This calendar will be updated each month. If you have an event you would like to add, please include relevant details in an email to cswannell@mja.com.au
ALM = active learning module
ASM = annual scientific meeting
CPD = continuing professional development
CT = computerised tomography
ECHO/echo = echocardiography
EMAC = effective management of anaesthetic crises
MRI = magnetic resonance imaging
OSCE = objective structured clinical examination
SAT SET = supervisors and trainers for surgical education and training
APRIL
7-11 17th International Neuroscience Winters Conference, Soelden, Austria
8-10 Interprofessional Health, Education and Practice International Conference, Melbourne VIC ?
10-12 Asian Oncology Summit, Shanghai, China
10-12 Viral Hepatitis Summit 2015, Shanghai, China
10-12 9th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies, Noosa, QLD ?
11-12 World Congress on Angiogenesis 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
11-14 Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand 68th ASM, Adelaide, SA ?
12–15 RCOG/RANZCOG Joint World Congress, Brisbane, QLD ?
12-16 International Congress of the Immunology of Diabetes Society, Munich, Germany
14-16 Obesity Summit, London UK
15-17 World Cornea Congress VII, San Diego, California, USA
15-17 International Medical Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine
15-18 13th World Organization of Family Doctors Rural Health Conference 2015, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
15-18 30th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International, Perth, WA ?
15-18 14th Asian Australasian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Jeju, Republic of Korea
15-18 International DIP Symposium on Diabetes, Hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome and Pregnancy, Berlin, Germany
15-18 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 2015, Nice, France
16 Sydney Diabetic Foot Conference, Sydney, NSW ?
16-18 4th World Congress of Dermoscopy, Vienna, Austria
16-19 2nd World Congress on Controversies in Pediatrics (CoPedia), Budapest, Hungary
17-20 4th International Congress on Dual Disorders and Dual Psycho-Pathology, Barcelona, Spain
19-22 Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand 18th Annual Congress, Melbourne, VIC ?
21-23 Bio-IT World Conference and Expo, Boston, USA
21-25 World Conference on Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
22-26 50th International Liver Congress 2015, Vienna, Austria
23-24 International Conference in Neuroscience and Pharmacology 2015, Riga, Latvia
23-25 6th IVI International Congress – Reproductive Medicine and Beyond, Alicante, Spain
23-25 International Student Scientific Conference, Gdansk, Poland
23-26 3rd World Congress on Controversies, Debates and Consensus in Bone, Muscle and Joint Diseases, Montreal, Canada
24-25 10th International Kidney Cancer Symposium, Lyon, France
25-26 Respiratory Effectiveness Group Asia Pacific Summit 2015, Singapore
26-29 2015 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Improving the Outcomes, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
27-29 2015 Stem Cell Summit, Boston, USA
27-29 2015 Diabetes Summit, Boston, USA
27-30 World Medical Innovation Forum: Neurosciences, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
29 Apr-2 May 13th International Symposium on Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Washington DC, USA
29 Apr-2 May 6th NWAC World Anaesthesia Convention, Vancouver, Canada
29 Apr-2 May 20th Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE
30 Apr-2 May World Organization of Family Doctors East Mediterranean region conference, Dubai, UAE
30 Apr-3 May Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2015 World Congress, Seattle, USA
MAY
2–5 Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists 2015 ASM, Adelaide, SA ?
3–7 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2015 Congress, Brisbane, QLD ?
4-6 7th International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops, Vancouver, Canada
4-7 Global Conference on Radiation Topics, Munich, Germany
4-8 RACS 84th Annual Scientific Congress: Ethics in Surgery, and Surgery of war, Perth, WA ?
4-8 19th Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, Melbourne, VIC ?
6-7 Pediatric Critical Care Course 2015, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
6-9 World Organization of Family Doctors Africa region conference, Accra, Ghana
7-10 21st World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility, Guilin, China
7-10 4th International Congress of EuroELSO 2015, Regensburg, Germany
10-12 Stroke Rehab: From No-Tech to Go-Tech, Christchurch, NZ
11-12 4th International Workshop in Clinical Forensic Medicine, Montpellier, France
11–13 ANZCA Ultrasound in anaesthetics and critical care, Gold Coast, QLD ?
