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Call for Abstracts: 3rd International Public Health & Palliative Care Conference

Limerick, Ireland, 25-27 April 2013

Abstract Submission – Deadline 31 July 2012

The International Public Health and Palliative Conference has been growing in its number of participants since the first conference was held in 2009 in Kerala, India. Up to 250 delegates will gather together for the 3rd International Public Health and Palliative Conference to be held in Limerick, Ireland between 25-27 April, 2013.

As part of the Conference, we are delighted to announce that the International Association for Health Promoting Palliative Care will be launched.

The scientific programme will consist of key-note speakers, invited papers, concurrent presentations and facilitated workshops based on submitted abstracts. We aim to achive a high number of scientific contributions in Limerick and will mix these with creative, thought provoking contributions, workshops and café conversations that bring clinicians and academics, professionals and non professionals together to discuss and reflect on death, dying, loss and care.

Conference organisers:

Milford Care Centre & the University of Limerick
c/o Milford Care Centre
Limerick, Ireland
Telephone: +353 (0)61 485 843
FAX: + 353 (0)61 331 181
PublicHealthPalliativeCare.org

Call for Abstracts: 12th International Symposium on Myelodysplastic Syndromes

May 8-11, 2013 Berlin, Germany

Abstract submission deadline: February 6, 2013

The scientific program is designed to meet the aims of The MDS Foundation, which are “to provide an ongoing exchange of information relating to MDS and provides patients with referrals to Centers of Excellence, contact names for available clinical trials, sharing of new research and treatment options between physicians, and extension of educational support to both physicians and patients." The format will include plenary sessions (including a nursing symposium), debates, case-based discussion, topical workshops, oral and poster presentations.

This 12th symposium will again promote the clinical application of existing knowledge and the acquisition of new knowledge by bringing together clinicians, scientists and educators from around the world who deal with MDS.

Clinical Management: General
Diagnosis (including morphology, flow cytometry, molecular)
Epidemiology (including demographics, quality of life, co-morbidity)
Pathogenesis (including molecular, immunological, cellular, animal models, other)
Childhood MDS
Prognostic Factors and Models
Supportive Care including Iron Chelation Therapy
Stem Cell Transplantation
Therapy (including high-risk MDS, low-risk MDS, other)
Other

Call for Posters: 14th MS Nurse Workshop

October 9, 2012 Lyon, France

Aim of the course

This is an educational program created to encourage the dissemination of scientific knowledge among nurses working in the field of multiple sclerosis (MS). Disease management in research and clinical practice, with a special emphasis on the nurses’ crucial role, will be reviewed. Management of main signs and symptoms of the disease, such as spasticity, pain, psychosocial distress, cognitive impairment and genitourinary problems will be addressed both from the physician and nurse perspective.

Learning objectives

This course will offer to participants:

Updates on etiologic factors and pathogenetic mechanisms
An overview of diagnostic tools used in patient screening and follow-up
A review of research methodology in MS
Criteria to optimize treatment administration

Target audience

Nurses involved in the treatment of persons with multiple sclerosis.

Poster submissions

Serono Symposia International Foundation together with the MS Nurse Steering Committee invites the submission of posters.

Authors are requested to send an abstract of their proposed poster in Word format by e-mail to the following address: serena.dellariccia@seronosymposia.org

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words.

Poster abstract submission deadline: June 15, 2012

Serono Symposia International Foundation and the Workshop moderators - Mrs Eija Luoto and Mrs Amy Perrin Ross - will review the submitted abstracts and select the best posters to be presented during the 14th MS Nurse Workshop Poster Session and for publication on the abstract book to be distributed on-site to all participants.

Accepted poster presentations will be made available on the www.seronosymposia.org website after the workshop.

Poster format guidelines

Posters must be written in English and must include the title of the work, the author’s names, the name of the institution, the city and country.

Posters should be structured with an informative and short “Introduction”, “Material and Methods”, “Results” and “Conclusions”.

Use font size 14, Arial font type and line spacing 1.5.

Accepted posters should be printed in A1 (height: 84 cm, width: 59,4 cm).

Scientific Secretariat

Serono Symposia International Foundation
Salita di San Nicola da Tolentino, 1/b
00187 Rome, Italy

Project manager: Serena Dell’Ariccia
T +39-06-420 413 251 | F +39-06-420 413 677
E-mail: info@seronosymposia.org

Serono Symposia International Foundation is a Swiss Foundation with headquarters in 14, rue du Rhône, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland

Call for Papers: Arts – Health – Entrepreneurship?

