Gerontology and Geriatrics

5 - 9 July 2009

Paris

Longevity, Health and Wealth
19th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Held only every 4 years, the IAGG World Congress of Gerontology & Geriatrics brings together experts from around the world to discuss the latest findings in the field of ageing.  The Scientific Program was created with the help of the International Scientific Committee, which consists of over 85 expert members from more than 50 different countries. The 19th edition of this congress will take place July 5 - 9, 2009 in Paris, France.  More than 7,000 participants from around the globe are expected.  An exhibition featuring companies in the industry will be held in conjunction with this world congress.  For the latest news, to give us your suggestions or to join our e-mailing list, please go to the Website

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Molecular Pharmacology and Bone Disease

6 - 8 July 2009

Oxford, UK

International Workshop on the Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Bone Disease

Paget's Disease

8 - 9 July 2009

Oxford, UK

International Symposium on Paget's Disease

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13 July 2009

Nottingham, UK

East Midlands & Trent Falls Symposium

The Postgraduate Education Centre
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, City Hospital Campus

Joint organisers: Professor Tahir Masud and Dr Rob Morris
A multidisciplinary day aiming to learn more about evidence-based intervention with regard to falls prevention and to understand more about the aetiology of falls.

End of Life Care

14 July 2009

London

Ask me what I want
Transforming End of Life Care in partnership with patients and carers

The views of patients, their carers and others must be taken into account when designing, planning, delivering and improving health and social care services. How can we do this in End of Life Care and how will it help us to provide better services? This one day conference will showcase examples of how involvement has helped transform end of life care services. It will provide practical guidance, along with opportunities to share successes and explore challenges.

Please contact Theresa Tsui for more information

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Various conferences in Australia

see specific conference for details

Various venues in Australia

Managing Challenging Behaviours In Older People With Cognitive Impairment (call for abstracts open), 6-7 August 2009, Melbourne, VIC

Outpatients – Beating the Waiting Game (call for abstracts open), 17-18 September 2009, Cairns, Far North Queensland

4th Healthcare Without Walls: Hospital Avoidance, 28-29 October 2009, Sydney, NSW

Investing in the Healthcare Team: Aligning Strategy, Leadership and the Team to Deliver Better Outcomes for Patients, 6-7 November 2009, Sydney, NSW

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13 - 15 Aug 2009

The Inaugural Advance Care Planning Conference: Do We Know and Respect Our Patient’s Choices?

to be held on 13-15 August 2009 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.  This seminar is a collaboration of Austin Health and Change Champions P/L.

2 - 5 Sept 2009

7 September 2009

7 - 8 Sept 2009

Following our first highly successful Dizziness for the Physicians course in 2005 and demand generated by our BPPV presentation at the November BGS meeting we have designed a more practical based course for 2009. This CPD Approved 2 day programme of lectures, practical demonstrations and small group workshops will provide delegates with an overview of the assessment and management of the most common causes of dizziness in the older person and an understanding of balance rehabilitation.

This course will be of interest to Physicians working in Falls Services, Syncope Units, TIA Clinics, and General Medicine, though all with an interest in this area are also welcome.  Physiotherapists and PAMs wishing to develop an interest or skills in balance would also benefit from this course.

For further information please click the link below, or contact Dr Joanna Lawson on (0191) 2825237 or Joanna.lawson@nuth.nhs.uk.

Dizziness for the Physician - further information and booking form

7 - 9 Sept 2009

ANZSGM Annual Scientific Meeting

Please contact the Conference Secretariat to be placed on the ANZGSM09 Conference mailing list:  

ANZSGM 2009 Conference Secretariat
PO Box 576, Crows Nest, NSW 1585, Australia
P: +61 2 9431 8641
F: +61 2 9901 4586
E: anzsgm2009@conferenceaction.com.au

11 September 2009

BGS Diabetes Update

Venue: Putteridge Bury Campus, Luton
University of Bedfordshire

This year's meeting will concentrate on recent developments in diabetes and practical management skills.

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Cost: £25.00. Confirmation and directions with local accommodation will be sent by email.

Gastroenterology

17 September 2009

The failing gut: causes and consequences
Joint conference with the British Society of Gastroenterology

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17 - 18 Sept 2009

18 - 20 Sept 2009

Every two years over the last 22 years we have organised an epilepsy teaching weekend for Specialist Registrars in neurology and related disciplines.

