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Conventions: Sep 21, 2008

Titanium 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Caesars Palace Las Vegas, 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada United States 89109

TITANIUM 2008 is the only annual symposium dedicated exclusively to titanium metal. TITANIUM 2008 audience represents executive staff, producers, fabricators, distributors, suppliers, purchasing agents, quality control managers, government labs and academia. More than 250 such companies and organizations will send attendees to TITANIUM 2008. 1,800 delegates registered for the 2007 event.

TITANIUM 2008 will encompass over 50 presentations with a specific focus on the outlook for new technologies, new applications, and future consumption of titanium metal. Submission Deadline is April 1, 2008

Technical Program - Symposia Panels Include:

Energy & Mining
• Oil Exploration, Oil Refining, Geothermal, HPAL Mining, other Raw Materials
• Sponge, Scrap, Alloy Additions

Automotive
• Racing, OEM, Specialty Applications

Corrosion Resistance
• Power Generation, Desalination, Heat Exchangers, Anodes, Chemical Processing, etc.

World Economy
• GDP Growth Rates, Infrastructure Investment

New Materials
Powder Metallurgy
Commercial Aerospace
Medical Applications

More Information. . .

Famine and Mass Violence

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio United States

Famine and mass violence frequently go hand in hand. Unfortunately, scholars of famine and scholars of mass violence often deal with different questions resulting in a wide lacuna in research and the methodology for analyzing connections between famines and violence. Famine specialists mostly deal with socioeconomic questions, with people as economic subjects, with the working of markets and speculation, food distribution, or deficiencies of state intervention. Entangled in the availability vs. entitlement debate, they care less for power relationships or war-related situations, although famines often occur during wartime or civil conflict. Genocide experts view certain famines as state-organized. Such scholars are interested in motivations of violence, lack of relief efforts, escape prevention, or special policies victimizing refugees. They may miss out on the participatory dimension of famines: social and economic networks, profiteering, or family relations. This conference seeks to bring together both famine experts and genocide specialists to engage in a dialogue with
each other, first during the conference and later in a collective volume resulting from the meeting.

3rd International Conference on Tissue Engineering

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 26, 2008,
Aldemar Paradise Village, Rhodes, Dodecanese Greece

Tissue engineering emerged from discovery research in the 1970’s and matured into preclinical development during the 1990’s with medical therapeutics reaching the clinic in the late 1990’s.

This conference will bring together leading international scientists and other experts to address these critical areas necessary for advancing the science and moving its applications along the development path.

8th International FLINS Conference on Computational Intelligence in Decision and Control:

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Madrid, Madrid Spain

FLINS 2008 will be again included in the ISI proceedings as previous ones. Some special issues of SCI indexed journals,
such as Knowledge-Based Systems (Elsevier) and the nternational Journal of General Systems (Taylor & Francis), will be devoted to a strict refereed selection of extended papers.

19th International Symposium of Subterranean Biology (ISSB 2008)

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 26, 2008,
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

The 19th International Symposium of Subterranean Biology will convene in Fremantle, Western Australia from 21-26 September 2008 under the auspices of the International Society for Subterranean Biology. These symposia are the principle global forum connecting researchers working on both the terrestrial and aquatic components of subterranean biology.

2008 GIS for Oil & Gas Conference

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Marriott Westchase Hotel, Houston, Texas United States

The 16th Annual GIS for Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition is the world's largest gathering of oil and gas GIS professionals. We had record-breaking attendance last year. Don't miss this year's event—it will be bigger and better than ever!

Finding innovative solutions can be the key to unlocking today's unique technological challenges. GIS technology can provide solutions that include many operational and economic benefits to oil and gas operations. Whether you're new to geospatial technologies or a knowledgeable veteran, you'll discover how GIS can help you address regulatory compliance issues, proactively manage organizational assets, and enhance your bottom line.

Metamaterials’2008. 2nd International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 26, 2008,
Pamplona, Navarre Spain

Home page: MetaMaterials
The Congress encompasses a Conference and European Doctoral School. The conference aims to address a wide area of research related to metamaterials, artificial electromagnetic materials and surfaces in the microwave and optical ranges, encompassing general theory, design, applications, fabrication and measurements.

