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Conventions: Oct 08, 2008

Intermot Cologne

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 12, 2008,
Cologne Exhibition Center, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Intermot Cologne is the International Trade Fair for Motorcycles and Scooters. It features displays of racing motorcycles, together with appearances by the personalities who ride them and trade stands selling motorcycles and related items.

Profile for exhibit include Motorised vehicles, Trailers and sidecars, Components and accessories for motorcycles, Engines and components, Electrical equipment Clothing, motorcyclists' gear, Machines, tools, workshop and shop equipment, Raw materials, semi-finished products, packaging materials, Lubricants, gear-box/transmission oil, care products, Tourism.

2008 Future Financial Management Association International Meeting

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 11, 2008,
Grapevine Dallas, Texas United States

15th Annual Africa Upstream 2008

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
BMW - Imax, Cape town, Western Cape, South Africa

The 15th Annual Africa Upstream 2008 is the world's largest and most significant exploration and development event on Africa for the global oil exploration and gas-LNG industry Calendar, with key African Government decision-makers and senior oil executives present along with senior executive players across the African value chain.

There were 50+ Speakers from the senior executive level of Super-Majors, leading Independents, Governments, and National Oil Companies in 2007. Over 600 Delegates and Exhibitors attended Africa Upstream. Held in Cape Town, where during the Africa Oil Week there were 850+ high-level participants, this is the global event par excellence.

Pacific Graphics 2008

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
University of Tokyo (Koshiba Hall) Tokyo Japan

The Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (Pacific Graphics) is an annual international conference on computer graphics and applications. As the 16th in the highly successful series, Pacific Graphics 2008 will continue to provide a premium forum for researchers, developers, practitioners in the Pacific Rim and around the world to present and discuss new problems, solutions, and technologies in computer graphics and related areas.

International Gas Union Research Conference Paris (IGRC 2008 )

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
Science Conference Center, Paris, Ile de France France

The conference programme will offer a balance between short, mid and long-term issues, mainly focusing on the relation between gas business and gas research. Workshops and roundtables are planned on major issues and technology topics facing the gas industry, such as CO2 capture and sequestration, safety issues concerning the whole gas chain, methane hydrates, increasing efficiency of depleted and stranded gas fields, gas and renewables, distributed energy generation and the use of information technology to improve the efficiency of the gas chain.
Apart from the workshops, oral and poster sessions on each of the links in the gas chain will be organised: Exploration and Production (including LNG), Storage, Transmission, Distribution and Utilisation.

2008 Annual Conference of the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), National Association of Economic Educators (NAEE) and the Global Association of Teachers of Economics (GATE)

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 11, 2008,
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi, Mississippi United States

The National Council on Economic Education invites you to attend the 2008 Annual Conference of the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), National Association of Economic Educators (NAEE) and the Global Association of Teachers of Economics (GATE). This year’s conference will be hosted by the Mississippi Council on Economic Education.

Printed Electronics Asia 2008

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 9, 2008,
Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo Japan

East Asia′s largest event dedicated to printed electronics, with emphasis on organic and printed inorganic electronics, draws executive level delegates from East Asia′s biggest printing, materials, packaging and electronics companies.

If you want to learn what is happening on this topic in East Asia and to meet the companies doing ground breaking work and commercialization, this event is unmissable. Hosted by IDTechEx, we also provide tours to key players in Tokyo and facilitate introductions. Our conference program, exhibition, tours and masterclasses give you key insight into activities in East Asia so you can get ahead of your competition.

This exclusive event is open to 100 delegates from European and American companies only, with an unlimited number of Asian companies attending. You get maximum value and the edge over your competitors by obtaining unprecedented access to the latest developments in Asia. For example, more patents are filed in Japan on printed electronics than any other country - learn by whom and meet the companies involved.

RCN Continence Care Forum annual conference and exhibition

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 8, 2008,
York Racecourse, York,

, England, United Kingdom

This conference will examine ways to build on existing strengths, embrace the challenges change brings; and explore innovative ways of creating continence services that are fit for the future. The conference programme will be of interest to all delegates, whether new to continence care or expert practitioners, and will include a selection of masterclass workshops.

