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Conventions: Sep 15, 2008

11th International Conference on Computer System Design and Operations in the Railway and Other Transit Systems (COMPRAIL 2008)

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
University of Castilla La- Mancha Toledo, Castile La Mancha Spain

The Conference aims to update the use of computer-based techniques, promoting their general awareness throughout the business management, design, manufacture and operation of railways and other advanced passenger, freight and transit systems. The meeting provides a forum for engineers, planners, designers, manufacturers and operators, to discuss how they can benefit from the latest developments. It will also provide a forum for transit and rail operators.

4th World Congress for Software Quality

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Hyatt Regency, Bethesda, Maryland United States

After the huge success of the 3rd World Congress for Software Quality, the hosting organizations, American Society for Quality (ASQ), Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) and the European Organization for Quality (EOQ) have decided to organize the next event of this series, in Washingtion D.C., already in 2008. Before, the conferences followed a five year turn. After San Francisco in 1995, Yokohama in 2000 and Munich in September of this year, the Congress will be returning to the continent of its origin.

The idea to follow a three year instead of a five year turn was first brought up by iSQI general manager and EOQ-SG General Secretary, Stephan Goericke, who argued that a five year turn would be too long to catch up on the progress and experiences made with technologies and processes that were subject to discussion at the preceding congress.

At the organizing committee meeting, Goericke gave an account of his experience with organizing this event, pointed out the opportunities it opened up and offered iSQI's full support to helping the American local organizing committee.

2008 TD Ameritrade Fall Regional Conference

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 15, 2008,
Hyatt McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois United States

2008 Canadian Decentralized Energy Conference

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008,
Calgary Telus Convention Centre 120 – 9 Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta Canada

Canada’s energy industry is transitioning into a balanced supply mix of centralized and decentralized energy (DE). DE is energy generation at or near the point of use, irrespective of size, technology or fuel used - both off-grid and on-grid. DE brings improved efficiency through reduced line losses and thermal efficiency gains. However, to reach its maximum potential, the DE industry must be supported by up-to-date energy management solutions. Energy policy and regulation along with grid integration are two primary areas of concern. They affect all industry stakeholders and several aspects of the value chain (i.e., utilities, independent power producers, governments, regulators, manufacturers, housing industry).

2008 London Congress on Conservation & Access

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 19, 2008,
Queen Elizabeth Conference Center, London, England United Kingdom

This Congress will examine the central role of conservation in the presentation and protection of the world's cultural heritage. It will explore the many ways that conservation professionals engage in the worldwide sharing of art and heritage, whether through people going to see that heritage or the heritage itself travelling the globe.

Contributions to the Congress will report on contemporary thinking, current research and examples of best practice in advancing access to cultural heritage while managing the risks. Topics will include conservation involvement in permanent displays, temporary exhibitions, packing and transport, storage and handling, risk evaluation and decision support, and the interpretation of collections and sites.

The Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England, United Kingdom

The 2008 Annual Conference will take place at the London School of Economics and Political Science, commencing in the afternoon of Monday 15 September and concluding after lunch on Thursday 18 September.The theme of the conference is Legal Scholarship and Legal Practice.

Conference sessions will take place in the LSE's New Academic Buildings off Lincoln's Inn Fields, and accommodation will be available in halls of residence or local hotels. Further information on the conference will be available in due course.

Beauty8 Expo

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Beauty8 Expo is the largest and longest running professional beauty expo in Malaysia and it is for professionals only and reaches a wide cross-section of participants from beauty product manufacturers and distributors to salon and spa owners, hairdressers, hair colorists, cosmetologists, estheticians, dermatologists, makeup artists, nail technicians, massage therapists.

The 4th Annual Consumer Healthcare & Wellness Congress

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
The Westin Grand Hotel, Washington, Distr. Columbia United States

This exclusive event convenes employer, payer, provider and government opinion leaders who will vigorously debate and define innovative strategies for:

• Corporate wellness and prevention initiatives to create consumer engagement
• Innovative plan design and concepts for cost-sharing to fuel consumer markets
• Transparency and pay-for-performance to arm consumers with the knowledge to make better healthcare choices
• Opportunities in the globalization of healthcare
• The influence of retail and convenient care on provider fees
• The phenomena of employer-lead consumer initiatives
• Convergence of healthcare, financial services and technology

Aqua Culture Europe 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Krakow Convention Centre, Krakow, Poland

AE2008 is the second of the "new format‟ Aquaculture Europe events, that combines a scientific conference with a trade exhibition. The interface between these two main features–the industry forum-will be filled by special events, including an industryor „farmers day‟, workshops for industry and the AE2008 student forum. As always, various social events will be a part of the Aquaculture Europe meeting.

