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Conventions: Jan 27, 2009

Global E&P Summit 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 29, 2009,
Madrid Spain

The upstream industry is adopting new technologies and processes at an astonishing rate as fresh applications drive a global advance in the way the oil and gas businesses operates today. With such a rapid development, World Trade Group’s Global E & P Summit dedicated to this crucial subject has had to expand accordingly, and in 2009 will incorporate 3 specialised conferences under one roof.

Join us at the Global E&P Summit 2009 – the conference and networking event, which focuses on all the aspects of how the latest technologies can be used to overcome declines in production and ensure operations remain profitable in the future.

The 5th Annual European Geospatial Intelligence Conference ( DGI 2009)

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 30, 2009,
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, England, United Kingdom

DGI 2009 is Europe’s largest annual gathering dedicated to high-level discussion addressing the major challenges of the defence and government geospatial intelligence community. Bringing together Heads of Geospatial Intelligence, GIS, Remote Sensing, Operations, and Imagery and Analysis, the conference provides a unique forum to discuss and debate the development of geospatial intelligence capabilities across the globe.

Addressing the use of geospatial information in scenarios such as international conflicts, humanitarian disasters, crime, security, border control, arms treaty monitoring and global climate change, a fundamental objective of the event is to help organisations understand how to build the necessary infrastructure and architecture to take advantage of geospatial intelligence capabilities, as well tackle the challenges of interoperability so that organisations can collaborate effectively with each other.

Offshore West Africa 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 29, 2009,
Abuja International Conference Center, Abuja, Nigeria

In its 13th year of providing a lucrative platform for information exchange and new business development, Offshore West Africa is the region’s premier technical forum focused exclusively on West Africa’s offshore petroleum market. Make plans now to participate in 2009 and gain new insight into the investment and development trends continuing to gain fast momentum in this dynamic region.

Offshore West Africa is sponsored by Offshore Magazine and Oil & Gas Journal. This event is the only conference and exhibition dedicated to the offshore oil & gas industry in the region, with more than 1,500 offshore professionals expected to attend the three-day conference and exhibition.

Offshore West Africa offers oil companies, their partners and all suppliers to the offshore industry a unique platform to showcase their products and services to this key audience.

Biomanufacturing Summit North America 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine, 3777 La Jolla Village Drive San Diego, California United States

The 2009 Biomanufacturing Summit brings together world class leaders within biopharmaceuticals to explore the dynamic strategies, benchmark the latest technologies and analyze the most cutting edge science sustaining the growth of the biopharmaceutical industry.
With the inevitability of biogenerics in the US and the increasingly tighter federal regulations it is apparent that those companies who have developed winning strategies to streamline processes, maximize capacity and reduce costs are the ones that will successfully navigate the increasingly complex landscape of biological production. Join us at this premier conference and networking event designed specifically for senior executives in manufacturing, process development and product operations. The 2009 Biomanufacturing Summit features in - depth case studies and interactive sessions from world-class biopharmaceutical manufacturers helping you drive forward innovation and increase process efficiency!

Upakovka 2009: 17th International Trade Fair Machinery and Equipment for the Manufacture of Packaging, Packaging Machinery, Confectionery Machinery, Packaging and Packaging Aids, Logistics

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 30, 2009,
Zao Expocenter, Krasnaya Presnya, Moscow, Central Federal District Russia

A pretty box, a sturdy plastic package: Russian consumers have long been drawn to practical and high-impact product presentations. With double-digit growth rates in private income resulting in ever increasing consumer spending, the Russian packaging industry has recorded solid growth rates over the past several years. Rather than going at it alone, Russia will continue to largely rely on international business partners to meet this demand.

UPAKOVKA is organized by Messe Düsseldorf in conjunction with its Russian partner, ZAO Expocenter. Messe Düsseldorf has been one of Russia's premier foreign trade show organizers for nearly 40 years

Biomarkers in Brain Disease

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Said Business School, University of Oxford Park End Street Oxford, United Kingdom OX1 1HP

Advances in biomarker development are revolutionizing the way we study, diagnose, and treat disease. However, progress in the development and use of biomarkers for diseases of the central nervous system has been limited by a number of difficulties - including inherent barriers associated with studying the brain.

Development of reliable biomarkers for brain disorders would dramatically accelerate research on the etiology, pathophysiology, disease progression, and therapeutic development of many very prevalent and devastating diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, and others.

During this two-day meeting, international experts will gather to discuss the latest advances in biomarker technologies and biomarker development for brain disorders, as well as the logistical, regulatory, and funding challenges experienced by scientists working on clinical trials for biomarkers.