A Conference on arts and health projects and practices organised on 22-23 October 2012 in Helsinki

Deadline for submissions is 31 May 2012

Throughout the world, from the 1990’s on, there are several projects and studies clearly indicating that cultural consumption and cultural pursuits have a positive effect on health. It is believed that art can encourage empowerment, support life management and add social capital etc. However, further research is needed in order to turn the projects into permanent services. The ARTS – HEALTH – ENTREPRENEURSHIP? conference is focusing on the management and entrepreneurship within arts and health projects. What skills and competencies are needed in the field? What does the field offer to arts/cultural operators? How to solve the challenge of funding and financing?

There have been several projects piloting new methods for using art based process to improve wellbeing of clients in social and health care sectors. Starting point of these projects is an artist working in a care unit and mediators understanding both artistic and health care interests for co-operation. These pilots have shown that in this surrounding the cultural operator needs to have good skills and specific competencies in order to make projects long term and successful. A central challenge is how to turn the innovative pilots into permanent practices, products and stable employment. This conference aims at looking into this challenge. This conference is an initiative of the ENCATC Arts and Health Thematic Area (www.encatc.org/arts-and-health/) and is organsied by the Cultural Management Degree Programme, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (www.metropolia.fi)

In fact, in the context of arts and health, we are dealing with activities which fall into the border area of art/culture, as well as that of social services/health care. The field of applied art is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. We invite the professionals in the field to share the two topics of the conference:

1. CURRICULA DEVELOPMENT – There is a challenge to improve arts management aimed at professionals working in intermediary positions between the artists and health care units. Specific education is needed both in BA and MA levels as well as in continuing studies and in adult education. Key improvements are the better understanding of specific competence needed when working in multi-disciplinary surrounding combining large variety of expertise. Financial management is a part of the arts and health project development.

2. ENTREPRENEURSHIP – As seen in the piloted arts and health projects a central need is to find ways to enhance creative ideas into entrepreneurship. When turning the pilot into innovation with a more stable status along with new employment we need to focus on financing models, client basis and value chain of production as well as the service development. How to develop the managerial and funding skills of the practitioners?

Art in this context is understood any art form or art performance. Art and culture are basic needs for each person and bringing art and culture into hospitals and other care units has value for that sake. Further research is needed in order to develop culture and arts based wellbeing services as well as to develop circumstances for better employment by bringing together artists, mediators and healthcare professionals. In a holistic approach the customer is in the centre. A question of crucial importance is: who are the customers of arts and health services? We need to know the customer and his/her cultural capacities, needs and expectations.

The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2012. The length of abstract is max 300 words. Decisions will be made by the end of June 2012. Please send your abstract to: tanja.juntto@metropolia.fi.

The conference is free of charge but the travels, accommodation and meals are covered by the participants.

Call for Abstracts: Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2013 Congress (APSC 2013)

February 21-24, 2013 Pattaya, Thailand

Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 August 2012

The Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2013 Congress (APSC 2013) or the 19th Asia Pacific Congress of Cardiology is a major regional event that aims to facilitate a discussion about the best practices and latest advances in cardiology diseases across the Asia Pacific region. With its strong global presence, APSC 2013 will provide unique networking opportunitites for local and regional professionals working in the fields of cardiovascular diseases and related topics. APSC 2013 will feature an exciting scientific program comprised of both international and local perspectives on the most pertinent issues of the day. The congress will be held in Pattaya, Thailand, once a quiet fishing town that has developed into a major seaside destination. Located a mere two hours from the capital city of Bangkok, Pattaya will enchant you with its many attractions and activities, including the Sri Racha Tiger Zoo, Sanctuary of Truth and much more.

The Scientific Committee invites all interested individuals to submit abstracts to The Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2013 Congress (APSC 2013).

Accepted abstracts will be selected for either Oral or Poster presentations.

All accepted abstracts will be published in the event proceedings.

Abstract Topics

Abstracts can be submitted under the following categories:

1. Atherosclerosis / CAD
2. Hypertension
3. Lipid Disorders/Other risk factors
4. Diabetes/Obesity
5. Heart Failure/Vascular disease/Other Heart Disease
6. Rhythm Disorders / Sudden Death
7. Health economics/Epidemiology
8. Prevention/Psychosocial Factors / Quality of Life/Smoking

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding The Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2013 Congress (APSC 2013), please do not hesitate to contact us;

Email: apscoffice2013@apsc2013.org

Tel: + 66 (0) 2 748-7881
Fax: + 66 (0) 2 748-7880

Kenes Asia (Thailand Office)
PICO Building, 10 Soi Lasalle 56
Sukhumwit, Bangna, Bangkok 10260
THAILAND

Call for Papers: Pain and Old Age: 3 Centuries Of Suffering In Silence?

