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Wednesday, May 19

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration [GBPF5]



Thursday, May 20

6:30am - 5:00pm
Registration [GBPF5]
7:15am - 8:15am Coffee and Pastries [GBPF5]
8:30am - 8:45am
8:30am - 9:30am
Greetings from IMFAR Organisers
Keynote Address: Jacqueline Crawley: "Mouse Models of Autism to Discover Causes and Develop Treatments"
[GBAF5]
9:15am - 9:45am Break [FHB4]

Poster & Exhibits
(8:00am – 1:00pm)
Social Function, Communication, Sensory Systems, Developmental Stages, Language, Imitation & Play
[FHB4]

 

Poster & Exhibits
(1:00pm – 5:30pm)
Social Function, Developmental Stages, Treatment, Clinical Phenotype & Cognition
[FHB4]

9:45am - 11:45am Invited Educational Symposium
Neuro-Imaging Genetics
[GBEF5]
Oral sessions
Cognition 1
[FH894]
Oral sessions
Epidemiology 1
[GBAB5]
Oral sessions
Treatment 1
[GBCD5]
12:00pm - 1:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm - 1:15pm
SIG
EEG & MEG

[FH894]
SIG
Sleep & Autism
[GBAB5]
SIG
Postmortem Brain Research
[GBCD5]
1:30pm - 3:30pm Invited Educational Symposium
The Ethics of Communicating Scientific Risk
[GBEF5]
Oral sessions
Communication & Language
[FH894]
Oral sessions
Neurophysiology
[GBAB5]
Oral sessions
Brain Imaging 1
[GBCD5]
3:30pm - 4:00pm Break [FHB4]
4:00pm - 4:30pm Tom Insel: IACC Update [GBEF5]
4:30pm - 6:00pm Lifetime Achievement Award and Presentations
Edward R. Ritvo: "Forty Years Along the Research Trail"
[GBEF5]
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Reception [FHA4]



Friday, May 21

6:30am - 5:00pm Registration [RO5]
7:00am - 8:00am Coffee and Pastries [GBPF5]
8:00am - 8:15am
8:15am - 9:15am
Introduction: Autism Speaks
Keynote Address
:Barbara Burns: "Adopting Evidence-Based Practice for Children with Autism: What Will it Take?"
[GBAF5]
9:15am - 9:45am Break [FHB4]

Poster & Exhibits
(8:00am – 1:00pm)
Clinical Phenotype, Repetitive Behaviors, Motor Systems, Human Genetics, Brain Imaging & Services
[FHB4]

Innovative Technologies Demonstration Session
(8:00am - 1:00pm)
[FHB4]

Poster & Exhibits
(1:00pm – 5:30pm)
Treatment, Neuropathology, Brain Imaging, Comorbidities Cell Culture & Animal Models
[FHB4]

9:45am - 11:45am Invited Educational Symposium
Measuring Outcomes and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Adults with ASD
[GBEF5]
Oral sessions
Cognition 2

[FH894]
Oral sessions
Model Systems
[GBAB5]
Oral sessions
Social Function
[GBCD5]
11:45am - 1:00pm Lunch Break       
12:00pm - 1:00pm

SIG
Sensory Dysfunction
[FH894]

SIG
Interventions for School-Age Children
[GBAB5]
SIG
Motor Action Development
[GBCD5]
1:15pm - 3:15pm Invited Educational Symposium
Future Approaches to the Psychopharmacology of Autism
[GBEF5]
Oral sessions
Services 1
[FH894]
Oral sessions
Clinical Phenotype 1
[GBAB5]
Oral sessions
Epidemiology 2
[GBCD5]
3:15pm - 3:45pm Break [FHB4]
3:45pm - 4:45pm Oral Session
Human Genetics
[GBEF5]
Oral sessions
Developmental Trajectories in ASD
[GBAB5]
Oral sessions
Preschool Autism Communication Trial
[GBCD5]
Oral sessions
Autism Instructional Methods: Opportunities & Challenges for Moving Intervention into Community
[FH894]
4:45pm - 5:45pm Oral sessions
The Role of the Corpus Collosum in Autism
[GBAB5]
Oral sessions
Very Early Intervention for ASD: Research Challenges & Promising Results
[GBCD5]
Oral sessions
Earlier Is Better & More Difficult: Opportunities & Challenges in Screening for ASD in 2nd Year of Life
[FH894]
5:45pm - 7:15pm Special Presidential Lecture: Autism and Society
Keynote: Jacqui Russell: "The Red Kite Project: Entertaining Children with Autism"
[GBEF5]



Saturday, May 22

6:30am - 1:30am Registration [RO5]
7:00am - 8:00am Coffee and Pastries [GBPF5]
8:00am - 8:15am
8:15am - 9:15am
Introduction: Simons Foundation
Keynote Address: Amanda Woodward: "Infants' grasp of others' intentions"
[GBAF5]
9:15am - 9:45am Break [FHB4]

Poster & Exhibits
(8:00am – 1:00pm)
Services, Human Genetics, Neurophysiology, Cognition & Epidemiology
[FHB4]

9:45am - 11:45am Invited Educational Symposium
Medical Care of Children and Adolescents with ASD: Findings From the Autism Treatment Network
[GBEF5]
Oral sessions
Brain Imaging 2
[FH894]
Oral sessions
Neuropathology
[GBAB5]

 

Oral sessions
Comorbities
[GBCD5]

12:00pm - 1:00pm INSAR Business Meeting [GBEF5]
1:15pm - 3:15pm Invited Educational Symposium
The Relationship between Epilepsy and Autism
[GBEF5]
Oral sessions
Treatment 2
[FH894]
Oral sessions
Clinical Phenotype 2
[GBAB5]

 

Oral sessions
Developmental Stages, Imitation & Play
[GBCD5]
3:15pm Meeting adjourns

   

Registration One, Level 5 [RO5] Grand Ballroom Pre-Function, Level 5 [GBPF5] Grand Ballroom AF,  Level 5 [GBAF5]
Grand Ballroom EF, Level 5 [GBEF5] Grand Ballroom AB, Level 5 [GBAB5] Grand Ballroom CD, Level 5 [GBCD5]
Franklin Hall 8&9, Level 4 [FH894] Franklin Hall B, Level 4 [FHB4]  

 

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