Meeting Archives

IMACS holds annual meetings to update the group on new developments and allow for regular exchange of information. Workshops and other more in-depth sessions are occasionally organized to address specific topics. Although not all IMACS members attend these meetings, there is often further discussion of meeting topics by all interested IMACS members using email communications.

Below are posted the agendas, slide presentations and important documents from each of the IMACS meetings. For each meeting topic, click on the topic to view the associated slide presentation.

IMACS Meetings

2012

Washington, DC, 2012: Joint Breakfast Meeting of the ACR JDM Working Group and IMACS

ACR JDM Working Group and IMACS Agenda (35KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2011

Chicago, 2011: Joint Breakfast Meeting of the ACR JDM Working Group and IMACS

ACR JDM Working Group and IMACS Agenda (150KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2010

Atlanta, 2010: Joint Breakfast Meeting of the ACR JDM Working Group and IMACS

ACR JDM Working Group and IMACS Agenda (40KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2009

Philadelphia, 2009: Joint Breakfast Meeting of the ACR JDM Working Group and IMACS

ACR JDM Working Group and IMACS Agenda (19KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2008

San Francisco, 2008:Joint Breakfast Meeting of the ACR JDM Working Group and IMACS

JDM Working Group and IMACS Group Agenda (16KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2007

Boston, 2007:Joint Breakfast Meeting of the JDM Working Group and IMACS Group

JDM Working Group and IMACS Group Agenda (66KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2006

Washington, 2006:Joint Breakfast Meeting of the JDM Working Group and IMACS Group

JDM Working Group and IMACS Group Agenda (57KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2005

San Diego, 2005: Working Committee Meeting on Classification Criteria for the Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

IMACS and ACR JDM Working Group Agenda (210KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2004

Bethesda, 2004: Working Committee Meeting on Classification Criteria for the Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

Agenda for the Classification Criteria for polymyositis and dermatomyositis (14KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

IMACS San Antonio, 2004: Annual Update

Agenda for the Classification Criteria for polymyositis and dermatomyositis (14KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2003

IMACS Orlando, 2003: Update on Myositis Outcome Measures, Clinical Trial Design Issues and Planned Studies

Agenda -- Word Format (35KB) Agenda -- PDF Format (98KB)

Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

Workshop Addendum Meeting on Preliminary Definitions of Improvement, 2003

Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2002

IMACS New Orleans, 2002: International Workshops on Myositis Outcome Measures and Clinical Trial Design Issues

Agenda -- Word Format (48KB) Agenda -- PDF Format (126KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.

2001

IMACS San Francisco, 2001: International Workshops on Myositis Outcome Measures and Clinical Trial Design Issues

Agenda -- Word Format (36KB) Agenda -- PDF Format (104KB)
Meeting Presentations are available to members only.