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July 28-29 2008, Auckland/August 4-5, Wellington: Implementing Effective Health Audits Ensuring Quality and Compliance in the Health Sector Are you looking to gain the skills you need to effectively conduct an internal healthcare audit at your health service provider? Learn what you need to reduce risk and improve the quality of care and service in your organisation. More information>>
4 - 8 August 2008, APAN26 Sustainable Networking Meeting, Queenstown
New Zealand's premier digital event for 2008 - APAN26 (in conjunction with the University of Canterbury's High Performance Research Symposium) - showcases first-hand how ICT and advanced networks like KAREN are accelerating research and collaboration in the Asia Pacific region and are contributing towards environmental, regional and operational sustainability. The 26th Asia Pacific Advanced Network conference is an opportunity not to be missed for New Zealand's education and research sector to connect with power users of advanced network applications and services. More information>>
5-6 August 2008, New Zealand Society for Oncology Conference 2008, Christchurch Town Hall
International speakers at the NZSO and clinically-orientated joint conference with the Medical Oncology Group of Australia (MOGA) and the Australasian Faculty of Radiation Oncology (FRO) More information>>
9 - 23 August 2008, 7th European Summer Academy on Bioethics 2008, Germany
Places are still available at the Academy, which is aimed at students enrolled in medicine, biology, philosophy, theology and law who want to learn more about basic ethical concepts in relation to current biomedical research and development. More information>>
24-26 August 2008: Annual meeting of ASCEPT (Australasian Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacologist and Toxicologists), Queenstown. More information>>
23 - 27 August 2008, 26th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research, Queenstown
The conference encourages interaction between a wide range of academic and clinical brain research disciplines including anatomy, kinesiology, molecular biology, neural modelling, neurochemistry, neurology, pharmacology, physiology and psychology. The deadline for Abstracts and Early Bird registration fees is 16 May 2008. More information>>
29 August 2008, Twenty Years After The Cartwright Report: What Have We Learned? The Hyatt Regency, Auckland
Speakers include Dame Silvia Cartwright, Sandra Coney, Ron Paterson and others who participated in the inquiry. (HRC Conference Grant 2008 recipient) More information>>
4-6 September 2008, New Zealand Association of Occupational Therapists (NZAOT) National Conference, Palmerston North
Theme: Inspiration – Energy – Action. More information>>
8 - 9 September 2008, 3rd International Asian Health and Wellbeing Conference, Auckland
The theme of this year's conference is "Building Healthy Communities: North and South" and is being organised by the Centre for Asian Health Research and Evaluation (CAHRE) at the University of Auckland's School of Population Health. A post-conference symposium will be held in Christchurch on 11 September. More information>>
9 -12 September 2008, 2nd Brain Plasticity Symposium, Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Australia
Leading scientists from around the world will speak about brain plasticity, ranging from cellular and molecular through to systems neuroscience, with an overall focus on the understanding of neural function in development, health and disease. More information>>
24 - 27 September 2008, 6th World Stroke Congress, Vienna, Austria
This Congress is under the auspices of the World Stroke Organisation, a recently formed society that amalgamates the International Stroke Society and the World Stroke Federation. The programme for Vienna will cover a range of subjects including stroke prevention, acute stroke treatment and stroke rehabilitation. The Congress will include both health professional and community based stroke support presentations for the first time at an international level. More information>>
20 - 22 October 2008, The 13th International Symposium for Health Information Management & Research (ISHIMR), The Hilton, Auckland
Organised jointly by Massey University and the University of Sheffield, ISHIMR 2008 brings together people who are carrying out, or are interested in, research and progress in health information management and health informatics and is being held in the southern hemisphere for the first time. This year's theme is “The Changing Face of Health Informatics and Health Information Management.” More information>>
23-24 October 2008, 10th Australasian Schizophrenia Conference ASC08, Mantra Erskine Beach Resort, Lorne Victoria, Australia
The Great Open Road to Recovery. The latest research in a variety of areas including cognition, neurodevelopment, neuroscience, psychosocial treatments, drug therapies and epidemiology. More information>>
16 - 20 November 2008, EPSM – ABEC 2008, Christchurch Convention Centre, Christchurch
Innovations in Patient Care Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference. Advances in the delivery of radiation therapy for cancer and diagnostic imaging techniques will be presented as well as progress in clinical engineering technologies. (HRC Conference Grant 2008 recipient) More information>>
17 - 18 November 2008, Psycho - Oncology New Zealand Conference, Palmerston North Convention Centre
The conference theme is: Winds of Change. For more information, please email: suepeck@xtra.co.nz.
25 - 28 November 2008, MedSci 2008 Conference, Queenstown.
The Medical Sciences Congress brings together a number of Scientific Societies whose members are some of the leading thinkers in basic biomedical research in New Zealand. The theme for the 2008 meeting is: “Images of Medical Science: Insights into Health and Disease”. More information>>
3 - 5 December 2008, Global Forum on Bioethics in Research, Auckland
Hosted by the HRC Ethics Committee, the Forum brings together delegates from developing countries to share experiences and discuss issues. The theme for the 2008 Forum is the ethics of research involving indigenous peoples and vulnerable populations. More information>>
4-6 December 2008, 3rd FAONS Symposium, (Federation of Asian-Oceanian Neuroscience Societies) in conjunction with the Thai Neuroscience Society (TNS), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Developments in basic and clinical neuroscience research at an international forum for researchers and clinician neuroscientists. More information>>
7 - 9 May 2009, Neuromuscular Alliance 50th Anniversary Conference, Window on Tomorrow, Sky City, Auckland
A milestone event, this will be a worldwide cutting-edge exposition of the latest in science, medicine and research into neuromuscular conditions. More Information>>
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