The theme of AE2008, Resource Management, addresses the natural, human and material resources for the sustainable development of aquaculture. The Water Framework Directive (2000/60/E) is the most substantial piece of water legislation ever produced by the European Commission. It requires that all inland and coastal waters within defined river basin districts must reach at least good status by 2015 and defines how this should be achieved through the establishment of environmental objectives and ecological targets for surface waters. This will be just one focus of AE2008.

SPIE Europe Security & Defence 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 19, 2008,
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

The optics and photonics conferences in SPIE Europe Security and Defence will address the technological and academic challenges that continue to emerge as defence and security strategies evolve. Hear top researchers exploring the application of technologies in advanced security and defence systems. With a European focus, this event attracts more than 400 attendees in the security and defense sector.
Collocated with the SPIE Europe Remote Sensing meeting, you can also take advantage of the cross section of 600 attendees working in a technical area rich in solutions for the security and defence community. Explore new opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and potential new partners in industry, academia, and government from around the world.
• Infrared Systems
• Remote Sensing
• Biological and Chemical Sensing
• Unmanned/Unattended Sensors
• Imaging and Display Technologies
• Optical Materials and Technologies
Co-located Symposium – SPIE Europe Remote Sensing
Two great meetings in one beautiful location! Your registration fee gains you access to all the conferences in both Security + Defence 2008 and Remote Sensing 2008.

SPIE Europe Remote Sensing 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 19, 2008,
University of Wales, Institute Cardiff (UWIC) Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

satellites, SAR image analysis, LIDAR technologies and more.
See the latest in:
• UV, VIS and IR cameras and imaging systems
• Ladar
• Database management
• Multi- and hyperspectral imaging
• Adaptive optics
• Mems
• Image and signal processing
With over 450 attendees, this is the largest European annual meeting focused on these topic areas. Participate and further your research by getting immediate access to the latest research.
Co-located Symposium – SPIE Europe Security & Defence
Two great meetings in one beautiful location! Your registration fee gains you access to all the conferences in both Security + Defence 2008 and Remote Sensing 2008.

Beauty 8 Expo 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

As Beauty8 Expo is a business-to-business trade exhibition for Beauty Professionals. Admission is complimentary by registration. Non Beauty Professionals (General Public) admission is only strictly permitted on 13 & 14 September 2008. Admission is RM10.00 per person. Admission is only for those age 16 years and above.

Knowledge breeds Success! This is especially so if you are in the beauty industry where skill sets, product knowledge and recognizing market needs and trends are vital in staying ahead of your peers.

You can gain all these at the [Enrichment Zone], where leading ahead industry educators will come together under one roof to demonstrate their skills sets and share high level marketing expertise on issues that affect the growth of your business. Join the hundreds of attendees at the different topics featuring under [Enrichment Zone] to learn, network and grow!

International Conference on Water and Urban Development Paradigm

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 19, 2008,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

This international conference intends to bridge the gap between the disciplines of water management, ecology and the approaches of engineering, urban design and spatial planning. Sessions will develop a series of themes, discussing the historical relationship between water systems and human settlements, and related management problems regarding urban floods, water use and water sanitation. In each session, presentations are invited on problem definition, technical and design-based solutions, but also on boundary conditions of exogenous, political or economical nature. It is hoped that this interdisciplinary information exchange and communication will lead to discussion and will contribute to a better integration of approaches currently considered in the separate disciplines of water management, water engineering, spatial urban planning and design and aquatic ecology. Also aspects of meteorological, demographic, political, economical, and educational and life-style related nature will be considered in the analysis of solutions to current and emerging urban water problems. This on the longer term might lead to new paradigms in managing water in the urban environment.

Hydro Predict 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Olympik Tristar Hotel, Prague, Capital City, Czech Republic

The HydroPredict’2008 conference encourages those concerned with data collection, theory and conceptual models to work together to improve model predictions. It is proposed that this goal can be best served when data are collected in a hypothesis-testing framework.

