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Conventions: Jun 29, 2008

9th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008,
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska United States

The Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP) marks the 25th anniversary of the formation of the IPA and the Fourth ICOP (1983), both having taken place at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The year 2008 is also the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY), and the 125th anniversary of the first International Polar Year (IPY). Both the International Union of Geological Sciences and the International Geographical Union, IPA parent organizations, will hold their international congresses in August 2008. The International Year of Planet Earth will also be celebrated in 2008. Taken together, summer 2008 represents a special time to celebrate our national and international permafrost heritage. Special efforts will be made to involve young
researchers, educators and student of all ages, and participants from native communities from all countries with an interest in permafrost science and engineering.

Geochemistry Of Mineral Deposits

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Il Ciocco, Lucca, Toscana Italy

Mineral resources have always been an essential foundation of human civilization. Current and projected economic growth, especially in China and India, highlight an increasing worldwide need for metals, as reflected by prices that are near historic highs for a wide range of mined commodities. Even with increased recycling and substitution, increasing demand requires that metals and other rare elements will continue to be mined from ore deposits. Such deposits can only be utilized in an environmentally responsible manner, if the ore elements are highly enriched by natural chemical and physical processes. These processes operate over a great range of spatial and temporal scales in the Earth’s interior or at its surface, from the earliest geological records of our planet to the present day.

2nd International Congress on Ceramics

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Piazza Brà, Verona, Veneto Italy

Join global business and technical leaders for compelling discussion, debate and development of a global roadmap for ceramics and glass technologies

Shape the future by:

* Exchanging ideas with the invited speakers
* Sharing your ideas in interactive workshop sessions
* Presenting your work and vision
* Exhibiting or viewing the latest commercially available materials and equipments

Auditory System

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire United States

The major goal of the proposed Gordon Research Conference is to bring together world-leading auditory scientists and students who investigate current key issues in the mammalian auditory system. More than any other sensory system, the auditory system is characterized by a high complexity of parallel upstream and downstream pathways. To understand the biological basis of sound perception, one must study not only the function of a particular auditory circuit but also how it interacts with and is influenced by higher or lower stations in the auditory pathway.

Therefore, strong emphasis is given to cover the auditory system as a whole, from the cochlea to prefrontal cortex and from genetic/molecular mechanisms of cochlear development and function to language and learning disabilities. The informal setting at Gordon Research Conferences will allow researchers who work on different aspects of the auditory system to engage in extensive interactions with the hope to foster the formulation of new concepts and the identification of central issues that need to be addressed in the coming years. The multi-level and interdisciplinary composition of speakers will greatly support new collaborations that go beyond the mere broadening of methods and that otherwise would have not emerged.

Bioanalytical Sensors

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island United States

The field of Bioanalytical Sensors can be broadly described as development and application of devices that use a biological recognition event to produce an optical or electrochemical signal that can be measured in real-time. The GRC on Bioanalytical Sensors seeks to inform participants of the latest research in systems and materials development, systems integration and automation, and relevant supporting technologies that will impact biosensor technologies in both the near and far term. The 2008 Bioanalytical Sensors GRC will address the following general themes: Molecular recognition (e.g., molecularly imprinted polymers, natural and synthetic receptors, aptamers); Signal transduction/Platform development (including optical, magnetic-based, and electrochemical sensors); Supporting/Enabling technologies (e.g., microfluidics, nanoparticles, MEMS); and Real-world Detection. At least one oral session will be devoted to each general thematic area.

Cellular & Molecular Fungal Biology 2008

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire United States

The Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Conference provides a forum for presentation of the latest advances in fungal research with a particular emphasis on filamentous and pathogenic fungi. This open-registration scientific meeting brings together the leading scientists from academia, government and industry to discuss current research results and future directions at Holderness School, on outstanding venue for scientific interaction. A key objective of the conference is to foster interaction between scientists working on model fungi such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans and scientists working on less tractable filamentous fungi or fungal pathogens of plants and animals. Similarly, the CMFB conference is a unique venue for fostering discussions among leaders in the fields of medical mycology and phytopathology and those studying fungi that form important symbiotic associations with other organisms (e.g. mycorrhizal, lichen-forming fungi, invertebrate associated fungi etc). This area of dialog is becoming increasingly important as areas of common interest are discussed. For example, the conserved role of signal transduction pathways in the regulation of virulence factors in both plant and animal pathogens has been illustrated by conference presentations in previous meetings. Overall, the CMFB conference provides a unique opportunity to examine the breadth of fungal biology in a small meeting format that encourages in-depth discussion among the attendees.

