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Conventions: Mar 22, 2010

Argenplas 2010 (XIII International Plastic Exhibition )

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 26, 2010,
La Rural Buenos Aires Exhibition Center Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo, Buenos Aires Argentina 1750

Argenplas is a premium exhibition providing the latest and the best in plastic materials for all manufacturing and processing industries alike. It is known to be the leading specialized exhibition of its kind in Argentina.

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Systems biochemistry - Linked Focused Meeting

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 24, 2010,
University of York York, England United Kingdom

Systems biochemistry will be composed of three linked Biochemical Society Focused Meetings:

Systems analysis of metabolism
Signalling and control from a systems perspective
Systems approaches to health and disease

The meetings will run at the same time, coming together for plenary lectures, poster sessions and refreshments. The meetings will run with the same timing (facilitating movement between lecture theatres as and when desired) with a format of oral presentations by invited speakers and selected abstracts authors.

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Nigeria's Oil & Gas Legal System

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 26, 2010,
Lagos Nigeria

This course will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the legal and fiscal systems that govern Nigeria's oil and gas industry with references to crucial lessons learned around the world.

By attending this course you will:

Explore legal and fiscal frameworks in Nigeria and draw comparisons with other countries

Benchmark best international practice for examining and negotiating oil and gas contracts

Assess Nigeria's award system for petroleum contracts and compare with those implemented in other countries

Identify the role of the legal and contractual climate in fostering investment in Nigeria and globally

Understand the "Resource Curse" and how legal regimes can help address it, with a focus on local content and community benefits

Address the challenges in the current legal and fiscal systems in Nigeria

Evaluate the restructuring of NNPC and new financing structures

Define options for change in Nigeria and how to overcome the legal and commercial restraints that exist

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16th Latin Oil Week

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
Avenida Niemeyer 121 - Leblon Rio de Janeiro Brazil

16th Latin Oil Week 2010:
Latin Energy Forum
16th Latin Upstream
6th Latin Petroleum Strategy Briefing

This 16th Annual Latin Upstream is a key event for the Latin American Continent, focused on the exploration industry, gas-LNG and GTL - with Speakers from Latin America and worldwide on competition, National Oil Companies, strategy and portfolio, new ventures, new hydrocarbon potential, regional risks and management issues, integration in energy markets, domestic and cross-border oil and gas ventures, Independents, basins and acreage, new Bid Rounds, competitor strategies, and the future of Latin American and Caribbean hydrocarbons.
For the 16th edition, the news is the Latin Energy Forum, a forum specifically focused on corporations that operate in the dynamic world of energy on the continent.

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HSE Risk Management and Process Safety 2010

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 24, 2010,
Aberdeen Exhibition and Confrence Centre, Exhibition Av AB23 8BL

Key topics to be included on the agenda:

• Reducing Hydrocarbon Leaks.
• Identification of Risks.
• Implementing HAZOP
• Cumulative risk assessment
• Auditing Processes.
• Practical Application of Policies and Procedures
• Incident Management – Case Study.
• Leading and Lagging Metrics.
• Process Management.
• Culture
• Visibility over contractor competency
• Competency and complacency as blockers to improved safety management
• Bridging the Skills Gap – Panel Session.
• Change management.

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Middle East Downstream Week - MEDW 2010

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
Hilton Hotel Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates

Middle East Downstream Week comprises five events in one week to create four days of high-level learning and networking opportunities.

During the week you can participate in the following:

- Exclusive Axens Refining Seminar
- Refinery and Petrochemical Integration Masterclass
- 11th Edition of The Middle East Refining Conference
- 4th Annual Meeting of The Middle East Fuels Symposium
- Site Visit to Ruwais to witness the laying of the foundations for TAKREER's latest state of the art grassroots refinery

The Middle East Downstream Week, now in its 11th year, will be the most important downstream event of 2010, welcoming more than 100 organisations from over 25 countries.

Stay ahead of the curve, attend Middle East Downstream Week.

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World Fiscal Systems for Oil & Gas

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 26, 2010,
Singapore

World Fiscal Systems for Oil and Gas is a 5 day computer-based interactive training course. It is based on a work book with examples and exercises. Participants will receive, free of charge, the petroleum fiscal software used during the course. This provides a “starter-kit” to solve fiscal issues after completing the course.

