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Conventions: Sep 01, 2008

13th World Water Congress

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 4, 2008,
Le Corum, Montpellier, Languedoc Rousillon France

The congress aims to enhance knowledge and raise global consciousness of the impact of global changes on water resources. The main themes of the congress are: water availability, use and management; towards the future: water resources and global changes; climate change and disasters; the development of water resources and infrastructure; water governance and water security: 30 years after the UN Conference on Water, Mar del Plata, Argentina of 1977; water conservation and demand management; financing water development and capacity building; and capacity-building in developing countries.

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Cape 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 1, 2008,
Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape town, Western Cape, South Africa

Co-located with EXPO COMM MEXICO 2008, LinuxWorld MÃ©xico Conference & Expo is the largest gathering of Linux and open source professionals in Mexico. LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Mexico 2008 offers the best platform to reach buyers in the Linux and open source markets. In the last 12 months, 84% of LinuxWorld attendees did not visit any other Linux or open source event.

Metal Forming 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza, Krakow, Malopolska Poland

The conference will be held in the historical city of Kraków, the former capital of Poland and residence of Polish Kings. Kraków is currently the centre of Polish science and culture, with many famous monuments and museums in the Old Town. Kraków is situated at the south of Poland, 100 km from the Tatra Mountains. Beyond the Old Town and the Royal Castle, there are many interesting places in the close neighbourhood of Kraków, among others: Pieskowa Skała Castle, historical salt mine Wieliczka, Pieniny and Tatra Mountains.

URBAN TRANSPORT 2008: 13th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Ramla Bay Resort Marfa Malta

Thirteenth International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century. Transportation in cities, with its related environmental and social concerns continues to be a topic of the utmost priority for urban authorities and central governments around the world. Frequently, the concern is not orderly but driven by the safety crises which take place regularly and even the best planned urban transport systems require considerable studies to safeguard their safety, maintenance and operational use. The conference series has always attracted a wide international spread of delegates and is now well established as the premier annual event of its type.

National Association of Women Academics Biennial Conference (Lagos 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

There is a serious food problem in Africa. While the developed world is basking in food surpluses Africa continues to face famine. The problem of food is embedded in complex causes. Despite years of community, government and international concern about the African food situation the story seems to remain the same. The conference is to discuss food issues in Africa in all its ramifications and from all possible perspectives.
Papers are invited from interested persons from the academia, industry, international organizations, government and NGOs. Members of NAWCS are encouraged to send in their abstracts. Exhibitors should send a summary profile of their exhibition.

Urban Transport 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Ramla Bay Resort Marfa Malta

Transportation in cities, with its related environmental and social concerns continues to be a topic of the utmost priority for urban authorities and central governments around the world. Frequently, the concern is not orderly but driven by the safety crises which take place regularly and even the best planned urban transport systems require considerable studies to safeguard their safety, maintenance and operational use.

On a broader front, the continuing need for better urban transport systems in general and the need for a healthier environment has led to an increased level of research around the world. This is reflected in the proceedings of this well-established meeting, which stresses the continuous steady growth and research into the urban transport systems control aspects, information and simulation systems. All these topics continue to be of importance for analysing the complex inter-relation of the urban transport environment and for establishing action strategies for transport and traffic problems.

The conference series has always attracted a wide international spread of delegates and is now well established as the premier annual event of its type. It first started in Southampton (1995); continuing in Barcelona (1996); Acquasparta, Italy (1997); Lisbon (1998); Rhodes (1999); Cambridge, UK (2000); Lemnos, Greece (2001); Seville (2002); Crete (2003); Dresden (2004), Algarve (2005) and Prague (2006).

