Conference/Event Schedule

The industry for RNAi-, pharmacogenomics- and forensics-related conferences and meetings has accelerated in the past year, as interest in these emerging technologies has increased among executives and researchers.

There are many events that focus on the research and development sector of the industry and, consequently, offer value for clinical and laboratory staff, as well as management personnel.

The following schedule consists of events that exclusively address RNAi, pharmacogenomics and forensics, as well as affairs that address related genomics topics. You may use the appropriate contact information to learn more about individual subtopics for events that do not mention RNAi, pharmacogenomics or forensics in the conference title, or to verify dates that may be subject to change.

Updated versions for any of the Fall 2005 events that may have already occurred while this publication was in production may, by now, have scheduled dates for next year. Use the appropriate contact information for scheduling update details.

2005 | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec
2006 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Nov
2007 | May | Jun
2008 | Jun

September 2005

Functional Genomics And Disease
September 6-10, 2005
Oslo, Norway-Radisson SAS Scandinavian Hotel
Phone: +47 2256 1930
E-mail: esffg2005@congrex.no
www.esffg2005.org/index.html

National Conference on Science, Technology and the Law
September 12-14, 2005
St. Petersburg, FL-Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club
Sponsored by The National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology, and the Law at Stetson University College of Law
www.ilj.org/ncstl

Global Electronic Laboratory Notebooks Summit
September 26-27, 2005
London, UK-The Carlton Tower On Cadogan Place
Phone: (800) 652-2363 or
+44 (0)20 7368 9300
E-mail: enquire@iqpc.co.uk
www.elnforum.com

RNAi Europe
September 28-29, 2005
Amsterdam, The Netherlands-Hilton Amsterdam
Keynote speakers-John J. Rossi, Ph.D., Director of the Department of Molecular Biology, City of Hope National Medical Center; Ronald H.A. Plasterk, Ph.D., Director, Netherlands Institute for Developmental Biology
Sponsored by Select Conferences, a division of Select Biosciences Ltd.
Phone: +44 (0)1787 314958
E-mail: enquiries@selectconferences.com
www.selectconferences.com

October 2005

Genomics in Business 2005
October 2-4, 2005
Wageningen Area, The Netherlands-Golden Tulip Parkhotel Doorwerth
Sponsored by Keygene n.v.
Phone: +31 70 356 1534
E-mail: info@genomicsinbusiness.nl
www.genomicsinbusiness.nl

RNAi Discussion Group
October 4, 2005
New York, NY-New York Academy of Sciences
Speakers-Ulrike Gaul, The Rockefeller University; Gail Mandel, Stony Brook University
Sponsored by New York Academy of Sciences
Phone: (212) 838-0230, ext. 322
www.nyas.org

Advances in Microarray Technology
October 11-13, 2005
London, UK-The Strand Palace
Keynote speakers-Dr. Thomas Joos and Prof. Mathias Uhlen
Sponsored by GenomicsProteomics.com
Phone: +44 (0)1787 314958
E-mail: enquiries@selectconferences.com
www.selectbiosciences.com

Applications of Gene Regulation and Regulatory Networks
October 17, 2005
Boston, MA-World Trade Center
Sponsored by Cambridge Health Institute
Phone: (617) 630-1300
E-mail: chi@healthtech.com
www.discoveryontarget.com

GSAC 2005 — Genomes, Medicine and the Environment
October 17-19, 2005
Hilton Head Island, SC-Hilton Head Marriott Beach & Golf Resort
Organized by J. Craig Venter Institute
Contact: Kris Robinson
Phone: (301) 529-5581
E-mail: krobinson@venterscience.org
www.venterinstitute.org/gsac

High Content Screening
October 18-19, 2005
London, UK-Le Meridien Piccadilly
Sponsored by RNAi.net
Phone: +44 (0) 800 652 2363
E-mail: enquire@iqpc.co.uk
www.iqpc.co.uk

Disease Models for Target Discovery
October 18-19, 2005
Boston, MA-World Trade Center
Sponsored by Cambridge Health Institute
Phone: (617) 630-1300
E-mail: chi@healthtech.com
www.discoveryontarget.com

