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Conventions: Mar 24, 2008

2008 AERA Annual Meeting and Exhibition

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 28, 2008,
New York, New York United States

The majority of sessions will be held at the Hilton New York, the Sheraton New York, the Marriott Marquis, and the Crowne Plaza Times Square. The AERA 2008 Annual Meeting Exhibition (March 25–27) will be held at the Hilton New York. On-site registration will also be held at Hilton New York.

18th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 26, 2008,
The Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, Ontario Canada

The 18th annual Rotman Research Institute conference will assemble international leaders for three days of talks and discussion on clinical and research-based neuroimaging in dementia. Presentations will instruct on the validity of neuroimaging as a method to understand the pathophysiology of dementia and the clinical uses of neuroimaging for dementia and cognitive rehabilitation.

This unique conference will provide a collegial forum for both clinicians and researchers seeking a comprehensive update on neuroimaging in the context of dementia.

Medical Spanish & Cultural Workshop - La Paz

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 31, 2008,
La Paz, Baja California Sur Mexico

Designed for the needs of Physicians, NPs, PAs, RNs, Psychologists, Social Workers, LPNs, Dentists, Pharmacists and other health care providers.
Classes are small and much individual attention is provided by instructors,

You will interact and visit local hospitals and health care providers. During the afternoons you will be involved in activities allowing you to feel and live the culture while immersed in the sights and sounds of the exciting city of La Paz

The use of colorful visual aids, medical dialogues, role-plays, cross-cultural discussions, "edutainment" and other methodologies strengthen the participants' abilities to meet the learning objectives.

Learning Objectives:
Participants who complete the course will:

a) Acquire the ability to interview patients in Spanish, take a medical history, conduct a physical examination, give prescription and follow-up instructions and intervene with medical emergencies.

b) Recognize a Spanish vocabulary of 2,500 to 3,500 general and medical terms.

c) Develop a good flow of speech in present, future, and past tenses, as well as the command form.

d) Obtain some degree of Cultural Competency concerning time, personal space, family dynamics, foods, health and particularly medical care.

e) Utilize the skills necessary to continue language acquisition through daily practice and personal experience.

Internal Medicine: A Clinical Update

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 28, 2008,
Hyatt Sarasota Sarasota, Florida United States

NEEDS STATEMENT: The specialty of Internal Medicine is a diverse and important specialty in today's Primary Care-centered healthcare environment. The breadth of responsibility for patient care in Internal Medicine and Primary Care in general calls for a broad scope of topics. This CME activity responds to these challenging needs and offers important and timely reviews and updates for Primary Care in the areas of Cardiology, Endocrinology, Neurology and even special focus areas such as Psychiatry and Office Orthopedics and the use of technology for patient care guidelines and information. Therefore, physicians and practitioners from most specialties will benefit from the information provided in this review and update in Internal Medicine.

Day 1 Approach to the Patient with Hypertension. New Drugs for the Primary Care Physician: What You Need to Know. Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. Treatment of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes.

Day 2 Diagnosis of Primary Headache Syndromes. Treatment of Primary Headache Syndromes. Common Thyroid Disorders. Common Endocrine Disorders.

Day 3 Dyslipidemia. Hepatitis B An Update on Diagnosis and Management. Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation. Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation.

Day 4 URIs An Evidence-Based Approach. Women's Health. Evaluation of the Painful Knee in a Primary Care Setting. Evaluation and Treatment of the Painful Shoulder in the Primary Care Setting.

Day 5 Thyroid Nodules. Dizziness. Psychiatric Disorders in Primary Care, Part I: Depression. Psychiatric Disorders in Primary Care, Part II: Anxiety Disorders.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES: The overall objective is to provide the participant with practical and clinically relevant information. Upon completion of this CME activity, the physician or healthcare provider should be able to describe the current approach to formulating differential diagnoses, diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive management of the various disciplines presented.

American Educational Research Association 2008 Meeting

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 28, 2008,
New York City, New York United States

This year’s Annual Meeting theme provides an intellectual space for scholarship focused on schools, neighborhoods, and communities. Examples of relevant research topics include, but are not limited to (1) higher education and community development, (2) education and social service partnerships, (3) community-based teacher education, (4) project-based learning in metropolitan settings, (5) juvenile justice and opportunity to learn, (6) fiscal policy and planning, and (7) educational role of the professions (e.g., health, law, and engineering).

2nd International Housing and Real Estate Investment Exhibition

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 27, 2008,
Grand Hyatt, Amman, Jordan

IHRIEX 2008 is the largest real estate exhibition in the Middle East that aims to gather all the companies, institutions, businessmen and official bodies under one roof to be informed about the latest investment opportunities and major projects in the area and worldwide.
IHRIEX 2008 coming after the success that IHRIEX2007 witness from announcing new major projects in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan with approximate value of 5 billion dollars.
IHRIEX 2008 will also have several meetings that will highlight the most prominent projects and investment opportunities currently available in the region, especially in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries and the host to the exhibition, Jordan, as well as Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan which will be provided by number of political, economic and academic figures from most of the participating countries.

