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Thursday, May 7

Main Sessions
08:40 - 09:00 Autism Speaks Strategic Plan
Keynote Introduction: Geraldine Dawson
09:00 - 10:00 Keynote Address: Mark Bear [GB]
"Fulfilling the Promise of Molecular Medicine In Autism"
10:00 - 10:30 Break

Poster Presentations I
(9:00 – 13:00)
[NWH]

 

 

Poster Presentations II
(13:30 – 17:30)
[NWH]

10:30 - 12:30 Invited Educational Symposium
"Before, During and After Diagnosis
and Phenotyping"

Organizer: Catherine Lord
[GB]
Oral sessions
Medical
[NWH Room 1]
Oral sessions
Cognition
[NWH Room 2]
Oral sessions
Molecular Genetics I
[NWH Room 5]
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 Invited Educational Symposium
“Mouse Models as Translational Tools
to Discover Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders”

Organizer: Jacqueline Crawley and Laura Herzing
[GB]
Oral sessions
Genetics
[NWH Room 1]
Oral sessions
Neuroimaging
[NWH Room 2]
Oral sessions
Screening
[NWH Room 5]
15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:30 - 18:00 Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation
Marian Sigman
"From Infancy to Imaging: Autism and the Developmental Psychology of Marian Sigman"
[GB]
18:00 - 19:00
INSAR Business Meeting [GB ]



Friday, May 8

Main Sessions
08:40 - 09:00 Autism Speaks Strategic Plan
Keynote Introduction
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Keynote Introduction: Gerald Fischbach
09:00 - 10:00 Keynote Address: Catherine Lord [GB]
"What Would "Better" Diagnoses of ASDs Look Like?"
10:00 - 10:30 Break Poster Sessions
III
(9:00 – 13.00)
[NWH]

Poster Sessions
IV
(13.30 – 17:30)
[NWH]

Technology Demonstration Poster Session
(9:00 - 17:30)
[BR]

10:30 - 12:30 Invited Educational Symposium
“Neuropathology and Neuroimaging”
Organizer: Gene Blatt
[GB]
Oral sessions
Motor Function
[NWH Room 1]
Oral sessions
Toddlers
[NWH Room 2]
Oral sessions
Epidemiology
[NWH Room 5]
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 Invited Educational Symposium
“Psychiatric comorbidities and treatment”
Organizer: Jessica Hellings
[GB]
Oral sessions
Animal Models
[NWH Room 1]
Oral sessions
School/Memory/Mentalizing
[NWH Room 2]
Oral sessions
Face Processing
[NWH Room 5]
15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 18:00 Oral sessions
Imaging - Medical Implications?
[NWH Room 1]
Oral sessions
Molecular Genetics II
[NWH Room 2]
Oral sessions
Infant Siblings
[NWH Room 5]



Saturday, May 9

Main Sessions
08:10 - 08:30 Introduction
08:30 - 09:30 Keynote Address: Steve Scherer [GB]
"Copy Number Variations (CNVs) In Autism: What Do They Mean?"
09:30 - 10:00 Break Poster Sessions V
(9:00 – 13.00)
[NWH]
10:00 - 12:00 Invited Educational Symposium
“Molecular Genetics of Autism”
Organizer: Jim Sutcliffe
[BR ]
Oral sessions
Neuropathology
[NWH Room 1]
Oral sessions
Emotion/Social Skills Intervention
[NWH Room 2]
Oral sessions
Longitudinal Studies/Early Intervention [NWH Room 5]
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 15:00 Invited Educational Symposium
“Menage A Trois:  Immune System, Brain and Behavior – Relationships between the Three” ”
Organizer: Robert Fujinami
[GB ]
Oral sessions
Diagnosis
[NWH Room 1]
  Oral sessions
Neuroimaging - Connectivity
[NWH Room 5]
15:00 Meeting adjourns

 

Grand Ballroom [GB] Northwest Exhibit Hall [NWH] Boulevard Room [BR]

 

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