The European Pensions and Investment Development Summit 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 29, 2009,
Beau-Rivage Palace, Laussanne Switzerland

How valuable is the opportunity to hear real, unfettered, and honest opinions regarding the deterioration of global financial security and the future prospects of the European and Global pensions and investment sector? Do you share the view of the majority of your peers that the present economic down-turn could well be something more profound than the usual cyclical movements that have been experienced?

Chaired by IPE and providing a critical strategy validation opportunity for European pension schemes, EPID is 2009 is the first, and most significant Annual Conference for the pensions industry.

Do not miss this crucial opportunity to ensure that that you are armed with the latest critical insight to better navigate the increasingly precarious environment your organisation now faces! As the executive head of your organisation you are invited to join this extra-ordinary gathering of practitioners at the beginning of the New Year to challenge, question, debate, and validate the traditional assumptions for basing investment and pension provision.

In the excellent company of your peers you will enrich your knowledge of the marketplace as it now stands and summarise the fallout of the liquidity crisis and subsequent financial downturn and what it means for your organisation. Welcoming leading experts, IPE Award-winning case studies together with Europe’s regulators, policy makers, and associations the executive 3-day summit programme is now open to registering the heads of pensions and investments from pension schemes and insurance companies to the summit.

The European Gas Conference 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 29, 2009,
Vienna, Austria

The great success of the First Annual European Gas Conference 2008 saw over 300 senior executives from across the gas industry and from over 27 countries in attendance at the event held from 23-25 January 2008 in Vienna. The Energy Exchange Ltd is now delighted to announce that the 2009 conference will once again be co-hosted by OMV and will be returning to Vienna on 27-29 January 2009.

Still at the forefront of the European energy debate, gas supply, distribution, storage issues, LNG and major projects will be discussed in depth at this next annual conference which will once again bring together leaders from across the region’s major gas companies, governments and regulatory bodies, to examine the key issues and challenges at the heart of current European energy debate.

The European Gas Conference 2009 will provide delegates with an unrivalled business and networking opportunity.

NDIA Biometrics Conference 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
The Sheraton National Hotel Arlington, Virginia United States

Accounting & Reporting Petroleum Reserves & Production

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Central London Hotel, London, England, United Kingdom

This Euromoney Energy Training course focuses on the key issues involved in reporting, analysing and accounting for petroleum reserves and production at both asset and corporate level. Accounting for the accurate recording of reserves and production is of paramount importance in both meeting regulatory requirements and the optimal management of fields and assets.

There are several key categories of reserves to consider and there are subtle differences between the rules for classifying reserves adopted by financial regulators and those identified as best practice by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Therefore there are both financial and technical dimensions to reserves classification and reporting. This course addresses both.

The course employs a mixture of PowerPoint presentations, case studies, exercises and videos to achieve its learning outcomes. The emphasis is on integrating technical and financial aspects of reserves measurement and reporting.

Financial Data Congress 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
UN Millennium Hotel, New York, New York United States

• Managing Costs
• Controlling Data Volume
• Supporting Your Desk

These are the major challenges today’s financial data executive is facing. With the current credit crunch and the directive to cost manage while supplying your desks with the information they need to achieve competitively in today’s market, it is critical you’re supplied with the right tools, techniques and strategies to reach and exceed your goals. Never before has the amount of data available to the financial community been so extraordinarily huge. It has become a somewhat daunting task for the data executive to sift through what is being offered by exchanges and vendors and determine what’s best for your firm.

9th International Security Printing & Alternative Solutions in CEE / Russia

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 29, 2009,
Reval Lietuva Vilnius, Lithuania

With over 130 top industry contacts, and 10 exhibition suites attending the 2008 event, this conference continues to grow strongly, maintaing its position as the leading forum for security printing executives and senior governmental figures from the CEE and Russian region.

Clinical Outsourcing World Europe 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 30, 2009,
Earls Court Conference Centre, Warwick Street London, England, United Kingdom SW5 9TA

Clinical Outsourcing World Europe builds on the success of the inaugural event held in London in January 2008. Clinical Outsourcing World Europe 2009 addresses the major strategic and operational issues involved in outsourcing.

The question now is not whether to outsource but which part of your development programme should you outsource and how do you outsource efficiently?

Clinical Outsourcing World Europe addresses the major strategic and operational issues involved in outsourcing:

• Assessing the true value of clinical outsourcing
• How do you identify your core competencies?
• How do you develop an operational culture that embraces outsourcing?
• Partnering with niche providers
• Improving the speed and quality of clinical trials
• Managing long and short term contracts
• Measuring and reducing risk
• Clinical trials in low cost countries

IPTV World Forum Latin America

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Intercontinental Hotel, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

• The conference will feature over 20 telcos and ISPs discussing IPTV service deployment issues

• Leading South American content players and broadcasters speaking

• Operators speaking at the show include: Brasil Telecom, VTR, Telefonica Internacional, Telefonica del Sur, Telecom Argentina, Anatel Brasil.