Management in Practice - Birmingham

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 8, 2008,
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Management in Practice Events are dedicated to general practice managers. They are designed to address the ever expanding role and responsibilities of today's primary care general practice manager.

We will be discussing best practice and a wide range of current issues.

Our educational conferences are complemented by an exhibition featuring:

* Key product suppliers
* Educational institutes
* Primary care services providers
* Recruitment specialists

6th International Fair of Local Public Transport (TRANSEXPO)

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
Kielce Trade Fair, 1Zakładowa Str Kielce, Poland

The sixth edition of the International Fair of Local Public Transport TRANSEXPO will be held on 8-10 October 2008.

Last year's edition, the fifth one, attracted 153 exhibitors from 11 countries (Belarus, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine), taking up an exhibition space of 9,300 square metres. It was accompanied by numerous press conferences, company presentations, a few unveilings of Polish coaches, as well as a technical conference on "Innovative Techniques in Urban Transport Management", which was organized by the Economic Chamber of Urban Transport in Warsaw.

CEE Private Equity Forum

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
London, England, United Kingdom

This exceptional event will feature prominent keynote speakers that will share their experience on how to:

* Get an overview of the private equity industry in CEE
* Learn how to invest in this broadly diversified asset class and achieve optimal returns
* Examine the risks and advancements of private equity investments in the CEE market over the past year
* Find out more about the different investment strategies that other investors have faced while investing in private equity in CEE
* Ensure fair risk/return sharing between GPs and LPs
* Assess the effects of the global credit crunch

Plus don't miss out our optional Extra Day on Nordics & Baltics focusing on core issues influencing the private equity market across this region. This Focus Day will be a unique opportunity to be together with the leading institutional investors, buyout and venture capital firms to discuss new trends and changes on the Nordic & Baltic private equity market.

Decor & Gifts Autumn 2008: 9th International exhibition Decor & Gifts

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 11, 2008,
International Exhibition Center, Kyiv, Ukraine

Decor & Gifts 2008 offers a number of opportunities, which could benefit your company:

* Improve the status and image of your brand in the lucrative Ukrainian market
* Present your products and services to a targeted audience and launch new products
* Find new business partners and generate large numbers of potential customers
* Exchange experiences with other professionals in the market
* Discover new trends and opportunities for developing your company and improving your business processes
* Research the market by speaking directly to clients

Tax Planning for IAS / IFRS

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 8, 2008,
ETC Venues, London, England, United Kingdom

This essential tax planning course offers you the unique opportunity to hear leading experts discussing, amongst others, IAS 39 for loan relationships, derivatives, FOREX and hedging activities with a special focus in the tax implications and convergence with UK GAAP.

Tax Planning for Global Transactions & Financing Structures

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 8, 2008,
ETC Venues, London, England, United Kingdom

During this essential course, you will gain practical knowledge of how your organisation can benefit from tax restructuring by identifying & dealing with Corporation Tax

GridNets 2008

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
Beijing, Beijing (munic.) China

All accepted papers will be published by Springer in the ICST Lecture Notes (LNICST) series. The proceedings will be published by Springer and will be available both as paper-based copies and via Springerlink.

The GridNets conference series is an annual international meeting that provides a focused and highly interactive forum where researchers and technologists have the opportunity to present and discuss leading research, developments, and future directions in the Grid networking area. The goal of this event is to serve as both the premier conference presenting best Grid Networking research and a forum where new concepts can be introduced and explored.

Grid developers and practitioners are increasingly realising the importance of efficient network support. Entire classes of applications would greatly benefit by a network-aware grid middleware, able to effectively manage the network resource in terms of scheduling, access and use. Conversely, the peculiar requirements of grid applications provide stimulating drivers for new challenging research towards the development of grid-aware networks.

Cooperation between grid middleware and network infrastructure driven by a common control plane is a key factor to effectively empower the global grid platform for the execution of network-intensive applications, requiring massive data transfers, very fast and low-latency connections, and stable and guaranteed transmission rates. Large e-science projects, as well as industrial and engineering applications for data analysis, image processing, multimedia, or visualisation just to name a few are awaiting an efficient grid network support. They would be boosted by a global grid platform enabling end-to-end dynamic bandwidth allocation, broadband and low-latency access, interdomain access control, and other network performance monitoring capabilities.