General Chair: S. Tretyakov, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

Chair of Steering Committee : F. Bilotti, Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

Past Chair: A. Schuchinsky, Queen’s University of Belfast, UK

Local Organizing Committee Chair: R. Gonzalo, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain

Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

The five conferences held to date (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006) have played an important role in documenting and motivating progress in this field, and have drawn the interest of several types of audiences. Established experts in cultural competence practice and policy have strongly supported these meetings as an opportunity to share ideas with and lend moral support to each other. Newcomers to the field, especially health care providers, have come to learn more about culturally competent care and to gain practical information to take back to their organizations. And national health policy leaders have been invited to participate to share their points of view, and to be educated about the substance of and enthusiasm behind this movement.

The format of the conference is grounded in workshop sessions that maximize audience participation, complemented by plenary sessions on key national policy issues. This conference seeks to facilitate learning as an ongoing, dynamic and social process, and strives to offer engaging sessions in which diverse participants can form bonds, participate as learners and teachers, and feel integral to the learning process. We believe presenters should make content relevant and meaningful, and offer ways to process information through dialogue, reflection, and application.

Guns & Hoses 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa Huntington Beach, California United States

Leading Fire and Police Pension Fund Trustees will debate the most pressing issues facing Trustees, including:

* Influencing the legislative process: how do you handle the sponsor versus member tug of war?
* D.R.O.P Plans: Forward DROP’s and Back DROP’s and everything in between.
* Is your Portfolio Weather Resistant: will your investment strategy hold up in the economic storm?
* Funding Pension Plan Enhancements: from the actuarial assessment to negotiating the funds, find solutions to Heath Care Benefits and Disability Payouts.

AACC International Annual Meeting: American Association of Cereal Chemists

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii United States

We have set the stage for a rewarding one-of-a-kind meeting experience! The 2008 AACC International Annual Meeting will attract world-wide attendees within the grain-based food industry to participate in a high energy science exchange. Technical sessions, emerging issues, special events, and networking offer something for everyone.

Our spectacular meeting location this year allows for an expanded audience from countries of the Pacific Rim which include Australia, Japan, China, Colombia, Philippines, Russia and New Zealand. Take advantage of the many educational opportunities while networking for your future.

Prepared Foods New Products Conference

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Scottsdale, Arizona United States

Prepared Foods' New Products Conference is the food & beverage industry's premier event, where R&D, Marketing and Executive Management professionals gather to gain valuable insights into new food and beverage products and exciting new consumer trends around the world.

7 Great Reasons to Attend the 25th Annual New Products Conference in 2008

1. World-class speakers providing you with statistics and key trends on global new product introductions.

2. Sample new, innovative food & beverage products from around the globe courtesy of Mintel.

3. Leave with valuable industry data, ideas and contacts to help stimulate your company's new products program.

4. Network with 300 R&D, Marketing and Senior Food & Beverage Executives in this highly personal networking event.

5. Rejuvenate your creativity by listening to enthused speakers in a relaxed business setting.

6. Understand how the next big consumer trend will impact your business.

7. Enjoy culinary inspired foods a virtually every meal, compliments of

New Products Conference sponsors - the world's key ingredient suppliers.

2008 Medicare & Medicaid Conferences

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 25, 2008,
Capitol Hilton Hotel, Washington, Distr. Columbia United States

Join AHIP, along with senior health plan executives, policymakers, physician leaders, and federal and state representatives for five days of updates, analysis and discussion on the leading issues in Medicare and Medicaid. These conferences are ideal forums for health insurers to share experiences, best practices and insights, interact with policymakers about specific issues important to your company, and gain the tools necessary to succeed in these programs. Whatever issues are of special interest to you, these two educational programs provide the information required to further strengthen your work in these key areas.

