7 – 10 May 2011. Milan, Italy
27th International Congress of Chemotherapy

The 27th ICC will be held in conjunction with the 21st ECCMID and co-hosted by ESCMID.
Website: http://www.eccmid-icc2011.org

Congress President: Professor Andrea Novelli
Scientific Secretariat: Professor Francesco Scaglione

3,733 abstracts were received, 1,974 of which were accepted as oral communications or posters; 557 were accepted only for publication in the Congress proceedings. There were 8,231 delegates, 1,393 exhibitors and company staff, 367 accompanying persons, to reach a total of 9,991 participants.
Scientific contributions came from 97 countries, many of which were represented by ISC affiliated societies.

The scientific programme may still be viewed at
www.eccmid-icc2011.org/eccmid-icc2011/programme-overview.html

4 – 5 March 2011 Florence, Italy
5th ISC International Conference and 1st GOCCI International Conference on Cancer Therapeutics - Molecular Targets, Pharmacology and Clinical Applications "Focus on Gastrointestinal Tract Oncology"

Presidents: Prof. Teresita Mazzei, Prof Calogero Surrenti (Florence)

This meeting was co-organised by the ISC and Gruppo Oncologico Chirurgico Cooperativo Italiano (GOCCI). Programme highlights included:

• Gastrointestinal tumours: current epidemiology and public health
• Anti-angiogenesis in gastrointestinal tumours: VEGFR targeting with monoclonal antibodies.
• Cancers of the oesophagus and stomach
• Cancer of the liver and hepatobilliary tract
• Towards personalised therapies in gastrointestinal cancer
• Cancer of the colon and rectum
• Pancreatic cancer
• Gastrointestinal stromal tumours
• To view the preliminary programme for this meeting, please click here.

11 – 12 March 2011.
8th Annual Conference of the Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan, Islamabad

This meeting was held under the auspices of the ISC.

Both national and international speakers will address the theme of the congress which is “The Age of Superbugs: Facts and Solutions”

Conference topics:

Further information can be found at:
www.idspak.org / E-mail idsp2011@hotmail.com

1 - 3 April 2011, Prague, Czech Republic
ESCMID Conference on the Impact of Vaccines on Public Health

This meeting was organised in co-operation with the ISC. Programme topics included:
The Current Landscape
Vaccines for Children
Vaccines Facing the Problems of the XXI Century
Pneumococcal Disease
Vaccines for Special Patients
Influenza
Vaccines, Media and Community
Meningococcal Disease: Recent Developments and Novel Challenges
The History of Vaccination - 4th International Day for Fighting Infection
Big Challenges and Unmet Needs
Vaccinology, an Evolving Science

Conference Secretariat: ICO, ico@icorganization.it

6 – 8 April 2011. Seoul, Korea
8th International symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR 2011)

ISAAR 2011 under the theme of “Advancing solutions to evolving resistance” brought together leading scientists and researchers from all over the world to Seoul to share information and updated knowledge on antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial treatment and vaccines.
For further information go to: www.isaar.org/

7 - 10 April 2011. Punta del Este, Uruguay
XV Pan American Congress of Infectology

Pre Congress Course of the Pan American Association of Infectology (API).
For further information go to: www.apiuruguay.com/

25 September 2011. Shanghai, China
1st Shanghai International Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (SICCMAC)

This meeting was co-organised by the ISC, WPSC (ASCMI), GCACMID in conjunction with the Shanghai Society of Infection and Chemotherapy (SSIC) Chinese Microbiology, the Immunology Association (Chinese Medical Association) and Huashan and Rui-jin hospitals

• Honorary Chairman: Fu Wang
• Chairman and Co-chairman: Yuxing Ni, Minggui Wang
• Organizing committee Chairman: Yao-Guo Shi
• Scientific committee Chairman: Fu Wang
• International advisory Committee Chairman: Po-Ren Hsueh
  

3 – 6 November 2011, Belgrade, Serbia
2nd South East European Conference of Chemotherapy and Infection (SEEC)

The 2nd South East European Conference of Chemotherapy and Infection (SEEC) will be co-organized by:

1. Yugoslav Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JUAH)
2. Federation of European Societies for Chemotherapy and Infection (FESCI), in cooperation with
3. ISC
4. Mediterranean Society of Chemotherapy (MSC)
5. Supported by many scientific societies in the region.

Website: www.seecch2011.org
E-mail: seecch2011@juah.org