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Conventions: Mar 11, 2008

Alliance Mid-Atlantic 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 11, 2008,
Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey United States

The 7th Annual Alliance Mid-Atlantic Small Business Procurement Fair returns to the Taj Mahal Atlantic City! The 2007 event brought a record number of people togther. It has grown in size and depth each year and we are excited about the prospects for this year. The networking at this event cannot be compared to any other single marketing medium. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES!

IFPE 2008 International Exposition for Power Transmission

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 15, 2008,
Las Vegas, Nevada United States

Details of the IFPE 2008 International Exposition for Power Transmission will be posted soon.

SMAGUA 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008,
Feria de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon Spain

The international focus of this show, plus the great impetus in the market boom in both the fields of innovation and business, make the International Water and Environment Show SMAGUA, A PROFESSIONAL FORUM AND POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE SECTOR.

MIPIM-World Property Market 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008,
Palais des Festivals, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur, France

MIPIM is The World's Property Market where property advisors, developers, regional authorities, investors and corporate end-users can gather information about new building projects and initiate deals and partnerships.

CONEXPO - CONAGG 2008 and IFPE Expositions

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 15, 2008,
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada United States

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 – the largest international gathering place in 2008 for the construction industries, showcasing the latest equipment, products, services and technologies.

* Meet with more than 2,000+ exhibitors featuring state-of-the-art equipment, products and services.
* Network and exchange ideas with more than 125,000 people who share a passion for your industry.
* Experience over 2 million net square feet (over 195,090 net sq. meters) of interactive displays and informative demonstrations.
* Learn from industry experts at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG Seminar Program, featuring more than 120 sessions.
* Discover cutting-edge tools and innovative technologies at the Information Technology Pavilion, sponsored by the Associated General Contractors of America.
* Make international business connections by meeting with leading manufacturers and suppliers from around the world at the International Pavilions.

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 will be the most important event in 2008 for the construction industry. Mark your calendar and be part of this exciting event!

Euroguss

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
Trade Fair Centre - Nurnberg, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany

Euroguss will be the convergent point of new ideas, innovations & opportunities. Pioneering the mould and die industry, the event showcases all the high-end technology and new marketing trends that simply cannot be found anywhere else.

Profile for exhibit include Moulds & Dies, Mould Components, Mould & Die Processing Machines, Mould Design & Engineering Equipment, Mould & Die Materials, Hot Runner Systems & Supplies, Parts & Components, Manufacturing Machines, Surface Treatment, Metal Finishing, Mould Repair Equipment & Supplies, Polishing Equipment, Auxiliary Equipment.

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences - ACJS Annual Meeting 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 15, 2008,
Cincinnati, Ohio United States

Medtec Stuttgart

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
Messe Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Medtec Stuttgart is Europe's premier exhibition and conference for medical device development and manufacturing. MEDTEC enables thousands of senior medical manufacturing professionals, representing Europe's most innovative medical device producing companies to meet with over 400 new suppliers of the medical grade raw materials manufacturing technology and outsourcers.

The MEDTEC conference programme featured the industry's leading speakers presenting timely information on critical issues.

Infrarail 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
NEC Hall 9, Birmingham, England United Kingdom

The UK’s leading rail infrastructure event takes place at the NEC, Birmingham, UK from 11-13 March 2008. Infrarail 2008 will be the seventh edition in this established series of UK trade exhibitions that have become the showcase for the best in rail infrastructure technology and innovation.

Infrarail 2008 will bring together over 4000 rail industry professionals and will enable suppliers to present the innovations that will play a critical role in increasing network efficiency and reducing costs. So whether you’re a supplier wishing to showcase your product before an audience of thousands, or a buyer looking to invest in the latest rail infrastructure technology – Infrarail 2008 is THE event for you.

2008 Southwestern Social Science Association (SSSA) Annual Meeting

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 15, 2008,
Las Vegas, Nevada United States

For the first time ever, SSSA’s annual meeting will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the historic and newly-renovated Riviera Hotel, Casino, and Convention Center. Join SSSA President Hal Bass and General Program Chair Tracy Dietz as they host a thousand social scientists from around the USA and the world at this excellent convention venue.

