Workshop on Immunotherapy Combinations
Date: November 3, 2011
Venue: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel, North Bethesda, MD
Website: http://www.sitcancer.org/meetings/am11/workshop11/
According to the website, “The primary audience for the 2011 Workshop includes scientists from academic institutions, industry and regulatory agencies with an interest in research, development and translation of cancer immunotherapy. The Workshop will incorporate presentations by key investigators in the field and interactive discussions on immunotherapy combinations, including investigations on co-administration of multiple immunotherapeutics and strategies that combine immunotherapy with conventional cancer treatment.
The program organizers are currently reviewing recent clinical and preclinical data, research trends and evaluations from the 2010 meeting to define program goals and expected learner outcomes to ensure another successful program. Please check back soon for updated information.”
Organizers:
Alan J. Korman, PhD – Bristol-Myers Squibb
Ignacio Melero, MD, PhD – University of Navarra
Hideho Okada, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Suzanne L. Topalian, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Annual Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology
Date: September 22-24, 2011
Venue: Kansas City, Missouri
Organizers: Douglas Drevets and Pieter Leenen
All submitted abstracts will become posters for the conference upon approval by the review committee. In addition, some abstracts will also be selected for oral presentation. These selected abstracts will present BOTH a poster and an oral presentation within the program. There will be a late breaking abstract submission period in late July and these submissions will be accepted as posters pending approval by the review committee. These submissions cannot be considered for oral presentation or for awards.
All abstracts will be published online as an e-JLB issue. Full internet access will be provided onsite at the hotel in guest rooms and meeting space for online access to the abstracts (bring your own laptop/device). Printed versions of the abstract booklet will be available for purchase ($25) during the registration process. Those who purchase an abstract book will receive it on-site at the registration desk upon check-in. –Society for Leukocyte Biology
Information Source: http://leukocytebiology.org/Abstracts.aspx
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Topics in Acute Care, Women’s Health, Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine
Date: September 25, 2011 to October 2, 2011
Place: Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Website: http://www.continuingeducation.net/coursedetails.php?program_number=844
Contact : Reservations: 1- 800-422-0711
Cruise Conference Round-trip Ft Lauderdale, Florida.
Organized by: Continuing Education, Inc.
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Mihajlo Mihajlov’s Quest for Democracy & Human Rights
Date: August 4-7, 2011
Place: Pasadena, California.
Website: http://www.JIS3.org/symposium2011.htm
Contact name: Oskar Gruenwald, Ph.D., JIS Editor
“All friends, colleagues, students, and admirers of Mihajlo Mihajlov are cordially invited to participate in a re-assessment of his life, work, and legacy whose significance reaches well beyond Tito’s Yugoslavia, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. Mihajlov’s quest for democracy and human rights is an inspiration for all who strive for an open society, pluralism, and tolerance. An indefatigable human rights champion, Mihajlov’s example contributed to the rise of dissent, civic culture, and civil society which ushered in momentous changes culminating in the peaceful revolution in Eastern Europe and the demise of Soviet rule. Mihajlov’s first freedoms–speech, thought, press, assembly, association, philosophical, political and religious persuasion–remain a continuing challenge, East and West, North and South. Curiously, Mihajlov’s thought offers a conceptual bridge between Westernizers and Slavophiles, while his universalism helped him befriend dissidents of all ethnic groups. Indeed, Mihajlov’s was a universal message of individual freedom and social justice. His undogmatic spirituality and central conception of human dignity drew on Russian religious philosophy. The question arises: Can the quest for global democracy and basic human rights and freedoms be realized in a world of competing socio-economic, political, and ethno-national interests and ideologies? Can equality be reconciled with liberty? And, can science and technology be harnessed to serve, rather than enslave, humanity? “–Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Organized by: Institute for Interdisciplinary Research & International Christian Studies Association.
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Mihajlov’s Quest for Democracy & Human Rights
“…Mihajlov’s first freedoms–speech, thought, press, assembly, association, philosophical,
political & religious persuasion–remain a world- wide challenge. Can the quest for global democracy & basic human rights & freedoms be realized?”—HigherEd.com.
All friends, colleagues, students, and admirers of Mihajlo Mihajlov are
cordially invited to participate in a re-assessment of his life, work, and
legacy whose significance reaches well beyond Tito’s Yugoslavia, the Balkans,
and Eastern Europe. Mihajlov’s quest for democracy and human rights is an
inspiration for all who strive for an open society, pluralism, and tolerance.