Genomic Tools, Targeting the Missing Links Between Health and Disease

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 25, 2008,
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island United States

Completing the sequence of human and other genomes will soon elucidate the precise location and base sequence of every gene in a reference genome. This reference allows for rapid characterization of polymorphisms across populations. It also enables molecular fingerprinting technologies to permit identification of the precursors and consequences of normal and pathological changes in gene expression. The challenge facing current biological research is effective matching of the tool to the target. Learn from seasoned and savvy researchers who share their experience and of challenges piecing together the biological puzzle of health and disease at Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s 4th Annual Genomic Tools: Targeting the Missing Links between Health and Disease.

Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island United States

As new sequencing platforms are capable of generating gigabytes of data in a single sequence run - leading to terabytes of data in an experiment; data storage, transfer, and analysis will unquestionably be the rate limiting steps in turning the new sequence data into knowledge. CHI’s Inaugural Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis convenes engineers who are developing the sequencing platforms, biological researchers who are designing and running the experiments, biosatiations who are analyzing and interpreting the data, and software developers who are managing and storing the data. Each specialty provides perspectives and must be integrated into a cohesive, comprehensive team to decipher the sequencing data deluge.

Exploring Next Generation Sequencing 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island United States

Next-Generation sequencing is alive, thriving, and driving discovery. As costs come down and ease increases these new massively parallel high-throughput sequencing platforms are infiltrating multiple aspects of traditional biological research. However, each next generation sequencing platform best lends itself to specific sequencing goals. Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s Exploring Next Generation Sequencing offers an unparalleled opportunity to compare and contrast these next generation sequencing platforms to best suit your research needs.

Extreme Laboratory Astrophysics: Advances And Opportunities In High-Energy Density

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Paris France

Recent advances in high energy density plasma experiments have clearly shown the possibility of addressing astrophysically relevant phenomena in the laboratory. The workshop will bring together experts from the astrophysics and plasma physics communities to identify common objectives, design innovative experiments and develop an interdisciplinary collaborative effort.

2008 Queensland Landcare Conference

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Monto, Queensland, Australia 26 Dalton St Monto, Queensland, Australia 4130

2008 sees the annual Queensland Landcare Conference travel to Monto for the first time. And holding a conference of this size in a town like Monto brings with it some very unique challenges. Delegates joining us at this conference will experience some of the finest Queensland country hospitality on offer!

Accommodation will be available in a range of styles. A very (very) limited number of motel rooms are available; we are constructing a special conference tent city complete with beds (but BYO linen); and we are currently seeking expressions of interest from local families to host delegates in their homes. More information about accommodation will be available in our next newsletter.

The conference venues will also offer delegates a real taste of the Burnett. The Monto Showgrounds will be used for conference sessions - venues like the Woodchoppers Bar and the Stud Cattle Arena will be utilised for plenary and breakout sessions and you’ll be greeted each day with a real bush breakfast

The Conference includes 45 speakers, 22 concurrent sessions, 7 field trip options and four plenary sessions with a great variety of keynote speakers.

2008 International Urban Parks Conference

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States

The biennial conference of the City Parks Alliance and the National Association for Olmsted Parks is the premier forum for professionals and parks advocates with a primary focus on urban and historic parks. The 2008 conference is presented in partnership with and produced by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.

32nd International Microelectronics and Packaging IMAPS-CPMT Poland Conference

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Polonia House Warszawa-Pułtusk Poland

It is a great pleasure to announce the next International Conference of IMAPS Poland. For the first time it will be the joint conference of IMAPS Poland and Polish Chapter of IEEE CPMT and called 32nd International Microelectronics and Packaging IMAPS-CPMT Poland Conference. The scope of the Conference is to promote the knowledge related to "everything in electronics between the chip and the system".

The Conference will be organized by Warsaw University of Technology and Institute of Electronic Materials Technology with participation of Committee on Electronics and Telecommunication of Polish Academy of Science.

ECOC 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 25, 2008,
Brussels Expo Brussels, Belgium

ECOC is the largest conference on optical communication in Europe, and one of the most respected and long-standing events of its kind in the world. ECOC '08 will be the 34th edition, ignifying the stability and attractiveness of this event as one of the world’s major events in the field, providing a forum for new results & developments in optical communication and networks.