TOPICS

- Transport sustainability
- Urban transport planning and management
- Transport modelling and simulation
- Transport logistics and operations research
- Transport security and safety
- Transport technology
- Land use and transport integration
- Environmental and ecological considerations
- Intelligent transport systems
- Public transport systems
- Information systems and GPS applications
- Road pricing
- Intermodel passenger transport systems
- Transport automation
- Modality in freight
- Traffic Management

Pairing 2008 - 2nd International Conference on Pairing-based Cryptography

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, England, United Kingdom

The aim of "Pairing" conference is thus to bring together leading researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, all concerned with problems related to pairing-based cryptography. The first conference Pairing 2007 was held in Japan and the proceedings were published in Springer LNCS 4575. We hope that this conference will enhance communication among specialists from various research areas and promote creative interdisciplinary collaborations.

Authors are invited to submit papers describing their original research on all aspects of pairing-based cryptography.

2008 Republican National Convention

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 4, 2008,
Minneapolis Excel Center, Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

The 2008 Republican National Convention today announced that planners have finalized the official convention hotel block. Roughly 16,000 rooms in more than 100 hotels throughout Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Bloomington, and the surrounding areas have been blocked to host many of the 45,000 delegates, alternate delegates, members of the media, and other guests expected to attend the four-day convention. Working closely with the Convention and Visitors Bureaus and the Minneapolis Saint Paul 2008 Host Committee, Committee on Arrangements (COA) staff secured the rooms for official convention use next September and will begin making hotel assignments in the spring.

The 8th International Livestock Symposium (ILES VIII)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

The Eighth International Livestock Environment Symposium (VIII) will provide an international platform for exchange of the latest research discoveries, technology advancement and networking among animal scientists, engineers, veterinarians and other professionals interested in livestock environment. The technical program addresses current and emerging issues facing the farm animal production industry with particular emphasis on assessment and improvement of animal environment and production systems and/or technologies that aim to enhance animal health/well-being and production efficiency while minimizing the environmental impact of production operations

5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-based Surveillance (AVSS 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico United States

AVSS has a tradition of participation from the worlds of research, industry, and relevant government agencies. AVSS 2008 welcomes contributions in traditional disciplines such as tracking, activity monitoring, biometrics, object detection and recognition, reconnaissance, signal surveillance/processing, applications/systems/tools, sensor networks/fusion/infrastructure, performance evaluation, non-visual imaging, 3D surveillance, behavior analysis, theoritical Foundations, datamining, privacy issues.

8th IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing (VIIP 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Palma de Mallorca, Spain

The IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing (VIIP 2008) will establish an international medium for the exchange of new ideas and practical experience between researchers and practitioners working in the fields of imaging, image processing, and visualization. It is an opportunity to present and observe the latest research, results, and ideas in these areas, as well as their applications. All papers submitted to this conference will be evaluated by at least two reviewers. Acceptance will be based primarily on originality and contribution. The conference chair makes the final decision on the acceptance or rejection of the paper.

8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
National Center of Sciences Tokyo, Japan

Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) are autonomous, graphically embodied agents in a virtual environment that are able to interact intelligently with human users, other IVAs, and their environment.

IVA 2008 is the major annual meeting of the intelligent virtual agents community, attracting interdisciplinary minded researchers and practitioners from embodied cognitive modeling, artificial intelligence, computer graphics, animation, virtual worlds, games, natural language processing, and human-computer

British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 4, 2008,
University of Leeds Leeds, England, United Kingdom

The British Machine Vision Conference is the main UK conference on machine vision and related areas.

2nd International Workshop on Multimedia Data Mining and Management (MDMM 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Piemonte Italy

With the recent advances in electronic imaging, video devices, storage, networking and computer power, the amount of multimedia has grown enormously, and data mining has become a popular way of discovering new knowledge from such a large data sets. Multimedia data mining is a discipline which brings together database systems, artificial intelligence, and multimedia processing, such as image and video processing. It is important to understand what is multimedia data mining, how data mining techniques can contribute to discover new knowledge, how to organize and manage the discovered knowledge and concepts. The multimedia data appear in multiple forms including audio, speech, text, web, image, video and combinations of several types.