An indefatigable human rights champion, Mihajlov’s example contributed to the
rise of dissent, civic culture, and civil society which ushered in momentous
changes culminating in the peaceful revolution in Eastern Europe and the demise
of Soviet rule. Mihajlov’s first freedoms–speech, thought, press, assembly,
association, philosophical, political and religious persuasion–remain a
continuing challenge, East and West, North and South. Curiously, Mihajlov’s
thought offers a conceptual bridge between Westernizers and Slavophiles, while
his universalism helped him befriend dissidents of all ethnic groups. Indeed,
Mihajlov’s was a universal message of individual freedom and social justice.
His undogmatic spirituality and central conception of human dignity drew on
Russian religious philosophy. The question arises: Can the quest for global
democracy and basic human rights and freedoms be realized in a world of
competing socio-economic, political, and ethno-national interests and
ideologies? Can equality be reconciled with liberty? And, can science and
technology be harnessed to serve, rather than enslave, humanity? –Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Keynote: ”Mihajlo Mihajlov: Homeland Is Freedom”. Maria M. Ivusic, Washington (Mihajlo’s Sister & Translator).
Symposium Venue: FREEDOMS is co-sponsored by IIR-ICSA-JIS in the City of the Roses–the world-famous Tournament of Roses, in sunny Southern California, with many cultural/sightseeing opportunities.
Date: August 4-7, 2011.
Abstracts: Send Abstracts (250 words) to: c/o Dr. O. Gruenwald, JIS Editor, 1065 Pine Bluff Dr., Pasadena, CA 91107, USA. Please remember to include:Title, First & Last Name, faculty or student, mailing address, phone & email. Publication: Fully-developed papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies XXIV 2012.
Conference Website: www.JIS3.org/symposium2011.htm
Registration & Cost: Symposium participants must preregister: $75 by 15 April 2011; $100 after 15 April 2011; $150 after 1 June 2011.
Host:Institute for Interdisciplinary Research & International Christian Studies Association.
Sources: www.HigherEdspace.com.www.JIS3.org/symposium2011.htm.Institute for Interdisciplinary Research & International Christian Studies Association. www.JIS3.org.
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Nichelle Mitchem Shares Information on the 2011 National HIV Prevention Conference
Date: August 14-17, 2011
Venue: Atlanta at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and the Marriott Marquis Hotels
The conference organizers are committed to ensuring that this conference contributes to achieving the three primary goals defined in the plan:
- Reducing the number of people who become infected with HIV;
- Increasing access to care and improving health outcomes for people living with HIV; and
- Reducing HIV-related health disparities. –2011 NHPC
Source Website: http://www.2011nhpc.org/home.asp
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Emerging From The Shadows: Loving, Reflecting and Pursuing Justice Together
Not all homes provide a safe haven. For far too many persons violence and danger are their constant companions. Data indicates that domestic violence continues to pose a clear and present danger to the health and well-being of countless persons. Yet, domestic violence is a subject that we, as a society, are reluctant to talk about. As a result, victims often suffer and sometimes die in silence. It is important to know: what constitutes domestic violence, how you can help, and available resources.
This month, the “Emerging From The Shadows: Loving, Reflecting and Pursuing Justice Together Fifth International PASCH Conference” will be held on May 12-15, 2011 in Abbotsford, BC, Canada at the Columbia Bible College. The conference material remind us that,
“In our world, one in four families experiences domestic violence and abuse and the impact of that is felt by all of us. Paint a mental picture of your Church last Sunday morning. Can you see where everyone is sitting? Looking pretty familiar? Same as the week before?
Now look again. Domestic abuse and violence affects one in four of these people. It’s hard to believe isn’t it? Unfortunately, it’s true.
If one of these people came to you looking for help, would you know where to begin? Most don’t. Which is why Peace and Safety in the Christian Home (PASCH) run ground-breaking conferences aimed at raising awareness and offering practical tools with which to help.
Our upcoming conference, Emerging from the Shadows, to be held [...] at Columbia Bible College in the Vancouver area, will address these basic issues.” –Peace and Safety in the Christian Home
For further information on the conference program, schedule, and/or registration options, visit the conference website: http://fromtheshadows.ca/.
Source(s): Emerging from the Shadows; and PASCH.
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Nichelle Mitchem Shares Information on the Ethics Roundtable: Information Rights as Human Rights
Event Date: 15 to 16 April 2011
Place: Tucson, Arizona
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/informationethicsroundtable/
Contact Person: Kay Mathiesen
We live in an “information society.” Information and information technologies are increasingly essential to our social, economic, and political interactions. Given this, serious reflection on information ethics imperative.
