10. Location! Location! Location!
Who can argue with San Francisco being one of the
most beautiful venues in the country for a scientific
meeting!
9. CME! Over 30 hours of Category 1
Continuing Medical Education hours will be offered,
for only a $50.00 service charge.
8. Business Meetings! No, really!
What a wonderful opportunity to meet with colleagues
and get a succinct update on your Society's
activities. This year they will be held following the
Presidential addresses.
Exhibits! Remember to visit the
Exhibit Hall during the meeting. Each year we have
new exhibitors with interesting products and
displays. Income from these exhibits also contributes
substantially to our meeting finances. Once again
this year, exhibitors will be allowed to serve food
and beverages to attendees.
And --- Back By Popular Demand! The
PAS will host an Opening Reception for all attendees
during the opening Exhibit and Poster Session on
Saturday evening, May 1st. A great
opportunity to catch up with your colleagues in a
relaxed atmosphere!
6. State of the Art Plenary
Sessions! This year we will feature eight State of
the Art Plenary Sessions, designed to update and
solidify our understanding of interdisciplinary
areas. Often, invited lecturers are international
leaders in their field. Topics for the 1999 meeting
include "Childhood Obesity", Mechanisms of
Human Malformation", and "SCHIP and
Medicaid", slated for May 2, Sunday afternoon;
"Advances in Cognitive Neuroscience and Language
Development" and "Human Genome
Project" scheduled for May 3, Monday afternoon,
and "Advances in Fetal/Neonatal Medicine,"
"Clinical Pharmacology" and "Molecular
Mechanisms of Infectious Diseases" scheduled for
May 4, Tuesday midday.
5. Public Policy Council! This
year's Public Policy Council Plenary will be a report
on the Task Force of the Future of Pediatric
Education II. It is to be presented on May 3, Monday,
at 3 pm. Come and hear!
4. Topic Symposia! In 1999, we will
offer up to four Topic Symposia, which will focus on
areas of rapid discovery and scientific excitement.
Such provocative titles as "Development in
Vitamin D Metabolism and Rickets,"
"Apoptosis," "Human Chromosome
Instability Syndromes" and "Cytokine
Receptor Defects" are scheduled to be presented
throughout the meeting.
3. Hot! Hot! Hot! Topics! Hot
topics present current, controversial issues and
sometimes evoke passionate discussion. Come and see
what happens May 4, Tuesday, at 4:45 pm when we
present 3 different Hot Topics, "Controversies
in EMS Management", "Controversies in
Neonatology", and "Controversies in Otitis
Media."
2. Mini Courses and Educational
Seminars! On May 1, Saturday, a wide variety of
Educational Seminars and Mini Courses will provide
practical and personal advice from experts. Seminars
are limited to around 60 participants and advance
registration is required. These sessions always are
immensely popular, especially for trainees and
younger faculty. This year the topics will include
manuscript and abstract writing skills; academic
leadership and career paths; design, funding and
execution of research projects; "hands on"
Internet experience, and the art of teaching. Mini
Courses are jointly sponsored by the AAP, usually
have a larger attendance than Seminars and Workshops,
yet also require advance registration.
Outstanding Original Research!
Original research will be presented throughout the
meeting in platform and poster sessions. Up to 28
traditional subspecialty areas will be presented,
with 6 jointly sponsored with the APA. Approximately
20 themes will be presented, 8 jointly with the APA.
Look for new themes in Health Services Research.
Also, a new theme presented last year, "Clinical
Research in Emerging Countries" was a theme
session full of excitement and energy in New Orleans
and will be repeated this year in San Francisco. And
visit the novel new format for the Historical
Perspectives theme session.....You can't miss it!