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London, UK

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Top leaders and key decision-makers of major companies representing a broad range of industries will meet with distinguished scientists, public health offi cials, law enforcers, fi rst responders, and other experts to discuss pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery at the International Swine Flu Conference. At the conference, attendees will be able to draw on first-hand best practices to create the solid business continuity plans that their companies and organizations need in order to prepare for, respond to, and survive a pandemic. The summit draws on the success of the seven previous Bird Flu summits that featured as speakers several distinguished personalities such as Dr. David Nabarro, the United Nations Coordinator for Avian and Human Infl uenza, Alex Thiermann of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and Dr. Wenqing Zhang of the WHO Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response. Well-known emergency responders, heads of hospitals from around the world, and hog/swine industry leaders will speak in this conference. Know How To Respond Recognize problems earlier. Make the right decision faster. How to Plan Make everyone a stakeholder. Spell out roles and responsibilities. Plan To Continue Maintain cash fl ow and work fl ow. Keep the learning process alive. Protect Your Community Know your resources and test them against toughest scenarios. Mass Fatality Management Planning Country Report and Situations Update Surveillance and Data Management Preparing Communities Strategies; Local Partnership and Participation Delivery of Vaccine and Antiviral Medication National Pandemic Infl uenza Medical Countermeasure Socio-Economic Impact on Hog/Swine Industry Benefi t-Risk Assessment: Public Health, Industry and Regulatory Perspectives Prevention Education Efforts and Risk Communication Command, Control and Management Emergency Response Management Business-Based Planning School-Based Planning Community-Based Planning

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Amphitheater Ignacio Morales Nieva, Universidad de Turabo, State road 189 Km 3.3, Guarabo, Puerto Rico, USA

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Nowadays, disciplines seek to combine innovative solutions to face environmental challenges to life on Earth. Everyday, profound scientific initiatives disclose microbial properties that are valuable to understand and to deal with environmental constraints that mankind has made. Therefore, we are convening international and local researchers, within an interdisciplinary scenario, to discuss microbial capabilities and diversity with potential for novel products. We take this opportunity to examine scientific advances towards environmental balances, sustainable development, and societal progress with lessons for innovation. New discoveries are achieved by searching for frontiers in environmental microbiology.

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Wellcome Trust conference centre, central London

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The unprecedented national emergency response to the Swine Flu (A/H1N1) pandemic during 2009 was accompanied by a substantial research effort to understand how the outbreak affected the British population and to test ways of reducing this impact. The challenges of conducting this research were considerable, but the results brought immediate public health benefits as well as advances in our understanding of human behaviour. Despite the successes, however, there are always lessons that could be learned. This workshop will bring together researchers from different disciplines within the social sciences in order to identify ways that we could do better in the next pandemic. What key issues should behavioural and social scientists explore the next time around? How could researchers from different disciplines work together more effectively? How should funding be made available? And how do you obtain ethics approval in a hurry? This one-day workshop will explore all of these topics and allow participants the chance to share their experiences and suggest ways for improvement.

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BioPark Hertfordshire, Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 3AX

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After our very successful developments in Cell Culture Technology to Enhance Cell Growth in Vitro meeting that took place May 2008 (the agenda can be viewed at www.euroscicon.com/2ndmay08sellculture.pdf) we are pleased to announce this follow up which will again be chaired by Dr Stefan Przyborski, School of Biological and Biomedical Science, Durham University, UK

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UCL, Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH

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This popular annual event, now in its 7th year, is dedicated to the technique of immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridisation. This exciting meeting has been created to merge the need for technical-based updates in the areas of immunohistochemistry, clinical histopathology and in situ hybridisation. With a mixed array of academic speakers, this meeting should appeal to clinical, academic and pharmaceutical organisations. Technical presentations of 30 minute duration will be interspersed with 15 minute scientific contributions from commercial speakers. This event has CPD accrediation and will have a troubleshooting panel session. On registration you will be able to submit your questions to the panel that will be asked by the chair on the day of the event.

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