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Conventions: Feb 28, 2012

Public and Government Relations Workshop

Feb 28, 2012 - Feb 29, 2012,
Houston, Texas United States

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Those in the business of communicating understand the power of perception. Residents, neighborhood groups, port tenants/users, elected/appointed officials and other stakeholders often perceive port plans, activities and impacts differently than intended by the port. Without the right communications strategy and "best practices,” a port's progress may be impeded or even blocked by misperception and emerging issues. This workshop will feature professionals from a variety of disciplines, including public affairs, community relations, government relations, freight transportation lobbyists and economic development interests.

They will offer presentations, discussions and sharing of "best practices" on how port communicators and community relations personnel can most effectively communicate the value of port property development, investments in transportation infrastructure, and programs geared to attract business, create jobs, improve the environment, increase trade and help ensure the success of port projects. They will also address how port authorities must communicate to government agencies and lawmakers at all levels the benefits ports provide in order to secure maximum funding and favorable policy decisions. This seminar is a PPM® Requirement.

8th Annual Polymorphism and Crystallisation 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Feb 29, 2012,
Noord Holland Netherlands

Don't miss out on the only international event focused entirely on Polymorphism and Crystallisation assessing the advances made in screening, characterisation and scale up. Hear from a carefully selected panel of solid state experts from academia and industry at our 8th Annual Polymorphism and Crystallisation event. Hear from the hottest new pharmaceutical researchers in the field, assess how to extend your product's life cycle and learn of new pharmaceutical techniques for polymorphism and crystallisation whilst always ensuring long term product quality. Expert speakers will present the latest scientific advances made in key solid state areas including:

    * Understanding the best time and depth for a polymorphic screen during pharmaceutical development
    * Characterising co-crystals, how to select the tools to do the correct characterisation tests
    * Polymorphic scale up
    * The application of PAT and QbD in pharmaceutical processes
    * A business perspective: patenting new polymorphs

Returning for its 8th year, the summit will provide an 'excellent range of topics' (Philip Lake, GSK) and create an interactive environment for learning, networking and building key business relationships.

Join us next year to hear from and network with academic and pharmaceutical experts in the polymorphism and crystallisation field.

Don't forget to optimise your involvement and sign up for our additional workshops running the day before the event!

Africa Roads 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Mar 2, 2012,
Sandton Convention Center Gauteng South Africa

Come to Africa Roads 2012 and learn:

How to ensure safe and efficient road networks in Africa
How and where to invest in efficient road technology and systems
Source contractors for road maintenance
Learn how to project manage
Purchase

7th Annual Global Pharma SFE Forum

Feb 28, 2012 - Feb 29, 2012,
Lazio Italy

Keeping the intimate atmosphere to maximize your learning experience

We limit the number of seats on 200 so you will:

    * Become a part of the best learning-friendly SFE environment in 2012
    * Get enough space to raise your hand and ask your questions
    * Experience a real face to face interaction with workshop leaders presenters and your peers

KEY FEATURES 2012:

Global SFE benchmarking under one roof – meet & discuss with leading SFE brains from USA, Europe and Asia.
Diverse expertise for synergistic effect – SFE, KAM, CRM, Digital marketing and sales training & development professionals coming.
2 STREAMS – SFE, CRM, KAM, new digital sales channels topics vs. Advanced sales training, developing extra skills for achieving superior performance, metrics and measuring sales performance – Choose the talks you prefer!
Interact on 20 hands-on CASE STUDIES, network with TOP 10 Pharma companies and enjoy 8 hours of workshops.

CRUCIAL POINTS OF INTERACTION:

How to build stronger mutual cooperation and aligned strategy to maximize ROI.
Custom-centric approach and dialogue focused model
CASE STUDY: Sales force in emerging markets – specifics, challenges & opportunities
Practical examples of KAM implementation in hospital business segment
Tailor-made sales strategy – how can field force utilize CRM?
KEYNOTE: Turning to alternative sales channels – How to deliver meaningful and perceivable benefits to doctors, patients and the company?

Global Pharma Regulatory Summit India 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Mar 2, 2012,
Mumbai Mumbai,, Delhi India

India tops US $11 billion global generics export list

Global regulatory compliance is by far the biggest factor related to success, as pharmaceutical companies look to exploit the increasing demand of Indian generics in key export markets.