Hemostasis 2008

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Waterville Valley Resort, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire United States

The next conference will be held on June 29th - July 4th, 2008 at Waterville Valley Conference Center, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, a new, comfortable, and inviting location that should provide an excellent venue for all participants. This Conference Center, surrounded by the White Mountains of New Hampshire, received the Pinnacle Award from Successful Meetings magazine in 2000, and provides over 15,000 square feet of flexible, highly functional space. Recreational facilities include ready access to biking hiking, golf, tennis, boating, and the Waterville Valley Arts Center. Waterville Valley is only two hours north of Boston, making travel to and from convenient for speakers and attendees from the US and overseas alike. All accommodations, dining hall, poster areas and meeting rooms are accessible to handicapped persons.

Research At High Pressure

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
University of New England, Biddeford, Maine United States

The Gordon Conference on Research at High Pressure is one of the longest running Gordon Conferences, in part, due to the enthusiastic participants, but due also to the diverse nature of this area of research which spans from planetary interiors to complex small energy scale phenomena such as quantum critical behavior in heavy fermion systems and collective behavior that yields high temperature superconductivity. Chemistry, condensed matter synthesis, and studies of the origins of life have also made dramatic recent advances using this parameter as a tool. All of these areas rely upon coordinated theoretical and experimental efforts which will be highlighted in this conference. Formal presentations and discussions provide a strong backbone for the meeting, but the poster session has historically been the venue for a more free wheeling exchange of information. Participation of graduate students, postdocs, and early career faculty is strongly encouraged and will be highlighted in the Young Investigators session of invited talks that will take place on Monday.

Metals in Medicine 2008

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Proctor Academy, Andover, New Hampshire United States

The meeting will be organized around presenting both current clinical practices and discovery-level research in seven medicinally relevant areas (Oncology, Diagnostics, Infectious Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Diseases, and Aging). Speakers and poster presenters are encouraged to present the most pressing biological problems, best strategies, key criteria involved in design, and appropriate research networks required to address the special issues associated with problems in medicinal bioinorganic chemistry.

Muscle & Molecular Motors

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Colby-Sawyer College, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire United States

The principal purpose of this conference is to discuss important recent unpublished developments in the field. This international forum for information exchange will lead to better integration of knowledge about muscle and molecular motors from atomic resolution structures to functional roles in intact systems. Our focus is on understanding molecular mechanisms from primary processes underlying energy transduction through to integrated ensembles of molecular motors. The scientific scope encompasses: targeting and regulation of motors, structure-function studies; energy transduction mechanism; development of new techniques and modalities for studying motors in vivo and in vitro and the role and mode of action of molecular motors in infectious disease and human health. The conference also aims to foster and catalyze new collaborations between international scientists who work at the leading edge of the field.

Oceans & Human Health

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Tilton School, Tilton, New Hampshire, United States

The purpose and scope of this Gordon Research Conference is to provide a multidisciplinary platform for discussing the current state of knowledge of the rapidly evolving, highly interdisciplinary fields that comprise OHH, to identify and debate unresolved questions, and to discuss new research directions. The conference will bring together experts with diverse backgrounds including algal and microbial biology, physical and biological oceanography, epidemiology and public health, genomics and proteomics, toxicology, toxinology and pharmacology. Topics we propose to cover in this first proposed OHH GRC are listed below. An important motivation for the proposed GRC is the fact that OHH does not have a forum to facilitate interactions and dialogue among the scientists and students involved in research relevant to oceans and human health.

