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Public Release: 2-Jul-2009
20th World Diabetes Congress
News media registration open for 20th World Diabetes Congress
News media registration for the biennial meeting of the International Diabetes Federation is now open. The 20th World Diabetes Congress will be held October 18-22, 2009 at Palais des Congres de Montreal (Montreal Convention Center) in Montreal, Canada.

Contact: Kerrita McClaughlyn
congressmedia@idf.org
322-543-1639
International Diabetes Federation

Public Release: 1-Jul-2009
49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
News media registration open for 49th ICAAC, Sept. 12-15, 2009, San Francisco
News media registration for the annual infectious disease meeting of the American Society for Microbiology is now open. The 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy will be held Sept. 12-15, 2009, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Contact: Jim Sliwa
jsliwa@asmusa.org
202-942-9297
American Society for Microbiology

Public Release: 30-Jun-2009
International Summer School and Symposium on Humor and Laughter: Theory, Research and Applications
Spain hosts the most renowned international symposium on sense of humor and its applications
The 9th annual International Summer School and Symposium on Humor and Laughter: Theory, Research and Applications is taking place June 29-July 4 at the University of Granada. In this meeting they will analyze the relationship between sense of humor and different fields such as anthropology, sociology, medicine or philosophy.

Contact: Hugo Carretero Dios
hugocd@ugr.es
34-958-246-273
University of Granada

Public Release: 29-Jun-2009
ESC Congress 2009
Media alert: European Society of Cardiology Congress 2009
The latest news on procedures, drugs and equipment in the field of cardiology will be presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress which will take place in Barcelona, from Aug. 29-Sept. 2.

Contact: ESC Press Office
press@escardio.org
33-049-294-8627
European Society of Cardiology

Public Release: 26-Jun-2009
DNA, the Brain and Society
NYC science symposium marks Gruber Prize program 10th anniversary
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation International Prize Program will celebrate its 10th anniversary on July 1, 2009, with an event at Rockefeller University in New York City. The 2009 Gruber Genetics Prize and Neuroscience Prize recipients will be announced live, and there will be a special symposium entitled "DNA, the Brain and Society." The discussion will feature a panel of distinguished scientists whose pioneering work is at the forefront of modern genetics and neuroscience.

Contact: Alyson O'Mahoney
mary@gruberprizes.org
914-420-1855
Robin Leedy & Associates, Inc.

Public Release: 25-Jun-2009
American Association of Physicists in Medicine 51st Annual Meeting
American Association of Physicists in Medicine 51st Annual Meeting
Thousands of scientists and health professionals from the field of medical physics will meet at the 51st meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine from July 26-30, 2009, in Anaheim, Calif. They will present the latest technologies in medical imaging and radiation therapy and discuss the ethical and regulatory issues facing those fields today.

Contact: Jason Socrates Bardi
jbardi@aip.org
301-209-3091
American Institute of Physics

Public Release: 25-Jun-2009
AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting begins Sunday
The AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting convenes more than 2,300 researchers, policymakers and practitioners to discuss the latest research into how to improve the nation's health-care delivery system, expand access and reduce costs. The meeting begins June 28, at the Hilton Chicago. Complimentary media registration is available.

Contact: Kristin Rosengren
kristin.rosengren@academyhealth.org
202-292-6744
AcademyHealth

Public Release: 25-Jun-2009
Passport to the Future Teacher Workshop
AIAA presenting 'Passport to the Future' teacher workshop
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will present a "Passport to the Future" Teacher Workshop Aug. 3-4 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, sponsored by the Lockheed Martin Corp.

Contact: Duane Hyland
Duaneh@aiaa.org
703-264-7558
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Public Release: 24-Jun-2009
Transform
Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation collaborative symposium on health-care experience and delivery
The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation will host Transform, a collaborative symposium on innovations in health-care experience and delivery, Sept. 13–15.