Predictions produced using mathematical models have become a critical part of water resources management as hydrological and ecological systems have been increasingly affected by human demands. Commonly, we attempt to make predictions to address question such as these:
# When, where, and how much surface water can be taken from a river (directly or by extracting groundwater that serves as base flow) without causing unacceptable damage to wetland, riverine, estuarine, and terrestrial ecosystems?
# What strategies can be employed to extract groundwater without causing saltwater intrusion?
# What are the hydrological conditions required for optimal functioning of a wetland ecosystem – including hydroperiod, nutrient, and salinity regimes?
# Will global climate change diminish water supply that is currently essential to producing food in certain regions?

The 4th Annual Consumer Healthcare & Wellness Congress

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
The Westin Grand, Washington, Distr. Columbia United States

The 4th Annual Consumer Healthcare & Wellness Congress focuses on the redesign revolution currently taking place in healthcare. The pressure is on for providers, payers, employers, financial services and policy makers to provide reduced costs while promoting wellness, improving the quality and delivery of care, and ensuring consumer awareness, education and patient safety. The Congress will convene leading healthcare, employer and financial services thought leaders to explore, discuss and debate the issues facing today’s healthcare consumer.

International Conference on Noise & Vibration Engineering (ISMA)

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium

The 2008 Leuven Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering will be held from September 15th till 17th in Leuven, Belgium. It is the 23rd international conference in a series of annual courses and biennial conferences on structural dynamics, modal analysis and noise and vibration engineering, organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

The conference provides a forum for engineers, researchers and other professionals active in the field of modelling, analysing, testing and improving the noise and vibration characteristics of mechanical systems and civil structures. The conference combines expertise in the noise and vibration fields by stressing common measurement, modelling, analysis and control technologies. The meeting will provide a further impetus to the cross fertilisation of ideas in both areas

The conference program will include keynote lectures, tutorials and invited and contributed papers in specialised areas of noise and vibration engineering and structural dynamics.
The focus of the conference is on experimental and numerical methods, with special attention to recent applications in vehicle and civil engineering. Fields with a strong interaction between noise and vibration behaviour will be stressed.
Modal analysis and structural dynamic testing remains one of the backbones of the conference, and herein we would like to emphasize limiting factors such as product and test variability as well as applications in the field of structural integrity and damage assessment.

International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC 2008)

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Hope Hotel Shanghai, Shanghai (munic.) China

We cordially invite you to attend the 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC 2008) to be held on September 15–18, 2008 in Shanghai, China. The conference will be organized by Center for International Scientific Exchanges Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai University, Institute of Intelligent Machines, University of Science & Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and technically co-sponsored by the International Neural Network Society, and financially supported by the National Science Foundation of China. The theme for this conference is Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Methodology as well as Applications. Only original high quality papers related to this theme are especially solicited, including theories, methodologies, and applications in science and technology. Topics covering industrial issues/applications and academic research into intelligent computing will be welcome. The conference proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag, including Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences (LNCS)/Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)/Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI)/ Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). And a small number of selected high-quality papers will be extended for possible inclusion in several main-stream international journals. All submissions will be thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts in the field based on originality, significance and clarity, only papers presenting novel research results or successful innovative applications are seriously considered for publication.

ASIS International 2008: 54th Annual Seminar & Exhibits

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, Georgia United States

The security challenges you face could be global, domestic, or internal. They could explode in an instant, or unfold over time. Your ability to reduce the risk and manage the impact increases—IF you have the knowledge, skills, tools, planning, and processes to handle what comes. ASIS 2008 is the recognized world leader in providing security professionals like you with the resources you need to get the upper hand.

Arm yourself with “ASIS insight”—a 360º view of security.

* Sessions delivered by the best in the business.
* Emerging topics that really matter.
* Technology and products that are two steps ahead.
* Connections that could pay off in critical ways.

Challenges can come from any direction. ASIS 2008 delivers results from every angle. You can’t afford to miss it!

China International Medical Electronics Symposium

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008,
Shanghai Expo Convwention Center Shanghai, Shanghai (munic.) China

Objectives

- To provide a platform for showcasing medical electronics technologies, products and services for worldwide buyers and sellers

- To bring together leading domestic and international perspectives on the status of research and development of new products in the medical electronics sector.