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Cancer Degradome Symposium

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 9, 2008,
Royal Institute of British Architects, London, England, United Kingdom

There has long been a connection between proteases and cancer biology, since these enzymes can endow tumour cells with the ability to invade and metastasize, or spread through the body. However, we now know that proteases are involved in a host of subtle regulatory mechanisms that determine the extracellular environment, and how cells respond to their environments, and in so doing they can control cancer cell growth and death, the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) that supply the growing tumour with nutrients, and also the ability of the immune system to detect cancers. It is this set of protease genes, together with their natural inhibitors, and the proteins with which they interact, that is called the DEGRADOME. We can only now appreciate that any attempt to understand the relevance of proteases in cancer must consider the extraordinary diversity and versatility of these enzymes in different contexts.

This workshop will combine the findings of the EU Framework 6 Programme on the ‘Cancer Degradome’ with those of other colleagues in the field. The focus will be on extracellular proteinases and their status as markers and therapeutic targets in cancer. The use of novel techniques to study aspects of their in vitro and in vivo functions will be a particular focus.

Accelerating Proof of Concept

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 8, 2008,
Hyatt Harborside Boston, Massachusetts United States

With increasing resource pressure, drug developers need to make more effective and informed go/no-go decisions as early as possible in the drug development process. This allows the best compounds to move ahead with adequate resource support. By doing more of the right experiments, earlier in the pre-clinical discovery and development process, drug developers will face fewer surprises as drugs move into the more expensive later stages of the development process. Biomarkers, FDG-PET Imaging, Gene Expression, Metabolic Screening, Protein Tomography and other advanced tools are increasingly being used for early confirmation of a drug development candidate’s ability to reach a target, confirm bioavailability and impact on a target or pathway, to enable an earlier, more effective, decision making processes. Leading drug discovery and development companies are increasingly reorganizing their drug development process and programs to take advantage of these new tools and techniques to improve drug development pipeline productivity and focus resources on the most promising candidates.

Topics to be covered include:

Building a More Effective Drug Discovery and Development Processes:

* Advanced Proof of Concept Tools and Approaches
* Measuring Targets, Pathways and Impacts
* Case Studies of New Proof-of-Concept Approaches and Programs
* Implementing New Drug Development Process Models

Proof of Concept Tools, Techniques and Technologies:

* Biomarker Applications for Early Stage Drug Development
* FDG-PET Imaging
* Gene Expression Case Studies
* Immunohistochemistry
* Metabolic Screening
* Pharmacodynamic Markers
* Protein Tomography
* Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI)
* Diffusion MRI
* Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
* Genetic Profiling to Stratify Patient Populations

Microbiology for the Non Microbiologists

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 9, 2008,
The Rembrandt Hotel, London, England, United Kingdom

Microbiological issues play a key part in the production and control of manufactured items. The object of this seminar is to provide non-microbiologists with an overview of the basic theory and practical relevance of microbiology as it relates to the working environment.

Packaging Technology and Metallurgy Course

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Semitracks, Inc. and SHRDC have put together a course which will provide an overview of the current business climate, anticipated trends and the associated impact on assembly/packaging roadmaps. There will be an in-depth discussion of both high-end CPU roadmaps plus the roadmaps to address the multitude of communications and network devices that are driving the digital revolution. The course will generically address typical assembly flows and cost implications for both wafer fabrication and assembly with special focus on what the low cost alternatives will be in both camps. Based on the technical reliability issues that the packaging roadmaps drive, such as thin film delamination/cracking, bump cracks, via delamination/cracking, thermal interface degradation, heat sink retention, and socketing issues, there will be a review of commonly used failure analysis tools and techniques appropriate to each failure mechanism. Thus, state of the art non-destructive imaging tools of acoustics, x-ray, scanning SQUID microscopy, and terahertz imaging will be reviewed with respect to advantages, limitations and likely evolution to next generation. Other techniques that will be discussed are time domain reflectometry (TDR), adhesion testing, thin film materials characterization and disassembly techniques to allow fault isolation and failure analysis. There will be discussion of the impact of next generation technologies such as Cu, ultra low k dielectrics, 300mm wafer fabrication, wafer scale packaging, embedded passives, chip on board and modular integration. Finally the course will hint at the future which focuses on Nanotechnology, Connectintelligence and the currently ill thought out arena of what packaging/assembly even means for this era of molecular devices. The course will also cover metallurgy of metals such as connectors, sealants, thermal interface materials (TIMs) and shock absorbers. There will be discussion on the metallurgy of solders in the lead free solders, under-bump metallization (UBM), solder joint cracks and ILD damage, metallurgical implications, electromigration comparisons of Al, Cu and solders, tin whiskers in lead free applications, and many more. This course is recommended for engineers and scientists involved in setting the direction for adapting to the rapidly exploding arena of assembly/packaging in the digital revolution. This course will also be especially useful to engineers and scientists actively engaged in performing risk assessments on packaging technologies, performing fault isolation and failure analysis and performing stressing to achieve reliability certification of such technologies.