• Networking party for all conference delegates

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4th European Forum on Anti-Corruption

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Sheraton Offenbach Hotel, Am Buesing Palais, Berliner Strasse 111 Frankfurt am Main, Hessen Germany

C5’s 4th European Forum on Anti-Corruption Conference will take you to the next level of anti-corruption compliance, providing you with an update on recent anti-corruption enforcement actions and best corruption risk managements you need to develop the socially responsible business models expected by investors and other stakeholders. Learn from others and set up a robust and proactive anti-corruption programme to mitigate these risks.

Key Topics include:

• Building, implementing and monitoring a value-based anti-corruption compliance programme
• Ensuring pre-retention screening of employees and third party agents
• Overcoming challenges in relation to interaction between internal audit, compliance and legal functions
• Developing an effective internal investigation procedure
• Best strategies to manage multi-jurisdictional and joint investigations
• Building and implementing a robust training programme that helps to recognise corruption and to take appropriate actions to respond
• Creating a corporate ethics and compliance culture starting from the top
• Conducting pre-acquisition due diligence
• Sharing experiences of anti-corruption compliance programmes and risk management in emerging countries including India, China, Middle East & Africa

Association of Boards Certification 22nd Annual Conference

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 30, 2009,
Embassy Suites La Quinta La Quinta, California United States

ABC's annual conference and regional meetings offer opportunities to share ideas about certification program development, to network with peers, and to learn about current issues. The annual conference and regional meetings are invaluable opportunities to exchange ideas with others in certification. The annual conference is held in January each year and regional meetings are held upon requests from members. Regional meetings are volunteer led.

Aseptic Filling & Processing

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Angelo Hotel Prague Czech Republic

Informa Life Sciences' Aseptic Filling and Processing conference returns in 2009, now in its fourth year. The meeting, the most established and best attended of its kind in Europe has truly become one of the events in the calendar of those involved in the manufacture and processing of pharmaceutical products worldwide.

Assembling regulators, industry representatives and other experts in the field, the conference features a mix of case-studies, regulatory interpretations, Q&A sessions, panel discussions and interactive workshops.

7th Annual Global Pricing and Reimbursement Congress 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Radisson SAS Beke Hotel Budapest Hungary

Pricing pharmaceutical products correctly and gaining maximum reimbursement is essential to substantially increase profit margins of pharma and biotech companies. However, without an effective long term strategy on pricing and reimbursement to maximise profit and maintain market share, organisations will suffer and only the most successful will win.
To stay ahead of your competitors and help prepare you for the imminent changes of 2009, Informa’s 7th Annual Global Pricing and Reimbursement Congress will provide detailed knowledge of the most profitable markets and provide practical examples of effective pricing and reimbursement strategies.

Clinical Trial Performance Metrics

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
NH Jolly Hotel St Ermins London, England United Kingdom

Informa presents the largest congregation of European key decision makers within clinical trial performance metrics at the Clinical Trial Performance Metrics Conference 2009. This event must be attended by those wishing to remain at the forefront in the province of clinical trial performance metrics.

Featuring a two day conference with workshops, this event offers direct access to a wide spectrum of senior level professionals involved in getting the best out of their clinical trials. It provides a high-quality setting, in which to discuss the challenges that are faced by all within clinical trial performance metrics.

Forced Degradation Studies

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Hotel BLOOM! Brussels Belgium

Informa Life Sciences’ 3rd annual Forced Degradation studies conference will provide delegates with clarity and advice on determining the correct stress conditions to use, the most up to date and appropriate analytical methods, and deciding the best threshold levels of detection. This is the essential European meeting for professionals working in the area of degradation, analytical development, stability, research and development and regulatory affairs.

Expo Comm Austria 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
New Messezentrum Vienna Vienna, Vienna Austria

Expo Comm Austria 2009 is a leading trade for the Telecom sector in Austria. EXPO COMM has developed a global database that will help your company penetrate new markets cost effectively, while building brand recognition in the expanding technology centers of Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Distressed Debt & Restructurings 2009

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Hotel Hessischer Hof Frankfurt Germany

In such a fast moving and profitable sector, everyone involved in distressed debt investing and in workout and restructuring processes must be armed with the latest information to make the right decision today. Whether you are an executive, trader, investor, legal advisor, restructuring or turnaround professional dealing with non-performing debt, it is essential that you have an in depth knowledge of the latest developments in the law and a clear understanding of the regulatory framework in which you are operating. It is also vital that you have an up-to-the-minute grasp on the underlying dynamics, value drivers, best practices and successful business strategies in deal structuring. Yesterday’s knowledge will not help you today in this high-stakes arena.
For this unique event, C5 has gathered an outstanding faculty of top industry experts and their advisors. These expert speakers will bring their many years of experience to the analysis of cutting edge issues.

