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
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Thursday, March 31 |
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8:00-9:30 |
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Executive Committee Meeting |
John Potter & Daehee Kang |
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9:30-10:00 |
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Registration for General Meeting |
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10:00-5:00 |
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General Membership Meeting |
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10:00-10:30 |
Welcome and Introductions |
John Potter |
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10:30-11:00 |
BMI Working Group Update |
Wei Zheng |
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11:00-11:30 |
Rare Cancer Working Group Update |
Paolo Boffetta |
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11:30-12:00 |
Coffee Break |
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12:00-12:30 |
Daqing Cohort (China) |
Ping Zhao |
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12:30-1:30 |
Lung Cancer Project Proposal |
Sam Hanash |
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1:30-2:45 |
Lunch (onsite) |
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2:45-3:00 |
Chulabhorn Cohort Project (Thailand) |
Charas Suwanwela |
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3:00-4:00 |
Rare and Medium-Rate Cancer Project Proposal |
Manami Inoue |
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4:00-4:30 |
Diet Working Group Update |
Rashmi Sinha |
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4:30-5:30 |
New Project Proposals |
John Potter |
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*Laura Beretta, Liver Cancer |
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*Habibul Ahsan & Brian Chiu, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma |
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*Sue Park, Ovarian Cancer |
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| 6:00-8:00 |
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Group Dinner at Nile Ethiopian Restaurant |
The restaurant is a short walk from the meeting hotel. |
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| Friday, April 1 |
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| 9:00-11:00 |
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BMI and Rare Cancer Working Group Meetings |
Wei Zheng and Paolo Boffetta |
| 11:00-12:00 |
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Diet Working Group Meeting |
Rashmi Sinha, Jung Eun Lee, Dong-Hyun Kim |
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Lunch (onsite) |
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| 1:00-2:30 |
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Lung Cancer Proposal Working Session |
Sam Hanash |
| 2:30-4:00 |
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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.
FOR RESERVATIONS PLEASE CALL 1-800-327-9797 BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8AM –4PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.