Polymer Physics 2008

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island United States

Polymer Physics comes of age! The 21st Polymer Physics Gordon Conference will take place at Salve Regina in Newport, RI the week of June 29th - July 4th, 2008. This conference, which began in 1969, has remained a key meeting in the area of polymer physics throughout its existence by ensuring that each program is filled with top speakers presenting their most interesting current results in areas both new and enduring. The 2008 conference will combine breadth and depth, with talks by experimentalists and theoreticians representing academia, national labs, and industry. Session topics are expected to include: structure and function of biopolymers, new problems involving the glass transition, polymer crystallization, simulation of equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties, ion-containing systems, unresolved issues in rheology and phase separation, and thin films and interfaces. A diverse group of national and international speakers and session chairs is being assembled and we anticipate a very lively gathering at Salve Regina this summer

The Biology of Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Colby College, Waterville, Maine United States

The meeting will convene approximately 45 speakers representing key areas of post-transcriptional gene regulation, with a total of 150 participants. The program will consist of nine morning or evening sessions that will broadly address cutting-edge issues in the following areas: coupling between transcription and RNA processing; genomics, RNomics, and evolution of RNA-processing signals and factors; RNA splicing catalysis, regulation, and fidelity; RNA-processing dysfunctions in disease states; RNA turnover, including nonsense-mediated mRNA decay; RNA transport and localization; non-coding RNA; and translational control. In addition, small poster sessions on four late afternoons will enable all participants to contribute to, and learn about, these topics. Free early-afternoon and late-evening periods will stimulate productive, informal discussions among established and junior principal investigators, postdoctoral trainees and graduate students.

Signaling By Adhesion Receptors 2008

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts United States

Planned Sessions include: cell migration and organization in 3-dimensions evolution of cell-cell adhesion proteins; mechanisms of cell migration and organization during embryogenesis; regulation of stem cell organization by adhesion receptors; cell adhesion receptors in genetic diseases and cancer; coupling structure and function of cell adhesion complexes; downstream signaling by cell adhesion receptors; dynamics, physics and mechanics of cell adhesion receptors; forces generated by cell adhesion receptors.

Because the Conference is positioned at the nexus of cell adhesion, signaling and fate, it attracts international scientists from a diversity of disciplines including developmental biologists and clinicians interested in 3-D tissue organization and disease processes, cell biologists and biochemists interested in cellular mechanisms, and biophysicist and bio-engineers interested in measuring mechanical forces and fabricating cell environments. The crosstalk and cross-fertilization of ideas between scientists with these different research interests and expertise contributes greatly to the impact of the Conference across these fields. The Conference relates detailed molecular insights from basic research on membrane proteins and the cytoskeleton to human development and cancer. There is a strong cancer relevance to the Program in addition to stem cell biology, evolution, epithelial biology and differentiation, vascular biology and neurobiology.

NT'08 — Ninth International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Le Corum, Montpellier, Languedoc Rousillon France

In the spirit of NT conference series, oral presentations in NT’08 will consist of plenary lectures, keynotes and contributed talks. Most of the contributions will be presented as posters, and more than one half of the conference will be dedicated to poster exhibition. Posters will be introduced by an expert in the field at the beginning of each poster session.

The conference covers all the aspects in (i) the science of nanotubes: synthesis, chemistry of nanotubes, functionalization, structural, mechanical, transport, electronic, physical, chemical, biological properties, and (ii) applications of nanotubes: electronic nanodevices, chemical and biological sensors, energy storage, and composites.

2008 Joint Meeting of the International Grassland Congress and the International Rangeland Congress (2008 IGC/IRC)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 5, 2008,
International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China

This forum will be the first time that these two important International Congresses have met together to allow international exchange and discussion on the multi-function of grasslands and rangelands in a changing world. The Congress will focus on discussing scientific and technological aspects of Grassland/Rangeland management, and on the challenges involved to overcome major limitations for implementing sustainable development. For this reason, we feel that any person from the research, university, government and industry sectors from around the world will find the 2008 IGC/IRC most stimulating and worthwhile.

The first joint Congress will be a significant milestone in the history of IGC and IRC, and in research and development of grasslands and rangelands in the world. China has breathtaking scenery and outstanding hospitality. It is an ideal country to host the Congress with 392.8 million hectares of grasslands and rangelands in which more than 6,000 plant species grow. Diversity is most characteristic of China's grasslands, with alpine meadow, steppe, desert, tropical and sub-tropical ecosystems, and people of 56 nationalities who use the grasslands in many different ways depending on their culture. Agricultural and pastoral systems are being developed and modernized, with attention to landscape management, amenity values, plant and livestock production, and product processing and marketing.