2nd Workshop on Titan – Observations, Experiments, Computations, and Modeling

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 26, 2008,
Roz and Cal Kovens Conference Center, Miami, Florida United States

This workshop is part of the NSF-Collaborative Research in Chemistry (CRC) Network "Chemistry of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons in Titan's Atmosphere” and the second in a series of annual meetings aimed to better understand the hydrocarbon chemistry taking place in the atmosphere and on the surface of Titan. It brings together atmospheric modelers, astronomical observers, mission specialists, planetary scientists, physical chemists (dynamics, kinetics, photochemistry), theoreticians (electronic structure, dynamics calculations), astrobiologists, and organic chemists.

IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC 2008)

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 27, 2008,
Riverfront Business Hotel, Pudong, Shanghai, China

NEC2008 will provide a forum for international academics, researchers, practitioners and students working in the nanoelectronics and nanophotonics areas to discuss new developments, concepts and practices, and to identify future research needs so that we can bring nanoelectronics research closer to realize its immense potential.

2008 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 28, 2008,
Moscone West and San Francisco Marriott, San Francisco, California United States

The 2008 MRS Spring Meeting will feature 41 technical symposia in five topical clusters, an international exhibit highlighting products and services of interest to the materials community, and much more.

The 2nd China (Guangzhou) International Billiards Exhibition

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 26, 2008,
Jinhan Exhibition Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong China

Six Advantages for International Market

* China----the most potential export market.
* The best exhibition time.
* The excellent and experiment exhibition organizing committee.
* Best show venue.
* The Exhibition is an international trade event.
* High quality shows will be held in conjunction to make it more attractive.

4th China Guangzhou Game & Amusement Exhibition 2008

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 26, 2008,
Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Centre, Guangzhou, Guangdong China

"The 4th China (Guangzhou)international theme parks, playgrounds, amusement centers facilities exhibition"£¨In shortCIAE2008£©is the important theme of the first exhibition of Asia leisure and amusement and also it is one of the exhibition that supported by Guangzhou municipal government. As the industry's premier event it has become the brand of Asia's play, the game industry, the entertainment industry, the biggest and most influential brand to strengthen trade exchanges and to promote the development of the industry.The previous three exhibitions has attracted 369 enterprises and more than 26,000 visitors from 20 countries and regions.The total area is exceed to 20,000Sqm.It is expected that the area of CIAE2008 will be 25,000 Sqm and visitors will be more than 30,000.To choose the CIAE2008 and you will sure to open the gate to great wealth of the international market!

5th China (Guangzhou) International Outdoor Furniture & Garden Products Fair

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 26, 2008,
Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Centre Guangzhou, Guangdong China

To push innovation and a quick & healthy development of leisure industry towards standardization and
internalization.
To improve exhibition quality in all ways. Attracts 900 exhibitors from domestic and overseas.
To integrate advantageous resources, introduce foreign brand names and extend internationalization degree.
5,000 square meters scheduled exhibition space, 300 standard show booths, and 10,000 visitors.
To thoroughly boost exhibition influence to achieve brand name effects.

The 3rd China (Guangzhou) Show of Vehicles for Sport, Recreation and Tourism

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 26, 2008,
Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Centre Guangzhou, Guangdong China

CSVSRT2007 covered the area of more than 8,812 square meters, with more than 2,000 square meters outside the exhibition center and 200 booths. The professional visitors were 34,000. It was the biggest and most internationalized sport leisure vehicles show.
More than 20 foreign Consulates and Commerce Offices in Guangdong, including Germany, Japan, the United States, Australia, Sweden, Canada, the United Kingdom, Poland, France, Denmark, Italy and Singapore dispatched persons to attend the opening ceremony and organized the trade institutions to purchase.
During the three-day exhibition period, there were 33,524 visitors which were from 12 countries and areas. About 65% of the audiences were professional visitors and the number was 20,964 including manufactures, agents, distributors, brands promotion media and so on. About 6,651 visitors were not professional ones.
During the show period, there were about 10 activities, including 30 marketing summits, forums and seminar. More than 20 upper officers from famous companies presented.
Many government departments and about 10 trade associations gave their support to the exhibition and around 300 media reported the exhibition.
The intention turnover was more than 27 millions Yuan. 160 contracts had been sighed on the show scene.

The 2nd China (Guangzhou) International KTV, Disco, Bar & Performance Equipment Exhibition

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 26, 2008,
Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Center Guangzhou, Guangdong China

China (Guangzhou) International Leisure Expo began its history in 2004. So far, it has been held for three times, with 50,000 square meters show space and around 1,000 exhibitors from at home and oversea. The Expo of this year, owing to great social supports and 30% of exhibitors come from foreign nations, is the biggest and most internationalized leisure feast in Asia. Shows which are parts of the 2007 China（Guangzhou）International KTV, Disco Wine Bar Equipment Exhibition (GILE) are underway at the same time. Being the important part of GILE2007, it enriches and expands the exhibition contents, and provides an efficient platform for business exchange and product exhibition for wine bars and disco industry..

Serviced Apartments and Condominiums in Malaysia/Asia 2008

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 24, 2008,
JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Outline
· What is a Service Apartment/Condo Hotel?
Understanding the segment/product

· Market revolution or evolution?