With increasing competition and complexities involved in complying with rapidly evolving regulatory protocols, companies are seeking hands-on insights into effective execution of stringent regulatory guidelines to ensure early entry and a smooth approval process in both highly mature and emerging markets.

Join 100+ industry leaders at this business-critical summit and learn implementable strategies to support efficient approvals of your Indian generics in key export hot-spots.

Regional Focus Days

Each day is focused on a different region – allowing you to choose the areas of most relevance to your business.

Attend the days of your choice to get in-depth insights into:

Global regulatory regimes and developments
Most recent regulatory updates and ever-changing regulations in key export markets
Effective query handling strategies for DMF and generic applications filing in both regulated and semi-regulated countries
Pharmacovigilance compliance in key markets
Clarifying requirements for hybrid and 505(b) (2) applications in EU and US

7th annual Coal-to-Liquids/Coal Gasification Conference

Feb 28, 2012 - Feb 29, 2012,
Novotel Brisbane, Queensland Australia

The AJM’s Coal-to-Liquids and Coal Gasification conference is the annual gathering to learn, debate and build the connections that will help you benefit from these emerging industries.

Who is on the agenda this year?

Chris Schrape, Managing Director, Altona Energy
Cliff Mallett, Technical Director, Carbon Energy
David Shearwood, Managing Director, Allied Resources Partners
Dr Yongbin Cui, Director of Australia Office, Synfuels China
Ross Paul, Managing Director, IQA Pty Ltd
Neill Arthur, Chairman, Ambre CTL Limited
Senior Representative, Linc Energy
Andrew Barger, Director Industry Policy, Queensland Resources Council

The event is the perfect opportunity for leading and emerging

Update on the status of the industry
Discover the global CTL demand and supply, its markets, its commercialisation
Identify UCG resources
Securing land access and managing exploration tenements
Examine the developing niche markets with gasification technologies
Case studies from overseas
The impact of the carbon pricing legislation

RailTel Europe 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Feb 29, 2012,
Hilton Vienna Austria

RailTel Europe 2012 is the conference for the intersection between telecommunications and rail, and as such is the perfect vehicle where railway infrastructure managers can find solutions to these challenges, as well as ideas on how to maximise the opportunities.

RailTel Europe 2012 focus:

•How to maximise ROI from GSM-R infrastructure
•How to build the business case for LTE
•How to increase capacity through new telco technology
•How to provide real time travel information & internet services to passengers
•How to enable safety and security on board

2012 unrivalled speaker line up including:

•Michel Mario Elia, CEO & Chairman of UIC ERTMS platform, RFI
•Wolfgang P. Kalny, Managing Director, ÖBB-IKT
•Libor Lochman, Deputy Executive Director, CER
•Hans Bier, Director of International Telecom/GSM-R, ERA
•Jean Cellmer, Head of Unit GSM-R, RFF
•Frans Van Geel, Head of Rail Communications, SNCB-Holding
•Antonio E. López Pantoja, Commercial Director, Infrastructure, ADIF
•Peter Hausken, ICT Manager at Operations, Norwegian State Railways (NSB)

Please visit the website for full programme and speaker details www.terrapinn.com/railtel or contact Gargi Iyer at gargi.iyer@terrapinn.com.

EuroCIS 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Mar 1, 2012,
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany

Retail means creating networks: from the consumer to the POS to the supplier.

Technology interlinks all levels: the consumer with the retail range, retail employees among one another, individual shops with head offices, and the retail sector with its partners. Networks now enable access to up-to-date information at any time. The tablet computer makes stock management easier for the branch manager. The smartphone enables the consumer to compare prices. And the head office can view branch sales in real time.

EuroCIS 2012 showcases all the innovative technology solutions available to the retail industry, linking solutions providers with retailers – and retailers among themselves.

World Consumer Diagnostics Summit

Feb 28, 2012 - Mar 1, 2012,
Massachusetts United States

The consumer revolution is happening now. Are you prepared to take advantage of it?

