9th Joint Meeting ISICR-ICS Cytokines & Interferons: From the ...
9th Joint Meeting ISICR-ICS Cytokines & Interferons: From the ...
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2009 – Lisbon, Portugal<br />
Michael Tovey (<strong>ISICR</strong>) presented <strong>the</strong> final report from <strong>the</strong><br />
2009 <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> of <strong>the</strong> SLB, <strong>ICS</strong> and <strong>ISICR</strong> which took<br />
place at <strong>the</strong> Lisbon Congress Center in Lisbon, Portugal on<br />
October 17-21, 2009. The <strong>the</strong>me of <strong>the</strong> conference was<br />
“Cellular and Cytokine Interactions in Health and Disease”.<br />
The number of registrants was reported as a total of 771<br />
participants coming from 51 countries with a breakdown as<br />
follows: 98 <strong>ICS</strong> members; 190 <strong>ISICR</strong> members; 129 SLB<br />
members; and 354 nonmembers. Registrants included 353<br />
students. There were 117 invited speakers. The Organizers<br />
reported income of $629,586 (US) which includes seed startup<br />
funds of $20,000 (US) from each of <strong>the</strong> 3 Societies and<br />
expenses of $554,665 (US) - leading to a profit to each of<br />
<strong>the</strong> 3 societies of $24,973 (US) which includes <strong>the</strong> $20,000<br />
(US) seed start-up funds received from each. The committee<br />
members thanked <strong>the</strong> Organizers for <strong>the</strong>ir efforts for a very<br />
successful meeting.<br />
2010 – Chicago, Illinois<br />
USA<br />
Leon Platanias (<strong>ISICR</strong>) provided <strong>the</strong> update for <strong>the</strong> current<br />
2010 <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>ISICR</strong>/<strong>ICS</strong> meeting “<strong>Cytokines</strong> in Infectious<br />
Diseases, Autoimmune Disorders and Cancer”. The meeting<br />
is taking place at <strong>the</strong> Hyatt Regency on Chicago’s<br />
“Magnificent Mile”, October 3-7, 2010. Leon reported <strong>the</strong><br />
current number of registered attendees as 580 from 36<br />
countries with <strong>the</strong> largest number of attendees coming from<br />
<strong>the</strong> United States. The early financial reports indicate<br />
conservative estimates of $562,000 (US) for income and<br />
$476,500 (US) for expenses, indicating that <strong>the</strong> organizers<br />
will be able to repay <strong>the</strong> $20,000 (US) in seed funds<br />
provided by each Society as well as provide a profit to be<br />
shared by <strong>the</strong> two Societies.<br />
Howard Young summarized his efforts towards advances in<br />
communications at <strong>Joint</strong> Society <strong>Meeting</strong>s; i.e. future uses of<br />
Applications for iPhones, iPads, iTouch and Droid based<br />
devices. Howard will continue by communicating with <strong>the</strong><br />
future meeting Organizers to assure appropriate use of <strong>the</strong>se<br />
applications for <strong>the</strong> meetings. The committee members all<br />
support Howard’s endeavors in this area of use of new<br />
technologies to enhance communications.<br />
FEBRUARY 2011 I VOLUME 18 I NO. 1 27
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