In order to drive us to a cure faster, Autism Speaks (AS) proactively organizes autism summit meetings and workshops, each focusing on a topic of research relevant to autism. These targeted research meetings are invitation-only, and often serve to mix experts in autism with experts from outside the field. The objective of the meetings is to brainstorm about a particular issue crucial to progressing autism research.
In organizing these meetings, our aims are to spur creative processes and collaborative thought that focus research efforts, to continue expansion of the autism research community, to facilitate research collaborations, and to promote knowledge of and interactions with families affected by autism. Meetings tackling different facets of autism research allow all of this to happen much faster and in a much more directed fashion.
Please see below for a list of this year's AS-Organized meetings plus highlights of recently held meetings.
View a list of meetings prior to 2006 here.
2008
January
1/9-1/10
"Frontiers in the Neurobiology of Autism" The Wellcome Trust
London
February2/6
Autism Speaks Mouse Behavior WorkshopBaltimore, MD
2007
January1/25-1/26
Immunology WorkshopPasadena, CA
1/28-1/29
Autism Genome Project Meeting
New York, NY
March3/29
Baby Siblings Research Consortium & Society for Research and Child Development Meeting
Boston, MA
May5/2
International Epidemiology Meeting at the 2007 International Meeting for Autism ResearchSeattle, WA
July7/5-7/7
"Autism Speaks to the World"Mexico City
7/23
National Science Foundation Mirror Neuron and Autism WorkshopWashington, DC
October10/5-10/6
Autism Speaks - National Institute of Mental Health ConferenceNew York, NY
10/12-10/14
Cortical Modularity and Autism CongressLouisville, KY
November11/16
Autism Speaks / CDC Workshop to study diagnosis of autism in developing / low resource countries
New York, NY
December12/5-12/7
Baby Siblings Research Consortium Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
12/11-12/12
Autism Speaks / CDC Registry Workgroup MeetingNew York, NY
12/13-12/14
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Meeting"Development of Novel Neuropharmacological Therapeutics for Autism"
Boca Raton, FL
2006
January
1/23-1/24
Autism Neuroimaging Summit MeetingLos Angeles, CA
October
10/13
Autism and Gastroenterology WorkshopHouston, TX