Meetings Calendar, June 1997 - 1998
The following list includes research conferences (where new scientific information will be presented), plus selected other meetings that may interest our readers. We have not included invitation-only conferences.
If you know of other meetings that should be on this list, please let us know.
June 1997
** New Perspectives in Treatment: Eradication, Suppression, & Lifelong Adherence: Where Are We?
June 14, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Contact: New England AIDS Education and Training Center, 617/566-2283.
** HIV Treatment in the New Millennium: Is HIV Eradication Possible,
June 18, New York
Contact: Saint Vincents Education & Training Department, Max Vaval or Andrew Boreland, phone 212/228-8000 x243 or x231.
** Fourth International Symposium on Clinical Immunology,
June 19-22, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Contact: Conference Secretariat, Fourth International Symposium on Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam RAI-OBA, P.O. Box 77777, 1070 MS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
July 1997
** FDA Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee,
July 14-15, also July 16, Silver Spring, Maryland
Contact: FDA, 301/443-5455. (See separate announcement in this issue.)
** AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG),
July 19-22, Washington, D.C.
Contact: NIAID, 301/496-8215.
August 1997
** HIV/AIDS in Cuba: Building Bridges, Crossing Borders,
August 6-13, Havana, Cuba.
Contact: U.S.- Cuba Medical Project, One Union Square West, Suite 211, New York, NY 10003. 212/727-3247, fax 212/727-3265,email uscubamed@igc.apc.org
** National Black Nurses Association, 25th Institute and Annual Conference,
August 7-10, New York, NY.
Contact: NBNA, 1511 K Street NW, Suite 415, Washington, D.C. 20005; 202/393-6870, fax 202/347-3808.
** The 15th Annual Symposium of the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association,
August 21-23, San Francisco, California.
Contact: GLMA Symposium, 459 Fulton St., Suite 107, San Francisco, CA 94102; 415/255-4547, fax 415/255-4784,email gaylesmed@aol.com
web site http://www.glma.org
** Clinical Care of the AIDS Patient: Summer Symposium,
August 21-26, Sun Valley, Idaho
Contact: Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, 415/476-5208
web site https://www.cme.ucsf.edu/cme/index.aspx?Display=Date
September 1997
** A Conference on Global Strategies for the Prevention of HIV Transmission From Mothers to Infants,
September 3-6, Washington, D.C.
Logistics and abstract submission:
Contact Ms. Andrea Hall, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., 7101 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD 20814-4805; 800/749-9620 (U.S. calls only), 301/986-1216 (dedicated meeting phone number), 301/986-4870 (accepts collect calls from outside the United States for "Global Strategies Conference" between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern time), fax 301/913-0351
email adh@s-3.com
(Dates: Early registration by July 3 receives discount. Abstracts due by June 27, late-breaking research by August 15.)
Scientific Program: Contact Arthur Ammann, M.D., 415/451-1814, fax 415/456-2622
email Ammanndoc@aol.com
** Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA),
September 4-5, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Elaine Allison, CPCRA Operations Office, 301/230-9670, fax 301/230-7190,
email eallison@opsctr.s-3.com
** AIDS, Medicine and Miracles: 10th Annual HIV Conference Retreat,
September 4-7, Phoenicia, New York.
Contact: AIDS, Medicine and Miracles, 800/875-8770
email amm@csd.net
** HIV-1 Infection, Mucosal Immunity & Pathogenesis,
September 11-13, Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Mr. Fred Hill, Conference Manager, HIV-1 Infection, Mucosal Immunity & Pathogenesis, c/o ComputerCraft Corporation, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 101, Bethesda, MD 20817; 301/493-9674, fax 301/530-0634.
(Registration Deadline: August 1, 1997; due to space limitations, early registration is encouraged.)
** International Congress on Biomedical Peer Review and Global Communications
September 17-21, Prague, Czech Republic.
Contact: Annette Flanagin, American Medical Association, 515 N. State St., Chicago, IL 60610; 312/464- 2432, fax 312/464-5824.
** United States Conference on AIDS
September 18-21, Miami Beach, FL., sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)
Contact: Conference Registrar, The United States Conference on AIDS, 1931 13th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009-4432; 202/483-6622 x313, fax 202/483-1127.
** 37th Annual Meeting of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)
September 28 - October 1, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Contact: American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Meetings Department, 1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20005-4171; 202/942-9356, fax 202/942-9340.
[Comment: ICAAC is likely to be important this year, because in odd-numbered years there is no International Conference on AIDS (now named World AIDS Conference) to draw research presentations away. Note: Future ICAAC meetings have been scheduled for September 1998 in San Diego, and September 1999 in San Francisco.]
October 1997
** 6th European Conference on Clinical Aspects and Treatment of HIV Infection
October 11-15, Hamburg, Germany.
Contact: K.I.T. GmbH, Kingress und Incentive-Organisation, Karl-Liebknecht Strasse 5, D-10178 Berlin, Germany; +49 30 2382 6900, fax +49 30 2382 6940
email hiv@kit.de
web site http://www.kit-group.org/index_4.html
** Sixth Regional Symposium on the Design & Methods of Clinical Trials
October 17-18, San Francisco.
Contact: Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of California, San Francisco, 415/476-5808 to register, 415/476-4251 to receive a brochure when it is available.
** International Congress of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
October 19-22, Seville, Spain. Contact: International Congress of STD, Apartado 6077, 41080 Seville Spain; +34 5 4903409, fax +34 5 4377413. Or, HCC/ICSTD, One Bridge Plaza, Suite 350, Fort Lee, NJ, 07024, 201/947-5545, fax 201/947-8406.