· What are the opportunities, challenges and risks moving forward?

· What are the criteria and factors for a successful serviced apartments or luxury condominiums? Are there key must-have components?

· Financing options and strategies for serviced apartments/condominiums? Are non-recourse loans available options?

· Pre-sale, rental and build-then-sell options

· Understanding the management and legal issues

· Successful design approaches

· Successful sales and marketing strategies

The Executive Forum on Value-Based Benefits Design for Employers

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 24, 2008,
New York, New York United States

World Congress is proud to present the Executive Forum on Value-Based Benefits Design for Employers taking place on March 24, 2008 in New York City.

The Forum will showcase employer case studies and best practices on implementing programs designed with a value-based approach to outcomes rather than just on cost. The Forum will feature employer innovators and implementers that have empirically promoted long-term adherence to personal health management with value-based design initiatives.

The exclusive Forum will highlight the advantages for employers of shifting to a co-pay redesign, improving population health indicators and corporate financial sustainability.

2nd Annual Pulp & Paper Outlook 2008

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 27, 2008,
InterContinental, Pudong, Shanghai (munic.) China

This is a must-attend forum for the discussion of market development related issues within pulp and paper with unrivalled networking opportunities

Key Benefits of attending this event:

* Develop new platform to meet and do business with strategic project partners
* Tap on new leads in hot Asian market
* Project development and financing
* Hear the latest critical business issues from regulators & market leaders

The 23rd PIERS 2008 in Hangzhou, China - Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 28, 2008,
Grand Metropark Hotel Hangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China

Sponsored by The Electromagnetics Academy since 1989, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) provides an international forum for reporting progress and recent advances in the modern development of electromagnetic theory and its new and exciting applications. Spectra ranges from statics to RF, Microwave, Photonics, and beyond. Topics include radiation, propagation, diffraction, scattering, guidance, resonance, power, energy and force issues, and all other modern developments.

IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI 2008)

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 26, 2008,
Historic La Fonda Hotel Santa Fe, New Mexico United States

Given the ubiquity of digital images and videos, computational image and video analysis and interpretation continues to be an exciting and dynamic research area. SSIAI-2008 will bring together researchers and practitioners in academia, industry, and government to share and discuss the latest advances in this field. The biennial symposium seeks original contributions reporting novel research directions and exploratory applications.

Aietex 2008 - 2nd Amman International Education and Training Exhibition

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 26, 2008,
Zara Expo Amman, Amman, Jordan

he educational process in Jordan reflects the wise Hashemite leadership's high interest in providing education opportunities and achieving integration in providing these opportunities throughout the kingdom's cities, rural areas, and desert areas, regardless of sex, language, and religion. This policy has been enhanced in the educational legislations at all levels; namely, the Jordanian Constitution; education-related laws; and the observed regulations, instructions, and principles. Jordan's education philosophy stems from the Jordanian Constitution, the Arab and Islamic civilization, the principles of the Great Arab Revolt, and the Jordanian national experience.

RealShare Student Housing

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 25, 2008,
Four Seasons Resort & Club Dallas, Irving, Texas United States

Student populations continue to surge at many colleges and universities. The National Center for Education Statistics says the nation’s college enrollment will grow by at least 10% in the next decade, as an estimated 80 million people will turn 18, the age at which the college experience most often begins. Despite the best efforts by academic officials to add new housing facilities, supply is simply not meeting demand.

Sage commercial real estate developers and third party managers, recognizing the critical demand for student housing, continue to acquire and manage both off-campus, and in an emerging trendline, now on-campus housing facilities, paving the way for rapid growth in this niche market. Investors continue to respond, allocating a colossal $1.5 bn in new capital to student housing projects in the first half of 2007. Rents for student-housing properties rose more rapidly than traditional multi-family in 2007 and the average cap rate spiked to 6% in the first two quarters, compared to 5.2% for traditional apartments. In a final note on what may be the true “icing on the cake,” as we start 2008, analysts suggest student housing is a recession-resistant housing type, as college populations soar in both good and bad economic times.

4th Annual Revenue Assurance Summit

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 27, 2008,
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore

* Interactive discussion sessions to re-evaluate your revenue protection strategies for next generation services like 3G, Wifi, Wimax
* International insights to best practice in ensuring organizational buy in and cooperation for the importance of revenue assurance
* Industry benchmarking opportunities for capitalizing on industry experience and “live” feedback to get your most pressing questions answered
* Proven strategy presentations for issues related to revenue assurance like fraud and risk management
* In-depth expert sharing on key Asian revenue leakage issues in roaming and compliance

The Art and Techniques of Managing People

Mar 24, 2008 - Mar 24, 2008,
JW Marriott Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

COURSE CONTENT:
Module 1: Managing Change
Module 2: The Manager as Communicator
Module 3: Management and Motivation
Module 4: Managing Creativity and a New Approach to Problem Solving
Module 5: The Manager’s Role in Conflict Resolution
Module 6: Leadership, Management, Empowerment
Module 7: Building and Leading Dynamic Teams