- To highlight policies and incentives of Governments for medical electronics.

- To help realise the optimum potential of medical electronics with the proposed objective of the important effect in the medical industry.

- MES will be an interactive forum for policy makers, manufacturers, technology providers,funding agencies, scientists, innovators, engineers and industrialists from all over the world.

- MES will also focus on the commercial application of medical electronics sources available today and will strive to provide an interactive platform for the manufacturers, suppliers and service providers from the world over to showcase their products and to exchange business, scientific and technical information within the medical electronics sector.

12th IEEE International EDOC Conference (EDOC 2008)

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 19, 2008,
Auditorium MO18 Ludwig-Maximilians- Universitat, Munich, Bayern Germany

The IEEE EDOC Conference is the key annual event in enterprise computing. EDOC conferences address the full range of engineering technologies and methods contributing to enterprise distributed application systems. EDOC 2008 will be the twelfth event in the series of conferences, which since 1997 has brought together leading computer science researchers, IT decision makers, IT architects, solution designers and practitioners from academia, industry and government to discuss enterprise computing challenges, models and solutions.

10th Renewable Energy Finance Forum - London

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008,
Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London, England, United Kingdom

Now in its 10th anniversary, the Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF) London is Europe's largest and best-established event for renewable energy finance and investment.

The 10th edition of the conference will unite investors with project developers and senior executives from across the renewable energy and technology sectors, to provide delegates with cutting-edge insight as well as unparalleled networking opportunities.
As in the last few years, REFF-London 2008 will also feature the Global Euromoney and Ernst & Young Renewable Energy Awards, celebrating excellence in renewable energy finance, which will enable you to cast your vote in a variety of categories to device the 2008 award winners.

Health Protection 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
University of Warwick, Warwick, England, United Kingdom

Health Protection 2008 will focus on the latest scientific research and its practical application to key areas of health protection within:

- Preventing and controlling infectious diseases
- Protecting against radiation, chemical and environmental hazards
- Preparing for potential or emerging threats to health

This conference will be attended by well over 1000 participants working across the breadth of health protection - from public health services and hospitals, environmental health, emergency planning, laboratories and research institutions.

Life Science Sales Force Effectiveness and Training Forum

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

The Pharmaceutical market is developing at a rapid pace with the market forces - latest sales strategies have shown that they can achieve significant increases in efficiently accessing hard-to-see physicians by integrating alternative access channels with traditional field resources. This change in demand has made training & development of your sales force more critical than ever in order to improve performance, increase motivation and respond effectively to the market.

Effective training is immensely important to optimize sales initiatives and the overall investments in the field force. marcus evans is proud to present this conference in recognition of the great potential that exists for sales force effectiveness and training. In two information-packed days, you will hear best practices for training your field force and maximize return on sales force investments. The stage is set for you to be at the forefront! Follow your own agenda with a choice of two tracks on each day: Sales Force Effectiveness and Sales Training.

Management And Leadership Development for Women

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Table Bay, Cape town, Western Cape, South Africa

Come and share in this 3 day experience with some of South Africa’s most inspirational women-leaders in the magnificent surroundings of the beautiful Mother City. Learn the key success factors of being a great leader and understand how to unleash your true potential as a woman.

IQPC’s Management and Leadership Development for Women Conference Series is becoming a regular event in the diaries of South Africa’s most influential women. MLD takes place bi-annually. The flagship MLD event takes place in Johannesburg – this year the event has been lined up for the 9-12 June 2007. However, for our Cape Town delegates, there is a 2nd event that takes place each year in September.

This event has been produced in close consultation with women in leadership in government and state owned enterprises in order to provide a really inspiring, value-adding and results-driven programme, tackling all the issues faced by women in leadership roles. Providing numerous networking opportunities such as drumming, speed networking, delegate introductions and a range of practical workshops, this event is not-to-be missed.

Gartner Web Innovation Summit 2008 - LA

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California United States

The web has become the primary user interface mechanism for both infrastructure and applications. Focused on the next generation of web technologies, methodologies, vendors, and culture, this two and half-day summit will address Web 2.0 workplace technologies and their business implications. You will also learn about social networking, blogs, wikis and Open APIs and their place in the enterprise.