** 3rd Annual Conference: A Time for Healing--Women and HIV
October 22-24, Las Vegas, NV.
Contact: Pat Stachewicz or Marlo Tonge, 702/383-1397.
** 4th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
October 25-29, Manila, Philippines.
Contact: Secretariat, 2nd Floor, Physicians' Tower, 533 United Nations Ave., Ermita, Manila 1000, Philippines; +63 2 526-8103, or +63 2 526-8105, fax +63 2 522-1090 or +63 2 522-8130
email aidsphil@philonline.com.ph
November 1997
** GNP 8th International Conference for People Living with HIV/AIDS
November 5-12, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Contact: GNP/ICW Conference Secretariat, 12/14 Rajchiangsaen Road, Soi 2 Kot, Haiye, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand, phone 53 206 760, fax 53 206 761
email gnpicw8@loxinfo.co.th
Or, Conference Secretariat, Bangkok, +66 2 526 8311, fax +66 2 968 8021
email capisuk@mozart.inet.co.th
Or, GNP+ central Secretariat, Amsterdam, +31 20 689 8218, fax +31 20 689 8059,
email gnp@gn.apc.org
Or, ICW Secretariat, London, +44 171 222 1333, fax +44 171 222 1242
email icw@gn.apc.org
TEL: 53 206 760
FAX: 53 206 761
EMAIL: gnpicw8@loxinfo.co.th ** Tenth Annual Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Conference November 6-9, Miami Beach, FL Contact: ANAC Tenth Annual Conference, 11250 Roger Bacon Dr., Suite 8, Reston, VA 20190-5202; 800/260-6780. ** National AIDS Treatment Advocates Forum November 9-12, San Diego, CA. Contact: David Barre, NATAF Registration, c/o National Minority AIDS Council, 1931 13th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20009; 202/483-6622 x327, fax 202/483-1135, email NMACtx@aol.com
** Healthcare Resource Allocation for HIV/AIDS and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses
November 10-11, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Paul Rathe, International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, 312/419-7074, fax 312/419-7079
email conference@iapac.org
** International Conference on AIDS Wasting, (title may change)
November 16-19 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Contact: IFARA (International Foundation for Alternative Research on AIDS), 954/630-8002.
December 1997
** Clinical Care of the AIDS Patient
December 4-6, Palace Hotel, San Francisco
Contact: University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Postgraduate Programs, Box 0656, San Francisco, CA 94143-0656; phone 415/476-5208
web site https://www.cme.ucsf.edu/cme/index.aspx?Display=Date
** AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG)
December 5-10, Washington, D.C.
Contact: NIAID, 301/496-8215.
** Xth International Conference on AIDS & STD in Africa,
December 7-11, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
Contact: Programme National de Lutte contre le SIDA les MST et al Tuberculose, 04 BP 2113, Abidjan 04, Cote d'Ivoire; +225 243013, or +225 243014, or +225 244306, fax +225 243119
web site http://www.unaids.org/en/default.asp
1998
** T Lymphocyte Activation, Differentiation and Death,
January 26-February 1, Keystone, Colorado.
Contact: Keystone Symposia, Drawer 1630, Silverthorne, CO 80498; 800/253-0685 or 970/262-1230, fax 970/262-1525,
email keystone@symposia.com
** 5th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections,
late January or early February, 1998.
In previous years this conference has been held in Washington D.C., but other cities are now being considered.
** Molecular Aspects of Viral Immunity,
February 16-22, Tamarron, Colorado.
Contact: Keystone Symposia, Drawer 1630, Silverthorne, CO 80498; 800/253-0685 or 970/262-1230, fax 970/262-1525,
email keystone@symposia.com
** Cell and Molecular Biology of Dendritic Cells,
March 7-13, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Contact: Keystone Symposia, Drawer 1630, Silverthorne, CO 80498; 800/253-0685 or 970/262-1230, fax 970/262-1525
email keystone@symposia.com
** HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment,
March 13-19, Park City, Utah.
Contact: Keystone Symposia, Drawer 1630, Silverthorne, CO 80498; 800/253-0685 or 970/262-1230, fax 970/262-1525,
email keystone@symposia.com ** Angiogenesis and Vascular Remodelling, March 28-April 3, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Contact: Keystone Symposia, Drawer 1630, Silverthorne, CO 80498; 800/253-0685 or 970/262-1230, fax 970/262-1525, email keystone@symposia.com
** TB: Molecular Mechanisms and Immunologic Aspects,
April 2- 8, Keystone, Colorado.
Contact: Keystone Symposia, Drawer 1630, Silverthorne, CO 80498; 800/253-0685 or 970/262-1230, fax 970/262-1525,
email keystone@symposia.com
(Note: registration for this conference also allows for attendance at the meeting below.)
** Opportunistic Infections in AIDS,
April 2-8, Keystone, Colorado.
Contact: Keystone Symposia, Drawer 1630, Silverthorne, CO 80498; 800/253-0685 or 970/262-1230, fax 970/262-1525,
email keystone@symposia.com
(Note: registration for this conference also allows for attendance at the meeting above.)
** 12th World AIDS Conference,
June 28 - July 3, 1998, Geneva. Deadline for regular abstract submission, and for scholarship applications, is February 2, 1988.
Contact: Secretariat, 94 rue des Eaux-Vives, CH-1207 Geneva, Switzerland; phone +41 22 737 33 44, fax +41 22 700 33 11,
email info@aids98.ch
** 4th International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection,
November 8-12, 1998, Glasgow, Scotland.
Contact: Gardiner- Caldwell Communications Ltd., +44-1625-664000, fax +44-1625-610260.
