Thanks for starting this thread Andy. I was just reading their November newsletter and read -
We hope to include another Student Q&A session at the #IIMEC12 International Conference on 2nd June 2017. This will allow students funded by IiMER or those working in collaboration with the UK Centre of Excellence to answer questions on their work.
Dr Vicky Whittemore from USA National Institutes of Health will be returning to give keynote speeches at the 7th Biomedical Research into ME Colloquium (#BRMEC7) and the 12th International ME Conference 2017 (#IIMEC12) http://www.investinme.eu/IIMEC12-news-1202.shtml
Professor Simon Carding from University of East Anglia and Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK will be returning to present at the 7th Biomedical Research into ME Colloquium (#BRMEC7) and the 12th International ME Conference 2017 (#IIMEC12) - http://www.investinme.eu/IIMEC12-news-1204.shtml
Professor Ron Davis from Stanford Genome Technology Center, Palo Alto, California, USA will be returning to give major speeches at the 7th Biomedical Research into ME Colloquium (#BRMEC7) and the 12th International ME Conference 2017 (#IIMEC12) - http://www.investinme.eu/IIMEC12-news-1203.shtml
Also sharing the link to the document produced after the 2014 conference events while I have it to hand - still a useful resource and also shows (imo) how fast the research is moving now and coming together when considering all that's happened and new papers published (and in the pipeline) since then -- http://www.investinme.org/Documents/Education/Invest in ME BRMEC4 and IIMEC9 Report 2014.pdf
I don't know why the CMRC try to run a separate conference when the IiME ones seem so much better. Surely it's better to get everyone to go to the same conference.
I don't know why the CMRC try to run a separate conference when the IiME ones seem so much better. Surely it's better to get everyone to go to the same conference.
I think it's because the focus of IiME and their conference events and translational research strategy is strictly on the biomedical model @trishrhymes and fast-tracking progress. CMRC appears driven by a different agenda.
I think it's because the focus of IiME and their conference events and translational research strategy is strictly on the biomedical model @trishrhymes and fast-tracking progress. CMRC appears driven by a different agenda.
I don't know why the CMRC try to run a separate conference when the IiME ones seem so much better. Surely it's better to get everyone to go to the same conference.
Classic avoidance behaviour. They fear that if they are exposed to actual scientific research results/progress, carried out by real scientists, using rigorous methods, this would challenge their false illness beliefs to such an extent that it might endanger their avoidance strategies. This could instantly rob them of the secondary gains of such beliefs. Such gains might include: financial benefits from those with a vested interest in the status quo and overly solicitous defence of their actions by those in positions of power.