In this workshop, we aim to solicit papers that address the technical challenges in mining multimedia data and management. Through the workshop, we expect to bring together experts in analysis of multimedia data, state-of-art data mining and knowledge discovery in multimedia database systems, and domain experts in diverse areas, such as medical, surveillance, and education.

2nd International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems (NBiS 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Piemonte Italy

NBiS started as a workshop and was held for 9 years together with DEXA International Conference. The workshop has been very successful in quantity and quality. We received every year a lot of paper submissions, but as workshop we could accept only a limited number of papers. Last year, NBiS ran as an International Conference together with DEXA. NBiS2008 is the second NBiS. We encourage researchers working
in networks and distributed systems fields to submit their papers.

The main objective of NBiS is to bring together researchers from both network systems and information systems with the aim of encouraging the exchange of ideas and experience between these two communities. It will represent an
international forum to give an overview of the most recent trends.

23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition - 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Feria Valencia, Valencia Spain

Taking place from 1st to 5th September 2008 at the Feria Valencia in Spain, the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference will be the most important international Conference in the field of Photovoltaics.

The Conference will provide an excellent platform for dialogue and information exchange across the World. The ‘who is who’ of the PV solar branch will meet at Valencia to discuss the latest developments in science and industry.

The five-day programme for the Conference will comprise:

* Plenary lectures focusing on the state-of-the-art and targets of PV
* Oral and poster presentations of specific research, development and demonstration projects, PV applications,
PV markets
* Exhibition of PV products and services (1-4 Sept.)
* Fora and workshops on present-day PV issues
* Scientific tours and a social programme
* The 5th EPIA European PV Industry Forum

21st Annual Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Seoul, South Korea

CASA 2008 is one of the premier international conferences in the field of computer animation and social agents. It will provide a great opportunity to interact with leading experts, share your own work, and educate yourself through exposure to the research of your peers from around the world. In addition, make friends and experience the heart and Seoul of Asia in its most beautiful autumn season.

The technical program of the conference consists of high quality technical papers that are reviewed and selected by an international program committee.

Telecoms World Africa 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape town, Western Cape, South Africa

This targeted conference will provide in-depth analysis of the most important strategic and technical issues facing telecoms decision makers today. It will feature presentations from world leaders and innovators - people and companies who are making and investing money in Africa.

Telecoms World Africa provides know-how and ideas to tackle practical business issues. It is an interactive experience with keynotes, panels, meetings, roundtables and workshops.

Workshop on Mashups, Enterprise Mashups and Lightweight Composition on the Web (MEM&LCW 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 4, 2008,
Auckland, Aukland, New Zealand

Today's business world relies on a range of sophisticated IT solutions. Due to the sophistication, business and IT have separated in many organizations. That separation has left a gap between the two and has led to high frequencies of IT project escalation and failure. While the gap between business and IT does not pose a difficulty for highly structured business problems and processes that are stable in time, it is a major obstacle for all other problems and processes.

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) along with Web 2.0 technologies and paradigms, such as mashups and lightweight composition, are believed to provide a handle to overcome this situation and enable a potential candidate for a solution that will be essential in bridging the gap between business and IT.

TOPICS

The topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to the following:
* Governance of mashup technologies
* Lightweight information integration
* Mashups and legacy applications
* Mashups in process aware information systems
* Security of widgets, gadgets, and related technologies
* Security of enterprise information in mashups
* Standards and protocols for lightweight composition
* Technical requirements of mashups
* User interface aspects of lightweight composition
* Value of mashups for enterprises

Real Estate Investment World Australia 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Hilton, Sydney Sydney, New South Wales Australia

Event partners will be able to:

* Gain access to the world’s fourth largest pension market – build relationships, raise funds and been seen as a thought leader
* Put your CEO on a platform with your top prospects – become a market leader in the eyes of your clients
* Boost your brand recognition and profile through a cost effective 12 month marketing campaign
* Target your message to your precise audience through an extensive direct mail, email, fax and advertising campaign
* Identify potential partners and make crucial appointments using our online Contact database containing all attendees contact details

