Issue12

North America

BIO CEO & Investor Conference

February 13-14, 2017 | New York, New York, USA Website: https://www.bio.org/events/bio-ceo-investor-conference Contact: register@bio.org

Now in its 19th year, the BIO CEO & Investor Conference is one of the largest investor conferences focused on established and emerging publicly traded and select private biotech companies. BIO CEO & Investor Conference presents a broad and unbiased view of investment opportunities. Each year the BIO CEO & Investor Conference provides a neutral forum where institutional investors, industry analysts, and senior biotechnology executives have the opportunity to shape the future investment landscape of the biotechnology industry.

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North America

The 2017 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition

February 19-23, 2017 | Orlando, Florida, USA Website: http://www.himssconference.org Contact: himss@compusystems.com

The 2017 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition brings together 40,000+ health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world. Exceptional education, world-class speakers, cutting-edge health IT products and powerful networking are hallmarks of this industry-leading conference. More than 300 education programs feature keynotes, thought leader sessions, roundtable discussions and workshops, plus a full day of preconference symposia.

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North America

The 8th Annual CUGH Global Health Conference

April 7-9, 2017 | Washington, DC, USA Website: http://www.cugh.org/events/2017-annual-cugh-global-health-conference Contact: info@cugh.org

The CUGH Annual Conference has become the world’s leading academic global health conference. The meeting brings together committed leaders, professionals, educators, students from diverse fields of study including engineering, business, law, policy, natural sciences, nursing, public health, medicine, and environmental studies to explore, discuss and critically assess the global health landscape. World-class speakers will address topics that include: planetary health; governance and political decisionmaking; health systems and human resources; women’s health; non-communicable diseases and social determinants of health; and infectious diseases. Johns Hopkins University and Makerere University are serving as co-hosts for the Conference.

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North America

GHIC 2017: Global Health & Innovation Conference

April 22-23, 2017 | New Haven, Connecticut, USA Website: http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/ Contact: ufs@uniteforsight.org

The Global Health & Innovation Conference (GHIC) is the world’s leading and largest global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference, with 2,200 professionals and students from all 50 states and more than 55 countries. This must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, change-makers, and participants from all sectors of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.

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Europe

31st International Papillomavirus Conference

February 28-March 4, 2017 | Cape Town, South Africa Website: http://hpv2017.org Contact: reg_hpv17@kenes.com

Through workshops, invited lectures, and oral and poster sessions presenting the latest research results, the conference will cover  papillomavirus (PV)-related  topics from basic science to global health impact.  The conference themes will include the epidemiology and molecular biology of PVs; animal models for the study of papillomaviral disease; impact of the microbiome on HPV; basic immunology and pathogenesis of PVs; therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines; prevention of cervical cancer and other PV-associated diseases, and promotion of the spread of the scientific knowledge to benefit the whole community

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Europe

The 2017 World Congress Integrative Medicine & Health

May 3-5, 2017 | Berlin, Germany Website: https://www.ecim-iccmr.org/2017/ Contact: esim@charite.de

This congress will take place in association with a number of international organizations including the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health (ACIMH) in North America and others from around the globe. The main congress topics will include research, clinical care, education, traditional healing systems, and medicine and arts. Researchers, educators, policy makers and clinical providers of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) are all invited to take part in the conference.

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Asia

12th Congress of Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association 2017

March 16-19, 2017 | Busan, South Korea Website: http://www.aota2017.com/ Contact: office@aota2017.com

Tvhe congress will feature the latest advances in thyroidology as well as an update on the day to day practice of clinical thyroidology by renowned experts from the region. Since it had been established in 1975, Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association (AOTA) has grown rapidly and now it is one of the leading medical societies in Asia. At this congress, a number of thyroid experts from different Asian countries will bring together to exchange their scientific knowledge and build a strong networking with each other. These experts will highlight the peculiar nature of thyroid diseases in our region.

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Asia

23rd International Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

March 31-April 3, 2017 | Wan Chai, Hong Kong Website: http://www.icoms2017.com/en/ Contact: icoms2017@llink.com.hk

The International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS) is the largest global professional organization representing the specialty of oral and maxillofacial surgery. From its founding in 1962, the IAOMS has been a friendly community of oral and maxillofacial surgeons, bound together by a common enthusiasm for the well-being of their patients and the advancement of their specialty IAOMS has a rich conferencing history meeting every two years in cities around the world.

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Asia

32nd International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International

April 26-29, 2017 | Kyoto, Japan Website: http://www.adi2017.org Contact: adi2017@mci-group.com

The annual conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) attracts thousands of people with an interest in dementia from over 100 countries around the world. Hosted with a different Alzheimer association around the world each year, in 2017, the conference will be hosted with Alzheimer’s Association Japan (AAJ). The conference is one of the world’s largest and most important conferences on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, featuring a range of international keynote speakers and a high standard of scientific and non-scientific content; combined this makes it the optimum setting to learn about the latest advances in the treatment of dementia.