For details link to : www.nzconference.co.nz/HGSA2013.

Plan to attend the 2013 ASM, Queenstown, NZ

Through the Public Policy Training Course the College can provide Fellows and trainees with the necessary skills for them to more effectively engage in public policy and advocacy.

The Public Policy Training Course Pamphlet can be found toward the bottom of the page here: http://www.racp.edu.au/page/policy-and-advocacy  

Additionally, below the Pamphlet, Fellows can find the College’s Policy and Advocacy Handbook, upon which the course is based.

This is a Conjoint Medical Education Seminar by The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and The Royal Australasian College of Physicians to be held at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The seminar is designed for Senior Health Educators, Policy Makers, Policy Advisors, Regulators and others working in the area of Specialist Education and Training.

For registration and further details: Conjoint Medical Education Seminar

BLACKSWAN Foundation and Gebert Rüf Stiftung, both active in supporting research activities in the field of rare diseases, invite you to the «First International Congress on Research of Rare and Orphan Diseases – RE(ACT)» in 2012.

It will take place at the Gehry Building on the Novartis Campus in Basel/Switzerland,
29 February – 02 March 2012.

The «RE(ACT) Congress 2012» will bring together world leaders and young scientists from both university and industry to present cutting edge research, to discuss results and to exchange ideas.

Please go to our website for details and program: react-congress.org

Please notify your coworkers and interested researchers within your institution and network about the congress!
We hope to see you in Basel!

The congress initiators
Dr. Olivier Menzel, President BLACKSWAN Foundation
Dr. Pascale Vonmont, Deputy Director Gebert Rüf Stiftung

For further details http://www.rcpa.edu.au/Continuing/PathologyUpdate/PathologyUpdate2012.htm

The Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, the Netherlands will organise the Advanced European Bioethics course ‘Human Genetics and Medical Technology’.

The course focusses on the moral problems generated by the research and development and application of new knowledge in a range of emerging fields, such as tissue engineering and genomics.

More information can be found: http://med.kuleuven.be/Faculteit_Geneeskunde/english/borders/erasmus-mundus-bioethics/documents/human-genetics-and-medical-technology

On behalf of the Australasian Society of Cytogeneticists, we would like to extend to you a warm invitation to attend the 2012 Annual Interim Scientific Meeting.

Join us at Shoal Bay Port Stephens 23/03/2012 to 25/03/2012

 Medical Genetics is a postgraduate level course addressed to both researchers and clinicians seeking an up-to-date overview of the field of medical genetics today. It provides an overall view of the clinical developments which are taking place as major applications of modern genetics in different medical specialties.

For further details: Medical Genetics Leaflet

HGSA’s Jozef Gecz has attended the course both as a student and lecturer. For further enquiries he may be contacted jozef.gecz@adelaide.edu.au

Alternatively, you may contact  Serena Paterlini egf.serena.paterlini@gmail.com

Serena Paterlini
Training and Eu Projects
European Genetics Foundation
via di Gaibola, 16, Bologna (Italy)
0039-0512088414
www.eurogene.org

On behalf of the Organising Committee and the Australian and New Zealand Child Neurology Society, it is my pleasure to invite you to the 12th ICNC and 11th AOCCN Joint Congress of Child Neurology. This is the third occasion that a joint congress has been held and we are pleased to be hosting the congress in Brisbane, Australia.

The International Child Neurology Congress and the Asia Oceania Congress of Child Neurology will be the largest child neurology congress ever held in Australia. A World Class scientific program with an International array of speakers from North America, Central and South America, Asia, Oceania, Europe, Middle East and Africa. The joint congress aims to cover all aspects of child neurology and affiliated topics, such as metabolic medicine, genetic health, infectious disease, developmental medicine, neuroimaging and immunology.