The 8th International Conference on Evolvable System from Biology to Hardware

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Olympik Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic

The ICES 2008 conference will build on the success of its predecessors by bringing together researchers who combine biologically inspired concepts with hardware and presenting the latest developments in the field.

Biotechnology: Past, Present & Future

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, New York United States

Biotechnology has long played a key role in human civilization, for as long as beer has been brewed or bread baked, and throughout the 20th century, bacteria were used for the synthesis of chemicals, for example, amino acids, and antibiotics. But what we think of as the biotechnology industry arose with extraordinary speed in the latter part of the 20th century. The scientific foundation came with the application of recombinant DNA technologies, and there was a remarkable interaction between entrepreneurial academic scientists and venture capitalists. It is not often that a new industry is created and we have the opportunity with biotechnology to study how the industry arose. In this meeting we will hear from participants in those early days and from sociologists and economists who have examined the scientific and business worlds came together.

17th European Symposium on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships & Omics Technologies and Systems Biology

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 26, 2008,
Uppsala Concert & Congress Hall Uppsala, Uppland Sweden

The 17th European Symposium on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships & Omics Technologies and Systems Biology will be held on the 21-26 September 2008 at the Uppsala Concert & Congress Hall, Uppsala, Sweden.

QSAR2008.org is the official website and it is organised by the Chemometrics division within the Swedish Chemical Society with Torbjörn Lundstedt as chair.

16th World Congress for the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP 2008)

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, Distr. Columbia United States

The organizing committee, along with the International Scientific Committees of ISSHP and ISOM are preparing a comprehensive and exciting program of pre-Congress courses, the ISOM meeting and the 16th World Congress of ISSHP; we invite active participation by interested clinicians, scientists, and trainees.

10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2008)

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
COEX Seoul, South Korea

UbiComp 2008 offers a forum for sharing research contributions that advance the state of the art in the design, development, deployment, evaluation and understanding of ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) systems.

Ubicomp is an interdisciplinary field of study that includes pervasive, wireless, embedded, wearable and/or mobile technologies that bridge the gaps between the digital and physical worlds, useful applications that incorporate these technologies, infrastructures that effectively support them, human activities and experiences these technologies facilitate, and conceptual overviews that help us understand – or challenge our understanding of – the impact of these technologies.

The UbiComp conference is a premier international venue in which novel results in these areas are presented and discussed among leading researchers, designers, developers and other practitioners in this field.

IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Sheraton Westport St. Louis, Missouri United States

Swarm Intelligence (SI) is a computational intelligence technique involving the study of collective behavior in decentralized systems. Such systems are made up by a population of simple individuals interacting locally with one another and with their environment. Although there is typically no centralized control dictating the behavior of the individuals, local interactions among individuals often cause a global pattern to emerge. Examples of systems like this can be found in nature, including ant colonies, animal herding, bacteria foraging, bird flocking, fish schooling, honey bees, and many more.

2008 ASPA Conference - Australian Secondary Principals Association Inc.

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Perth, Western Australia Australia

Love it or hate it, Information Communication Technology (ICT) pervades every aspect of our lives.

“But now is the time to worry about whether we are using …. technology to improve quality, increase access, and enhance the flexibility of learning programs”1.The value of ICT is recognised everywhere. Will ICT be our saviour? Where is ICT taking us or are we taking ICT? How will ICT figure in our educational system? Will it drive it or be driven by it? This conference will take you into the realms of imagining and beyond! Jump on board the tardis and travel through 2008, 2010, and 2015 to a whole new educational ‘cyberspace’ where you will be able to imagine, create and transform the members of your learning community." (The Myth about E-Learning “We Don’t Need to Worry about E-Learning Anymore”, Diana G. Oblinger and Brian L. Hawkins EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 40, no. 4 (July/August 2005): 14–15)

16th International Symposium on Graph Drawing

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Conference Centre of Aldemar Knossos Royal Village Hotel Hersonissos, Crete, Greece

Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and networks and is motivated by those applications where it is crucial to visualize structural information as graphs. Bridging the gap between theoretical advances and implemented solutions is an important aspect of the conference.
Indeed, advances in graph drawing are important in several technological areas such as Web computing, e-commerce, VLSI circuit design, information systems, software engineering, computational cartography, visual interfaces, bioinformatics, and networking.

