The Centre for Applied Genomics

Autism Research Team's Annual PARENT CONFERENCE 2011

Saturday, January 15, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
MaRS Centre Main Auditorium, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario

Agenda
8:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00	Welcome Dr. Wendy Roberts, MD FRCPC, Dr. Steve Scherer, PhD. (Chair) Dr. Peter Szatmari, MD FRCPC
	Morning Program:
9.00	Extended Pedigrees Dr. Peter Szatmari, MD FRCPC Finding genes for ASD in extended pedigrees
9:30	NeuroDevNet Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, MD FRCPC New opportunities for ASD research
9:45	Autism Research in the News: For better or worse? Dr. Steve Scherer, PhD Autism research in the news Panel of Discussants: Parent Representative, Media Representative, Dr. Wendy Roberts, MD FRCPC, and Dr. Melissa Carter, MD FRCPC
10:45	Coffee Break
11:00	Autism Treatment Network: From Gut to Sleep to Brain Inflammation? Dr. Peggy Marcon, MD FRCPC Lesley Barreira, BA (Hons), MADS Dr. Alvin Loh, MD FRCPC and Dr. Wendy Roberts Gastrointestinal issues at the ATN (Marcon, Barreira) Are there signs of neuroinflammation in toddlers with ASD and regression ? (Loh)
11:45	Finding Myself by Kaitrin Beechey
12:00	Lunch and Poster Displays
	Afternoon Program:
1:00	Musical Guest: Samantha Mutis
1:15	Quick Hits on Intervention Dr. Jessica Brian, PhD., C. Psych. (Early intervention) Dr. Jonathan Weiss, PhD., C. Psych. (Group CBT) Dr. Kassia Johnson, MD FRCPC and Dr. Thomas Cheetham, MD, CCFP (The Medical Care Community for the Transition of Youth and Young Adults with ASD) Baby siblings intervention (Brian) Group cognitive behaviour therapy for youth with Asperger syndrome or high functioning ASD (Weiss) The medical care community for the transition of youth and young adults with ASD (Johnson and Cheetham)
2:30	Updates on Clinical Trials Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou , MD FRCPC Update on clinical trials in ASD
3:00	Question Panel, Closing (Optional tour of lab)