Conferences for 2009 - 2010

NOTE: Events officially endorsed by IBIA are highlighted in blue.

2009

FEBRUARY

12- 14 – International Neurorehabilitation Symposium (INRS), University of Zurich, Switzerland. For more information/registration: www.inrs2009.com.

MARCH

9-13 – 20th Anniversary of the International Center of Neurological Restoration (CIREN), Palacio de las Convenciones, La Habana, Cuba. Contact: rn2009@neuro.ciren.cu, on the web: www.ciren.ws.

12-13 – First International Conference on Culture, Ethnicity, and Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Washington, D.C. Description: Rehabilitation providers often struggle in their efforts to effectively serve survivors and family members who come from very different cultures and speak different languages. This conference will bring together brain injury rehabilitation experts from different countries and cultures to discuss and share ideas regarding effective assessment, intervention, and research practices. A full spectrum of topics relating to neurobehavioral, cognitive, functional, vocational, psychosocial, family, and medical aspects of rehabilitation will be addressed via lectures, workshops, panel presentations, and posters. Presentations will also focus on health disparities and successfully conducting research with multi-ethnic populations. Audience: Multidisciplinary rehabilitation providers who serve both outpatients and inpatients with brain injury and other neurological disorders; rehabilitation researchers and program administrators. Sponsors: Virginia Commonwealth University Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, Brain Injury Services, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, International Brain Injury Association, VCU Center for Health Care Disparities and Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Integration for Persons With TBI at TIRR Memorial Hermann. Co-Sponsors: Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disabilities Research, American Psychological Association, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, National Resource Center for TBI, Ohio State University. Contact: For information about the conference and poster submissions contact Juan Carlos Arango, Ph.D., USA; jcarangolasp@vcu.edu, tel. 804 828-8797.
NOTE: This event is officially endorsed by IBIA. IBIA members will receive 10% off registration fees.

26-28 – The New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury 12th annual multidisciplinary conference: Traumatic Brain Injury: The Treatment Imperative. NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY. For more information/registration: www.nyatbi.net.

MAY

7-9 – 3rd International Vocational Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada. State of the art, practical, solution-focused data will be provided on rehabilitation of survivors of traumatic brain injury. Professionals will be able to immediately use the information they receive. This information will include proven strategies that will help their clients return to work. By presenting current research with practical, solution-focused data, we aim to create a synergy and future research collaboration between professionals in the field. Call for Papers is now open. Submissions required by December 1, 2008. Abstract Submission & Preparation Guidelines can be found online at www.tbicvancouver.com. Shelley Johnson at 604-875-1775, sljproductions@telus.net.
NOTE: This event is officially endorsed by IBIA. IBIA members will receive 10% off registration fees.

JULY

8-10 - SickKids Centre for Brain & Behavior 1st Annual Symposium: Brain Injury in Children, Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, Canada. Contact: www.sickkids.ca/learninginstitute or Miriam Wexler, tel. 416-813-7654, ext. 28120.

AUGUST

12-15 – MTBI 2009, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, BC, Canada. Contact: www.mtbi2009.org, or email info@mtbi2009.org.

27-30 – The First International Congress on Clinical Neuroepidemiology, Munich, Germany www.neuro2009.com. This International Congress, for the first time, will bring together scientists and experts in all major fields of experimental and non-experimental neuroepidemiology. Combining scientific sessions in these two interrelated fields of neuroepidemiology with two corresponding half-day teaching courses and a one year-free on-line subscription to the journal of Neuroepidemiology for all registered participants are additional unique features of the Congress. For more information, please contact Congress Secretariat c/o K.I.T Gmbh & Co. KG, Association & Conference Management Group, Berlin, Germany: info@neuro2009.com or call +49 30 24603-0.
NOTE: This Congress is officially endorsed by IBIA

2010

MARCH

10-14 – 8th World Congress of the International Brain Injury Association, Washington, D.C., USA. For more information, contact the Congress Secretariat, congress@internationalbrain.org, www.internationalbrain.org, telephone: 703-960-6500.

MAY

23-27 – 17th European Congress on Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Venice, Italy.