Meetings

Meetings in Rheumatology is a comprehensive listing of accredited and non-accredited CPD and CME conferences, webinars, and instructor-led and self-directed courses that meet an international scope of practice for rheumatology and related disciplines.

The Journal of Rheumatology updates this listing at the beginning of each month. We invite organizers of events relevant to rheumatology to submit their event information with as much lead time as possible of the desired month of publication. For more information, please contact meetings by email: meetings@jrheum.com or fill out our Partnership & Exchange Intake Form.

For a PDF copy of the meetings, please see Meetings in Rheumatology.

Meeting details were correct at the time of publication. For the most up-to-date information, please check each meeting’s website or confirm with the contacts listed below.

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IN-PERSON MEETINGS

October 18-21, 2026 – Cytokines 2026, Glasgow, Scotland. Website: https://www.https://2026.cytokinesociety.org

October 28-November 1, 2026 – 28th Asia-Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology Congress (APLAR2026), Seoul, Republic of Korea. Website: https://aplarcongress.com

November 17-18, 2026 - Leeds Rheumatology Ultrasound Course - Ultrasound in Crystal Arthropathies, Sjogren's and Interstitial Lung Disease, Leeds, UK. Email: leedsth-tr.brc.courses@nhs.net

November 20-22, 2026 – Emirates Society for Rheumatology (ESR) Annual Meeting, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Tel: 971 2 245 00 57 59. Email: info@esr.ae. Website: https://annual.esr.ae

December 3-5, 2026 – XXIV Peruvian Congress of Rheumatology, Paracas, Peru. Website: https://socreuma.org.pe/new/

2027

April 1-4, 2027 – OARSI 2027 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Barcelona, Spain. Website: https://oarsi.org/events

April 8-11, 2027 – Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Website: https://rheum.ca/events/event-listing/

April 28-30, 2027 – British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK. Website: https://www.rheumatology.org.uk/eventslearning/conferences/annualconference

May 20-22, 2027 – 8th World Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis Conference (IFPA), Stockholm, Sweden. Website: https://www.ifpa-pso.com

May 21-24, 2027 – European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) Annual Congress, Bruges, Belgium. Contact: Website: https://ectsoc.org/ects-congress/future-congress/

August 25-28, 2027 – 41st Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology (SCR 2027), Reykjavik, Iceland. Website: https://www.scr2027.is

2028

March 8-11, 2028 – 16th European Lupus Meeting, Athens, Greece. Email: sleurosecretariat@aimgroup.com. Website: https://sleuro.org/events/15th-european-lupus-meeting/

March 23-25, 2028 – 10th Systemic Sclerosis World Congress, Florence, Italy. Website: https://www.sscworldcongress.com

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HYBRID MEETINGS

September 17–20, 2026 – Congress of Clinical Rheumatology (CCR-West), Huntington Beach, California. Website: https://www.ccrheumatology.com/shop/events/ccr-west/ccr-west-2026-ccr-west/congress-of-clinical-rheumatology-west-2026/

October 22-25, 2026 – RheumAcademy Bootcamp 101: Assessment & Management of Rheumatic Disease - Fall Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Tel.: 416 921 4587. Email: support@rheumacademy.com. Website: https://www.rheumacademy.com

2027

April 16-17, 2027 – Rheumatology Update Europe 2027. Rome, Italy. Email: rheumatology@medupdate-europe.com. Website: https://rheumatology-update-europe.eu/

April 25-26th, 2027 – Global Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course Basic MRI Video Pathology for Physicians & General Practitioners, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Website: https://penangmskrad.com

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LIVESTREAM LEARNING

Recording – Global Meet the Experts Webinar Series: Lupus Nephritis, American College of Rheumatology.  Tel.: 404 633 3777, ext. 389. Email: global@rheumatology.org. Website: https://rheumatology.org/meetings/global-meet-the-experts-webinar-series-lupus-nephritis

September 26, 2026 – Integrating CAR T-Cell Therapies in Rheumatology Care, Association of Women in Rheumatology (AWIR). Website: https://awirgroup.org/summit-september2026

October 24, 2026 – Navigating the Overlap of Obesity and Psoriatic Diseases, Association of Women in Rheumatology (AWIR). Website: https://awirgroup.org/summit-october2026

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SELF-PACED EDUCATION

Ongoing – Certificate of Primary Care Dermatology: Module 16: Systemic Immune Reactions Affecting the Skin, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.  Tel.: Intl 6103 8699 0300, Local 1 800 472 247. Fax: 03 8699 0400. Email: dermcert@racgp.org.au. Website: https://www.racgp.org.au/education/professional-development/courses/certificate-of-primary-care-dermatology

Ongoing – Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Training in Hemophilia, University of California San Diego Health Hemophilia and Thrombosis Treatment Center. Ms. Marlene Zapeda. Tel.: 858 5343940, 888 229 6263. Email: mxzepeda@health.ucsd.edu. Website: https://hem-onc.ucsd.edu/education/cme/index.html

Ongoing – JointHealth Education, RA Lesson Plan (JHEdRA). Email: feedback@jointhealth.com. Website: https://education.jointhealth.org/joint-health-education/course-1-ra/

Ongoing – Certified Rheumatology Coder course, American College of Rheumatology. Email: practice@rheumatology.org. Tel.: 404 633 3777, ext. 820. Website: https://rheumatology.org/certified-rheumatology-coder-course

Ongoing - myCME, Association of Women in Rheumatology (AWIR) Rheumatology Care Resource Centre. Website: https://www.mycme.com/pages/rheumatology-care-resource-center

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