C ONFERENCE An application has been made to have this event listed as an IWK Health Centre

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Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by And
the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College
Dalhousie University
of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by Dalhousie

As part of the IWK’s centennial presents

celebrations and in conjunction

with Dalhousie through the

Advances
in the
Thomas & Alice Morgans Fear
Science and Treatment
Memorial Lecture, we are pleased
of
to announce a conference on au-
Autism
tism. A distinguished group of

speakers will present the latest re-

search findings on brain function

in autism, and on its causes and

treatment. This will be enriched by

a powerful talk by a parent of a

child with autism. This program is supported through an open

grant from he Tomas and Alice Morgans Fear
Memorial Endowment Fun A Conference
for
5850/5980 University Avenue
Professionals and Families
P.O. Box 9000
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3K 6R8
Phone:902-470-6464
Fax: 902-425-1125
E-mail: janet.slaunwhite@iwk.nshealth.ca
 Our Speakers and Topics O U R A G E N DA Registration Form
Friday November 6, 2009: Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Rd Sign up for: Professional Parent/Students
Dr. Patricia Rodier, University of Rochester A
leading researcher in the neurobiological origins of 5:30-6:30pm: Reception Evening Session Friday Nov. 6, 2009 $100.00 $50.00

Autism, Dr. Rodier shares her research on prenatal 6:30-7:30pm: Speaker: Dr. Patricia Rodier, Day Sessions Saturday Nov. 7, 2009 $100.00 $50.00
environmental exposures. University of Rochester, Rochester N.Y. Complete Event, Nov. 6-7, 2009 $175.00 $100.00

Jennifer Overton, Actor, Teacher, Author and 7:30pm: Dinner Total:

mother of a teenage son diagnosed with Autism
shares a parent’s perspective on raising a child with Saturday, November 7, 2009: Dalhousie University
autism. 8:00-8:30am Check-In/Reception: McCain Building Name

Dr. Susan Bryson, Dalhousie University Craig 6135 University Ave

Address
Chair in Autism Research, Dr. Bryson gives an 8:30-9:00: Welcome
overview of current research on Autism.
Jennifer Overton
Dr. Marcel Just, Carnegie Mellon University (A Parent’s Perspective)
Director of the Centre for Cognitive Brain Imaging , Phone
Dr. Just discusses cutting edge imaging research that 9:00-9:30: Susan Bryson, Dalhousie U
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Nov. 2, 2009
has advanced understanding of brain function in 9:30-10:30: Marcel Just,
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Dr. Matthew Goodwin, Massachusetts Institute of American Express
Tecnology describes advances in the physiological 10:30-11:00: Nutrition Break: McCain Bldg Visa
basis of arousal in autism, with reference to the role MasterCard
11:00-12:00: Mathew Goodwin,
of autonomic nervous system regulation.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Peter Szatmari, McMaster University Che- Cambridge, Massachusetts Credit Card # Exp. date

doke Health Chair in Child Psychiatry, Dr. Szatmari 12:00-1:00: Lunch: McInnes Room , S.U.B.
shares advances in the genetics and epigenetics of 6136 University Ave
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autism.
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1:00-2:00: Peter Szatmari,
Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, University of Alberta McMaster University, Hamilton ON Please list:
Co-Director of the Autism Research Centre Glenrose
Rehabilitation, Dr. Zwaigenbau, discusses the issue 2:00-3:00: Lonnie Zwaigenbaum,
of increasing prevalence of autism and possible links University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
to environmental exposures.
3:00-3:30: Nutrition Break: McCain Bldg
Dr. Pat Mirenda, University of B.C. An expert in 3:30-4:30: Patricia Mirenda, IWK Health Centre
Special Education and Communication Disorders, And
University of British Columbia
including augmentative and alternative Dalhousie University
Vancouver BC
communication systems, Dr. Mirenda discusses the
treatment of autism. 4:30-4:45: Richard Goldbloom, Dalhousie U 5850/5980 University Avenue
P.O. Box 9000
Dr. Richard Goldbloom, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia
Renowned pediatrician and former Chancellor of Phone:902-470-6464
Dalhousie University, Dr. Goldbloom gives closing Fax: 902-425-1125
remarks. E-mail: janet.slaunwhite@iwk.nshealth.ca