(1 Jan to 6 Nov 2010)
and the
International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
(31 Oct to 6 Nov 2010)
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2010
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
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
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
Past Patient / Caregiver Events
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
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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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
NBTF Caregiver Training Workshop
22 January 2008
Westlake Village, California, USA
February
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