Furthermore, the interaction of participants from governments, companies and other organisations is of great value.The questions and discussions provide greater insight in the issues that are of importance within world fiscal systems.

Objectives of the course

Run for over 11 years, this world famous course continues to be an outstanding success, providing participants with an intimate knowledge of petroleum upstream fiscal systems.

The aim of the course is to teach participants:

The nature and details of all the important fiscal features in the world
The wide variety of fiscal systems based on concessions, production sharing contracts, joint ventures, service contracts and other arrangements
The underlying economic characteristics of the various fiscal systems
Advanced economic analysis based on Excel spreadsheets
How government policies impact on fiscal systems
Competitive worldwide frameworks for investing in the petroleum sector
Future trends in petroleum fiscal terms

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Retirement Communities World Australasia 2010

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
8 Whiteman Street, Southbank Melbourne, Victoria Australia

Retirement Communities World Australasia 2010 will address the most prominent economic issues impacting the retirement living and aged care sector. Why you should attend

4 International keynote speakers Gain insight from 2 genuine American retirement living pioneers The emerging Asian market: Building retirement villages for the world’s largest population Gain strategic insights from developers, operators and financiers Developer economics & leading developer insights Overcoming funding and financing challenges Maximise sales and marketing ROI Strategic insights from Australia’s leading marketeers & advertisers

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The 6th Annual Asia Mining Congress 2010

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 26, 2010,
Singapore

Asia's number 1 mining investment conference With the global economic downturn easing and commodity prices making a steep recovery, Asia's mining sector rebounds with new investment and partnership opportunities. As new players and new investors enter the equation, find out how the rules of the game may have changed for your business at Asia Mining Congress 2010. Asia Mining Congress is the region’s definitive leadership forum for exploration, investment and development. It is an invaluable channel for the global metals & mining industry to cultivate long-term partnerships with the region’s mining stakeholders and investors. The Asia Mining Congress is where the world’s major mining companies and the region’s most influential investors will be convening as a platform to discover new investment opportunities.

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4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2010

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
Campus Garching, Technische Universitat Munchen Munich, Munich Germany

Pervasive healthcare is an emerging research discipline, focusing on the development and application of pervasive and ubiquitous computing technology for healthcare and wellness. Pervasive healthcare seeks to respond to a variety of pressures on healthcare systems, including the increased incidence of life-style related and chronic diseases, emerging consumerism in healthcare, need for empowering patients and relatives for self-care and management of their health, and need to provide seamless access for health care services, independent of time and place. Pervasive healthcare may be defined from two perspectives. First, it is the development and application of pervasive computing (or ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence) technologies for healthcare, health and wellness management. Second, it seeks to make healthcare available to anyone, anytime, and anywhere by removing locational, time and other restraints while increasing both the coverage and quality of healthcare. The Pervasive Healthcare conference aims to gather together technology experts, practitioners, industry and national authorities contributing towards the development and application of human-centered pervasive and ubiquitous computing technology for healthcare and wellness.

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Branding & Marketing Asia Higher Educaiton

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 23, 2010,
JW Marriott Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

The landscape and business perception on higher education has changed globally. It has become a multi-billion dollars business with more liberal education business regulations in many countries allowing foreign higher institution setting ups shops ! Opportunities as well as challenges are abundant for both local institutions and foreign institutions investing in Malaysia higher education. What lies behind this is the demand by more prudent and much informed consumers in seeking higher education. Reputable brand names, perceptions and international standings are important criteria in their selection. With twining programs and some full fledge foreign university campuses available in Malaysia, local universities and higher institutions are in competition to increase numbers of new enrolment. As the market for higher education (universities, polytechnics, distance learning/ professional courses) becomes more competitive, now more than ever the role of marketing & branding is pivotal to positioning educational institutions on the competitive global stage with objective of driving recruitment and enrolment. With social networking tools opening up new digital communication platforms it is now vital that higher institutions review, re-strategise and re-engineer their marketing initiatives in order for them to remain relevant to a new media savvy generation in the borderless higher education industry.

The 2 day conference will convene senior-level education marketing ( administrators and IT Professionals) and provide them with the opportunities to identify the latest strategies, methods, tools techniques and technologies being used by the higher education sector to improve and strengthen critical areas such as branding, increase recruitment and admission and marketing campaigns as well its KPI.

