2006 NBDPN Annual Meeting
January 30-February 1, 2006
Marriott Gateway Crystal City
Arlington, VA
The National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) is holding its 9th annual meeting in Arlington, VA. Come hear the latest activities of the NBDPN and get updates on birth defects research, surveillance, and prevention activities!

The registration fee for the meeting is $150.00 with a registration deadline of January 4, 2006. The GIS Hands-on Training is an additional $50.00. The on-site pre-registration will be from 5:00-8:00PM on January 29, 2006, and registration will start at 7:30AM on January 30, 2006.

AGENDA

Sunday, January 29, 2006

11:00AM-6:00PM  GIS Hands-on Training Seminar (limited to 25 participants)
5:00PM-8:00PM  Pre-registration
6:00PM-7:00PM  Annual Committee Meeting
7:00PM-8:00PM  Executive Committee Meeting

Monday, January 30, 2006

7:30AM  Registration
8:00AM-8:30AM  Welcome
     National Birth Defects Prevention Network
     News from CDC    
     News from MOD
     NBDPN Collaborative Projects
8:30AM-11:00AM  Findings and Future of the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
11:00AM-12:00PM  Impact of Electronic Medical Records
12:00PM-1:30PM  Lunch
     Committee Meetings: 1) Membership & Elections, 2) Publications & Communications
1:30PM-3:30PM  Concurrent Breakout Sessions
     1) GIS Applications in Birth Defects Surveillance and Epidemiology
     2) Limb Defects-Anatomy, embryology, description, methods for diagnosis, and coding issues
     3) Current Research and Future Opportunities for Primary Prevention of Birth Defects
3:30PM-4:30PM Membership Networking and New Member Orientation
4:30PM-5:30PM Data Committee Meeting
6:30PM-7:00PM  Educating Policy Makers about Birth Defects, Sponsored by the March of Dimes 7:15PM Twilight Tour of the Momuments

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

8:00AM-10:00AM  The Life Course Perspective on Birth Defects
10:00AM-12:00PM  Posters and Exhibits available for viewing
12:00PM-2:00PM Lunch
2:00PM-3:30PM Concurrent Committee meetings
     1) A) Surveillance, Guidelines, and Standards Committee,
         B) SGSC Focus Group: Discussing the Fture: What's Needed for the Guidelines
     2) Education and Outreach Committee 3:00PM-3:30PM Break
3:30PM-5:00PM Concurrent Breakout Sessions
     1) Birth Defects Research in Environmental Health
     2) Improving the Quality and Comprehensiveness of Birth Defects Surveillance
     3) The Future is Now: Close Encounters with Electronic Medical Records
5:00PM-5:30PM  Break
5:30PM-7:00PM  Poster and Exhibitor Reception and NBDPN Awards Ceremony
7:00PM-8:30PM  Congenital Anomalies and Culture: Northwest Indians and Their Totems

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

7:30AM-8:30AM Concurrent Committee meetings:
     1) ELSI Committee       
     2) NTD Surveillance/FA Education
8:30AM-9:45AM Educational Workshops:
     1) Keeping Up with PubMed
     2) Guide to the Guidelines on Birth Defects Surveillance
     3) Cluster Investigations
     4) The Abstractor's Tool Box
     5) Recurrence Prevention Programs: What Works and How to Improve Your Efforts
9:45AM-10:00AM  Break/Transition to next workshop
10:00AM-11:15AM  Repeat Educational Workshops (see above)
11:15AM-11:30AM  Break/transition to next session
11:30PM-1:30PM  NBDPN Luncheon and Partners' Session
1:30PM-3:30PM  From ART to Bands to Schisms: The Origins of Controversial Birth Defects
3:30PM Adjourn meeting
     Complete conference evaluations

HANDS-ON TRAINING SEMINAR:
GIS APPLICATIONS IN BIRTH DEFECTS SURVEILLANCE AND RESEARCH

NBDPN will host a hands-on training seminar on geographic information systems (GIS) on Sunday, January 29th.  This seminar will focus on techniques for integrating birth defects data with statistical data from other sources (ie Census), examining methods for exploratory data analysis, and illustrating the use of analytical tools and GIS enhancements.  Sample data sets will be derived from actual data, using spatial masking procedures to ensure privacy.  Basic knowledge of ArcView is required. The registration fee for this training is $50.00.

POSTER AND EXHIBIT RECEPTION

The Poster and Exhibit Session Reception will be held from 5:30-7:00PM on Tuesday, January 31, 2006. Posters will be available for viewing during the entire meeting.

Accomodations

TRANSPORTATION

Complimentary airport shuttle service is available every 15 minute from 6AM to 11PM . The hotel is accessible by the Metro on the Blue and Yellow lines. It is located one stop north of the Reagan National Airport.

CONTACTS

For additional information, contact Russell Kirby, Phil Cross, or Cara Mai