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Conventions: Mar 09, 2009

Asia Pacific Rail 2009

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 12, 2009,
Hanoi Vietnam

Asia Pacific Rail makes its next stop at Hanoi, Vietnam in March 2009.

Now in its 11th year, Asia Pacific Rail is the perfect forum where key rail authorities, operators and technology partners find out what are the key issues shaping urban transportation in Asia, and debate the commercial questions with industry peers.

Profit from the substantial growth potential of this market

Network with the key decision makers from the region’s major rail regulators and operators

Benefit from CEO-level case studies and panel discussions that will deliver answers to the strategic issues that really matter!

7th Doha Natural Gas Conference and Exhibition

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 12, 2009,
Doha, Qatar

The conference is hosted and organized by Qatar Petroleum. More than 40 renowned experts and corporate executives will be speaking during the 3-day conference at the Sheraton Hotel. The international event will also host guests from around the world who will participate in the workshops and discussions.

Delegates will also have the opportunity to see first hand the developments in Qatar’s natural gas sector through a technical tour.The conference series has become a major event on the natural gas calendar due to the outstanding and exceptional developments Qatar has accomplished in the gas industry in the past decade under the leadership of His Highness the Emir, whose directives are centered on the optimum utilization of the country's gas reserves.

The accompanying exhibition will be held at the new, world-class Qatar International Exhibition Center.

The conference will be an excellent chance for foreign investors to pursue partnership opportunities with Qatar Petroleum, especially in the gas-related industries.

The 7th Doha Natural Gas Conference & Exhibition is the latest in a series of major industry conferences and exhibitions organized or co-organized by Qatar Petroleum. Other events have included the World Petroleum Congress’ Second Regional Meeting in December 2003, LNG 14 in March 2004 and hosting the 10th International Energy Forum in 2006.

Tax Planning for M&A, Business Restructuring & Transfer Pricing

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Amsterdam, Noord Holland Netherlands

This event will cover group tax issues affecting corporate tax directors involving business restructuring and M&A - featuring 15 corporate tax directors from multinationals including LyondellBasell, Siemens, StatoilHydro, Diageo, Syngenta, Pfizer and many others. Tax structuring for complex transactions entails intensive financial and compliance obstacles in the current economic and regulatory environment. Tax directors must take both technical and strategic approaches to managing their corporate tax position during these transactions. Tax authorities are requiring more documentation and consistency in global tax strategies. Utilse this event to reexamine the substance of your documented structures, examine current litigation and learn how other leading multinationals are managing and defending their positions.

19th Annual AEHS Meeting & West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments, and Water

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 12, 2009,
Mission Valley Marriott San Diego, California United States

March 2009 will mark the ninteenth annual gathering of environmental professionals to the West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water. For the past eighteen years, this annual conference has helped to bring the environmental science community closer together by providing a forum to facilitate the exchange of information of technological advances, new scientific achievements, and the effectiveness of standing environmental regulation programs.

The Annual AEHS Meeting and West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water offers attendees an opportunity to exchange findings, ideas and recommendations in a professional setting. The strong and diverse technical program has been developed to meet the changing needs of the environmental field.

Joint Undersea Warfare Technology Spring Conference 2009

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 12, 2009,
Admiral Kidd Catering and Conference Center, Naval Mine & Anti-Submarine Warfare Command San Diego, California United States

qPCR 2009

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 13, 2009,
Technische Universitat Munchen, Am Forum 3 Freising -Weihenstephen,, Bayern Germany 85354

Main topic: Diagnostics & Molecular Markers in agricultural and veterinary Science
Single-cell qPCR
RNAi - microRNA - siRNA Applications
High throughput quantitative PCR
Pre-analytical Steps
Immuno qPCR
qPCR NOS Session - Normalization & Optimization & Standardization
qPCR BioStatistics & BioInformatics

Cosmeceuticals Summit 2009

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 11, 2009,
Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando Orlando, Florida United States

This years event will move towards skin care in general and include a focus on market trends, scientific and technology developments, regulatory issues, skin aging and the innate immune system of the skin.