13-16 10th International Society for Apheresis Congress, Cancun, Mexico
14-17 5th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain, Nice, France
14-17 17th Congress of the International Headache Society, Valencia, Spain
14-18 Asian Congress of Nutrition, Yokohama, Japan
16-19 22nd Annual International “Stress and Behaviour” Neuroscience and Biopsychiatry Conference, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
20-22 1st International Congress on Controversies to Consensus in Primary and Outpatient Care, Tel Aviv, Israel
21-22 2nd International Emirates Conference on Minimally Invasive Surgery and NOTES, Abu Dhabi, UAE
22-23 4th Annual UAE Epilepsy Congress, Dubai, UAE
23-26 17th International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
24-27 RACP Congress 2015: Breaking boundaries, creating connections; Cairns, QLD ?
24-27 National Rural Health Alliance 13th National Rural Health Conference, Darwin, NT ?
24-28 14th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine, Quebec City, Canada
25-29 15th International Congress on Radiation Research, Kyoto, Japan
27-29 Activity Based Funding Conference 2015, Adelaide, SA ?
28-30 7th World Congress Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Society, Ghent, Belgium
30 May-5 Jun International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 23rd annual meeting
31 May-4 Jun 10th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain, Seattle, Washington USA
JUNE
2-4 International Cancer Screening Network Meeting, Rotterdam, Netherlands
3-4 International Conference on Antioxidant and Degenerative Diseases, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3-6 24th Asian and Oceanic Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sarawak, Malaysia
3-6 17th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, Toronto, Canada
5-6 Singapore Hepatitis Conference, Singapore
5-7 Combined Congress of the 12th Hong Kong International Orthopaedic Forum, the 10th Asia Pacific Spine Society, and the Asia Pacific Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, Hong Kong
6-9 6th World Glaucoma Congress, Hong Kong
6-11 International Neuromodulation Society 12th World Congress, Montreal, Canada
7-11 2015 International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media, National Harbor, USA
9–12 ANZCA Ultrasound in intensive care, Gold Coast, QLD
10-12 The Human Microbiome, Heidelberg, Germany
11-13 31st Fetus as Patient Congress, St Petersburg, Russia
11-13 International Congress on Obesity Management, London, UK
11-14 5th Asian Vaccine Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam
14-18 17th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Drug Delivery Systems, Salt Lake City, USA
14-19 Infections of the Nervous System: Pathogenesis and Worldwide Impact, Hong Kong
16-18 Digital Health and Care Congress, London, UK
18-19 4th International Conference on Interventional Pain Medicine and Neuromodulation, Torun, Poland
19-23 9th World Congress of the International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Berlin, Germany
20-25 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2015 Congress, Toronto, Canada
21-23 8th International Symposium on Focal Therapy and Imaging in Prostate and Kidney Cancer, Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands
22-24 5th International Regional “Stress and Behaviour” Neuroscience and Biopsychiatry Conference, Miami, USA
23-24 2nd Annual Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Asia Congress, Singapore
23-25 International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics, Budapest, Hungary
24-27 World Psychiatric Association 2015 Bucharest Congress, Bucharest, Romania
26-28 Global Viral Hepatitis Summit – 15th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, Berlin, Germany
27-30 International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and Function & 12th International Conference on Quantification of Brain Function with PET, Vancouver, Canada
28-30 5th International Meeting: Challenges in Endourology and Functional Urology, Paris, France
29 Jun-2 Jul Childhood Obesity Conference 2015, San Diego, USA
29 Jun-2 Jul International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists: Psychiatry at the Forefront of Science, Birmingham, UK
30 Jun-3 Jul 6th Congress of the Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia Oceania, Singapore
- Cate Swannell