Applied Statistics 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Hotel Ribno Bled, Slovenia

The annual conferences of methodologists and statisticians were established in 1982. First conferences were organized in Bled and then several years in Preddvor and Ljubljana. Since 2005 the conferences are organized in Ribno. Following the very successful conference in 2007, the 2008 conference will be again organized in Hotel Ribno in a vicinity of the magnificent Lake Bled.

The main goal of Applied Statistics 2008 conference is to provide an opportunity for researchers in statistics, data analysts, and other professionals from various statistical and related fields to come together, present their research, and learn from each other. A four days program consists of invited paper presentations, contributed paper sections from diverse topics, and finishes with a workshop. Cross-discipline and applied paper submissions are especially welcome.

4th International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT 2008)

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Century Park Hotel Bangkok Thailand

CMIT2008 is the 4th International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, first initiated by the IEEE Engineering Management Society Singapore Chapter in 2000. ICMIT2008 intends to bring together scholars, industrialists, and entrepreneurs interested in improving their research and development, and business applications in innovation and technology management across a global network of diverse platforms.

Geomodel 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 26, 2008,
State Research Centre (Yuzhmorgeologiya) Gelendzhik Russia

An open and objective discussion of petroleum geology and geophysics’ problems, training courses and discussion clubs held allowed achieving a high level of scientific papers and applied case studies for the last ten years of work. At present time «GEOMODEL» is rightfully considered to be a universally recognized annual forum of geologists and geophysics in Russia. About 500 of leading specialists and scientists, representing more than 200 organizations from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, China, France, Canada, the Netherlands etc. have taken part in the previous conference «GEOMODEL-2007». About 192 scientific presentations, embracing a wide range of discussed problems and the last innovation software and techniques’ solutions, used in petroleum industry have been presented at the conference.
Several specialized sessions are run simultaneously during the conference that allows considering theoretical and practical problems of exploration, prospecting and development of oil and gas fields.

SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Colorado Convention Center Denver, Colorado United States

The Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) is the leading technical conference in the E&P world.

Why attend ATCE 2008?

* Peer-selected technical program covering current applications and future technologies
* 400+ exhibiting companies showcasing the latest products and services
* Continuing education opportunities
* Student and young professional activities
* Networking events

NRC’s 27th Annual Congress & Expo

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States

The NRC Congress & Exposition is considered to be the premier national education and networking event for recycling professionals.

The City of Pittsburgh is a perfect symbol for this year's Congress Theme: Innovation. The city, once pictured as little more than black smoke stacks has transformed itself, through innovation and leadership, to "America's Most Livable City" with a verdant waterfront and a thriving civic culture.

Innovation is also at the center of revitalizing our shared future in a sustainable economy and environment. Recycling remains an evolving American success story, and with ingenuity and leadership, we continue to build our environmental future.

61st Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 9th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Edmonton Westin Hote Edmonton, Alberta Canada

The conference theme "A Heritage of Innovation" reflects this annual conference's tradition of providing a continuing forum for presentation and discussion of research developments and advancements in geotechnical engineering and hydrogeology. This theme will be reflected in the Hardy Lecture, and through special acknowledgements of the Edmonton and area's geotechnical and hydrogeological pioneers.

In addition to the technical program and plenary sessions, the conference will include a complement of local tours, workshops and short courses. A dedicated poster session, a raft-based geological tour of the North Saskatchewan River valley, and a “wall-breaking” contest will also be featured. Edmonton's cultural institutions and natural river valley autumn splendour will form the backdrop for the conference's social and partners programs promising a combined display of natural beauty and cultural heritage.