There are a number of themes emerging from the content including:

• Genetic developments and genetic technologies in child neurology in the 21st Century
• Neurodevelopmental outcomes: global perspectives
• Cutting edge management in Cerebral palsy
• CNS infection: African and Asian perspectives

A World class selection of plenary speakers representing the spectrum of child neurology have already been secured. These can be viewed on the website www.icnc2012.com . The full program is detailed on the link http://www.icnc2012.com/program.pdf

There will also be enjoyable networking functions including the gala dinner and welcome reception, along with the opportunity to visit icons of Australia during your trip down under!

Today, the battle against maternal, fetal and infantile diseases needs to be extended beyond the typical pathology and perinatal syndromes. Thus, the motto of the 23^rd European Congress of Perinatal Medicine will be ‘Imprinting the Future’.

http://www.mcaevents.org/ecpm2012/index.aspx

European Meeting on Psychosocial Aspects of Genetics is to be held concurrently with the European Society of Human Genetics Conference.

There will be a number of joint sessions with ESHG.

For more details please refer to: EMPAG 2012

The European Human Genetics Conference 2012 in Nurnberg, Germany (June 23-26) is now open.

Please refer to the following link for more details: http://www.eshg.org/eshg2012

This meeting annually brings together world leaders in clinical, pathological and scientific research into neuromuscular disorders. The first time the Congress is being held in Australasia.

This is an exciting time in the neuromuscular disorders field, with next generation sequencing techniques starting to have a huge impact in novel disease gene discovery and approaching use in molecular diagnostics and potential therapies for these conditions, based on understanding the pathobiology of the diseases, in clinical trials.

The four chosen themes for this year are:

1-     Impact of New Diagnostic Techniques on Clinical Practice in Neuromuscular Disorders

2-     Congenital Myopathies

3-     Standards of Care in Neuromuscular Disorders (inc. cardiac, respiratory, orthopedic, swallowing and feeding, physical medicine/therapy and rehabilitation).

4-     Advances in Therapy for Neuromuscular Disorders

Early career clinicians, pathologists, geneticists and research scientists are encouraged to take the opportunity to attend the Training Course, that is always run in association with the Congress, to be taught by some of the world’s best neuromuscular disorders clinicians and pathologists.

The abstract closing date is 31^st March.

See the website at: www.wms2012.com

American Society of Human Genetics 62^nd Annual Meeting
Organizer: American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)

Dates: November 6-10, 2012

Location: San Francisco, CA (Moscone Convention Center)

Website: http://www.ashg.org/2012meeting/

Abstract Deadline: June 4, 2012

The 62^nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics will feature invited presentations from the world’s leading geneticists, along with a variety of symposia, workshops, and other abstract-driven sessions focusing on the most important recent developments in basic, translational, and clinical human genetics research and technology. For the preliminary schedule of events, visit: http://www.ashg.org/2012meeting/pdf/Preliminary_Schedule.pdf.

 PLENARY/PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS * SYMPOSIA * WORKSHOPS * ABSTRACT-DRIVEN & INVITED SESSIONS * POSTERS * NETWORKING * CAREER/JOB RESOURCES * EXHIBITS * TRAINEE & TRAVEL AWARDS

International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours
5th Biennial Meeting

28th – 31st August 2013
Cairns Convention Centre
Cairns, Australia

 It is with great pleasure, on behalf of InSiGHT <http://www.insight-group.org>   that we extend a warm invitation to our international conference that will take place in Cairns  - the only place in the world where two UNESCO World Heritage areas meet; the Tropical Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef.

The meeting officially convenes on  Wed. the 28th of August with a Welcome Reception and ends Sat. 31st August around midday. The meeting will have associated satellite meetings: the Australasian Cancer Genetics Meeting (KConFab); Aug. 26th – 27th and the Human Variome Project to be held 28th August as part of the InSiGHT meeting.  Come and find out about what is happening both locally and internationally in the field.

We invite Registration and Abstracts for this international event that is to be held in Australia.  

Everything you need to know about Registration, Abstracts, Accommodation, Travel etc. may be found on the meeting Website at;

http://www.meeting-makers.com/insight/