This conference has been POSTPONED to 2021. Dear Friends & Colleagues, We are delighted to cordially invite you to EUROPALL2020, the multidisciplinary European Conference on Controversies in Palliative Care, which will now take place in the beautiful city of Munich, Germany on 29-30 October 2020. Target Audience: EUROPALL2020 is delighted to welcome experts from healthcare, academia and industry working in the field of Palliative Care treatment: • Intermediate/advanced palliative care practitioners • Clinicians and researchers • Fellows and residents • Geriatric specialists • Pediatricians • Palliative Care nurses • Hospice nurses and personnel • Psychologists • Medical ethicists • Pharmacists • Occupational therapists • Social workers • Chaplains • Business delegates and industry professionals • Students and others interested in the field of palliative care Description: This conference headlined “Controversies” in Palliative Care, will address a large number of controversial issues faced by multidisciplinary professionals across Europe in their everyday clinical practice. The aim is having frank, open and even provocative debates with our world-renowned panel of experts from various disciplines to ultimately form a consensus on how best to manage different complex questions in palliative care. Learning and understanding at an exceedingly efficient and productive conference. We strongly encourage you to become part of our interactive meeting format, to ask questions and to take the opportunity to interact proactively with a cutting-edge international scientific faculty. Present your research, achievements, new ideas and strategies in the field of palliative care in an exciting poster presentation. Help us to facilitate thrilling discussions and join us to make this meeting, together with many other multidisciplinary colleagues, an instructive and inspiring space for health professionals at all stages of their careers. This conference highlight will provide splendid opportunities to network with many colleagues from around Europe. Vienna is a vibrant city to explore and Austria is a great and easy to reach country to visit. There are plenty of reasons to come to next year’s EUROPALL2020! We see you in spring in Vienna! Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Dear friends of the "Hamburg Beats", dear rhythm interested, The "Beats" 2020 is coming and they guarantee you a unique and entertaining program again in the third round! As usual, experts with an international reputation will discuss practical questions of rhythmology with you again this year. With exciting live cases "made in UHZ" they will clearly demonstrate the most innovative technologies and give you practical tips for everyday life. In addition to critical pro and contra sessions, bullet points will provide a quick overview of less complex topics. The "EKG-Cracker" also offers an entertaining lunch break. You will receive the most important news from the ESC and the DGK Heart Days 2020 in an update via Flashlights! Be our guest at the "Hamburg Beats - The Hamburg Arrhythmia Summit" 2020 at the Hotel Hafen Hamburg on October 31st. Accreditation: This Course has been approved for a maximum of 8 CME Credits. Program highlights of the update of modern electrophysiology: • Leading experts • Live broadcasts • EKG sessions • EHRA / HRS flashlights • E-health • Pro / Con discussions They look forward to you!

This conference has been POSTPONED to 2021. 14th International Live Surgery Congress Shoulder is organized by Intercongress GmbH and will be held from Nov 05 - 06, 2020 at Hanover Fair (NORD / LB forum), Hannover, Saxony, Germany. Course Description: This unique shoulder congress offers a live hospitation from indication, clinical and radiological examination to live surgery. Some of the best shoulder surgeons of the world will frankly present their expertise in the management of shoulder instability, cuff lesions and osteoarthritis - totally live. We welcome you to this exceptionally practical course in a very friendly atmosphere. Highlights: • Live Surgeries • Live Patient Examinations • Live Clinical Indications & Case Plannings • Live Results from Previous Courses • International Faculty Workshops: • Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair • Arthroscopic Instability Repair • Anatomic and Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty • Tips for Anesthesia in Shoulder Arthroscopy  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

22nd Autumn conference of the Central German Society for Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery / 22. Herbsttagung der Mitteldeutschen Gesellschaft fuer Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie is organized by Wikonect GmbH and will be held from Nov 06 - 07, 2020 at Ringberghotel, Suhl, Thuringen, Germany. You will find more information on the annual conference shortly on https://www.mdgp.de/fortbildungen/terminkalender-2020/ Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.  

4th Annual Aseptic Processing Summit is organized by Vonlanthen Group of Companies and will be held from Nov 19 - 20, 2020 at Meliá Frankfurt City, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. Who Should Attend: Chief Executives, Directors, Vice Presidents, Heads, Leaders, Senior Managers, Scientists, Chemists, Engineers, and Fellows specialising in: • Bioprocess Research & Development • Container Development • Drug Development • Fill & Finish • Formulation • Lyophilisation • Nanomaterials • Packaging & Labeling • Process Monitoring & Control • Product Innovation • QA/QC • Risk Management • Stability • Sterilisation • Validation • Biotechnology • CMC • Engineering • Freeze-Drying • Licensing • Medical Devices • Parenterals • Pharmaceutical Process & Technology • Process Analytics • Packaging • R&D • Regulatory Affairs • Standardisation Science • Vaccine/Antibody/Cell Manufacturing Description: At this summit, participants will be given the opportunity to discourse and to network with peers involved in pharmaceutical manufacturing, aseptic fill and finish, quality control, engineering, and container development. Key topics in Aseptic Processing will be discussed by some of the industry’s leading lights. This conference will give you a broad overview of current changes in the European regulations, modern technical trends, emerging technologies and innovations. We are delighted to give you this opportunity to participate at this Summit. We look forward to welcoming you in Frankfurt in November! Key Practical Learning Points of the Summit: • How ready are your cleanrooms for the Annex 1 updates? • Implementation of quality risk management • Final fill with SU Equipment • ADC/HPAPI aseptic processing fill and finish • Robotics in aseptic processing • Gloveless Isolators and dose control • The Evolution of Aseptic Technologies • Occupational safety requirements • Multi-Product facilities • Challenges for manufacturers in cell and gene therapy production systems