9th International Conference on Permafrost

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008,
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska United States

The following are some suggested science and engineering themes for contributed sessions:

* contemporary climate change and paleoclimatic reconstruction in permafrost regions
* cold-regions infrastructures and transportation
* natural and technological hazards in mountainous and high-latitude permafrost regions
* remote sensing and geophysics in terrestrial and planetary sciences
* modeling and scaling of permafrost distribution and changes
* long-term monitoring program to assess changes, thermal state of permafrost, active layer
* permafrost and the global carbon balance, including greenhouse gases and gas hydrates
* impacts of permafrost degradation on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
* vegetation and responses to natural and human-induced disturbances
* permafrost controls on surface waters, groundwater and heat flux processes
* subsea permafrost, sea level changes, and dynamics of coastal permafrost
* advances in exobiology and life in extreme terrestrial environments
* frost-affected soils and soil carbon storage
* advances in artificial ground freezing and waste disposal
* periglacial geomorphology, permafrost mapping, and cryostratigraphy
* differentiating between paleoseismic and cryogenic structures
* cryospheric interactions and global connections
* community development, risk assessment, and planning in permafrost regions
* initial results from the IPY: toward a systems understanding of permafrost changes
* history of permafrost research and IPY
* engineered structures: design, evaluation and economics
* human response to permafrost change
* paleoecology, archaeology and indigenous knowledge of permafrost regions
* economics, subsistence and land use change
* ecological restoration of disturbed tundra

2008 Operations & Technology Conference

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

18th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
COEX Convention Center, Seoul, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea

The XVIII World Congress is a unique opportunity for decision-makers, safety and health professionals, employers' and workers' representatives and experts from social security to learn from each other and to exchange information with their peers from around the world.

World Archaeological Congress - 2008 Conference (WAC-6)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
University College Dublin, Dublin, Leinster Ireland

WAC holds an international Congress every four years to promote the exchange of results from archaeological research; professional training and public education for disadvantaged nations, groups and communities; the empowerment and betterment of Indigenous groups and First Nations peoples; and the conservation of archaeological sites. Past Congresses have been held in England, Venezuela, WAC holds an international Congress every four years to promote the exchange of results from archaeological research; professional training and public education for disadvantaged nations, groups and communities; the empowerment and betterment of Indigenous groups and First Nations peoples; and the conservation of archaeological sites. Past Congresses have been held in England, Venezuel

83nd WEAI Annual Conference

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008,
Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii United States

83rd WEAI Annual Conference

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008,
Waikiki, Hawaii United States

9th International Conference on Permafrost

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008,
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska United States

The Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP) marks the 25th anniversary of the formation of the IPA and the Fourth ICOP (1983), both having taken place at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The fourth International Polar Year (IPY) will be celebrated in 2008, as will be the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY), and the 125th anniversary of the first International Polar Year (IPY). Both the International Union of Geological Sciences and the International Geographical Union, IPA parent organizations, will hold their international congresses in August 2008. The International Year of Planet Earth will also be celebrated in 2008. Taken together, summer 2008 represents a special time to celebrate our national and international permafrost heritage. Special efforts will be made to involve young researchers, educators and students of all ages, and native communities from all countries with an interest in permafrost science and engineering.

National Educational Computing Conference

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
San Antonio, Texas United States

The juried portion of the conference program covers the breadth and depth of the educational technology field:

* from developing and articulating a vision of the role of technology in school improvement to implementing the technology infrastructure,
* from learning about technology to integrating technology into the curriculum,
* and the ethics and equity issues involved in all of these topics.

The 2nd International Workshop on Web Mining for E-commerce and E-services (WMEE' 08)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jun 29, 2008,
Rydges Melbourne Hotel Melbourne, Australia

Web mining is a technique that applies data mining techniques to analyse different sources of data in the web (such as web usage data, web content data, and web structural data). With the rapidly growth of World Wide Web, it therefore becomes a very hot and popular topic in web research area. E-commerce and E-services are claimed could be killer applications for web mining, and web mining now also plays an important role for E-commerce website and E-services to understand how their websites and services are used and to provide better services for their customers and users.

