients in your organisation.

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May 30 - June 1, 2012
First National Medicare-Medicaid Payment Incentives and Penalties Summit, Washington, DC, USA

This is the leading forum on recovery audits, re-admissions, value-based purchasing, HACs and never events, and managing to Medicare margins.

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May 30 - June 3, 2012
Federation of the European Union (FEU) Fire Officer Associations Meeting, Bornholm, Denmark

The principal aim of FEU is to enhance fire safety and provide expertise to European bodies in matters concerning the development of fire brigades and fire safety in Europe and especially in respect of organisation and management, structure; technical skills, training and fire engineering so as to gain the most effective, efficient and economic means for mitigating the loss and damage to life, property and national economies by fire, other emergencies (including catastrophic national disasters) and all related environmental issues.

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May 31, 2012
Insects, Plants and Viruses: Dynamic Interactions in a Changing World, Greenwich, United Kingdom

A lifetime's experience of tackling the problems in developing countries caused by insects and plant disease will be the subject of a University of Greenwich lecture. John Colvin's inaugural lecture as Professor of Entomology and Plant-Virus Epidemiology, at the university's Natural Resources Institute, will explain the impact of his extensive research and highlight some of the practical solutions he has found.

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May 31 - June 1, 2012
Fourth annual EuroMedtech International Medtech Partnering Conference, Grenoble, France

EuroMedtech is Europe's leading medical technology partnering conference, providing collaboration opportunities to medtech decision makers and investors. EuroMedtech caters to companies involved in all parts of the advanced medical technology industry, from those serving mainline therapeutic categories such as orthopedics and neurology, through diagnostics, imaging and eHealth, to those involved in platform technologies such as biomaterials and augmented medicine. Also attending are companies serving the industry, such as manufacturers, law firms, CROs and distributors.

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June 4-6, 2012
Future Network and Mobile Summit 2012, Berlin, Germany

This is the twenty-first in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 500 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 21st Future Network and MobileSummit will address the challenges of building the Future Internet Infrastructures, based on mobile, wireless and fixed broadband communications technologies.

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June 4-6, 2012
12th International Conference on Computational Science - ICCS 2012, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

The ICCS conference is the prime annual event in Computational Science. This interdisciplinary conference on modelling and simulation of real-world phenomena will draw academic and industry leaders from all relevant fields.

ICCS intends to provide a forum to disseminate world leading research in the field of (scientific) Computational Science and in particular to highlight the role which modelling and simulation plays in future scientific discovery. The focus of ICCS has always been to enable scientists through the development of computational techniques and technologies. At the centre of this are the thematic workshops which are intended to present more focused research in various areas of Computational Science, such as Computational Biology and Computational Physics. This is not limited to the hard sciences and the organizers would specifically like to encourage 'new' areas such as Computational Sociology and Psychology.

Thematic workshops organized by an expert in a particular area constitute the core of the conference. With this mail the organizers are soliciting proposals to organize a workshop for ICCS 2012.

ICCS 2012 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

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June 4-6, 2012
ICCS Workshop on Urgent Computing, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Urgent computing is a new area of computer science addressing algorithms, methods and tools enabling prioritized and immediate access to large compute and storage systems for emergency computations required for clever decision making in critical situations like floods, earthquakes, wildfires, terroristic attacks, epidemics, pandemics, instabilities in financial markets etc. Urgent computing is still in development and the main aim of this workshop is to assess its current status and indentify the most important challenges. Users and developers of such applications, scientists working on methods and tools for urgent computing, resources providers, and decision makers are invited to submit papers addressing topics related to urgent computing.

Topics include:

• applications requiring emergency computations
• algorithms and methods of immediate access to large scale compute and storage
• tools, environment and middleware for urgent computing
• data placement, resource management and optimization for urgent computing
• solutions enabling collaboration in urgent computing
• SLA and policies in urgent situations
• methods implementing urgent computing on a voluntary user-by-user basis

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June 4-6, 2012
Hospital Build and Infrastructure Middle East 2012, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Regional governments are increasingly focusing efforts on furnishing their respective countries with world-class health care facilities, and in doing so are improving the country's regulatory environment and capacity planning. Governments are increasingly looking to Public Private Partnerships (PPP) to help ease the burden on the healthcare facilities, as well as helping with the financial impact of opening/renovating healthcare facilities across the region.

These changes in health care legislation and the encouragement of private sector participation and has led to numerous changes to the health care landscape in the region, and has also resulted in many new opportunities, not only for health care providers to grow their scope of healthcare delivery but also for non-clinical service providers to grow their business in the field of construction and renovation of health care facilities.

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June 5-6, 2012
Third Health Data Initiative Forum, Washington, D.C., USA

The Forum, which builds on the success of "The Community Health Data Initiative Forum: Harnessing the Power of Information to Improve Health", held in June 2010, includes a number of fast-paced demonstrations that presented a range of tools and applications developed using health data, a series of discussion sessions, and a data and apps exposition where participants can interact with featured innovators, learn more about available data, and identify opportunities to expand upon current efforts.

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June 6-9, 2012
11th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems - CRIS 2012, Prague, Czech Republic

This is the eleventh event in a series of biennial conferences dedicated to improve the availability of research information across Europe. The target audience includes managers of research performing or funding institutions, evaluators, librarians, ICT experts, as well as policy makers.

The theme of the Conference is: "e-Infrastructures for Research and Innovation - Linking Information Systems to Improve Scientific Knowledge Production". The Conference will discuss recent trends in the development of Current Research Information Systems (CRIS) in the context of virtual research environments and the construction of powerful infrastructures for e-Science.

Three programme tracks have been defined: Research Information Management, Advances in Technology, and Future Trends in Research Information Management. Tracks consist of keynotes by prominent stakeholders and contributed talks selected by the Programme Committee from submitted papers. Connected to the Conference will be an Exhibition and Business session as well as Workshops and Tutorials.

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June 7-8, 2012
Strategic Recruitment and Retention Masterclass, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Where does your company want to be in 5/10 years' time? What needs to be delivered to achieve this? Where are the gaps in the company's current ability to do so? People skills and culture - what changes would make your task easier?

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June 7-8, 2012
Life Science Legal & Business Strategy Conference, San Diego, California, USA

Creating an environment of uncertainty for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry, evolving regulatory and legislative actions must be clearly understood from a legal and business perspective. Only then is it possible to design the strongest strategies and tactics. Those who fail in this regard risk falling behind competitors and facing potentially severe and costly legal challenges.

Some perceive such legislation as a threat while others view it as an opportunity. Both groups must thoroughly understand the myriad of legal issues impacting the industry. Only those armed with the best knowledge can craft business plans to protect themselves against potential legal claims or loss of intellectual property rights and capture opportunities and greater market share.

The Life Science Legal & Business Strategy Conference provides executive level insight into the legal issues of greatest concern in today's business environment. Respected litigators, counselors, advisors and industry professionals offer in depth knowledge and perspectives into the latest regulatory changes and how to develop plans to protect your organization and its products as well as exploit opportunities that may only exist for a limited time.

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June 7-8, 2012
Antibody Design and Discovery Conference, San Diego, California, USA

Industry and academic innovators will discuss exciting clinical trends and applications of antibodies. The organizers will explore novel technologies being utilized to identify and select antibodies with better accuracy and efficiency, and learn about new optimization and developability techniques to enhance effective function. Moreover, attendees will hear directly from scientists and researchers about emerging clinical data, and its implications for the advancement of the field, including therapeutic antibodies in cancer, and infectious and autoimmune diseases.

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June 7-8, 2012
6th Drug Design and Medicinal Chemistry Conference, San Diego, California, 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, chemoinformatics, 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.

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June 7-8, 2012
Biospecimens and Biorepositories Conference, San Diego, California, USA

The Biospecimens and Biorepositories Conference is designed to bring leading industry, academic, and government experts to discuss developing trends and innovations in biobanking. Delegates will receive guidance and updates on regulatory and ethical considerations, including an investigation into international regulations and the ethics of using paediatric biospecimens. The organizers will also explore novel strategies and techniques in biospecimen science, such as bioinformatics, and sample standardization and quality control, to increase biospecimen viability. Moreover, attendees will hear directly from scientists and researchers about emerging uses in personalized medicine and disease study.

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June 9-13, 2012
North American Membrane Society's 22nd Annual Meeting - NAMS 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

The NAMS mission is to serve the synthetic membrane community by fostering the development and dissemination of knowledge in membrane science and technology, and by promoting the collaborative efforts of researchers, technologists and end-users.

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June 9-14, 2012
NENA Conference, Long Beach, California, USA

Thousands of industry leaders will be at NENA 2012 ready to make purchasing decisions. Buyers explore the exhibits to learn about the latest technologies, products, and services designed to make a broadband-powered Next Generation 9-1-1 system a reality. The NENA 2012 schedule is built around seven hours of dedicated exhibit hall time plus a lunch and other social events.

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June 10-15, 2012
IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC, Ottawa, Canada

Themed "Connect - Communicate - Collaborate", IEEE ICC 2012 is expected to host more than 2000 industry professionals, scientists, academics and government officials attending nearly 1500 presentations highlighting the entire range of global voice, data, image and multimedia technologies.

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June 11-14, 2012
International Conference on CAD'12, Niagara Falls, Canada

This conference will provide a forum for engineers, scientists, educators, and business personnel alike to present their latest findings on the subject of CAD/CAM/CAE research, education and business.

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June 11-14, 2012
AMD Fusion Developer Summit, Bellevue, Washington, USA

This summit offers three intensive days that put you at the epicenter of the latest developments in heterogeneous computing, OpenCL, C++ AMP and related technologies.

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June 11-15, 2012
17th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2012, Stockholm, Sweden

The conference has successfully established itself as an international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers into reliable software technologies. The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of the design, development and maintenance of long-lived, high-quality software systems for a variety of application domains. The programme will allow ample time for keynotes, Q&A sessions, panel discussions and social events. Participants will include practitioners and researchers representing industry, academia and government organizations active in the promotion and development of reliable software technologies.

To mark the completion of the technical work for the Ada 2012 standard revision process, contributions that discuss the potential of the revised language are sought after. In parallel, facing the challenges presented to the development of reliable concurrent software, multicore programming models is added to the conference topics of interest.

Topics of interest to this edition of the conference include but are not limited to:

• Multicore Programming Models: Reliable Parallel Software, Parallel Execution of Ada Programmes, Compositional Parallelism Models, Performance Modelling, Deterministic Debugging.
• Real-Time and Embedded Systems: Real-Time Software, Architecture Modelling, HW/SW Co-Design, Reliability and Performance Analysis.
• Theory and Practice of High-Integrity Systems: Distribution, Fault Tolerance, Security, Reliability, Trust and Safety, Languages Vulnerabilities.
• Software Architectures: Design Patterns, Frameworks, Architecture-Centred Development, Component and Class Libraries, Component-based Design and Development.
• Methods and Techniques for Software Development and Maintenance: Requirements Engineering, Object-Oriented Technologies, Model-driven Architecture and Engineering, Formal Methods, Re-engineering and Reverse Engineering, Reuse, Software Management Issues.
• Enabling Technologies: Compilers, Support Tools (Analysis, Code/Document Generation, Profiling), Run-time Systems, Distributed Systems, Ada and other Languages for Reliable Systems.
• Software Quality: Quality Management and Assurance, Risk Analysis, Programme Analysis, Verification, Validation, Testing of Software Systems.
• Mainstream and Emerging Applications: Manufacturing, Robotics, Avionics, Space, Health Care, Transportation, Energy, Games and Serious Games, etc.
• Experience Reports: Case Studies and Comparative Assessments, Management Approaches, Qualitative and Quantitative Metrics.
• The Future of Ada: New language features, implementation and use issues; positioning in the market and in education; where should Ada stand in the software engineering curriculum; lessons learned on Ada Education and Training Activities with bearing on any of the conference topics.

