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Conventions: Mar 24, 2010

GLOBE 2010

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 26, 2010,
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre

Event Name: GLOBE 2010
Dates: March 24-26 2010
Location: Vancouver, Canada

The GLOBE 2010 International Conference and Trade Fair on Energy and Environment will be held in Vancouver, Canada from March 24th to 26th, 2010.

This series of events is dedicated to bringing together professionals from the environment sector. Every two years, corporate executives, government representatives, environmental senior managers, urban planners and financial executives meet to discuss emerging priorities and opportunities in the business of the environment.

GLOBE 2010 will host 12,000 participants, 2,200 conference delegates, 500 exhibitors, 200 speakers and dozens of international delegations from over 70 countries. The Conference will focus on major themes such as Corporate Sustainability, Climate Change and Energy, Finance and Sustainability, Building Better Cities, and the Future of the Automotive Industry.

For more information, visit www.globe2010.com

16th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases (ISHEID 2010)

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 26, 2010,
Parc Chanot

The 16th ISHEID congress is an ideal opportunity to network and to increase and update your knowledge! Come to Marseille from 24 to 26 March 2009 to listen to the renowned International Leaders in the fields of HIV and Hepatitis Viruses give you State-of-the-Art Lectures.
The 16th ISHEID congress is the major International Conference specifically designed by scientists to give specialists an opportunity to:
- receive high quality scientific information,
- meet in a friendly atmosphere
- and give you practical information for everyday use.

The ISHEID congress is Science, not marketing: The programme is established by an independent scientific committee.

10 reasons why you must attend ISHEID congress:

• It offers an innovative programme featuring state of the art sessions on HIV & infectious diseases
• This programme regularly welcomes the world’s leading experts in infectious diseases
• It also offers a unique mix of talks by international celebrities & presentations of unpublished data by young researchers
• You will learn about the latest developments of HIV & Infectious Diseases medical trends
• You will gain new insights from eminent speakers and workshops
• Its human scale facilitates direct contact with top personalities
• It is a place where to meet and talk to serious exhibitors and get the right answers
• You will find a wide-ranging exhibition of the latest products and services
• It is an ideal environment to meet and share experiences with other International professionals
• ISHEID congress is in a word : uplifting

Official language: English, simultaneous translation into French

6th Global Foundry Sourcing Conference 2010

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
Room 2608, Building 3, Science & Tech. Mansion Qingdao, Shandong China 266012

This conference intends to establish a communication and trading platform for global casting purchasers and Chinese foundry suppliers.

6th Global Foundry Sourcing Conference 2010
March 24th-25th ,2010 Rainbow Hotel Shanghai，China
Sponsors: China Foundry Suppliers Union (CFSU)
Suppliers China Co., Ltd. (SC)
Co-sponsor: National Technical Committee 54 on Foundry of Standardization Administration of China
Organizer: Suppliers China Co., Ltd. (SC)
Supporting Media: FOUNDRY, CHINA FOUNDRY (English Edition), Special Casting & Nonferrous Alloys, Modern Cast Iron, China Foundry Machinery & Technology, Research Studies on Foundry Equipment, Foundry Trade Journal, Foundry-Planet, Casting Area
Conference Purpose is to establish a communication and trading platform for global casting purchasers and Chinese casting suppliers.
Seminar: opportunities are provided for the buyers to make purchasing explanations, and the suppliers to hold products promotion seminars.

BIT Life Sciences' 2nd Annual Would Vaccine Conference-2010

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 26, 2010,
Beijing, Beijing China

To provide a progressive state-of-the-art report so that researchers and other workers in the field can advance and progress the field knowing what is already available

To accelerate progress in the development of vaccines to infectious and non-infectious diseases that threaten the well-being of citizens

To encourage a prophylactic approach to healthcare and discover its boundaries

To discuss recent scientific advances that are contributing to progress in the development of vaccines

To discuss recent scientific advances that are contributions to the progress in the development of vaccines

International Congress of Antibodies

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 26, 2010,
Beijing, Beijing China

Invite 4-8 high profile speakers from distinguished companies of antibody or antibody pharmaceuticals as plenary lectures

Offer 250-300 parallel presentations and discussions to update current novel R & D
status

Arrange 20-25 exhibitors and posters to showcase your products and technology development with the customers concentrative

Assemble 150 directors of clinical laboratory department from the hospitals in China to visit the exhibition

Energy Harvesting for Wireless Automaton

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
Sofitel Munich Bayerpost, Munich, Bavaria Germany

Product designers everywhere are cutting the wires. Are you ready to do the same? Energy Harvesting for Wireless Automation is designed to accelerate the adaptation of energy harvesting devices into commercial products. This conference will help you design wireless sensors, that are energy autonomous and highly reliable. Presentations will review applications in:

Condition Monitoring System Health Monitoring Building Automation Process Automation Tire Pressure Condition Monitoring Hear case studies from pioneering companies who have integrated energy harvesting in building and industrial automation applications. Ones who will share with your their design strategies. Gain insight through end-user presentations on current initiatives, research objectives and integration challenges for energy self-sufficient sensors.