CHI’s Drug Devlopment Latin America

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Hyatt Regency Miami Miami, Florida United States

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
CHI’s Pharmaceutical Strategy Series is pleased to invite you to attend the inaugural “Drug Development Latin America” being held March 9-10, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Miami in Miami, FL.

The globalization of R&D into emerging regions continues. Growing R&D spending in these regions has been driven by many factors including the attractiveness of commercial markets there, more favorable economics including lower relative costs for greater speed, access to highly skilled professional labor and a large pool of patients, particularly treatment-naïve ones.

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are seeing rapid growth in the volume of their research, development, and clinical trials activity in Latin America. At the same time, this region presents unique challenges that must be anticipated and managed. Join us for this two-day meeting that will include keynotes, case study presentations, interactive panels and roundtable discussions.

We look forward to your attendance in March in Miami.

Very sincerely,

Micah Lieberman

National Human Capital Summit

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 11, 2009,
The Westin Kierland Scottsdale, Arizona United States

HCI’s National Human Capital Summit is the most exciting annual event in Talent Management and Business Strategy. Join progressive executives from the world’s market-leading companies for three days of learning and collaboration, at the beautiful Westin Kierland Resort.

Over the past year, talent management has dramatically evolved from concept to practice within the world’s leading companies. Is this the new strategic HR that has been promised for over a decade? Is it the empowering extension of learning and organizational development that OD experts have long advocated? Or is it an entirely new discipline that will be defined and led by operating line executives with traditional business and strategic experience?

Information Assurance: Latest Requirements and Methods - San Diego

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
San Diego, California United States

Covertly and overtly, government and private networks are under attack every hour of every day. This continuous assault on the nation's information networks illustrates the need for effective Information Assurance (IA). An attacker needs only one vulnerability to successfully penetrate a system; a defender requires a 100% comprehensive solution. The DoD has made Information Assurance a major element of the JCIDS process and replaced the venerable DITSCAP with the Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP). Are you developing secure products in compliance with DoD’s latest IA requirements? The best Information Assurance requires a systematic, technical, holistic, architectural approach, and this seminar will demonstrate how such an approach to IA can ensure success.

This seminar provides you with the latest tools and techniques for designing and implementing IA Architectures. You will receive the leading-edge techniques for developing and implementing Security Architectures and securing systems, networks and platforms. Additionally, you will receive the latest information on DoD?s IA policy and an update on the Defense-wide
Information Assurance Program (DIAP), as well as the latest technology trends in IA.

Neuroscience and the Child: Implications for Educators

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Singapore

This workshop will help participants understand neuroscience research and how to plan classroom environments, activities, and interactions that support brain function and school success through:

• Reviewing brain development, critical periods and learning styles.

• Supporting learning though emotion regulation, and stress moderation.

• Arranging environments for learning.

• Understanding and planning for social development to encourage and support classroom interactions necessary for attention, memory and reducing aggression

• Planning for memory formation, motivation and higher level thinking skills

GLP & Quality Systems for Bioanalysis (Shanghai)

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel Shanghai, China

•Understand the background and historical perspective of Good Laboratory Practice regulations in the US
•Become fully aware of the format options for SOP documentation and writing
•Learn about the FDA’s GLP requirements during the product development process including associated process, analytical and facility validation
•Enforce regulations and operation procedure in your own company and set up a quality system which meets FDA data requirements
•Understand the auditing and inspection process as it applies to GLP compliance, including first party (internal), client and regulatory authority audits
•Gain a thorough grounding on the validation of computerized systems and analystical equipment to comply with GLP regulations
•Obtain a thorough overview of documentation of assay procedure and analytical method validation

PPP in Waste

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
The Crowne Plaza, St James London, England, United Kingdom

This annually successful conference will give a comprehensive analysis of the hottest issues facing local authorities and the waste industry in the race to meet the three European Landfill targets, the first of which is due in 2010. Through a series of first-class presentations the latest developments behind policy, finance, bidding, procurement, planning and technology in public private partnerships and waste will be extensively explored. Illustrated with exclusive case studies from local authorities this is an event not to be missed by all those who want to be ahead of the game.