Recently, many researches are focusing on developing new web mining techniques and algorithms, or devoting to improve traditional mining techniques. However, it is meaningless, if these techniques and algorithms have not been applied in real application environment. Therefore, it could be an important time to shift the research focus to application area, such as E-commerce and E-services

The previous WMEE workshop was held in Tokyo (Japan) on July/2007. The committee decided to hold the workshop again after the success of WMEE 2007. Hence, this workshop is concentrating on the research topics about Web Mining for E-commerce and E-services. The workshop aims at promoting the exchange of ideas in this research area, such as web mining for E-commerce, web mining for E-banking, web mining for search engine, web mining for e-learning, etc. This year, the WMEE workshop will be held in conjunction with ICSSSM2008 on 29/June/2008 in Melbourne, Australia.

This workshop invites papers the following topics, but never exclusive:

Web Mining for E-commerce Customer Behaviour Analysis
Web Mining for E-commerce Transaction Analysis
Web Mining for E-commerce Website Design
Web Mining for E-banking
Web Mining for M-commerce
Web Mining for Web Advertisement
Web Mining for Search Engine
Web Mining for Online Auction
Web Mining for Online Knowledge Management
Web Mining for Online Social Networking
Web Mining for E-learning
Web Mining for Blog Analysis
Web Mining for Online Personalization and Recommendation System
Web Mining and Intelligent Web Service
Web Mining for E-commerce and Services: Case and Empirical Study

iste - San Antonio

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Welches, Texas United States

Welcome to NECC 2008! Mark your calendars, budget, and plan now for the 29th annual National Educational Computing Conference. Join more than 18,000 teachers, technology coordinators, library media specialists, teacher educators, administrators, policy makers, industry representatives, and students from all over the world who'll gather June 29–July 2 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on the San Antonio River Walk.

2008 International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC 2008)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
Shanghai Pine Hotel, Shanghai, Shanghai (munic.) China

The 2008 International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC 2008) provides an international forum for professionals, academics, and researchers to present the latest developments from interdisciplinary theoretical studies, computational algorithm development, and applications. ICMIC 2008 particularly welcomes those emerging methodologies and techniques that bridge theoretical studies and applications in all branches of engineering and the sciences.

The Coastal Society's 21st Biennial Conference

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach, Redondo Beach, California United States

TCS is proud to announce that The Coastal Society's 21st International Conference will be held at Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, June 29 - Wednesday, July 2, 2008.

The Coastal Society is an organization of private sector, academic, and government professionals and students dedicated to actively addressing emerging coastal issues by fostering dialogue, forging partnerships, and promoting communication and education.

19th World Petroleum Congress

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008,
IFEMA-Feria de Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

The programme for 19th WPC will include a number of new features. High-level Plenaries from leading industry decision makers, interactive Round Tables and in-depth Forums with innovative Posters on a wide variety of industry aspects will address the status quo and the main challenges the sector is facing. Best Practice Keynotes on the main issues in the upstream, downstream, natural gas, renewables and management of the industry will add further to the quality of the programme. Key issues such as balancing the requirements of supply and demand, social and environmental responsibilities of the industry and ensuring the attraction and retention of the next generation of professionals will be addressed throughout the four days of the Congress. The Official Opening Ceremony will set an excellent standard for the week, with the Spanish Night and the Dewhurst Lecture promising to provide special highlights for the Congress.

The 38th International Conference on Environmental Systems

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008,
The Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, California United States

The 38th International Conference on Environmental Systems presents new and significant technical information about the development and progress on space stations and spacecraft environmental control systems. The event provides an international forum for discussion of life support and thermal control operational issues among the members of the world aerospace community. Technical sessions, panel discussions, poster sessions, and networking receptions are integrated in a program that provides a value to industry and government engineers, scientists, designers, educators, researchers, students, and technical specialists.

Technical Session Highlights
ICES technical sessions address a comprehensive range of environmental systems subjects, including:

* Aerospace human factors
* Environmental control and life support system technology
* Environmental monitoring and controls
* Planetary protection
* EVA system technology
* Life sciences
* Planetary habitats and systems
* Thermal control systems technology for both manned and unmanned vehicles

12th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2008)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
Rosen Centre Hotel Orlando, Florida United States

WMSCI/ISAS Conferences started in Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1995; from then on, they have grown from 45 papers to an average, in the last 5 years, of 1500 registered participants that participated in each of the yearly WMSCI and its collocated conferences. Nowadays, the conference has become an international forum where researchers and practitioners examine key issues in Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. As well as participants from universities, governments, and industries share ideas, knowledge and experiences among different disciplines.

