Overall Project Description
This national conference is the third in a series of colloquia held across the nation to examine the impact of personalized medicine on the delivery of healthcare in the future. Top experts in the field will discuss, among other topics:

• individualized medical care
• liability issues for physicians
• patient rights
• medical privacy and confidentiality
• ethics
• economics

The first colloquia was held June 1-2, 2009 and the second was held October 26-27, 2009 at AAAS headquarters in Washington, DC. The third in the series will be held March 8-9, 2010 in Phoenix, AZ. The colloquia addresses the scientific discoveries, business models, and regulatory changes that are necessary to develop new personalized treatments and their companion diagnostics. It focuses on electronic health records, reimbursement, education of patients and their care givers, and ethical, legal, and policy issues such as privacy, patients’ responsibilities for their own health, and direct to consumer testing, among others. The series follows a successful program on personalized medicine that AAAS and FDLI convened in June 2008.

Agendas
View the agenda for Colloquium II, October 26-27, 2009
View the agenda for Colloquium I, June 1-2, 2009

Webcast
All three colloquia will be webcast. Please return to this website for live-feeds and archived webcasts.

View webcast of Colloquium II (October 26-27, 2009)
View webcast of Colloquium I (June 1-2, 2009)

Audience Interaction
Audience members on-site and via the internet will have the opportunity to use audience-response technology to interact with session chairs and speakers.

View documents from last year's program on personalized medicine:
Primer | Links to Resources

Register for Colloquia III:

Arizona Biltmore Resort
2400 E. Missouri Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85016
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Directions
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