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Call for Abstracts: World Allergy Organization International Scientific Conference

World Allergy Organization International Scientific Conference (WISC 2012) Hyderabad, India, 6-9 December 2012. The theme of the Conference is Severe Allergies, Severe Asthma: New Strategies for Treatment and Prevention.

Building on the success of the first WISC in Dubai, December 2010, WAO is excited to launch its second theme-based scientific conference. With 24 Postgraduate Courses on a wide range of topics, Plenary Sessions, Parallel Symposia, Keynote Lectures, Poster Sessions and Highlights in Immunotherapy, WISC 2012 will be a multidisciplinary forum for allergists, pulmonologists, ENTs, dermatologists, internists, pediatricians, gastroenterologists, clinical immunologists and primary care physicians.

WAO is organizing these focused, theme-based scientific conferences in recognition of:

The increasing prevalence and more complex forms of allergic diseases and asthma worldwide, especially in children
The need to create a more integrated approach to the diagnosis and management of allergic diseases
The need to expand the knowledge and practice of allergy and provide more practical knowledge to young professionals

The 2012 Conference on Severe Allergies, Severe Asthma: New Strategies for Treatment and Prevention will provide a forum for the most useful combination of latest research, review of current theory and practice, and hands-on, problem-based learning. Our aim is that participants gain insight into the most effective advances in the diagnosis and management of complex and severe allergies and asthma and in their preventative strategies.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 July 2012

The World Allergy Organization invites you to submit an abstract to be considered for inclusion in the Scientific Program of the 2012 WAO International Scientific Conference. Accepted abstracts will be presented during thematic Poster Sessions on 7, 8 and 9 December 2012.

Contact Us

General Inquiries
WISC@worldallergy.org

Registration
WISCregistration@worldallergy.org

Abstracts
WISCabstracts@worldallergy.org

World Allergy Organization
555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202
United States
Tel: +1 414 276 1791
Fax: +1 414 276 3349

Call for Papers: MICCAI Workshop on Perinatal and Paediatric Imaging: PaPI 2012

In conjunction with MICCAI 2012

October 1, 2012 Nice, France

MICCAI 2012, the 15th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, will be held from 1st to 5th October 2012 in Nice, France, organised by Inria (French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics). MICCAI attracts annually world leading scientists, engineers and clinicians from a wide range of disciplines associated with medical imaging and computer assisted surgery.

Workshop Topics

Topics of the meeting include, but are not limited to:

- Imaging biomarkers from routine 2D fetal ultrasound screening

- Recent advances in 3D fetal/neonatal ultrasound and MRI

- Characterisation of developmental abnormalities

- Placental malfunction and maternal preeclampsia

- Congenital heart disease in the fetus, and effects on neurodevelopment

- Imaging lung function in the neonate

- Fetal abdominal imaging

- Intrauterine growth restriction and twin pregnancies

- Spatio-temporal atlases for organ development

- Multi-modality imaging of the fetus and neonate

- Long-term cognitive outcome

- Correlation of imaging biomarkers to functional and nutritional measurements

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers from the wider field of perinatal and paediatric imaging, to help bridge the gap between antenatal, obstetric, and neonatal healthcare (within the so-called perinatal period, which refers to the time immediately before and after birth), and follow-up monitoring by paediatricians, using a range of quantitative imaging techniques correlated to neurodevelopmental functional tests, that are not necessarily limited to the brain.

The link between fetal organ measurement and growth characterisation, and correlation with neonatal and paediatric outcome is still an open research topic, which this workshop is trying to address. Examples for delayed organ development are thought to be caused by (often a combination of) intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR), placental malfunction, intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia, amongst many other factors.

Monitoring developmental health, in a “womb-to-cot” approach, using perinatal imaging will enable to gain a better understanding in the interaction of these factors, develop tools to assess individual risk profiles, and provide opportunities for early intervention to improve paediatric outcome.

The target audience of this workshop will be a multi-disciplinary mix of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and obstetricians, neonatologists, paediatricians.

Important Dates (tentative)

01 June 2012 Workshop paper submission deadline

01 July 2012 Notification of acceptance

14 July 2012 Early Bird registration deadline

30 July 2012 Deadline for camera ready papers

01 October 2012 Workshop (half day: AM or PM TBA)

The submission system will open in May 2012.

Workshop format

PaPI will run as a half day workshop, with oral sessions, a poster session and a keynote lecture (TBA). Full-length paper submissions will be peer-reviewed and published online, as well as on the MICCAI workshop USB stick.

Call for Papers: 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer

October 27-31, 2012 Sydney, Australia

Abstract Submission Deadline June 21, 2013
Author Notification July 26, 2013
Late Breaking Abstract Submission Deadline August 30, 2013
Presenting Author Registration Deadline September 20, 2013

At the 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer our objectives are to:

• Enhance tobacco control and smoking cessation
• Identify effective global lung cancer prevention strategies
• Understand risk stratification for screening and early detection
• Utilise optimal biopsy and molecular testing strategies to support individualized care
• Optimize cost-effective imaging for diagnosis, staging and follow-up
• Describe best practice multi-disciplinary management and identify barriers to its implementation
• Appreciate emerging technologies and recent advances in treatment for lung cancer
• Highlight optimal symptom relief and palliation strategies for thoracic cancers
• Practice survivorship and support strategies 

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT

International Conference Services Ltd.
Suite 2101 - 1177 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC Canada V6E 2K3
Phone: +1 604 681 2153
Fax: +1 604 681 1049
Email: WCLC2013@icsevents.com

Conference Manager: Grit Schoenherr

Call for Papers: 16th International Conference of the International Society for Respiratory Protection

September 24–27, 2012 Boston, Massachusetts

Abstracts addressing any of the topics listed below may be submitted for consideration for the 16th ISRP Conference no later than June 30, 2012. Presenters will be notified that abstracts/papers are accepted for presentation within 30 days of receipt of their proposal.

Presenters will receive a conference fee discount.

Abstracts to be sent to: boston@isrp.com

Topics: New developments

Research in respiratory protection
New technologies
Civilian respiratory protection
Applications

Mining

Domestic Preparedness/Anti-terrorist Applications
Military RPD
Wildland firefighting RPD
Medical community/infectious disease protection
Natural disasters
Practice

Practical knowledge and applications of RPD for users
Selection, use, and maintenance
Respiratory Protection Programs
Protection Factors Physiology and Human Interactions
Standards & regulations

ISO RPD Standard — a) Issues for implementation worldwide; b) Improvements in RPD performance

Any questions? Send all queries to boston@isrp.com and we will get back to you.