Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 12:00:51 -0400 From: "Flynn Mclean" Subject: New Conference Listings 07/09/96 CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse Conference Calendar Database NEW CONFERENCE LISTINGS July 9, 1996 The Clearinghouse's Conference Calendar Database contains information about upcoming conferences related to HIV and AIDS. NAC ONLINE users can search this database by selecting "Clearinghouse Databases" from the NAC ONLINE main menu. When asked to enter a database name, specify "CONF" to search the Calendar. To access the NAC ONLINE BBS, set your communications software to dial (800) 851-7245, and set the options for 8 data bits, N parity, 1 stop bit, full duplex, and complete a new user questionnaire. Only non-profit organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and health departments are given full access to NAC ONLINE and the NAC databases. Overnight, 6 new listings were loaded to the Conference Calendar Database. Their records follow: TITLE: Patients: At the Intersection of Alternative Healthcare and Conventional Medicine DATE: October 29-31, 1996 LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA SPONSOR(S): Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians; Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine CONTACT: Alternative Healthcare Conference Registration, c/o InnoVision Management Services, 101 Columbia, Alisa Viejo, CA 92656-1491, (800) 899-0573, FAX: (714) 362-2020 EVENT TYPE: Conference TOPICS: Alternative therapies. Treatment. Physician education. Cancer. NOTES: Fee: Before September 28, $390; After September 28, $440. Medical students before September 28, $195; Medical students after September 28, $220. Daily registrations available. TITLE: Update from the XI International Conference on AIDS: Bringing the State of the Art to Your Clinical Practice DATE: July 26, 1996 LOCATION: Boston, MA SPONSOR(S): New England AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC); University of Massachusetts Medical School CONTACT: New England AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC), (617) 566-2283, FAX: (617) 566-2994, Internet email: neaetc@aol.com EVENT TYPE: Conference TOPICS: Treatment. Epidemiology. Diagnostic tests. Community organizations. Therapeutic drugs. HIV transmission. Nutrition. Pediatrics. Opportunistic infections. HIV prevention. Substance abuse. NOTES: Fee: $75 for physicians; $50 for other health care providers. Continuing medical education credits available. TITLE: IX Entretiens Jacques Cartier: AIDS Pathogenesis: Host and Viral Factors DATE: October 1-4, 1996 LOCATION: St. Adele, Canada SPONSOR(S): Voyages Eons CONTACT: Voyages Eons, 2325 Halpern, St. Laurent, Quebec, H4S 1S3, Canada, (514) 745-2330, FAX: (514) 745-3410, Internet email: eonscorp@interlink.net EVENT TYPE: Conference TOPICS: Virology. TITLE: Third International Workshop on HIV and Cells of Macrophage Lineage DATE: October 15-17, 1996 LOCATION: Lake Como, Italy SPONSOR(S): University of California, San Diego CONTACT: Richard Kornbluth, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine - 0679, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0679, (619) 552-7439, (612) 552-7445, Internet email: rkornbluth@ucsd.edu EVENT TYPE: Workshop TOPICS: Virology. TITLE: Fifth Western Pacific Congress on Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases DATE: December 1-4, 1996 LOCATION: Singapore, Singapore SPONSOR(S): Communications Consultants CONTACT: Communications Consultants, 336 Smith St., #06-302, New Bridge Centre, Singapore 0105, Republic of Singapore, 65-227- 9811, FAX: 65-227-0257 EVENT TYPE: Conference TOPICS: Cancer. Treatment. TITLE: First World Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; 15th Inter-American Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases DATE: December 4-7, 1996 LOCATION: Mexico City, Mexico SPONSOR(S): World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases CONTACT: World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Pediatria, P.O. Box 101-53, 04530 Mexico City, Mexico, FAX: 5-6066856 EVENT TYPE: Conference TOPICS: Pediatrics. Infants with HIV/AIDS. Information about additional conferences is welcome. Please send E-Mail to Flynn McLean (through NAC ONLINE, or fmclean@cdcnac.aspensys.com via the Internet) at the CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse; include the title, dates, site, sponsoring agency, contact information, registration fee, and topics to be discussed at the conference.