BC Power

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Four Seasons Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

Attend The Canadian Institute’s 3rd BC Power Conference and learn the answers to these questions and much more. Discover the impacts of BC’s aggressive energy plan and the progress made to date by government and industry to achieve targets set.

The Duty To Accommodate

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Marriott Bloor Yorkville Toronto, Ontario Canada

You will benefit from sessions focused on avoiding litigation and working proactively with your employees and other stakeholders in the accommodation process. Pick up realistic solutions and receive invaluable analysis to help you:

* Successfully balance performance issues, accommodation needs, and business interests
* Integrate management supports that positively impact absenteeism
* Minimize the impact of poor job performance resulting from undisclosed or undiagnosed mental illness through the adoption of early intervention techniques
* Reduce your risk of liability when terminating accommodated employees

8th National Symposium on Privacy and Security of Consumer and Employee Information

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Four Points by Sheraton Washington DC, United States

ACI’s 8th National Symposium on Privacy & Security of Consumer and Employee Information will provide privacy leaders with a forum for gaining best practices that will benefit the entire industry. This event is designed to be part learning, part networking and part insurance policy. At the very least, attending this event will ensure that you form contacts and relationships which will prove invaluable when the “worst” should happen. And, by attending this essential event you will:

* Ensure compliance with the latest FTC rules on identity theft and affiliate-marketing
* Protect sensitive information in the hands of third parties through effective vendor management
* Develop a comprehensive international privacy program for the collection, use and transfer of data
* Prevent insider threats from infiltrating your organization and minimize data breaches
* Implement privacy and security policies for a remote and mobile workforce

8th National Consumer Finance Class Actions and Litigation

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Affinia Manhattan Hotel New York, New York United States

ACI is proud to bring you the essential defense forum that will shape the future of litigation strategies for leading outside counsel & in-house counsel in the consumer finance industry: 8th Annual Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation. Through a faculty of 24 distinguished in-house counsel, as well as renowned outside defense counsel and jurists, this conference will provide even the most seasoned attorneys with critical insights and practical strategies needed to protect your client in this complex arena and keep him/her up to date on the emerging claims and prepared to roll out the most strategic defenses.

ITC Litigation

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
The Madison Washington DC, United States

ACI has developed a program that scrutinizes the most common struggles of any ITC action and offers practical solutions to these challenges. Insights from the Chief Judge of the ITC on perspective of court, as well as from Commission Staff and U.S. Customs will be invaluable to any ITC practitioner, as well as any business that faces a Section 337 action. The faculty for the Advanced Forum on ITC Litigation – including senior practitioners and Commission staff – will offer insights into current trends and issues involved in an ITC action, including:

* Fallout from the decision in Broadcomm v. Qualcomm
* Drafting the Exclusion Order, and working with enforcement agents to ensure it is carried out
* Preparing arguments to pass the Domestic Industry test, particularly with the growth of licenses
* Managing documents, foreign witnesses, and minimizing costs
* Avoiding redundancy in discovery review and expert witnesses
* Utilizing a Section 337 action as a means to settling, and in conjunction with, other actions in federal court

Maritime Security

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 29, 2009,
Amsterdam Netherlands

The marcus evans Maritime Security conference will bring together key stakeholders involved ensuring security in the maritime domain. No one stakeholder can ensure security so collaborative discussion will take place to evaluate the current threats and transfer best practices from lessons learned. Special focus will be given to the increasing terrorism threat in the Maritime domain and also the recognition of the increasingly vulnerable cruise line sector and energy industry both of whom have substantial assets and risk in the maritime environment. Underlying all of these discussion will be the presence of authorities that are responsible for designing and implementing maritime security legislation across Europe.

3rd Annual Strategic Asset Management for Power Plants

Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009,
Atlanta, Georgia United States

The marcus evans 3rd Annual Strategic Asset Management for Power Plants conference will review effective maintenance planning and strategies that impact directly on power plant efficiency and productivity, thereby contributing to bottom-line profitability. Attention will also be paid to the importance of asset information management and computerized maintenance management systems in coordinating fleet data and the management of maintenance activities to make strategic business decisions. This event will also discuss on how to deal with the challenges of manpower attrition through working in conjunction with educational institutions or contractor outsourcing and the impact of environmental and emissions legislation on asset management decisions.