The 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 4, 2008,
Auckland, Auckland Region New Zealand

The aim of this ninth edition of the conference series on Web Information Systems Engineering is to provide an international forum for researchers, professionals, and industrial practitioners to share their knowledge in the rapidly growing area of Web technologies, methodologies and applications

Research and Development Management

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
IMechE, London, England, United Kingdom

Managing R&D organisations and concentrating on their productivity and excellence offers a unique set of problems and unusual challenges that are amplified when the team is scattered spatially in a global economy. This uniqueness arises primarily from two basic facts: (1) the character of the enterprise, and (2) the highly-specialised, articulate, and autonomous people involved in R&D. As American economist and Nobel laureate Kenneth J. Arrow stated, "The central economic fact about the processes of invention and research is that they are devoted to the production of information." Obviously, the generation of information requires research and, in addition to the R&D organisations' focus on information, research involves considerable uncertainty because the outcome can never be predicted perfectly from the different inputs used. It will, therefore, become clear in this course that managing an R&D organisation is largely the art of integrating the efforts of diverse, creative, intelligent, and independent individuals. The ideas presented in this course consist of the condensed works of a multitude of experts focusing on ways to improve the productivity of R&D and foster excellence and innovation in organisations.

Stem Cells Europe

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
The Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, Noord Holland Netherlands

Welcome to the inaugural Stem Cells Europe conference and exhibition, to be held in the colourful city of Amsterdam.

Agenda Topics:
Research Track

* Advances in Tissue Engineering
* Regenerative Medicine
* Drug Discovery and Disease-Related Research
* Therepeutic Advances Using Adult Somatic Stem Cells
* Therapeutic Potential of Pluripotent Human Embryonic and Reprogrammed Somatic Stem Cells
* Epigenetics

Business Track

* Commercialisation of Stem Cell Research
* Start-Up Case Studies
* Regulatory and IP Situation
* Review of Bioethics Related to Stem Cells
* Funding Sources for Stem Cell Research
* Company Spotlight Presentations

Clinical Trials Summer School

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

This three day course is an introduction for people entering into Clinical Trials. Senior representatives of the pharmaceutical industry and associated bodies will provide discussion and clarification of the key areas of importance to someone entering the industry. The Informa Clinical Trials Summer School provides beginners in the clinical trials arena with an in-depth overview of the key issues including GCP, paediatrics, phase I, II, III and IV, ethics, informed consent and patient recruitment and retention.

AES-ATEMA' 2008 Second International Conference on Advances and Trends in Engineering Materials and their Applications

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Cesena, Emilia Romagna Italy

Following the outstanding success of AES-ATEMA'2007 (Montreal), AES-ATEMA' 2008 Second International Conference continues to address important topics on advances and trends in engineering materials and their applications.
Contributions, mini- symposia and expositions are welcome in the following and related areas:
• Advances and trends in engineering materials and structures
• Nano- and micro-technology
• Nano materials and systems
• Applications of micro and nano-engineering
• Nano and micromechanics
• Interfaces and nanostructures
• Advanced composite materials and structures
• Hybrid materials and systems
• Intelligent materials, adaptive and active structures, and their applications
• Micro-electro mechanical systems and devices
• Sensor and detector materials
and more. . . (see website)

Revenue Assurance Forum Africa

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 4, 2008,
Cape Town International Convention Centre Cape Town, South Africa

Building on the success of the 4th Annual African Telecoms Billing And Revenue Management Forum in September 2007, IIR is delighted to announce the dates and venue for the Revenue Assurance Forum Africa 2008.

The event has been designed to examine how African operators can develop and optimise their revenue assurance and billing systems and processes to effectively maximise revenue from a rapidly growing subscriber base, convergent services and new business models.

