(1 Jan to 31 Dec 2012)
and the
International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
(28 Oct to 3 Nov 2012)
Greater Collaboration Greater Knowledge Greater Hope
2012
January
21 January 2012
Tampa, Florida, USA
BRAINSTORM - A Dialogue and Education Series: "Legal Issues for Brain Tumor Families"
25 January 2012
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
February
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Bristol Information Day
3 February 2012
Bristol, UK
March
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Newcastle Information Day
2 March 2012
Newcastle, UK
1st Annual "Bridge to Hope" hosted by Florida Brain Tumor Association and UM/Sylvester Neuro program
3 March 2012
Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA
Medicine and Me: Brain Tumours hosted by The Royal Society of Medicine and Brain Tumour UK
12 March 2012
Birmingham, UK
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust London Information Day
16 March 2012
London, UK
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Oxford Information Day
23 March 2012
Bristol, UK
April
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Moncton Education Seminar
14 April 2012
Moncton, NB, Canada
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Edmonton Education Seminar
28 April 2012
Edmonton, Canada
May
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Hamilton Education Seminar
6 May 2012
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Cambridge Information Day
23 May 2012
Cambridge, UK
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Ottawa Education Seminar
26 May 2012
Ottawa, Canada
June
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Vancouver Education Seminar
9 June 2012
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Plymouth Information Day
15 June 2012
Plymouth, UK
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Winnipeg Education Seminar
23 June 2012
Winnipeg, Canada
26 June 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July
ABTA 2012 Annual Patient-Family Meeting and Retreat
27-29 July 2012
Chicago, Illinois, USA
September
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Calgary Information Day
29 September 2012
Calgary, Canada
October
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada London Information Day
13 October 2012
London, ON, Canada
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Halifax Information Day
27 October 2012
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Past Patient / Caregiver Events
2011
January
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Family Caregiver Workshop
8 January 2011
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Family Caregiver Workshop
8 January 2011
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
"Financial Challenges: Practical Suggestions For Brain Tumor Families"
18 January 2011
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Florida Brain Tumor Association's 20th Annual "Sharing Hope: Tumor Talk" Brain Tumor Conference
21-23 January 2011
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
February
ABTA Understanding Brain Tumors Seminar
12 February 2011
Savannah, Georgia, USA
March
Meningioma Webinar: Treatment and Research Updates
National Brain Tumor Society and the Brain Science Foundation
1 March 2011, 10-11 AM PST / 1-2 PM EST
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Patient and Carer Information Day
(For more information please contact: LAliverti@sdbtt.co.uk or tel 0845 130 9733)
4 March 2011
London, UK
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Patient and Carer Information Day
11 March 2011
Glasgow, UK
DIPG.ORG Pediatric Brain Cancer Symposium
18-19 March 2011
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Patient and Carer Information Day
25 March 2011
Cardiff, UK
April
Brain Tumor Patient and Caregiver Workshop
San Diego Brain Tumor Foundation and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
9 April 2011
La Jolla, California, USA
UCLA Eleventh Annual Brain Tumor Conference
15-16 April 2011
Los Angeles, California, USA
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Edmonton Education Seminar
30 April 2011
Edmonton, Canada
May
Outsmarting Brain Tumors: A Conference on Brain Tumors for Patients, Families and Caregivers
14 May 2011
Los Angeles, California, USA
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) "Together in Hope" - A Conference for Patients and Families
20-22 May 2011
Houston, Texas, USA
June
Advances in Neurology and Neurosurgery Patient Conference
4 June 2011
Palm Springs, California, USA
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Saskatoon Education Seminar
11 June 2011
Saskatoon, Canada
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Patient and Carer Information Day
17 June 2011
Leeds, UK
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Ottawa Education Seminar
18 June 2011
Ottawa, Canada
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Patient and Carer Information Day
24 June 2011
Nottingham, UK
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Moncton Education Seminar
25 June 2011
Moncton, NB, Canada
3rd Annual Brain Cancer Symposium at The Gathering Place (sponsored by the ABTA)
25 June 2011
Beachwood, Ohio, USA
July
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Vancouver Education Seminar
9 July 2011
Vancouver, BC, Canada
ABTA's 10th Biennial Meeting For Patients/Survivors/Families
29-30 July 2011
Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA
September
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Barrie Education Seminar
17 September 2011
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
19 September 2011
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Brain Tumour UK Annual Conference 2011
21-22 September 2011
Glasgow, UK
Brain Tumor Symposium for Patients and Families hosted by the University of Southern California
24 September 2011
Los Angeles, California, USA
October
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Calgary Information Day
1 October 2011
Calgary, Canada
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust (SDBTT) Patient Information and Support Day
7 October 2011
Brighton, UK
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada London Information Day
15 October 2011
London, Ontario, Canada
"Radiation and Radiosurgery for Brain Tumors" - David S. Zocchi Brain Tumor Center
26 October 2011