SBE's 2nd Conference on Accelerating Biopharmaceutical Development

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 12, 2009,
Marriott Coronado Island Hotel Coronado, California United States

As the underlying technology for making antibodies, therapeutic proteins, and vaccines matures, speed and efficiency become more important. This conference will focus on recent developments (particularly new, "disruptive" technologies) that will be key to accelerating the pace and productivity of biopharmaceutical development. If you are working on the development and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals such as antibodies, vaccines or therapeutic proteins, you should attend to learn how you can improve your productivity.

Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Claim Drafting (Research Triangle Park)

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina United States

ACI’s Intensive Course in Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Claim Drafting will bring you an exceptional faculty with deep expertise in this complex area of patent law. This course is the ONE place where you will find patent attorneys with the passion, reputation, and resource of knowledge required to give you crucial insights on:

* Establishing the breadth and scope of the patent claims
* Setting the boundaries of responsibility clearly during the patent claim drafting process
* Analyzing court decisions to determine the new responsibilities in patent claim drafting
* Ensuring the patent claims will withstand the rigors of potential litigation
* Deciding when to adjust the scope of the patent claim
* Defining the standard of inequitable conduct

FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Millennium Mayfair London, England United Kingdom

We can see some of the things that have worked and some that have failed. Digital revenues are becoming a more material revenue line for many media companies - it is the new reality people are dealing with, though a harsh reality for some.

For those pioneers who took their businesses to the digital frontier, a strategy of integrating search and web portals to distribute content is starting to pay off. And for those who understand the true potential of web 2.0 to exploit ad-revenue, the future looks bright.

But the digital frontier is forever being pushed back. Software and hardware developers are striving to enhance our media experience and create a seamless digital space where we can interact with media -anytime, anyplace. 2009 promises more upstart start-ups that will threaten established revenue streams. Media players will have to work with them or try to swallow them.

Emerging Europe Pensions & Investments Summit 2009

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 11, 2009,
Le Méridien Beach Plaza Monte Carlo Monaco

The Emerging Europe Pensions & Investments Summit 2009 will bring together senior-level executives from Europe’s largest organisations with a select and diversified group of leading edge Solution Providers. Do not miss this opportunity to network with your peers and form new alliances. Get a head start on your competition and start building relationships today.

3rd Annual Asset Management for Utilities Forum

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Berlin Germany

Aligning plant resources to continuously maximise value and minimise variation has been an industry goal for decades.

Technology and human factors have finally provided the tools necessary to close in on this achievement. But it is the business-based decision-making that really makes the difference which is aimed at better targeting resources and optimising cost, risk and performance evaluation.

To optimise the value of your asset management and maintenance operation, best practices organisation utilise principles and tools developed to ensure safety, improve productivity and increase profits.

The practical knowledge you gain from participating will help you to build a competitive and cost effective organisation.

Participants will be able to calculate possible savings that may be achieved by investing in asset management strategies, improved life cycle analysis and strategic investment programmes together with maintenance best practices.

Latin American Pensions and Investments Summit Spring 2009

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 11, 2009,
The Fairmont Acapulco Princess Acapulco, Guerrero Mexico

The Latin American Pensions & Investments Summit will bring together leading institutional investors and thought leaders in the industry, who will discuss the challenges faced by the pension & investment industry and deliver solutions to overcome them. This unique platform will showcase new portfolio management techniques, investment trends, and regulatory issues, as well as, offer attendees the opportunity to meet with service providers. These leading firms provide the latest investment strategies contributing to high yields and growth of the pension and investment systems in Latin America.