Platts 2008 Transmission Planning and Development Forum

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008,
Tremont Grand Historic Venue Baltimore, Maryland United States

Attend Platts 2008 Transmission Planning and Development Forum, September 15–16, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland and take advantage of the opportunity to network with high-level industry leaders and gain insight on interregional planning, use of the MLP/REIT for capital, cost allocation, meeting RPS benchmarks and much, much more...

Don’t Miss This Opportunity! Hear Expert Opinion on the Following Topics:

• Interregional planning costs for interstate transmission — Connecting renewables to the transmission highway
• Securing ROW/permits and their impacts to transmission construction schedules and costs
• Queue backlogs — Threats to reliability and/or meeting renewable energy portfolio targets
• The Joint Coordinated System Plan with MISO, PJM, SPP, and TVA
• Building transmission to meet renewable portfolio standards
• Use of MLPs/REITs as alternative capital for transmission projects
• Managing contracts in the era of high demand for transmission construction and engineering resources

Pharma CI Conference & Exhibition

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Woodbridge Hotel, Iselin, New Jersey United States 8830

Introducing a Special Program Track for
Medical Devices and Drug Delivery Practitioners!

This year is proving to be a critical one for many industries, including pharma competitive intelligence. The results of the 2008 presidential election, the economy, and sweeping changes in the global market place all factor into how leaders in the industry will either falter or thrive.

These pressing topics and much more will be addressed in-depth at the 2008 Pharma CI Conference on September 15-17th at the Woodbridge Hotel in Iselin, New Jersey. If you're interested in where the pharma ci industry and your company is headed in 2009 and beyond, you can't miss this big event of the year!

13th Annual Summit on the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Marriot Downtown Chicago Magnificient Mile Chicago, Illinois United States

Why You Should Attend

• Plan to implement the changes to AMP and BP reporting and calculations amended by the Deficit Reduction Act
• Solve continuing Medicare Part D roll out challenges and overlap of care issues
• Get updates and lessons learned on implementing Medicare Prescription Drug legislation from all stakeholders
• Hear latest updates on the 340B Program and pricing calculations and how to work with the Pharmacy Affairs Database
• Correctly calculate AMP/BP, the VA Federal Ceiling Price and understand non-FAMP components
• Find out the impact of the clawback and how states are responding
• Learn the future of SPAPs, their expansion and how to avoid double-dipping
• Balance compliance with the evolving requirements of Medicaid, Medicare and the other government contracting programs
• Control and contain costs whether you are from a state or manufacturer
• Gain a better understanding of how your role and processes affect others and how to work with outside entities effectively

The Scale-Up of Chemical Processes 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Sheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Center, Rome, Lazio Italy

Since the first conference in 1994, this event has become established as the major international forum for the discussion of all aspects of Chemical Scale-Up and Optimisation.

We have invited speakers who possess unique expertise in their particular field and we continue to offer a broad-based conference, with unparalleled networking opportunities.

Leading international speakers will provide details of the latest developments in a wide range of topics. Also, for the first time, there will be a special focus session on Day One entitled: “Continuous Processing: Challenges and Benefits”.

The China (Shanghai) International Industry Exhibition for New Fireproofing Technology and Material 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 19, 2009,
Shanghai New International Expo Center, No. 2345, Longyang Road Pudong New Area, Shanghai, Shanghai (munic.) China

The China (Shanghai) International Industry Exhibition for New Fireproofing Technology and Material 2008
In order to implement the strict requirement stipulated by
the Fire Bureau of Ministry of Public Security of China, all-round pursuance and realization of control to flame-retarding and fire-proofing products as well as implementation of mandatory national standard of “Requirements and Marks on Burning Behavior of Flame-retarding and fire-proofing Products and Subassemblies in Public Place” ( GB20286－2006), enforce to use flame-retarding and fire-proofing products in public place will be further promoted. Since July 1st , 2008, according to the requirement by the Fire Bureau of Ministry of Public Security, any products which fail to meet conditions of “Requirements and Marks on Burning Behavior of Flame-retarding and fire-proofing Products and Subassemblies in Public Place” must be inspected by the fire department, and all the unqualified products after examination shall not be approved. The enforcement of such a requirement will definitely bring a bright prospect to China’s flame-retarding and fire-proofing industry.

