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Bacteriophages (phages) are arguably the most abundant biological entities on the planet. They play crucial roles in driving the adaptive evolution of their bacterial hosts, and achieve this both through the predator-prey roles of the phage-bacterium interaction and through the adaptive impacts of lysogeny and lysogenic conversion.  Bacteriophages are the source of many biochemical reagents and technologies, indispensible for modern molecular biology. Furthermore, phages are being exploited in other areas of biotechnology, including diagnostics, prophylaxis and other aspects of food microbiology. In recent years there has been a growing interest in developing phages for therapeutic purposes (phage therapy) as natural alternatives to antibiotics. The inexorable rise in the incidence of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens, coupled with the disappointingly low rate of emergence of new, clinically useful antibiotics, has refocused attention on the potential utility of phages for treating human and animal disease. Examples of the roles of phages in fundamental biological research and in medical and industrial biotechnologies will be discussed at this meeting

Clarion Events hosts a mechanised forces conference and exhibition to bring senior military and industry personnel to cover force mechanisation in the region

Singapore, November 10 –The increasing trend of the mechanisation of armies in Asia is inline with the overall modernisation of armed forces. For mechanised forces over $4.4bn was made available in 2011; this is expected to reach $5.4 billion by 2021. This demonstrates that the increasing trend for the mechanisation of armies in Asia is a prominent issue.

A case in point is Malaysia. The Malaysian Ministry of Defence is planning to purchase 32 Anoa armoured vehicles from the Indonesian defence industry, Indonesian Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has said. The Detik.com news portal quoted the minister as saying, "The sale of 32 armoured vehicles has been conducted. The contract had already been set." According to earlier media reports, the Malaysian order was worth $80m. The Anoa armoured vehicle is fitted with 320hp 7,000cc engines manufactured by Mercedes Benz and Renault. The Indonesian vehicle is also used by UN peacekeeping forces that are deployed in several conflict areas.

There have been many developments around the Southeast Asian region that include Thailand, Philippines and Singapore towards the development of armoured fighting vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles to effectively transport and support troops to the battlefield. Armour and infantry integration has taken a primacy in the doctrinal developments of the armies in Asia because they see it as an essential force multiplier for this type of operating environment and terrain. They are agile, mobile and with the right kind of equipment and technologies can be very lethal.

With this in mind, the time is right for a conference covering the integration of armoured and infantry forces in the battlefield. Clarion Events is hosting Mechanised Forces Technology Asia on the 30th – 31st January 2011. The conference brings together the armour and infantry communities in Asia, featuring top army presenters who will be addressing the latest requirements for Asian armies. It will cover the topic areas of armoured vehicles and armoured vehicle technology procurement and use, the integration of infantry and armour to create a mechanised force and force multipliers to ensure that integration.

About Clarion Events

Clarion Events specialise in high-level defence and security events which are created with the input of a panel of senior level government, military and industry advisors. Extensive research and dialogue with these contacts ensure our events reflect the most important issues facing you and the wider defence and security community today. By making it our primary mission to work closely with the Asian defence community, including all senior stakeholders and leaders we are able to create the most effective programmes for the Asian market. Our events provide the ideal venue for these high level delegates to meet, share ideas, discuss industry developments, conduct business, develop partnerships and network for future growth.

The International Association of Asian Studies will host its 20th national conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 13-18, 2012. This conference is expected to have more than 3,000 attendees. In addition, not fewer than 325 research sessions, roundtables, panel discussions, performances and poster sessions will be scheduled throughout the week. In addition to the many scholarly sessions, the conference will include exhibitors, a career fair and health screenings.

Persons interested in presenting a paper, roundtable, etc. should submit an abstract, not to exceed two (2) pages, that is related to Asian and Asian-American experiences. Subjects may include, but are not limited to: literature, demographics, history, politics, economics, education, health care, fine arts, religion, social sciences, business and many other subjects. Please indicate the time required for presentation of your paper (25 OR 45 minutes).

Interested scholars should submit his/her abstract with presenter’s name, institution/organization, address phone, and email no later than Saturday, November 5, 2011. Please forward abstracts to Dr. Lemuel Berry, Jr., Executive Director, NAAAS and Affiliates, PO Box 6670, Scarborough, ME 04070-6670 or by fax to 207/839-3776 or via email to naaasconference@earthlink.net.