Practical and detailed presentations by operators and industry experts will allow delegates to gain valuable insights relevant and adaptable to their own billing and revenue assurance/management operations.

Join us this September in Cape Town and benefit from this unique opportunity to hear real-world experiences and network with fellow operators and industry experts.

Adverse Event Reporting and Pharmacovigilance

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 2, 2008,
Regus Victoria, London, England, United Kingdom

Recent times have proved to be the most turbulent in pharmacovigilance for many years. With million dollar fines, tougher guidelines and the introduction of MedDRA, it is crucial that you and your company reduce the risk of incorrect ADR reporting...now. This hands-on course is packed with practical examples and industry case studies to give you the confidence to cope with the daily demands of pharmacovigilance.

Physiomar 08 International Meeting

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 4, 2008,
Institut Universitaire European de la Mer, Brest, Bretagne France

Physiomar 08 will be convened from 1st to 4th September, 2008, in Brest (France). This conference is being organized jointly by LEMAR (IUEM: European Institute for Marine Studies) and LPI (Ifremer: French Institute for the Research and Exploitation of the Sea), as both laboratories are involved in research on molluscan physiology. Physiomar 08 follows a very successful workshop held in La Paz (Mexico) in November 2006 under the guidance of Maria Concepcion Lora Vilchis and Elena Palacios Metchenov from CIBNOR.

Physiomar 08 will focus on Reproduction, Growth, Bioenergetics, Nutrition and Genetics of marine molluscs. The 2008 conference will also include a specific session on the effects of climate change on mollusc physiology: Adaptation to environmental changes.

This conference will serve as a forum for the communication of recent advances in all aspects of the physiology in molluscs. Researchers, students, stakeholders and mollusc farmers will have the opportunity to communicate personally in a friendly environment with leaders in the field. This meeting aims to provide a vehicle for continuing exchanges, cooperation, and collaboration in the field of the physiology of marine molluscs to better understand their adaptation ability in a changing environment, their ecological significance, and to promote their sustainable culture.

Challenges For Experimental And Theoretical Immunology

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Novel imaging techniques are opening new perspectives in immunology by providing real time data. The ability to track parasites and cells in vivo using these techniques enables important and challenging questions to be addressed. Theoretical and computational modelling are essential to go beyond qualitative descriptions and quantify the cellular immune response. A cross-disciplinary, approach is urgently required to quantify the host-pathogen interactions of the cellular immune system.

Stem Cells Europe Conference and Exhibition

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
The Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, Noord Holland Netherlands

Agenda Topics:
Research Track

* Advances in Tissue Engineering
* Regenerative Medicine
* Drug Discovery and Disease-Related Research
* Therepeutic Advances Using Adult Somatic Stem Cells
* Therapeutic Potential of Pluripotent Human Embryonic and Reprogrammed Somatic Stem Cells
* Epigenetics

Business Track

* Commercialisation of Stem Cell Research
* Start-Up Case Studies
* Regulatory and IP Situation
* Review of Bioethics Related to Stem Cells
* Funding Sources for Stem Cell Research
* Company Spotlight Presentations

7th International Conference on Social Science Methodology

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Campus di Monte Sant' Angelo, Naples, Campania Italy

We are glad to announce that in the 7th RC33 Conference there will be about 100 sessions covering several topics in quantitative and qualitative methods of empirical social research, including applied statistics. RC33 is interdisciplinary:as it holds for the last conferences in Cologne (2000) and in Amsterdam (2004) participants are expected to come from all areas of the social sciences, from economics,statistics, medicine, natural sciences – and from all over the world

Census Microdata: Findings and Futures

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Humanities Bridgeford Street, University of Manchester Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Census microdata, like the Public Use Microdata Samples in the USA and Samples of Anonymised Records in the UK, has made a substantial contribution to social science on an international basis. Census Microdata: findings and futures will provide an opportunity to hear about and discuss research undertaken with census microdata internationally and consider the future role of census microdata.