Contact: Francesca Dickson
newsbureau@mayo.edu
507-284-5005
Mayo Clinic

Public Release: 24-Jun-2009
MIT & OSA Optics and Photonics for Advanced Energy Technology
Cheaper solar technology, flexible lighting and other energy breakthroughs at MIT meeting
Experts from academia and industry are gathering this week for the Optics and Photonics for Advanced Energy Technology meeting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discuss the future of solar energy, cutting-edge developments in solid-state lighting, and the application of new sensors and technologies used to generate and store energy.

Contact: Colleen Morrison
cmorri@osa.org
202-416-1437
Optical Society of America

Public Release: 23-Jun-2009
Mitigating the Spread of A/H1N1: Lessons Learned from Past Outbreaks
Outsmarting swine flu pandemic
Mathematicians, biostaticians and public health officials from across North American will gather at Arizona State University June 25-28 to focus on understanding, possibly mitigating the spread of the H1N1 flu virus. They plan to take up the challenge of proposing science-based strategies that can slow the spread of pandemic flu. They will zero in on lessons learned from past outbreaks; review the course of the current flu pandemic and evaluate intervention strategies under different scenarios.

Contact: Carol Hughes
carol.hughes@asu.edu
480-965-6375
Arizona State University

Public Release: 23-Jun-2009
McGill Conference on Global Food Security
McGill conference examines impact of economic crisis on the hungry
The global economic crisis has had a devastating impact on the world's hungry. Thus, the second annual McGill Conference on Global Food Security, Oct. 5-7, 2009, could not be more timely.

Contact: Douglas Sweet
douglas.sweet@mcgill.ca
514-398-6752
McGill University

Public Release: 23-Jun-2009
American Sociological Association's 104th Annual Meeting
Sociologists to explore 'The New Politics of Community' in San Francisco Aug. 7-11
More than 5,000 sociologists will convene in San Francisco this August to explore ideas and scientific research about how community affects contemporary social issues as part of the American Sociological Association's 104th annual meeting.

Contact: Jackie Cooper
pubinfo@asanet.org
202-247-9871
American Sociological Association

Public Release: 19-Jun-2009
6th World Conference of Science Journalists
Explore the quantum and cosmos, June 30, 2009, at the World Conference of Science Journalists
Question: What do Alain Aspect, Kip Thorne, Anton Zeilinger, Sir Martin Rees, Raymond Laflamme, Neil Turok, Joseph Emerson and Simon Singh all have in common? Answer: They are sharing fresh insights from the frontiers of science at the World Conference of Science Journalists in London on June 30, 2009.

Contact: Angela Robinson
arobinson@perimeterinstitute.ca
519-579-7600
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Public Release: 18-Jun-2009
Business Process Management Day
Stevens' Business Process Management Day, June 22, 2009
The Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology will hold its third annual Business Process Management Day, this coming Monday, June 22, 2009, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Babbio Center for Technology Management on the Hoboken campus.

Contact: Patrick A. Berzinski
pberzins@stevens.edu
201-216-5687
Stevens Institute of Technology

Public Release: 18-Jun-2009
4th Master Class on Medical Rreatment for Urological Cancer
4th ESU master class on medical treatment for urological cancer held in Barcelona, Spain
The 4th ESU Master class on medical treatment for urological cancer is organised by the European School of Urology on June 27-28, 2009, in Barcelona, Spain. The format consists of three modules. Each module comprises short state-of-the-art lectures followed by debates, case reports and interactive discussions. supplemented with case discussions and presentations. For the first time an online pre-assessment is included in the program.

Contact: Lindy Brouwer
l.brouwer@uroweb.org
European Association of Urology

Public Release: 18-Jun-2009
7th [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference
7th annual [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference 'Molecular Evolution' June 18-19, 2009
The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the Biozentrum of the University of Basel's 7th annual [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference, "Molecular Evolution," opened today at the Congress Center in Basel. This year, the conference celebrates the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his major work, "On the Origin of the Species."

Contact: Janice Blondeau
janice.blondeau@isb-sib.ch
Swiss Institute of Bioinoformatics

Public Release: 17-Jun-2009
27th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union
Media invitation for the 27th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union
The International Year of Astronomy coincides with the 27th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in 2009. More than two thousand astronomers from all around the world are expected to meet and present their latest discoveries in Rio de Janeiro in August. A number of exciting media events are planned.