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June 12-13, 2012
iHT2 Health IT Summit, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

The iHT2 Health IT Summit will bring together C-level, physician, practice management, and IT decision-makers from North America's leading provider organisations and physician practices. For two full days, executives interact with a national audience of peers, national leaders and solutions providers featuring the latest solutions for practice management, mobility, telemedicine, outsourcing, IT infrastructure, next-generation electronic medical records, disease management, and more.

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June 12-14, 2012
International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Probiotics - IPC2012, 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. IPC2012 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 IPC2012 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.

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June 13-15, 2012
13th WSEAS International Conference on Neural Networks - NN'12, Iasi, Romania

This conference includes:

• Plenary Lecture 1: Neural Network Synthesis by Prof. Pavel Varacha, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic.

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June 13-15, 2012
13th WSEAS International Conference on Fuzzy Systems - FS'12, Iasi, Romania

Topics include: Mathematical foundation of Fuzzy Logic; Fuzzy Logic, Fuzzy Sets; Fuzzy Algebra, Fuzzy Analysis, Fuzzy Geometry; Fuzzy Differential Equation; Interval Analysis; Fuzzy Optimization; Fuzzy Algorithms; Fuzziness and Probabilities; Fuzziness and Statistics; Fuzzy Control; Fuzzy Languages; Fuzzy Automata, etc.

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June 13-15, 2012
13th WSEAS International Conference on Evolutionary Computing - EC'12, Iasi, Romania

Topics include: Mathematical foundation of Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computing; Evolution Strategies; Evolutionary Programming; Probabilistic and Statistical problems in EC; Metaheuristic optimization algorithms; Learning classifier systems; Co-evolution and collective behaviour; Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms; Evolvable hardware; Fuzzy Evolutionary Methods; Neural Networks' training via GA; Neuro-Fuzzy-Evolutionary Systems; Self-organizing maps; Growing neural gas, Differential evolution, etc.

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June 13-15, 2012
13th WSEAS International Conference on Acoustics and Music: Theory and Applications - AMTA'12, Iasi, Romania

This conference includes:

• Plenary Lecture 1: Integrated Methods for Road Traffic Noise Pollution by Dr. Claudio Guarnaccia, University of Salerno, Italy.

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June 13-15, 2012
13th WSEAS International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Biology and Chemistry - MCBC'12, Iasi, Romania

This conference includes:

• Plenary Lecture 1: Limiting Behaviour of a SIS Epidemic Model with Environmental Stochasticity by Prof. David Greenhalgh, Institute of University of Strathclyde, UK.

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June 13-15, 2012
13th WSEAS International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Business and Economics - MCBE'12, Iasi, Romania

This conference includes: Mathematical Methods, Computational Techniques, Statistical Methods, Simulation, Mathematical or Computer Analysis of Experimental Methods, Educational Topics.

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June 13-15, 2012
13th WSEAS International Conference on Automation and Information - ICAI'12, Iasi, Romania

This conference includes:

• Plenary Lecture 1: Automatic Face Detection and Recognition Techniques by Dr. Tudor Barbu, Institute of Computer Science of the Romanian Academy, Romania.

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June 13-15, 2012
1st International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications, Computers and Applications - CSCCA, Iasi, Romania

Topics include: Fundamental Theory, Network Theory and Applications, Filter Theory, Nanostructures and nanotechnologies, Molecular Electronics, Molecular Computing, DNA Computing, Circuits and Networks inspired from Biology, Metabolic Networks, Microelectronics, Microcircuits, Analogue, Digital, Mixed-Mode Circuits, Electronics: Components, Devices, Systems, Silicon Devices: Technology, Modelling, Reliability, etc.

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June 13-15, 2012
1st International Conference on Sustainable Development, Sustainable Chemical Industry, Pollution, Hazards and Environment - SD-SCI-PHE 2012, Iasi, Romania

Topics include: Landscape architecture, Mega cities, Indicators: Ecological, economic, social, Revitalisation strategies, Urban Economics, Urban sprawl and Urban containment, Cities shrinking smart and Smart development, Air pollution and its effects on ecosystems, Applied thermodynamics and Eco-informatics, Biodiversity, Biomass and Bioenergy, Brownfields, Cleaner energy systems, Climate and global change, Coasts and Seas, Cogeneration Systems, Combined Heat and Power Systems, Combustion and gasification, Conservation and management of ecological areas, Cost reduction and less emission, Distributed generation systems, Design and nature, etc.

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June 13-15, 2012
1st International Conference on Health Science and Biomedical Systems - HSBS 2012, Iasi, Romania

Topics include: Health Sciences, Hospital Management, Nursing, Dentistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Oncology, Pathology, Surgery, Cardiology, Neurology, Gastro-enterology, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Endocrinology, Psychology, Bioengineering, Biotechnolgies, Molecular Dynamics, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Quantum Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, Neurophysiology, Genetics, etc.

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June 14-15, 2012
The New Age of Shopper Marketing, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Shopper Marketing workshop will deliver a practical understanding of the difference between traditional consumer marketing and Shopper Marketing. Shoppers get so many marketing messages that the only way to cut through the marketing clutter is to engage them in the "pretail" step of the path to purchase. By establishing an on-going dialogue with your shoppers you insure you know what their purchase drivers are and how to present your products in the manner your shoppers want.

How to drive shopper engagement within the digital age with such powerful tools as Facebook and Twitter will also be discussed. The organizers will conclude the class with a discussion of how to make the paradigm shift from traditional consumer marketing and Category Management disciplines to Shopper Marketing and what KPI's need to be measured to insure the best chance for success.

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June 15, 2012
AccelerEyes ArrayFire Training: Machine Learning With ArrayFire - Webinar, USA

The webinar will be conducted by a team of GPU computing experts and will include live demos of the GPU software so you can see how it works in real code.

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June 17, 2012
PRACE Scientific Conference 2012, Hamburg, Germany

Scientist and researchers from academia and industry will learn from colleagues what can be achieved using PRACE services and indentify opportunities for future PRACE supported projects. The programme will include a short meeting of the User Forum which will provide an opportunity for users and those considering applying for PRACE resources to discuss issues with the PRACE management and members of the Scientific Steering Committee.

This year PRACE partners with ISC, the International Supercomputing Conference, maximizing the value for PRACE and ISC'12 attendees. Participation in the PRACE programme on Sunday is free of charge. However, all participants should register via the ISC registration.

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June 17-19, 2012
Open Grid Forum 35 - OGF35, Delft, The Netherlands

The OGF35 programme includes the following topics:

• Identity Management and Virtual Organisations
• Production Infrastructure Interoperability
• Software Sustainability for Grids and Clouds
• Green IT, Energy Efficiency
• Inter-Cloud interoperability and SLA management
• Networking for Distributed Computing Infrastructures
• Performance measurement of Grids and Clouds
• Science Clouds at large scales
• Grid and Cloud Security
• Distributed Desktop Grid and Volunteer Computing
• Emerging Distributed Infrastructure
• Campus Grids and Clouds
• Data Management in Grids and Clouds
• Federated Infrastrucuture
• OGF Chartered Group Sessions
• Birds of a Feather (BoF) Sessions

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June 17-21, 2012
27th International Supercomputing Conference - ISC'12, Hamburg, 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.

Submission of high quality papers reporting original work in theoretical, experimental, and industrial research and development in the following areas is encouraged:

• Architectures (multicore/manycore systems, heterogeneous systems, network technology and programming models)
• Algorithms and Analysis (scalability on future architectures, performance evaluation and tuning)
• Large-Scale Simulations (coupled simulations, industrial simulations and data visualization)
• Future Trends (Exascale HPC, HPC in the Cloud)
• Storage and Data (file systems and tape libraries, data intensive applications and databases)
• Software Engineering in HPC (application of methods, surveys)
• Supercomputing Facility (batch job management, job mix and system utilization and monitoring and administration tools)
• A totally new topic will be the Scalable Applications: 50k+ (ISC Research thrust). The Research Paper committee encourages scientists to submit results which demonstrate scaling of an application to more than 50.000 cores.

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June 17-22, 2012
Personalised Medicine: Better Healthcare for the Future, Larnaca, Cyprus

The scope of this conference is to connect high-level scientists across scientific domains, to support capacity building, and increase the impact of personalised medicine research on regulatory bodies, decision makers as well as the private sector.

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June 18-22, 2012
21st International ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing - HPDC'12, Delft, The Netherlands

HPDC is the premier annual conference on the design, the implementation, the evaluation, and the use of parallel and distributed systems for high-end computing.

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June 18-21, 2012
2012 International Conference for Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2012, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

The ICCSA Conference offers a real opportunity to discuss new issues, tackle complex problems and find advanced enabling solutions able to shape new trends in Computational Science. The present ICCSA event, organized for the first time in Southern America, is aimed at contributing to the scientific advance of Computational Science in the whole continent and in Brazil in particular.

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June 21, 2012
Australia's Health 2012 Conference, Canberra, Australia

In conjunction with the release of Australia's health 2012, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare will be hosting a national conference featuring key decision makers on health statistics and policy from across Australia.

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June 22-26, 2012
7th World Congress for Rett Syndrome, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

The World Congress will consist of four interconnected meetings targeting researchers, clinicians, medical professionals and families impacted by Rett syndrome. These meetings include a Family Education Conference and a Science Symposium co-chaired by renowned Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers Huda Zoghbi, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine and Director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Institute and Gail Mandel, Ph.D. Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University.

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June 23-27, 2012
11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics - NI2012, Montréal, Canada

The Congress gives participants from across the world a forum to discuss the impact of informatics on patient care improvement, global health, professional practice, health policy and research. NI2012 is a rare opportunity for nurses, midwives, community health workers and scientists to participate in a programme built around the world's most knowledgeable and highly-trained informatics professionals. The meeting, which generated paper, poster and panel submissions from 38 countries, includes sessions that represent viewpoints from multiple regions and continents. Select sessions will be simultaneously interpreted in Spanish.

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June 24-28, 2012
Third International Summer School on High Performance Computing (HPC) Challenges in Computational Sciences, Dublin, Ireland

The summer school is designed to foster international and multi-disciplinary research collaborations with U.S. and European graduate and postdoctoral scholars. Leading American and European computational scientists and HPC technologists will present a variety of topics, including: An overview of EU and U.S. cyberinfrastructure; HPC challenges by discipline (e.g., bioinformatics, computer science, chemistry, and physics); HPC Programming Proficiencies; Performance Analysis & Profiling; Algorithmic Approaches & Numerical Libraries; Data Intensive Computing; and Scientific Visualization.