The conference will include presentations from international census offices such as the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques and Statistics Canada.

autoMOTIVE Logistics Leaders Congress

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Auchterarder Pertshire, Scotland United Kingdom PH3 1NF

The autoMOTIVE Logistics Leaders Congress will bring together senior figures from across the automotive world. Vehicle manufacturers and logistics service providers will join together to identify issues and discuss potential solutions. Such a gathering of distinguished experts deserves an equally prestigious setting and there are few to rival the Gleneagles Hotel. Equidistant from Glasgow and Edinburgh – and set in an 850 acre estate in the heart of a beautiful Scottish glen, it has won fame as one of the world’s leading resorts.

Development of Advanced Instruments for New Electron Microscopy and Diffraction

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 2, 2008,
Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan

In recent years, electron microscope instrumentation and techniques have achieved remarkable progresses such as spherical aberration correction, monochromator, electron tomography, etc. This meeting is aimed at discussing advanced instrumentation, newly developed techniques and their applications to nano-materials covering the following topics:

* Precession electron diffraction
* Fast diffraction
* Advanced electron microscopy
* Diffractive imaging
* Charge density in the electron microscopy
* Surfaces
* Environmental cell
* EELS - atom by atom
* Image processing

8th Brazilian Symposium on Information and Computer System Security (SBSeg 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
UFRGS Convention Center Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil

The Brazilian Symposium on Information and Computer System Security (SBSeg) is a scientific event promoted annually by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). It has been held as a workshop between 2001 and 2004 together with the Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (SBRC). From 2005 on, concomitantly to the establishment of the SBC´s Special Interest Group on Information and Computer System Security, SBSeg evolved into a full-fledged symposium. That allowed it to satisfy the growing demands by the Brazilian academia/industry for such a forum, as well as become the premier symposium in the country for the presentation of research and activities related to information and computer system security.

Human Computer Interaction: HCI 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Holiday Inn Liverpool City Centre, Lime Street Station, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

HCI researchers, students and practitioners are invited to HCI 2008 to be hosted by Liverpool John Moores University, UK, next September (1st - 5th). Submissions are now open for the remaining categories . HCI 2008 is the 22nd running of the British HCI conference; one of Europe's largest and longest running HCI conferences. Accepted papers will be archived in the ACM Digital Library and the BCS eWiCS Library.

The tag line for 2008 is “Culture, Creativity, Interaction” reflecting the fact that in 2008 Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture. Throughout the year there will be cultural events ranging from community arts to headline events such as the Turner Prize. In the week before the conference there will be the Annual Beatles Week and immediately afterwards Liverpool will host the British Academy Festival of Science. The Biennial Festival of Contemporary Art also takes place, starting September. Our cultural theme reflects not just events in Liverpool but also recent developments in HCI where the arts and humanities offer us both new insights and new challenges. Though “culture” is not the only theme for the conference we hope to reflect the cultural events happening in the rest of the city and on Merseyside. Our hope is that culture will be a unifying theme for the various strands that form the HCI family of disciplines.

Materials Science and Engineering

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 4, 2008,
CCN-Ost Fairgrounds Nurnberg, Bayern Germany

A new Materials Congress
This joint effort requires a forum on which the multilateral parties can meet to exchange ideas and to organise societal activities – the Congress Materials Science and Engineering. There is every indication that MSE will finally be supported by the majority of the German Materials Societies MSE will cover a broad range of materials subjects that are put out for a Call for Papers in Germany and beyond. This is why the prime language of the congress will be English. But specific topics for particular target groups will be presented in German. MSE will take place biennially in the new congress centre CCN-Ost of the Nürnber fairgrounds.

Side Events to serve Community Activities Following its intersocietal approach, MSE will offer to accomodate any kind of technical and non-technical side event referring
to research funding, educational programmes, general assemblies, etc.