Diversity and Inclusive Work Environments

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 8, 2008,
Continuing Education and Conference Center St. Paul, Minnesota United States

Capitalize on the talents and contributions of all employees

Each of us brings unique perspectives and talents to our work. With a more diverse workforce than ever before, our workplaces are brimming with new ideas and different ways to do things. By fostering a workplace that recognizes and encourages this diversity, we can position ourselves for incredible success and richer lives. Explore the dimensions of diversity, including and going beyond race and gender, and consider how such a wide range of experiences can affect relationship-building in the workplace.

1st International Congress on Mechanical Metrology

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
Guanabara Palace Hotel Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

The mechanical metrology underlies all technical and scientific developments in areas as diverse as metalworking, metallurgy, health care, energy sources, aerospace, nanotechnology, among many others. Many quantities are involved within its scope.

With this in mind, Inmetro and the brazilian metrology community organizes the First Mechanical Metrology Congress (I CIMMEC), expecting to receive in the city of Rio de Janeiro a great and varied contribution from metrology professionals from Brazil and abroad to show their technical works and developed research, through oral and posters presentations, or, as well, to attend this Congress as an opportunity to acquire and update their knowledge in the different thematic areas of the event.

Manufacturers and dealers of measuring equipment and standards, as well as, of auxiliary accessories and of bibliographic material, will have the chance to expose their products and services in stands at the Fair, which will take place along the Congress.

WaterSmart Innovations Conference & Expo 2008

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
South Point Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada United States

Welcome to a brave new world of water-efficient practices, policies and products. The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense program and other leading national and international organizations, invites you to join a new wave in water efficiency.

As the largest conference of its kind in the world, the inaugural WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition will be the premiere venue for showcasing new water-efficiency technology to industry and business from around the globe; building and strengthening effective, interdisciplinary relationships and establishing your company as an international leader in innovative water efficiency technology and services.

Defence Exports 2008

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 9, 2008,
Radisson SAS Hotel, Rue du Fossé-aux-Loups 47 Brussels Belgium B-1000

Following on from the success of last year's conference, we are proud to bring you Defence Exports 2008. Bringing together national representatives and senior industry figures, this is the event to attend for the most up-to-date information on national export control regulations, institutional initiatives and industry insights and experiences. Meet your national representatives and ensure your organisation stays ahead of the latest trade compliance challenges and regulations.

Attend the 2008 conference to:

HEAR updates on European export control regulations
ASSESS the latest US ITAR policies and procedures
ANALYSE new EU integtration into European defence trade networks
DISCUSS EU initiatives, including the intracommunity transfer of defence goods and the review of dual-use regulations
SHARE experiences with industry through a series of tailored presentations

Plant Asset Management & Reliability Excellence 2008

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 9, 2008,
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Georgia United States

This Jacob Fleming conference will provide solutions to some of the on-going challenges to Plant Asset Management & Reliability by looking at some of the best practices in the industry. Reliability experts will provide honest and unbiased insights into how they have optimized their plant operations and asset management methods and techniques to achieve improved plant reliability.