Contact: Lars Lindberg Christensen
lars@eso.org
49-893-200-6761
International Astronomical Union

Public Release: 17-Jun-2009
TCT 2009
Breaking medical and scientific news in angioplasty to be presented in San Francisco at TCT 2009
Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics is the annual Scientific Symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. TCT gathers leading medical researchers and clinicians from around the world to present and discuss leading-edge developments in interventional cardiology. Now in its 21st year, it is the world's largest privately run medical conference and attended by more than 10,000 participants each year. TCT 2009 will be held Sept. 21-25 in San Francisco, Calif.

Contact: Judy Romero
jromero@crf.org
212-851-9311
Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Public Release: 16-Jun-2009
Geological Society of America's 2009 Annual Meeting & Exposition
Geological Society of America's 2009 Annual Meeting -- media advisory 1
More than 6000 geoscientists will gather at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland on October 18-21 to participate in "Volcanoes to Vineyards: Living with Dynamic Landscapes," the 121st Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Geological Society of America. This is the final of three GSA Annual Meetings tied to themes of the International Year of Planet Earth, organized under the auspices of the International Union of Geological Sciences and the United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Contact: Christa Stratton
cstratton@geosociety.org
303-357-1093
Geological Society of America

Public Release: 15-Jun-2009
12th Annual Canadian Light Source Annual Users' Meeting
Canadian synchrotron conference sheds light on new biomedical research
Science fact surpasses science fiction at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron's 12th Annual Users' Meeting Thursday, June 18, at the Radisson Hotel in Saskatoon. Conference participants will hear about some of the newest biomedical results from the CLS, as well as ways that synchrotron techniques are lighting the way to advances in environmental clean up and nanotechnology.

Contact: Matthew Dalzell
matt.dalzell@lightsource.ca
306-657-3739
Canadian Light Source, Inc.

Public Release: 15-Jun-2009
Fusarium Laboratory Workshop
Researchers from around the globe coming to K-State June 21 for workshop on Fusarium fungus
On June 21, researchers representing nearly 30 countries are coming to Kansas State University to better understand Fusarium and strategies for dealing with the fungus. The Fusarium Laboratory Workshop is now in its 10th year, and a book produced for the workshop is used worldwide and is now in its third printing.

Contact: John Leslie
jfl@k-state.edu
785-532-6176
Kansas State University

Public Release: 15-Jun-2009
CommunicAsia 2009
A*STAR showcases 12 breakthrough infocomm technologies at CommunicAsia 2009
Look out for a technology that enables you to control who can view/edit your pictures after someone has downloaded them off, say, your website or social networking page. Also check out a smart image recognition software that can tell you what an image "means." And not to be missed is a smart search technology, which will give users more than just relevant hits. Stop by A*STAR CommunicAsia 2009 booth and experience how infocomm technologies can enhance your lifestyle!

Contact: Seeto Wei Peng
weipeng@exploit-tech.com
656-478-8443
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Public Release: 11-Jun-2009
Climate Change, Cap and Trade, Renewable Electricity and Efficiency Mandates
Carnegie Mellon expert take stand about cap and trade issues
Carnegie Mellon's Lester Lave to discuss interrelationships between cap and trade policies, renewable electricity generation standards and efficiency standards, all contained in the Waxman-Markey energy legislation.

Contact: Chriss Swaney
swaney@andrew.cmu.edu
412-268-5776
Carnegie Mellon University

Public Release: 11-Jun-2009
Ecological Society of America's 94th Annual Meeting
Ecological Society of America announces its 94th annual meeting
Registration is now open to the press for the Ecological Society of America's 94th Annual Meeting, which will be held Aug. 2-7 in Albuquerque, N.M. The meeting will include more than 3,500 scientists, students and educators, and will center around the theme "Ecological Knowledge and a Global Sustainable Society."

Contact: Christine Buckley
christine@esa.org
202-833-8773
Ecological Society of America

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