The Medical Device Professional's
Calendar of Events
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April 2001
April 1-3: Structural Plastics 2001, Atlanta. Contact: Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., Washington, DC, 202/974-5200.
April 1-5: National Meeting, San Diego. Contact: American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 202/872-4600.
April 2: Understanding and Preparing for ISO 9001:2000, Rockville, MD. Contact: Emergo Group, 301/762-2828.
April 2-3: CE Marking for Medical Device Professionals, Rockville, MD. Contact: Emergo Group, 301/762-2828.
April 2-5: International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) Spring Seminars, Princeton, NJ. Contact: ISPE, Tampa, FL, 813/960-2105.
April 2-6: PAKEX 2001, Birmingham, UK. Contact: Reed Exhibition Companies Ltd., Richmond, Surrey, +44 208 9107818.
April 7-8: RI/SME Student Robotic Challenge 2001, Pittsburgh. Contact: Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, MI, 313/271-1500.
April 9-10: Integrated Strategic Planning, Pasadena, CA. Contact: California Institute of Technology, 626/395-4043.
April 9-12: Primary Care in Paradise: 2001, Maui, HI. Contact: Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, 858/882-8456.
April 10-11: Nashville 2001: Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technologies for the Mid-South, Nashville, TN. Contact: Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, MI, 313/271-1500.
April 11: Regulatory Affairs Special Interest Group Meeting, Minneapolis. Contact: Medical Alley, St. Louis Park, MN, 612/542-3077.
April 11-12: Norpack Expo, Marlborough, MA. Contact: North American Expositions, 800/225-1577.
April 17-19: FDA/FDLI 44th Annual Educational Conference, Washington, DC. Contact: The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), 202/371-1420.
April 18: Clinical Studies Special Interest Group, Minneapolis. Contact: Medical Alley, St. Louis Park, MN, 612/542-3077.
April 22-25: ESTECH 2001, Phoenix. Contact: Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST), Mt. Prospect, IL, 847/255-1561.
April 22-29: U.S. Dept. of Commerce-sponsored Biotechnology Life Sciences/Medical Device Trade Mission to Israel, Jordan, & UAE., Israel, Jordan, UAE. Contact: International Trade Administration, Washington, DC, 202/482-0543.
April 23-25: Techtextil Symposium: International Symposium for Technical Textiles, Nonwovens, and Textile-Reinforced Materials, Frankfurt, Germany. Contact: Messe Frankfurt, Inc., Atlanta, 770/984-8016.
April 23-27: Fundamentals of Packaging Technology, Baltimore. Contact: Institute of Packaging Professionals, 800/432-4085.
April 23-27: GMP/QS Course, Frankfurt. Contact: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Arlington, VA, 703/525-4890.
April 24-25: Good Monitoring Practices for Medical Devices, Berlin. Contact: Clinical Design Group Inc., Chicago, 773/489-5721.
April 24-26: American Contract Manufacturers Show, Arlington, TX. Contact: AmCon, 800/829-7467.
April 24-29: 27th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Saint Paul, MN. Contact: Society For Biomaterials, Minneapolis, 612/543-0908.
April 25-27: Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers (AMDM) 28th Annual Meeting, Rockville, MD. Contact: AMDM, Washington, DC, 202/637-6837.
April 26-27: Clinical Trials Design for Medical Devices, Berlin. Contact: Clinical Design Group Inc., Chicago, 773/489-5721.
April 29-May 3: Professional Practice in Clinical Chemistry: A Review, Alexandria, VA. Contact: American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), 800/892-1400.
April 30-May 2: Process Validation Course, Denver. Contact: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Arlington, VA, 703/525-4890.
April 30-May 3: Plast-Ex 2001, Toronto, Canada. Contact: Canadian Plastics Industry Association, Mississauga, ON, 905/678-7748.
April 30-May 4: The International Conference On Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 2001, San Diego. Contact: American Vacuum Society, New York, 212/248-0200.
May 2001
May 1-4: 14th Annual Conference & Expo: Science and Technology of Filtration and Separation for the 21st Century, Tampa, FL. Contact: American Filtration and Separations Society, Northport, AL, 205/333-6111.