Advanced Metallization Conference 2008:18th Asian Session

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
Sanjo Conferene Hall, The Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan

The conference is organized to stimulate and enhance the research and development of ULSI interconnect technology; and each year since 1989 the conference has been held at about the same time in both Japan and USA, and has showcased remarkable interconnect technology development in Asia. Current active development of Cu multilayer wiring technology is aimed at feature sizes of less than 50nm. Securing good reliability between barrier metal and low k in Low k/Cu wiring schemes has become an important topic. In addition, the application of Cu wiring has been broadened to the memory market and is widely used for Flash and DRAM. Moreover, there is advancement in the introduction of metal deposition for transistor surroundings such as for Silicide and Metal Gate, etc. The progress of miniaturization technology for packaging is rapid, and concepts for integrated wiring technology between Si chips and mounting substrates are requested.

Drug Transport and Delivery: Impact on Drug Discovery and Development

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
Uppsala Sweden

Building on the outcomes of previous successful EUFEPS Conferences on drug transporters, compound profiling and lead optimisation, respectively, the scope of this new conference is drug transport and delivery and impact on the whole drug discovery and development process.

It will focus on a number of critical issues in drug discovery and development of both small and large molecules. Special concerns for presentation and discussion during this meeting will be interpretation of data and how they are used to develop new molecular entities; when should certain methods and information be applied; what are the limitations of predictive tools today; and when do they make a difference in discovery and/or development. A particular aim of the conference is to provide a critical review of issues with respect to drug discovery, development and regulatory decision making processes.

The 11th A-IMBN Conference

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 9, 2008,
Coex Convention and Exhibition Center, Seoul, South Korea

We are pleased to invite you to the 11th Asia-Pacific International Molecular Biology Network (A-IMBN) Conference, which will take place in COEX, Seoul, Korea on October 8-9, 2008 in conjunction with the 9th International Congress on Cell Biology.

As the two-day program will cover recent advances in molecular biology, we hope this conference, with your active participation, will create opportunity for future collaboration and accelerate the development of bioscience and biotechnology in the Asia-Pacific region.

Since the organization of the 1st A-IMBN Conference in June 1998 in Seoul, Korea, A-IMBN has come a long way with each annual conference held successfully for a decade with more than 100 participants from the he strategies have been adopted to further nurture and develop the industry.

Boasting 15 participating economies and 300 members, A-IMBN firmly believe information and experience sharing on current and upcoming biotechnology R&D will further promote regional cooperation in biotechnology development.

The World Fruit & Vegetable Show

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 9, 2008,
Excel Exhibition Centre, London, England, United Kingdom

International trade exhibition specifically for fresh and processed fruit and vegetables and fresh flowers. Held in London annually.

• This is a “trade only” exhibition which consists of both individual exhibitors, with their own stands and pavilions made up of groups of companies representing a country, or region.
• With companies from around the globe participating, the variety of products displayed, will be of interest to all trade buyers from within the fresh / dried fruit and vegetable market and within the flower sector, which is also represented.
• Although originally targeted at the UK market, last years visitors came from 34 countries and included buyers and major decision makers from across the sector.
• This year will see the addition of more forums, greater exhibitor support and a strong international marketing campaign, making this a “not to be missed” meeting place for business to business in 2008.

Annual Conference of the Czech Urological Society

Oct 8, 2008 - Oct 10, 2008,
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

You are undoubtedly looking forward to another Annual Conference of the Czech urological society ČSL J.E.Purkyně, to which we have been invited once again by our colleagues in Hradec Králové, where they are celebrating the 80th anniversary of the “new” Hradec Králové hospital.
Urology in Hradec Králové has a long history, with names such as Rokitanský, Bedrna, Šváb,Stefan, Navrátil, Morávek. It also has considerable experience in organizing our annual conferences.
The history, architecture and present development of the city of Hradec Králové, as well as our professional programme, will provide a unique cultural, culinary and social experience for you.This year our conference will be particularly interesting in that the president and the professional guarantor of the conference will be the tandem of Emeritus Associate Professor Morávek and a newly appointed Head of the Urological Department – Associate Professor Fiala and following the conference, the leadership of ČUS will be in hands of its newly elected committee.
It has become an important tradition in the forming of a scientific programme of high quality that as well as ourselves, members of ČUS, the colleagues from Slovakia, the invited officially invited guests from abroad, lecturers from the European school of urology, and also members of the nursing profession will take part.