2012 PPB Family Weekend Dates
	The PPB Registry has announced the dates of the next PPB Family Weekend to occur August 12-14, 2012 in the Twin Cities, MN area. We will post information as we learn more.

PPB Family Weekend 2010, Contact Info
	If you have any logistical questions about the weekend (including requests for travel financial aid), then please contact Ms. Dale Cutright at or 240-314-7528. Questions about the conference program should be directed to Ms. Gretchen Williams, Research Coordinator at Additional conference info found at the sites of the Genetic Study and the Registry.

Logistics
	Dates: July 30 to August 1, 2010 Travel: Reagan National (DCA) closest airport Venue: Courtyard Marriott Chevy Chase, 5520 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Google Map Registration deadline June 7

Program 2010

Slide presentations available for download are links below. Note that, in general, slides were designed to serve as a tool to facilitate discussion, not as an isolated teaching tool. As we receive more of the slides, we will post them ASAP. To access the slides, you must use the password distributed at the Family Weekend conference. If you forgot the password or did not attend the conference, then write to . Please be patient about a reply. Download draft program in PDF format. Friday, July 30 2:00 to 8:30 p.m. Registration, Welcome Reception, and Open Play 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Italian Buffet Dinner Saturday, July 31 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet 9:00 to 9:10 a.m. Welcome to Washington, DC D. Ashley Hill 9:05 to 9:45 a.m. PPB Registry Updates: Overview of PPB Yoav Messinger 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. The DICER1 Gene in PPB D. Ashley Hill, Jiandong Yang, Weiying Yu, & Kerry Skiver 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Translating Discovery to Benefit Families (So what does it all mean?) Jennifer Ivanovich 11:15 a.m to noon Question and Answer Session Yoav Messinger, Louis Dehner, D. Ashley Hill, & Jennifer Ivanovich 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch Buffet Afternoon Smithsonian Museums Evening Washington Nationals Baseball Game Dinner Sunday, August 1 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Late Effects After Treatment for PPB: What Families Need to Know Holly Deluca Making a Mouse Model of PPB Kathryn Wikenheiser-Brokamp National Cancer Institute and the PPB Genetic Study Christian Kratz, Leslie Doros, & Ann Carr Pathology of PPB: Continued Insights from the Microscope Louis Dehner Family sponsored session PPB Families PPB Patient Tribute Gretchen Williams Meeting wrap up D. Ashley Hill 12:15 p.m. Pick up your box lunches 12:15 to 3:00 p.m. Genetic study enrollment Cleo Stevenson Speaker's Institutions & Degrees Children's National Medical Center D. Ashley Hill, M.D. Leslie Doros, M.D. Jiandong Yang, Ph.D. Weiying Yu, M.D., Ph.D. Kerry Skiver, B.S. Holly Deluca, M.S.N., P.N.P.-B.C. Cleo Stevenson, R.N. Children's Hospitals and Clinics of MN Yoav Messinger, M.D. Gretchen Williams, B.S., C.C.R.P. Washington University Medical Center Louis Dehner, M.D. Paul Goodfellow, Ph.D. Jennifer Ivanovich, M.S., M.B.A. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Kathryn Wikenheiser-Brokamp, M.D., Ph.D. National Cancer Institute Christian Kratz, M.D. Ann Carr, M.S., C.G.C.

Conference Sponsors
	Children's National Medical Center International PPB Registry

Past Conferences
	2008 Bloomington, Minnesota. Some conference DVD recordings are still available. To request your copy, please contact 2006 St. Louis, Missouri.