The National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates will host its 20th national conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 13-18, 2012. This conference is expected to have more than 3,000 attendees. In addition, not fewer than 325 research sessions, roundtables, panel discussions, performances and poster sessions will be scheduled throughout the week. In addition to the many scholarly sessions, the conference will include exhibitors, a career fair and health screenings.

Persons interested in presenting a paper, roundtable, etc. should submit an abstract, not to exceed two (2) pages, that is related to African and African American experiences. Subjects may include, but are not limited to: literature, demographics, history, politics, economics, education, health care, fine arts, religion, social sciences, business and many other subjects. Please indicate the time required for presentation of your paper (25 OR 45 minutes).

Interested scholars should submit his/her abstract with presenter’s name, institution/organization, address phone, and email no later than Saturday, November 5, 2011. Please forward abstracts to Dr. Lemuel Berry, Jr., Executive Director, NAAAS and Affiliates, PO Box 6670, Scarborough, ME 04070-6670 or by fax to 207/839-3776 or via email to naaasconference@earthlink.net.

The National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies will host its 20th national conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 13-18, 2012. This conference is expected to have more than 3,000 attendees. In addition, not fewer than 325 research sessions, roundtables, panel discussions, performances and poster sessions will be scheduled throughout the week. In addition to the many scholarly sessions, the conference will include exhibitors, a career fair and health screenings.

Persons interested in presenting a paper, roundtable, etc. should submit an abstract, not to exceed two (2) pages, that is related to Hispanic, Latino and Chicano experiences. Subjects may include, but are not limited to: literature, demographics, history, politics, economics, education, health care, fine arts, religion, social sciences, business and many other subjects. Please indicate the time required for presentation of your paper (25 OR 45 minutes).

Interested scholars should submit his/her abstract with presenter’s name, institution/organization, address phone, and email no later than Saturday, November 5, 2011. Please forward abstracts to Dr. Lemuel Berry, Jr., Executive Director, NAAAS and Affiliates, PO Box 6670, Scarborough, ME 04070-6670 or by fax to 207/839-3776 or via email to naaasconference@earthlink.net.

The National Association of Native American Studies will host its 20th national conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 13-18, 2012. This conference is expected to have more than 3,000 attendees. In addition, not fewer than 325 research sessions, roundtables, panel discussions, performances and poster sessions will be scheduled throughout the week. In addition to the many scholarly sessions, the conference will include exhibitors, a career fair and health screenings.

Persons interested in presenting a paper, roundtable, etc. should submit an abstract, not to exceed two (2) pages, that is related to Native American and Indigenous Peoples experiences. Subjects may include, but are not limited to: literature, demographics, history, politics, economics, education, health care, fine arts, religion, social sciences, business and many other subjects. Please indicate the time required for presentation of your paper (25 OR 45 minutes).

Interested scholars should submit his/her abstract with presenter’s name, institution/organization, address phone, and email no later than Saturday, November 5, 2011. Please forward abstracts to Dr. Lemuel Berry, Jr., Executive Director, NAAAS and Affiliates, PO Box 6670, Scarborough, ME 04070-6670 or by fax to 207/839-3776 or via email to naaasconference@earthlink.net.

You are called upon to develop the concepts, information infrastructure, and management of processes that will move your business to the next level of responsiveness and improve and extend the capabilities for business partnering across the organisation. To do this, it is critical to make visible progress in transforming the finance function and its core processes. As you move into the new normal of uncertainty and fundamental change, you must be equipped with the tools and knowledge. This programme is designed to help you chart your roadmap, learn from trusted experiences, benchmark your performance levels and prepare for the evolving delivery models that will allow for growth, flexibility and sustainability. Whether you are a CFO on a mission for improved business partnering, a Process Owner looking for end-to-end ownership, a Controller looking to master general ledger reconciliations, a Procurement Lead looking to align with Finance, A Sourcing Strategist looking to create flexible and scalable models, a Shared Services Lead looking to transition your mature processes into a centre of excellence, or a Global Finance Lead looking to move from a local to global approach with the right operating model, this programme has you covered. Choose from sessions catering to the following: Achieveing Finance Process Excellence * Modelling Global Process Ownership * Improving O2C Through Payables Automation * New Guidelines for EU E-Invoicing Legal Compliance * Leveraging HR and A/P as a Backbone for Building Better P2P and Vendor Management Processes * Fixed Based, Transaction Based, FTE Based...Methods for Cost Allocation * Management of Master Data in Shared Services Vision & Strategy * Manoeuvring Through M&A * Emerging Markets, Evolving Landscapes * Training, Education & Communication * Connecting Finance with Procurement for True End-to-End Visibility * Designing & Implementing Sustainable Governance * From Local to Global High Performance Through BPO * Next Generation Mobility * Single-vendor vs. Multivendor Delivery * The Hybrid: How an Integrated Global Approach Serves the Best of Both Worlds * Smart Partnerships: Innovations in Contracting * Developing a Highly Effective Transition Programme

