Meetings

The world's leading ocular oncology scientists and clinicians meet to discuss the latest research and treatment developments in eye cancer. The Ocular Oncogenesis and Oncology Conference (OOO) is held by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARV0) in partnership with the Champalimaud Foundation, July 18-21 at the Champalimaud Centre in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference features international experts from ophthalmic and cancer centers from around the world, including the Americas, Asia and Europe.

Today, the American Society of Hematology (ASH) will convene laboratory investigators, clinical researchers, regulators, patient advocates, and industry leaders in Washington, D.C., for the ASH Summit on Emerging Immunotherapies for Hematologic Diseases.

How have the markedly different land use histories in Scandinavia and the UK affected the flora and fauna, both above and below ground, and their function in these ecotones? What are the implications for rural policy and land use of the current heightened dynamic flux in both climate and politics?

Journalists who register for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') 256th National Meeting & Exposition in Boston will have access to more than 10,000 presentations on the meeting's theme, 'Nanoscience, Nanotechnology & Beyond,' and many more topics, including food and nutrition, medicine, health, energy and the environment. The meeting, one of the largest scientific conferences of the year, will be held August 19-23 in Boston.

Many coastal habitats are now recognized for their important contribution to flood defense. Seawater flooding threatens these ecosystems. Researchers sought to quantify salinity tolerance in a widespread and abundant native coastal plant species in Hawaii: Jacquemontia sandwicensis (Convolvulaceae).

The 17th International Conference on Organized Molecular Films (ICOMF) in Brooklyn, NY, USA, during July 23th-27th 2018 will provide a unique opportunity for chemists, physicists, biologists, material scientists, polymer scientists, chemical engineers and researchers in related fields to gather and discuss their latest results in the field of molecular thin films, colloids, nanoparticles, nanostructures, nanoobjects, and bio-inspired systems, and to develop and extend international collaborations.

The workshop being held at the 2018 ASHS Annual Conference entitled "Information Is Everywhere! How Do I Protect It and Use It Properly" will guide participants through the practical knowledge of protecting their work and lawfully using the work of others.

Conquer Chiari Research Center (CCRC) will hold an open house on Saturday, July 21, at The University of Akron, Ohio. The CCRC conducts research on Chiari malformation, a congenital neurological condition in which brain tissue extends to the spinal canal, affecting the cerebellum. The open house features research presentations by CCRC faculty and student poster presentations. Dr. Jahangir Maleki, pain neurologist from Cleveland Clinic Foundation, will be keynote. Research will be conducted on site.

The ESC Congress 2018 press programme is announced today. Journalists are invited to six late breaking science press conferences plus three press conferences with the themes. * Is this really good for you? Challenging conventional wisdom * The ZZZs of heart health: the art of good sleeping * The mind and the heart

The Molecular Analysis for Personalised therapy (MAP) Congress is a one-of-a-kind meeting designed to answer the critical question about how to integrate the wealth of information coming from the analysis of tumour samples into daily practice.

Developing alternative water resources for irrigation of specialty crops is a critical need. Conference sessions address how to more efficiently irrigate plants at home and in commercial greenhouses, using sand filters in landscaping, where water reduction will become helpful, converting to recycled water, and the economics and the situation.

The Monell Center, in partnership with the University of Florida Center for Smell and Taste and the Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, will host an interdisciplinary two-day conference in November 2018 to establish a roadmap for treatment-focused research on smell and taste disorders. The groundbreaking meeting, entitled "Identifying Treatments for Taste and Smell Disorders," will include both scientific and patient-focused sessions.

The ICTA-UAB will organize the fifth edition of the Summer School on Degrowth and Environmental Justice from June 25 to July 6. The theme of this year is "Making Sense by Democracy, Non-Violence, and Conviviality" which will tackle the role of degrowth and environmental justice in the transformations towards a fairer society.

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is collaborating with the Emirates Society for Rheumatology (ESR) to co-host their 4th Annual Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 19-21, 2018.

Scientific evidence as an answer to fake news -- this is the guiding idea of the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which has been opened today in Lindau, Germany. Until June 29, 39 Nobel Laureates and 600 international young scientists will be gathered together for exchange at Lake Constance. This year's meeting is dedicated to physiology and medicine with special emphasis on the role of science in a 'post-truth age', research on the inner clock, genetic engineering as well as scientific publication practices.

Verner De Biasi, Head of Digital Data and Analytics, PTS, GSK R&D, presents at the Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Healthcare Forum at the EMBO/Basel Life Conference.

The American Psychological Association's 126th annual convention will take place Aug. 9-12, 2018, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Media registration is now open for The Geological Society of America's 130th Annual Meeting & Exposition, to be held November 4-7, 2018 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

More than 100 experts will convene to discuss the emerging field of research, which aims to design systems for safer, more efficient operations and to advance the understanding of the relationship between the brain and everyday human tasks.

Insilico Medicine presents at the Advanced Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Drug Discovery & Development Conference, organized by BIS Group. The presentation will focus on the application of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for generation of novel small organic molecules with the desired set of pharmacological properties.

The digital transformation will provide our societies and individuals with tremendous opportunities. Yet, at the same time, unprecedented safety, legal, privacy and ethical issues need to be addressed in order to fully benefit from the given chances. Honoring a topic that is presently hotly debated in Japan and also in Germany the first Science Days are devoted to Society 5.0 - Chances and Risks of Digital Transformation and the Responsibility of Universities.

Groundbreaking research will be revealed at this year's ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer (June 20-23, 2018, Barcelona, Spain), celebrating 20 years of clinical progress in a group of diseases that affect both men and women worldwide.

ESMO, the leading European professional organization for medical oncology, has announced that the ESMO 2020 Annual Congress will take place from Sept. 18 to 22, 2020, at the IFEMA - Feria de Madrid, Spain.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) will host its 60th Annual Meeting at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, October 18-24, 2018. The meeting will feature updates from clinical trials and cancer research involving radiation therapy.