Scope of Exhibits:

1. Fireproof materials: fireproof pipes, fireproof wires and cables, fire resistant cable, fire-refractory coating, fire-proof sealing material, fire-proof paint, fire-proof ink, water-base fire retarding treatment agents, fireproof box for cables, clapboard, wire and cable fire-proof covering pipes, fire plate, fire retardant ring for the pipes, fire-proof pillow, fire-proof sealing materials, fireproof suit, fire-proof plus material, and all sorts of fire-proof decorative material; refractory steel, refractory fiber, all sorts of refractory / heat-resistant materials and products and all sorts of fireproof raw materials
2. Fireproof buildings and fittings: fire-proof doors and windows, flame-resistant glass, fire curtain, fire bulkhead, fire-proof rolled steel, fire-proof furnishings, fire-proof wallpaper, fire-proof suspended ceiling, fireproof bridges for cables etc.
3. Fire-protection device: fire damper, smoke evacuation fire damper, fire extinguisher, fireproof exhaust fan etc.; Production equipment for fireproof materials, fireproof devices and safety system etc.; fire inspection instruments, fire alarms and relevant fire protection technologies, management software, books and magazines etc.

Global Security & Resilience Summit 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Maritim Pro Arte, Berlin, Berlin Germany

In a new security environment, new solutions and strategies are required to overcome the multiple threats facing individuals, organizations, private firms and the international community. Global Defence Forum’s Global Security and Resilience (GS&R) summit will bring a multi-agency, holistic perspective to the technology and human elements of security and resilience.

Bringing together leading experts from both the public and private sectors, Global Security and Resilience will debate the current key issues and emerging threats, enabling you to implement effective strategies for homeland and corporate security.

Establishing a Successful and Sustainable Waterworks

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Richmond Higher Education Center Richmond, Virginia United States

Virginia Tech in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Health is pleased to offer a short course dedicated to the financial side of maintaining waterworks. In the present economic climate, it is critical that waterworks personnel understand and implement a business plan that allows for an analysis of needs, budget development, and capital improvements. As a part of the planning process, one needs to consider the appropriate rate structure for a community, potential sources of grants or low interest loans, and communication with decision makers and the public. All of these subjects will be covered through lecture, class discussions, and hands-on computer activities. The training manual you will use was specifically designed for this course.

LogiPharma USA 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Year after year LogiPharma delivers the freshest most relevant content that enables you to perform better in a changing economy. This year LogiPharma has carried on the tradition by incorporating ideas directly from you and your colleagues into the 2008 program.

• Improving your operational efficiency, agility, and profitability through best-in-class supply chain strategies
• Strengthening your international value chain through global collaboration, increased visibility, and reliable international partnerships
• Implementing effective supply chain practices in product launches, capacity planning, demand planning, inventory management, & pharmacy and hospital operations
• Developing business continuity plans and prepare for emergency situations such as the threat of a pandemic flu outbreak

Commodities Portfolio Management 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel Boston, Massachusetts United States

CPM 2007 brought together institutional investors and commodity experts for valuable dialogue. Through strong presentations and interactive discussions, we gained:

* Knowledge of new commodity products
* A view of the institutional use of commodities
* Insight into gaining board approval for this asset class
* Innovative commodity trading strategies
* Expertise of the next-generation commodity products
* An accurate forecast of 2008 commodity market demands
* Techniques for structuring a profitable commodity allocation
* A clear picture of commodity benefits and risks
* And so much more!

Capital Creation 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Le Meridien Beach Plaza Monte Carlo Monaco

Capital Creation is Europe’s leading private equity investment conference focused on networking and enhancing relationships between GPs and LPs. Taking place in the glamorous setting of the French Riviera, the conference brings together an audience of senior professionals from the leading private equity funds, fund of funds and institutional investors. No other event will give you access to so such a diverse audience of senior private equity professionals.

