Meetings

Insilico Medicine announces to present its research and introduce the 'Cure a disease in a year' program at the World's leading congress for big data in precision medicine -- Biodata World Congress 2018.

The Crohn's & Colitis Congress, the premier conference for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) health care providers and researchers, invites media to register for the 2019 meeting. A partnership of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the Congress will disseminate the latest research and care strategies to ultimately improve the lives of the estimated 3 million Americans living with IBD.

For one week, the recipients of the Abel Prize, the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the ACM Prize in Computing, the Fields Medal and the Nevanlinna Prize engage in a cross-generational scientific dialogue with young researchers in Heidelberg, Germany. Young computer scientists and mathematicians from all over the world are encouraged to apply for one of the 200 coveted spots to participate in Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), an annual networking event.

The American College of Cardiology will host the ACC Latin America Conference in partnership with the Peruvian Society of Cardiology in Lima, Peru, on November 16-17, 2018, bringing together top experts to review and discuss new, relevant cardiovascular science pertinent to the region. This is the first time the conference will be held in South America.

Healthcare professionals nationwide are gathering this week to discuss how to improve programs to better control antibiotic use in healthcare facilities. The Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Workshop, hosted by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), will prepare healthcare professionals to design, deploy, and evaluate antibiotic stewardship interventions to combat the emergence of deadly drug-resistant bacteria.

How do you prepare for a crisis? When does the general public have to be notified of a risk? And how should authorities deal with scientific uncertainty? These questions are being discussed by food safety experts from Germany and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo from Oct. 22-26,2018 at the practice workshop "Dealing with foodborne disease outbreaks".

The Nagoya Medal Award is awarded every year to two organic chemists who have made significant original contributions to the field. This year's Gold Medal will be presented to Professor David W. C. MacMillan, and the Silver Medal will be presented to Professor Chihaya Adachi (Kyushu University, Japan).

Faculty from BIDMC's CardioVascular Institute and colleagues will be presenting new advances and research at the 2018 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions.

Keystone Symposia is collaborating with Vienna BioCenter Research Institutes GMI, IMBA, IMP and MFPL on a series of scientific research conferences to be held at Vienna BioCenter in Vienna, Austria, with the first taking place Nov. 11-14, 2018 on 'From Rare to Care: Discovery, Modeling and Translation of Rare Diseases.'

Many of the world's leading pharmaceutical scientists will gather for the inaugural American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) PharmSci 360 Meeting in Washington, D.C., November 4-7, 2018 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

SC18 is the premier international conference showcasing the many ways high performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis lead to advances in scientific discovery, research, education, and commerce. The event, created and sponsored by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and the IEEE Computer Society, attracts HPC professionals and educators from around the globe to participate in its complete technical education program, workshops, tutorials, a world-class exhibit area, demonstrations, and the world's fastest temporary computer network.

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, is pleased to announce the fourth ESMO Asia 2018 Congress.

Scientists from Germany and abroad will be meeting in Magdeburg from 27 to 29 November 2018 to discuss latest research on spatial cognition in aging and neurodegeneration. The symposium is hosted by the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE).

At an event at the EU Parliament on Wednesday, Nov. 7, campaigners will be calling on EU parliamentarians to make it easier for people with advanced breast cancer to return to work and to support them properly with flexible working arrangements. Professor Richard Sullivan, a global policy expert, will also be challenging governments about the disconnect between the amount governments spend on breast cancer care and patient outcomes.

This year's Eric D. Hadar Distinguished Lecture at the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry will take place on November 7th, 2018. This year's lecturer will be Dr. Kathleen M. Carroll, who will present her talk, 'Adventures in the dissemination of evidence-based therapies,' at 11:00 am at 1051 Riverside Drive in the Hellman Auditorium.

Many of the world's leading pharmaceutical scientists will gather for the inaugural American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) PharmSci 360 Meeting in Washington, D.C., November 4-7, 2018 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

The growing mistrust and hostility towards global intuitions must be overcome if the world is to successfully tackle the environmental challenges it faces, the head of the University of Sussex's global sustainability research centre has warned.

Negotiations among 196 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Nov. 17-29): Main themes include achieving the globally-agreed Aichi Biodiversity Targets (2010-2020); mainstreaming biodiversity issues; and the beginning of two years of negotiation of the post 2020 global biodiversity action framework, scheduled for final agreement at CBD COP15 in China in 2020.

The Plasma Sciences Expo -- planned as the biggest celebration of plasma physics in the country -- presents teachers, students and the public with a free opportunity to explore what scientists call 'the fourth state of matter.' During the week of Nov. 5-9 more than 1,500 plasma scientists will gather for the American Physical Society's Division of Plasma Physics 60th Annual Meeting at the Oregon Convention Center.

On the centennial of the 1918 influenza pandemic, join us for a scientific summit on cutting-edge influenza and human immune system research. Held Nov. 15-16 in Nashville, TN, the summit will include a special press briefing, featuring some of the latest work on universal flu vaccines.

In many places, light pollution has obliterated our view of the stars and impacted wildlife and public health. Utah's success in stewarding night skies compelled two leading dark sky organizations to hold their annual gatherings in Utah. The International Dark-Sky Association 30th Annual General Meeting, Nov. 9-10, followed by the University of Utah-based Consortium for Dark Sky Studies bringing scientists and researchers of Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) together for ALAN 2018, Nov. 12-14.

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT) will present the joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) from November 4-9 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. ESEC/FSE brings together researchers, practitioners, and educators to exchange the latest research results and trends, as well as their practical application in all areas of software engineering.

New directed energy propulsion systems may enable the first interstellar missions, with small, robotic spacecraft exploring neighboring solar systems, according to experimental cosmologist Philip Lubin. He will present these and other advances at The Optical Society's (OSA) Laser Congress, Light the Future Speaker Series, 4-8 Nov. in Boston.

More then 5,900 of the world's leading operations research (O.R.) and analytics professionals will arrive in Phoenix this weekend to participate in the 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting taking place November 4-7 at the Phoenix Convention Center.