Public Conference: 27 October 2012

The Birkbeck Pain Project and the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities
Birkbeck College, University

Organised by Visiting Fellow to the Birkbeck Pain Project, Prof. Lynn Botelho (Department of History, Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

According to the British Pain Society, ‘pain is not a normal part of ageing’ (2008). Yet for generations of older people, pain was something that was intimately tied to the ageing process. For many, it was the body in pain that signalled their entry into old age. Furthermore, the elderly have not wanted to be a ‘burdens’ to their families, friends, and support systems, and consequently they often endured pain with a quiet acceptance. When did this relationship between pain and old age undergo such a profound and fundamental shift? Or, did it? Were the elderly in the past always quietly accepting of the aches and pains of a physically declining body? Or did they fight against pain and the very real physical, emotional, and familial restrictions that chronic pain can impose?

This one-day conference explores the nature of pain in old age between the 18th to the 20th centuries. It explicitly does so through the lens of the humanities, rather the hard sciences. The conference strives to be wide-ranging in terms of disciplines, methodologies, and approaches. In doing so, the conference seeks to engage both panellists and audience in discussion, dialogue, and debate. Our aim is to facilitate new ways of thinking about both the nature of pain and what it meant to be old.

Possible paper topics might include, but are not limited to

• Pain, old age and social relationships (partner, children, friends, neighbours)
• Pain and sexual relations
• The philosophy of pain
• Pain and the ageing self
• Pain as a marker of old age
• Pain, piety, and religion
• Representations of pain and old age in literature, art, and autobiography
• Pain as a mechanism of self-fashioning
• Pain clustering and the loci of pain, including physical, emotional, and spiritual pain
• The elderly’s engagement with medicine and medical practitioners
• The medical community’s response to pain in the old

Please send a 300-500 word abstract and a short C.V. by email to Lynn Botelho (Botelho@iup.edu) by 1 June 2012.

The conference will be held at Brikbeck, University of London. There is no fee to attend or register for the conference.

FUNDED BY THE WELLCOME TRUST

Prof. Lynn Botelho
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Dept of History, Keith Hall
Indiana, PA 15705
USA

+724.357.2284
Email: botelho@iup.edu

Call for Abstracts: 7th World Congress of International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM 2013)

June 16-20, 2013 Beijing, China

The theme of the 7th World Congress of ISPRM is to enjoy, enrich and enable the advancement of physical and rehabilitation medicine. The theme indicates the purpose and process of physical medicine and rehabilitation, which is to make the disabled to resume the ability of independent living and have better quality of life through active, positive and delighted methods.

To deliver this, the scientific committee will arrange both educational and stimulating congress scientific program for the ISPRM 2013 to improve the knowledge, skills and attitudes of physicians in the management of impairments and disabilities. Top clinicians, scientists and health professionals from around the world will be invited to present latest progress in basic research, and share experience in clinical management. In particular, Traditional Chinese Medicine and alternative rehabilitation methods will be included.

The 7th World Congress of International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM 2013) welcomes the submission of abstracts.

Abstracts will be accepted for oral presentation, poster discussion or for publication only.

Abstract Submission Deadline: December 31, 2012

Abstracts Categories
Assessment & Rehabilitation in Diseases and Trauma of the Brain
Assessment & Rehabilitation in Diseases and Trauma of the Spinal Cord
Assessment & Rehabilitation in Neuropathies, Myopathies, and Peripheral Nerve Lesions
Other Neurological Rehabilitation
Assessment & Rehabilitation in Limb Amputation and Trauma
Assessment & Rehabilitation in Rheumatoid Arthritis; Osteoarthritis; Osteoporosis
Assessment & Rehabilitation in Soft-Tissue Trauma
Assessment & Rehabilitation in Back Pain
Other Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Assessment & Rehabilitation in Geriatric Rehabilitation
Assessment & Rehabilitation in Pediatric Rehabilitation
Assessment & Rehabilitation in Persistent Unawareness, Vegetative State
Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation in the Cancer Patient
Rehabilitation in Other Specific Conditions (e.g., Major Burns; Organ Transplantation)
Organization and Management of Rehabilitation Services
Scope of the Specialty and Educational Needs
Evidence-Based Rehabilitation
Management of Other Commonly Encountered Disabling Conditions
Miscellaneous

Contact the Secretariat

ISPRM 2013 Secretariat
Department for Academic and Association Affairs
Chinese Medical Association

Te l: +86 (10) 8515 8148
Fax: +86 (10) 6512 3754
Email: chenchen@cma.org.cn

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