Client Reporting North America

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008,
The Marriott Downtown Hotel, New York, New York United States

Leveraging the relationship between fund managers, trustees, third-party administrators and investment consultants

Osney Media is bringing its expertise in running Europe’s premier client reporting events to the US with the inaugural Client Reporting North America Conference. This is the only event of its kind designed exclusively for the buy side, providing first-hand insights into all the main areas of development and the latest technological advances:

• Hear directly from pension funds about their expectations and the type of reporting they require
• Analyze whether outsourcing back office operations can provide a more effective solution and what impact it has for client services
• Learn about the accessibility to investment data and how to enable clients direct access
• Overcome the challenges of reporting on complex derivative strategies and structured products

This is your perfect opportunity to question and meet industry experts from Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, State Retirement Agency of Maryland, Credit Suisse, AllianceBernstein, BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, UBS Global Asset Management, Prudential Financial Investment Management, Causeway Capital Management, SSI Investment Management, and many more. The unbeatable speaker line-up includes more than 20 cutting-edge viewpoints from industry leaders.

Filing Variations 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 15, 2008,
The Renaissance Hotel, Brussels, Belgium

Informa Life Science's well established Filing Variations conference brings together representatives from both European regulatory authorities and industry experts to take stock of the current practices for submitting clinical, and CMC variations, as well as discussing the potential impact for the impending new EU filing of variations guideline.

Delegates will get the unique opportunity to network with regulators and their peers to evaluate the feedback that has been publicly submitted by both leading pharmaceutical companies and regulatory affairs authorities.

Structure-Based Drug Design

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Radisson SAS Beke Hotel Budapest Hungary

Benefit from a mixture of data-driven case-studies and you will learn how to overcome the main challenges in fragment-based design, virtual screening, and affinity prediction and in silico toxicity. With in silico tools becoming a major player in drug design, this is the time to find out how innovative industry has become and how you can utilise key strategies to identify new hit compounds.

Case-study topics include:

* Case-study of the beta-2 adrenergic receptor
* Revealing data of the new beta-1 adrenergic receptor structure
* Advances in generate NMR and X-ray structures
* Molecular modelling
* Astex’s developments in docking/scoring function
* Protein flexibility and affinity prediction
* Chemogenomics
* Toxicity
* Fragment-based drug design
* Virtual screening
* Developments with protein-protein interactions.

If you are a computational/medicinal chemist or structural biologist, or have ties with molecular modelling, informatics or crystallography, then this is the event for you in 2008.

The Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting and Conference on Tire Science and Technology

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008,
John S. Knight Center, Akron, Ohio United States

The Tire Society, Inc. is an Ohio not-for-profit corporation with worldwide membership whose charter is to increase and disseminate knowledge as it pertains to the science, and technology of tires. It hosts a two-day Meeting and Conference in Akron, Ohio every year which includes the presentation of twenty to thirty original papers as well as a plenary lecture by a leader in Tire Mechanics. In addition, it edits and distributes a critically reviewed, authoritative journal, Tire Science and Technology on a Quarterly Basis.

Mobile Banking Security

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
NH Danube City Vienna, Austria

IIR's Mobile Banking Security Conference is designed to highlight the key security, fraud, risk and regulatory issues affecting telecoms operators and financial institutions involved in the mobile banking and mobile payments market.

The event will examine in detail how mobile operators, financial institutions and application developers must work together to overcome the security challenges associated with over the air financial transaction processing as well as guaranteeing the ongoing security of traditional mobile banking services. Through a series of expert-led conference presentations, discussion sessions, workshops and in-depth tutorials, the event will deliver a variety of perspectives and insights into the specific security issues that surround:

• Handsets (devices)
• Applications
• Authentication
• Transaction processing
• Data encryption
• Integration between bank and operator platforms
• The network
• The SIM card

Number Portability 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Radisson SAS Beke Hotel Budapest Hungary

Although fixed and mobile number portability has been fully implemented in most Western European countries for some time, by contrast a number of Eastern European countries, parts of the Middle East, Asia, South America and Africa are currently in the process of planning or implementation.

This conference will allow both those who are still implementing NP to hear best practice experiences of successful implementation, together with pitfalls to avoid and winning strategies to emulate. Operators and regulators from countries with well established NP can learn how they too can refine existing systems and ensure they meet the porting challenges presented by NGN networks and the move towards central reference databases.

This is the only conference in Europe specialising in meeting the unique challenges of Number Portability. Key points will be illustrated by relevant case studies from those countries that have recently implemented, such as Israel, and from those currently implementing such as Serbia, as well as expert presentations from operators and regulators throughout the world.

