Another medical conference launches in October at the Vancouver Convention Centre: the 21st FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics takes place between October 4th and 9th, bringing a packed program of workshops, plenary lectures, poster presentations and lectures to delegates. FIGO, the International Federation of...
For a former protein scientist, the arrival of the HUPO World Congress in Vancouver is a Big Deal. First, one of my ongoing Talk Science to Me projects is a subcontract writing primary research reviews for a proteomics blog. Second, I am a proteins #fangirl. Whenever...
This week, we give a big Vancouver welcome to the 20th World Congress on Heart Disease Conference. Organized by the International Academy of Cardiology, the conference kicks off on July 25th for a hearty three days of all things cardiovascular. The program runs to a whopping 55...
Next week, Vancouver welcomes the 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention to the Vancouver Convention Centre. According to the conference website, this biennial forum is expected to receive about 6,000 delegates from a wide range of HIV/AIDS disciplines around the world.
Organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS), the conference is also a partnership with the University of British Columbia (UBC) Division of AIDS, which works out of St. Paul’s, Providence Health Care’s downtown hospital.
In addition to learning through seminars and keynote presentations (find the full program here), delegates will have the opportunity to experience first-hand part of the continuum of care that Vancouver offers people with addiction and mental illness, as well as HIV. Conference attendees can sign up for an engagement tour of Insite, North America’s first legal supervised drug injection site, to learn about the city’s outreach to marginalized members of our community.
Another Vancouver venue opens its doors to a global conference this coming week: the Westin Bayshore, looking out across Coal Harbour to the North Shore, will welcome delegates to the 2015 International Conference on Cancer Nursing. This year’s conference theme is Cancer Nursing Research: Global Strategies and Implications...