IDSSG

INTERNATIONAL DOWN'S SYNDROME SCREENING GROUP

8th International Congress, Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

31 May & 1 June 2008

International Scientific Committee
Members include: Malcolm Ferguson-Smith (Chair), Peter Benn, Antoni Borrell, Jack Canick, Howard Cuckle, Tony Duan, Sue Gross, Jo-Ann Johnson,
Denis Lo, Ron Maymon, Peter Schielen, Jiri Sonek, Kevin Spencer, Yuval Yaron.
Canadian representatives: Michiel Vandenhof, Nan Okun, Francois Audibert, Andre Mattman.

Exhibitors & Sponsorship Opportunities
The conference centre has facilities for exhibition stands and opportunities for sponsors. Click here for information.

Delegate Registration
Click here for information and registration form

Call for papers
There will be a small number of set piece lectures from invited speakers, but a large proportion of the available time will be given to short-to-medium length presentations from individual IDSSG members. If you would like to present something please email a one page abstract to the Secretariat,
idssg@leeds.ac.uk before 31st March 2008. The abstracts should be one page, double spaced and in MSWord. Please indicate which of the following
broad categories the paper would best fit:
1. Prospective studies
2. Model predictions
3. Refinements (e.g. smoking) and spin-offs (e.g. pre-eclampsia)
4. Blue Skies
5. Organizational (including QA, infrastructure, software, rapid diagnosis and psycho-social)
Papers that don’t fit any of the categories will also be acceptable.

Posters
There will be poster space available. Click here for poster dimensions.