The teaching weekend comprises of a series of lectures, video sessions and informal seminars covering the most important areas of clinical epilepsy practice in 2009, and will be held in St Anne’s College and the nearby Clarendon Laboratory.   The course speakers are all internationally recognised experts in their fields and previous participants have found the teaching weekends both stimulating and enjoyable.  

This course is made possible by unrestricted educational grants the Pharmaceutical Industry to cover the cost of the meeting, including accommodation. There is a nominal charge for attendance.

The number of attendees at this meeting is limited to 230. If you would like to attend this meeting please register by completing the application on-line at: www.genesisadoration.com/epilepsy.html you should then fill the form in fully and submit by pressing, “Register”.

25 - 26 Sept 2009

Irish Gerontological Society
57th Annual Conference

Download call for abstracts: 31 May 2009
Watch website for updates

Independent Living

30 Sept & 1 Oct 2009

Independence and Choice - Transforming Services, Transforming Lives
Home Improvement Agency Annual Conference

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Biogerontology

6 Oct 2009

The impact of ageing - scanning the horizon in the North West

JJB Stadium Wigan

A one-day event to inform effective commissioning and identify urgent, medium and long-term issues related to ageing in the North West with the
help of high profile speakers and participatory workshops.

This event is free of charge

The event is of interest to:
Directors of public health, medical directors, consultants caring for the elderly (including dementia and psychiatrists), stroke clinicians, staff representing medicine management, rehabilitation and social care,
patient and carer groups Directors of adult social care etc

Booking details shortly from info@nwconferences.co.uk (website coming soon).

Pam Wright
Director, nw conferences
Tel: 01524 593417
Mobile: 07917 570515
email: p.wright@lancaster.ac.uk

28 October 2009

Hot Topic Symposium - Thrombosis and Antithrombotic Therapy

This hot topic meeting will address the burning issue of the burden of thrombosis, and the current – and new – antithrombotic agents.  The programme will cover the range of problems related to venous and arterial thromboembolism.  The latter will include discussions on acute coronary syndromes, atrial fibrillation, atherothrombosis, etc.  Anticoagulation monitoring and point of care testing will also be discussed.  Speakers will also address current and new developments in antiplatelet agents and oral anticoagulants.

We expect an audience from both primary and secondary care, indeed, the boundary between these two areas is much less real for thrombosis management than many would believe.  We would also hope other health care professionals such as pharmacists (who will increasingly be prescribing cardiovascular drugs), nurses and students would attend.

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29 - 30 Oct 2009

Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease
2nd Conference

in collaboration with the EADC
(European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium)

The aims of the meeting are to bring together the current leaders involved in clinical trials on Alzheimer’s Disease to discuss new results, drugs in development, and future methodological issues (disease modification outcomes, biomarkers, impact on health economics).

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2009

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3 November 2009

Integrated Care: From theory to practice
a one-day comprehensive introductory course

Despite major cross-national diferences found in health policy, funding, infrastructure and provision, policy-makers, planners, managers and clinicians the world over are being increasingly called upon to design and manage programmes which integrate systems and services for the benefit of multi-problem patients or clients like the long term care elderly and other people with complex, chronic conditions.

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26 November 2009

Anorexia, Cachexia and Fatigue

Email: conferences@rcplondon.ac.uk

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Calcified Tissues

26 - 30 June 2010

Glasgow, Scotland

37th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues

Further details from: European Calcified Tissue Society, PO Box 337, Patchway, Bristol BS32 4ZR 

Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1454 610255 or visit our website

29 Sep - 31 Oct 2010

Dublin, Ireland

6th Congress of the
European Union Geriatric Medicine Society

On behalf of the EUGMS, the Irish Gerontological Society (one of the oldest scientific societies for ageing research in the world), and the Irish Society of Physicians in Geriatric Medicine, I would like to welcome you to the 6 th Congress of the EUGMS in Dublin in 2010.

Dublin is an attractive and historic venue, with a historic centre close to the conference centre, excellent transport links, direct air connections to every country in the EU, and a magnificent setting beside the sea and mountains.

The 2010 conference theme of New Technologies and Geriatric Medicine harnesses the existing strengths of geriatric medicine to rapid developments in many fields of technological development, from new medicines, new pharmaceutical delivery methods, information and communication technology, nanotechnology and biomechanics, with an emphasis on clinical practice, including ethics.

There will also be a Core Curriculum track, revisiting the fundamentals of geriatric medicine by leading experts in the field. An active social programme, plentiful submitted presentations, interactive poster presentations, and convivial surroundings will support learning, networking, interchanges, and deepen our sense of collegiality.

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