The Center for Islamic Studies (CIS) will host its national conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 16-18, 2012. This conference is expected to host 500 persons from across the United States and many foreign countries. The conference will have no fewer than 250 research sessions, panel discussions, roundtables and other appropriate formats for sharing of information. A number of special events will also be scheduled for attendees.

Persons interested in presenting a paper, roundtable, etc. should submit an abstract, not to exceed two (2) pages, which relate to any aspect of Islam. Subjects may include, but are not limited to: history, Muslim religion, beliefs and practices, role of women, education, Islam in popular culture, world affairs, etc. Please indicate the time required for presentation of your paper (25 OR 45 minutes).

Interested scholars should submit his/her abstract with presenter’s name, institution/organization, address phone, and email no later than Saturday, November 5, 2011. Please forward abstracts to Dr. Lemuel Berry, Jr., Executive Director, NAAAS and Affiliates, PO Box 6670, Scarborough, ME 04070-6670 or by fax to 207/839-3776 or via email to naaasconference@earthlink.net

Continued improvement in the nation’s health depends upon the development of affordable and effective medicines and new therapeutic treatments. The last 20 years has seen the growth of a global healthcare industry based on human proteins produced in transformed mammalian cell lines, with a current market value of £30 billion/year. There is now an opportunity to replicate this growth in new industries using human stem cells in pharmaceutical and regenerative medicine applications. This meeting will focus on exploring the biological and engineering challenges which  lie ahead before cell based therapies can become an everyday reality.

"In the last 4 decades mammalian cell culture has matured from being merely a research tool into being one of the foundations of the biopharmaceutical industry, and its use is continuing to expand rapidly. In vitro models are replacing animals in many tests and assays; its enormous potential in the fields of stem cell and regenerative medicine has hardly started to be realized; and its utility in research grows ever faster".  Meeting Chair:  Dr John Davis, 

"In the last 4 decades mammalian cell culture has matured from being merely a research tool into being one of the foundations of the biopharmaceutical industry, and its use is continuing to expand rapidly. In vitro models are replacing animals in many tests and assays; its enormous potential in the fields of stem cell and regenerative medicine has hardly started to be realized; and its utility in research grows ever faster".  Meeting Chair:  Dr John Davis, 

After our first very successful  meeting  we are pleased to announce our  2nd Annual Regulatory Cells in Autoimmunity event: Analysing and moderating function which will take place in London on the 29 March 2012 This event  has CPD accreditation and will have a  discussion panel session.  

This is the 9th Annual event (originally called Improving Immunohistochemistry) and is the flagship meeting for Euroscicon.  Held in the centre of London this meeting draws together international experts to discuss the need for technical-based updates in the areas of immunohistochemistry, clinical and research based histopathology and in situ hybridisation. This meeting gathers together workings from clinical, academic and pharmaceutical organisations.

AES 2012, Advanced Electromagnetics Symposium will serve as an international multidisciplinary forum for deliberations on recent advances and developments in the entire broad field of electromagnetics. Included in this wide-ranging subject, pertinent to both researchers and industry professionals, are all aspects of electromagnetics, and all frequency ranges from statics to optics. Of special interest are advances in mathematical modeling; computational techniques applied to electromagnetic field problems at all frequency ranges; modeling and characterization of materials such as random materials, electroactive and magnetoactive materials, superconducting materials, metamaterials and plasmonics; radiation; propagation; diffraction; scattering; power; antennas and radomes; arrays; optimization techniques; electromagnetic field measurement techniques; electromagnetic CAD, EMC problems; coupled field problems: electromagnetic, thermal, mechanical fields; non-linear electromagnetic systems; bioeffects of electromagnetic fields; EM circuits and systems; communications; solid state integrated circuits; sensing and electronic systems engineering. Topics related to practical applications are also highly encouraged.