3rd International Conference on Digital Telecommunications (ICDT 2008)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 5, 2008,
Bucharest, Romania

The International Conference on Digital Telecommunications (ICDT 2008) initiates a series of special events focusing on telecommunications aspects in multimedia environments. The scope of the conference is to focus on the lower layers of systems interaction and identify the technical challenges and the most recent achievements.

The conference will serve as a forum for researchers from both the academia and the industry, professionals, and practitioners to present and discuss the current state-of-the art in research and best practices as well as future trends and needs (both in research and practices) in the areas of multimedia telecommunications, signal processing in telecommunications, data processing, audio transmission and reception systems, voice over packet networks, video, conferencing, telephony, as well as image producing, sending, and mining, speech producing and processing, IP/Mobile TV, Multicast/Broadcast Triple-Quadruple-play, content production and distribution, multimedia protocols, H-series towards SIP, and control and management of multimedia telecommunications.

19th International Conference BIOSIGNAL 2008

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 1, 2008,
Holiday Inn Hotel, Brno, Czech Republic

CONFERENCE PROFILE
A. Measurement and Interpretation of Physiological Signals
B. Medical Imaging and Image Analysis
C. Signal Based Modelling and Simulation in Biomedicine
D. Multimedial Data in Clinical Decision Making
E. Education in Biomedical Engineering/Medical Informatics
The conference should give a forum for information exchange
among theoreticians, engineers, and medical people. Original papers, research results, and contributions concerning interesting technical solutions will be appreciated as well as clinical experiences and survey lectures for presentation in A, B, C, and D sessions. The development in curricula for graduate and postgraduate students of biomedical and clinical engineering and of medical informatics will be
discussed in E session. There will be also a possibility for poster presentation in all sessions. The conference will be open to contributions from related fields.

Operational and Process Excellence

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Many companies think a Six Sigma program is an expensive complicated approach over-sold as the fabled goose that laid the golden egg, while others roll their eyes at the mention of standard deviations, defects per million, or multi-colored belts. Service companies, in particular, may be put off by the methodology’s manufacturing origins.

These perceptions should not be barriers for you utilising Six Sigma. It works equally well for services, healthcare, manufacturing, small companies, or large companies with millions or billions in revenues and expenses. In fact, the concept is very simple. It’s just good business.

Air Emissions Reduction for Oil And Gas

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
Hilton Abu Dhabi Hotel, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Reducing Air Emissions in Oil & Gas is the region’s leading industry-focused environmental event that features exclusive expert presentations and case studies that reveal successful stories, procedures, solutions, technologies and strategies that have not only effectively reduced emissions but have benefited production and increased profits.

• Create a long-term emission-reducing framework for future legislative standards
• Successfully incorporate technology that will reduce emission levels and deliver instant ROI
• Achieve zero routine, flaring and increased cost savings
• Safely capture and store CO2 for the long-term
• See increased production and profit through CO2 injection strategies
• Create an effective business case for technological investment
• Minimize the risk of fugitive leaks

The GCC Institutional Investments Summit

Jun 29, 2008 - Jun 30, 2008,
Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai United Arab Emirates

Key Reasons To Attend

* Discover how proposed IMF regulations will affect large institutional investors
* Analyse how the growth in Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) will affect the global financial market
* Examining the investment products and vehicles available for investors into the region
* Evaluate the benefits of SWF investments for both recipient and home economies
* Understanding the best risk management strategies for entering distressed markets
* Examine which locations and asset classes will offer the greatest returns for investors in light of the credit crisis
* Understand how to structure winning formulas for co-investing and joint partnerships in emerging markets

14th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Trinity College Dublin Dublin Ireland

This 14th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces will bring together world-leading experts in the area of thin films and surfaces. It will focus on recent advances in controlling and characterizing the physical and chemical properties of these materials, with a particular emphasis on electronic, photonic and spintronic applications, in addition to bio-functionalized structures and devices. This conference builds on previous meetings in this series held in Tokyo (1978), Washington (1981), Sydney (1984), Hamamatsu (1987), Providence (1989), Paris (1992), Hsinchu (1994), Osaka (1996), Copenhagen (1998), Princeton (2000), Marseille (2002), Hamamatsu (2004) and Bariloche (2006).