RNAI: For Functional Analysis and Target Validation
October 19-20, 2005
Boston, MA-World Trade Center
Sponsored by Cambridge Health Institute
Contact: Edel O'Regan, Conference Director
Phone: (617) 630 1323
E-mail: eoregan@healthtech.com
www.discoveryontarget.com

Sixth International Conference on Systems Biology
October 19-21, 2005
Boston, MA-Conference Center at Harvard Medical
Keynote speakers: Howard Berg, Harvard University; Steven Strogatz, Cornell University; Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University
http://csbi.mit.edu/icsb-2005

Enabling Technologies in R&D
October 20-21, 2005
Boston, MA-World Trade Center
Sponsored by Cambridge Health Institute
Phone: (617) 630-1300
E-mail: chi@healthtech.com
www.discoveryontarget.com

Target Discovery Using Small Molecules
October 21, 2005
Boston, MA-World Trade Center
Keynote speaker: Serge Halazy, Ph.D., Head of Research, Serono Pharmaceutical Research
Sponsored by Cambridge Health Institute
Phone: (617) 630-1300
E-mail: chi@healthtech.com
www.discoveryontarget.com

Symposium on RNA Biology VI: RNA, Tool and Target: Small RNAs and RNPs
October 21-22, 2005
Research Triangle Park, NC- North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Contact: Dr. Stuart Maxwell
E-mail: stu_maxwell@ncsu.edu
www.med.unc.edu/pmbb/nc-rna-soc.html

55th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics
October 25-29, 2005
Salt Lake City, Utah-Salt Palace Convention Center
Phone: (301) 634-7300
E-mail: society@ashg.org
www.ashg.org

2005 Mid-Atlantic Bio
October 26-27, 2005
Washington, DC-Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
Organized by MdBio, MAVA, Virginia Biotechnology Association and the Technology Council of Maryland
Contact: Robert Udowitz
Phone: (703) 966-7236
E-mail: udowitz@earthlink.net
www.midatlanticbio.org

Comparative and Functional Genomics (BITS) Workshop
October 27-30, 2005
Cambridgeshire, UK-Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton
Phone:+44 (0)20 7611 8888
E-mail: contact@wellcome.ac.uk
www.wellcome.ac.uk

Genome Informatics
October 28-November 1, 2005
Cold Spring Harbor, NY-Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Phone: (516) 367-8346
E-mail: meetings@cshl.edu
www.cshl.edu/meetings

November 2005

Nucleic Acid World Summit
November 1-2, 2005
Cambridge, MA-Hyatt Regency Cambridge
Sponsored by Strategic Research Institute
Phone: (800) 599-4950
www.srinstitute.com

Metabolic Profiling in Drug Discovery
November 1-2, 2005
London, UK-The Strand Palace Hotel
Organized by Select Conferences
Contact: Natalie Bell
Phone: +(44) 1787 315117
E-mail: n.bell@selectconferences.com
www.metabolicprofiling.com

Forensic Science Society Autumn Conference-Sexual Offences
November 4-6, 2005
Wyboston, Bedfordshire, UK-Robinson College Executive Centre
Keynote speaker: Richard M. Goul, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles
Sponsored by the Forensic Science Society
E-mail: conference@forensic-science-society.org.uk
www.forensic-science-society.org.uk

11th National CODIS Conference
November 7-9, 2005
Arlington, VA-Crystal Gateway Marriott
Contact: Mollie Weinert
Phone: (703) 676-0967
E-mail: Mollie.M.Weinert@saic.com
www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/codis

BIO-Europe 2005
Nov. 7-9, 2005
Dresden, Germany-International Congress Center
Sponsored by EBD Group and BIO
Contact: Florian Schoenhammer (Europe) or Tom Voight (USA)
Phone +49 89 51 399 803 or (760) 930 0500
Email: fschoenhammer@ebdgroup.com or tvoight@ebdgroup.com
www.ebdgroup.com/bioeurope

8th Annual Conference on Computational Genomics
November 9-12, 2005
Cambridge, Ma.-Hotel at M.I.T.
Contact: Erin McDevitt
Phone: (207) 288-6659
E-mail: erin.mcdevitt@jax.org
www.jax.org

