7 March 2017 Upcoming International Congresses Europe 21st SIETAR Europa Congress, 22-27/05/17, Dublin +++ 14th Conference of the International Toy Library Association, 10-13/05/17, Leiden +++ 85th Congress of the European Atherosclerosis Society, 23-26/04/17, Prague Asia 12th Biennial Congress of the International Gastric Cancer Association, 20-23/04/17, Beijing +++ 19th Commonwealth Forestry Conference of the Commonwealth Forestry Association, 03-07/04/017, Dehradun +++ 8th World Convention of the World Bonsai Friendship Federation, 27-30/04/17, Saitama America 16th Congress of the International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy, 04-07/04/17, Orlando FL +++ 6th Congress on ADHD of the World Federation of ADHD, 20-23/04/17, Vancouver +++ 12th International Congress of Dermatology of the International Society of Dermatology, 18-22/04/17, Buenos Aires Africa 4th Congress of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa, 23-26/04/17, Cape Town +++ 12th Africa Continental Meeting of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, 05-07/04/17, Marrakesh +++ 14th Annual AVCA Conference of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, 03-07/04/17, Abidjan Pacific 27th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 06-09/04/17, Auckland +++ 14th World Conference on Rural Health, 29/04-02/05/17, Cairns +++ 15th World Congress on Public Health of the World Federation of Public Health Associations, 03-07/04/17, Melbourne Advertisement European Association Summit 2017 in Brussels Enrolment for the European Association Summit (EAS) , which will be held in Brussels on 30 and 31 May 2017 at SQUARE (Brussels Meeting Centre), is now open For the fifth consecutive year, visit.brussels is organising the European Association Summit (EAS) in Brussels. 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