Take Away Solutions

for the following chall enges:
Building strong university brands
Effective use of social media as a marketing tool
Long term strategic planning and updates on latest trends
Internationalisation and collaboration
Driving recruitment and admission
Measuring marketing and branding KPIs
Various branding and marketing approaches
Strategic corporate planning
Evaluating brand identities

Event Highlights:

2-Day Interactive Conference
20 Over International Sp eakers
20 Over case studies & Solu tions-Driven Presentations
2 Panel Discussions
16 Hours of Networking Opp ortunities

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Tendering, Cost Estimating And Contracts Administration

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 23, 2010,
Malaysia

Introduction
Participants will be taught to understand the fundamentals of cost estimating, cost and price analysis, negotiation skills, cash flow management for projects, managing contracts and administration. They will also learn to minimize the risks after winning the contracts.

Objective
The two-days seminar helps participants to improve and refine their techniques to prepare tender estimates, negotiate and administer cash flow and contracts.

Outline

Introduction and Overview of Cost Estimating

· What is cost estimating

· Purpose, functions, objectives of cost estimating

· Uses of cost estimating

· Functions and organization of estimating department

· Roles and responsibilities of cost estimators

Preparing Estimates for Quotation

· Understanding the types of estimates

· Factors in cost estimating

· Steps in preparing a cost estimates for quotations/tendering

· Reviewing the tender requirements

Mechanics of Cost Estimating

· Cost estimate format

· Establish labour rates and labour cost calculations

· Types of overheads and overheads calculations

· Obtaining contractor/subcontractors quotations

- Cost exercises / Preparing quick cost estimates

Preparing Bond Calculations and Assessing Risks

· What are bonds? / Types of bonds / Exercise

· Assessment of risk and profits

· Stages in the preparation of tender submission

Establishing the Right Tender Pricing

– Types of pricing / Cost and price analysis / Price variations

The Tendering Process

· Determine the needs

· Specification writing and tender documents

· Tender evaluation and procedures

- Types of evaluation / Comparison of bids

Contract Negotiation and Contracts Administration

· Tender negotiation / Negotiation skills / Cash flow

· Project control management / Work exercises

Building a Tender Information System

· Data classification / Data gathering / Data storage and retrieval

· Software packages and evaluation

Training Methodology

This seminar is presented in English by way of lectures, discussions, group exercises and project presentation.

Who Should Attend
Estimating engineers, managers, purchasing officers executives, contract administrators, and others who are interested to refine and improve their tender pricing submissions will find this seminar very beneficial from the speaker’s experience.

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Integrated Logistics Support - Washington, D.C.

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 24, 2010,
United States

ILS for the 21st Century presents the newest logistics requirements with the tools and techniques in order to successfully implement them. Now more than ever, with some military standards being discontinued and other military standards being followed, the development of supportable systems and cost-effective support infrastructures is critical.

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Department Of Defense Architecture Framework 2.0 - Washington, D.C.

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 23, 2010,
United States

This seminar provides an example-based methodology for designing operational, technical and
systems architecture views and products that are consistent with the guidelines of the DoD
Architecture Framework (DoDAF).

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FT Business Film of Summit

Mar 22, 2010 - Mar 23, 2010,
Four Seasons Hotel Doha Qatar

The digital revolution combined with limited available funding in the wake of the financial crisis has put film studios under considerable strain, resulting in a rapidly evolving industry. But can these changes give rise to new, and more importantly, profitable opportunities?

The FT Business of Film Summit, being held in partnership with Alnoor, will feature keynotes, best practice case studies, showcases and interactive panel discussions from leading financiers, investors and filmmakers. Don't miss this exclusive global event in Doha to make new contacts, network and gain a valuable insight into the funding and commercial opportunities that exist in such current tough market conditions.

Critical issues to be explored will include:

* Developing film and talent in Qatar
* The changing landscape for film in a post financial crisis world
* Impact of changing viewing habits and evolving digital technology on the film industry
* Is the globalisation of Hollywood set to continue or will local language films grow in importance?
* Review of new sources of funding
* Global outlook on beneficial tax regimes
* Role for Governments in supporting the creative economy through fiscal incentives and subsidies
* Converging creativity with technology in distribution
* Predictions for the future

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