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Conference Calendar

Educational opportunities relevant to cancer are presented in this feature. Nurses and other health professionals are invited to submit notices of symposia, workshops, and continuing education offerings to: Carol Reed Ash, Editor, CANCER NURSING, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, P.O. Box 100187, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0187. Academic programs leading to advanced degrees in cancer nursing will be listed at the request of the sponsoring agency or institution. Selections of items for review will be based on their relevance to cancer care and the availability of space. Items must be submitted at least four months prior to the program date.

 

5th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology. September 3-7, 2000. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. For more information contact The Conference Organisers Pty Ltd, PO Box 1127, Sandringham Victoria 3191 Australia. e-mail:http://www.psycho-oncology2000.com.

 

Merging Tradition, Institution, Empirics and Innovation: An International Conference on Health Sciences Education and Practice. September 10-12, 2000. Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR China. For more information, contact Ms. Esther Lau, Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR China. Telephone: 852-2766-6404; fax: 852-2364-9663; e-mail:[email protected].

 

Oncology Nursing: Perspectives on Practice. September 17-20, 2000. San Francisco, CA. For more information, contact Contemporary Forums. Telephone: 925-828-7100, ext. 0; web site:http://www.cforums.com or [email protected].

 

17th Annual Conference of the American Association for the History of Nursing. September 22-24, 2000 Villanova, PA. For more information, telephone: 609-693-7250; internet:http://www.aahn.org.

 

7th International Conference on Mechanisms of Antimutagenesis and Anticarcinogenesis (ICMAA). September 23-27, 2000. Grand Rapids, MI. For more information, contact 7th ICMAA Secretariat: Phillipp Orme, 12 Church Street, West Haney, Nr. Wantage, Oxon OX12-0LN, United Kingdom. Telephone: 44-1235-868811; e-mail:[email protected]; web site:http://www.elsevier.com/locate/icmaa2000.

 

New Molecular Targets in Cancer Therapy. October 14-17, 2000. St. Petersburg Beach, FL. For more information, contact Susan Easter, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive, FOW-PR/EDU, Tampa, FL 33612-9497. Telephone: 813-632-1775; e-mail:[email protected].

 

American and European Associations for Cancer Education Joint Meeting. November 2-5, 2000. Washington, DC. For more information, contact Secretariat, Virginia Krawiec, MPA, AACE Secretary, P.O. Box 601, Snellville, GA 30078-0601. Telephone: 404-329-7612; fax: 404-321-4669; e-mail:[email protected].

 

Oncology Nursing Society, 1st Annual Institutes of Learning. November 3-5, 2000. Charlotte, NC. For more information, contact Oncology Nursing Society, 501 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220-2749. Telephone: 412-921-7373; fax: 412-921-6565; e-mail:[email protected].

 

Oncology Nursing Society, 6th National Conference on Oncology Nursing Research. February 8-10, 2001. Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. For more information, contact Oncology Nursing Society, 501 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220-2749. Telephone: 412-921-7373; fax: 412-921-6565; e-mail:[email protected].

 

4th International Gastric Cancer Congress. April 30-May 2, 2001. New York City, NY. For more information, contact Martin S. Karpeh, Jr., M.D., Congress Secretary General, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021. Telephone: 212-639-6661; fax: 212-794-3184.

 

Notices of upcoming conferences of interest to staff development educators will be printed in Cancer Nursing without charge. Please send information at least four months in advance of desired publication date.

 

Conference Highlights

ONS Presents 6th National Conference on Oncology Nursing Research. February 8-10, 2001, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. This conference is designed to provide a forum for scholarly exchange related to the foundation and advancement of cancer nursing science and practice. The conference offers a dynamic keynote presentation and plenary, abstract symposia, and poster sessions. Additionally, the 2001 ACS State-of-the-Science Lecture will be presented at the Conference and the 2001 ONS New Investigator Award recipient will be announced. The ONS New Investigator Award, which is underwritten through an educational grant from Genentech, Inc., will be presented at the biennial ONS National Conference on Nursing Research. Nursing scientists at all levels of professional development are invited to apply for the ONS/American Cancer Society State-of-the-Science Lecture. This lecture is an exciting feature of the Nursing Research Conference as well.