Year Conference was held: 2018
Years the Conferences has been held: 20
Disciplines: Bone Research
Gender Balance/Diversity Statement: None
Registration Cost (US dollars): $159-$416
Total Attendance Cost (US dollars): $2000-$4000
Travel Carbon Footprint (tons of CO2): 400
Other Carbon Footprint (tons of CO2): 100
Associated Scientific Society/Organization: Bone Research Society
Approx number of Society members (as of 2018): 1000
Approximate Number of Conference Attendees (Exhibitors included): 200
Geographic Location(s): Winchester, UK
Years held (Annual, Biannual, Triannual): Annual
Host, Funders and Sponsors: Amgen, KYOWA KIRIN INTERNATIONAL PLC, Lilly, CONSILIENT, UCB, Brussels, Belgium (www.ucb.com) is a global biopharmaceutical company, INTERNIS, ALEXION, BRUKER, MEREO BIOPHARMA, NTERNATIONAL OSTEOPOROSISFOUNDATION (IOF), THE NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY, PERKIN ELMER, OXFORD BIOSYSTEMS, PROMOCELL, SANOFI, SCANCO MEDICAL, STRATEC, ZEISS, VERTEC SCIENTIFIC, Vertec, Stratech, Oxford Biosystems
Digital or Virtual Options: None
Digital Archives (Recorded talks & slides): None
Electronic program dissemination:
On-site Maternity Facilities: None
On-site Childcare Facilities/Services: None
Caregiver Grant: Yes (A grant of up to £100 is available to members who incur additional childcare or other caring costs to attend the meeting.)
Career Development Events and Workshops: None
ECR Promotion Events: Yes (1. New Investigator Awards: For up to 10 of the top scoring abstracts from eligible authors. Award - free registration to the annual conference (NB you are still eligible to apply for travel bursaries if you win this award 2. Best Presentation Awards: Presentations will be judged during the meeting and prizes will be awarded as follows: Best oral, Best oral poster, Best poster 3. Bursaries: The Society also offers bursaries of up to £150 towards the cost of attending the meeting to BRS members submitting abstracts.)
Travel Awards for ECRs: Yes (ASBMR have very kindly provided two NI awards for $1500 towards travel and attendance at the meeting for their NI members.)
Code of Conduct: None
Safety Instructions/Apps: None
Keynote Speaker Gender Balance: Not Applicable to this meeting.
Speaker Gender Balance: 2 Women: 1 Man
Invited Speakers Gender Balance: Invited Speakers: 19 Men: 8 Women
Session Chair Gender Balance: Session chairs: 19 Men: 17 Women
Conference Chair Gender Balance: Local Organizing Committee: 3 Men: 2 Women
Enviromental Sustainability efforts: None
Public Engagement Events Outreach: None
Sustainability Initiatives/Considerations/Green Strategies/Policies: None
Conference URL: https://boneresearchsociety.org/meeting/winchester2018/programme/
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