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June 25-26, 2012
Drafting, Negotiating and Managing Commercial Contracts, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The exclusive 2-day training will address essential updates on commercial and legal issues surrounding commercial agreements and also to help you to improve your negotiating and drafting skills. This training has been specially designed to equip you with the skills necessary for effective management of commercial contracts as well as help to avoid common contractual pitfalls. By attending this training, you can save time and money by learning to effectively document commercial contract negotiations and armed with the know-how to protect your organisation from costly contractual disputes.

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June 26-29, 2012
13th Tetrahedron Symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Symposium topics include:

• Sequencing nucleic acids: from chemistry to life sciences and medicine
• Oligonucleotide-based tools for pharmacology and nano-engineering
• The future of kinase drug discovery - challenges and opportunities
• Vaccines as a new paradigm for the treatment of drug addiction
• Fragment-based drug discovery: a decade of thinking small
• Chemical biology of nanomedicines
• Modulation of DNA damage-response pathways in cancer therapy
• The chemical biology of protein splicing
• Molecular design for selective recognition and reaction with RNA Target identification for biologically relevant small molecules
• Total Synthesis as a Vehicle for Interrogating Biosynthetic and Biomechanistic Puzzles

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June 27-30, 2012
26th CARS Congress 2012 - Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Pisa, Italy

The CARS congress is the yearly occasion where medicine and technology meet to present and discuss the key innovations that shape modern medicine on a worldwide basis. At CARS you will have the opportunity to meet scholars and experts in the fields of radiology, surgery, engineering, informatics and/or health care management.

The main themes include:

• Medical Imaging
• Computed Maxillofacial Imaging
• Image Processing and Visualization
• PACS and IHE
• Telemedicine and E-Health
• Computer Aided Diagnosis
• Computer Assisted Radiation Therapy
• Image and Model Guided Therapy
• Personalized Medicine
• Surgical Navigation
• Surgical Robotics and Instrumentation
• Surgical Simulation and Education
• Computer Assisted Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgery
• Computer Assisted Head and Neck, and ENT Surgery
• Image Guided Neurosurgery
• Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular and Thoraco-abdominal Surgery
• Digital Operating Room

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June 28-29, 2012
REACH112 Final Conference, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

The final conference will present the outcomes and impact of the REACH112 project so that countries and agencies can deploy REACH112 type of services. The REACH112 project has significantly improved telecommunications performance in person to person communications, in the provision of relay services and in direct access to emergency services ("112"). Person to Person Communications and Next Generation 112 Accessibility using Total Conversation (i.e. a combination of voice, video and real-time text) will be presented.

The event will also look at the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing, regulatory issues, and standardisation. End-users, relay services and emergency services will explain their experiences and participants will have the opportunity to use the REACH112 implementation. Ways forward towards accessible communications and Next Generation 112 will be presented. Demonstrations and examples of Total Conversation calls between persons, via relay services and to 112 will be provided. Booths will be available to showcase REACH112 solutions and visits of the installations of REACH112 in a 112 Emergency Call Centre will be organised.

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July 1-3, 2012
1st International Conference on Automatic Control, Soft Computing and Human-Machine Interation - ASME'12, Porto, Portugal

Topics include: Circuits and Electronics for Control, Electrical and Electronic Measurement, Large Scale Systems, Hierarchical Control, Hybrid Systems, Digital Control, Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Control, Neural Networks and Neural Control, Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Control, Intelligent Control, Non-linear Systems and Non-Linear Automatic Control, Sliding Mode Control, Differential Geometry methods in non-linear control, Adaptive Control, Robust Control, Optimal Control, Stochastic Control, Satellite Systems Control, etc.

Deadline for paper submission is May 1, 2012.

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July 1-3, 2012
1st International Conference on Networks and Systems for Communications, Education and Data Processing, Porto, Portugal

Topics include: Communication theory, Communications switching and routing, Communications modelling, Communications security, Computer communications, Distributed communications, Signal processing in communications, Multimedia and multicast communications, Wireless communications (satellite, WLL, 4G, Ad Hoc, sensor networks), Next generation networks [NGN] principles, Storage area networks (SAN), Access and home networks, High-speed networks, Optical networks, Peer-to-peer and overlay networking, Mobile networking and systems, MPLS-VPN, IPSec-VPN networks, Grid networks, Broadband networks, etc.

Deadline for paper submission is May 1, 2012.

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July 1-3, 2012
1st International Conference on Materials, Energy, Planning, Transportation, for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Economy, Porto, Portugal

Topics include: Nitrides: Growth, Processing, Characterization, Theory and Devices, Zinc Oxide: Growth, Doping, Defects, Nanostructures and Devices, Silicon Carbide: Growth, Processing, Characterization, Theory and Devices, Point Defects, Extended Defects and Doping in Wide Bandgap Materials, Low-Dimensional Structures: Quantum Dots, Wires and Wells, Nanoscale Characterization: Scanning Probes, Electron Microscopy and Other Techniques, Molecular Electronics: Devices, Materials and Molecular Electronics and Chem/Bio Sensors. Nanotubes and Nanowires, Chemical and Biological Sensors: Materials, Interfaces and Integration, Epitaxial Materials and Devices, etc.

Deadline for paper submission is May 1, 2012.

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July 1-3, 2012
1st International Conference on Food Industry, Agriculture and Applied Chemistry, Porto, Portugal

Topics include: Food quality and safety, Food microbiology and toxicology, History and culture of food, Novel foods and sensory evaluation, Food chemistry, including beverages, carbohydrates, fruit, vegetables and byproducts, Nutraceuticals and functional food, Food nutrition and health, Genetically modified food, Food engineering and physical properties, including food biotechnology, food packaging, preservation, processing, product development, Food laws and regulations, Nanoscale food science, engineering, and technology, Food economics and marketing, Food Industry and Agriculture: Employment, rural quality of life, Food Industry and Agriculture: prices, import-export, Food Industry and Agriculture: commodity exchange markets, etc.

Deadline for paper submission is May 1, 2012.

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July 2-6, 2012
SCI-BUS, SHIWA, EDGI joint Summer School on Workflows and Gateways for Grids and Clouds, 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.

Three current FP7 projects 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 SHIWA 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 via the services of gUSE. SHIWA enables sharing work flows between different user communities and combining different type of work flows to build meta-work flows via the SHIWA Workflow 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 EDGI project enables the extension of grids (ARC, gLite, UNICORE) with institutional and volunteers Desktop Grids giving the possibility to significantly increase the available resources for these Grids in a cost-effective way. The EDGI project will explain the possible ways how this extension can be made and also explains how to port applications to this extended and integrated DCI. It will be also shown how the WS-PGRADE/gUSE gateway can be used to run work flows with parametric jobs in a transparent way on such an integrated Grid/Desktop Grid DCI. The SpeQuloS system developed in EDGI enables the transparent extension of the integrated Grid/Desktop DCIs with Clouds where QoS requirements are needed for the users. SpeQuloS will be also explained during the summer school and potential users will be trained how to use it.

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. Related projects will be invited to explain how their technologies are related with the technologies mentioned above and how the potential users can exploit all these technologies together. The organizers plan to invite wf4ever and MAPPER to talk on their work flow related results, StratusLab and Venus-C to present their Cloud solutions, DEGISCO to explain how the integrated Grid/Desktop Grid DCIs are used outside the EU, IGE to explain their Globus technology, SEE-HP to show how they adapted the WS-PGRADE/gUSE gateway for supercomputers and for their user communities, agINFRA to present their plans to provide science gateway for agriculture, EGI-Inspire and the Hungarian NGI to explain their support for DCI user communities.

Deadline for registration is June 28, 2012.

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July 2-6, 2012
Green Engineering Camp, Plitvice, Croatia

The Green Engineering Camp (GEC) is a pilot COST Interdisciplinary Science Initiative aimed at engaging specifically early stage researchers and investigators in real-life applications and intelligent and innovative uses of green ICT in order to boost knowledge transfer efficiently and to initiate new ideas and solutions to current and future challenges. Currently, a call for ideas is ongoing to select the most innovative ideas to present.

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July 4, 2012
A Patient Centered Approach: Providing Personal Care and Delivering Value, London, United Kingdom

Understanding how health services, commissioning groups and partners can work together is key to ensuring care is integrated around the needs of the patient. Effective co-ordinated working can also help to cut costs, making sure that resources are deployed efficiently and best value is achieved. At A Patient Centred Approach delegates will discover how our health care services can put the patient at the heart of decision making, improve outcomes and tailor care to meet individual needs.

Delegates will have the chance to challenge, discuss and debate the key issues and gain relevant insight applicable to their professional roles which they can embed within their organisations and improve services.

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July 4-7, 2012
HP Discover 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

HP Discover 2012 presents a forum for exploring the latest technologies, provides an opportunity to network with HP experts and your industry peers, and is a venue for sharing ideas and best practices.

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July 5-8, 2012
International Conference on Health in the African Diaspora - ICHAD 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

This conference will explore the health status of people of African descent living throughout the Western Hemisphere - from Canada to Argentina. Today, there are approximately 160 million African descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade living across the region.

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July 8-10, 2012
9th International Conference and Exhibition on e-Government and e-Health - eGeH'12, Desio/Monza e Brianza, Italy

Topics include:

• Administrative Information 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 Health Care
• Business intelligence in government organisations
• Digital divide and international co-operation on ICT applications in government and health administations

Deadline for paper submission is May 31, 2012.

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July 9-10, 2012
10th Vaccines Research and Development Conference: All Things Considered, San Francisco, California, USA

This conference continues a tradition of presenting valuable updates and exposure to all aspects of vaccine development, including research, manufacturing, regulations, investment, and policy, in a comfortable, interactive, and friendly setting. It brings together the leaders in vaccinology from industry, academia, and the government for practical discussions of the future of our discipline.

Development of new vaccines truly requires a consideration of all things. The organizers examine vaccine development from basic research to marketing. They bring together researchers, manufacturers, executives, investors and government officials to interact and share their perspectives of the vaccine industry. They will also be discussing hot topics like Vaccines for Emerging Markets in Developing Worlds with a global perspective from academia and industry. Representatives from the HHS, BARDA and DARPA 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.

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July 9-10, 2012
9th Anti-Infectives Partnering and Deal-making Summit, San Francisco, California, USA

This conference will contribute to the on-going battle against the ever-changing infectious threats by having experts with direct experiences in the field discuss a wide variety of topics on infectious diseases. The agenda also allows time for networking and opportunities to interface with speakers and fellow delegates in a collegial setting. Previous GTC conferences have been catalytic to several successful partnerships and in 2012 we expect this trend to continue.

GTC's Anti-Infectives Partnering & Deal Making Summit 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.

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July 9-10, 2012
2nd Infectious Diseases World Summit, San Francisco, California, 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.

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July 9-10, 2012
Influenza Research and Development Conference, San Francisco, California, USA

This conference will cover various aspects of basic research in influenza including virology, pathogenesis, antivirals, antibodies and vaccination. Topics such as the current threat of the H5N1 virus and updates on the universal influenza vaccine will be covered by key academic researchers and leaders of the industry. Additionally, high level government representatives from CDC and BARDA will discuss preparation and responses to a potential pandemic.

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July 9-20, 2012
2012 UC-HIPACC AstroComputing Summer School on AstroInformatics, San Diego, California, USA

This summer school will help the next generation of astronomers manage the ever-increasing amount of data generated by new instruments, digital sky surveys, and simulations. A key feature of the UC-HiPACC summer schools has been the access by all students to powerful supercomputers, on which the programme's lecturers have put relevant codes and sample inputs and outputs. The schedule also includes workshops each afternoon, in which students are taught how to use these resources.