Advances in molecular diagnostics, internet enabled consumers and mainstream adoption of “personalized” medicine are causing profound changes in healthcare. These changes are happening now, and creating opportunities for proactive companies from pharma, diagnostic and consumer product/services to stratify their markets and increase business.

The World Consumer Diagnostics Summit is the only conference of its kind. It will bring together the leading business minds from fast moving consumer goods, big pharma, pharmacy benefit management and developers of the latest diagnostic technology. The World Consumer Diagnostics Summit provides the perfect platform to capitalize on these advances.

This will be a senior level meeting, attracting CEOs and senior representatives from the breadth of the key industries, alongside prospective investors. We’ve worked with the likes of Genomic Healthcare Strategies, Roche Diagnostics, Valimedix, Continua Health Alliance and many more, to design an agenda that will focus on the core challenges in developing a successful business model that capitalizes on molecular diagnostics.

Topics being covered include:

The business models of some of the biggest FMCG and personal health suppliers, and how these are equipped to take advantage of molecular diagnostics
The technical advances that are enabling consumers to take charge of their own wellbeing like never before
The regulatory barriers facing personal diagnostics, and how these can be overcome
How consumer diagnostics can be used across industries: FMCGs, pharma and pharmacy benefit managers
Methods to capture, analyze and standardize data through mobile health technology

Grief and Loss in Addiction and Recovery

Feb 28, 2012 - Feb 28, 2012,
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Education Center auditorium Ypsilanti, Michigan United States 48197

This program will describe Worden’s and Kubler-Ross’ theories of grief and grief recovery, losses that the chemically dependent individual and his/her family experience throughout the addiction and recovery processes, and how recovery program tools can help individuals cope with grief and loss.

About the presenter:

Janice Firn, LMSW
Clinical Social Worker – Supervision Lead
Department of Social Work
University of Michigan Hospital

Janice earned a Master’s of Social Work from the University of Michigan in 2004 and a Bachelor of Science in Family Community Services from Michigan State University in 2001. She completed her graduate school internship at Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan and worked as an outpatient social worker in Radiation Oncology at the Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit, Michigan for several years. Currently, she is an inpatient Clinical Social Worker at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, working with hematology-oncology patients and families. Her interest areas include counseling, oncology, bereavement, human growth and development across the lifespan, self-identity formation/actualization, substance abuse and recovery, and end-of-life care issues.

Matt Statman, LLMSW, CADC
Dawn Farm therapist and Education Series Coordinator

Matt has been a Dawn Farm employee since 2004. Matt started with Dawn Farm as a Transitional House Manager, which he did for almost three years. He was the Team Leader at Dawn Farm Detox from 2006 until August 2008. From August 2008 until June 2009 Matt worked part time as a Detox Counselor while attending school full time. He got his BSW from Eastern Michigan University in 2009 and then worked part time as a resident aid while attending the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Matt completed his MSW in August 2010 and is now working as a Residential Therapist at Dawn Farm Downtown. He also works at Dawn Farm Outpatient, where he runs groups in the Washtenaw County Jail, at Community Corrections and for clients of the Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative.

Barb Smith

Author of “Brent’s World,” shared her personal experiences with grief, loss and recovery. Learn more about Barb at: http://compassionhearts.com.

Search Marketing Expo 2012 - SMX West

Feb 28, 2012 - Mar 1, 2012,
San Jose, California United States

Attend SMX West for the exceptional content, invaluable connections and essential conveniences.

Participate in your choice of more than 60 sessions on search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising (PPC), social media marketing, local and mobile search, landing page conversions and more.

Whether you are a beginner or SEM expert, you work at (or with) an agency or manage search marketing in house – SMX West has programming to fit your needs.

IBC's 4th Annual AsiaTIDES Oligonucleotide and Peptide 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Mar 1, 2012,
Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo Japan

The best forum to gain applied and basic knowledge, build your collaborative network, and learn skills to move your projects forward in one of today's hottest research areas

AsiaTIDES continues to be the premier forum to get a comprehensive update, meet key players and increase your knowledge of the oligonucleotide- and peptide-based therapeutics fields.

