The African Society for Human Genetics (AfSHG) and the Southern African Society for Human Genetics (SASHG) are co-hosting the 2011 joint AfSHG and SASHG Conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town from 6th to 9th March, 2011.

This will be the first time that South Africa will host this conference. We are hoping to bring together foreign scientists working in Africa, institutions with an interest in Africa and African investigators to South Africa to present information about patient populations, databases and technologies that would generate collaborative research.

 In addition, we hope to attract speakers who will encourage and enhance collaborations in this particular research area.  This event will also provide greater opportunities for research and exploration of genetics.

Partners
The AfSHG and SASHG aim to provide a forum for scientists interested in Human Genetics in Africa to meet, interact, network and collaborate. In addition, they aim to equip the African scientific community and policymakers with the information and practical knowledge that will contribute to the field of genetics research and to attract global attention to the efforts of African research and the development of scientists on the continent.  Both organizations strive to promote and advance the practice and science of human and medical genetics on the continent through facilitating contact between persons in the different branches of human and medical genetics, and initiating contact with similar organizations in other parts of the world; and to practice their affairs in a non-profit making and non-discriminating manner.

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