International Conference On Coal and Organic Petrology ICCP - TSOP

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 27, 2008,
Prince Philip Auditorium Oviedo, Asturias Spain

Key Conference Themes:

- Advances in Organic Petrology and Organic Geochemistry.
- Applied Organic Petrology to Coal utilization and coal by-products.
- Organic Petrology in the context of Clean Coal Technologies
- Organic Petrology and Environment

4th International Conference on Times of Polymers (TOP) and Composites

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Hotel Continental Terme, Ischia, Naples, Campania Italy

The 4th Conference on Times of Polymers (TOP) & Composites is organized by Italian groups on polymer science and composites. The Conference provides a forum for scientists and engineers throughout the world interested in the timescales of polymers and composites processing, structure and properties. As time is the driving concept in the polymer science community, TOP-Conferences include sessions on various topics and provide opportunities for exchanging ideas and opinions on both fundamental science and industry-relevant subjects.

The conference program will be focused on the more recent advances in the following topics: Viscoelasticity/Rheology, Adhesion, Processing, Durability/Degradation, Biomaterials, Fracture/Yielding, Sensors, Thin Films, Composites/Nanocomposites.

5th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering (CDVE2008)

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 25, 2008,
Hotel Hi Cala Viñas Mallorca Spain

The conference has a 3 days research paper presentation and one day industrial presentation. The social events of the conference include a dinner show in the Son Amar center with spectacular performance.

50th ASTRO Annual Meeting

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 25, 2008,
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center Boston, Massachusetts United States

ASTRO’s Annual Meeting is the premier scientific meeting in radiation oncology and is designed to address the educational needs of radiation oncologists, physicists, biologists, nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in the field of radiation oncology, as well as oncologists working in related specialties.

CAPL Conference 2008: Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Victoria, British Columbia Canada

On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, I welcome you to breathtaking Victoria to enjoy the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landman's 30th Annual Conference and General Meeting. The 2008 conference represents the best of the past conferences with innovative ideas continuing the tradition of excellence.

We believe that we have succeeded and we are thrilled to present our theme entitled "Currency of Leadership".

Nathan MacBey, 2008 CAPL Conference Chair

14th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
India Habitat Center New Delhi, India

The 14th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society is hosted by the Management Development Institute, India (MDI) in collaboration with Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia (CSR Asia), University of Hong Kong (HKU), ERP Environment (ERP),Abo Akademi University (ÅA) , The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and Academy of Finland (AOF). A novel feature of this year's conference is an emphasis on interaction between participants from developed and developing countries for the challenge of global unsustainable development. Sustainability researchers will be able to learn from each other's experience and jointly create solutions for making progress in sustainable development.

8th International Conference on Evolvable Systems:From Biology to Hardware (ICES 2008)

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Olympik Hotel Prague, Czech Republic

The ICES 2008 conference will build on the success of its predecessors by bringing together researchers who combine biologically inspired concepts with hardware and presenting the latest developments in the field.

1st International Conference on Rare Earth Materials (REMAT)

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 26, 2008,
Hotel Orbis Skalny Karpacz , Poland

The Conference is devoted to the different aspects of novel rare earth materials. In particular the scope of conference includes the technology of fabrication of rare earth materials and the studies of their fundamental optical, electric and magnetic properties in view of their applications. The Conference is a continuation of our earlier conferences subjected to rare earth materials – ESTE (Excited States of Transition Elements) and SSRES (Structure and Spectroscopy of Rare Earth Systems).
The conference aims to provide by plenary lectures a broad overview of the current state of the art in the theory and practical applications of physical phenomena in the rare earth and transition metal elements. Contributed lectures will emphasize the most recent developments. There will be poster sessions directed towards problems still in the course of solution.

AdvaMed 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008,
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington DC, United States

Developed by industry, for industry, AdvaMed 2008 is the premier medical technology conference for business leaders, policy-makers, patient groups, news media, ﬁnanciers, and service providers from around the world. September 21-24, 2008, more than 1,400 senior level executives representing more than 500 companies from 35 states and 25 countries will converge on the largest political stage in the world, Washington, D.C. Attendees will participate in policy sessions, educational workshops, partnering and business development discussions, investor presentations, networking receptions and product exhibitions and have the opportunity to directly access decision-makers and inﬂuence the business, political and ﬁnancial climates so imperative to innovation.

