Upcoming Medical Conferences in Belgium

Seminar 8: Myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative neoplasms is organized by Belgian Hematology Society (BHS) and will be held on Jan 19, 2019 at Hof Ter Musschen, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussel, Belgium. Programme​: • MDS: biology and clinical aspects • MDS: prognosis and treatment • CML • Primary and secondary erythrocytosis • JAK2 + MPN (ET, PV, PMF) • Other MPN (Mastocytosis, chronic hypereosinophilic syndromes) Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.    

15th Thoracic Oncology Winter Symposium is organized by Congress Care and will be held on Jan 19, 2019 at Antwerp, Belgium. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Belgian Hematology Society (BHS) 34th General Annual Meeting (GAM) is organized by Belgian Hematology Society (BHS) and will be held from Feb 01 - 02, 2019 at Dolce La Hulpe Brussels, La hulpe, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The 1918 influenza pandemic: Historical and biomedical reflections is organized by VIB Conference Series and will be held from Feb 07 - 08, 2019 at Cultuurcentrum Het Perron, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. Conference Description: At the centenary commemoration of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, many questions with regard to the origin, the development and the impact of this worldwide phenomenon remain largely uncharted. • Where did this virus come from? • To what degree and how were its genesis and its rapid transcontinental spread caused and/or facilitated by the war circumstances? • Which genetic features of the virus explain its unusually high pathogenicity? • How did medical and political authorities react? • Why were some age groups spared by this dreadful virus? • Is it possible to fathom the impact of the pandemic both on the everyday life of citizens and on general developments in science, culture and politics? • How far can a historical approach contribute to the understanding of current-day pandemics, and vice versa? Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Seminar 11: Indolent lymphoma is organized by Belgian Hematology Society (BHS) and will be held on Feb 16, 2019 at Hof Ter Musschen, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussel, Belgium. Conference Topics: • WHO classification of lymphoid neoplasms • CLL: biology and clinical aspects • CLL: treatment • Monoclonal lymphocytosis and other B-cell leukemias (PLL, HCL, LGL) • Follicular lymphoma • Other indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (Marginal zone, cutaneous T-cell lymphomas) Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.  

European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP) Annual Conference 2019 is organized by European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP) and will be held from Feb 19 - 20, 2019 at University Foundation, Brussels, Belgium. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The 2nd Annual Congress on Trauma-informed, Neuroprotective Care for Hospitalized Infants, Families and Clinicians is organized by Caring Essentials Collaborative, LLC and will be held from Feb 21 - 23, 2019 at Hotel Dukes' Palace, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. The target audience for this medical event is leading scientists, researchers, clinicians and educators to translate advances in our understanding of early life adversity, epigenetics and parental mental health into actionable improvements in the care of critically ill infants and families. Course Objectives: • To bring together international experts to catalyze and advance evidence-based practice in trauma-informed, age-appropriate neuroprotective care of the infant and family in crisis across all healthcare settings. • To create a mastermind group that will explore, brainstorm and create clinically relevant, evidence-based practice improvement strategies that ensure high quality, safe, timely, patient and family centered care. • To raise the bar in the performance expectations of transdisciplinary neonatal and pediatric clinicians in meeting the disease-independent, age-appropriate needs of the hospitalized newborn, infant and family. • To foster scholarship that will engage and empower frontline clinicians to begin a cultural transformation in their clinical setting that reflects the principles and practices of trauma-informed, neuroprotective care for infants, families, and clinicians. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Type 2 Immunity in Homeostasis and Disease is organized by VIB Conference Series and will be held from Feb 21 - 22, 2019 at Old St. John Site, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. Conference Description: Type 2 inflammation rich in eosinophils, basophils and mast cells and orchestrated by Th2 lymphocytes has been mainly studied in the context of allergies and immune responses to helminths. Since the discovery of type 2 innate lymphoid cells there has been a strong interest in understanding how type 2 immunity is induced and regulated, for example by barrier epithelial cells. Given the recent introduction of new biologics that target type 2 cytokines to treat severe allergic disease, we are accumulating a lot of new insights on type 2 immune responses in humans as well. This meeting will not only focus on new effector and regulatory mechanisms of the type 2 immune response. It will also offer a number of talks taking a broader look on type 2 immunity, dealing with such topics as type 2 immunity in homeostasis, growth and repair, metabolism, neuro-immune interactions and cancer. Understanding these alternative roles for type 2 immunity will be important to address the benefits and potential pitfalls of long-term inhibition of type 2 immunity by biologicals and could elucidate new therapeutic pathways for very common diseases like asthma, obesity, diabetes and cancer. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Seminar 12: Hodgkin’s lymphoma & aggressive lymphoma is organized by Belgian Hematology Society (BHS) and will be held on Mar 16, 2019 at Hof Ter Musschen, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussel, Belgium. Conference Topics: • Hodgkin’s lymphoma • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma • Other aggressive B-cell NHL (Mantle cell lymphoma, Burkitt’s lymphoma…) • T-cell lymphoma (other than cutaneous) • Special situations (CNS lymphoma, PTLD, AIDS- related) Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.  

3rd Herbert Fleisch Workshop by International Federation of Musculoskeletal Research Societies (IFMRS) is organized by International Federation of Musculoskeletal Research Societies and will be held from Mar 17 - 19, 2019 at Hotel Novotel Brugge Centrum, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. Course Objectives: • Discuss science in progress with peers and a few senior scientists • Network with other scientists with similar interests and complementary expertise • Showcase unpublished data to generate discussion and constructive feedback Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.