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July 10-13, 2012
10th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications - ISPA 2012, Madrid, Spain

The objective of ISPA 2012 is to provide a forum for scientists and engineers in academia and industry to exchange and discuss their experiences, new ideas, research results, and applications about all aspects of parallel and distributed computing and networking. It will feature session presentations, workshops, tutorials, and keynote speeches. ISPA-12 is sponsored by IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and IEEE Computer Society.

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July 10-14, 2012
International Advanced Course on Data Bases and Data Analysis in Epidemiology and Biomedicine, Desio/Monza e Brianza, Italy

Topics include:

• Medical records; Clinical Databases; Hospital and Health Information Systems; Epidemiological archives; Genomic Databanks.
• Medical data integration over Internet and web-based application in Biomedicine.
• Elements of Data Analysis and Statistical Methods applied to Epidemiology in Biomedicine; examples and exercises.
• Clustering, Data mining and neural networks: examples and applications.
• Survey of statistical software packages (SPSS, SAS, S/R, STATA ...).
• Using SPSS Statistical Package (Data Entry, Data management commands and statistical functions): examples of applications and exercises.
• Introduction to R statistical language (commands, functions, macros): examples of applications, case studies and exercises.

Deadline for registration is June 10, 2012.

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July 11-15, 2012
Euroscience Open Forum 2012, Dublin, Ireland

ESOF is an interdisciplinary, pan-European meeting, held under the auspices of Euroscience, which aims to showcase the latest advances in science and technology, promote a dialogue on the role of science and technology in society and public policy and to stimulate and provoke public interest, excitement and debate about science and technology.

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July 16-21, 2012
International Conference "Distributed Computing and Grid-technologies in Science and Education", Dubna, Russia

The conference will cover following topics:

• Experience accumulated on the implementation and exploitation of Grid infrastructures;
• Methods and technologies of distributed computing, architecture topics;
• Network infrastructure for distributed data processing and storage;
• Algorithms and methods of solving applied problems in distributed computing environments;
• Theory, modelling, and methods of distributed data processing;
• Distributed information systems: implementation technologies and usage;
• Cloud computing and consolidation of the distributed resources;
• Grid applications in science (high-energy physics, computational chemistry, biology and biomedicine, Earth science, economics, etc.);
• Education in the field of distributed computing and Grid technologies.

The conference will have the special Desktop Grid track devoted to the end of the DEGISCO project and Desktop Grid tutorial.

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July 17-20, 2012
16th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics - WMSCI 2012, Orlando, Florida, USA

The purpose of WMSCI 2012 is to promote discussions and interactions between researchers and practitioners focused on disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary issues, ideas, concepts, theories, methodologies and applications. The organizers 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 2012 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.

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July 17-20, 2012
6th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics - IMSCI 2012, Orlando, Florida, USA

Informatics and Cybernetics (communication and control) are having an increasing impact on societies and in the globalization process that is integrating them. Societies are trying to regulate this impact, and adapt it to their respective cultural infra-structures. Societies and cultures are in reciprocal co-adaptations with Information and Communication Technologies. Synergic relationships might emerge in this co-adaptation process by means of positive and negative feedback loops, as well as feedforward ones.

This would make the whole larger than the sum of its parts, generating emergent properties in the parts involved as well as in the whole coming forth. The academic, private, and public sectors are integrating their activities; multi-disciplinary groups and inter-disciplinary teams are being formed, and collaborative research and development projects are being organized in order to facilitate and adequately orient the design and implementation of the feedback and the feedforward loops, so the synergic relationships are socially positive and personally human.

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July 17-20, 2012
5th International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation - IMETI 2012, Orlando, Florida, USA

Engineering activities are based on the development of new Knowledge (scientia), new 'made things' (techné) and/or new ways of working and doing (praxis). Scientia, Techné and praxis are three important dimensions of a comprehensive conception of Engineering as a whole. Engineering, as Scientia, is mostly developed in academia; as techné is practised in industry generating technological innovations; and as praxis is carried out in technical and non-technical organisations, supporting managerial activities and technical procedures, via methodical and methodological design and implementation. This is why Engineering provides one of the most solid academic and professional substrata for bridging among Universities, industries and governments.

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July 17-20, 2012
Summer 6th International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management - KGCM 2012, Orlando, Florida, USA

Topics include:

• Knowledge Generation
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Communication
• Collaborative Knowledge Production
• Knowledge Engineering
• Means and methods for Knowledge Generation and Communication
• Knowledge verification and validation
• Peer Reviewing
• Scientific and Technical Publishing
• Electronic Publishing

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July 17-20, 2012
2nd International Symposium on Collaborative Enterprises - CENT 2012, Orlando, Florida, USA

Topics include:

• Collaborative Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management
• Modelling of Inter-enterprise Processes
• Collaborative Innovation Management
• Collaborative Work Environments
• Knowledge and Information Structures
• Collaborative Platforms
• Tools and Approaches for Collaboration
• Collaborative Software Development
• Protection of Knowledge and Intellectual Property

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July 18-19, 2012
Workplace Benefits Mania, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Why offer only the same services as other benefits brokers? Instead you can distinguish yourself with services and skills your competitors don't offer and be the successful owner of a thriving benefits agency with a profitable block of business that is enrolled not just once, but each and every year.

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July 22-27, 2012
Third International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs and Virtualization - Cloud Computing 2012, Nice, France

Tracks include:

• CLOUD: Cloud computing, e.g. 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. e.g. 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, e.g. Custom platforms; Large-scale compute infrastructures; Data centres; 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, e.g. 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, modeling, 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, e.g. Principles of virtualization; Virtualization platforms; Thick and thin clients; Data centres and nano-centers; 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

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July 22-27, 2012
30th International Congress of Psychology - ICP 2012, Cape Town, South Africa

The 30th International Congress of Psychology is the first to be held in Africa, and is organized by the National Research Foundation of South Africa and the Psychological Society of South Africa, in partnership with key South African universities and national government departments. Organized around the theme Psychology Serving Humanity, the congress will highlight how psychology translates its science and practice into the knowledge, skills and tools that are able to underpin the human condition. Special activities will include an exciting Emerging Psychologists' Programme, Advanced Research Training Seminars for psychologists from the developing world, various pre and post congress satellite conferences and a variety of tours.

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July 22-27, 2012
XIX International AIDS Conference - AIDS 2012, Washington D.C., USA

The general theme "Turning The Tide Together" reflects a unique moment in time, emphasizing that the AIDS epidemic has reached a defining moment. By acting decisively on recent scientific advances in HIV treatment and biomedical prevention, the momentum for a cure, and the continuing evidence of the ability to scale-up key interventions in the most-needed settings, we now have the potential to change the course of HIV and AIDS.

Capturing the current sense of hope and the renewed optimism that a change of course in the HIV epidemic is possible, "Turning the Tide Together" also serves as an urgent call to action. It acknowledges that seizing this potential and actually turning the tide on HIV will require commitment and action on many levels: that each and every stakeholder in the AIDS response must play their role.

A broad number of issues will be required to actually change the course of the epidemic, including continued investments and collaboration in research, more operations research and more efficient delivery systems, significant programme scale-up in resource-limited settings, commitment to evidence-based interventions, and promotion of human rights. "Turning The Tide Together" evokes both the scale of the task in hand and the power of AIDS 2012 to mobilize governments, NGOs, policy makers, scientists, civil society organisations, journalists and people living with HIV to join forces and build the necessary momentum to turn the tide of the AIDS epidemic.

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July 22-29, 2012
Marsilius Kolleg Summer School: Body - Mind - Culture, Heidelberg, Germany

Evolution theory as a foundation for anthropology is the subject of this year's Marsilius Summer School. The workshop is organised by the Marsilius Kolleg, the University's interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Study. In exchanges with experts from Germany and abroad, junior researchers and doctoral students will be given the opportunity to learn more about research approaches and topical research issues and to discuss these in work groups. In addition, participants can present their own research projects. The full title of the summer school is "New Interdisciplinary Anthropology: Body - Mind - Culture".

Participants will discuss what position humans occupy in nature, how we can imagine the embodiment of the mind and how culture and embodiment can be understood in their relationship to one another. The speakers come from Heidelberg University and other universities in Germany and the USA. The summer school is supported by BASF SE. The number of participants is limited to 30.

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July 23-27, 2012
6th International Conference on Automatic Differentiation - AD2012, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Conference topics include:

• algorithmic foundations of automatic differentiation (AD)
• applications in science, engineering, and finance; especially ODE, DAE, inverse problems, and optimization
• AD and numerical paradigms
• higher-order derivatives
• combinatorial problems in AD
• AD tool design and implementation
• exploitation of parallelism

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July 24-25, 2012
iHT2 Health IT Summit, Denver, Colorado, USA

The iHT2 Health IT Summit will bring together C-level, physician, practice management, and IT decision-makers from North America's leading provider organisations and physician practices. For two full days, executives interact with a national audience of peers, national leaders and solutions providers featuring the latest solutions for practice management, mobility, telemedicine, outsourcing, IT infrastructure, next-generation electronic medical records, disease management, and more.

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July 24-27, 2012
International Conference on Data Communication Networking - DCNET 2012, Rome, Italy

The purpose of DCNET 2012 is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on communication networking between computer systems or other digital devices. Computer networking is a combination of knowledge related to the areas of telecommunications, computer science, information technology and/or computer engineering. Data communication networks rely heavily upon the theoretical and practical application of these scientific and engineering disciplines. DCNET encompasses a diversity of aspects, from network architecture and protocols, to network management, monitoring and control, performance analysis, sensor nets, services over networks, LANs and WANS, to higher education in the data communication field.

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July 25-27, 2012
4th Annual mHealth World Congress, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The 4th Annual mHealth World gathers national and international health care and technology executives discussing the latest applications and strategic initiatives being executed as mobile technologies transform the future delivery of health care. Over the course of two days you'll have the opportunity to engage in keynote presentations, debates, summits, case studies and innovation trend forums to hear from healthcare providers, health plans, developers, employers manufacturers, and distributors on the opportunities and the sustainable business models being rapidly deployed that are changing access and delivery of care. mHealth World showcases the latest mobile technologies and features leading industry leaders who are the forefront of utilizing these applications.

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July 26-27, 2012
International Workshop on Networking Implantable Medical Devices - NIMD 2012, Rome, Italy

Medical communication is a fast-growing interdisciplinary field of study that underlines the use of computer and communication technology to help assisting health care professionals in the process of diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, medication prescription, referral, information retrieval and communication, documentation and transactions. The rapid evolution of medical communication and the arise of a plethora of underlying technology challenges make it vital for researchers to stay abreast of current advances and emerging trends.

Throughout the last years, health care-related components and devices have been constantly cited in the MIT technology review among the Top 10 Emerging Technologies. With respect to intrinsic characteristics of such devices in terms of processing, memory, storage, and energy capabilities, new protocols, standards, and models are needed to implement efficient communication platforms allowing accurate and real-time transmission of the collected medical data.

