2008 Newborn Screening and
Genetic Testing Symposium

Crowne Plaza Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas
November 3-6, 2008

Sponsored by: The Association of Public Health Laboratories
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Co-Sponsored by: The Texas State Public Health Laboratory,
the National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center and the International Society for Neonatal Screening

The 2008 Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium (the 20th meeting) will be held at the Crowne Plaza Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX from November 3-6, 2008.

The two and a half day program will feature platform presentations drawn from submitted abstracts, invited oral presentations, poster sessions, exhibits, a Meet the Manufacturers session and an optional tour of the Texas state public health laboratory. The symposium will be preceded by half-day workshops on QA/QC and Short-Term Follow-up.

The symposium will continue its format of addressing state and national newborn screening, genetic testing and policy issues important to public health laboratories. The symposium will continue to emphasize reports from states, the challenges they face, and the data they have generated. Attention to laboratory technologies such as tandem mass spectrometry, DNA analysis, molecular genetics, and new immunoassays will be an important part of the program.

Sessions during the meeting will also include topics on new and emerging technologies, candidate conditions for expanding NBS panels, quality improvement throughout NBS and clinical outcomes, therapeutics and research to name a few. All persons involved with newborn screening and genetic testing programs are invited to submit abstracts on any relevant topic, with special attention to the topics above. Input and participation by parents and advocacy organizations is encouraged.

Be sure to mark your calendar to attend this very important meeting.

As detailed information becomes available we will activate the appropriate links below. Check back often to find out the latest information on the 2008 Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium.

• Call for Abstracts - Oral and Poster Presentations Deadline June 13, 2008
• Program Highlights
• Preliminary Program
• Online Registration (credit card payment only)
• Registration Form (payment by check or complimentary)
• Exhibitor & Sponsorship Prospectus
• List of Exhibitors
• Hotel - Crowne Plaza Riverwalk
• San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau