Calendar

January 2012

18

EuroGentest2 General Assembly January 18 2012

The Netherlands

19	Joint EuroGentest/TECHGENE Scientific Symposium 2012	The Netherlands
	EuroGentest and TECHGENE are jointly organising a Scientific Symposium in Nijmegen, The Netherlands

25

ECPC-EURORDIS joint workshop on Rare Disease/Cancer Patient Registries

Belgium

February 2012

2 - 4

6émes Assises de Génétique Humaine et Médicale

France

2 - 5	Up Close and Personalized, International Congress on Personalized Medicine	Italy
	The main focus of the Up Close and Personalized Congress is to examine the essential clinical, genomic, proteomic, metabolomic, pharmacogenomic and biomarker data necessary to predict, prevent and treat major medical conditions concerning metabolism (diabetes and obesity), cardiovascular complications and cancer.

4 - 6	VII International Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs	Japan
	ICORD 2012 Conference

6 - 7	Workshop: An introduction to Quality Assurance in Genetic Diagnostic Laboratories	Sri Lanka
	Two interactive workshops each held over two days

9 - 10	Workshop India: An introduction to Quality Assurance in Genetic Diagnostic Laboratories	India
	Two interactive workshops each held over two days

10	Rare Cancers Conference 2012	Belgium
	Rare Cancers Conference 2012

22 - 24	Rare diseases - Mechanisms and New Therapeutic Approaches	Germany
	International meeting

23 - 24	BASIC WORKSHOP - Accreditation for beginners, how to implement ISO 15189	Turkey
	Compare and share experiences of implementing and working with quality systems. Examine cases of concrete situations related to quality processes like non-conformities, reporting and training.

29 - 2	RE(ACT) Congress	Switzerland
	INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON RESEARCH OF RARE AND ORPHAN diseases

March 2012

1 - 3	Best Practices of ASRM and ESHRE	Italy
	A joint meeting between the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

2	BeSHG 2012	Belgium
	12th Annual meeting Belgian Society of Human Genetics

4 - 8	ISCO 2012 Congress Joint meeting with the European Workshop on Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Solid Tumors	Spain
	ISCO2012

6	Genetic Discrimination – Transatlantic Perspectives on the Case for a European Level Legal Response	Belgium
	The CENTRE FOR DISABILITY LAW AND POLICY will co-host this one-day seminar in conjunction with the EUROPEAN DISABILITY FORUM and the EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DISABILITY GROUP.

11 - 14	Humane Genome Meeting 2012	Australia
	"Genetics and Genomics in Personalised Medicine"

12 - 15	Human Genetics and Medical Technology	The Netherlands
	Advanced European Bioethics Course

14	Steering Committee meeting EUGT2	Belgium
	Meeting with the members of the Steering Committee of EuroGentest2 about general topics such as scientific and partner meetings and about the general progress of the different work packages.

15 - 16	ATELIER - Validation des méthodes de diagnostic des tests génétiques	France
	Vous souhaitez rencontrer des personnes expérimentées, comprendre les exigences de la norme ISO 15189 dans le domaine et élaborer un plan de validation pour les nouveaux tests de diagnostic génétique?

21 - 24	Genomic Disorders 2012	United Kingdom
	Building on the success of the annual Genomic Disorders meetings held at Hinxton since 2007, Genomic Disorders 2012 presents an exciting blend of genomic science and clinical medicine. Our meeting aims to bring together scientists and clinicians interested in genomic variation in humans and the mechanisms by which it exerts its phenotypic effects.

26 - 29

5th World Companion Diagnostics Summit

Germany

27 - 31	2012 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting	USA
	The 2012 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting will present both research and clinical topics that promote the science and the practice of clinical genetics and genomics. Topics include the etiology and the pathogenesis of genetic disorders, genetic testing and screening, the laboratory’s role in the diagnosis of genetic disorders, the treatment of genetic disorders in children and adults, and the delivery of genetic services.

April 2012

13 - 14	7th International Meeting on CNVs and Genes in Intellectual Disability and Autism	Italy
	The Scientific Program includes three Sessions of invited lectures and two sessions of brief communications selected from abstracts sent by the participants.

