PREECLAMPSIA FOUNDATION
The Preeclampsia Foundation (PF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding research, raising public awareness, and providing support and education for those whose lives have been touched by preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PLACENTA ASSOCIATIONS/IFPA 2008
The theme of the IFPA Meeting 2008 / 12th EPG Conference is "Placenta – Established hypotheses and current concepts”. This title reflects the fact that the last decade has seen an enormous input from researchers and clinicians on proving established hypotheses and generating new concepts, some of them even disproving old hypotheses.

This meeting aims to provide a comprehensive platform for new ideas, exciting presentations and inspiring discussions on a wide range of basic and applied research topics. This will be achieved in the exciting atmosphere of Seggau castle with its isolated location on top of a hill - and a great view of southern Styria. Special attention will be given to the young (of age and heart) and new investigators, giving them a lot of time, a large audience and low registration fees.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS
Founded in 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, ACOG has over 52,000 members and is the nation's leading group of professionals providing health care for women. Now based in Washington, DC, it is a private, voluntary, nonprofit membership organization.

ACOG works primarily in four areas: 1) Serving as a strong advocate for quality health care for women; 2) Maintaining the highest standards of clinical practice and continuing education for its members; 3) Promoting patient education and stimulating patient understanding of and involvement in medical care; 4) Increasing awareness among its members and the public of the changing issues facing women's health care.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is organized and operated exclusively for scientific and educational purposes, including enhancing the field of nephrology by advancing the scientific knowledge and clinical practice of that discipline through stimulation of basic and clinical investigation, providing access to new knowledge through the publication of journals and the holding of scientific meetings, advocating for the development of national health policies to improve the quality of care for renal patients, cooperating with other national and international societies and organizations involved in the field of nephrology, and using other means as directed by the Council of the Society.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HYPERTENSION
The mission of the American Society of Hypertension, Inc. (ASH) is to promote strategies to prevent hypertension and to improve the care of patients with hypertension and associated disorders. ASH is committed to enhancing the education and treatment of patients with hypertension, educating health care professionals regarding hypertension and current prevention and treatment strategies; assisting health care professionals in addressing the challenges of the modern-day care of patients with hypertension; advocating public policy that enhances hypertension prevention, ensures patient access to high quality hypertension care, and supports increased hypertension research; facilitating communication and collaboration among providers, investigators, policymakers, industry and patients in areas relating to hypertension and vascular health; and promoting the career development of researchers in hypertension and associated disorders, including research in the pathobiology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and psychosocial aspects of hypertension.

BRITISH HYPERTENSION SOCIETY
The British Hypertension Society provides a medical and scientific research forum to enable sharing of cutting edge research in order to understand the origin of high blood pressure and improve its treatment. An annual scientific meeting is held every September at a University Campus in the UK and Ireland.

The British Hypertension Society has a track record of producing internationally renowned guidelines for the management of hypertension which are widely adopted in primary care in the UK and elsewhere. As part of our increasing engagement in improving blood pressure measurement we are now undertaking active validation of new blood pressure devices for the measurement of blood pressure.

The Society has also established an educational programme to support scientists, doctors and other healthcare workers involved in understanding the basis of high blood pressure and improving its treatment throughout the UK.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HYPERTENSION
The ISH’s main objectives are to promote and encourage the advancement of scientific knowledge in all aspects of research and its application to prevention and management of heart disease and stroke in hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases around the world.

The main activities of the Society include the organisation of the Biennial Scientific Meetings attended by up to 8,000 participants and the development and publication of recommendations in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO) and with special focus on Low and Middle Income Countries on management and prevention of hypertension and associated diseases. In recent years, the Society has also developed a visiting faculty programme to economically disadvantaged countries in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe, in order to engage with individuals with academic cardiovascular interests, and to explore ways to encourage their work, and strengthen their links with ISH as well as the global scientific network.

WORLD HYPERTENSION LEAGUE
The objectives of the World Hypertension League are to promote the detection, control and prevention of arterial hypertension in populations. The World Hypertension League is a federation of leagues, societies, and other national bodies devoted to this goal. Individual membership is not possible. The thrust of the WHL's action is in liaison with the member organizations, promoting the exchange of information among them, and offering internationally applicable methods and programs for hypertension control. Bringing together and stimulating organizations committed to the control of hypertension is the goal and raison d'etre of the WHL. The WHL is a division of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH), and is in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO).

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
FIGO – the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics – is the only organisation that brings together professional societies of obstetricians and gynecologists on a global basis. Currently we have member societies in 113 countries or territories. Our mission is to promote the well-being of women and their children and to raise the standard of practice in obstetrics and gynecology around the world. We strive to ensure respect for women and advancement of their status and promoting greater involvement of women in our specialty. The Federation commits its resources to the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights through educational, research and advocacy activities and to strengthening its communication links with its member societies and between its member societies.

INTER-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HYPERTENSION XVIII SCIENTIFIC SESSION &
XVII CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE HIPERTENSAO
IASH 2009/SBH 2009 is set to be held on August 5 - 8, 2009 in Belo-Horizonte, MG, Brazil.