Upcoming 2019 Conferences

Check out our extensive list of upcoming conferences – you may just be interested!  And, if we have missed any, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

*denotes BTER Foundation Presence

** denotes BTER Foundation Lecture by Dr. Ron Sherman

  • Upcoming events to be listed.

Past Conferences with Biotherapy Lectures & Exhibits

  • September 25-26, 2019; Phage Futures Europe ; Brussels, Belgium
  • September 27-29, 2019; Third World Hirudotherapy Congress; Moscow, Russia 
  • October 24-25, 2019; Advanced Treatments & Technologies in Wound Care; Dusseldorf, Germany
  • November 9-10, 2019; NUNM-BTER Conference on Biotherapy for Pain Control & Wound Healing; Portland, OR​​​
  • ***September 11-14, 2019; Wild on Wounds; Las Vegas, NV
  • September 8-12, 2019: Apimondia; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • March 26-27, 2019; Bacteriophage Therapy Summit; Boston, MA
  • January 29-30, 2019; Phage Futures Congress; Washington DC, USA
  • January 14, 2019; Maggot Debridement Therapy Lecture for Atlantic Health System Providers, Morristown, NJ.
  • October 26-28, 2018; Charles Mraz Apitherapy Course and Conference; Providence, RI 
  • October 29-30, 2018; 6th Microbiome R7D & Business Collaboration Forum 3rd Probioticcs Congress; San Diego, CA
  • **September 12-14, 2018; Wild on Wounds; Las Vegas, NV
  • August 13-15, 2018; 7th Academic Conference on Traditional Veterinary Medicine held at Wingate Academy College; Netanya, Israel.  Registration information coming soon; Abstracts for Presentations, Research Papers and Poster Presentations are being accepted through March 31, 2018.  Please email BTER Foundation for more information.
  • October 9-10, 2015; The Integrative Healthcare Symposium’s Focus On:The Microbiome; Hollywood, FL
  • October 16-18, 2015;  International Biotherapy and Wound Conference; Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre, Malaysia
  • October 21-23, 2015: 3rd World Congress on Targeting Microbiota; Paris, France
  • Oct 22-24, 2015; Superbones Superwounds West; Las Vegas, NV
  • Nov 18-19, 2015; European Microbiome Congress; London, UK
  • Nov 18-20, 2015; Desert Foot; Phoenix, AZ
  • February 19-22, 2016; Nelson Apitherapy Conference; Nelson, British Colombia, Canada
  • February 29-March 1, 2016; 2nd Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Congress Asia; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • **April 8-9, 2016; Eastern Idaho Wound Care Conference; Idaho Falls, ID, USA
  • April 11-12, 2016; 3rd Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Forum Europe; London, UK
  • May 3-4, 2016;  9th Annual Medical Device and Diagnostics Statistical Issues Workshop; Arlington, VA, USA
  • Aging Active: Hirudo Revitalization Forum; Moscow, Russia
  • **August 31-September 1, 2016; Wild on Wounds Conference; Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • *September 12-13, 2016; International Conference on Wound Care; San Antonio, TX, USA
  • *September 26-28, 2016; <a “=”” href=”http://www.sawc.net/fall/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>SAWC Fall; Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • October 3-4, 2016; 4th Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Forum USA; San Diego, CA, USA
  • October 7-8, 2016; Second World Hirudotherapy Conference; Moscow, Russia
  • October 21-23, 2016; Charles Mraz Apitherapy Course & Conference; Redondo Beach, CA, USA
  • *November 10-13, 2016; Academy of Physicians in Wound Healing Conference; Atlanta, GA, USA
  • November 24-26, 2016; Innovative Veterinary Medicine Conference; Veenendaal, the Netherlands
  • March 31-April 1, 2017; 14th Annual Wound Care Conference; Idaho Falls, ID, USA
  • April 3-4, 2017; Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Forum: Europe; Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • May 26-28, 2017; International Apitherapy Symposium; Portoroz, Slovenia
  • September 1-5; International Association of Hirudotherapy and Hirudologists (IAHH) Conference; St. Vlas, Bulgaria
  • September 29-October 4; 45th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress, Istanbul, Turkey
  • **October 4-7, 2017; Wild on Wounds; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Lecture and Hands-on Workshop led by BTER Foundation’s Dr. Ron Sherman
  • October 4-9; 10th International Conference on Biotherapy; Istanbul, Turkey
  • October 26-27; 5th World Congress on Targeting Microbiota, Berlin, Germany
  • November 2-3; Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Forum: USA; San Diego, CA, USA
  • November 10-12; 2017 Charles Mraz Apitherapy Course & Conference, Redondo Beach, CA, USA
  • November 28-30; 3rd Annual European Microbiome Congress; London, UK
  • **January 25, 2018; Lecture by Dr. Ronald Sherman:  “Maggot Therapy in Pediatrics – A glorious Past, A Promising Future.” Grand Rounds at Childrens Mercy; Kansas City, KS, USA Open to the public; 
  • **January 31, 2018; Lecture by Dr. Ronald Sherman: “Biotherapy – What is it and Why Should We Care?” Orange County Health Care Agency, Santa Ana, CA. 
  • **February 27-28, 2018; Long Term Care Nursing Symposium; Lake Geneva, WI.  Dr. Sherman Presents on “Rapid Wound Debridement with Maggot Therapy.”
  • March 16-18, 2018; 2018 Wyoming Bee University & Bee College Conference; Cheyenne, WY
  • **May 13-17, 2018; Special Operations Medical Association Scientific Assembly; Charlotte, NC 

How about a Workshop in Your Town?

  • To arrange a maggot therapy or leech therapy workshop in your community, contact the BTER Foundation. Local and national experts are available to provide 1-hour lectures, full day workshops, and anything in between.

Know about something we don’t? 

  • Let us know of any biotherapy news or event that isn’t on our list, so we can make sure that everyone knows about it!