14 - 20	Basic and Advanced Course in Genetic Counselling in Practice	Italy
	Course at the EuroMediterranean University Center of Bologna

18 - 21	2012 Golden Helix Symposium Genomic Medicine: Translating Genes into Health	Italy
	2012 Golden Helix Symposium Genomic Medicine: Translating Genes into Health

20	GENETICS: SPECIALTY AND QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE. What does being a geneticist mean for the time being?	Spain
	A one day meeting organised by la Asociación Española de Genética Humana (AEGH)

May 2012

2 - 3	EuroGentest2 WP7: Quality in Genetic Counselling : Prenatal diagnosis workshop	United Kingdom
	Expert workshop

9

Steering Committee meeting EUGT2

Belgium

10 - 11	ATELIER - Comment mesurer et améliorer la qualité? La revue de direction et les contrôles de qualité interne et externe	France
	Vous souhaitez comprendre ce qu’est une revue de direction, mettre en place des contrôles internes de qualité ou participer à des évaluations externes de la qualité ?

20 - 24	25th Course in Medical Genetics	Italy
	Medical Genetics is a postgraduate level course addressed to both researchers and clinicians seeking an up-to-date overview of the field of medical genetics today.

22 - 23	Bioinformatics for genetics scientists	United Kingdom
	A two-and-a-half day course that reflects the new direction of diagnostic genetics in light of recent innovations and Modernising Science Careers.

23 - 25	6th European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products 2012	Belgium	UPDATED
Today	The European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products

31 - 1	BASIC WORKSHOP - Validation of diagnostic tests in clinical molecular genetics	Spain	UPDATED
	Meet experienced people in this field, learn about regulatory requirements (ISO 15189) or how to design a proper validation plan for new molecular genetic tests.

June 2012

11

Gene variant database (LSDB) curation course

France

18 - 29	Annual Summer School on Health Law and Ethics in Rotterdam	The Netherlands
	The course is designed to enhance the preparation of health professionals confronted with legal and ethical issues.

19	Fundamentals of next generation sequencing	United Kingdom
	This one-day course is aimed at researchers and scientists from the NHS, academia and industry who require an introduction to next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies.

20	Next generation sequencing bioinformatics	United Kingdom
	This one-day course is aimed at researchers and scientists from the NHS, academia and industry who require an introduction to the analysis of next generation sequencing (NGS) data.

23 - 26	The European Human Genetics Conference 2012	Germany
	The European Human Genetics Conference 2012

July 2012

1 - 4	28th Annual Meeting of ESHRE	Turkey
	28th Annual Meeting of ESHRE

4

Steering Committee meeting EUGT2

Belgium

6 - 10	8th Biennial International 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Meeting	United states minor outlying islands
	The International 22q11.2 Foundation is hosting the 8th Biennial International 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Meeting in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on July 6 – July 10, 2012.

22 - 25	HGSA 36th Annual Scientific Meeting	Australia
	This meeting will have broad appeal for all scientists, clinicians and allied health professionals with an interest in human genetics.

September 2012

13

Steering Committee meeting EUGT2

Belgium

30 - 2	28. Ernst Klenk Symposium in Molecular Medicine	Germany
	The Genomic Future of Medicine

October 2012

4 - 5	ATELIER DE PERFECTIONNEMENT: En bonne voie vers l’accréditation?	France
	Cet atelier est pour les laboratoires engagés dans la démarche vers l’accréditation selon la norme ISO 15189.

9 - 13	17th International Congress of the World Muscle Society	Australia
	WMS2012

11 - 12	WORKSHOP - Accreditation for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis laboratories	Turkey
	Compare and share experiences of implementing and working with quality systems. Examine cases of concrete situations related to quality processes like non-conformities, reporting and training.

12 - 13	The 15th SSBP International Research Symposium	Belgium
	"Social Phenotypes in Genetic Disorders"

November 2012

6 - 10	Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics	United states minor outlying islands
	62nd annual meeting of the ASHG

16

Steering Committee meeting EUGT2

Belgium

December 2012

3 - 4	New Frontiers Symposium 2012	The Netherlands
	Genomics in health and disease - Towards personal genomics

5 - 8	10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics 2012 (APCHG2012)	Malaysia
	The APCHG2012 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and is organised by the Asia-Pacific Society of Human Genetics and co-hosted by the Medical Genetics Society of Malaysia and the Malaysian Genetics Society.

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Updated May 21, 2012