This workshop aims at bringing together researchers, scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the area of medical communication. The organizers expect from this workshop to achieve the following objectives:

• To explore the impact of networking architectures and infrastructures on the performance of medical applications;
• To assess the use of distributed and heterogeneous electronic information records by healthcare professionals;
• To identify and analyze specific factors that have hindered the use of communication technologies in medical applications;
• To explore models and techniques that improve of existing ICT-based service delivery platforms developed for medical purposes.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Body Sensor Networks
• Networking Implantable and Wearable Sensors
• Security, Trust and Privacy in eHealth and telemedecine
• Cloud Architectures for Medical Communication
• Processing and Transmission Techniques for Medical Image Records
• E-medicine and eHealth Information and Network Infrastructure
• Real-time eHealth Communications Technologies
• Wireless Communication Technologies for Medicine, Biology, and Life Sciences
• Biomedical Robotic Methods
• Attacks on Medical Networks and Devices
• Novel Applications of Cryptography to Medical or Intimate Data

Deadline for paper submission is April 27, 2012.

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August 12-15, 2012
Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) 45th Annual Meeting 2012, State College, Pennsylvania, USA

This conference addresses new basic, clinical, and/or translational research findings concerning reproduction.

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August 13-15, 2012
Orthopedics-2012, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Orthopedics-2012 invites clinicians, researchers, orthopedic doctors, neurosurgeons, physical therapists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists and all other professionals dealing with spinal cord lesions to this conference.

This will be an excellent opportunity to meet leading scientists in the field of orthopedic research and learn about the latest technological advances for people with orthopedic 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.

Deadline for paper submission is June 25, 2012.

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August 13-16, 2012
7th Annual Immunotherapeutics and Vaccine Summit, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The 7th Annual IMVACS Immunotherapeutics and Vaccine Summit by the Cambridge Health Institute combines three events into one exciting Summit, where international leaders with gather to discuss progress in the fields of novel vaccine development, vaccine quality throughout the lifecycle, and adjuvants and delivery systems. Highlights will include short courses on incorporating the FDA process validation guideline and vaccine business opportunities, as well as keynotes from Michael Houghton, Ph.D. (University of Alberta), Bali Pulendran, Ph.D. (Emory University School of Medicine), Patrick Duffy, M.D. (NIAID NIH), and John W. Shiver, Ph.D. (Merck & Co., Inc.).

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August 15-17, 2012
28th Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) International Annual Congress,Goldcoast, Queensland, Australia

The theme "Inspiring Concepts in Health Management - Surfing the Crest of the Wave" acknowledges that locally Australia is in the throes of a 'wave' of change - and globally we are all striving for the same thing - put simply, better health outcomes as a result of better health management. As decision-making becomes increasingly complex, existing workforce profiles are evolving, and as demand to improve the safety of health care continues to grow, health care managers must do better than to merely keep the status quo.

The aim of this Congress is to present new thinking on the main challenges faced by health managers and health facility designers and planners. The organizers will be sharing with you - the participants - the latest in leadership and innovation in health service management.

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August 17, 2012
Strategic Planning: What Every Producer Needs to Do to Meet Their Revenue Goals and Make Selling Fun Again - Webinar, USA

Producers are fortunate to be part of an industry that provides for unlimited earning opportunities. Transforming opportunities into revenue requires planning and accountability measurements. Fortunately strategic planning doesn't have to be that difficult, and once it's done your road map for success is built, making selling more predictable and fun. In this Webinar, participants will learn why strategic planning is necessary, the essential elements of a strategic plan and how to craft and leverage their strategic plan to meet their revenue goals.

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August 18-22, 2012
30th World Congress of Biomedical Laboratory S, Berlin, Germany

Biomedical laboratory science plays an important role in the public and private health care system throughout the world, providing excellent clinical laboratory service for the wellbeing of patients. It is a great challenge to all biomedical scientists to further develop despite permanent changes (move along with constant changes) in medicine and public health areas and the constant threat of explosive increases in costs.

It is our primary common goal to develop the profession of biomedical scientists and to emphasize our role in the health care system. The 30th World Congress is a global event and hosts a large number of biomedical scientists, researchers, laboratory workers and business executives from around the world to discuss and share the latest knowledge in biomedical laboratory science. Furthermore the congress will strengthen co-operation between relevant organisations and build networks between colleagues, scientists and friends during this scientific gathering.

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August 19-22, 2012
APCO International 78th Annual Conference and Expo, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Gear up for the public safety communications industry's biggest event of the year, if you are a supervisor, manager, director; telecommunicator and dispatcher; engineer/technician; 9-1-1 coordinator; police or fire chief.

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August 20-22, 2012
Addiction therapy-2012, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Addiction Therapy-2012 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium Addiction Research, Addiction Therapy and diagnostics companies, leading universities and Addiction research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia, and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe.

The International Conference and Exhibition on Addiction Research & Therapy will serve as a catalyst for the advancement of research in the field of Addiction Therapy by connecting scientists within and across disciplines at sessions and exhibition held at the venue, creating an environment conducive to information exchange, generation of new ideas and acceleration of applications that benefit society.

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August 20-22, 2012
2nd World Congress on Vaccines & Vaccination - Vaccines-2012, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Vaccines-2012 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium biotechnological companies / industries, leading universities and research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia, and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe.

Deadline for paper submission May 9, 2012.

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August 20-23, 2012
4th Annual Bioprocessing Summit, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The Bioprocessing Summit brings together international leaders to discuss today's bioprocess issues from cell line selection to manufacturing. The Summit provides practical details in a relaxed, congenial atmosphere that promotes information exchange and networking. This year, a "Formulation Foci" has been added to delve into protein structure and formulations.

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August 21-25, 2012
Fifth Ibero-American Congress of Paediatric Surgery, Cartagena, Columbia

With the global development of minima invasive surgery, the theme of the Congress are the applications and results in this field. Great scientific personalities will attend this event and share similar experiences in this regard. The central theme is "State-of-the-Art in Paediatric Surgery".

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August 22-23, 2012
iHT2 Health IT Summit, Seattle, Washington, USA

The iHT2 Health IT Summit will bring together C-level, physician, practice management, and IT decision-makers from North America's leading provider organisations and physician practices. For two full days, executives interact with a national audience of peers, national leaders and solutions providers featuring the latest solutions for practice management, mobility, telemedicine, outsourcing, IT infrastructure, next-generation electronic medical records, disease management, and more.

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August 25-29, 2012
European Society of Cardiology Congress 2012, Munich, Germany

This year's congress spotlight is "From bench to practice". The nine main topics are:

• Arrhythmias
• Heart Failure/LV Dysfunction
• Valvular Disease, Pulmonary Circulation, Myocardial-Pericardial Disease, Congenital Heart Disease and Paediatric Cardiology
• Ischaemia, CAD, ACC
• Interventions, Peripheral Circulation, Stroke, Surgery
• Prevention, Rehabilitation, Sports, Nursing
• Hypertension, Pharma
• Basic Science
• Cardiac Imaging, Computers

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August 25-29, 2012
7th World Congress for Psychotherapy, Durban, South Africa

The conference will show the research findings as well as the different psychotherapy school approaches, the disturbance-focused treatment as well as psychotherapy for different patient groups. It starts with child psychotherapy and goes through the life cycle to psychotherapy for the elderly, and in between all groups are that of those who need psychotherapy as social support and help.

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August 28-30, 2012
2nd Annual International Congress of U-Homes 2012, Dalian, China

The conference this year is themed "Digitalization for a Smart Life" aimed to be a dedicated event for Smart home development. The programme is dedicated to highlight some recent breakthrough stories and successes in 8 major topics, including novel technologies, network and multimedia systems, smart electronic appliance, utilities and furniture, security systems, health telematics, property management, and home energy control.

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August 31 - September 1, 2012
3rd International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT, Hyderabad, India

The aim is to bring all the health care eco-system players on a global platform to participate, propagate and promote the various technology-driven transformational approaches, solutions and their benefits to the grassroots, administrators, providers, and research community etc., to find the ways to achieve the goal of equitable, sustainable, quality health care system.

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September 1-4, 2012
FEBS International Workshop on New Developments in RNA Biology, Tavira, Portugal

Since RNA emerged from the shadow of DNA it has become one of the hottest research areas of molecular biology. The study of RNA biology has implications for many diseases as well as for understanding regulation of gene expression, translation, and ultimately evolution. In recent years, ribozymes, miRNA, siRNAs and many other functional noncoding RNA types have been discovered and evidences indicate that RNA dictates the expression of genetic information and the control of metabolism.

RNA is also deeply involved with the movement of high-order complex characteristics during development, differentiation, and the onset of diseases. The major objective of the workshop is to promote the dialog between experts concerned with different areas of RNA Biology such as (a) Transcription, (b) Ribosomal RNA/tRNA, (c) RNA structure, (d) RNA degradation and quality control, and (e) Small RNAs.

The number of about 100 participants will promote fruitful exchange and discussions. There will be no parallel sessions. The organizers will have about 40 slots for oral presentations, from 30 or 15 min, as well as opening and closing lectures on relevant topics. In addition 3 networking slots are included in the programme, leaving time for short discussions among participants, as well as a poster session where discussions will also be welcome.

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September 10-12, 2012
World Congress & Expo on Biowaivers & Biosimilars, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Biosimilars-2012 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies; leading universities and Pharmacological research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe. Biosimilars-2012 is comprised of 12 tracks and 57 sessions designed to offer comprehensive sessions that address current issues related to Biowaivers and Biosimilars.

Deadline for paper abstract submission is July 20, 2012.

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September 10-12, 2012
2nd World Congress on Cancer Science and Therapy - Cancerscience-2012, San Antonio, Texas, USA

This conference mainly focuses on the use of biological models of human cancer that may be used to provide insight into the causes, processes and therapy of disease. This international congress will be a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe.

Deadline for paper abstract submission is April 28, 2012.

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September 11-13, 2012
20th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks - SoftCOM 2012, Split, 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 abstract submission is June 15, 2012.

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September 11-13, 2012
ICT4Health Conference, Cape Town, South Africa

This meeting follows on the success of the annual Telemedicine and eHealth Conference and has evolved to include other key role-players in this exciting space. This conference brings together leaders in government, academia, industry, private sector, providers and non-profit organisations from across the ecosystem to advance collaboration in the use of information and communication technologies in health care.

The 2011 Conference highlighted the need for more innovation, scalability, viable business models and sustainability in ICT4Health. The 2012 ICT4Health conference will be a high level event and an important milestone on the National ICT4Health Stakeholder's calendar, where the National Department of Health will share information about progress made and plans going forward.

The theme of this meeting will look at how we can synergise efforts to enable a National Health Insurance using ICT4Health with a focus on the following thematic areas:

• Telemedicine
• Mobile Health
• Consumer Health Informatics (Health Promotion)
• Health Informatics
• ICT-enabled Medical Devices

Deadline for paper abstract submission is June 30, 2012.

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September 13-14, 2012
2nd Neuropsychiatric Research and Development Conference, San Francisco, California, USA

This conference will update practitioners in psychiatry, neurology, and primary care on the latest in neuropsychiatric theory and practice. Through a series of presentations led by industry leaders from the fields of medical research, academic research, pharmaceutical development, and biotech engineering, the organizers will supply attendees with the latest developments in neuropsychiatric pathologies, epidemiologies, and treatment options. This conference will provide a forum for intimate discourse that can lead to increased benefits for clients and patients suffering from a number of prominent disorders.