17th International Exhibition for Medical Technologies (MEDAX Israel)

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
Tel Aviv Fairgrounds, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Medax Israel is an International fair for Medical Technology, Rehabilitation and Healthcare. Multi-Convention: Organized in collaboration with The Israel Medical Association (I.M.A.) and the Ministry of Health. The congress is organized with the assistance and management of the various medical societies within I.M.A. and headed by most reputable physicians and leaders of Israel medical research and management.

Media Spokesperson Workshop

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 11, 2008,
Omni Chicago Downtown, Chicago, Illinois United States

Get hands-on instruction on the interview preparation process. This workshop provides strategies for achieving communicaiton goals by working effectively with the news media.

Workshop for Newcomers in Development—Spring Session

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas United States

Designed for development professionals with fewer than two years of professional fundraising experience and newcomers to education development, this conference explores the fundamentals, from the intricacies of the annual fund through the cycle of successful major gift development.

Mostra Convegno Expocomfort

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 15, 2008,
Fiera Milano, Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Mostra Convegno Expocomfort is the leading international biennial exhibition for domestic and industrial systems in the following sectors: heating, renewable energies, air conditioning, refrigeration, plumbing technology, water treatment, services and components.

New market trends are to be found in the four main areas of the exhibition: Energy, Heating, Cooling and Water. A quality programme of conferences and seminars promoted in partnership with the most authoritative trade associations and institutional organizations, providing a great opportunity for comparison and debate for exhibitors and sector operators alike, and offering an open window onto the market able to outline new trends and commercial opportunities.

Expo Bagno

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 15, 2008,
Fiera Milano New Exhibition Complex, Milan, Lombardia, Italy

EXPOBAGNO, The International Exhibition Entirely Devoted To The Bathroom Universe is an internationally prestigious showcase where high-end product ranges and projects are successfully combined with requirements of refinement, modernity, comfort and design. EXPOBAGNO proposes a new concept for total bathroom, catalysing products, ideas and contents that can meet market requirements and can anticipate new trends in terms of design and style.

Laboratory Industrial Testing Exhibition

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
Olympiysky Sports Complex, Moscow, Central Federal District Russia

Laboratory Industrial Testing Exhibition, trade fair of laboratory technique, technologies, equipment and engineering designated for testing, quality control, research in all industry sectores and environmental protection.It offers the exhibiting companies the possibility to present their innovations, products and services while allowing broad professional public to gain comprehensive information about the trends in medical and laboratory equipment, pharmaceutics and optics.

ABA Managed Account Forum

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, San Diego, California United States

The American Bankers Association and the Money Management Institute are pleased to sponsor the 6th Annual Managed Account Forum. The forum will provide practical insights for you to consider in the managed account business.

Maximizing Performance- La Crosse

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 12, 2008,
Cleary Alumni and Friends Center, UW-La Crosse Campus, La Crosse, Wisconsin United States

Often we focus on under-performers and look for ways to move their baseline productivity up. But it is equally important to acknowledge and reward top performers for maintaining their exceptional performance.

In this seminar you will learn how to

* how to inspire employees to better performance
* create a work environment conducive to exceptional performance
* give recognition in ways that are meaningful
* effectively diagnose performance problems

Transmission & Distribution Europe 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
Passenger Terminal Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland Netherlands

We are pleased to introduce to you Transmission & Distribution Europe 2008, a conference and exhibition focusing on the key issues facing the European TSO and DSO market. Transmission & Distribution Europe will bring together the key players of the energy supply industry.

European Contact Centre Week 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008,
Dublin, Leinster Ireland

European Contact Centre Week 2008 will showcase an even larger panel of senior level practitioners from leading contact centres from the very best international companies.

2008 Oceanology International Conference

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
ExCel London, England, United Kingdom

The 2008 Oceanology International Conference will explore the pivotal role of marine science and ocean technology in meeting the interlocking challenges of climate change, meeting future energy needs and ensuring environmental and civil security.

Through keynote papers the 2008 Oceanology International Conference will explore the threats, challenges and opportunities posed by climate change, meeting future energy needs and ensuring environmental and civil security. Scientific and technical papers will show how the marine engineering, science and technology community is helping to deliver solutions.

The 11th Annual European Postal Services Conference

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
InterContinental Berlin Berlin, Berlin Germany

The Institute of Economic Affairs is proud to present its 11th annual conference European Postal Services. This conference is firmly established as a leading event in the market, attracting high-level speakers and, at last year's event, in excess of 300 participants from Europe and beyond.

With increasing competition, impending liberalisation, and external pressures on the mail market, our 2008 event will look at the way in which postal operators are tackling change and moving forward.

