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Houston Patient & Family Seminar - March 23-24, 2007
Sat, Mar 24, 2007
Where:
Four Seasons Hotel
1300 Lamar Street
Houston, TX 77010
713-650-1300 for reservations and directions
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Register online or call 800-452-2873 to register for the seminar.
Are you a member of a support group? The IMF is offering a special 2 for 1 rate to all members of support groups. It's not too late. Don't miss out! Call your support group leader for details today. | DATES: | March 23-24, 2007 | | DISCOUNTED ROOM RATE | $149, plus tax .
When making your reservation, you must say you are attending the IMF Patient & Family Seminar.
There are a limited number of discounted hotel rooms reserved for the IMF. They are available on a first come, first served basis. Once these rooms have been booked, the discounted room rate will no longer be available. | | CHECK-IN/OUT TIME | Check in is at 3pm.
Check-out is at Noon | | PARKING | Unfortunately there is no self-parking.
Discounted Valet Day Parking is $12. Discounted Overnight Parking is $25 per night, charged to individual’s room bill. | | AIRPORTS | There are two airports that service Houston: - Hobby Airport (“HOU”) is smaller, but closer (about 20 minutes from hotel
- Bush International (“IAH”) is larger, but farther away (about 40 minutes from hotel)
| TRANSPORTATION
FROM/TO AIRPORT | Taxi cabs from HOU run about $22 flat rate plus tip. Taxi cabs from IAH run about $44 flat rate plus tip. Texan’s Super Shuttle from HOU runs about $18 per person plus tip. Texan’s Super Shuttle from IAH runs about $22 per person plus tip. | | SEMINAR COSTS: | $85 for Package A: Includes Friday Half-Day Seminar, Welcome Cocktail Reception and Dinner and Saturday All-Day Seminar
$50 for Package B: Includes Saturday All-Day Seminar only, no Friday Welcome Dinner
| | DEADLINES | Register by Friday, February 23, 2007 to receive 20% discount on seminar registration fee. Hotel Reservation: The sooner, the better. Once the discounted rooms have been booked, the discounted room rate will no longer be available. | | AGENDA | | FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2007 | | 1:00 - 1:15 PM | Welcome
| | 1:15 - 2:30 PM | "Ask the Experts"
Open Forum Discussion
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie
Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California
| | 2:30 - 2:45 PM | Coffee Break | | 2:45 - 3:30 PM | Managing Side Effects | | 3:30 - 4:15 PM | Complementary & Supportive Therapies | | 4:15 - 5:00 PM | How to be a Better Patient | | 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Welcome Reception | | 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Welcome Dinner | | SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2007 | | 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Breakfast | | 8:00 - 8:10 AM | Welcome
| | 8:10 - 8:20 AM | Introduction to Audience Response System and Questions | 8:20 - 8:40 AM
8:40 - 8:55 AM | Myeloma 101/Overview
Dr. Robert Kyle
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Questions & Answers
| 8:55 - 9:15 AM
9:15 - 9:25 AM
9:25 - 9:35 AM | Frontline Therapy
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers
| | 9:35 - 10:00 AM | Morning Coffee Break | 10:00 - 10:20 AM
10:20 - 10:30 AM
10:30 - 10:45 AM | Bone Disease
Dr. Greg Mundy
University of Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers
| 10:45 - 11:05 AM
11:05 - 11:15 AM
11:15 - 11:30 AM | Role of Transplant & Update on Total Therapy II/III
Dr. Bart Barlogie
Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, UAMS
Little Rock, Arkansas
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers
| | 11:30 - 11:45 AM | Updates from the IMF
Susie Novis
| | 11:45 - 12:00 PM | Research Update on Bank On A Cure® | | 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Lunch | 1:30 - 1:50 PM
1:50 - 2:00 PM
2:00 - 2:15 PM | Approaches to Relapse and New Clinical Trials
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers
| | 2:15 - 2:45 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break | | 2:45 - 4:30 PM | Faculty Led Breakout Sessions
(Room assignments posted prior to sessions) | | 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Conclusion
(Reconvene in Main General Session Room) | Many thanks to the sponsors of this event: The Binding Site
Celgene
Cephalon
Kyphon
Millennium Pharmaceuticals |
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