Number Portability Middle East

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 1, 2008,
Courtyard by Marriott Hotel Dubai United Arab Emirates

In light of the increasing importance of Number Portability in the Middle East, IIR is holding a 3-day intensive conference in Dubai to discuss best practice for Number Portability implementation and enable attendees to benchmark their strategies against other operators and regulators.

Case studies, in-depth presentations and interactive seminars will show how and why different operational, technical and regulatory strategies have been used by different countries when implementing Number Portability. Attendees will be able to scrutinise the different strategies that have been used and benefit from the successes and the lessons learnt.

The 60th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 1, 2008,
Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama Japan

1 ) Symposia and Mini-symposia are selected by the program committee of JSCB in consideration of the area of and the topicality of cell biology. Sessions with foreign speakers will be conducted in English.
2 ) Workshops are organized by young researchers. Most of the speakers are selected among young researchers and postgraduate students.
3 ) We are calling for papers for poster presentation, Mini-symposia and Workshops. Papers for Mini-symposia and Workshops will be selected from the submitted abstracts. Those which are not selected will be presented as posters. Selected papers for Mini-symposia or Workshops will be presented both as oral and as posters. Each poster will be displayed for 1 day during the meeting period.
Presentation can be made either in English or Japanese, but the presentation materials should be written in English.
4 ) There is a special space where you can use your own laptop for your poster presentation. If you wish to use computer for your poster presentation, please apply when you submit abstract. Please be advised that your poster board may be isolated from the related category if you use this space.
5 ) Lunch boxes will be served at Luncheon Seminars hosted by sponsored companies (on first come, first served basis).
6 ) Reception, held on the 2nd night, will be a good opportunity for participants to get together closely. We advise you to register early with lower fee.
7 ) General languages: Japanese / English

23rd International Symposium on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur (ISOCS-23)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia

In 1964 Professor Horak and his colleagues invited 80 chemists to the first conference on the organic sulfur chemistry which was held in a castle in Liblice near Prague. This remote venue proved conducive to vigorous discussions which have been a hallmark of these conferences. The success of this first conference led to its repetition biennially. In the early years, the conference was sponsored by the Sulfur Institute, which was established by the sulfur producing companies to promote the uses of elemental sulfur.

The conferences attracted world-wide interest and were convened in Europe until 1996 when the first conference in Asia was held in Tsukuba, Japan. The conference then returned to Europe until 2002 when the first conference in the Western Hemisphere was held in Flagstaff, Arizona.

While the focus of these symposia has always been sulfur chemistry, areas of emphasis have changed. The areas originally emphasized were structure, mechanism and reactive intermediates. Then the emphasis shifted to stereochemistry, hypervalent sulfur and synthetic applications.

Presently the emphasis on the synthetic chemistry remains at the core with mechanism and stereochemistry emphasis still continuing, but there has also been expansion to biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, materials science and environmental issues. In all of these areas sulfur chemistry plays an important and key role. The importance of sulfur chemistry and responsiveness of the symposium to the needs of the participants has propelled this conference into a prestigious international meeting eagerly awaited by the scientific community.

International Symposium on Structure-Properties Relationships in Solid State Materials

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008,
Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel Nantes, France

The second International Symposium on Structure-Property Relationships in Solid State Materials will be held in Nantes, France, at the Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel (IMN) from Sunday, June 29th to Thursday, July 3rd, 2008. This symposium will follow up the first one organized at Bordeaux in June 2006, which gathered about 100 scientists from different parts of the world. Briefly, the symposium will be an international forum to present and discuss recent research results. The goal of the symposium is to highlight the relationships between specific physical properties of the materials and their structure and/or chemical composition as well as how these properties may be modified by varying the nature of the chemical bonds, the strength of the electron-electron interaction, the concentration of dopants, etc. The meeting will be devoted mainly to structure-property relationships in magnetic, optical, electronic, thermoelectric and functional materials. Within the scope of this symposium, further topics in fuel cell and photovoltaic solar cells will be encouraged. This symposium will provide opportunities for experimental and theoretical solid state chemists, physicists and materials scientists to share their knowledge and expertise.