“Information ethics” studies the value questions that arise in the creation, control, and access to information. The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference, which brings together researchers from disciplines such as philosophy, information science, communications, public administration, anthropology and law to discuss the ethical issues such as information privacy, intellectual property, intellectual freedom, and censorship.
The focus of this year’s roundtable is the relation between human rights and information ethics. The Universal Declaration on Human Rights lists a number of rights related to information (e.g., Articles 18, 19, 25, and 26). Such “information rights” include the rights to create and communicate information (e.g., freedom of expression, freedom of association), to control other’s access to information (e.g., privacy and intellectual property), and rights to access information (e.g., freedom of thought, the right to read). This conference will address several conceptual, empirical, and ethical issues:
■What theoretical approaches to human rights could be most fruitfully applied to questions in information ethics?
■What are the human rights related to information?
■Are information rights best conceived merely as liberties, which obligate states to refrain from restricting freedoms, or as welfare rights, which obligate states to provide resources?
■Are information rights instrumental rights, that is, do they promote the fulfillment of other human rights?
■What challenges does cultural diversity pose to a human rights approach to information ethics?
■Is there empirical research (e.g., case studies, statistical analyses) relevant to understanding the relation between information ethics and human rights?
■What are the relationships and possible conflicts between information human rights (e.g., the right to intellectual property and the right to access information)?
■Do we have human rights to access particular information technologies, such as computers, cellphones, or the Internet?
■What are the drawbacks of taking a human rights approach to information ethics?The roundtable is free and open to the public. –Information Ethics Roundtable
Organized by: SIRLS, University of Arizona
Source:Website: http://sites.google.com/site/informationethicsroundtable/
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Music, Gender, and Globalization
Conference: Music, Gender, and Globalization
Date: 1 to 2 April 2011
Place: Ithaca, NY, USA
Website: http://www.musicgenderglobalization.org
Contact Name: Samuel Dwinell
The conference is organized by two graduate students in the Cornell University Department of Music—Samuel Dwinell and Anaar Desai-Stephens. Many other departments, programs, and institutes from across the humanities and social sciences at the University are also contributing to this project in diverse ways, including co-sponsorship, participation of faculty members and graduate students, and use of space.
This conference will feature three keynote presentations and a number of panels of shorter presentations (chaired by faculty respondents). Other events include a concert by a world-renowned artist and a screening of an important new film. The conference will end with a roundtable discussion of issues raised over the two days. –Music, Gender, & Globalization
Organized by: Cornell University
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Hate Studies
International Conference on Hate Studies
Date: April 6 to 9, 2011
Place: Spokane, WA
Website: http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/againsthate/Conference2011.htm
Contact name: Jim Mohr
Sponsored by: Institute for Hate Studies
The Second International Conference on Hate Studies builds upon the successful 2004 initial conference. This conference will convene leading academics from multiple disciplines from around the world, law enforcement personnel, journalists, educators, representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations, human rights experts, community organizers, activists, and others to discuss hatred from multiple perspectives. The “lessons learned” and plans which emerge will help educators, researchers, law enforcement, advocates, and others better analyze and combat hatred in its various manifestations.
Research indicates that thousands of people every year are victims of hate crime. For every reported case of hate violence, there are countless unreported incidents of hate based violence. The hate crime phenomenon presents complex and agonizing problems to countless communities nationwide. The problem has become more visible as federal and state officials increasingly track hate violence.
Some assert that, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual hate crime report offers the most comprehensive national picture currently available on the magnitude of this pressing problem. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SCLC) also monitors hate groups and other extremists throughout the United States and expose their activities. Research indicates that “…there are 932 known hate groups operating across the country, including neo-Nazis, Klansmen, white nationalists, neo-Confederates, racist skinheads, and others.” (Southern Poverty Law Center) According to the research done on this phenomenon by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of hate groups is growing. American communities have learned that failure to address hate-based crimes can cause an isolated incident to result in widespread tension.
This year’s theme for the International Hate Studies Conference is Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding the Nature of Hate, Crafting Models for Combating Hatred, and Implications for Practice. The conference materials indicate that this theme is being explored through the four main areas of education, research, practice, and advocacy. Papers from different theoretical or disciplinary lenses are invited such as those from history, communications, psychology, social psychology, evolutionary psychology, anthropology, sociology, criminal justice, law, biology, business, economics, theology, religious studies, political science, literature, philosophy, education, and more. Inquiries regarding this conference should be submitted to: againsthate@gonzaga.edu
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