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 = computed 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
X = conferences in Australia
MAY
2-5 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists 2015 ASM, Adelaide, SA X
3-7 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2015 Congress, Brisbane, QLD X
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 X
4-8 19th Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, Melbourne, VIC X
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
7-10 11th Warsaw International Student Medical Congress, Warsaw, Poland
8-12 Immunology 2015 AAI Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA
9-10 Fat Grafting Southeast Asia Summit 2015, Singapore
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 X
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
16-19 Digestive Diseases Week, Washington DC, USA
18 Imaging in Dementia, London, UK
19-21 Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress, Liverpool, UK
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 X
24-27 National Rural Health Alliance 13th National Rural Health Conference, Darwin, NT X
24-28 14th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine, Quebec City, Canada
25-26 AHRO International Ebola Forum, Accra, Ghana
25-29 15th International Congress on Radiation Research, Kyoto, Japan
27-29 Activity Based Funding Conference 2015, Adelaide, SA X
28-30 7th World Congress Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Society, Ghent, Belgium
29-31 International Cardiovascular Nutrition Healthcare Conference, Chicago, USA
30 May-5 Jun International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 23rd annual meeting, Toronto, Canada
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 X
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
14-18 21st Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Honolulu, USA
14-19 Infections of the Nervous System: Pathogenesis and Worldwide Impact, Hong Kong
16-18 Digital Health and Care Congress, London, UK
16-19 International Society of Ocular Oncology Biennial Meeting, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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
22-23 Transfer of Care Conference, Sydney, NSW X
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
23-24 World Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Summit 2015, Boston, USA
23-25 International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics, Budapest, Hungary
24-27 World Psychiatric Association 2015 Bucharest Congress, Bucharest, Romania
24-27 International Society for Stem Cell Research 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
24-27 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery – 29th International Congress and Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
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
29-30 2nd Annual Southeast Asia Healthcare Summit 2015, Bali, Indonesia
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
JULY
1-4 8th Frontiers in Immunology Research International Conference, Albufeira, Portugal
5-12 NAIDOC Week
7-11 International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society 2015 Congress, Yokohama, Japan
8-10 Infectious Diseases World Summit, Boston, USA
8-11 4th World Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Conference, Stockholm, Sweden
8-11 5th World Congress of the International Academy of Oral Oncology, Sao Paolo, Brazil
12-17 Staphylococcal Diseases 2015, Lucca, Italy
19-31 13th International Course on Epilepsy, Venice, Italy
25-27 International Academy of Cardiology, Annual Scientific Sessions 2015, 20th World Congress on Heart Disease, Vancouver, Canada
26-27 6th International Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry Regional ISBS Conference, “Stress and behaviour”, Kobe, Japan
26-28 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Winter Symposium, Alice Springs, NT
26-30 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics 2015, Las Vegas, USA
30-31 ASEAN Neuroscience 2015, Singapore
- Cate Swannell