Meetings

This is the meeting of the SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering. Registration is now open.

Two speakers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will headline a virtual special session of the annual Legionella Conference on March 9-10. 'Prevention of Disease and Injury From Waterborne Pathogens During an Emergent Health Crisis' will feature CDC Commander Jasen Kunz, a senior environmental health officer, and epidemiologist Elizabeth Hannapel, who will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on Legionnaires' disease risks and new CDC Legionella control tools.

On Jan. 25-26, 2021, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) and the Preeclampsia Foundation will bring together leading national and international clinicians and researchers for an in-depth look at how to better predict, prevent, and manage preeclampsia.

ARS just launched a new resource, SinusHealth.com, the first patient-focused online resource dedicated to nasal and sinus conditions and their treatments powered by the experts at the American Rhinologic Society. It aims to provide accurate, timely, trusted education for patients and caregivers seeking information to improve their rhinologic health. James Nestor will discuss his book Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art The webinar will include a participant Q&A session with Mr. Nestor and ARS otolaryngologists.

Physicists from around the world will meet online April 17-20 to share the latest research in astrophysics, particle physics, nuclear physics, gravitation, and more.

Corning Incorporated will highlight its latest technologies that support the advancement of 3D cell culture, automation, and drug discovery at this year's virtual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) conference on Jan. 25 through 27. Now more than ever, tools used to facilitate scale-up, reproducibility, and consistency of 3D cell culture are helping enable critical research needed to solve the industry's most pressing problems.

Pease join the Center for Justice Research at Texas Southern University and other co-sponsors on Thursday, February 4, 2021, from 9:00am-5:00pm for our symposium Police Misconduct & Qualified Immunity: Reimagining "We the People."

Join the Human Fusions Institute on Jan. 28 at 11 a.m. EST to watch Dustin Tyler, Founder of Human Fusions Institute, and Shelly Palmer, CEO of The Palmer Group, discuss Human Fusions Institute, NeuroReality™, and the future of human-tech relationships. Request your calendar invitation at shellypalmer.com/neuroreality-future-telepresence/

The American College of Cardiology will host the annual Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient Virtual course with live sessions on Feb. 5-6, 2021 and on demand content. The course will feature cardiology and oncology experts providing clinically relevant, best practice strategies for a multidisciplinary team regarding the assessment, diagnosis and management of cardiovascular concerns for cancer patients, as well as those requiring survivorship care.

Scholars, educators and policymakers from around the world will join a global conference hosted by York University, to reimagine international learning opportunities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of York's Sustainable on the Go initiative to support study-abroad opportunities that promote sustainability, the three-day conference on Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization is organized from January 20 to 22, 2021.

The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) are committed to improving the lives of millions of Americans living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. That's why we've partnered on the fourth annual Crohn's & Colitis Congress®, taking place virtually Jan. 21 through 24, 2021. This annual meeting is an opportunity for IBD care providers to gather and learn about the latest advancements in IBD patient care.

Want to know more about the challenges faced during the identification and development of innovative cancer treatment drugs? Register for this exciting event where you'll be able to ask questions live during a number of panel discussions.

Experts at the University of Birmingham's Institute for Global Innovation (IGI) are launching a new multi-disciplinary forum to help resolve critical global challenges - helping to make the world a fairer, more sustainable place.

Press registration is now open for the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual conference, March 13-16, 2021, to be held virtually. Get great story ideas and connect with neuroscientists, presenting some of the latest research on neurotechnology, memory, mental health, aging, and learning. Join us for a unique virtual conference experience!

The ISSCR's VISION2030 is bringing together biotech CEOs who have successfully transformed scientific breakthroughs into thriving businesses that are improving human health. Join us for in-depth executive interviews that explore the next decade for the field on 7-8 January 2021. The event comes at a pivotal moment in regenerative medicine and stem cell science as discovery, translation, and investment intersect.

Staffordshire University is hosting a virtual international interdisciplinary conference and festival on 24 April 2021.

The Microbial Engineering community has made extraordinary progress toward developing a number of promising vaccine candidates to provide proection against COVID-19. This January 26 webinar will focus on a variety of programs based either on microbial platforms or cell free synthesis.

Research presentations on topics as diverse as the history and development of African American Language, the linguistic nature of keysmashes, and the "myth" of Standard German dominance are among the highlights of the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), to be held virtually from January 7-10, 2021.

The ISSCR is bringing together successful biotech CEOs who have transformed scientific breakthroughs into thriving businesses that are improving human health into one program 7-8 January 2021. VISION2030 comes at a pivotal moment in regenerative medicine and stem cell science as discovery, translation, and investment intersect.

ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA21) Registration is now open!

Please note the new dates for ESC Congress 2021, the world's largest gathering of cardiovascular professionals. The event will officially open on the morning of Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, and continue for four full days until the evening of Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. The Opening Press Conference will take place on Thursday, Aug. 26 (time to be determined).

The 1st International BioDesign Research Conference was held online by Stanford University, the University of Warwick, and BioDesign Research in December 2020. Approximately 7500 people from 86 countries have attended the live and satellite presentations. Sixty-four world renowned experts and scholars, including 6 Nobel Prize winners and 16 multinational academicians, were invited to present at the conference and 35 scholars shared their latest research via satellite video presentations. Meanwhile, 126 abstracts and 106 posters were also presented. 

Media are invited to register for the first virtual Crohn's & Colitis Congress, taking place Jan. 21-24, 2021, and learn about the latest trends and research in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patient care.

The American Physical Society's annual March Meeting will take place entirely online March 15-19, 2021. More than 11,000 physicists are expected to attend the largest physics meeting of the year, where they will present and discuss groundbreaking research from industry, academia, and major labs.

Each year, IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) highlights the best lung cancer research at the Presidential Symposium. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WCLC was postponed and has been restructured into two separate meetings--the first portion was held in August and the second part will be held in January 2021. To learn more about the meeting, visit https://wclc2020.iaslc.org/.