Digital Ship Scandinavia 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 12, 2008,
Telenor Conference Centre, Fornebu, Baerum, Viken, Norway

Digital Ship Scandinavia will be running at Telenor building in Oslo for the fifth time on March 11-12, we expect plenty of news about how shipping companies are moving to VSAT, an update on uptake for FleetBroadband, some exciting developments with electronic charts, and more leadership information technology from Scandinavia, mark the event in your diaries!

International Groundwater Conference on Groundwater Dynamics and Global Change

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008,
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan India

The role and importance of groundwater in the natural water cycle has become now more recognized with the increasing dependency on groundwater for many human activities. With increasing human interference with the water cycle the groundwater is at risk. The Groundwater resource facing increasing threat also due to climate variability and chnges .The manifestation of the implications are at local to global level. Therefore in order to protect and sustain the groundwater resource the present conference is being proposed to understand the dynamics of the ground water under changing scenario and to address the challenges in
groundwater use.

Hopefully, conference will present the more recent technological and scientific developments associated
with the behavior of groundwater dynamics under changing local, regional and global scenario. Issues of groundwater quality, quantity, management and planning, as well as other related topics, are essential to the future of the world population. The conference will be an opportunity to bring together scholars, scientists, experts and researchers confronting end users from different user sectors , managers, decision makers and stakeholders from universities, institutes, agencies and authorities all over the world to discuss and develop a general frame work for optimizing groundwater management and control for sustainable development. Various national and international active individuals and institutions of imminence have shown interest in the conference and may be an active partner too in making this conference to achieve its objective.

MetalBuild 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008,
Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Central Federal District Russia

METALBUILD is a unique specialized exhibition not only in Russia, but also in the Europe in the direction of metal in construction and architecture. The exhibition METALBUILD is a prestigious exemplary action, the unique chance for the Russian businessmen, allowing them to gather under one roof and bringing to their attention a full picture of the Russian market of metal building.

The specialized exhibition of metal industry, consecrating all complex of questions from materials, their processing’s up to finished articles is a good opportunity for experts to exchange experience, will get acquainted with new technologies.

RoadBuild 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008,
Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Central Federal District Russia

ROADBUILD-2008 is the international exhibition of road construction and infrastructure. It is an important driving force of the Russian road building economy .The exhibition helps to solve the national tasks in construction and running of automobile roads and making the qualitatively new transport network in Russia.
ROADBUILD-2008 is a component part of RUSBUILD project (professional construction exhibitions in Russia.)

MixBuild 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008,
Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Central Federal District Russia

The main target of the exhibition MIXBUILD is to consolidate efforts of the state, business and public organizations in increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of the Russian dry mixes and concrete industry.

The basic thematic sections:

* Raw materials for using dry mixes
* Equipment and plants for projecting and manufacturing of dry mixes
* All kinds of dry mixes
* All kinds of concrete
* Fillers for manufacturing of concrete
* Scope and technologies of concrete
* Mechanization and automation in producing of concrete
* Transport, package of concrete
* Corrosion and protection of concrete and reinforced concrete
* Normative base and inspection certification of concrete

WoodBuild 2008 - 4th International Exhibition of Wood in Construction and Architecture

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008,
Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Central Federal District Russia

The “WOODBUILD 2008” exhibition is conducted within the framework of "RUSBUILD - professional building exhibitions of Russia." The project devoted to the use of different technologies and materials in building and architecture and organized on initiative of The Government of the Moscow district and M-Expo Company.

M-Expo Company is one of the leading exhibition companies in Russia, which has been operating in the field of exhibition business more than 10 years. Nowadays M-Expo Company is a dynamic and innovative company maintaining the highest quality of services in exhibition business.

10th Annual Performance Attribution Risk Measurement - PARM 2008 Conference

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
Crown Plaza, Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales Australia

The 10th Annual Performance Attribution Risk Measurement - PARM 2008 Conference will cover a variety of topics from fresh and contemporary viewpoints, all of which are fundamental to the support of effectively managed funds. Drawing from a range of experts and industry professionals, the PARM 2008 Conference is the comprehensive 2008 event for portfolio managers and analysts.