The New Exhibition
MSE congress will be held in conjunction with MSE expo, a new exhibition that represents the counterpart to the huge technology oriented fairs where materials only figure as a cross sectional discipline. MSE expo will demonstrate the competition of the materials classes and processes, and will attach great importance to measuring devices and chracterisation tools.

Conference in Numerical Analysis (NumAn 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Elite Hotel Kalamata, Hellas Greece

The aims of the conference are:

1. to bring together and bequeath scientific activities, directions and pursuits of scientists on subjects that pertain to the conference,
2. to foster an exchange of views and ideas,
3. to study the theoretical background required for methods, algorithms and techniques used in applications,
4. to search directions of theoretical results towards applications,
5. to highlight open problems and future directions of numerical analysis.

International Conference on Renormalization Group and Related Topic (RG 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Dubna, Moskovskaya oblast Russia

This conference is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of D.V. Shirkov.

The main topics:

* Quantum Field Theory
* Statistical Physics
* Stochastic and Nonlinear Dynamics
* Mathematical Physics

10th Asian Logic Conference (ALC 10)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 6, 2008,
Kobe University Kobe, Hyogo Japan

The Asian Logic Conference has occurred every three years in the Asia-Pacific region since 1981, Singapore.
The purpose of the conference is to facilitate interaction between researchers interested in mathematical logic, logic in computer science, and philosophical logics. It aims at promoting activities in mathematical logic in the Asia-Pacific so that logicians both from within Asia and elsewhere would get together and exchange information and ideas.

RSS Conference 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
East Midlands Conference Centre, The University of Nottingham Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

An exciting and wide ranging conference programme is planned which, together with an excellent venue, promises to make RSS 2008 Conference a very successful event.

RSS conferences alternate year on year between themed and general conferences. RSS 2008 will be a general conference, with a scientific programme aiming to encompass the whole range of statistical interests with the Society.

The programme includes a broad range of special topics sessions with invited speakers from both the UK and abroad, and most RSS sections and study groups are sponsoring sessions.

Five distinguished plenary speakers have been invited as guests, including this year's Campion (president's invited) lecturer.

New Zealand Statistical Association Conference 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 2, 2008,
University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand

Papers are invited from any area of probability and statistics. Sessions are planned on statistical programming, statistical genetics and stochastic processes There will also be a statistics education session that will be of interest to teachers. Student presentations are especially welcome.

Networks Telecom and Infosecurity

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 30, 2008,
Stockholm Sweden

Within the limits of Swedish fair ICT Show there will pass two exhibitions: Networks Telecom and Infosecurity Scandinavia. Networks Telecom and Infosecurity Scandinavia are devoted to development of Information Technology and Telecommunication.

The main products presented at the exhibition Networks Telecom and Infosecurity Scandinavia - communication technologies, telecommunication, the Internet, the intranet, networks, wireless and mobile communication, IP-telephony, computer accessories, the Internet, operational systems, anti-virus programs and many other things…

International Conference on Mathematics in Finance

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 6, 2008,
Berg-en-Dal Camp,Kruger National Park Mpumalanga South Africa

The main objective of the conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and graduate students who are working in the broad field of financial mathematics. It is envisaged that participants who are at the forefront of the area will reflect on current open problems and relevant challenges and that they will indicate directions for future research. It is hoped that the interplay between theory and practice, as well as issues relating to the dissemination of knowledge and the teaching in this field, will be discussed.

The conference will focus on various aspects within the field, with special attention given to the interaction between the different areas and, in particular, emphasising the role of mathematics and statistics. Topics that would be covered include:

* Stochastic models
* Modern methods of risk analysis
* Quantitative and computational models and methods
* Methods of financial mathematics

Symposium on Optimal Quantization and Applications to Mathematical Finance

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 2, 2008,
Laboratoire de Probabilités et Modèles Aléatoires (LPMA), Universités Paris Paris, France

Exhibition CSF - China Sign Fair 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 4, 2008,
Guanzhou International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Guangzhou, Guangdong China

The fairground reached 20,000 sqm in 2005. The show attracted 358 exhibitors from countries and regions including Germany, Britain, America, Japan, Korea, China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and etc. Famous companies like Fei Yeung, Yaselan, HP, Epson, Witcolor, Pros-view, SuperCAD, Jinhengfeng, Flora/RTZ, Fengsheng, Kanger, InteCAD, MultCAM ....

