Conventions: Apr 18, 2008
- 18 April 1948: Italy between Continuity and Rupture
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 19, 2008,
University of Reading, Reading, England United KingdomThrough a multidisciplinary approach that brings together history, politics, literature, legal studies and international relations, this conference re-examines the significance of 18 April 1948. It assesses in what ways the legacies of WWII, of the fascist regime and of Liberal Italy have influenced the foundation of the new Italian Republic and to what degree 1948 can be seen as a 'watershed in the history of Italy'.
The conference coincides with the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Department of Italian at the University of Reading. - full details
- Penguicon 6.0: Science Fiction and Open Source Software Convention
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 20, 2008,
Troy Hilton 5500 Crooks Rd Troy, Michigan United States 48098To those of you familiar with the Linux and Open Source community, think of a weekend long Linux Users Group meeting with hundreds of other geeks which also just happens to have nationally acclaimed guests, its own wireless network, free caffeine and snacks always available, hotel room parties, lots of folks talking about Science Fiction and Fantasy, situated next to a place to buy really cool t-shirts and buttons and such, and with some extra events like amateur singing, anime, and a costume contest.
To those of you familiar with Science Fiction conventions, imagine all the convention features you know and love, with the addition of wireless internet access, computer gaming, people who know about online publishing / books on demand / digital art, a programming track involving computing topics and another one focusing on the crossover between Science Fiction and computing. - full details
- Medical Spanish & Cultural Workshop - San Diego, CA - April 2008
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 21, 2008,
Hampton Inn San Diego - Downtown 1531 Pacific Highway San Diego, California, United StatesThis 4 day course, sponsored by The University of Arizona, College of Medicine AzAHEC at the Arizona Health Sciences Center, is an intensive, individually tailored conversational and medical Spanish Workshop consisting of medical dialogues, role-plays, many colorful visual aids cross-cultural discussions, "edutainment", daily practice and evening study with a Text work-book and 10 audio cassette tapes or 10 CDs. These strategies strengthen the participants' abilities to meet the program's learning objectives.
The course curriculum provides for over 45 hours of total immersion learning. This approach has repeatedly proven to be extremely suitable for those with limited time, and who must use their new language skills immediately with their Spanish-speaking patients, affording a better understanding of cross-cultural communication and more cultural competency. To register for this intensive 4-day class, please visit our Registration or our Schedule for class dates and locations. Classes are limited in size to be able to give personal attention to each participant's needs. Early registration is suggested to guarantee your place.
Classes begin on Friday morning at 8:00AM and end approximately 4:30 - 5:00 PM, depending on class size, dynamic and speed. On Monday we will have covered the essential class material by 11:00 AM to noon in order to accommodate those who need to leave early to clear check points, metal detectors and security, etc. for return flights. Of course, those who wish to stay are welcome to do so, and we will be there to continue working with you, practicing your newly acquired skills.
You will need to bring the following:
Standard size cassette player or CD player. Earphones highly recommended. Needed for homework, not in class.
Spanish-English Pocket dictionary. Highly recommended.
Writing material to take notes during the class.
Comfortable clothing. - full details
- The Music of War: An Interdisciplinary Conference
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 19, 2008,
Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts United StatesThis interdisciplinary conference will explore the diverse musical responses to war, ranging from the various types of traditional war protest music to the music of soldiers and comrades-in-arms to patriotic and nationalistic music from a global perspective.
The conference will cap a year-long study of war at The Martin Institute—its politics, history, social and cultural effects—and will seek to analyze the complex relationship between war and music. As an example of The Martin Institute’s commitment to the power of crossing disciplinary borders, we welcome papers from a range of experts in fields such as music theory and history, musical theater, sociology, history, anthropology, political science, cultural studies, and literature.
The conference is particularly interested in the music of war from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twenty-first. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Music as an expression of either the justice or injustice of war
· The music of soldiers and comrades-in-arms
· The history and future of response music
· Popular music during wartime
· Studies of individual artists, composers, groups or musical genres
· Musical censorship during wartime - full details
- International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Marketing (ICTIM 2008)
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 19, 2008,
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh IndiaThe Marketing Tool Kit is experiencing tremendous amounts of innovation today. The boom in direct and database marketing, the dawning of electronic commerce, new ways to automate sales force management, and the sudden blossoming of the World Wide Web all suggest that the discipline is under pressure to reshape(John Deighton).