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Halifax Information Day
29 October 2011
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Central New Jersey Regional Brain Tumor Conference - Diagnosis Brain Tumor: You Are Not Alone IV
29 October 2011
Edison, New Jersey, USA
International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
30 October-5 November 2011
Activities will be held around the world to help raise awareness of brain tumours
November
NBTS Summit - Annual Meeting of the Nation Brain Tumor Society
3-6 November 2011
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust (SDBTT) Patient Information and Support Day
4 November 2011
Coventry, UK
2010
January
22-23 January 2010
March
Hammer Out 3rd Annual Patient and Carer Conference
6-7 March 2010
Woodbury Park Hote, near Exeter, UK
East Anglia One Day Patient Conference on Brain Tumours
13 March 2010
Cambridge, UK
organised by the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust
19 March 2010
Edinburgh, UK
NBTS Regional Patient and Family Conference
19-20 March 2010
Washington DC, USA
UCLA Tenth Annual Brain Tumor Conference
Free registration. For registration information please contact Luzianne D. Fernandez at Fax: (310) 2671292 or Phone: (310) 2063610
19-20 March 2010
Los Angeles, California, USA
June
Brain Tumour Education Seminar
19 June 2010
Edmonton, AB, Canada
The Flora L. Thornton Community Health Education Program
22 and 24 June 2010
Los Angeles, California, USA
B-Aware of Brain Metastases: Know the Risk, Symptoms and Treatment Options
Health Talks at the Cleveland Clinic
26 June 2010
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Brain Tumour Education Seminar
26 June 2010
Barrie, ON, Canada
July
Brain Tumour UK 10th Annual Patient and Carer Conference
7-8 July 2010
Blackpool, UK
Outsmarting Brain Tumors: A Conference on Brain Tumors for Patients, Families and Caregivers
10 July 2010
Los Angeles, California, USA
September
Brain Tumour Education Seminar - Pediatric Focus
18 September 2010
Vancouver, BC, Canada
October
sponsored by the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust and Brainwaves NI
1 October 2010, 10am - 4pm at the Holiday Inn, Belfast, 22 Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2 8HS
Belfast, Northen Ireland
Fourth Annual Meningioma Awareness Day
2 October 2010
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Calgary Information Day Conference
2 October 2010
Calgary, AB, Canada
8-9 October 2010
Dallas, Texas, USA
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada 25th Annual London Information Day Conference
16 October 2010
London, ON, Canada
BC Cancer Agency Brain Tumour Information Day Conference
23 October 2010
Vancouver, BC, Canada
BRAINSTORM: A Dialogue and Education Series - "Talking With Your Children About Brain Tumors"
25 October 2010
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Halifax Information Day
30 October 2010
Halifax, NS, Canada
November
International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
31 October-6 November 2010
Activities will be held around the world to help raise awareness of brain tumours
Meeting of the Scottish Adult Neuro-Oncology Network (SANON): "21st Century Neuro-Oncology"
5 November 2010
Matthew Hay Conference Centre, Suttie Centre for Teaching and Learning in Healthcare,
Foresterhill,Aberdeen, UK
Advances in Neurosurgery and Neurology Bakersfield Patient Conference
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
13 November 2010
Bakersfield, California, USA
Patient and Carer Information Day: Brain Tumours
(organised by the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust in collaboration with brainstrust )
19 November 2010
Eastleigh, UK
2009
January
23-25 January 2009
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February
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Family Caregiver Workshop
28 February 2009
Houston, Texas, USA
March
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Family Caregiver Workshop
7 March 2009
Seattle, Washington, USA
14 March 2009
Wellington New Zealand
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Family Caregiver Workshop
21 March 2009
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Family Caregiver Workshop
28 March 2009
Tampa, Florida, USA
April
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Family Caregiver Workshop
4 April 2009
Columbus, Ohio, USA
2009 UCLA Brain Tumor Conference
10 April 2009
Los Angeles, California, USA
Presentation by Dr Duane Mitchell , Duke University, sponsored by Western North Carolina Brain Tumor Support and Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States
16 April 2009
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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in partnership with The Brain Tumor Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
17
April
New York, New York, USA
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Family Caregiver Workshop
18 April 2009
Chicago, Illinois, USA
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Family Caregiver Workshop
25 April 2009
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
May
1 May 2009
Canandaigua, New
York, USA
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Family Caregiver Workshop
9 May 2009
Rochester, New York, USA
Diagnosis Brain Tumor: You Are Not Alone III
(Central New Jersey Regional Brain Tumor Conference)
9 May 2009
Edison, New Jersey, USA
Brain Tumour Support and Information Day, Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust
11 May 2009
London, UK
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in partnership with University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
15-17
May
Houston, Texas, USA
June
Brain Tumour Support and Information Day, Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust
8 June 2009
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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20
June
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
July
Brain Tumour UK Conference
(Further information in due course on the Brain Tumour UK website at www.braintumouruk.org.uk )
7-8 July 2009
Redditch, Worcestershire, UK
ABTA Sharing Hope Meeting for Patients/Survivors/Families
10-11 July 2009
Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA
September
This multidisciplinary conference includes a
Central Nervous System programme
on 21-22
September.
