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Asia Cohort > Site Collection Documents > Spring 2011 Orlando  

Please join us in Orlando, Florida, USA, for the Asia Cohort Consortium Spring Meeting

Thursday, March 31 - Friday, April 1, 2011

The purpose of this meeting is to update members on ACC developments, including cohort progress and cross-cohort activities, and discuss advances in the field which further the ACC mission.

If you plan to attend the meeting, fill out this brief registration survey. Anyone who is interested in the ACC meeting and its projects is welcome to attend.

Meeting Details:

All meetings will be held at:

Embassy Suites International Drive - Jamaican Court
8250 Jamaican Court, Orlando, FL 32819
Phone 407-345-8250   Fax 407-352-1463

Thursday, March 31
8:00-9:30
Executive Committee Meeting
John Potter & Daehee Kang
9:30-10:00
Registration for General Meeting
10:00-5:00
General Membership Meeting
10:00-10:30
Welcome and Introductions
John Potter
10:30-11:00
BMI Working Group Update
Wei Zheng
11:00-11:30
Rare Cancer Working Group Update
Paolo Boffetta
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-12:30 Daqing Cohort (China) Ping Zhao
12:30-1:30
Lung Cancer Project Proposal
Sam Hanash
1:30-2:45 Lunch (onsite)
2:45-3:00 Chulabhorn Cohort Project (Thailand) Charas Suwanwela
3:00-4:00 Rare and Medium-Rate Cancer Project Proposal Manami Inoue
4:00-4:30
Diet Working Group Update
Rashmi Sinha
4:30-5:30 New Project Proposals John Potter
*Laura Beretta, Liver Cancer
*Habibul Ahsan & Brian Chiu, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
*Sue Park, Ovarian Cancer
6:00-8:00 Group Dinner at Nile Ethiopian Restaurant The restaurant is a short walk from the meeting hotel.
Friday, April 1
9:00-11:00 BMI and Rare Cancer Working Group Meetings Wei Zheng and Paolo Boffetta
11:00-12:00 Diet Working Group Meeting Rashmi Sinha, Jung Eun Lee, Dong-Hyun Kim
12:00-1:00 Lunch (onsite)
1:00-2:30 Lung Cancer Proposal Working Session Sam Hanash
2:30-4:00 Rare and Medium-Rate Cancer Proposal Working Session Manami Inoue

Submitting a Project Proposal:

If you would like to submit a proposal for a project that can be done in the ACC, please follow the instructions on our Working with the ACC page. Proposals that do not follow this format will be returned to the author for resubmission.

Project proposals should be emailed to the Coordinating Center by Wednesday, March 2, 2011.

Hotel:

If you will be staying at the Embassy Suites International Drive - Jamaican Court you can register for the group rate of $139/night for Wednesday and Thursday nights. Be sure to mention the ACC meeting.
 
FOR RESERVATIONS PLEASE CALL 1-800-327-9797 BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8AM –4PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

Visa Support:

If you need support for a visa, please email the Coordinating Center.