International Meeting on Radiation Processing (IMRP 2008)

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 25, 2008,
Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel London, England United Kingdom

The objective for IMRP2008 is to provide members of the radiation processing industry with the opportunity to meet, learn, network and to discuss the business, the science and technology and the regulation of radiation processing. All this in a timeframe that is in-tune with the pressures of business management today.

IMRP2008 will be an all-embracing technical, scientific and business programme of presentations and poster papers delivered over 3 days. An optional 4th day is set aside for technical workshops that will enable interested delegates to explore practical aspects of some of the cutting-edge developments. The Partners Programme will run during the first 3 days and promises exceptional entertainment for travelling companions.

SPE CAD Retec 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Dearborn, Michigan United States

The Color & Appearance Division of SPE working with the Detroit Colour Council have put together a great program for the CAD RETEC® 2008 in Dearborn, Michigan. These two great organizations complement each other extremely well. The Detroit Color Council focuson on both exterior and interior coloring issues within the automotive industry for all materials, while the SPE CAD specifically looks at the coloring of plastics but across all industries including automotive.

Our specific theme is "Driving Colour into the Next Decade." By the time we meet inthe fall of 2008, the automotive industry in particular will be working on color and styling trends for 2010 and beyond. We will start the cdonference with a key note address from THE CAR LAB looking at the state of the auto industry on a world-wide basis as well as styling trends looking into the next decade.

Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microscale III

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 26, 2008,
Hilton Whistler Resort and Spa Whistler, British Columbia Canada

The conference objective is to address the state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of heat transfer and fluid flow in microscale. Recent development of industrial applications like microelectronics, laser systems, micro-heat exchangers, micro-devices (sensors and actuators), and power MEMS have led to studies dealing with microscopic behaviour of thermal phenomena. The Conference intends to provide a forum for scientists from academia and people from industry to present and discuss recent advances in their research on thermal phenomena in micro scale.

Topics for the sessions include:

○ Heat transfer (single-phase, boiling, condensation)
○ Fluid flow (single- and two-phase flow)
○ Two-phase flow (flow modes, visualization)
○ Advanced miniaturized systems (micro heat pipe, micro heat exchanger, micro reformer, micro combustor)
○ Power MEMS (micro engines, micro batteries, micro fuel cells, micro pumps)
○ Experimental measurement techniques (accuracy and precision)
○ Micro sensors and micro actuators

SESAF Annual Meeting 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Mountain Creek Inn Pine Mountain, Georgia United States

Our program with be the theme of "Forest Risk - The New Dimension (Earth, Wind, and Fire)". We will be selecting topics and speakers that address how we deal with the risk of managing a forest ecosystem. This meeting will have something to learn for every professional forester, and we plan to make the meeting a fun event as well.

Biomass South 2008

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, North Carolina United States

A southern regional conference that will:

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Promote interstate and regional collaboration by providing a forum and networking time among varied biomass interests - industry, investors, researchers, agencies, eco-developers, venture capitalists, policy makers, NGOs, feedstock producers, and others.
* Provide a snapshot of current opportunities, technology, infrastructural needs, research, policy initiatives and incentives for biopower, biofuels and bioproducts in the South.

SCM chem

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
JW Marriott Buckhead Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia United States

Adapt and adjust quickly and seamlessly to the changing times by attending the only comprehensive 3-day conference in the industry. Bring winning strategies, process & tactics back to the office through roundtable interaction and action oriented case study presentations on cutting-edge industry topics. It brings together the brightest minds in the industry for your benefit, making it the annual must attend event.

LogiPharma USA 2009

Sep 21, 2008 - Sep 23, 2008,
Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

LogiPharma is the premier pharmaceutical supply chain and logistics event in North America covering a comprehensive range of supply chain topics including (but not limited to): supply chain optimization, transportation management, inventory management, security management, cold chain management, supplier-partner relationship management, product launch management, packaging technology, business continuity management and pedigree compliance.

LogiPharma also aims to bring together all the members of the pharmaceutical supply chain from manufacturing companies to wholesalers and distributors to boards of pharmacies, government institutions, hospitals (doctors/pharmacists), and drug chain pharmacists.