Competency-Based Recruitment Master Class (Kenya)

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Nairobi Kenya

Competency-Based Recruitment is a systematic and regulated interviewing process that helps interviewers acquire relevant information from applicants so that they can make the right hiring and promotion decisions. This is a vital skills set for HR and line / departmental managers and decision makers alike.

To ensure successful implementation of “competency based recruitment”, it is essential for organisations to develop and implement a competency framework. This will assist in accurate clarification of job specs, criteria and skills requirements as well as a method to measure recruitment success. Organisations, which have developed competency frameworks, must ensure the optimal utilisation of these structures and processes. Competency-based recruitment isn’t simply a case of substituting one list of requirements for another. It entails changing the way we see recruitment and employing new methods and tools for continuous success.

2nd Annual East African Company Secretaries

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Nairobi Kenya

The role of the Secretary has become extremely demanding, and in instances where an organisation or company has failed to comply with the law, it may result in the company secretary, as an officer of the company, being held personally liable.

The duties of a company secretary will differ from company to company, however, as stated above, the Secretary as a minimum requirement is obliged to comply with the law and practice of good corporate governance at all times.

Company secretaries play a pivotal role in the governance and management of their organisations. This conference is designed to provide insight and best corporate practical guidelines to maintain expertise knowledge through the latest issues and developments. Safeguarding the company’s legal position and ensuring compliance with the law, general regulations, the organisation's constitution and codes of practice

Water Investment World Europe 2009

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 11, 2009,
Hilton London Paddington Hotel, London, England, United Kingdom

Water Investment World Europe is the water infrastructure investment conference to uncover opportunities from water utilities to farmland, water rights and the available investment vehicles.

Here are 7 reasons why you should attend Water Investment World Europe 2009

• Groundbreaking and innovative content that sets the water investment agenda
An agenda design to uncover the major issues and challenges of water investment

• The only European water investment forum bringing together the global heavy weights
Leading North American water CEO’s, the Australian governance and water trading pioneer, the middle east’s desalinations expert, the some of the biggest and most exciting water funds.

• Unparalleled networking opportunities
Over 8 hours of networking and interactive speed networking sessions, to make sure you make the contacts

• Highest level of speaker delivering knowledge, insight and expertise
Hear an expert speaker line up hand picked to deliver diverse insights. 15+ CEO’s and presidents

• The water investment event you can’t afford to miss
The first European event engaging all elements of the water investment cycle

• Unparalleled opportunities to build and broker relationships
An attendee list that reads like a who’s who of the industry

• Meet Investors ready to allocate to water
Meet institutional investors and major allocators looking to commit to water

Risk Management in Commodity Markets: from Shipping to Agriculturals and Energy by Professor Helyette Geman

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
London, England, United Kingdom

Hélyete GEMAN is a Professor of Finance at Birkbeck, University of London and ESSEC Graduate Business School. She is a graduate of Ecole Normale Superieure in mathematics, holds a Masters degree in theoretical physics and a PhD in mathematics from the University Pierre et Marie Curie and a PhD in Finance from the University Pantheon Sorbonne.

Professor Geman has been a scientific advisor to major financial institutions and energy and mining companies for the last 18 years, covering the spectrum of interest rates, catastrophic risk, oil, natural gas, electricity and metals. She was previously the head of Research and Development at Caisse des Depots. Professor Geman was the first president of the Bachelier Finance Society and has published more than 95 papers in top international finance Journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Mathematical Finance. She is a Member of Honor of the French Society of Actuaries.

Colloids, Grains and Dense Suspensions: under Flow and under Arrest

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, England, United Kingdom

Colloidal suspensions undergo Brownian diffusion that arrests at high density, remobilizing under flow. Slowly sheared non-Brownian particles (dry or in suspension) likewise show chaotic trajectories, but of quite different origin. Both systems can jam spontaneously when too large a stress is applied.

This meeting will compare and contrast the flow, jamming and arrest of Brownian and non-Brownian materials.