Business discountinuities like deregulation, globalization, technological convergence, and the rapid evolution of the Internet have blurred the roles that companies play with their customers and redefined the way value is created and delivered. C.K.Prahalad in his landmark article “Co opting customer competence” demonstrated the need to regard the customer as co producers and competitors in value creation and extraction. Technology is affecting marketing by enhancing speed, customization, and individuation. The internet has enabled customer interactivity, low cost product and service delivery and experiential customer marketing. Future technological advances like the web 2.0, consumer electronic devices like the handheld PCs, cell phones, and media platforms have the potential to disrupt the current value-chains and enable new ways of creating and delivering value. - full details
- SysAdmin Audit Network Security Orlando 2008
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 25, 2008,
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Orlando, Florida United StatesJoin us once again in the Magic Kingdom® Park for SANS 2008, April 18-25! SANS will be in Orlando, Florida, this spring bringing you the best in network and computer security training. Only SANS top-rated instructors are invited to our largest and most prestigious annual event. Choose from 41 courses that are packed with immediately useful techniques and tools including:
Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Intrusion Detection In-Depth
System Forensics, Investigation & Response
Security Leadership Essentials for Managers
Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks
Plus 35 other training programs in Security, Management, Auditing, and Legal taught by the nation’s highest rated instructors.
‘Awesome instructors! Extremely knowledgeable in their respective fields. If you need to know what’s happening now in IT security, then SANS is where you need to be!’ -Kelly Posillipo, UNC-Chapel Hill
Complete your training experience by signing up for a GIAC certification. There is simply no better way to ensure that you have fully mastered the course material than studying for and passing the GIAC certification.
Of course, no SANS national event would be complete without an extensive Vendor Tools Expo & Reception where you’ll see live demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies. There will also be numerous SANS Lunch & Learn presentations and Cocktail Briefs to help you find the right mix of tools and solutions for your company’s unique challenges.
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- DigitalLife Expo 2008
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 20, 2008,
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, Gauteng South AfricaGet ready to experience a fully digital, hi-tech lifestyle, and explore, compare and experience products at the DigitalLife Expo.
Bring the world to your fingertips at the push of a button. Internet banking, overseas flights, online shopping, live sport – digital technology brings it all home. From the smallest personal computer that you can carry in your pocket to large-screen TV with surround-sound speakers, there is a digital solution to suit every aspect of your lifestyle.
The Expo’s pavilions will showcase digital solutions for every part of modern life: Mobile & Personal Technology, Digital Life on the Go, Gaming and Entertainment, Technology at Work, Appliances & Home Automation and Digital Services.
A major attraction is the walk-through Digital Home. One visitor will win the entire digital contents of the Home, valued at R250 000. visit www.digitallifeexpo.co.za
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- IEEE/ASME/SAE Open Challenges in Automotive Control Symposium
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 18, 2008,
Marriott Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan United Statesthis workshop aims to provide a structured forum for in-depth concentration on the salient automotive controls problems currently confronting practitioners and researchers. The one day workshop offers approximately 10 hour-long presentations, with lunch and refreshment breaks provided to encourage continuing discussions and networking. The presentations are selected to facilitate a thematic progression with planned revisits to topics introduced at a previous version of this proposed biennial event to further emphasize the significant magnitude of these multi-disciplinary control system technology challenges.
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- SANS 2008 - Orlando
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 25, 2008,
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel, 1500 Epcot Resorts Blvd Lake Buena Vista, Florida United States 32830Join us once again in the Magic Kingdom® Park for SANS 2008, April 18-25! SANS will be in Orlando, Florida, this spring bringing you the best in network and computer security training, so start making your travel plans now!
Only SANS top-rated instructors are invited to our largest and most prestigious annual event. Choose from 41 courses that are packed with immediately useful techniques and tools including:
Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Intrusion Detection In-Depth
System Forensics, Investigation & Response
Security Leadership Essentials for Managers
Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks
Plus 35 other training programs in Security, Management, Auditing, and Legal taught by the nation’s highest rated instructors.
“Awesome instructors! Extremely knowledgeable in their respective fields. If you need to know what’s happening now in IT security, then SANS is where you need to be!” -Kelly Posillipo, UNC-Chapel Hill
Complete your training experience by signing up for a GIAC certification. There is simply no better way to ensure that you have fully mastered the course material than studying for and passing the GIAC certification.
Of course, no SANS national event would be complete without an extensive Vendor Tools Expo & Reception where you’ll see live demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies. There will also be numerous SANS Lunch & Learn presentations and Cocktail Briefs to help you find the right mix of tools and solutions for your company’s unique challenges.
SANS 2008 welcomes keynote speaker David Rice, author of Geekonomics: The Real Cost of Insecure Software. As always, our SANS@Night Series will feature presentations on the most current topics in information security by some of the best speakers in the industry.
At SANS 2008, you’ll learn more than you can imagine and have countless opportunities to expand your network of security experts and friends. There’s fun for the entire family, too, as this event takes place right on the Walt Disney World® Resort property, minutes from Epcot® and Disney-MGM studios.
