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2009 Events Calendar

The list below represents currently scheduled conferences and presentations. Please check back often for updates.

In addition to the events listed below, the Population Council hosts three ongoing seminar series:

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June–July 2009
5 June	Congressional Briefing—Africa's Future: Improving the Health of Mothers and Children Washington, DC (more)
9 June	The Endocrine Society Basic Research Affairs Committee Meeting Washington, DC (offsite link) ------------ Patricia L. Morris, committee member
10–13 June	The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting Washington, DC (offsite link) ------------ Patricia L. Morris Presenter: "Male maturation arrest in meiosis in human zygotene−pachytene spermatocytes associated with synaptic disruptions and dysregulation of SUMOylation and ubiquitination" (co-authors: Petrice Brown, Keumsil Hwang, and Peter N. Schlegel) (6/12, 1:00 pm)
10–14 June	2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Windhoek, Namibia (offsite link) ------------ Saiqa Mullick Presenter: "Strengthening and scaling up HIV services through integration into family planning: Results from an evaluation" (co-authors: Nzwaki Mosery, Mantshi Menziwa, Doctor Khoza, and Edwin Maroga) (Abstract no. 1525) Scott Geibel Poster presenter: "Using capture-recapture methods for enumerating vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations" (co-authors: Eduard Sanders and Stanley Luchters) (Abstract no. 2013)
17 June	Are We Being Heard? Effectively Strengthening Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Services Roundtable discussion co-hosted by UNAIDS, World Health Organization, and UNFPA Geneva, Switzerland ------------ Speakers: Ward Cates, Ian Askew, and Kevin Moody
22–23 June	G8 International Parliamentarians Conference: Strategic Investments in Times of Crisis—The Rewards of Making Women’s Health a Priority Rome, Italy ------------ Judith Bruce Speaker: "Making critical and timely investments in adolescent girls' health: Why and how” (6/22)
22–24 June	HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care Summit Meeting hosted by the Amhara Regional HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office Bahir Dar, Ethiopia ------------ Annabel Erulkar Presenter: "Preventing early marriage" Tekle-Ab Mekbib Presenter: "Developmental bible" Presenter TBA: "Addis Birhan male norms project"
28 June–1 July	18th International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR): Scanning the Horizon London, England (offsite link) ------------ Kate S. Wilson Poster session: "Sexual norms and HIV risk behaviors among migrant Mexican men living in Texas" Heidi E. Jones, Loren M. Dobkin, Adriana A. Pinho, Carla Giana Luppi, Paul C. Hewett, and Sheri Lippman Poster session: "Linking intimate partner violence and STIs: Findings from São Paulo, Brazil"
30 June–2 July	Reducing Inequities: Ensuring Universal Access to Family Planning in the Context of Sexual and Reproductive Health UNFPA New York, New York ------------ John Townsend Chair, Session 3: "Eliminating missed opportunities" (6/30, 2:30–4:00 pm) Adam Weiner Presenter: "Identifying the vulnerable and underserved—Introduction of mapping tools" (Session 4: "Paving the way for increasing success") (7/1, 9:45–10:45 am) Nafissatou Diop Presenter: "Reaching adolescents through a variety of approaches" (Session 5: "Reaching hard to reach populations) (7/1, 12:00–1:00 pm)
1 July	Ishraq—Scale Up Launch Event Cairo, Egypt (agenda) (more)
6–9 July	SVRI (Sexual Violence Research Initiative) Forum 2009 Johannesburg, South Africa (offsite link)
8 July	Cell Biology and Flow Cytometry "CellCore" Seminar Series Sponsored by the Population Council at Rockefeller University New York, New York (more) ------------ Dolores J. Lamb Speaker: "Leptin ghrelin interplay in the testis"
13–16 July	When Religion and Health Align: Mobilizing Religious Health Assets for Transformation African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP) International Conference Cape Town, South Africa (offsite link) ------------ Nathi Sohaba Presenter: "Partnering with FBOs to implement an HIV prevention program addressing concurrent and multiple sexual partnerships in the Eastern Cape Province: Challenges and opportunities" (7/15, 2:00 pm)
15 July	Meeting of Pollsters of Arab Youth Beirut, Lebanon ------------ Ghada Barsoum Presenter: "The survey on young people in Egypt: Methodology and conceptualization"
15–17 July	Fertility Declines in the Past, Present, and Future: What We Don’t Know and What We Need to Know A joint workshop of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the British Society for Population Studies, and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure Cambridge, United Kingdom (offsite link) ------------ Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll, speakers
19–22 July	5th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention Cape Town, South Africa (more)
20–21 July	Dissemination Event: Poverty, Job Quality and Labor Market Dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa Cairo, Egypt (more)
August 2009
3–28 August	2009 Research Methods Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Johannesburg, South Africa (offsite link)
9–13 August	9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) Bali, Indonesia (offsite link)
September–October 2009
10–13 September	8th Congress of the European Society of Gynecology Rome, Italy (offsite link) ------------ Régine Sitruk-Ware Speaker: "Delivery routes for hormonal contraception"
27 September–2 October	XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference Marrakech, Morocco (offsite link) ------------ Paul Demeny Presenter: "Depopulation: Concept, consequences, countermeasures"
4–9 October	XIX FIGO World Congress of Gynecology & Obstetrics Cape Town, South Africa (offsite link) ------------ Régine Sitruk-Ware Speaker: "Delivery systems in menopausal hormone therapy"
November 2009
7–9 November	Economic Research Forum 16th Annual Conference Sanaa, Yemen (offsite link)
7–11 November	American Public Health Association 137th Annual Meeting & Exposition Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (offsite link)

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30 June 2009