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September 13-14, 2012
6th Neurodegenerative Conditions Research and Development Conference, San Francisco, California, USA

The drug discovery effort for neurodegenerative diseases has been one of the major challenges and focuses of the pharmaceutical industry, which has been evidenced by fast and dynamic research and development in this field. Though several clinical trials for Alzheimer's failed in the last couple of years, there has been great progress in the development of novel therapeutic approaches and targets to treat Alzheimer's as well as Parkinson's, Huntington's, multiple sclerosis, stroke and various other neurodegenerative diseases. Some of these novel approaches include biomarkers, stem cell therapy, protein misfolding and aggregation, immunotherapy, vaccines for Alzheimer's, BACE inhibitors, and much more. There have also been significant developments in our understanding of the genetics, the molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways contributing to neuronal dysfunction, neurotoxicity and pathology.

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September 13-14, 2012
5th CNS Partnering and Deal-making Conference, San Francisco, California, USA

The 5th CNS Partnering and Deal-making is a CNS Diseases 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, as well as explore potential collaborations, and learn about relevant CNS Disease issues and partnerships that will affect the industry. This event also provides a unique venue for attendees to learn about CNS Diseases business development trends, the CNS disease market, and novel technologies that shape up the industry.

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September 13-14, 2012
2nd CNS Diseases World Summit, San Francisco, California, USA

The 2nd CNS Diseases World Summit brings together experts from academia and industry to discuss cutting edge research and new technologies used in the pharmaceutical and biotech fields.

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September 13-14, 2012
Pain Research and Therapeutics Conference, San Francisco, California, USA

The Pain Research and Therapeutics conference brings together the leading experts across industry and academia to discuss their findings on Pain and cutting edge applications for drug delivery, therapeutic approaches, preclinical and clinical development, animal models, beyond traditional opiods, and much more.

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September 14-15, 2012
Advanced Course in Facial Aesthetics, Moscow, Russia

This progressive meeting is designed to bring an update on aesthetic products and new technologies in a very practical and interactive format that will provide an unparalleled weekend educational experience. It includes hottest new procedures, training sessions, live demonstrations, run by a world class faculty of opinion leaders in Aesthetic dermatology and Surgery. This advanced course aims to be a very practical event where each lecture effectively corresponds to an application in your daily practice.

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September 17-19, 2012
Obesity-2012, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Obesity-2012 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies; leading universities and Pharmacological research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia, and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe. Obesity-2012 is comprised of 11 tracks and 67 sessions designed to offer comprehensive sessions that address current issues in Obesity and Weight management.Obesity-2012 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies; leading universities and Pharmacological research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia, and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe. Obesity-2012 is comprised of 11 tracks and 67 sessions designed to offer comprehensive sessions that address current issues in Obesity and Weight management.

Deadline for paper abstract submission is June 20, 2012.

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September 17-19, 2012
HIMSS AsiaPac12 Health IT Conference and Exhibition, Singapore

HIMSS AsiaPac12 debuts a new annual conference event that is unlike anything you've ever experienced. General topic categories from HIMSS AsiaPac 2012 Call for Papers include:

• HIT X.0
• Mobile Health
• Chronic Disease Management and Independent Living for the Aged
• Standards and Interoperability

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September 19, 2012
NHS Informatics: delivering a successful information revolution, London, United Kingdom

At NHS Informatics: delivering a successful information revolution, a panel of expert speakers will discuss how innovations in health care information management can be successfully translated from theory into practice to facilitate a range of positive outcomes, including patient empowerment, improvements in clinical care and medical research, productivity increases and efficiency savings. Delegates will have the chance to challenge, discuss and debate the key issues and gain relevant insight applicable to their professional roles which they can embed within their organisations and improve services.

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September 20-22, 2012
11th Symposium on Neural Network Applications in Electrical Engneering, Belgrade, Serbia

NEUREL events have been organized as biennial events to allow scientists, experts and engineers working in diverse areas to report their recent research in the fields of neural networks (NNs) and fuzzy systems, and to contribute to their applications, mainly, but not only, in Electrical Engineering. Much attention has also been paid to biomedical aspects of NNs.

Deadline for paper abstract submission is May 20, 2012.

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September 20-23, 2012
13th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing - Grid 2012, Beijing, China

Grid computing enables the sharing of distributed computing and data resources such as processing, network bandwidth and storage capacity to create a cohesive resource environment for executing distributed applications. The Grid conference series is an annual international meeting that brings together a community of researchers, developers, practitioners, and users involved with Grid technology. The objective of the meeting is to serve as both the premier venue for presenting foremost research results in the area and as a forum for introducing and exploring new concepts.

Grid 2012 topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Architecture
• Middleware and toolkits
• Resource management, scheduling, and runtime environments
• Performance modelling and evaluation
• Programming models, tools and environments
• Metadata, ontologies, and provenance
• Cloud computing
• Virtualization and Grid computing
• Scientific work flow
• Storage systems and data management
• Data-intensive computing and processing
• QoS and SLA Negotiation
• Applications and experiences in science, engineering, business and society

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September 22-25, 2012
4th EMBO Meeting, Nice Acropolis, France

The EMBO Meeting 2012 promises a vibrant platform for scientific exchange between leading researchers and young molecular biologists just starting out on their research paths. Now in its fourth year, the conference attracts around 1500 participants from Europe and worldwide to its diverse programme that covers the full range of life science subject areas. Scientific participants include principle investigators, postdoctoral researchers and students. Policy makers, editors, career advisors, journalists, science bloggers and industry representatives figure strongly among the participant list.

Deadline for paper submission is June 12, 2012.

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September 23-27, 2012
Euromembrane 2012 Conference, London, United Kingdom

The aim of the Euromembrane Conference series is to bring together academic and industrial scientists from the field of membrane science and technology to stimulate contacts and to exchange new ideas on their research work. The conference will cover all types of membrane and related work including membrane materials, membrane fabrication and characterisation, modelling and simulation, membranes for process intensification, and application.

Deadline for paper abstract submission is March 30, 2012.

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September 24-25, 2012
ISC Cloud'12, Mannheim, Germany

The conference will focus on compute and data intensive applications, their resources needs in the Cloud, and strategies on implementing and deploying Cloud infrastructures. The organizers expect 250 attendees from industry and academia, and 25 invited experts to share their own experiences in the Cloud over one-and-a-half day.

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September 24-26, 2012
Food Technology 2012, Hyderabad, India

Food Technology-2012 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium Food Processing and Technology Research, leading universities, Food Processing and Technology research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia, and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe.

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September 27-28, 2012
1st International Conference on Genomics in the Americas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

ICG Americas 2012 will feature presentations from prominent researchers, global industry luminaries and top policy makers on next-gen sequencing and advanced bioinformatics technologies, and their growing application in drug discovery and development, disease research, clinical diagnostics, agricultural breeding, and evolution and conservation. Included among the featured speakers will be directors, senior executives and CEOs from Merck, Pfizer, Sanofi, GSK, Illumina, Life Technologies, NHGRI, FDA, USDA, Harvard, UC Davis, and many more.

The conference will include presentations from researchers applying today's latest technologies to a new paradigm of personalized medicine and to enhancing global food production, as well as current policy and ethical considerations relative to the use of genomic data. Included among the many compelling conference topics will be the power of evolving research approaches such as trans-omics, a technique that integrates genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, metagenomics, and proteomics.

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September 28-30, 2012
Stanford Medicine X Conference, Stanford, California, USA

The conference will examine how social media, information technology, emerging and mobile technologies can be used to manage health and improve health care.

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September 30 - October 4, 2012
Oracle OpenWorld 2012, San Francisco, California, USA

At Oracle OpenWorld, more than a thousand people demonstrate their mastery and expertise by leading sessions on a vast array of Oracle technologies and products.

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September 30 - October 4, 2012
JavaOne 2012, San Francisco, California, USA

The JavaOne conference brings together Java experts and enthusiasts for an extraordinary week of learning and networking focused entirely on all things Java. With more than 400 sessions covering topics that span the breadth of the Java universe, keynotes from foremost Java visionaries, and expert-led hands-on learning opportunities, JavaOne is the world's most important event for the Java community.

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October 1-2, 2012
International Conference on TeleMedicine and TeleCare - TeleMediCare 2012 - and VI Italian National Workshop, Desio, Italy

Topics include:

• Telemedicine Systems and applications
• Telecardiology, Telediabetology, Teleophthalmology
• Telemonitoring, TeleHomeCare and Ambient Assisted Living for elderly people
• Telerehabilitation and Assistive Technology
• p-Health, sensors and biomedical tools
• Wearable systems and bio-devices
• ICT and disabilities
• Cognitive aspects and neurorehabilitation

Deadline for paper submission is August 25, 2012.

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October 2-4, 2012
Fifth Annual RB&W Safety & Security Conference 2012 - CCR Summit 2012, Kerkrade, The Netherlands

The Public Safety & Security Sector is undergoing radical changes in operations, governance and finance. Typically Centralisation, Standardisation and Harmonisation are the general trends. This implies the need of close cooperation between specialists in different operational areas to reach a successful and sustainable improvement of multi agency and multi level incident response.

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October 3-5, 2012
Global Summit on International Breast Health: Guidelines for International Breast Health and Cancer Control - Supportive Care and Quality of Life, Austria, Vienna

The summit will bring together leading clinical and social science experts, researchers, policymakers, rehabilitation specialists, educators and representatives of international agencies, civil societies and the private sector. The summit will address this often ignored area of patient care by applying a mix of quantitative and qualitative research to help determine what helps people live better with cancer and its treatments.

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October 3-6, 2012
15th European Health Forum Gastein, Bad Hofgastein, Austria

The main objective of the EHFG is to facilitate the establishment of a framework for advising and developing European health policy while recognising the importance of national and regional authorities and decision-making bodies.

By focusing on key issues in the European health arena the Forum considers in particular the following areas, tasks and challenges:

• Discussion of the main short-term and long-term objectives of the working programme of the European Community, the member states, accession candidate countries and the regions as well as their implementation, and the further development of European health policy.
• Detailed discussion of opportunities for integration of health policy across different policy areas.
• Analysis and discussion of the impact of European integration, in particular the Common Market and Economic and Monetary Union on health systems, services and policies.
• Evaluation of current developments and their effects on society, health systems, and services, and in particular the changing role of citizens and patients.
• The exchange of national and regional experience in health policy development and implementation.

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October 4-7, 2012
International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - KMIS 2012, Barcelona, Spain

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

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October 4-7, 2012
International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval - KDIR 2012, Barcelona, Spain

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.

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October 4-7, 2012
International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - KEOD 2012, Barcelona, Spain

Knowledge Engineering (KE) refers to all technical, scientific and social aspects involved in building, maintaining and using knowledge-based systems. KE is a multi-disciplinary 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, catalogs, 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.

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October 7-10, 2012
6th Annual Health 2.0 San Francisco Fall Conference 2012, San Francisco, California, USA

For the 6th Annual Fall Conference in 2012 you can continue to expect to see new innovation from Health 2.0, but the organizers will maintain their tradition of leading thinkers, fascinating conversation, and being the place where people network and business gets done.