Participate at this cutting edge event, that features today's technology, tomorrow's applications and pioneering companies of the future.

Tuberculosis: The forgotten plague

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 24, 2010,
The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street,

Though tuberculosis kills nearly 2 million people a year, of whom half a million are dually infected with HIV and is one of the three infectious diseases which the Global Fund is raising funds to fight, it is very much the orphan when it comes to publicity, funding and awareness of its importance across the globe.
The morning session is intended to ask the question why this might be and to supply solutions.

FT Investing in a Sustainable Future

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 24, 2010,
Hudson Theatre 145 West 44th Street New York

Building on the success of our inaugural event in March 2009, the 2nd annual FT Investing in a Sustainable Future international conference will reveal how some of the top minds in today's corporate, financial and investment arena are generating bottom-line profits by putting sustainable and ethical investment strategies at the heart of their organizations.

Accelerating Patient Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Trials

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
Crowne Plaza Hotel,

Join us for SMi's 6th annual Accelerating Patient Recruitment & Retention in Clinical Trials. Delve into the latest developments in patient recruitment and retention and learn how the Internet and social media can be utilised to enhance your recruitment and retention with interactive sessions aimed at voicing multiple points of view and experiences.

Patient recruitment and retention are critical to drug development programs. Patient recruitment if not adequately planned for can extend development time-lines by a number of years. Retention of patients throughout the life of a clinical trial is essential in order have complete data sets for analysis and subsequent filings.

Patient recruitment now takes up 23% of the total clinical trial timeline and, worryingly, this percentage is rising. The industry needs a front-line assessment of how things work in the physician's office, what motivates patients, how pharmaceutical service providers perform, and data on the most effective techniques for patient recruitment and retention; this conference aims to deliver just that.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Brian Schrock, Director of Global Enrolment Optimization, Eli Lilly
• Jeffrey Zucker, Manager, Patient Recruitment Specialist, Clinical Research Operations, Merck
• Diane Driver, Senior Director, Global Head Clinical Site Management & Monitoring, UCB Celltech
• Lance Smith, Oncology Established Brands Study Delivery Director, AstraZeneca
• Pernilla Sandwall, Business Liaison, Clinical Research Operations, MSD
• Diana Anderson, PhD, President and CEO, D. Anderson & Company
• Peter van der Ark, Clinical Research Manager, Johnson & Johnson PRD
• Sanjiv Kanwar, Managing Director, Polaris BioPharma Consulting
• Heinrich Klech, Professor of Medicine, CEO and Executive Vice President, Vienna School of Clinical Research
• Steve Jadhav, Associate Brand Director (Europe), Astellas Pharma
• David Collier, Research Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology, Queen Mary, University of London
• Ralf Kaiser, Regional Head Clinical Monitoring Western Europe, Merck Serono
• Jane Lamprill, Paediatric Research Consultant, Paediatric Research Consultancy
• John Needham, Global Enrolment Strategy, Kendle International
• Theo Raynor, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Leeds

Financial Times Investing in a Sustainable Future

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 24, 2010,
Hudson Theatre

FT Investing in a Sustainable Future international conference will reveal how some of the top minds in today's corporate, financial and investment arena are generating bottom-line profits by putting sustainable and ethical investment strategies at the heart of their organizations.

3rd Mobile Commerce Summit Asia 2010

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
Manila, Metro Manila Philippines

In 2010, Neoedge is proud to announce that 3rd Mobile Commerce Summit Asia will be happening in the premier spot of Mobile Commerce in the World – Manila Philippines. This event will feature highly relevant case studies and presentations from world renowned Mobile Commerce experts who will bring in their up to date insights and vision on how Mobile Commerce is evolving.

Cancer Stem Cells

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
20 Sidney Street Cambridge, Massachusetts United States 2139

Understand research and drug development efforts of big pharma and large biotech companies like Pfizer, Genentech, MedImmune, Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, AstraZeneca and Roche.
The world's most innovative biotechs such as OncoMed, Geron, Stemline Therapeutics, ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Micromet, Fate Therapeutics and Cellerant Therapeutics outline how they are attacking or preventing cancer stem cells from taking hold, along with the very latest clinical updates.
Listen to pioneering research leaders and scientists, including Dr Robert Weinberg of the Whitehead Institute and Dr Piyush Gupta of the Broad Institute, as they describe the opportunities that breakthroughs in our understanding or cancer stem cells offer
Assess the opportunities for your business or research group in taking potentially revolutionary new cancer treatments to patients based on the cancer stem cell hypothesis.