Berlin, Germany
Brain Tumor Advanced Treatments Conference
18-19 September 2009
Ashland, Oregon, USA
October
Third Annual Meningioma Awareness Day
3 October 2009
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
November
International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
1-7 November 2009
Activities will be held around the world to help raise awareness of brain tumours.
The 3rd Annual Fred Cohen Memorial Symposium: "Living with a Brain Tumor: Enhancing Quality of Life"
4 November 2009
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
International Brain Tumour Awareness Week Public Forum for Patients and Family
For more information contact Monique Poulter at monique.poulter@mh.org.au
7 November 2009
Melbourne, Australia
UCSF Brain Tumor Symposium: Advances in Brain Tumor Research and Treatment
20 November 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
2008
January
18-19 January 2008
22 January 2008
Westlake Village, California, USA
2 February 2008
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
ABTA / Brain Tumor Foundation For Children Inc. / SBTF "Sharing Hope" Patient Meeting
29 February - 1 March 2008
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
March
National Brain Tumor Foundation, Brain Tumor Society and Sutter Cancer Center One Day Patient Conference
8 March 2008
Sacramento, California, USA
Hammer Out South West Patient and Carer Conference
8-9 March 2008
Devon, UK
NBTF Caregiver Training Workshop
15 March 2008
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Tug McGraw Foundation Brain Tumor Quality of Life Research Summit
16-18 March 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust (SDBTT)/Astro Fund Brain Tumour Information Day
17 March 2008
London, UK
April
NBTF Caregiver Training Workshop
5 April 2008
Tampa, Florida, USA
European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) Cancer Patient Summit
7-8 April 2008
Brussels, Belgium
Note: Not specific to CNS tumours but a general patient/caregiver-oriented conference at which advocacy issues affecting cancer patients (including those with brain tumours) will be discussed. The IBTA will be participating in a panel on patient groups and awareness raising.
NBTF Caregiver Training Workshop
12 April 2008
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
b.r.a.i.n child's Paediatric Brain Tumour Information Day
12 April 2008
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Contact brain.child@sickkids.ca for further information.
UCLA 8th Annual Brain Tumor Conference
18-19 April 2008
Los Angeles, California, USA
May
Update in Neuro-Oncology: A Multidisciplinary Approach, University of Rochester Medical Center
2 May 2008
Fairport, New York, USA
Brain Tumor Mini Symposium, Emory Winship Cancer Institute
8 May 2008
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
NBTF Caregiver Training Workshop
10 May 2008
Newport Beach, California, USA
Outsmarting Brain Tumors - Free Community Conference for Patients, Families and Caregivers
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
10 May 2008
Los Angeles, California, USA
Patient Wellness Meeting/ABTA 35th Anniversary Dinner/Research Reception
17 May 2008
Chicago, Illinois, USA
June
Celebration of Survival hosted by Monmouth Medical Center
6 June 2008
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
NBTF Caregiver
Training Workshop
24 June 2008
Austin, Texas,
USA
The 2008 Midwest
Regional Brain Tumor Conference - Cincinnati Brain Tumor Center and the
National Brain Tumor Foundation
28 June 2008
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
July
Brain Tumour UK Annual Conference
14-15 July 2008
Birmingham, UK
August
ABTA Sharing Hope
Patient and Family Meeting
1-2 August 2008
Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
September
Brain Science
Foundation and Brigham and Women's Hospital "Meningioma Awareness
Day"
6 September 2008
Boston,
Massachusetts, USA
2008 Brain Cancer Awareness Day
Voices Against Brain Cancer and the New York Mets at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York
22 September 2008
Queens, New York, USA
October
Memorial Sloan Kettering CancerSmart Lecture: An Update on Brain and Spinal Cord Cancers
21 October 2008
New York, New York, USA
Meeting of the Japan Brain Tumour Alliance (JBTA)
25 October 2008
Fukuoka, Japan
November
International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
1-7 November 2009
Activities will be held around the world to help raise awareness of brain tumours
5 November 2008
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Brain Tumor Awareness Day 2008
The Brain Tumor Foundation
16 November 2008
New York, New York, USA
Low-Grade Brain Tumour Information Day
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust (Astro Fund), The Royal Free Hospital, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, and North London Cancer Network
For further information email astrofund@astrofund.org.uk or telephone 0845 1307627
21 November 2008
London, UK
Teleconferences 2008
CancerCare/ABTA telephone education workshop "Medical Treatments for Glioblastoma"
13 March 2008, 1.30-2.30pm ET
ABTA Scientific Advisory Council member, Jeffrey Bruce, MD of Columbia University Medical Center in New York will be the presenter. The teleconference will be conducted by CancerCare. It is free, but preregistation is required. Register online at the CancerCare site: http://www.cancercare.org/get_help/tew_calendar.php (scroll down to March 13) or call 800-813-4673.
National Brain Tumor Society Teleconference on Latest Glioma Treatments
Speaker:Dr Howard Fine, MD, Chief of the Neuro-oncology branch of the National Cancer Institute
2 December 2008, 1pm PST / 4pm EST