Scientific Meeting Calendar NOTE: ANYONE MAY UPDATE THIS FILE Edits: Added entries for ASH, ECO, ASCO, IASP, ENS MAY American Society of Hypertension - ASH May 14-17, 2008 New Orleans <a href="http://www.ash-us.org/annual_meeting/" target="_blank">http://www.ash-us.org/annual_meeting/</a> European Congress on Obesity - ECO May 14-17, 2008 Geneva, Switzerland <a href="http://www.eco2008.org/" target="_blank">http://www.eco2008.org/</a> American Thoracic Society - ATS 2008 May 16-21 Toronto, Ontario, Canada <a href="http://www.thoracic.org/sections/meetings-and-courses/international-conference/2008/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.thoracic.org/sections/meetings-and-courses/international-conference/2008/index.html</a> Digestive Disease Week - DDW 2008 May 17-22 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA <a href="http://www.ddw.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ddw.org/</a> American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO May 30-June 3, 2008 Chicago <a href="http://www.asco.org/ASCO/Meetings/ASCO+Annual+Meeting" target="_blank">http://www.asco.org/ASCO/Meetings/ASCO+Annual+Meeting</a> European Society of Human Genetics - ESHG The European Human Genetics Conference 2008 May 31-June 3, 2008 Barcelona, Spain <a href="http://www.eshg.org/" target="_blank">http://www.eshg.org/</a> JUNE American Diabetes Association - ADA June 6-10, 2008 San Francisco, California <a href="http://professional.diabetes.org/Congress_Display.aspx?TYP=9&CID=58000" target="_blank">http://professional.diabetes.org/Congress_Display.aspx?TYP=9&CID=58000</a> European Neurological Society - ENS June 7-11, 2008 Nice, France <a href="http://www.akm.ch/ens2008/" target="_blank">http://www.akm.ch/ens2008/</a> Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance - ESCMID June 15-21, 2008 Palma de Mallorca, Spain <a href="http://www.escmid.org" target="_blank">http://www.escmid.org</a> JULY AUGUST International Association for the Study of Pain - IASP 12th World Congress on Pain August 17-22, 2008 Glasgow, Scotland, UK <a href="http://www.iasp-pain.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=World_Congress_on_pain&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=1843" target="_blank">http://www.iasp-pain.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=World_Congress_on_pain&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=1843</a> SEPTEMBER OCTOBER American Assoc. for the Study of Liver Diseases - AASLD Oct 31-Nov 4 Boston NOVEMBER American Heart Association - AHA Nov 6-12 New Orleans American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting November 11-15, 2008 Philadelphia, PA <a href="http://genetics.faseb.org/genetics/ashg/menu-annmeet.shtml" target="_blank">http://genetics.faseb.org/genetics/ashg/menu-annmeet.shtml</a> DECEMBER American Society of Hematology - ASH Dec 9-12 Orlando, FL -- Procedure For Updating Calendar When adding or modifying entries, please follow these steps: 1. Copy the complete text from the old calendar. You can find a pointer to this list in the “iBox” at the top of the main message-board screen. 2. Make your additions or modifications, inserting any new items in chronological order. 3. Near the top of the message, give a very brief description of your changes (e.g. “Edits: Added entry for AASLD”). 4. Post the updated calendar in a new message in reply to the message with the old calendar.