The faculty list for the 2012 program is the strongest yet, with more representation from big pharma than ever before. Hear new data and strategic perspectives from Merck, Genzyme, and GlaxoSmithKline, including three presentations from Glaxo on a peptide project and their assessments of both the oligo and peptide landscape. Plus hear from Isis, Novo Nordisk, Ipsen, Quark, Alnylam, Santaris, Tekmira and a host of other important companies you need to follow to stay abreast of this field.

The 2nd Tight Oil Canada Congress 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Feb 29, 2012,
Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, Alberta Canada T2G OP3

There is no doubt that the astoundingly profitable prospect of tight oil exploitation in Canada has caught the attention of almost every leading operator in North America. With investment continually being poured into formation analysis and completions techniques, the question now is how can the industry lower the well cost, speed up the hydraulic fracturing process and increase the deliverability of fracs across the country that has become a global unconventional oil super power.

In the complex geological environment of Canada’s tight oil plays, determining these cost-effective and high recovery completions techniques, including fracture fluid composition, number of frac stages and well spacing, is an on-going challenge that every operator wants to be the first to overcome. Leading E&P operators as well as junior companies across Canada are continually experimenting with completions enhancements; changing variables at every stage and aiming to capture that all important frac recipe that will enable the execution of a quick, low cost high delivery frac job.

Tight Oil Canada 2012 will, for the second time, host industry-renowned thought leaders, executives and technical experts from operators involved in the Bakken, Viking, Cardium and emerging tight oil plays across Canada to share the most up-to-date completions and reserves estimations and trial findings to optimize production processes and achieve maximum deliverability.

Day one will hear operators explain how they have chosen fracture types, fluid types, number of stages and completions technologies that have increased the amount of recoverable oil and maximized fracture growth. They will also discuss how to maintain a stable production flow and avoid early shut-downs by utilizing secondary and tertiary recovery methods.

Day two will examine leading methodologies used for reserves estimation and reservoir evaluation including operators’ real-life results to determine key geological indicators that lead to competitive completions. Detailed case studies will also be provided from tight oil operators that have successfully utilized reservoir simulation, coring and microseismic tools to measure petrophysical and lithological aspects of reservoirs. The conference will end with presentations identifying how pressure transient analysis can optimize the completions process and how advances in drilling have been implemented to increase the speed and reduce the cost of tight oil drilling operations.

The 2nd Oil Sands Water Management Initiative 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Feb 29, 2012,
Alberta Canada T2G OP3

Once considered too expensive as well as too damaging to the land, exploitation of Alberta's oil sands is now worth billions. As E&P companies in Canada look to maximize oil sands production, operators are moving more towards in situ extraction methods to exploit the estimated 1.3 billions barrels of oil. The major challenge now for E&Ps is ensuring that there is enough water to guarantee that in situ production can continue in both the immediate and long term. Water management therefore, is becoming an increasingly vital focus. Major strides are being made to improve the cost-effectiveness of managing water at every stage of in situ production and it is vital that E&P operators improve recyclability by expediting advances in treatment strategies and technologies to ensure the long-term viability of production and accelerate towards a zero liquid discharge future with 100% recyclability.

The Oil Sands Water Management Initiative 2012 endeavors to critically examine the most cost-effective water sourcing strategies and optimal treatment, re-use and disposal technologies for in situ oil sands in Canada. This leading event will also critically evaluate optimal water treatment strategies and technologies for driving down costs, improving water recyclability and increasing the reliability of having enough water for steam generation.

The Oil Sands Water Management Initiative 2012 is the opportunity of the year for VPs Production, VPs Operations, completions managers, water experts, operations professionals and engineers and is, for the 2nd year running, focused specifically on the Canadian oil sands industry. Register now to hear from operators themselves in what strategies and processes they are deploying to cost-effectively ensure they are developing world leading best practices for sourcing, treating, re-using and disposing of water resources.

World Generic Medicines Congress Europe 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Mar 2, 2012,
England United Kingdom SW7 4LH

The largest European generic medicines strategy event

The World Generic Medicines Congress addresses the key market trends, pricing & competition pressures, opportunities & future environment for the generics sector. Come to Generic Medicines Europe to learn:

    * Financial forecast and performance
    * Sustainability of healthcare in Europe
    * Market trends and opportunities
    * Health economics and healthcare policy
    * Legal issues and patent reform
    * Globalisation strategy
    * Biosimilar development

Hear from: Watson, Synthon, Pfizer, Dr Reddy’s, Towa Pharmaceuticals Japan, Hospira, European Commission and many more!