META’12, the 3rd International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics will cover the entire scope of Electromagnetic  & Nanophotonic Complex Materials, including metamaterials, photonic crystals and plasmonics. Special attention will be given to applications of these innovative materials in optical communication systems, antennas, high-speed circuits, optical sensing, nanoscale imaging, cloaking, biology and medicine,...

META’12 topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Metamaterials and negative index materials
2. Graphene metamaterials
3. Acoustic metamaterials
4. Biophotonic materials
5. Plasmonics and nanophotonics
6. Nanophotonics with gain media for loss compensation and spasing
7. Coherent processes in nanophotonics
8. Photonic crystals
9. Chiral and bianisotropic materials
10. Structured and disordered media
11. Transformational electromagnetics
12. Extraordinary transmission
13. Frequency selective structures and high impedance surfaces
14. Near-field optics and nano-optics
15. Analytical and numerical modelling of complex materials and structures
16. Experimental characterization techniques
17. Technologies and applications: micro and nanofabrication, active plasmonic components, cloaking, absorption, plasmonics for health, antennas, nanoantennas, nanoscale imaging, superlensing, hyperlensing, optical sensing, optical data storage...

Whilst biopharmaceuticals remain a major component of the global therapeutics market, the ever expanding portfolio of products losing patent protection and with increasing healthcare costs remaining a poignant issue, the opportunity for development of competing, follow on biologics remains an attractive proposition for both Biotech and Pharma companies alike.  This Euroscicon biosimilars conference will focus on multiple aspects of biosimilar product development to successfully deliver safe, biosimilar products to the market place.

The UK government has announced significant investment in renewable energy research throughout the UK.  UK researchers have been involved in the development of many new  processes and technologies.  Some companies have found it sufficiently economical to build UK biorefineries.  This meeting aims to bring researchers from all fields of renewable every together to share experiences and the latest technologies employed, maximising UK-wide collaboration and looking at access to funding opportunities.

Biomarkers identifying biological and physiological entities associated with disease are taking an increasingly important place at the tables of drug discovery and personalised medicine. Their discovery in biosamples requires the combined use of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics platforms. Whilst for their application, robust techniques combining exquisite sensitivity and specificity must be developed. This conference is focused on technologies that are driving advances in this area and their application at gene and expression level in solid and fluid biosamples.  As such this conference is targeted to provide leading edge information to researchers within the academic, biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors.

This event is discussion workshop, focused on the rapidly moving area of pluripotent cells. The aim is to bring together scientists to discuss important areas of work in this field with specific emphasis on practical technology. It offers participants a chance to explore aspects of the biology with the experts during round table and one-to one discussions.

Meeting Chair: Dr Glyn Stacey, UK Stem Cell Bank, Division of Cell Biology and Imaging.

The WorldCIS-2012 is an international forum dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practical implementation of security on the Internet and Computer Networks. The inability to properly secure the Internet, computer networks, protecting the Internet against emerging threats and vulnerabilities, and sustaining privacy and trust has been a key focus of research. The WorldCIS aims to provide a highly professional and comparativeacademic research forum that promotes collaborative excellence between academia and industry.

The purpose of this annual event is to look at the challenges facing therapeutic protein production and demystify some of the novel approaches and new technologies currently being developed

Professional antigen-presenting cells (APC) such as dendritic cells (DC) and macrophages play a critical role in the initiation and maintenance of a T cell-mediated immune response. APC are essential for T cell priming, differentiation and activation in lymphoid tissue and at sites of inflammation. Understanding the molecular mechanisms via which APC function can be controlled may give novel insights into how T cell mediated immunity may be induced or blocked. This meeting will highlight current research aimed at inducing dendritic cells with tolerogenic function in order to treat inflammatory disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis) as well as work aimed at boosting the immunostimulatory function of dendritic cells in the context of cancer. The meeting will also highlight recent progress on the suppressive effects of CD4+ regulatory T cells on APC function, and how these can be overcome.