Events

April 29-29, 2023 / San Diego, CA, United States

Inaugural Sanford Children’s Health Research Center Scientific Symposium / Children’s Diseases: Models & Therapy

Sanford Children's Health Research Center / Sanford Burnham Prebys / 10905 Road to the Cure / San Diego, CA 92121

Celebrate a day of unity, breakthrough scientific discoveries, and therapies for children’s disorders at the Inaugural Children's Diseases: Models & Therapy Symposium. This new symposium will feature scientific education on a variety of rare diseases, including CDGs! This event will be In-person only. There will not be a hybrid/zoom option available for attendees.

May 5-5, 2023

Virtual Chat and Q&A with Dr. Christina Lam

CDG CARE Facebook Live

Join CDG CARE for a virtual chat and Q&A with CDG Specialist and Biochemical Geneticist, Dr. Christina Lam, MD. Dr. Lam is an attending physician at Seattle Children's Hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, as well as a member of CDG CARE's Medical Advisory Board.

May 16-16, 2023

World CDG Awareness Day 2023

World CDG Awareness Day is an annual event that provides international focus for patient groups and families living with CDG. It is an opportunity to raise awareness, influence change, promote timely disease diagnosis, and improve access to better standards of care and management. World CDG Awareness day is celebrated each year on May 16th - the birthday of Dr. Jaak Jaken who reported the first CDG patients in 1980.

July 21-23, 2023 / Caparica, Portugal

6th World Conference on CDG

Nova Univeristy / Largo da Torre, 2825-149 Caparica, Portugal

The theme of this year's conference is “Building a collaborative community-centric strategy to boost drug development for all CDGs”. The conference will include online pre-conference educational sessions "World Think Metabolic, Think CDG Academy" released from May - June and in-person events “First World CDG Advocacy, Policy and Leadership Academy” from July 20-23.

November 5-8, 2023 / Waikoloa, Hawaii

Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting 2023

Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort / 69-425 Waikoloa Beach Drive, Waikoloa, Hawaii, 96738, USA

The 2023 Meeting of the Society for Glycobiology will bring together leading glycobiologists from around the world to discuss fundamental mechanisms by which glycans and glycan-binding proteins regulate cell and organismal physiology and pathophysiology. The scientific program will include an exciting series of plenary lectures, short talks, and poster presentations from invited speakers and participants who are conducting cutting edge research in the glycosciences. The central focus on the functional role of glycans will integrate a diversity of research areas and stimulate lively discussions and innovative ideas.