The 4th Annual Fire Protection of Rolling Stock Conference

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 12, 2008,
Hôtel Concorde Berlin Augsburger Strasse 4, Berlin, Berlin Germany 10789

Now in its 4th year, Fire Protection of Rolling Stock will review key fire protection issues and deliver insight into actual undertakings through rail-operator case-studies. The event will examine strategic issues relating to how the standards will be harmonised; assessing the various fire protection strategies operators are adopting; assessing the technical consideration for current modelling and testing methods, new fire-retardant materials, and the impact of rolling stock fire in tunnels. This event will provide a platform for high level speakers and attendees to debate, analyse and discuss best practice in the fire protection techniques for rolling stock.

Photonics 2008 : World of Lasers and Optics - 3d International Specialized Exhibition for optical, laser and optoelectronic technologies.

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
Moscow, Central Federal District Russia

PHOTONICS is the main event in Russian laser and optic industries, bringing together developers, suppliers and consumers of laser and optical production. This is not only a chance to know with the full spectrum of production and services in the boosting market of high technologies, but also a possibility to take part in saturated and always-relevant business program.

GlassBuild 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008,
Crocus Expo" International Exhibition Cente, 3rd Pavilion Moscow, Central Federal District Russia

GLASSBUILD is a unique specialized exhibition not only in Russia, but also in the Europe in the direction of glass in construction and architecture. The exhibition GLASSBUILD is a prestigious exemplary action, the unique chance for the Russian businessmen, allowing them to gather under one roof and bringing to their attention a full picture of the Russian market of glass building.

The specialized exhibition of glass industry, consecrating all complex of questions from materials, their processing’s up to finished articles is a good opportunity for experts to exchange experience, will get acquainted with new technologies.

Co-located with:
* RoadBuild 2008
* MixBuild 2008
* WoodBuild 2008
* Stone Build 2008
* AlumBuild 2008
* PlastBuild 2008
* REgion Build 2008

NLDC 2008 - National Logistics & Distribution Conference

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 12, 2008,
Las Vegas, Nevada United States

The most exclusive, interactive event for Supply Chain Executives!
NLDC was created to provide an educational conference for senior supply chain executives to hear from key industry speakers. This conference will provide attendees with key transformational strategic, tactical and operational best practices. Presentations around real world case histories for building and executing the blueprint to achieve world class logistics and distribution operations.

* Dynamic Executive Speakers
* Real World Case Stories
* Leading Technology Solutions
* Strategies for Supply Chain Success

Bulgaria Building Week 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 15, 2008,
Inter Expo and Congress Center, Sofia, Bulgaria

In 2008, the Bulgarian capital of Sofia will again be hosting the eighth Bulgaria Building Week. This international exhibition for building and construction machinery, interior finishing, ceramics, heating, air-handling and sanitary engineering will be held from March 11-15, 2008.

The Bulgaria Building Week has once again been included in the foreign trade fair program of the State of Bavaria, so that companies registered in Bavaria can benefit from sponsored participation in the exhibition on a communal Bavarian booth.

Since the end of 2003, the construction industry has been expanding two to three times as fast as the economy as a whole, which makes it the most rapidly developing industrial sector in Bulgaria. Between 2004 and 2006, the average growth rates were 15 %.

The Bulgarian Government is predicting that this trend will continue for the next ten years. The construction boom is extending to nearly all sectors. Foreign firms have the prospect of landing some lucrative business, as the sharp increase in demand can often only be covered by higher imports. What is more, the Bulgarian construction industry is not always very competitive.

Global Leadership Skills For Developing World Class Leaders

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 12, 2008,
Legend Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Global Leadership Skills for the 21st Century

Globalization, which have created Global competition, characterised by networks that bind countries, the phenomenon of an increasingly borderless world, and intense pervasive changes have made the existing leadership skills obsolete and demand new capabilities specifically Global Leadership Skills. For organizations, a good leader is no more good enough unless that leader can lead anywhere in the world. Excellence at local scene has lost its meaning to a new phenomenon called "World-Class". World class organisations need world-class leaders and people who not only focus on local issues but at the same time acquire the skills of leading global organizations, teams, and companies. Those who have it will succeed and those who lack it and deny acquiring it will fail and fail miserably.