The focus for Generic Medicines Europe 2012

As usual we will be covering all the hot topics:

    * How to become a successful generic player
    * Global policy update
    * IP developments
    * Big Pharma and generics
    * Challenges of launching a biosimilar
    * International markets and dynamic
    * Building scale market share and value

This conference bridges the gap between international generic manufacturers, pharma manufacturers, regulatory bodies, policy decision makers and financial organisations.

The 7th International Conference on Missionary Linguistics 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Mar 2, 2012,
Bremen, Bremen Germany

This conference aims at exploring missionary linguistics within the wider context of (political and spiritual) colonization. The cognitive appropriation of foreign cultural givens and the transcultural processes such as transference and translation implicated in these processes (based on intercultural encounters and interactions between the European missionaries and the speakers of the various indigenous languages and cultures in the Americas, Asia or Africa can be considered activities of colonizing or only influencing the Other. Within this framework, the learning, recording and studying of the indigenous languages by the missionaries can be described as complex processes of perception of the language and culture (semantics and pragmatics) of the Other and of oneself in confrontation with the Other, processes at the interface between subjective and socially constructed knowledge.

The historical process of recognition in the context of colonial thinking and missionary ideology starts within the basic cognitive experience and operation of an implicit – or even explicit – contrastive (interculturally-based) take on the perceived object: the indigenous language, its variation and normativization, its social function in the new context. The missionary perception here is very specific since the description implies language politics and planning. The formerly socially constructed knowledge about the concept of language, the structure of language, grammatical category and lexical inventories (the linguistic discourse of grammar and lexicon) forms the memory base for the study and record of the given language. The ongoing discourses on language situated in a specific temporally and culturally determined context further determine the study and recording of language and its function in society. On the other side, confrontation with the languages and cultures which are the object of missionary activities, may result in changes of such (pre-)conceptions.

Leadership Psychology Conference 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Feb 29, 2012,
Rydges, Auckland New Zealand

Liquid Learning is delighted to present the Leadership Psychology Conference for 2012. This insightful conference comprises a unique program of case studies and expert-led discussions to provide deeper practical insights which will ensure delegates are well equipped with evidence-based principles in designing leadership strategies at all levels of the workforce.

Driven by the retirement of the baby boomer generation and the demand for talent in developing economies, leadership development has established its importance as a critical factor in ensuring future organisational success. Through various lens we are able to make informed, evidence-based decisions about how to best approach the leadership development process. While leadership continues to be a vital element in achieving successful outcomes within all organisations, to sustain ongoing performance the approach to developing leaders needs to evolve to address a new set of challenges. In an uncertain, dynamic and often volatile business environment, the key differentiating factor for high performing organisations is that they have developed resilient leadership capability. To begin this process, learning and leadership development practitioners need to be very discerning about the tools they are using. The first question that should be considered is: Forget about the hype, what does the evidence tell us?

This insightful Leadership Psychology Conference will provide the opportunity to learn about the science of leadership and how this can transform organisational performance by exploring a range of robust, evidence-based tools to assess, plan and develop performance and resilience of leaders at all levels and show how these strategies lead to tangible benefits to the business bottom line.

IPC APEX Expo 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Mar 1, 2012,
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California United States

Join thousands of colleagues from more than 50 countries at our industry's premier event — featuring advanced and emerging technologies in printed board design and manufacturing, electronics assembly and test. Find new suppliers with new solutions and connect with colleagues from around the world.

Discover! Find solutions to your most vexing production challenges.
Connect! Meet the experts and build your industry network.
Thrive! Bring event information back to work and make a difference in profitability and performance.

EMS Today 2012

Feb 28, 2012 - Mar 3, 2012,
Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland United States

EMS Today has continually delivered the finest in quality education to the emergency medical industry for more than 25 years.

This event provides leading manufacturers and suppliers of emergency medical products and services the opportunity to meet and conduct business with a diverse audience of EMS professionals. It is the first international EMS event on the calendar each year.