Hi, agentofcard-ga!
I will post the information concerning the conferences I mentioned
since you gave me the "go ahead." I am surprised there are so few
conferences in Canada dealing with Aids/HIV during April and May of
2004. However, I hope you find the following references helpful.
I also went ahead and posted some information for conferences in
March, June and July "just in case" you are available during those
times!
If I can provide any further information, please let me know in a
clarification, okay? I will be happy to help if I can.
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The following conferences are available on the CDC National Prevention
Information Network website:
http://www.thebody.com/cdc/newconfs/april.html
(There were no conferences listed in May in Canada)
Title: Clinical Applications of Imaging Technologies in the Management
of the HIV Lipodystrophy Syndromes
City: Montreal
Country: Canada
Dates: 04/02/2004 - 04/03/2004
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Lipodystrophy; Body Fat Imaging
Description: This conference will stimulate the exchange of ideas and
data related to the use of imaging techniques in the study of body fat
alterations. This forum will lead to the more rationale use of these
methods and to their ongoing study.
Sponsor: Dr. Julian Falutz
Contact: For more information, e-mail: lipoimaging@cmccanada.ca; or
call Normand G. David at 514-683-1511 or 1-800-913-0039
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Title: HIV Vaccine Development: Progress and Prospects
City: Whistler, British Columbia
Country: Canada
Dates: 04/12/2004 - 04/18/2004
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Clinical Trials; HIV/AIDS; Intervention Strategies; Vaccine
Development Research
Description: Upon completion of this conference, participants should
be able to (1) discuss how monoclonal antibodies that neutralize a
diversity of HIV isolates can protect against HIV infection of
nonhuman primates when passively administered to animals prior to
challenge; (2) examine some promising vaccine candidates from large
scale human trials data; (3) discuss the creation of new strategies
for HIV vaccination from basic immunology and AIDS immunopathogenesis
studies data; and (4) develop new collaborations among the scientists
in attendance and new insights that will lead to novel and effective
interventions. This is a joint meeting with the Meeting of Molecular
Mechanisms of HIV Pathogenesis (X7).
Sponsor: Wyeth Vaccines Research.
Contact: For more information, contact Keystone Symposia by
calling(800) 253-0685 or (970) 262-1230; by faxing (970) 262-1525; by
e-mailing info@keystonesymposia.org; or by accessing the Web site:
www.keystonesymposia.org.
Notes: The early registration fee is $525 and $350 for students, if
paid before or on February 12, 2004; after February 12, 2004, the fee
is $625 and $450 for students. Registration for the meeting allows
attendance at the joint meeting (pending space availability).
Continuing education credits are available.
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Title: Molecular Mechanisms of HIV Pathogenesis
City: Whistler, British Columbia
Country: Canada
Dates: 04/12/2004 - 04/18/2004
Event Type: Conference
Subject: HIV Positive Persons; Immune System; Virology
Description: Upon completion of this conference, participants should
be able to (1) discuss emerging concepts in the molecular mechanisms
of HIV pathogenesis; (2) review the definition of a variety of
envelope/receptor interactions, the development of tools for depleting
cellular proteins and visualizing viral trafficking in real time, the
discovery of cellular factors and genetic elements that restrict viral
replication, an increased understanding of the activities of
pathogenesis factors such as nef, the identification of host factors
required for viral replication, assembly and budding, the development
of non-pathogenic primate lentiviral models, and an increased
understanding of the origins and evolution of HIV and primate
lentiviruses; (3) examine how the virus penetrates its target cells,
once the envelope binds its receptors and undergoes an increasingly
well characterized number of structural modifications; (4) identify
the site and mechanism of uncoating, the step through which the inner
components of viral cores lose their external layer, the capsid, and
organize into an enzymatically active nucleoprotein complex; (5)
discuss how the virus escapes what increasingly appears to be a
formidable attempt of the cell to repel this genetic invader; (6)
review how the viral genome finds its way to regions of the chromosome
in which it is almost always successfully expressed; (7) discuss how
the combination of host and viral factors modulate viral transcription
and cell division, seemingly adapting it to the extracellular
environment, and in some rare but critical cells resulting in latent,
reactivatable gene expression; (8) identify how the virus hijacks
intracellular machineries organize the formation of new particles and
promote their release from the infected cell; (9) define what cells
host the long-term reservoir of HIV that seems to preclude viral
eradication in patients treated with highly active chemotherapy; (10)
discuss how these cells avoid elimination by the immune system; (11)
discuss why naturally occurring SIV infections are not causing disease
in their natural hosts; and (12) examine how we can best utilize these
SIVs as tools to probe the pathogenic mechanisms of HIV. This is a
joint meeting with the Meeting of HIV Vaccine Development: Progress
and Prospects (X8).
