Meetings

Journalists may now apply for press credentials for the American Chemical Society Fall 2019 National Meeting and Exposition, one of the largest scientific conferences of the year. The meeting will be held Aug. 25 to 29, 2019, in San Diego.

VOICE will be held for the second consecutive year at NJIT, drawing a roster of internationally recognized brands from around the world and nearly 5,000 attendees over the course of the four-day event interested in 'reimagining how we interact with technology through voice.'

Climate protests by young people hit the headlines this year -- but could the theories of a 100-year-old man hold the key to protecting our planet?

A program aimed at increasing the diversity of young scientists is being hosted for the seventh year at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. PRIDE, or Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research, is a mentored research program funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute that pairs young scientists and seasoned researchers with the goal of helping junior faculty learn what it takes to advance their careers.

Join us July 25-26, 2019, at the Allen Institute for Exploring Frontiers: Predicting Biology, a symposium featuring the latest insights from leading modeling researchers from the fields of neuroscience, cell science and immunology, chaired by Markus Covert, Ph.D., leader of the Allen Discovery Center at Stanford University. The talks will address leveraging computation and mathematics to accelerate biological discovery.

The Montana Biofilm Meeting will highlight MSU's biofilm research, including work to advance knowledge of tough-to-treat wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers.

A conference looking at the rise of impoliteness, including the language used by politicians and diplomats, will take place in Cambridge this week.

Media can register now to attend the Advanced Breast Cancer Fifth International Consensus Conference (ABC5) in Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday to Saturday, Nov. 14-16, 2019. Registration for bona fide journalists is free.

The 2019 Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Symposium well be held in Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 20-21, 2019. The conference is hosted by the Beef Reproduction Task Force, a multi-state Cooperative Extension group of specialists from some of the nation's most beef production-intensive states. The University of Tennessee Department of Animal Science is co-hosting the event.

What: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D., will deliver the 11th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture. The title of his presentation is 'Is Relapse and Recycling Necessary for Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder?'

At this summer's annual conference for the American Society for Horticultural Science, attendees will find substantial advances in long-understood science and realize the possibility of a life of travel and adventure in the pursuit of those advances.

ASHS is partnering with Oasis Biotech for an up-close journey into Vertical Farming at the Oasis Biotech facility. Participants will be afforded access to the largest and most technologically advanced Indoor Vertical Farming facility ever designed and implemented in this country. Oasis Biotech uses state-of-the-art LED lighting technology and precise, cutting-edge hydroponic growing methods to generate a wide array of fresh, pesticide-free, non-GMO produce and non-traditional crops 365 days a year.

Pat Breysse, Ph.D., Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, will deliver the keynote address at Legionella Conference 2019, to be held Sept. 11-13 in Los Angeles.

Faculty and students help the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) host the 2019 ISA Annual International Conference and Trade Show and the International Tree Climbing Championship (ITCC) and Arbor Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, August 9-14, 2019.

The Hot Line Press Programme is announced today: six Hot Line press conferences with 27 trials presented, bringing reporters the latest research in cardiology.

The rapid evolution of digital technology and its impact on the prevention and treatment of heart disease is the subject of a new digital summit organised by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The ESC is the world's largest scientific society of cardiovascular professionals, bringing together more than 100,000 members across 57 National Cardiac Societies. The ESC Digital Summit will be held in Tallinn, Estonia on October 5-6, 2019.

The American Society for Horticultural Science hosts its international conference every summer offering an illuminating exchange of ideas and methodology that is critical to those working in the various fields of horticultural science and its education. But the sessions are also accessible to interested non-scientists who generally discover an importance tied to the information being exchanged.

Journalists and reporters are invited to register for media access to the ERS International Congress 2019, the flagship meeting of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the world's largest congress for respiratory medicine and science. Media registration is free. The congress will be held from September 28 -- October 2, 2019 at the IFEMA exhibition center in Madrid, Spain.

At the 5th annual World Journalism Education Conference in Paris next week, Lehigh University's Jack Lule and Craig Gordon will present on how artificial intelligence can be incorporated into an unlikely venue: the introductory, first-year mass communications class. Lule and Gordon have taught such a course at Lehigh, called Media & Society, with units focused on artificial intelligence for the past three semesters.

The spotlight was on the young scientists at the grand opening of the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Sunday in Lindau's Inselhalle. The speakers called on the next generation of scientists to play an active role in shaping societal developments. A record 89 countries are represented at this year's Lindau Meeting, where 580 young scientists will meet with 39 Nobel Laureates until 5 July.

Please find below the most important news that will be announced in connection with the 2019 ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer. Press releases will be made available and press conferences organised on a daily basis, before and during the Congress. Media representatives are kindly requested to respect embargoes as indicated.

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