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Winter 1999, Issue #69
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1999 Conferences

  • February 6-7, 1999 - NGO Forum and Youth 1 Forum
    will take place at the Netherlands International Congress Centre in The Hague. For more information contact: Marianne Haslegrave, Organizer NGO Forum, Wouter Meijer, Convenor NGO Forum, Secretariat World Population Foundation. Ampèrestraat 10, 1221 GJ Hilversum Netherlands Tel: (31) 35 6422304 Fax: (31) 35 6421462. E-mail: postmaster@ngoforum.org; Website: www.ngoforum.org.

  • February 8-12 1999 - The Hague Forum, an operational review of the ICPD, is an input to the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), which will meet from 22-30 March 1999. The Commission will serve as the preparatory meeting for the General Assembly Special Session in June.

  • February 10-11, 1999 - CARING COMMUNITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: Villages and Cities for All Generations . United Nations Headquarters - New York City. E-mail: iccc@undp.org. Website: http://www.un.org/events/agingcf.htm.

  • February 24-26, 1999 - Children ’99 Countdown to the Millennium. Child Welfare League of America National Conference. Grand Hyatt Washington, Washington, D.C. Phone: 202-638-2952, E-mail: http://www.cwla.org

  • March 8-10, 1999 - Computers in Libraries. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia. Tel: 609-654-6266; Fax: (609) 654-4309. E-mail: custserv@infotoday.com. Web: http://www.infotoday.com

  • March 18-20 - Mega Countries Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland. World Health Organization

  • March 22-24 - APLIC-I ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Population Information Resources for a Changing Planet. Marriott Marquis, New York City. Hotel Reservations can be made by calling 800/228-9290 or 212-398-1900 or completing the PAA Hotel form at http://paa99.jhsph.edu/hotel/hotel.html. For more information contact: Peggy D’Adamo, 410-659-6256 or mdadamo@jhuccp.org. Website: http://www.med.jhu.edu/ccp/aplic/99conf/

  • March 25-27 - Population Association of America Annual Meeting . Marriott Marquis, New York City. http://paa99.jhsph.edu/

     

  • March 22-30 - Commission on Population and Development (CPD) . New York

     

  • March 25-26 - Older Adults, Health Information, and the World Wide Web. Hosted by The SPRY Foundation, Washington, D. C. and The University of Georgia Gerontology Center. Held at Natcher Center on the campus of The National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland. For more information about registration for the Conference or registration to display an electronic poster, please contact: SPRY Foundation/10 G Street, NE, Suite 600, Washington, D.C., 20002-4215. Email: spryfoundation@pcpssm.org. Telephone: (202) 216-8467; FAX: (202) 216-0779. Website: http://www.spry.org

  • March 26-29 - National Aids Update Conference. Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California. For more information contact Katharine Krebs, 657 Carolina Street, San Francisco, CA 94107-2725 Telephone: (415) 920-7000 Fax: (415) 920-7001

  • April 25-28 - Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA ): Seize the Advantage Through GIT. Charlotte, North Carolina. Robert Samborsky, Executive Director, GITA, Telephone: +1 303 337 0513. E-mail: bsamborski@gita.org. Website: www.gita.org

  • May 26-28 - Decreasing the Gap: Developing a Research Agenda on Socioeconomic Status, Environmental Exposures and Health Disparities. Baltimore, MD. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) will sponsor a series of regional workshops in Baltimore & Chicago, IL (July 7-9, 1999). Workshops will be devoted to issues examining the relationships among poverty, pollution and health status, and are designed to generate ideas and stimulate discussion on research activities. For more information and to register, please see the NIEHS web site at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/dert/gap.htm or contact the conference coordinator Michelle Beckner at (703) 902-1269 or beckner@circsol.com.

  • June 1-2 - 3rd Annual National Symposium on Overcoming Barriers to Condom Use. New York University. Sponsored by Pharmacists Planning Service, Columbia University SPH, U of California, Berkeley SPH & Los Angeles SPH, Advocates for Youth, Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health, Planned Parenthood (New York). Abstracts must be submitted by Dec. 15, 1998; posters by April 19, 1999. Contact PPSI@aol.com or call 415-479-8628 for more information.

  • June 6-10 - 23rd Annual Conference of the International Urban Development Association: The Inclusive City: Cities for the World, Cities for the People. Lyon, France. Contact Irene Mitchell, International Urban Development Association. E-mail: intainfo@inta-aivn.org. Website: http://www.inta-aivn.org

  • June 8-11 - Changing Family Systems and Care for the Aged in the 21st Century: 6th Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of Gerontology. Hotel Inter-Continental, Seoul, Korea. Hosted by the Korean Gerontological Societies. Website: http://www.mbc.co.kr

  • June 20-23 - International Healthy Cities Conference . Athens, Greece. Sponsored by EURO (Copenhagan)

  • June 21 - August 13 - Managing Health Programs in Developing Countries. This Harvard School of Public Health program, sponsored by the Health Systems Group and the Center for Continuing Professional Education, has been developed to enhance the skills of mid-career health care managers in developing countries. It allows the mid-career manager who does not have the option of enrolling in a lengthy degree program to enhance management skills for organizational success. The faculty for the program are experts in the field of health care management, and familiar with the particular challenges facing health care managers in developing countries. Participants will also learn from dynamic exchanges between fellow program attendees. In addition, a number of special seminars on topics from HIV/AIDS to service for aging population are held. During the first seven years of the program, participants attended from 84 countries. April 1, 1999 deadline for application to be sent to Nerissa Majid, Program Officer/Harvard School of Public Health/677 Huntington Avenue, SPHI-1210/Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A. Telephone: (617) 432-4515; Fax: (617) 432-1323 E-mail: nmajid@sph.harvard.edu. Website: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Academics/hpm/mhpdc/brochure.html

     

  • June 30-July 2 - Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGASS) to review and appraise the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action. New York.

  • June 30-July 2 July 7 – July 21 - Strategic Leadership for Population and Reproductive Health. Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Two week course for mid to top level policy makers, program managers and academic leaders in population, family planning, maternal and reproductive health. Focus on policy analysis, strategic planning, program management, evaluation, organization change utilizing the StarGuide software tool for leadership development. Gates Foundation Fellowships are available for highly qualified individuals from developing countries. For more information contact bkambic@jhsph.edu or visit the website: http://www.jhlpp.jhsph.edu/

  • July 8-11 - IV European Congress of Gerontology. Berlin, Germany. Contact: Prof. Dr. Rudolf M. Schütz, President of the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics, Medizinische Universitat Lübeck, Ratzeburger Alle 160 - 23538 Lübeck, Germany

  • July 20-24 - American Academy of Natural Family Planning Sheraton Hotel. Lowell, Massachusetts, USA Contact: Jeanice Vinduska 615 S Ballas Road St Louis, MO 63141 (402) 298-8478

  • September 5-9 - Aging in a Society for All Ages: Fourth Global Conference on Aging. Palais des Congres, Montreal, Canada. http://www.ifa-fiv.org. International Federation on Aging, 425, Viger St. West, Suite 520, Montreal, Quebec, N2Z 1W5, Canada. Tel: 514-396-3358 Fax: 514-396-3378 e-mail: ifa@citenet.net 

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