Sponsor: Wyeth Vaccines Research.
Contact: For more information, contact Keystone Symposia by calling
(800) 253-0685 or (970) 262-1230; by faxing (970) 262-1525; by
e-mailing info@keystonesymposia.org; or by accessing the Web site:
www.keystonesymposia.org.
Notes: The registration fee is $525 if paid before February 12, 2004
and $350 for students; after February 12, 2004, the fee is $625 and
$450 for students. Registration for meeting allows attendance at the
joint meeting (pending space availability). Continuing education
credits are available.
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Title: The 3 R's of Sex: Relationships, Reproductive Health and
Recreation -- 6th ASPSH Biennial Western Canadian Conference on Sexual
Health
City: Edmonton
Country: Canada
Dates: 04/29/2004 - 04/30/2004
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Counseling; Health Care Delivery; Sex Education; Sexuality
Description: The conference is entitled "The 3 R's of Sex:
Relationships, Reproductive Health, and Recreation." The objectives of
this conference are to provide an opportunity for those working in the
area of sexual health to create a forum to examine sexuality from a
variety of perspectives; to update and enhance their knowledge and
skills in sexual health education, counseling, and clinical services;
to network with others in order to share information, experience, and
expertise.
Sponsor: The Alberta Society for the Promotion of Sexual Health (ASPSH).
Contact: For more information, contact Margaret Conquest, Alberta
Society for the Promotion of Sexual Health, Ste 381, 11215 Jasper Ave,
Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 0L5; by calling (780) 424-6312 ext. 2226; by
faxing (780) 425-1782; by e-mailing aspsh@ppae.ab.ca; or by accessing
the Web site: www.aspsh.ca.
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Just in case you have any interest in other months, these conferences
are also available on the CDC website mentioned above. You can read
more about them by going to the main website, clicking on the month,
and then scrolling down to the title.
(March)
Title: 5th Annual Alberta Harm Reduction Conference
City: Edmonton, AB
Country: Canada
Dates: 03/04/2004 - 03/05/2004
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Advocacy; Harm Reduction; Hepatitis C; HIV/AIDS Prevention
(March)
Title: Let's Talk ...: A National Capacity Building Conference on
Children, Youth, and Families Affected by HIV/AIDS
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Dates: 03/05/2004 - 03/07/2004
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Adolescents with HIV/AIDS; Children with HIV/AIDS; Cultural
Factors; Families of Persons with HIV/AIDS; Heterosexual Transmission;
Perinatal Transmission; Public Awareness
(June)
Title: 26th Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference
City: Guelph, Ontario
Country: Canada
Dates: 06/14/2004 - 06/16/2004
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Sexuality; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; STD Prevention
(July)
Title: Immunology/FOCIS 2004: 12th International Congress of
Immunology and 4th Annual Conference of the Federation of Clinical
Immunological Societies
City: Montreal, Quebec
Country: Canada
Dates: 07/18/2004 - 07/23/2004
Event Type: Conference
Subject: HIV; Immune Status; Immune System
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I hope these help!
umiat-ga
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