{"id":4152,"date":"2013-07-07T07:33:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T11:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/?p=4152"},"modified":"2015-06-04T14:33:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T18:33:22","slug":"almost-annual-whine-about-no-croi-dates-and-a-new-temporary-i-hope-croi-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/almost-annual-whine-about-no-croi-dates-and-a-new-temporary-i-hope-croi-website\/2013\/07\/07\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Annual Whine About No CROI Dates, and a New Temporary (I Hope) CROI Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe or not, sometimes<\/em> we know a year in advance the dates of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI).<\/p>\n

For example, we learned at the beginning of CROI 2010<\/a>\u00a0that in 2011, it would take place February 27-March 3 — in Boston no less. Yay!<\/p>\n

(The meeting was a bit shorter, but it did in fact start on Feb 27.)<\/p>\n

But most of the time,\u00a0“When is CROI next year?” is a free-floating mystery, one that can’t be solved until a surprisingly short time before the actual meeting.<\/p>\n

We know that CROI will be in the winter, probably in February or March, and that abstracts will be due some time in the fall.\u00a0Plus we know CROI will be held someplace in North America, though of course the location is far less important for planning academic and personal calendars than knowing the dates.<\/p>\n

Because of this uncertainty, those of us who want to attend the meeting go through aggressive calendar-managing in order to avoid important conflicts. In what is now\u00a0an annual two-month blockade, here are some typical approaches to events in February and March:<\/p>\n