Invest in ME International ME Conference

The Invest in ME Conference is an annual medical ME/CFS conference for researchers, clinicians and patients. It is organised by Invest in ME and held in London, England. Speakers at the conference typically include researchers and doctors from around the world. The charity sells DVDs of the conference after the event has taken place. In parallel with the conference, the charity also organises the Biomedical Research into ME Colloquium (BMREC), an event for researchers alone to attend.

2016 Conference
The 2016 conference was held on 3 Jun 2016. The BMREC (for researchers) was held on the 1 & 2 June 2016.

Speakers

 * Vicky Whittemore - Keynote Speaker (National Institutes of Health, USA)
 * Ronald Davis (Stanford University, California, USA)
 * Ian Gibson (previously British Member of Parliament)
 * Mady Hornig (Columbia University, NY, USA)
 * Jo Cambridge (University College London, London, England)
 * Donald Staines (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia)
 * Carmen Scheibenbogen (Institute for Medical Immunology, Berlin, Germany)
 * Maureen Hanson (Cornell University, NY, USA)
 * Olli Polo (private practice, Tampere, Finland)
 * Elisa Oltra (University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain)
 * Tom Wileman (University of East Anglia, Norfolk, England)

Articles

 * 2016, A New Decade of ME Research: The 11th Invest in ME International ME Conference 2016
 * 2016, New Atmosphere, New Vision: Gibson and Whittemore Kick Off Invest in ME Conference 2016

2015 Conference
The 2015 conference was held on 29 May 2015. The BMREC (for researchers) was held on the 27 & 28 May 2015.

Speakers

 * Ian Charles - Keynote Speaker (Director National Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK )
 * Mady Hornig (Columbia University, NY, USA)
 * Jonas Bergquist (Uppsala University, Sweden)
 * Amolak Bansal (Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Surrey, UK)
 * Luis Nacul (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK)
 * Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia)
 * Simon Carding (Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, UK)
 * The Next Generation - (PhD and Students Funded by Invest in ME)
 * Jo Cambridge (University College London, London, England, UK)
 * Neil Harrison (Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK)
 * John Chia (private practice, Torrance, California, USA)
 * Betsy Keller (Ithaca College, NY, USA)
 * Olav Mella (Haukeland University Hospital,Bergen, Norway)

Articles

 * 2015 Health Rising Forum for event

Previous conferences

 * Invest in ME Conference 2014 (BRMEC Research Colloqium report)
 * Invest in ME Conference 2013
 * Invest in ME Conference 2012
 * Invest in ME Conference 2011
 * Invest in ME Conference 2010
 * Invest in ME Conference 2009
 * Invest in ME Conference 2008
 * Invest in ME Conference 2007
 * Invest in ME Conference 2006