Balticum Organicum Syntheticum 2008 (BOS 2008)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, & ISM University of Management, Vilnius, Lithuania

The programme and format of BOS 2008 is composed of two primary formats: plenary lectures by a distinguished roster of Baltic and international speakers, and poster sessions held in a congenial atmosphere to stimulate discussion. We aim for a balanced program of academic and industrial speakers presenting fundamental and practical aspects of organic synthesis. There will also be a full social programme of a reception, final banquet, city and university tours, and a concert.

CoreNet Global Sydney Summit 2008

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 1, 2008,
Sheraton on the Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia

This is the decade about talent – finding it, getting it, and keeping it. World-wide demographic shifts and immigration patterns are changing the familiar landscape of the workplace, creating cultural and generational patterns that have never existed before. Corporate real estate’s need to understand and respond to these changes is imperative to ensure the organisation’s competitive advantage.

Baby boomers, Gen X, Gen Y – all of the generations are mixing in the workplace, bringing their differing outlooks and expectations with them. Meeting sometimes conflicting generational expectations is new territory for corporate real estate. Forward-thinking corporations are learning to embrace these differences, finding ways not only to attract the newest generation of worker, but to keep their seasoned employees comfortable in the face of rapid change. Leading organisations are bridging the talent gap by encouraging the generations to communicate and collaborate – achieving higher levels of job satisfaction and ensuring the continuity of institutional knowledge.

The CoreNet Global 2008 Summit, Sydney, will examine the impacts of a multi-generational workforce on corporate real estate from the viewpoints of the enterprise, the real estate industry, and the individual.

30th Anniversary Conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL 2008)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
University of Wollongong Wollongong, New South Wales Australia

Does the idea of a national literature need rethinking in the global era? Globalisation affects Australian literature in many ways: the global flow of people, ideas and cultural forms; globalisation of publishing and education; global markets where Australian texts may be read as part of world literature in English.

23rd UIA World Congress of Architecture

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008,
The Lingotto Centre Torino, Italy

This title includes a double meaning. Architecture that transmits and communicates outside, to the society, the sense of its design action, but at the same time takes on the task to collect the best energies and the emerging phenomena expressed by the society. Architecture that is a part of an overall process that wants to face problems that go beyond the tight environments and languages of the profession to face the mankind's true and far-reaching problems.

So, the Congress' complex central theme is subdivided into three great trends, each one being the subject of one day of the works.

51st International Field Emission Symposium

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 4, 2008,
Rouen, Normandy. France

The aim of the 51st International Field Emission Symposium (51st IFES) is to gather scientists from the field emission, nanoscience, atom probe and laser-matter interaction communities. The conference will cover various topics, including fundamental physics, simulation, instrumentation and advanced technological applications:

High Field Physics and Nanoscience
- Field ion emission
- Field electron emission
- Liquid metal ion sources
- Laser-matter interaction
- Near field microscopy
- Trajectories of charged particles
- Ultra-fast related phenomena

Atom probe Tomography
- Instrumentation and related physics
- Atom probe specimen preparation
- 3D data mining
- 3D image reconstruction
- Nano-analysis of Metallic alloys
- Analysis of micro-electronic materials
- Nanostructured materials - nanosciences

The program will include plenary sessions with keynote lectures given by international experts, parallel sessions for oral presentations, poster sessions and also workshops for intensive discussions and exchange of ideas.

Writers' and Literary Translators International Congress (WALTIC 2008)

Jun 29, 2008 - Jul 2, 2008,
City Conference Centre, Folkets Hus, Barnhusgatan 12-14, Stockholm Sweden

Between June 29th and July 2nd 2008, writers, translators and scholars will gather for a manifestation of the value of words and in support of human rights.

WALTIC is a global arena for collaboration, creating opinion and achieving change.

WALTIC keynote speaker Mia Couto (Mozambique) will lift the issue of literacy in Tuesday’s seminar “Owning Your Mother Tongue”. Together with poet Giannina Braschi (Puerto Rico/USA) and novelist Rodrigo Rey Rosa (Guatemala) Mia Couto will discuss in what language a multilingual author shall write – their native or their second language? And how does the choice of language affect the content and form of literature?