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October 9-12, 2012
19th International Congress on Palliative Care, Montréal, Canada

Presented by Palliative Care McGill, McGill University, this biennial Congress has grown to become one of the premier international events in palliative care. Health care professionals, therapists, volunteers and all those involved in palliative care come to renew themselves as providers of care and to obtain the inspiration that will help them shape the palliative care of the future.

This 2012 Congress will offer three full-day Concurrent Seminars on such diverse topics as:

• The Process of Whole Person Care: Interactive Session Using Standardized Patients
• Focus on the Nursing Experience: Bridging Humanism and Professionalism
• Master Class: Clinical Management of Advanced Neurodegenerative Diseases
• and a two-day seminar on Paediatric Palliative Care.

The following three days of the Congress will include four plenary sessions, over 80 workshops, three research forums, poster sessions, as well as exhibits and an art display. Simultaneous interpretation (English and French) will be offered for plenaries and selected workshops and seminars.

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October 12-14, 2012
8th European Masters in Aesthetic and Anti-Aging Medicine - EMAA 2012, Paris, France

This progressive multi-disciplinary meeting is designed to bring an update on aesthetic and anti-aging treatments, products and new technologies in a very practical and interactive format that will provide an unparalleled weekend educational experience. It includes the hottest new procedures, training sessions, live demonstrations workshops, run by a world class faculty of opinion leaders in anti-aging medicine, aesthetic dermatology and surgery.

Deadline for paper abstract submission is May 20, 2012.

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October 15-16, 2012
Digital Health Conference, New York, New York, USA

The 2012 NYeC Digital Health Conference brings together a diverse group of professionals from across and beyond the health IT field, for two days of lively intellectual exchange. Health care providers, IT innovators, health leadership, start-ups, hospital officials, group practice managers, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs, will gather to hear insights, ideas, and analysis from leaders in the health IT community.

Attendees can engage with thought-provoking lectures, attend interactive panels and presentations, discuss emerging IT tools, and interact with technological exhibits, allowing ample time to network and discuss. Last year's conference drew nearly 600 attendees from around New York State and beyond.

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October 15-18, 2012
31th International Conference on Conceptual Modelling - ER 2012, Florence, Italy

The International Conference on Conceptual Modeling is a leading international forum for presenting and discussing current research and applications in which the major emphasis is on conceptual modelling. Topics of interest span the entire spectrum of conceptual modelling including research and practice in areas such as theories of concepts and ontologies underlying conceptual modelling, methods and tools for developing and communicating conceptual models, and techniques for transforming conceptual models into effective implementations.

ER 2012 will host a number of workshops addressing different areas related to conceptual modelling that complement the main ER 2012 conference. Workshops are intended to serve as an intensive collaborative forum for exchanging late breaking ideas and theories in an evolutionary stage. We encourage prospective workshop organizers to submit proposals for highly interactive workshops focusing on either in-depth analysis or broad-ranging approaches to areas related to conceptual modelling.

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October 17-21, 2012
IDWeek 2012, San Diego, California, USA

With the theme "Advancing Science, Improving Care", IDWeek will feature the latest science and bench-to-bedside approaches in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiology of infectious diseases, including HIV, across the lifespan.

Subject categories for abstract submissions include antimicrobial resistance, diagnostics, global health, travel medicine, HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses, adult and paediatric vaccines, clinical mycology, infection epidemiology and prevention, outbreak investigations, paediatric and perinatal infections, and virology.

Deadline for paper abstract submission is May 11, 2012.

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October 18-21, 2012
Pan American Heart Failure Congress, Panama City, Panama

Cardiovascular disorders are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in many countries around the world including Latin American countries. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is often the end stage of cardiac disease and is a major chronic condition as well as the most common cardiovascular cause of hospitalizations. Because of the aging of the population and the rising prevalence of risk factors incidence of CHF is increasing and expected to cause an unacceptably high rates of morbidity and mortality and an enormous cost of caring for a growing number of patients.

The Pan American Congress on Heart failure will provide an in-depth focus on the best approaches for preventing and treating heart failure (HF) of various etiologists. Topics range from early recognition and intervention in high risk patients to the expanding use of drugs and devices to monitor and treat heart failure and detect evidence of worsening. The curriculum includes updates on treatment of systemic and pulmonary hypertension management of patients with HF due to coronary disease, acute decompensated HF, systolic and diastolic HF, cardiomyopathies and valvular heart disease.

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October 21-23, 2012
World Resources Forum - WRF 2012, Beijing, China

The overall theme is "Resources and Green Economy". The conference will have plenary sessions, side events, workshops, scientific oral sessions, youth programme, on-line voting, fieldtrips, a conference banquet, and an exhibition.

Topics for the scientific call for papers are the following:

1. Green and Circular Economy
2. National and Regional Approaches
3. Metal and Mineral Resources
4. Crude Oil and Natural Gas
5. Clean Coal Technologies
6. Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind, Tide, Geothermal etc.)
7. Food and Biomass
8. Green Process Engineering and Technologies
9. Waste/Material Recovery and Recycling
10. Alternative Business Models & Socio-Economic Issues
11. Policy and Education

Deadline for paper abstract submission is April 30, 2012.

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October 22-24, 2012
Twelfth Cracow Grid Workshop - CGW'12

Topics include:

• e-Science, system-level science and collaborative applications
• models, methods and tools for collaborative applications development
• virtual laboratories and problem solving environments
• distributed computing infrastructures, Grids and Clouds
• knowledge in e-Science and DCI systems
• virtual organisations and security aspects
• resource management and scheduling
• monitoring and information management
• software engineering aspects
• industrial and social implications

Deadline for paper abstract submission is September 10, 2012.

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October 22-24, 2012
Office of Naval Research's (ONR) biennial 2012 Naval Science and Technology (S&T) Partnership Conference, Arlington, Virginia, USA

The conference offers a chance for members of industry, academia and other government agencies to meet with ONR leaders and programme managers, and investigate possibilities for collaboration. It typically draws about 2000 attendees and provides a forum for high-level speakers, such as the secretary of the Navy and deputy director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to convey crucial information and important announcements.

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November 1-4, 2012
7th Annual Conference Discovery through Commercialization: Innovative Strategies for Individualized Healthcare, Hyderabad, India

This conference will include multiple tracks focusing upon the confluence of discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialization towards the development of innovative, path-breaking strategies in the realm of personalized health care. The conference will address the strategy for drug discovery and clinical development pipeline and faster time to market in the era of blockbuster patient expiries and issues of integrating and streamlining data flows across the entire lifecycle of the molecule, and the standardization and rigor that needs to be implemented. It will also stress upon the ethical, legal, social and regulatory and financial and investments challenges impacting all of the above and how processes and technology will need to be upgraded to support the same.

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November 5-8, 2012
10th International Cloud Expo, Santa Clara, California, 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 percent over the next five years. Just as Cloud and Big Data solutions will be side by side on the Expo floor, so they are in the conference programme.

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November 6-7, 2012
Health 2.0 Conference Europe, Berlin, Germany

Health 2.0 will continue building momemtum and promoting the health 2.0 community in Europe. There will be another great line up of speakers and the team will be introducing some exciting additions to the programme including the popular "code-a-thon" and "MatchPoint" sessions.

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November 7-8, 2012
14th Aachener Membran Kolloquium - AMK 2012, Aachen, Germany

While most other conferences tend to focus much on materials science and others specialize on specific membrane technologies, the AMK tries to bring together people from a broad range of backgrounds with the aim of interdisciplinary knowledge exchange on membrane innovations. The topics of the presentations will be a well-balanced mixture discussing membranes in water treatment, gas separation, solvent recovery, process engineering, energy applications, biotechnology and health. The development of new membranes will be treated as well as operational experiences and module design with an emphasis of industrial relevance.

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November 7-9, 2012
17th ISfTeH International Conference, Abuja, Nigeria

Theme of this conference is "Making eHealth Work: Global Trend, Challenges and Opportunities". Every country needs good eHealth policies, strategies and plans to invest in information and communication technologies (ICT) and the organisational changes needed to improve health and health care. It is not a single investment with a permanent solution. The effort and investment needed has many parts, it is complex, it changes constantly, it is continuous and it has to be congruent over time.

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November 8-11, 2012
The International Conference on Clinical Practice in Alzheimer Disease - CPAD, Budapest, Hungary

The CPAD aims to bring to families, patients researchers and clinicians the cutting-edge technologies, data and practical lore that are needed in clinical practice. The conference will focus on the challenges of preventing, diagnosing and managing AD. The organizers hope to create with your help a meeting that will be interactive and each participant will contribute his/her experience in a series of workshops, plenary sessions and presentations.

Deadline for paper submission is April 30, 2012.

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November 11-14, 2012
Entomological Society of America's (ESA) 60th Annual Meeting - Entomology 2012, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

This year's theme is "A Global Society for a Global Science". Entomology 2012 will attract more than 3000 researchers, professors, extension service personnel, adminstrators, research technicians, consultants, graduate and undergraduate students, and others interested in the science of entomology from around the globe.

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November 14-18, 2012
XVI Latin American Congress of Pediatrics - ALAPE 2, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

The Latin American Association of Pediatrics - ALAPE, welcomes you to its most important international event, the XVI Latin American Congress of Pediatrics. ALAPE in this special year 2012, celebrates its 50 anniversary, occasion that with particular enthusiasm renews the commitment to continue growing and establishing itself as the regional organisation that represents and promotes the voice of paediatricians and children in the region.

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November 16, 2012
The 5 Essential Elements of an Effective 1st Meeting - Webinar, USA

Getting in the door is more difficult than ever, creating memorable and effective 1st meetings that differentiate is essential. Regrettably, many producers squander the 1st meeting by spending too much time talking about themselves and their features and benefits. Employers are seeking leadership, not commercials. In this Webinar, participants will learn what to share in the first meeting and how to leverage the critical first 30 seconds to their advantage while differentiating themselves from the competition.

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November 19-21, 2012
International Conference and Exhibition on Probiotics, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Probiotics-2012 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium biotech, food processing companies, leading 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 by means of basic research, clinical trials, regulatory efforts or development of industrial technology. Initiation of cross-border co-operations between scientists and institutions will be also facilitated.

Deadline for paper submission is June 11, 2012.

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November 19-21, 2012
International Conference on Genetic Syndromes & Gene Therapy, San Antonio, Texas, USA

This event brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium Genetic engineering and diagnostic companies, leading universities and clinical research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaborations across industry and academia and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe.

Deadline for paper submission is July 16, 2012.

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November 22-25, 2012
2nd International Multidisciplinary Forum on Palliative Care, Florence, Italy

Palliative care is an important part of the treatment of every patient with a life threatening illness. It is provided from the moment of diagnosis throughout the trajectory of the illness in order to improve symptom control and quality of life of the patients and their families. If you are a family medicine physician, oncologist, geriatrician, neurologist, nephrologist, paediatrician , a pain and palliative physician, nurse, social worker, psychologist, physical therapist, chaplain or any other paramedical professional, interested in improving your palliative care skills and knowledge - do not miss this event.

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November 26-27, 2012
eHealth & Telemedicine 2012, London, United Kingdom

Telehealth is used for the remote monitoring of an increasing range of conditions. Originally COPD and congestive heart failure were considered most appropriate as the tariff for unplanned hospitalisation is high compared to the cost of using remote monitoring and, particularly for COPD, forecasting of exacerbation likelihood is relatively easy.

