9th Annual Conference Registration <br>

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Conference Registration

There are four ways to register:

To register online,* fill in the form below, then click "Submit Registration" (Credit card transactions are secure, and credit card information is encrypted.)
To register by fax, fill in the form below, then print and fax it to 617-636-0429
To register by phone, call 617-636-1000
To register by mail, fill in the form below, then print and mail it to International Society for Disease Surveillance, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111

Please direct questions about registration to conference@syndromic.org.

Registration Fees

Registration Type	Late
ISDS Member, Full Conference You are currently an ISDS member if: You specifically paid for membership online between December 2009 and the present. If you are unsure about your membership status, please contact info@syndromic.org Please note that beginning with the conference in December 2009, ISDS membership was no longer equivalent with attendance at the conference.Learn More...	$600
Governmental Agency Rate,Full Conference†	$650
Non-Member, Full Conference	$750
Student	$185
Student Nonmember	$250
Single Day Registration Member	$175
Single Day Governmental Agency Registration†	$225
Single Day Registration NonMember	$275

† includes individual membership

Registration Type
Member Full Conference
Governmental Agency Member Full Conference
Nonmember Full Conference
Student(Member)
Student(Nonmember)
Single Day(Member)
Governmental Agency Member Single Day
Single Day(Nonmember)

Include a 2011 ISDS Membership in my registration: Membership Information
Full Membership - $50
Student Membership - $35

Preconference Workshop
Not attending - $0
Member - $175
Non-member - $275
Government - $225

Preconference Track
Space is limited in the pre-conference workshop track sessions, if you are going to the preconference workshop, please indicate which track session you would like to attend.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (Tracks A, B, C)
Track A

9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Syndromic Surveillance 101
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pathogen-Specific Syndromic Surveillance

(Track B is full)
Track B: Public Health Informatics 101: The Relevance of Standards in Disease Surveillance

9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Background information

1. Review standards commonly used in public health informatics for terminology, messaging, and

documents

2. Review HL7 method to create a storyboard and glossary to describe information exchange

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Case Study

1. Briefly describe Distribute

2. Present scenario whereby state public health officer wants a new data source to monitor

community health, such as poison control data, ambulatory clinical data, a new syndrome from the

Emergency Dept data, immunization data, or non-clinical data

3. Students will work in teams to refine a storyboard describing the information to be exchanged

from the new data source, create a glossary for the content to be sent in the exchange, and

discuss issues about whether to send individual- or aggregate-level information

4. Each group will present their assessment back to the class

(Track C is full)
Track C: The Interaction of Disease Surveillance and the International Health Regulations (2005)
(Tentative Agenda)

9:00 a.m. Introduction to IHR(2005).

9:30 a.m. Application to Developing Settings

Influenza in Peru

Military specific issues

CDC GDD experience

Efforts from Overseas

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Challenges specific to IHR implementation in the developing setting

11:15 a.m. Partnerships for supporting compliance by 2012

11:45 a.m. Potential solutions/tools for collaboration

12:15 p.m. Final word/conclusions

Travel and Location Information

A block of rooms has been reserved for ISDS conference attendees at three hotels on the Canyons Resort campus. These hotels are: The Grand Summit Hotel ($115/night), The Silverado Lodge ($108/night) and The Sundial Lodge ($101/night).

Government room rates are available at $96/night at the Silverado or the Sundial Lodges. Guests registering under the government room block must identify themselves as being eligible for the government rate at the time of registration. Please also note that government rate attendees must show proper identification at the time of check-in in order to receive the government rate.

Please call 1-888-CANYONS (1-888-226-9667) to make your hotel arrangements at any of the three hotels. You must identify yourself as an ISDS conference attendee at the time of registration. To ensure you receive the conference rate, please book before November 1, 2010.

A deposit of one night's stay will be required at the time of the reservation. All deposits shall be charged at the time the reservation is made. A credit card will be required upon individual’s check-in. Deposits are refundable if notice of cancellation is received at least seven (7) days prior to arrival and a cancellation number is obtained.

There are no refunds for late arrivals, early departures or down grades. Rates cannot be changed at check-in or check-out for guests who fail to identify their affiliation with the ISDS conference at the time the reservation is made.

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Cancellation/Refund Policy

Cancellation of conference registration must be requested in writing and postmarked or emailed (info@syndromic.org) not later than Tuesday, November 23, 2010. Refunds, less a $75 administrative fee per registrant, will be issued. Cancellation/ refund requests will not be granted after November 23, 2010. Registrants who do not cancel by November 23, 2010 and do not attend are responsible for the full registration fee.

There is no penalty for substituting one attendee for another at any time. Registration substitutions will be accepted with written notification from the original registrant (via mail or email to info@syndromic.org).