Upcoming Medical Conferences in Stockholm

ICSGDD 2019: International Consortium for Spinal Genetics, Development, and Disease is organized by Karolinska Institute / Karolinska Institutet (KI) and will be held from Sep 05 - 07, 2019 at Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. Program: This year we will also have a half-day pre-meeting workshop at September 5th. The pre-meeting will be aimed at clinical aspects of spinal deformity treatment. The ICSGDD program, running from noon Sep 5th, until noon Sep 7th, will cover basic and clinical research in the following areas; embryology and basic spinal development, idiopathic scoliosis, congenital scoliosis, skeletal dysplasia and bone metabolic disorders. Invited talks will be given by world renowned researchers and clinicians. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

35th Congress of The European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis and 24th Annual Conference of Rehabilitation in MS is organized by Congrex Switzerland Ltd and will be held from Sep 11 - 13, 2019 at Stockholm International Fairs, Stockholm, Sweden. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) 10th International Conference is organized by Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and will be held from Sep 29 - 30, 2019 at Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, Stockholm, Sweden. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for respiratory failure and septic shock is organized by Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) and will be held from Oct 07 - 10, 2019 at Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. Description: This ELSO course is intended for physicians (intensivists, surgeons etc), nurses, perfusionists and other health care professionals, who either work in an ECMO program or who are in the process of starting one.The course will be conducted by the faculty of the ECMO Center at Karolinska. It will include simulations of ecmo patients, practical training in managing the ECMO circuit with change of different components etc, computer simulations of physiology and didactic lectures. Simulations and practical training will be performed in small groups of 6 participants together with one or two instructors. The lectures will cover subjects like components of the ECMO circuit, indications for ECMO, contraindications, managing the patient on ECMO, cannulation strategy, physiology, anticoagulation, troubleshooting etc. General objectives: After having completed the course, the participants   should have increased both their theoretical knowledge and their practical skills in managing adult patients on ECMO for respiratory failure and septic shock. Simulation session: Team training is essential in the simulation session. The participants will be trained in team communication. They will realize that in an ECMO circuit emergency situation, some members must focus on resuscitation of the patient and some on managing the problem with the ECMO circuit. Scenarios involving ECMO circuit failure will be simulated and the learners will be trained in problem identification as well as patient management and problem solution. Simulation is conducted in groups of 6 participants with two or three instructors. Wet lab training session: During the wet lab session each participant should gain practical knowledge of assembling the ECMO circuit, priming the circuit, changing oxygenator and changing pump head. 6 participants are trained by two instructors. Didactic lectures:  The objective of the lectures is to provide knowledge to the learners regarding the subject of the respective lecture. There are 12 learners during each lecture. The learners are instructed to interrupt the lecturer and ask questions when needed. Short discussions during the lectures are encouraged. The “Patient cases” part involves presentation of patient cases. The cases are presented by two instructors part by part and the learners are encouraged to discuss different possibilities to manage the respective problems or complications. This part of the course is very interactive and the objective is to stimulate the learners to use the knowledge they have gained during the course in a clinical situation.

2019 World Congress of Tennis Medicine and Sports Science is organized by Sophiahemmet University / Sophiahemmet Hogskola (SHH) and will be held from Oct 18 - 19, 2019 at Sophiahemmet University College, Stockholm, Sodermanland, Sweden. Pre-Conference: October 17, 2019 Target Audience: The target audience for the congress is physicians, physical therapists, fitness coaches, tennis coaches and other professions who are interested in discussing, sharing and deepen their knowledge in the field of tennis medicine and high performance. The congress will provide lectures, work-shops and symposiums in different areas all related to tennis players across all ages and levels. Description: The theme for the STMS World Congress is ”Connecting Professions and Generations”. In this Coaches conference the highlights will be targeted towards high performance, sports science and injury prevention Objectives: The objectives for the congress is to deepen the knowledge in areas of orthopaedic surgery, rehabilitation, prevention, well-being, psychology, nutrition and high performance. Topics: Shoulder, Spine, Sports Science Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.  

Ataxia and Related Disorders Course is organized by International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) and will be held from Oct 19 - 20, 2019 at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Recommended Audience: This course is intended for residents and fellows involved in adult and pediatric neurology. It is also aimed at basic researchers who are working on cerebellar degeneration and genetics. Course Description: This broad and comprehensive clinical course aims to provide an update on ataxias and related disorders. With an emphasis on the genetic forms of ataxia and related disorders, we aim to provide an update on the acquired forms of these conditions. This course will be led by faculty who are leading experts in the field and are involved in the search for biomarkers and disease modifying therapies. This is the first course to focus on ataxia organized by the MDS-European Section. Learning Objectives: • Examine the underlying etiology of ataxia and related disorders; • Analyze evidence based care for patients with different types of ataxia and paraparesis and identify treatable conditions; • Differentiate between the most common neurodegenerative ataxia disorders associated with nucleotide expansions; • Understand the association between impaired DNA repair and neurodegeneration • Gain insights on the current search for biomarkers and disease modifying therapies Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ESVS Spring Meeting: translational science - from bench to bedside is organized by European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) and will be held from Apr 02 - 03, 2020 at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Cryo-EM for Health Science (E2) is organized by Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology and will be held from May 12 - 16, 2020 at Clarion Hotel Sign, Stockholm, Sweden. Description CryoEM has become a powerful tool in dissecting macromolecules in atomic details since the most recent technical breakthroughs. It has reshaped the structural biology and brings the revelation of cellular mechanisms and drug discovery to a much faster pace than ever. It is time to review the state of the art and plan for future applications of CryoEM in health science research, especially in medical diagnosis, therapeutics and drug discoveries. In this meeting, we will bring scientists and researchers from various disciplines to discuss the cutting-edge methods, innovative tools, frontier discoveries and major translational applications of CryoEM.  The meeting will cover a variety of topics from important drug target molecules and gene regulatory molecular machines to subcellular organelles and whole cell structures, from basic mechanisms to drug development, from experimental tools to computational algorithms. Besides the lecture talks, we also plan to organize one or two workshops aiming at introducing the most cutting-edge software packages of CryoEM and drug discovery. We wish that attendees to this meeting will leave with stimulated new ideas and concepts, new technical capabilities, and new collaboration projects on health science research by CryoEM. We also wish that this meeting will be a starting point for a series of meetings on CryoEM for health sciences. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

7th European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS) Research Meeting is Organized by European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS) and will be held from May 29 - 30, 2020 at Stockholm, Sweden. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

20th European VitreoRetinal Society (EVRS) Meeting is organized by European VitreoRetinal Society (EVRS) and will be held from Jun 11 - 14, 2020 at Stockholm, Sweden. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.