Defamation 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 11, 2008,
One Whitehall Place, London, England, United Kingdom

* Ensure you are fully briefed on the law following Jameel: How has this changed qualified privilege?
* Gain an expert update in the latest privacy cases including: McKennitt v Ash; Prince of Wales; Douglas v Hello!
* Hear more from the position of a lawyer acting for big corporate clients: Protecting confidential commercial information and responsible journalism in the business context
* Benefit from the latest on: recent trends in defamation; the Reynolds defence; and reportage
* Listen to a leading practitioner talk on alternative causes of action in defamation cases and finding your defendant on the internet
* Take away vital business connections and updates on the most recent decisions and developments in this area.

4th AustralAsian Cleantech Forum

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 12, 2008,
Langham Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria Australia

The 4th AustralAsian Cleantech Forum™ will highlight the innovations and strategies of some of Asia Pacific’s leading institutional investors, corporate financiers and venture capitalists who are capitalizing on the window of economic opportunity for investing in and accelerating the development and deployment of clean technologies in the Asia Pacific region.

If the challenges of climate change, energy security and water scarcity are to be met it will require increasingly significant capital flows into clean technologies to enable then to scale to meet the global market need. This will require the mainstream of the finance and investment world to understand and embrace the market for Cleantech and to work more closely with government policy makers to create the framework for investment. Clearly the next twelve months promises to be an eventful and pivotal time for the emerging Cleantech industry.

The AustralAsian Cleantech Forum™ has become the premier platform for knowledge exchange and commercial interaction and a must attend for the full range of investors, companies and government involved the Cleantech market in the Asia Pacific. The 4th AustralAsian Cleantech Forum™ will again include the highly successful Investor Showcase where innovative investment ready Cleantech companies present their investment case to an audience of investors.

6th Annual European Corporate Restructuring Summit

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 12, 2008,
Hyatt Regency - The Churchill, London, England, United Kingdom

Euromoney Seminars’ 6th Annual European Corporate Restructuring Summit will be your chance to hear firsthand from turnaround professionals leading restructurings, hedge funds and private equity firms who are investing in distressed companies, and the fund managers’ who have successfully restructured their SIVs.

Key issues to be discussed include:

* Overcoming challenges restructuring complex balance sheets with multiple layers of debt
* Who are setting up funds and what are investors looking for in distressed investment?
* Who are the agents that will lead the next round of corporate restructurings?
* Forum shopping and cross border restructurings – where to restructure and what are the benefits?
* Bullet repayments with no amortisation – will the big LBOs avoid insolvency until the next round of refinancing?
* Negotiating with debtors and creditors to achieve a consensus – a categorically new challenge
* Lite at the end of the tunnel – engineering creative restructuring solutions to refinance SIVs and SIV-lites
* How can operating outside loan documentation best extract value for creditors?

7th Annual Protein Kinases Congress

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 12, 2008,
Crowne Plaza Berlin City Centre, Berlin, Berlin Germany

Innovating kinase inhibitor development is the key to successful clinical development. At Informa Life Sciences 7th Annual Protein Kinases Congress hear the latest thinking and strategies towards creating a selective inhibitor. Learn about new targets, industry trends in structure-based drug design, clinical case-studies and discuss the issue of cardiotoxicity.

Keynote Presentations:

+ Professor Alexander Levitzki, Unit of Cellular Signalling, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

+ Dr Doriano Fabbro, Senior Unit Head Expertise Platform Kinases, Head of Kinases Biology & Technologies, Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Switerland

3rd European Ele-Drive Transportation Conference

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
Geneva Switzerland

In this framework, Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles will play an important role but exchange of views between scientists is still required to ensure progress and foster synergies in the field.

Discussions between scientists, industry and authorities are also needed to make sure that needs and constraints from the ones and the others are well understood and that the most appropriate products are selected for market introduction.

The EET conference series, gathering the different actors, from industry, research institutes, NGO's and public authorities, contribute to identify the technologies that lead to technological, environmental and economical acceptable solutions as well as to develop a roadmap for sustainable urban mobility technology

7th Evolution of Language Conference (evolang 2008)

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 15, 2008,
CosmoCaixa (Museum of Science) Barcelona, Spain

Updated information about events related to Language Evolution and Biolinguistics

Carriers World Asia 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 12, 2008,
The Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Carriers World Asia 2008 celebrates 10 years in the industry next March 2008! Join us as we explore successful strategies for emerging Asian markets and sustaining profitability in developed markets!

New themes in Carriers World Asia 2008!