12th Hamburg Vascular Day / 12. Hamburger Gefäßtag is organized by Wikonect GmbH and will be held on Dec 05, 2020 at Handelskammer Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.​ Description: This year, the event will be all about vascular inflammation, from rheumatological vascular diseases to vascular infections. There are now a number of new medicines and other scientific findings here. The patient's suffering is usually very high. Another focus is antithrombotic therapy and reducing the generally high cardiovascular risk in vascular patients. Main topics of the 12th Hamburg Vessel Day • Inflammatory vascular diseases • Reduce cardiovascular risk in vascular patients ○ Inflammation of the small and medium-sized arteries • Diabetes and vascular inflammation • Thrombangiitis obliterans: how to differentiate from PAD and what to do • Lower leg arteriopathy in psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis: often overlooked ○ Inflammation of the large arteries • Takayasu arteritis versus giant cell arteritis • Temporal arteritis: an independent clinical picture? • Standard therapy and the importance of new therapies in riscial cell arteritis • Interventional care for arteritis-related stenoses and occlusions: what needs to be considered • Special case of aortitis: prognosis and management ○ Vascular infections: • Mycotic aneurysm and aortic fistulas • Differential diagnosis and drug therapy • Endovascular Therapy vs. open surgery • Modern management of bypass and graft infections ○ Reduction of cardiovascular risk in vascular patients, anticoagulation • Lowering Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetics: COMPASS Diabetes Study • Reduction of cardiovascular risk after vascular surgery: VOYAGER study • Anticoagulation in tumor patients: CARAVAGGIO study Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.  

EMBL Course: Design Thinking: Approaches for Chronic Disease Management is organized by European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and will be held from Dec 08 - 10, 2020 at EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Audience: This course is aimed at Master’s and PhD students as well as postdocs with diverse backgrounds ranging from life sciences, engineering and medicine to entrepreneurship, business, marketing and public health. Course Overview: This workshop will bring together 30 young professionals and students to learn and apply state-of-the-art design thinking techniques. Over the course of three days small interdisciplinary teams will co-create innovative healthcare solutions for chronic disease management. Each team will take on a specific pre-defined challenge from the fields of precision health and data driven medicine. Engaging keynote speakers and experienced mentors will guide participants through the process of ideation, prototyping and business planning. Apart from learning new design thinking skills, participants will also have the opportunity to build networks with their peers as well as professionals with diverse backgrounds. The event will be co-delivered by the EMBL-Stanford Life Science Alliance, Roche Diabetes Care and EIT Health. Modules/Resources: • Keynote lectures • Defining the problem • Ideation • Inital prototyping • Pitching solutions Learning Outcomes: • Learners will be able to apply design thinking processes. • This course is organised in cooperation with Roche. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

23rd Annual Meeting of the North German Association for Sleep Medicine e. V.(NVSM) /23. Jahrestagung der Norddeutschen Vereinigung fur Schlafmedizin e. V. (NVSM) is organized by Wikonect GmbH and will be held on Jan 23, 2021 at Kassenarztliche Vereinigung Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

2nd Freeze-Drying Technology Summit is organized by Vonlanthen Group of Companies and will be held from Feb 17 - 18, 2021 at Hilton Munich Park, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Who should attend: • Chief Executives, Directors, Vice Presidents, Department Heads, Leaders, Managers, Scientists and Technologists specialising in: • Lyophilisation  • Parenterals  • Vaccines  • Pre-Filled Syringes  • Bioprocess  • Characterisation • Container Development  • CMC  • Drug Development  • Engineering  • Freeze-Drying  • Formulation  • Licensing  • Packaging & Labelling  • Process Technology  • Process Monitoring & Control  Description: This event provides the appropriate platform for industry leaders to discuss process innovation and technical aspects in lyophilisation for the pharmaceutical industry, as well as food and cosmetics manufacturers, regulatory agencies and academia. The summit will be focussed on practical considerations for freeze-dried formulation development, process optimisation, validation and control. We will discuss the advancing concepts and regulatory considerations for lyophilised biologics, spray-drying of biologics, vaccines, new-wave of cosmetic ingredients and highly potent products. Do you want to receive new perspectives? Engage in candid discussions and debates on process innovation and technical aspects in lyophilisation? Gain a better understanding of food and cosmetics manufacturers, regulatory agencies, and academia? We are pleased to invite you to the 2nd Freeze-Drying Technology Summit that will take place in Munich, Germany. Convene with engaging speakers in an enlightening gathering of like-minded professionals.  Key Practical Learning Points: • Current regulatory considerations • Novel concepts of freeze-drying • Process optimisation, monitoring and control • Innovations in formulation development • QbD and PAT approaches  • Strategies for scaleup from R&D scale to full production level • Technologies overview and advantages in manufacturing • What is the new role of sterile and lyophilised products manufacturing in the future • Spray-drying applications • Freeze-drying for food industry

BUB Course - Training seminar on the diagnosis and therapy of sleep-related breathing disorders / Fortbildungsseminar zur Diagnostik und Therapie schlafbezogener Atmungsst rungen is organized by Wikonect GmbH and will be held from Feb 20 - 21, 2021 at Asklepios Klinik Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany. Start of e-learning: 01.01.2021  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.