19th International Mouse Genome Conference
November 5-8, 2005
Strasbourg, France- Strasbourg Expo-Congr s Centre
Organized by Jean-Louis Guenet and Jean-Louis Mandel
Phone: +44 131 556 9245
E-mail: imgc2005@in-conference.org.uk
www.mousegenomeconference.com

The Genomic Revolution: Implications for Treatment and Control of Infectious Disease
November 10-13, 2005
Irvine, CA-Centre of the National Academies
Contact: Marty Perreault
Phone: (949) 387-5783 or
E-mail: mperreault@nas.edu
www7.nationalacademies.org

Neuroscience 2005
November 12-16, 2005
Washington DC-Washington Convention Center
Sponsored by the Society for Neuroscience
Phone: (202) 462-6688
www.apu.sfn.org/am2005

SC|05 Gateway to Discovery
November 12-18, 2005
Seattle, WA-Washington State Convention and Trade Center
Phone: (703) 449-6418
E-mail: scregistration@jspargo.com
www.sc05.supercomputing.org

Metabolic Profiling
Sponsored by IBC Life Sciences
November 14-15, 2005
Durham, NC-Hilton Durham Hotel
Contact: Client Services Department
Phone: (508)-616-5550
Email: reg@ibcusa.com
www.ibclifesciences.com/3150

2005 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
November 14-15, 2005
La Jolla, CA-Embassy Suites Hotel
Contact: Dr. Gary B. Fogel
Phone: (858) 455-6449
Email: gfogel@natural-selection.com
www.ieee-cis.org/cibcb2005/

Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics
November 14-18, 2005
Philadelphia, PA-Pennsylvania Convention Center
Keynote speakers-Carlos L. Arteaga, Vanderbilt University; Napoleone Ferrara, Genentech Inc.
Phone: (215) 440-9300
E-mail: programs@aacr.org
www.aacr.org

IBLA (International Biotech & Lab Automation Europe) 2005
November 15-16, 2005
London, UK
Contact: Gordon Kirk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7915 5613
E-mail: GKirk@iirx.co.uk
www.ibla.co.uk

In Vivo Molecular Imaging
November 16-17, 2005
La Jolla, CA-Hyatt Regency La Jolla
Sponsored by Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Phone: (617)-630-1300
E-mail: chi@healthtech.com
www.healthtech.com/2005/img

American Forensic Association Annual Convention
November 16-20, 2005
Boston, MA-Boston Marriott Copley Place
Contact: James W. Pratt, Executive Secretary
Phone: (800) 228-5424
E-mail: AmForensicAssoc@aol.com
www.americanforensics.org

European Biotech Crossroads 2005
November 28-30, 2005
Lille, France-Lille Grand Palais Conference Centre
Contact: H l ne Laidez
Phone: +33 (0)3 28 55 90 60
E-mail: hlaidez@eurasante.com
www.europeanbiotechcrossroads.com

Clinical and Diagnostic Biomarkers
November 30-December 2, 2005
Cambridge, MA-Hotel at M.I.T.
Contact: Client Services Department
Phone: (508) 616-5550 x1004
E-mail: jprudhomme@ibcusa.com
www.IBCLifeSciences.com/3137

December 2005

RNAi Discussion Group
December 1, 2005, 5 to 7:30 p.m.
New York, NY-New York Academy of Sciences
Sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences
Phone: (212) 838-0230, ext. 322
www.nyas.org

Forensic Odontology Seminar
December 1-3, 2005
Miami, FL
Contact: Marie Alexander
Phone: (305) 547-5721
E-mail: malex@miamidade.gov
www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/current/meetings/2005/dec.htm

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Workshop
December 5-9, 2005
Miami, FL- Miami-Dade Police Department
Contact: Toby L. Wolson
Phone: (305) 471-3041
E-mail: twolson@mdpd.com
www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/current/meetings/ 2005/dec.htm

EuroTIDES 2005
December 6-8, 2005
Munich, Germany-Arabella Sheraton Grand
Sponsored by IBC Life Sciences
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7017 5507
http://www.ibc-lifesci.com/eurotides

