Page 4 South African Orthopaedic Journal http://journal.saoa.org.za Page 4 South African Orthopaedic Journal http://journal.saoa.org.za CONFERENCES, COURSES & SYMPOSIA SASSH (SA Society for Surgery of the Hand) Refresher Course 23-25 February 2018 Pretoria 18th Congress SA Spine Society 24-26 May 2018 Elangeni Hotel, Durban 64th Congress of the South African Orthopaedic Association 3-6 September 2018 CSIR, Pretoria JANUARY 2018 2nd International Consensus Meeting on Orthopaedic Infections 25 January 2018 - 26 January 2018 Philadelphia, United States Focus on Arthroplasty Symposium: Unicondylar Knee Replacement 26 January 2018 - 27 January 2018 Frankfurt am Main, Germany 19th Annual AAOS/AANA/AOSSM Sports Medicine Course 31 January 2018 - 04 February 2018 Park City, United States FEBRUARY 2018 Bernese Hip Symposium 2018 01 February 2018 - 03 February 2018 Bern, Switzerland Paris Shoulder Symposium 2018 01 February 2018 - 03 February 2018 Paris, France Scandinavian Hand Surgical Dissection Course 05 February 2018 - 06 February 2018 Copenhagen, Denmark Endoprosthetics Congress Berlin 2018 22 February 2018 - 24 February 2018 Berlin, Germany MARCH 2018 AAOS 2018 Annual Meeting 06 March 2018 - 10 March 2018 New Orleans, United States Kiel Arthroscopy Course 2018 09 March 2018 - 10 March 2018 Kiel, Germany Utrecht Spine Course: Complex Paediatric Spine 09 March 2018 - 10 March 2018 Utrecht, Netherlands Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society – ORS 2018 10 March 2018 - 13 March 2018 New Orleans, United States 12th International Congress of Sports Medicine Society of Greece / 12th Hellenic-Cypriot Conference 16 March 2018 - 18 March 2018 Thessaloniki, Greece 12th International Meeting of the Austrian Foot Society 22 March 2018 - 24 March 2018 Going am Wilden Kaiser, Austria European Pelvic Course 2018 22 March 2018 - 24 March 2018 Hamburg, Germany LOCAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, COURSES & SYMPOSIA LOCAL 18th Congress SA Spine Society 24 May 2018 - 26 May 2018 Elangeni Hotel, Durban SASSH (SA Society for Surgery of the Hand) Annual Congress 31 August 2018 – 2 September 2018 CSIR, Pretoria 64th Congress of the South African Orthopaedic Association 3 September 2018 - 6 September 2018 CSIR, Pretoria INTERNATIONAL JULY 2018 8th World Congress of Biomechanics Dublin 2018 08 July 2018 - 12 July 2018 Leinster Dublin, Ireland 11th World Congress on Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Sports Medicine 18 July 2018 - 19 July 2018 Sidney, Australia AUGUST 2018 10th Orthopedics & Rheumatology Annual Meeting & Expo 30 August 2018 - 31 August 2018 Toronto, Canada 5th Qatar Orthopedic Review Course 31 August 2018 - 06 September 2018 SEPTEMBER 2018 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand ASSH 2018 13 September 2018 - 15 September 2018 Boston, United States EUROSPINE Barcelona 2018 19 September 2018 - 21 September 2018 Barcelona, Spain 13th Congress of the European Hip Society EHS2017 20 September 2018 - 22 September 2018 The Hague, Netherlands 13th EHS Congress 2018 20 September 2018 - 22 September 2018 The Hague, Netherlands 11th International Conference on Arthroplasty 24 September 2018 - 25 September 2018 London, United Kingdom 7th Annual Direct Anterior Approach Hip Course – Houston 2018 27 September 2018 - 29 September 2018 Houston, United States