* Identifying the opportunities and challenges in emerging Asian markets
* Exploring new cable capacity from Asia to the rest of the world
* Creating substantial demand to meet additional capacity built
* Analyzing the business case for carriers service offering and outsourcing
* Developing profitable business models and revenue streams for sustainable competitive advantage in developed markets
* Leveraging on the growth of bandwidth heavy applications for enhanced profitability
* Evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of mobile substitution for traditional voice market
* Capitalizing on the trends and developments in the wholesale market from 2008 and beyond.

DICE Emerging Markets 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
London, England, United Kingdom

DICE Emerging Markets 2008 will present institutional investors with a comprehensive analysis of the derivatives markets in emerging economies across the globe – from Russia and Eastern Europe to China and other Asian economies.

Leading hedge funds and asset managers will discuss the most effective derivatives strategies while global and regional exchanges and investment banks will provide the latest update on new products and trends.

5th Annual Montgomery Technology Conference 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 12, 2008,
Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica,, California United States

The 5th Annual Montgomery Technology Conference will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 11th-12th at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California.

The conference will gather a highly select group of 750-plus venture, private equity, public institutional investors and senior technology executives from around the world.

Conference highlights include 90 high-quality private companies, 50 industry-leading public companies, industry keynotes and panels.

Asia Pacific Rail 2008

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok Thailand

Asia Pacific Rail 2008 is focused on key isues revolving around the development of integrated seamless transportation networks and regional rail advancement; intelligent and sustainable transport system; rail financing/investment and development; infrastructure development and railway management.

With enormous untapped opportunities for development and investment, the Asia Pacific rail industry is a multi-million dollar market for rail operators, suppliers, manufacturers and consultants. Asia Pacific Rail 2008 enables you to reach a targeted audience of key decision makers with influential puchasing power in the railway industry.

11th IT Infrastrucrure Qualification and Application Validation

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008,
Hilton San Diego/Del Mar Del Mar, California United States

IT Infrastructure Qualification and Application Validation is the number one event where you will learn advanced compliance strategies to strengthen your IT systems and achieve maximum efficiency. While other events focus on rudimentary issues within IT qualification and validation, IQPC continues to provide you with the most recent developments in FDA regulations, best practices for qualifying and validating IT systems, and strategies/techniques to improve your systems immediately. This is the only event that brings you together with industry experts for dynamic conversation, productive networking opportunities, and in-depth case studies on your most pressing IT issues including:

* Attaining Buy In for IT Validation and Qualification
* Streamlining IT Operations While Maintaining Compliance
* Managing Outsourced Partnerships and Ensuring their Procedures are Compliant
* Protecting Data and Establishing an Effective Archive System
* Establishing Standard Global Operating Procedures for Your Systems
* Mitigating Risk Throughout Your Systems

Healthcare Associated Infection

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 11, 2008,
Church House, London, England, United Kingdom

FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

With an opening address from Ann Keen Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, the conference provides an important update on new measures and steps to reduce healthcare associated infection, with a focus on current best practice approaches to Clostridium difficile and MRSA. Media attention surrounding MRSA and Cdiff has brought the issue of infection very much in to the public eye and cutting rates of healthcare associated infections is a key priority in health policy.

Producing Effective Information for Patients

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 11, 2008,
Manchester Conference Center, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE

This conference looks at the increasingly diverse issues around information and communicating with patients and looks to answer: How is information 'effective'? Why do patients need information? What kind of information do patients need? Who should be providing information? In what formats can and should information be delivered? What have we already learned about giving patients information? Who is responsible for giving information? How do we know information is accurate?

Nursing in Practice - Glasgow

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 11, 2008,
The Scottish Exhibition and Congress Centre (SECC) Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom

Designed specifically to meet the educational needs of practice nurses and other primary care specialists, the programme features an impressive collection of speakers delivering highly topical and relevant presentations.

Our educational conferences are complemented by an exhibition featuring:

* Key charities
* Product suppliers
* Educational institutes
* Primary care services providers
* Recruitment specialists

2nd Annual Identity & Access Management in Government

Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 13, 2008,
The Sheraton Reston, Reston, Virginia United States

One of the biggest issues the US government faces today is the management of physical access to restricted areas and logical access to information at various security levels of both employees and onsite contractors throughout the country.

The 2nd Annual Identity & Access Management for Federal Government will address the challenges facing federal agencies in their efforts to become HSPD-12 compliant by their allotted deadlines. This event will also focus on security across physical and logical access areas and the mandated biometric component of ID cards. There will also be an in-depth look into individual identity and access management technologies and programs.