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

Speakers

 * Ian Gibson, Chair
 * Opening Remarks


 * Vicky Whittemore, from National Institutes of Health, US
 * Keynote Speaker - A New Research Initiative into ME at NIH


 * Olli Polo, in private practice, Tampere, Finland
 * Clinical Diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis


 * Carmen Scheibenbogen, from Institute for Medical Immunology, Berlin, Germany
 * Autoantibodies to adrenergic and acetylcholine receptors in CFS/ME


 * Jo Cambridge, from University College London, London, England
 * Immunoregulation in patients with ME


 * Tom Wileman, from University of East Anglia, Norfolk, England
 * Gut Virome in ME


 * Donald Staines, from Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
 * Update from NCNED: Receptor identification and intracellular signalling


 * Simon Carding, from Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, UK
 * The European ME Research Group (EMERG)


 * Mady Hornig, Columbia University, NY, USA
 * Pathogen Discovery in ME


 * Maureen Hanson, Cornell University, NY, USA
 * The Search for Biomarkers for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis


 * Elisa Oltra, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
 * Molecular Biomarkers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis


 * James Baraniuk, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
 * Exercise testing and Orthostatic Tachycardia


 * Ronald Davis, Stanford University, California, USA
 * Big Data Approach: Severely Ill ME Patient Cohort

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

2014 Conference
The 2014 conference was held on 30 May 2014. The BMREC (for researchers) was held on the 27 & 28 May 2014. (BRMEC Research Colloqium report)

Speakers

 * Ian Charles - Opening Remarks by Chair (previously British Member of Parliament)
 * Jonathan Edwards - Keynote Speaker (University College London, UK)
 * Angela Vincent (University of Oxford, UK)
 * Jonas Blomberg (Uppsala University, Sweden)
 * Mady Hornig (Columbia University, New York, USA)
 * Carmen Scheibenbogen (Institute of Medical Immunology, Berlin Charité, Germany)
 * Simon Carding (University of East Anglia, UK)
 * Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik (Griffith University, Australia)
 * James Baraniuk (Georgetown University Medical Center, USA)
 * Julia Newton (Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, UK0
 * Maureen Hanson (Cornell University, New York, USA)
 * Andreas Kogelnik (Open Medicine Institute, USA)
 * Amolak Bansal (Epsom and St Helier Hospital, Surrey, UK)
 * Juli&agrave; Blanco (IrsiCaixa Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain)
 * Nigel Speight (Durham University Hospital, UK)

Previous conferences

 * 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