Register today for SANS 2008. We look forward to sharing both the magic of Disney and SANS training with you in Orlando! - full details
- Direct Selling Women’s Alliance Education Celebration
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 20, 2008,
Flamingo Las Vegas, 3555 Las Vegas Blvd S Las Vegas, Nevada United States 89109Over 20 small business millionaires and industry leaders in the Network Marketing and Direct Selling arena will be speaking at the conference along with internationally acclaimed Motivational Speaker Jack Canfield, (Chicken Soup for the Soul and Success Principles), Marcia Wieder, America’s Dream Coach, and Nicki Keohohou, CEO of the DSWA and Co-Author of Build it Big.
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- New York Comic Con
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 20, 2008,
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center New York, New York United StatesTop trade publications like Publishers Weekly and Variety, along with thousands of other industry insiders and fans looking for what's hip, what's hot and what's next in pop culture will be attending New York Comic Con. For anyone who wants to be where the action is, where the biggest deals are made and where the future of breakthroughs are decided, New York Comic Con is the place to be. This is far more than a comic book show. This is the one and only event on the East Coast that will put you at the largest pop-culture, media and licensing city in the U.S.
Products and Services
Comics, Graphic Novels, Games, Toys, Manga, Anime, Movies/TV, Special Guests, Screenings, Panels - full details
- Expand Your Career: Become a Legal Nurse Consultant, Las Vegas Conference
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 19, 2008,
Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada United StatesThe number of lawsuits related to nursing and medical practice continues to grow. As a result, Legal Nurse Consultants are in high demand as attorneys and insurance companies need expert nurses to explain and give opinions on medically complicated cases. From reviewing medical records to testifying as an expert witness or explaining the nuances of the healthcare system, you’ll find the expanded role of Legal Nurse Consultant to be challenging, dynamic, flexible and potentially lucrative. This Conference is designed to provide the foundation you’ll need to become a Legal Nurse Consultant, including fundamental legal knowledge for understanding the litigation process, testifying tips, interviewing techniques and deposition skills. In addition, you will learn how to develop marketing strategies, fee schedules and retention agreements for potential clients
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- CMEF : China International Medical Equipment Fair
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 21, 2008,
Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong ChinaCMEF is the largest medical equipment trade fair in Asia. Taking place biannually in spring and autumn, covering the whole spectrum of the medical equipment market, it provides exhibitors and visitors a unique opportunity to have close contact with both the Chinese and international medical equipment market. Concurrent with the show, the strong forum atmosphere of CMEF brought by a wide variety of seminars, conferences and presentations greatly enhances the up-to-date exchange of information. More and more overseas exhibitors are coming to CMEF and regard it as the best showcase for making business contacts in China.
Leading exhibiting companies included: Siemens, Philips, GE, Roche, Johnson & Johnson Medical, Hitachi, Toshiba, Aloka, Sony, Olympus, Zeiss, Erbe, Datex-Ohmeda, Pentax, Samsung, Fuji, Shimadzu, Kodak, Agfa, Drager, Wandong, Neusoft, Anke, Mindray, Xinhua etc.
Products and Services
* Medical imaging
* Electro medical
* Surgical and emergency treatment equipment
* Ultrasonic devices for diagnostics
* Laboratory equipment
* Radiology devices
* Rehabilitation and physiotherapy products
* Optical
* Dental
* Laser products
* Surgery and hospital furniture and consumables
* Ambulances
* Information technology - full details
- ICMD -International Component Manufacturing & Design Show
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Apr 18, 2008 - Apr 21, 2008,
Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong China* ICMD is a specialized event to meet the demands of China’s fast developing medical design and manufacturing market by procuring the world's medical equipment suppliers to exhibit.
* ICMD benefits from the well-known and well-regarded CMEF event. By co-locating CMEF, ICMD leveraged the two events being organized at the same time to enhance the ability to attract Chinese and overseas medical end-product manufacturers. ICMD provides an ideal platform for OEMs. ICMD represents an excellent opportunity for finding interesting procurement sources and for forging business contacts for production managers, technical buyers, managers, engineers and technicians from R&D, and CMEF exhibitors in the medical-technical field.
* CMEF, which itself already attracts up to 7000 engineers, is a great platform for ICMD exhibitors.
Products and Services
* Medical Relative Parts/ Modules/ Hardware and Accessories
* Electronic Components including Medical Transducers
* Motors, Pumps, Valves & Motion Control
* Medical Packaging Materials, Equipment and sterilization technologies
* Printing and Surface-Treatment Products and Serves
* Precision Technology
* Testing Equipment and Services, Inspection/QA/QC
* Sterilization & Clean room Equipment
* Materials for application including Medical Tubing, adhesives and adhesive products
* Outsourcing/contract manufacturing
* Modern Manufacturing Equipment and Software, Rapid Prototyping Services
* R & D and Business Services
* Others - full details