Personalized medicine has the potential to revolutionize medical care by utilizing an improved understanding of genetics and molecular biology to allow for better diagnostic tests, more precise diagnoses, greater predictability of disease course, and improved patient safety by selecting not only the right drug for a patient but also the proper dosage to reduce adverse effects. Speakers and panelists will answer the following key questions: What types of challenges need to be met in order to realize the true commercial potential of personalized medicine? Will insurers fund the genomic revolution? What types of validation requirements are they looking for? What…

2012 Annual Joint Meeting of The Electroencephalography and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS) The International Society for Brain Electromagnetic Topography (ISBET) The International Society for Neuroimaging in Psychiatry (ISNIP) Evoke Potential International Conference (EPIC) Invitation to Exhibit at the Annual ECNS-ISBET-ISNIP-EPIC Joint Meeting Four international brain imaging societies will be holding their 2012 Joint Annual Meeting on September 12-16, 2012, at the Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, Tennessee, USA. Business exhibits will be open to an expected audience of about 100 -150 Conference Attendees from 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. throughout the event. Exhibits, located at the entrance to the…

This premier marcus evans conference will bring together government and industry leaders to devote concentrated time towards generating a holistic perspective when trouble-shooting and dialoging about ongoing challenges, and sharing information integral to the betterment of shared goals to parlay a united front in leading and maintaining national cyber security. In addition to benefiting from a dynamic presentation format consisting of workshops, panel discussions and case studies, attendees will experience: -Highly Interactive Conference Sessions -Access to 20 case study driven briefings -10-15 Minutes of Q&A Time After Each Presentation - Providing an opportunity to address specific questions and concerns affecting…

The marcus evans Fixed Income e-Trading conference will address current market trends in fixed income electronic trading. Case studies will be showcased with speakers, sharing their experience within e-trading, including highlighting products from cash bonds through CDS, opening up a space for discussion of algorithmic trading and the move towards more autonomous trading. By Attending This Event You Will: 1. Review regulatory changes in the commodities space 2. Examine algorithmic trading in fixed income markets 3. Combat volatility and e-trading 4. Build a portfolio around electronic and OTC methodology 5. Implement e-trading innovation in the fixed income e-trading space 6.…

From the Creators of Call Center Week: Taking Call Center Performance, Productivity & Metrics to the Next Level Gone are the days were contact centers simply answered and responded to calls. Call centers are taking on an increasing strategic role and must strive to enhance customer experience while increasing sales and reducing operating costs. Join Call Center Performance and Productivity & Metrics, September 12-14 in Dallas, Texas and learn how to turn your call center into a profit center. Experience how to create a well-integrated operation across tools like workforce management, coaching, e-learning, performance management, speech analytics and surveys. Plus:…

The accidental release of toxic, reactive, or flammable liquids and gases in processes involving highly hazardous chemicals can be catastrophic due to the human, financial and business costs of an incident. The risks, primarily to human capital, but also to plant equipment are enormous and those responsible for Health and Safety are devoted to executing the best practices in maintaining a safety-minded culture and preventing highly critical assets from failing. The marcus evans 3rd Process Safety Management for the Chemical Petrochemical & Refining Industries Conference will generate awareness on the evolution of risk mitigation and safety processes. By attending, delegates…

This is Asia’s first event dedicated to addressing the challenges faced by pharma professionals responsible for strategic sourcing, procurement and outsourcing. A must attend meeting for pharma executives in the business of or considering sourcing from Asia and outsourcing to Asia. It is estimated that China could be the world’s 2nd or 3rd largest pharmaceutical market by 2020 – Does your sourcing strategy give you a piece of the lucrative ‘China-pie’? Why You Must Attend This Year’s Event •The region’s first to market event focusing on the strategic needs of procurement and sourcing professionals specific to the pharma industry •The…

Get the latest information on Organic Rankine Cycles and Industrial Heat Pumps for waste heat upgrading: state of the art, market overview, integration in industry, case studies, and research and development efforts, in combination with a manufacturer exhibition.

This strategic level event is focused on how to execute global trials to produce higher quality data at less cost. Led by Purdue Pharma and BMS, key topics include Infrastructure, non-traditional markets, risk management, ethics/corporate responsibility and outsourcing. International regulations and where the clinical, commercial and therapeutic opportunities are outside the US is covered. 10% discount for World Conference Calendar Readers with code WCCGCT

Led by Pfizer and Novartis, this groundbreaking conference delivers only case studies that demonstrate either a disruptive or an innovative approach to advancing clinical trials. Mobile Clinical Trials, Virtual Trials, Open Source Clinical Development are just a few examples of case studies featured.  This conference is designed to be engaging in a highly informative format, similar to the style of TED events. Each session will deliver a clear set of objectives, summary and key take-aways around:     1.Challenges and opportunities in clinical development/trials     2.Innovations in science applied to clinical development/trials     3.Innovations in technology applied to clinical development/trials    …