May 2-3: International Clinical Trials for Medical Devices, Berlin. Contact: Clinical Design Group Inc., Chicago, 773/489-5721.
May 2-3: HIDA Manufacturers Seminar: Building Powerful Relationships with Distributors in the e-Commerce Age, Philadelphia. Contact: Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA), Alexandria, VA, 703/549-4432.
May 2-3: Assembly East, Fort Washington, PA. Contact: Reed Exhibition Companies, 800/417-8646.
May 6-10: 2001 Symposium and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA. Contact: Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), Covina, CA, 626/331-0616.
May 6-10: ANTEC 2001—Plastics: The Lone Star, Dallas. Contact: Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield, CT, 203/775-0471.
May 7: Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MMDIC) Annual Conference, Boston. Contact: MassMEDIC, 617/414-1340.
May 7-9: ASQ's 55th Annual Quality Congress, Charlotte, NC. Contact: American Society for Quality (ASQ), Milwaukee, 414/272-8575.
May 7-10: Fourth International Machining and Grinding Conference, Troy, MI. Contact: Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, MI, 313/271-1500.
May 8-9: Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (HCPC) Ninth Annual National Symposium on Patient Compliance, "Special Packaging: Policy and Procedure," Philadelphia. Contact: HCPC, Falls Church, VA, 703/847-6727.
May 8-11: Forum for Innovation on Pharmaceutical Packaging Technology, Dorado, PR. Contact: INDUNIV, 787/281-0997.
May 9: Understanding and Preparing for ISO 9001:2000, San Diego. Contact: Emergo Group, Rockville, MD, 301/762-2828.
May 9: Regulatory Affairs Special Interest Group Meeting, Minneapolis. Contact: Medical Alley, St. Louis Park, MN, 612/542-3077.
May 9-10: CE Marking for Medical Device Professionals, San Diego. Contact: Emergo Group, Rockville, MD, 301/762-2828.
May 14-15: Polymers for the Medical Industry, Brussels. Contact: Rapra Technology Ltd., Shrewsbury, UK, +44 193 9252435.
May 14-17: A + A Industrial Safety and Occupational Health, Dusseldorf. Contact: Messe Dusseldorf North America, Chicago, 312/781-5180.
May 15-16: Design and Test for Immunity, Orange County, CA. Contact: CKC Laboratories, Inc., 800/500-4362.
May 15-16: Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging, Copenhagen, Denmark. Contact: SPE Scandinavia, +45 33 114122.
May 15-17: PAC-EX 2001, Toronto, Canada. Contact: Packaging Association of Canada (PAC), 416/490-7860.
May 15-17: Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Conference and Expo, Cincinnati. Contact: Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, MI, 313/271-1500.
May 15-17: Twin Cities Advanced Productivity Exposition, Minneapolis. Contact: Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, MI, 313/271-1500.
May 16: Clinical Studies Special Interest Group, Minneapolis. Contact: Medical Alley, St. Louis Park, MN, 612/542-3077.
May 16-18: Branding and Packaging Conference, San Diego. Contact: Marcus Evans, 212/983-3500 x 224.
May 16-18: Technological Forecasting for Competitive Technology Intelligence, Golden, CO. Contact: Technology/Engineering Management Inc., 877/688-TEMI.
May 16-19: Clinical Ligand Assay Society (CLAS) 27th National Meeting, Detroit. Contact: CLAS, Wayne, MI, 734/722-6290.
May 20-23: Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) 2001 Europe, Madrid, Spain. Contact: RAPS, Rockville, MD, 301/770-2920.
May 22-24: Eastec: Advanced Productivity Exposition, West Springfield, MA. Contact: Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, MI, 313/271-1500.
May 22-24: Fundamentals of Packaging Technology, Baltimore. Contact: Institute of Packaging Professionals, 800/432-4085.
May 29-June 1: 51st Electronic Components Group—EIA Components and Technology, Arlington, VA. Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, 732/981-3433.
May 30-June 1: Microelectronic and MEMS Technologies, Edinburgh, Scotland. Contact: SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, 360/676-3290.
May 31-June 1: Second Annual Conference on Pharmaceutical Packaging, Philadelphia. Contact: The Center for Business Intelligence, Woburn, MA, 781/939-2400.