31,125 trade visitors from 14 countries and regions attended the show. Most of the visitors are from adverting operation companies like advertisement creating, designing and making companies, advertising agents and etc. It also attracted many eyes of advertisement users like enterprises, social communities, government institutions, and public sites. It was also widely concerned by TV channels, radio stations, news papers, magazines, and networks. The professional trade exhibition is complemented by interactive programs, expert symposia and conferences, which have been greatly applauded by the exhibitors and the trade buyers.

Exhibition PROMOGIFT 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I Madrid, Madrid Spain

Promogift is unique among industry shows. Its universe of exhibitors extends well beyond the usual gift category manufacturers found at most other shows.

PROMOGIFT ’08 will once again confirm its status as an important and highly profitable meeting-point for demand, represented by these professionals, and supply, represented by the best manufacturers, distributors and importers operating within the advertising and promotional gift industry.clude independent wholesalers and direct gift, decorative accessory and souvenir importers, offering product extension opportunities in all channels of gift merchandise.

Copenmind

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 3, 2008,
Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

COPENMIND Conference covers three days of presentations, seminars and workshops on the COPENMIND 2008 topic of cleantech. The aim is to encourage best practice sharing, technology transfer and the creation of new research partnerships between science and business. Sessions can be attended and hosted by interested university and industry delegates.

The conference will feature an extensive number of larger presentations as well as smaller workshops and seminars that will revolve around six specific conference tracks that are related to the overall COPENMIND theme of cleantech under the umbrella of tech transfer and research partnerships.

For all sub-themes relevant cleantech issues and technologies have been identified.

Attendance at COPENMIND conference is free of charge for all participants, who have registered for COPENMIND or for all exhibitors who have booked a booth.

It is also possible to host a conference slot under one of the COPENMIND themes:

* Climate change and air pollution
* Energy
* Agriculture and land
* Waste and Recycling
* Water
* Partnership building between universities and industries

William Smith Meeting 2008

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 2, 2008,
The Geological Society (Burlington House) London, England United Kingdom

This conference will focus on the following four different time periods - the Holocene, 20th century, satellite era and the future.

Barcelona Conference on Asymptotic Statistics (BAS 2008)

Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008,
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica ,Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalonia Spain

Statistics already keeps a central place in the modern Information Society. Many procedures related to data processing require an experiment to be designed, with subsequent retrieving, organising, processing and interpreting information using statistical methods. New fields have been initialised in Statistics in last years, especially due to recent challenges in Biomedicine, Bioinformatics and Life Sciences in general. Since large amounts of information have often to be processed, asymptotic methods in statistics become more and more useful.

The Barcelona Conference on Asymptotic Statistics 2008 (BAS2008) continues the line opened in 2003 when the first conference took place. The scientific scope of the conference can be summarised in the following main lines:

• To analyse asymptotic procedures related to time series, that is, to discrete-time stochastic processes. Asymptotic methods are used here in order to select a model, that can be parametric or non-parametric, and to solve a wide range of problems on prediction of the behaviour of a system based on discrete data.
• To discuss asymptotic methods related to continuous-time models. The knowledge of these methods enables us to design an appropriate sampling scheme for different kinds of data.
• The third perspective, feeding the latter ones and fed back by them at the same time, is that of applications of asymptotic methods to practical problems. We would like to focus on multiple applications of asymptotic statistics, ranging from classical (for example, in signal processing) to the most recent ones in Biomedical Sciences.