3rd Symposium on Skin and Formulation

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Palais de Congres, Versailles, Ile de France France

These symposiums have provided a unique discussion forum between pharmacists, biologists, chemists and physicians on the interactions between the skin and formulations applied to it. The various aspects of the topical and transdermal applications of pharmacologically and cosmetically active compounds were presented and discussed.

Skin Forum, 10th Annual Meeting

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
Palais de Congres, Versailles, Ile de France France

The Skin Forum has evolved from this network and today represents ~100 chemists, pharmaceutical scientists, physicists and biologists who share a common interest in the physicochemical and biological properties of human skin. The annual Skin Forum conference brings together internationally recognised experts and provides an opportunity for research students to meet opinion leaders in a relaxed and informal manner.

EU Paediatric Legislation:Opportunities,Challenges,Routes to Successful Compliance

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 10, 2009,
The Rembrandt Hotel London, England, United Kingdom

The implementation of the new European Paediatric Legislation, which came into effect from January 2007, has had a major impact on the drug development and regulatory process within the EU. Significant new requirements and potential rewards relating to the submission of paediatric data are defined. New requirements include the submission of existing paediatric data for authorised products, the need for approval of, and compliance with, a paediatric investigation plan (PIP) or approval of a PIP waiver or deferral. Incentives include potential for extension of the Supplementary Protection Certificate for patented products, extended market exclusivity for orphan drugs and data exclusivity for paediatric data for off-patent medicines filed via a Paediatric Use Marketing Authorisation.

A good understanding of the new paediatric legislation is essential for all involved in the development and regulatory approval of medicines in the EU. This meeting will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the new EU Paediatric legislation and of the strategic and practical issues and opportunities that result. The meeting will also provide a valuable opportunity to discuss experience gained to date and will look into the potential future direction of paediatric drug regulation in Europe.

Advanced Pharmacovigilance 2009

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 11, 2009,
The Rembrandt Hotel London, England, United Kingdom

This course has been designed for persons with at least 2 years worth of knowledge in Drug Safety. It will provide a very comprehensive and yet practical assessment of the main Regulations required to produce a compliant reporting Company. The group interactive sessions will highlight everyday situations that are going to be requiring thought and application of the legislation in order to generate the necessary compliance that will satisfy regulatory inspections

SD West 2009 Conference & Expo

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 13, 2009,
Santa Clara Convention Center 5001 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, California United States 98054

SD West 2009 provides no-nonsense, platform-independent training on the entire software development lifecycle. The comprehensive, in-depth conference program covers both core technologies and emerging fields like cloud computing, concurrent programming, dynamic languages and functional programming.

2nd RCN Annual Prescribing and Medicines Conference

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 9, 2009,
RCN Headquarters London, England, United Kingdom

Following the success of last year’s conference and a review of prescriber’s educational needs, this conference is aimed at prescribing practitioners and future prescribers, as well as nonprescribing practitioners who have an interest in developing their knowledge of medicines.

With speakers covering generic areas of practice, there is a choice of workshops for conference delegates to participate in covering a range of subjects such as HPV vaccination, responsible antibiotic prescribing, trauma and pain, and respiratory
medicine. The aim of the workshops is to demystify pharmacology of the areas allowing practitioners to take back this knowledge and utilise it in their practice.

SET for Britain 2009

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 9, 2009,
House of Commons London, England, United Kingdom

The overall aim of SET for BRITAIN is (and has always been) to encourage, support and promote Britain's early-stage and early-career research scientists, engineers and technologists who are the "engine-room" of continued progress in and development of UK research and R&D, and ultimately of UK plc. Many will be Britain's future scientific and technological leaders and others will clearly be leaders in other fields. Such researchers are a vital asset and investment for the UK.

Presenting and writing up your research

Mar 9, 2009 - Mar 9, 2009,
The Royal Society of Medicine London, England, United Kingdom

The aim of the course is to help all academic staff including research assistants and postgraduate students undertaking higher degrees to get the maximum and highest possible quality of publications out of their research. All areas of publication will be covered, including what journal referees look for in papers.