June 2001
June 3-8: SID Symposium 2001, San Jose. Contact: Society for Information Display, 408/977-1013.
June 4-7: Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East Conference and Exhibition, New York City. Contact: Canon Communications, Trade Show Div., Los Angeles, 310/445-4200.
June 5-7: Atlantic Design Manufacturing Expo, New York City. Contact: Canon Communications, Trade Show Div., Los Angeles, 310/445-4200.
June 5-7: PLASTEC East Expo, New York City. Contact: Canon Communications, Trade Show Div., Los Angeles, 310/445-4200.
June 4-7: Finishing Conference and Exposition, Rosemont, IL. Contact: Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, MI, 313/271-1500.
June 5-6: Introduction to Drug Law and Regulation, Washington, DC. Contact: The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), 202/371-1420.
June 5-7: International Robots and Vision Show, Chicago. Contact: Automated Imaging Association (AIA), Ann Arbor, MI, 734/994-6088.
June 5-8: Hospitalar, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Contact: Messe Dusseldorf North America, Chicago, 312/781-5180.
June 9-12: AAMI 2001: Annual Conference and Expo, Baltimore. Contact: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Arlington, VA, 703/525-4890.
June 11-13: Nepcon East/Electro 2001, Boston. Contact: Reed Exhibition Companies, 800/417-8646.
June 12: U.S. Dept. of Commerce-sponsored seminar: U.S.-EU Medical Device Mutual Recognition Agreement and European Union Market Access for Medical Devices, San Francisco. Contact: International Trade Administration, Washington, DC, 202/482-0543.
June 13: Regulatory Affairs Special Interest Group Meeting, Minneapolis. Contact: Medical Alley, St. Louis Park, MN, 612/542-3077.
June 18-19: Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE) International Conference, Brussels. Contact: Rapra Technology Ltd., Shrewsbury, UK, +44 193 9252435.
June 18-20: Design Control Course, Chicago. Contact: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Arlington, VA, 703/525-4890.
June 18-22: LASER 2001, Munich, Germany. Contact: Munich Trade Fairs North America Corp., Chicago, 312/377-2650.
June 19: Understanding and Preparing for ISO 9001:2000, Minneapolis. Contact: Emergo Group, Rockville, MD, 301/762-2828.
June 19-20: CE Marking for Medical Device Professionals, Minneapolis. Contact: Emergo Group, Rockville, MD, 301/762-2828.
June 20: Clinical Studies Special Interest Group, Minneapolis. Contact: Medical Alley, St. Louis Park, MN, 612/542-3077.
June 20-23: IMDA Annual Management Conference, Naples, FL. Contact: IMDA, Mission, KS, 913/262-2114.
June 23-27: Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) Annual Conference and Exhibition, St. Louis, MO. Contact: CLMA, Wayne, PA, 610/995-9580.
June 23-27: 28th International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials, San Diego. Contact: Controlled Release Society (CRS) Administrative Headquarters, Deerfield, IL, 847/808-7071.
June 24-27: Bio 2001 International Conference and Exhibition, San Diego. Contact: Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Washington, DC, 202/857-0244.
June 24-27: Annual Management Conference, Lake Tahoe. Contact: Health Industry Representatives Association, Denver, 303/756-8115.
June 25-26: FDLI Enforcement Conference. Contact: The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), Washington, DC, 202/371-1420.
June 25-27: First World Congress "Nanocomposites 2001: Delivering New Value to Plastics," Chicago. Contact: Executive Conference Management, Plymouth, MI, 734/737-0507.
June 25-28: 2nd European Cells and Materials Meeting-- The Cell-Biomaterial Interaction, Davos, Switzerland. The Cell-Biomaterial Interaction.
June 26-28: Fundamentals of Packaging Technology, Baltimore. Contact: Institute of Packaging Professionals, 800/432-4085.
June 26-29: PACK Expo Mexico, Mexico City. Contact: Packaging Machinery Manufacturing Institute (PMMI), Arlington, VA, 703/243-8555.
June 28-29: International Conference on Medical Device Standards and Regulation, McLean, VA. Contact: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Arlington, VA, 703/525-4890.
