Upcoming Conferences

Interdependence 2012: the Global Conference on Spinal Cord Injury Research

May 15 - 17, 2012, Vancouver Canada

Interdependence 2012 is your direct link to the North American and international SCI research and healthcare community.Over 40 North American healthcare facilities and research organizations will showcase their work through speaker presentations, targeted workshops and exhibits. Learn how the latest advances and research findings are improving patient outcomes and driving the field forward.

Learn more at www.rickhansen.com/interdependence2012

Past Conferences

2011 International Conference on Spinal Cord Medicine & Rehabilitation

June 4 - 8th, 2011, Washington, DC

Hosted by The International Spinal Cord Society (ISCos) and The American Spine Injury Association (ASIA)

An international conference providing a unique educational opportunity for professionals in SCI medicine and rehabilitation.

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Paralyzed Veterans of America’s Summit 2011 & Expo www.pva.org

September 16-18, 2011, Orlando, Florida.

Second Canadian Stroke Congress www.strokecongress.ca

October 2-4, Ottawa ON, presented by the KMN Group

Presentation by RHI’s Director of Best Practice Implementation, Amir Rasheed: Canadian Stroke Best Practices and Performance Measurement Processes for Innovation Fluency Capacity Building: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundations & RHI – BPI for Secondary Complication of SCI.

6th Beijing International Forum on Rehabilitation http://rehabbj.dconference.cn/dct/page/65597

October 21-23, Beijing, China

Presentation by RHI's CEO, Bill Barrable focusing on the rehabilitation landscape in Canada.

Society of Research Administrators Conference. www.sra2011.org/

October 23-26, Montreal, QC

RHI’s Director of Clinical Research Operations, Erin Cherban, is presenting The Rick Hansen Institute: Lessons Learned from Developing a National Registry into an International Clinical Research Network.

RHSCIR Coordinators Conference

October 27 & 28, Montreal, QC

Training on use of Global Research Platform to enter RHSCIR data.

Learn more about RHSCIR at www.rickhansenregistry.org.

North American Spine Society 26th Annual Meeting www.nassannualmeeting.org

November 2-5, 2011, Chicago, Illinois.

Neuroscience 2011 www.sfn.org/am2011/

November 12-16, 2011, Washington, DC.

Cervical Spine Research Society 2011 www.csrs.org

December 8-10, Scottsdale, AZ

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting www.aaas.org/meetings/

February 17-20, Vancouver, BC

ICORD's symposium Curing Spinal Cord Injury: The Need for Global Collaboration will be moderated by Dr. Michael Fehlings (Toronto Western Hospital). Confirmed speakers include Rick Hansen, Dr. Wolfram Tetzlaff (UBC), Dr. Marcel Dvorak (UBC), Dr. Judy Illes (Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics), Dr. Charles Tator (University of Toronto) and Dr. Naomi Kleitman (NIH).

Canadian Spine Conference www.spinecanada.ca/agm/
February 29 - March 3, 2012, Sun Peaks, BC.