Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 15:34:54 -0400 From: "Flynn Mclean" Subject: New Conference Listings 10/15/96 CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse Conference Calendar Database NEW CONFERENCE LISTINGS October 15, 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: Meeting of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council DATE: October 29, 1996 LOCATION: Bethesda, MD SPONSOR(S): National Institutes of Health (NIH) CONTACT: Jeannette R. De Lawter, Program Analyst, Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 4B54, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 402-3357, FAX: (301) 402-3360 EVENT TYPE: Public Meeting TOPICS: Federal government. Funding sources. Research programs. TITLE: Western Regional Conference: Reducing Perinatal Transmission of HIV DATE: December 4-6, 1996 LOCATION: San Francisco, CA SPONSOR(S): Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center; Northwest AIDS Education and Training Center; University of California, San Francisco Department of Family and Community Medicine; National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center; University of California Universitywide AIDS Research Program CONTACT: Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center, (415) 502-8196 EVENT TYPE: Conference TOPICS: Women. Perinatal transmission. AZT. Counseling. Antibody tests. NOTES: Fee: $80; includes lunch and CME credit. TITLE: Statewide HIV/AIDS Policy Conference; 7th Annual DATE: February 25-27, 1997 LOCATION: Albany, NY SPONSOR(S): New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute CONTACT: New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute. (518) 473-2903 EVENT TYPE: Conference TOPICS: State government. TITLE: International Congress of Sexually Transmitted Diseases; 12th Meeting of the International Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) Held Jointly with the 2nd Regional Meeting of the International Union Against the Venereal Diseases and the Treponematoses (IUVDT) DATE: October 19-22, 1997 LOCATION: Seville, SP - Spain SPONSOR(S): International Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR); the International Union Against the Venereal Diseases and the Treponematoses (IUVDT) CONTACT: For USA and Canada: HCC, One Bridge Plaza, Ste. 350, Fort Lee, NJ 07024-9885, FAX: (201) 947-8406; Other countries, International Congress of STD, Apartado 6077. DPTO. Microbiologia, Facultad de Medicina, 41080 Seville, Spain, FAX: 34-5-4377413 EVENT TYPE: Conference TOPICS: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). HIV prevention. NOTES: Fee dependent upon date of registration and professional status. Abstract deadline is May 1, 1997. TITLE: International Congress of Chemotherapy; 20th DATE: June 29-July 3, 1997 LOCATION: Sydney, AU - Australia SPONSOR(S): Western Pacific Society of Chemotherapy CONTACT: 20th International Congress of Chemotherapy, 84 Queensbridge St., Southbank, Vic, Australia, 3006, Telephone: 61 3 9682 0244, FAX: 61 3 9682 0288, Internet email: 20icc@icms.com.au EVENT TYPE: Conference TOPICS: Epidemiology. Asians. Cancer. Virology. Treatment. Clinical trials. Vaccines. Research programs. Kaposis sarcoma. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Tuberculosis (TB). Hepatitis. Infection prevention. Therapeutic drugs. NOTES: Fee: Before January 31, 1997, $695; After January 31, 1997, $800; On-site, $850; all fees must be paid in Australian dollars. TITLE: American Red Cross 1997 Health and Safety Services Exhibition DATE: January 9-11, 1997 LOCATION: Albuquerque, NM SPONSOR(S): American Red Cross CONTACT: American Red Cross, 8111 Gatehouse Rd., Falls Church, VA 22042 EVENT TYPE: Conference TOPICS: HIV prevention. NOTES: Exhibition spaces available. 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.