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November 26-28, 2012
International Conference on Hair Transplantation & Trichology 2012, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Trichology-2012 would lay a platform for the interaction between experts around the world and aims in accelerating scientific discoveries. The main theme of the conference is "Advancement of Treatment on Hair Transplantation and Trichology".

The International conference on Hair Transplantation and Trichology 2012 is a remarkable event which consists of lectures, panel discussions, debates by world renowned experts who will discuss the latest advances in surgery of various organs and transplantation and it is designed for practising general surgeons, physicians, residents, fellows, and allied health clinicians.

Deadline for paper submission is September 3, 2012.

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November 26-28, 2012
International Conference and Exhibition on Surgery & Transplantation - Surgery-2012, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Surgery-2012 is a remarkable event which consist of lectures, panel discussions, debates by world renowned experts who will discuss the latest advances in surgery of various organs and transplantation and it is designed for practising general surgeons, physicians, residents, fellows, and allied health clinicians. The International Conference and Exhibition on Surgery & Transplantation will schedule and co-ordinate all meetings with the Editorial Board Members and other experts, clinicians in different disciplines of Surgery & Transplantation 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 Surgery and Transplantation.

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November 26-28, 2012
2nd International Conference on Global Telehealth - Global Telehealth 2012, Sydney, Australia

This an international scientific meeting covering the full breadth of Telehealth with tutorial sessions, peer reviewed paper presentations on current topics of interest, and a range of invited international experts as keynote speakers.

Contributions of Full Paper or Short Papers are sought addressing current research and practice in Telehealth, including but not limited to:

• clinical applications for telemedicine
• teleconsultation and telecollaboration
• teleprocedures and robotic surgical methods
• telecare and remote patient monitoring
• tele-education and clicnical training
• evaluation and benefits of telehealth
• web services for telehealth
• mobile telehealth and wireless applications
• telehealth software and systems
• telehealth technologies and methodologies
• telehealth for remote areas
• telehealth in emerging countries
• telehealth policy and governance
• international trends and perspectives for telehealth

Deadline for paper submission is July 28, 2012.

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November 27-30, 2012
13th Tetrahedron Symposium - Asia Edition, Taipei, Taiwan

Symposium topics include:

• Sequencing nucleic acids: from chemistry to life sciences and medicine
• Oligonucleotide-based tools for pharmacology and nano-engineering
• The future of kinase drug discovery - challenges and opportunities
• Vaccines as a new paradigm for the treatment of drug addiction
• Fragment-based drug discovery: a decade of thinking small
• Chemical biology of nanomedicines
• Modulation of DNA damage-response pathways in cancer therapy
• The chemical biology of protein splicing
• Molecular design for selective recognition and reaction with RNA Target identification for biologically relevant small molecules
• Total Synthesis as a Vehicle for Interrogating Biosynthetic and Biomechanistic Puzzles

Deadline for paper submission is July 6, 2012.

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November 29 - December 1, 2012
Telemedicon'12, Coimbatore, India

Indian government and the private players are gearing up to make the best use of telehealth to take health care to the masses. The good news is, that there is a big push from the government and private players in the field of telehealth in India, the right time is now - year 2012. With 3G and Wimax being a reality, everyone is going to benefit by marrying technology with health care.

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December 2-4, 2012
Third European Conference of Control - ECC'12, Paris, France

Topics include: Mathematical Theory of Control, Stability, Observability, Controlability, Factorizability and Reachability, Adaptive and Learning Systems, Autonomous Systems, Discrete Event Systems, Distributed Parameter Systems, Emerging Control Theory and Applications, Fault Detection and Management, Distributed Control, Control of Systems described by PDEs, Hybrid Systems, Intelligent Systems, Large-Scale Systems, Linear Systems, Fuzzy Systems, Evolutionary Computing, Micro and Nano Systems, Modelling, Wavelets in Control, Algorithms, Networks and Communication, Nonlinear Control, Neural Control, etc.

Deadline for paper submission is October 2, 2012.

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December 2-4, 2012
Third European Conference of Systems - ECS'12, Paris, France

Topics include: Systems Theory, Circuits, Control Systems, Stochastic Systems, Non-linear Systems, Information Systems, Signal Processing Systems, Multidimensional Systems, Multivariable systems, Hybrid Systems, Multirate Systems, Robotics, Man-Machine Systems, Speech and Image Processing Systems, Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Manufacturing Systems, Decentralised Systems, Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Machines, Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks, Knowledge Modelling, Decision Support Systems, Hierarchical Control Systems, Aerospace Systems, Analogue, Digital and Mixed Mode Circuits and Systems, Electronics and Power Electronics, Nanocircuits and Nanotechnology, Medical Electronics, Lightwave Engineering, Micro-electromechanical Systems, Environment Modeling, Sonar and underwater acoustic systems, Undersea Systems, Navigation and Tracking Systems, etc.

Deadline for paper submission is October 2, 2012.

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December 2-4, 2012
Third European Conference of Circuits Technology and Devices - ECCTD'12, Paris, France

Topics include: Analog Circuits and Filters; Switched Capacitor/Current Techniques; Linear and Nonlinear Circuits and Systems; Chaos, Bifurcations and Applications; Distributed Circuits and Systems; Power Electronics and Systems; Nanoelectronics; and Bio-inspired electronics, etc.

Deadline for paper submission is October 2, 2012.

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December 2-4, 2012
Third European Conference of Communications - ECCOM'12, Paris, France

Topics include: Microwave Theory and techniques; CAD design for Microwave Systems, Antennas and Radars; Lightwave technology; Submillimeter-Wave techniques; Microwave High-Power techniques; Microwave and millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits; Microwave and millimeter-Wave Integrated Solid State Devices; Microwave Acoustics; Filter and Passive Components; Microwave and Antennas Measurements; Microwave Superconductivity; RFIC's; Wave-guides, Microwave propagation; Ferrites devices, Cavities. Microwave Circuits; Periodic Structures and Filters, etc.

Deadline for paper submission is October 2, 2012.

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December 2-4, 2012
Third European Conference of Computer Science - ECCS'12, Paris, France

This conference includes:

• Plenary Lecture 1: Dimension-Oriented Software Engineering (DOSE): Rule-Based Software Development through Traceability Patterns by Prof. Arbi Ghazarian, Arizona State University, USA.

Deadline for paper submission is October 2, 2012.

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December 2-4, 2012
Third European Conference of Chemical Engineering - ECCE'12, Paris, France

Topics include: Reaction engineering, catalysis and kinetics; Distillation and absorption; Extraction and leaching; Membrane separations; Adsorption and ion exchange; Filtration, sedimentation, centrifugation, hydrocyclons; Phase equilibrium and fluid properties; Fluid flow and multiphase systems; Mixing; Fluidization; Heat transfer processes and equipment; Drying and evaporation; Computer aided process engineering; Particulate solids; Pharmaceutical engineering; Environmental engineering; Electrochemical engineering, etc.

Deadline for paper submission is October 2, 2012.

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December 2-4, 2012
Third European Conference of Civil Engineering - ECCIE'12, Paris, France

Topics include: Transportation analysis of people and goods; Planning land, air and sea transportation systems; Environmental and economic impact assessment of transportation projects; Traffic flow; Service levels; Metropolitan networks; Highway transportation control systems; Transportation infrastructure, roads, intersections; Traffic control; Railways, airports, harbours; Public transportation and parking; Design, construction, operation, maintenance and safety; etc.

Deadline for paper submission is October 2, 2012.

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December 2-4, 2012
Third European Conference of Mechanical Engineering - ECME'12, Paris, France

Topics include: Aerodynamics; Fluid Dynamics; Compressible Flows; Computational Mechanics; Biomechanics; Automotive Engineering; Heat and Mass Transfer; Nanomaterial Engineering; Plasticity Mechanics; Fracture; Geomechanics; Multibody Dynamics; Nonlinear Dynamics; Structural Dynamics; Vibrations; Acoustics; Noise Control; Material Engineering; Transport Phenomena; Manufacturing Process; Mechatronics; etc.

Deadline for paper submission is October 2, 2012.

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December 2-4, 2012
Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions, Tel Aviv. Israel

The upcoming meeting will focus on innovative technology and therapies and will cover all stages of the innovation process from the bench to the patient bedside. The programme will highlight numerous hot topics and will include presentations from international and Israeli experts focusing on new therapies and research at various levels of development, alongside thematic live case presentations to present the impact of these technologies on current and future therapy - with a special focus on the future of valvular interventions and the many innovations under investigation for treating cardiac valvular pathology using percutaneous techniques or combined surgical and interventional pathways.

Deadline for paper submission is September 3, 2012.

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December 3-5, 2012
mHealth Summit 2012, Washington D.C., USA

The 2012 mHealth Summit will have an expanded exhibit floor to accommodate the anticipated increase in exhibitors and themed pavilions. The conference programme continues to draw on resources and tracks developed by mHIMSS in addition to branded sessions and tracks from the event's strategic affiliates and partners. Overall, the 2012 mHealth Summit will offer attendees a comprehensive representation of the mobile technologies in healthcare looking at implementation and impact of its benefits and new opportunities that will advance health transformation through the use of mobile technologies.

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December 6-9, 2012
The World Congress of Clinical Lipidology, Budapest, Hungary

This is the first conference of this kind and aimed at health care professionals, who would like to increase their knowledge in lipid disorders. Lipid disorders remain amongst the most important treatable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. While we have better and better drugs available to treat dyslipidemias, residual risk remains and many patients do not reach their targets.

This conference aims to deal with all aspects of lipid disorders from diagnosis to treatment, from diet to novel lipid lowering drugs, from adverse events to compliance issues. Current and future lipid lowering therapies will be discussed in plenary lectures and small workshops by world leaders in lipidology.

Deadline for paper submission is July 30, 2012.

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December 10-13, 2012
Control Room Communications Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

IIR's annual Control Room Communications conference is the only international event dedicated to addressing the specific challenges of Control Room Communications and designed to bring together critical communications professionals and experts from around the world. It examines the technical, operational, and human resource aspects involved in ensuring seamless and effective Control Room Communications, offering critical communications user actionable advice on how they can optimise their incident response and develop proactive event management.

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January 27 - February 1, 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.

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January 31 - February 3, 2013
2nd International Conference on Prehypertension and CardioMetabolic Syndrome, Barcelona, Spain

Recently, mounting evidence of the correlation between Prehypertension and Cardio Metabolic Syndrome has caused a stir in the medical world. Ongoing debates rage about diagnosis, treatment and even the basic classifications of Prehypertension. At this conference, the organizers will not only investigate the latest findings, but also explore optional therapies recommended in the fight to both prevent and contain the world's most virulent killer: heart disease.

Deadline for paper submission is September 13, 2012.

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March 7-10, 2013
ISOPT Clinical 2013, Paris, France

Bring your own experience and insights of treating your patients, be exposed to the last two year clinical experience gained in major industry supported studies and be part of the efforts to reflect scientific data to clinical reality and patient care. ISOPT has become famous for its informal atmosphere and the ability to meet experts and faculty leaders.

Deadline for paper submission is December 19, 2012.

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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.

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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.

Deadline for paper abstract submission is September 14, 2012.

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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.

Deadline for paper submission is January 3, 2013.

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