March 30–April 2, 2005

24th Annual Meeting of the American Pain Society (IASP Chapter)

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Contact: American Pain Society, 4700 West Lake Avenue, Glenview, IL 60025, USA

Tel: 847-375-4715

Fax: 877-734-8758

E-mail: info@ampainsoc.org

Web site: www.ampainsoc.org

March 30–April 3, 2005

Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) 27th Annual Conference

Location: Hyatt Regency, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Contact: ADEC, 342 North Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06117-2507, USA

Tel: 860-586-7503

Fax: 860-586-7550

E-mail: info@adec.org

Web site: www.adec.org/conf/ index.htm

April 3–5, 2005

15^th Annual Ontario Provincial Conference on Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Location: The Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Contact: Humber Corporate and Continuing Education, 205 Humber College Blvd., Toronto, ON M9W 5L7, Canada

Attn: Cindy Abela

Tel: 416-675-6622

Fax: 416-645-0135

Web site: www.palliativecare. humber.ca

April 6–10, 2005

9th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care: A World Congress of Palliative Care

Location: Aachen, Germany

Contact: Saskia Jünger, Klinik für Palliativmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, D-52074 Aachen, Germany

Tel: ++49-241-80-80880

Fax: ++49-241-80 33 80725

E-mail: congress2005@ukaachen.de

Web site: www.palliativmedizin. ukaachen.de; www.eapcnet.org/Aachen2005

April 14–16, 2005

Disseminating End-of-Life Education to Cancer Centers (DELECC): Interdisciplinary course presented by City of Hope

Location: Pasadena Hilton Hotel, Pasadena, California, USA

Contact: Jo Hanson

Tel: (626) 359-8111, ext. 63108

E-mail: jhanson@coh.org

Web site: deletcc.coh.org

April 21–23, 2005

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) 6th Clinical Team Conference

Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Contact: National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, Conference Services, Department 929, 1799 Diagonal Road, Suite 625, Alexandria, VA, 22304-0929, USA

Tel: 703-837-1500

Fax: 703-837-1233

E-mail: nhpco.org

Web site: www.nhpco.org/ conferences

April 28–May 1, 2005

30th Annual Congress Oncological Nursing Society

Location: Orlando, Florida, USA

Contact: Oncology Nursing Society, 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214, USA

Tel (Toll Free): 800-257-4ONS

Tel: 412-859-6100

Fax (Toll Free): 877-369-5497

Fax: 412-859-6162

E-mail: Customer.service@ons.org

Web site: www.ons.org

May 21–26, 2005

158th Annual Meeting American Psychiatric Association “Psychosomatic Medicine: Integrating Medicine & Psychiatry”

Location: Atlanta, GA

Tel: 1-888-35-PSYCH or 0

E-mail: apa@psych.org

Web site: www.psych.org

May 26–27, 2005

15^th Annual Congress of Palliative Care Research of Quèbec Together at the Crossroads

Location: Ville de Saguenay, Quèbec, Canada

Contact: Congres AQSP 2005, C.P. 65, Varennes, Quèbec J3X 1P9, Canada

Tel: 450-652-0918

Fax: 450-929-1472

E-mail: jocbr@videotron.ca

June 24–25 2005

3rd International Ulm-Workshop on Psycho-Oncology “Constraints for the Communication in Haematology and Oncology”

Location: Universitätsklinikum Ulm - Bereich Kuhberg, Am Hochsträß 8, D-89081, Ulm, Germany

Contact: Helga Ostermayer, Conference Secretary

Tel: +49 731 500 26606

E-mail: helga.ostermayer@medizin.uni-ulm.de

Web site: http://sip.medizin.uni- ulm.de/onco-workshop

June 30–July 2, 2005

Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC)/International Society for Oral Oncology (ISOO) 17th Joint International Symposium

Location: The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland

Contact: Cynthia N. Rittenberg, RN, MN AOCN, Executive Director, MASCC

500 Rue St. Ann, Suite 223, Metairie, LA 70005, USA

Tel: 504-828-2184

Fax: 504-828-2180

E-mail: cintyrit@bellsouth.net

Web site: www.mascc.org

August 21–26, 2005

11th World Congress on Pain, International Association for the Study of Pain

Location: Sydney, Australia

Contact: IASP Secretariat, 909 NE 43rd St.. Suite 306, Seattle, WA 98105-6020, USA

Tel: 206-547-6409

Fax: 206-547-1703

E-mail: iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org

Web site: www.iasp-pain.org

May 3–6, 2006

American Pain Society, 25th Annual Scientific Meeting

Location: San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA

May 25–28, 2006

4th Research Forum of the European Association for Palliative Care

Location: Venice, Italy

Tel: 39 02 3343281

E-mail: congressi@afffetti.it

Web site: www.eapcnet.org/ research2006

June 25–29, 2006

7th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain IASP Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Contact: Conference Secretariat, International Conferences Services Limited, 604-850 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Tel: 604-681-2153

Fax: 604-681-1049

E-mail: ispp2006@meet-ics.com

Web site: www.meet-ics.com

October 18–21, 2006

8th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology

Location: Palazzo del Cinema, Venice, Italy

Contact: International Psycho-Oncology Society, c/o Custom Management Group, 2365 Hunters Way, Charlottesville, VA 22911, USA

Tel: 434-293-5350

Fax: 434-977-0899

E-mail: info@ipos-society.org

Web site: www.ipos2006.it