On behalf of the Organizing Committee and China Agricultural University (CAU), it gives us great pleasure to welcome you to the 4th International Biochar Congress. It will be held in Beijing on 16-20th September, 2012, deliberately a few days after the ISHS meeting in Zheijiang University, Hangzhou. Thus, delegates can conveniently attend both meetings if desired. International research into all aspects of biochar science and technology has grown rapidly over the last decade or so. This meeting will represent this world wide growth in interest and will cover the entire range of current biochar-related research. Scientific sessions will include biochar…

Building on the success of the 2011 Corporate IT Exchange, we are delighted to announce the next Corporate IT Exchange will take place in Germany in September 2012. The Corporate IT Exchange is an exclusive networking forum for European C-Level IT executives looking to effectively align their resources and processes with business strategy. Cost reduction, energy efficiency, consumerisation of IT and optimisation of innovative, efficient and flexible infrastructures are currently the biggest challenges for CIOs. Management boards expect cost cutting and more efficient working processes. The Corporate IT Exchange unites IT leaders in a unique format so they can discuss…

The 6th Shared Services and Outsourcing Exchange will take place from 16 – 18 September in Prague, Czech Republic. Shared Services and Outsourcing professionals across diverse industries, backgrounds, geographies, functions and responsibilities have one thing in common – the need to innovate. This need has grown exponentially over the last few years. This is because the industry has matured over the last decade and there is a general feeling among industry professionals that the same processes, systems and technologies have been recycled and reused year after year under the pretext of standardising operations. The Shared Services and Outsourcing Exchange 2012…

ICT start-ups play a critical role in the infocomm ecosystem. They ride the wave of innovation while leveraging on traditional competitive advantages to build new scalable capabilities. Innovation in the Infocomm Technologies have revolutionized the world and provided with a born-global platform that delivers rich information on every imaginable subject and enables the unprecedented integration of social information. Globally, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have had a profound impact on the socio-economic, political, and cultural spheres of nations. The goal of the International Academic Conference on Infocomm Technologies in Competitive Strategies is to provide opportunities for academics, researchers, experienced professionals…

Distribution and concurrency are pervasive in computer science and technology, from the simple PC, already multi-core, all the way up to supercomputing grids, and also graphic cards, PC clusters, distributed databases, and supercomputers. Distributed and parallel computing is also urged by the increasing computational requirements of various applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Parallel Computing Cluster Computing Volunteer Computing Grid and Cloud Computing Multi-core Architectures and Algorithms GPU Programming Web Services and Internet Computing Cooperative and Collaborative Computing Peer-to-peer Computing Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing New Parallel System Concepts and Architectures Distributed Systems Methodology and Networking Software…

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Academic Advising and Counseling • Adult Education • Asynchronous Learning • Authoring Tools • Building an Introductory Global Studies Course • Building E-Learning Architectures • Business Education • Casual Factors of Educational Development • Collaborative Learning • Courseware Development • Cross Cultural Aspects of Education • Cross-disciplinary areas of Education • Curriculum, Research and Development • Developing and Organizational e-Learning Strategy • Developing, Integrating, and Delivering E-Learning Solutions • Digital Libraries for E-Learning • Distance Education • Distance Learning • Early Childhood Education • Education Policy and Leadership • Educational…

Organizations are increasingly diverse, throughout the global community of work environments and settings. The theme of the Conference is the complexity of organizational life, given the inevitable need to manage an ever-changing workforce. Papers for this conference can deal with any topic relevant to the management of human resources in an international context. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • HRM Strategic Challenges • Human Resource Management • Ethics & Social Responsibility in Organization • Team Building • Organizational Communication & Information Management • Managing Productive Work Teams • Best Practices in Human Resource Management • Strategic…

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Political Science Political theory Political philosophy Political systems Policy analysis Policy studies Public policy Public administration Ideology Game theory Political economy Geopolitics and political geography Policy studies and public policy analysis Comparative politics National systems Courts and Judicial Politics Democratic Innovations Green Politics Cross-national political analysis Supranational and intergovernmental politics Political development Foreign policy analysis Analytical Politics Intelligence Governance Peace studies, conflict analysis, international law and politics, public administration and local government studies Political psychology, bureaucratic, administrative and judicial behaviour Legislative processes and public law Political Methodology Interdisciplinary Perspective on Violence…

Targets set by the European Landfill Directive state that England and Wales must landfill no more than 8 million tonnes of biodegradable municipal waste by 2012/2013 and 5.5 million tonnes by 2019/2020. Currently 30.9 million tonnes of municipal waste is collected per year, and we must therefore find alternative methods of waste management and maximising this resource. Energy from Waste will now play a bigger role in contributing to these targets and a new energy policy. SMi's 5th annual Energy from Waste conference will evaluate the contribution and effect Energy from Waste will have on our energy future. To view…

Many attendees this year approached us to include new features and new focused discussions at the FPSO congress in 2012. These include a field evaluation focus day to improve your project profitability, more operational case studies to minimize costly breakdowns offshore and a project commissioning briefing to improve the safety and cost efficiency of project operations. We’ll be looking at how we can help the next generations of engineers and commercial managers, and focusing on robust technical case studies that will provide real insight into the challenges of successful FPSO operations. And there will be much more to look out…