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Upcoming Meetings
Updated June 11, 2008
Upcoming Meetings and Meetings Summaries are provided as a service to WAME members. Meetings listings do not imply endorsement by WAME. To request that a meeting be listed, please contact Margaret Winker at margaret.winker@jama-archives.org.
2009 WAME Member Meeting
The 4th WAME Member Meeting will be held the evening of Friday, September 11, 2009, in conjunction with the Sixth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication http://www.jama-peer.org (September 10-12, 2009), in Vancouver, BC, Canada. For questions, please contact Margaret Winker at margaret.winker@jama-archives.org.
OTHER MEETINGS OF INTEREST
Achieving Transparency in Reporting Health Research
Thursday 26 June 2008; 10:00
The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, UK
The EQUATOR Network is a new international initiative that aims to improve the reliability of scientific publications by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of health research.
The meeting will focus on better understanding of problems associated with health research reporting and use of reporting guidelines and will discuss potential solutions that can lead to the improvement of the health research literature.
The meeting will be of great interest to publishers and editors of medical journals, peer reviewers, researchers, medical writers, representatives of research funding bodies, developers of reporting guidelines, and individuals involved in research education from universities, professional societies and associations.
More information and the registration form is available at the EQUATOR Web site: http://www.equator-network.org/index.aspx?o=1113
Mediterranean Editors and Translators – METM 08 Communication Support Across the Disciplines
11-13 September 2008 in Split, Croatia
Through panel discussions, presentations, plenary sessions and workshops, METM 08 promotes knowledge-building and networking among editors, translators and other English language supporters who work in the Mediterranean area. In 2008, panels and symposia are planned on
- the logistics of bilingual/multilingual in contrast with lingua franca (English) publishing processes
- the logistics of English copyediting for journals receiving many manuscripts from non-Anglophone research settings
- translation quality assurance protocols
The organizers are considering proposals that will add practical and theoretical range to the preliminary program. Proposals (due 15 April 2008) are welcome on topics relevant to
- the nature of written or spoken texts in professional disciplines that communicate knowledge internationally through English
- the processes through which texts are written, prepared for delivery, or prepared for publication in English
- any of the association’s objectives
More information on the call for proposals for METM 08, and the preliminary program, are available at http://www.metmeetings.org/?section=metm08_call.
Medical Journal Editors - Short Course
19-21 November 2008 in Oxford, UK
A 2-day course for new editors, managing editors and those joining editorial boards. It includes how to attract and keep good authors; how to provide better services for readers; and how to effectively manage relationships with owners and publishers. Now in its 12th year.
Contact Pippa Smart, PSP Consulting, Tel: +44 1865 864255, pippa.smart@gmail.com, or www.pspconsulting.org
Sixth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication
September 10-12, 2009 in Vancouver, BC, Canada
See the Call for Research at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/298/20/2420