6th Annual Public Private Partnership in Healthcare Conference

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
Hilton Hotel,

Summit 2010 discusses the challenges and the opportunities that the PPP framework presents to a health sector in need of options to build and redevelop to meet severe gaps in service provision. It considers how the PPP proposition can be secured against external and internal changes and looks at the progress of ongoing projects. This is a valuable 2 day session that will give you critical insights into the lessons learnt by others.

Topics will include:

* Setting the stage for a successful PPP
* Putting together PPP hospital design briefs: lessons from UK PFI projects and the new Royal Adelaide Hospital
* Optimising the bidding process for effective procurement
* Legal structures governing healthcare PPPs
* Financing healthcare PPPs in the new financial order
* Elements that drive a successful healthcare PPP transaction
* Developing an executive framework
* Integrating facility management systems
* What do governments need to do to attract more bidders to give them the best choice

Indonesia Summit: Indonesia and the World 2010

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
TBA Jakarta, Jakarta Indonesia

The pull of Indonesia as an investment destination has strengthened in recent years, with brightened economic prospects encouraging foreign investors to take a closer look. In light of the vibrant parliamentary and presidential elections of 2009, the world’s largest Muslim country is fast-emerging as a model for pluralist democracy in the region.

Should the political will prevail, the new government comes to office with a powerful mandate to implement much-need bureaucratic and regulatory reforms, and to improve the business climate substantially in the coming years. As the world recovers from recession, rising confidence in the country’s growth prospects and a renewed focus on emerging markets will push the Indonesia into the global spotlight.

New Directions for Growth -8th Business Roundtable with the Government of Serbia

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 24, 2010,
Hyatt Regency Serbia and Montenegro

Join senior ministers from the Government of Serbia including Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkoviċ, alongside experts from The Economist Group and key companies in Serbia, as we engage in off-the-record discussions about the most important issues facing Serbia’s future economy.

Plus–hear the outlook for Central and Eastern Europe from the Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Webinar: 21 CFR Part 11 - Compliance for Electronic Records and Signatures

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 24, 2010,
Online Webinar NetZealous LLC, 1000 N West Street Suite, 1200 Wil Wilmington, Delaware United States 19801

This webinar details the regulation and how it applies to computerized systems. Learn exactly what is needed to be compliant for all three primary areas: SOPs for the IT infrastructure, industry standards for software product features, and the 10-step risk-based validation approach. This webinar demystifies Part 11, and get you on the right track for using electronic records and signatures to greatly increase productivity.

Areas Covered in the Session:

* Which data and systems are subject to Part 11.
* What Part 11 means to you, not just what it says in the regulation.
* Avoid 483 and Warning Letters.
* Explore the three primary areas of Part 11 compliance: SOPs, software product features, and validation documentation.
* Ensure data integrity, security, and protect intellectual property.
* Understand the current computer system industry standards for security, data transfer, and audit trails.
* Electronic signatures, digital pens, and biometric signatures.
* SOPs required for the IT infrastructure.
* Product features to look for when purchasing COTS software.
* Reduce validation resources by using easy to understand fill-in-the-blank validation documents.

Future Directions for Pharmacy Education

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 24, 2010,
Univeristy of Reading Reading United Kingdom

Pharmacy as a profession is currently undergoing a period of unprecedented change, and pharmacy education needs to reflect this. Legislative and other initiatives will have an impact on how and what we teach students, and even more radically, how we assess competencies required to produce the successful pharmacists of the future. This meeting is intended to bring together policymakers and academics to discuss how best the necessary changes can be introduced, and to exchange ideas of best practice. The meeting is designed to apprise delegates of the following:

• Developments within Medical Education England and their implications for pharmacy
• The requirements for assessing competence within the new integrated clinical degree
• The roles of the GPhC and what they mean for degree regulation
• The need to integrate science with practice and how this may be achieved

Oil & Gas Satellite Communications

Mar 24, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010,
London Marriott Hotel Regents Park United Kingdom

The Oil & Gas sector works in some of the harshest environments on earth – remote from infrastructure, in extreme temperatures and weather conditions. Secure communications, not just voice communications but also for the transfer of well and drilling information are vital. SMi’s 3rd annual Oil & Gas Satellite Communications conference will address the various opportunities and challenges in this field.

Key topics to be addressed:
* Bringing commercial applications and satellite communications together
* Advanced networking communications
* E&P specific VSAT requirements
* Satellite communications for offshore and maritime applications
* Real-time communications in critical environments
* Resilience and security within the communications infrastructure