Aqua-Therm Baku 2008 - 1st International Exhibition for Heating, Ventilation, Air-conditioning, Water Supply, Sanitary and Environmental Technology

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Heydar Aliev Sport Complex, Baku, Azerbaijan

Following the success of Aqua-therm Kiev and Aqua-therm Almaty, Fin-mark has decided to launch for 2008 Aqua-therm Baku, which will take place in September for the 1st time.

The exhibition has got all the requisites to follow the success of Kiev and Almaty as many international leading companies have decided to participate in this new exhibition!.

Aqua-therm Baku will be held at the Heydar Aliev Sport Complex, one of the architectural sights of the capital and location of all international exhibitions and trade events.

7th JFPS International Symposium on Fluid Power Toyama 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 18, 2008,
Toyama International Conference Center, Toyama Japan

The Japan Fluid Power System Society has been holding international congress of fluid power in every three years since 1990. During the last decade, fluid power technologies have matured and some new technologies relating to IT, energy saving, water hydraulics have emerged. For the purpose of collecting those interesting and worth-to-discuss topics, the congress places great importance on organized sessions mainly composed of distinguished speakers in specific fields. Furthermore, a series of three days organized sessions will be opened in the congress hall for sharing fluid power technologies among all participants.
These sessions accept limited number of 36 papers in application field for oral presentation. General papers are arranged in the poster session of one and half hours in two days for making lively discussions.

CFO India

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008,
Le Royal Meridien Hotel, Mumbai, Maharashtra India

Exclusivity

CFO Strategies India is a part of our signature CXO Series of events around the globe. Our CFO series have an unrivalled level of quality and are by private invitation only.

High level workshops

Focusing Practical case studies & Interactive discussions limited to 12 participants to ensure interactivity and problem-solving.

Ultimate Networking Functions

Develop meaningful business relationships with your peers in most luxurious locations in Mumbai.

Optimizing Cell Culture Development

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008,
Radisson Hotel Boston, Massachusetts United States

This meeting will explore today’s evolving strategies and technologies for improving the robustness of mammalian cell cultivation.

Optimizing Cell Culture Development will include talks from industry experts that address critical issues in an atmosphere that encourages sharing, learning, and networking.

From media enhancement and cell growth to scaling up, automation, and manufacturing, this leading cell culture meetingis designed to provide helpful information to optimize the job of growing cells

Be part of the information sharing. Come gather important keys to help unlock optimization.

Employee/Worker Rights in IP **** Schedule to be announced ***

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 15, 2008,
The Rembrandt Hotel, London, England, United Kingdom

In March 2007 the UK Court of Appeal clarified the issue of ownership of employee inventions in the case of LIFFE Administration and Management v Pavel Pinkava. Despite the important guidance this case provided in the UK, employee inventions continue to pose unique risks to employers worldwide.

The primary objective of this seminar is to minimise employer risks by highlighting the key issues and demonstrating how these can be addressed. Speakers will give perspectives from the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and the US.

Fundamentals of Clinical Research Monitoring 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Four Points by Sheraton, Washington, Distr. Columbia United States

This introductory course describes the role and responsibilities of CRAs and their job function through interactive lecture and hands-on workshop training methods, with an emphasis on practical application of the regulations pertinent to clinical monitoring. The content for this course focuses on drugs and biologics development.

Regulatory I: The IND Phase

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

This course will offer insight into the regulatory background of the IND and outline the content and data requirements for an IND submission to FDA. The course will focus on drug and well-characterized biological products and not the regulatory process for devices, generic products or traditional biologics.

Electrochem 2008

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 17, 2008,
University of Liverpool, London, England, United Kingdom

The meeting will consist of lectures across six symposia, with an overall theme of Electrochemistry on the Nanoscale. There will be two plenary lectures, and each symposium will have a keynote lecture; these will be timetabled to avoid clashes as far as possible.

21st Century Cleaning Technology

Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008,
Charleston, South Carolina United States

This two day workshop on metal surface cleaning will be taught by world renowned cleaning expert and author Dr. John B. Durkee. Participants will receive a signed copy of Dr. Durkee's comprehensive textbook, Management of Industrial Cleaning Technology and Processes, included in their registration fee. This is a $180 value, and will be used as a learning tool during the workshop.