Metabolic Profiling
December 7-9, 2005
Orlando, FL-Wyndham Palace Resort and Spa
Sponsored by Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Phone: (617) 630-1300
Email: chi@healthtech.com
www.healthtech.com/2005/mbp

Characterization of Microorganisms by Mass Spectrometry
December 8-9, 2005
San Diego, CA-Catamaran Resort Hotel
Phone: (505) 989-4517
E-mail: office@asms.org
www.asms.org

Rat Genomics & Models
December 8-11, 2005
Cold Spring Harbor, NY-Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Phone: (516) 367-8346
E-mail: meetings@cshl.edu
http://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings/rodent05.shtml

One-Day Student Conference- So You Want To Be A Forensic Scientist
December 10, 2005
York, UK-St. John College
Sponsored by the Forensic Science Society
E-mail: conference@forensic-science-society.org.uk
www.forensic-science-society.org.uk/meetings/conferences.html

American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) 45th Annual Meeting
December 10-14, 2005
San Francisco, CA-Moscone Center
Phone: (415) 974-4000
E-mail: ascbinfo@ascb.org
www.ascb.org/meetings/am2005/index.html

January 2006

Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) 2006
January 3-7, 2006
Wailea, HI-Grand Wailea
Keynote speakers-Michael Ashburner, University of Cambridge; Eric M. Meslin, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
Contact: Tiffany Murray
Phone: (650) 725-0659
E-mail: psb@helix.stanford.edu
http://psb.stanford.edu

Advancing Protein Therapeutics: Current Challenges in Protein Therapeutics
January 11-12, 2006
San Diego, CA-Hotel del Coronado
Sponsored by Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Phone: (617) 630-1300
Email: chi@healthtech.com
www.chi-peptalk.com/pttc2006.asp

Plant and Animal Genome XIV Conference
January 14-18, 2006
San Diego, CA-Town & Country Convention Center
Contact: Darrin Scherago
Phone: (212) 643-1750, ext. 20
E-mail: pag@scherago.com
www.intl-pag.org

Cyber Crime
January 18, 2006
London, UK-Royal Society of Arts
Sponsored by the Forensic Science Society
E-mail: conference@forensic-science-society.org.uk
www.forensic-science-society.org.uk/meetings/conferences.html

Focus on Biomolecular Structure, Dynamics, and Function:
Hydrogen Exchange and Covalent Labeling Techniques
January 20-23, 2006
Sanibel Island, FL-Sundial Resort
Phone: (505) 989-4517
E-mail: office@asms.org
www.asms.org

LabAutomation2006
January 21-25, 2006
Palm Springs, CA-Palm Springs Convention Center
Phone: (708) 486-0747
E-mail: lab06@compusystems.com
www.labautomation.org

Advances in Protein Crystallography
January 26-27, 2006
South San Francisco, CA-South San Francisco Conference Center
Sponsored by ProteinCrystallography.com
Phone: +44 (0)1787 314958
E-mail: enquiries@ selectconferences.com
www.selectbiosciences.com

RNAi and Related Pathways
January 26-31, 2006
Vancouver, British Columbia-Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
Keynote speaker: David C. Baulcombe, Sainsbury Laboratory
Phone: (800) 253-0685 or (970) 262-1230
E-mail: info@keystonesymposia.org
www.keystonesymposia.org

February 2006

Cell & Gene Therapy Forum 2006
January 30-February 1, 2006
Baltimore, MD-Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
Sponsored by Phacilitate
Contact: Jessica Charles
Phone: +44 (0)20 7839 6137
Email: team@phacilitate.co.uk
www.phacilitate.co.uk

High Content Analysis 2006
January 31-February 3, 2006
San Francisco, CA-San Francisco Fairmont Hotel
Contact: Julia Boguslavsky
Phone: (617) 630-1382
E-mail: juliab@healthtech.com
www.healthtech.com/2006/hca

2006 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting
February 16-20, 2006
St. Louis, Missouri-America's Center Convention Center
www.aaas.org/meetings

Screening Europe 2006
February 20-22, 2006
Prague, The Czech Republic-Prague Congress Centre
Sponsored by Select Conferences
Contact: Natalie Bell
Phone: +44 (0) 1787 315110
E-mail: n.bell@selectconferences.com
www.screeningeurope.com

Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference
February 21-24, 2006
San Francisco, CA-Moscone North Convention Center
Sponsored by Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Phone: (617) 630-1300
E-mail: chi@healthtech.com
www.chimolecularmed.com

March 2006

2006 Association of University Technology Managers Annual Meeting
March 2-4, 2006
Orlando, FL-Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts
Phone: (847) 559-0846
E-mail: autm@autm.net
www.autm.net

45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicologists and ToxExpo
March 5-9, 2006
San Diego, CA-San Diego Convention Center
Phone: (703) 438-3115
E-mail: sothq@toxicology.org
www.toxicology.org

BioAgenda 2006 Summit
March 8-10, 2006
Palm Springs, CA-La Quinta Resort
Contact: Ron Nicodemus
E-mail: Ron@BioAgendaPrograms.com
Phone: (410) 203-9585
www.bioagendaprograms.com

April 2006

RECOMB 2006-Research in Computational Molecular Biology
April 2-5, 2006
Venice, Italy-Palazzo del Cinema, Lido di Venezia
Keynote speakers: Anne-Claude Gavin, Cellzome; David Haussler, University of California; David Sankoff, University of Ottawa; Michael S. Waterman, University of Southern California
http://recomb06.dei.unipd.it

BIO 2006 Annual International Convention
April 9-12, 2006
Chicago, IL-McCormick Place Convention Center
Phone: (202) 962-6655
E-mail: bio2006@bio.org
www.bio.org/events/2006

Legume Genomics and Genetics
April 9-13, 2006
Brisbane, Australia-Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Keynote speakers: Stephen Clark, University of Michigan; Pam Hines, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Marc Van Montagu, Ghent University
Phone: + 61 (0)7 3854 1611
E-mail: iclgg3@ozaccom.com.au
www.iclgg3.org

May 2006

Forensic Science Society Joint Meeting with CAC
May 8-12, 2006
Concord, CA-Concord Hilton
Sponsored by the Forensic Science Society
E-mail: conference@forensic-science-society.org.uk
www.forensic-science-society.org.uk

54th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry
May 28-June 1, 2006
Seattle, WA
Phone: (505) 989-4517
E-mail: office@asms.org
www.asms.org

June 2006

Critical Assessment of Microarray Data Analysis (CAMDA 2006)
June 8-9, 2006
Durham, NC-Hilton Hotel
E-mail: camda@mc.duke.edu
www.camda.duke.edu

July 2006

Science In Court
July 7-9, 2006
York, UK-York St. John College
Sponsored by the Forensic Science Society
E-mail: conference@forensic-science-society.org.uk
www.forensic-science-society.org.uk

August 2006

Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology
August 6-10, 2006
Fortaleza, Brazil
Phone: (858) 822-0852
E-mail: admin@iscb.org
www.iscb.org

November 2006

Fact & Fiction — The Sequel
November 3-5, 2006
Wyboston Lakes, UK-Robinson College Executive Centre
Sponsored by the Forensic Science Society
E-mail: conference@forensic-science-society.org.uk
www.forensic-science-society.org.uk

Functional Genomics of Critical Illness and Injury
November 13, 2006
Bethesda, MD-Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health
Phone: (410) 377-0110
E-mail: info@strategicresults.com
www.strategicresults.com

International Mammalian Genome Society Meeting
November 20, 2006
Charleston, SC
Organized by David Threadgill and Dabney Johnson
Contact: Darla Miller
Phone: (865) 574-0858
Email: millerdr@ornl.gov
www.imgs.org

May 2007

BIO 2007 Annual International Convention
May 6-7, 2007
Boston, MA-Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
Phone: (202) 962-6655
www.bio.org

June 2007

55th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry
June 3-7, 2007
Indianapolis, IN
Phone: (505) 989-4517
E-mail: office@asms.org
www.asms.org

June 2008

56th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry
June 1-5, 2008
Denver, CO
Phone: (505) 989-4517
E-mail: office@asms.org
www.asms.org

BIO 2008 Annual International Convention
June 18-21, 2008
San Diego, CA-San Diego Convention Center
Phone: (202) 962-6655
www.bio.org