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NAPCRG Annual Meeting On October 20-23, 2007, NAPCRG will hold its Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. Please note that the Sheraton is now completely sold out. We have negotiated a special rate for NAPCRG attendees to stay at the nearby Sutton Place Hotel in Vancouver. To make reservations, call 866-378-8866 or you may also send an e-mail. To view the hotel's Web site, click here. Click here to register now! Important information for NAPCRG conference presenters. Search through the annual meeting presentations by using our online search program. To view the advance conference brochure, please click here. There, you will find the information shown below, along with much more conference information, including plenary speaker bios, preconference workshop abstracts, and registration forms. Passport Information • Hotel Information • Presentation Information • Airline Reservations • Car Rental Information • Ground Transportation Information • Movie Night at NAPCRG • Evening Event Information IMPORTANT- Passport Information For those Americans planning to attend the 2007 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, you will need a passport to reenter the United States. Beginning January 23, 2007, all persons traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport, Air NEXUS card, or US Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document, or an Alien Registration Card, Form I-551, if applicable. Helpful Links: Guidelines for applications and forms Located in the midst of dynamic and beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel is a stunning environment that embodies the classic "Art of a Fine Hotel." This Sheraton is a sanctuary that soothes the senses with its spectacular gardens, cascading water, and Roman-styled, hand-laid paving stones, which provide a dramatic counterpoint to the hotel's stunning architecture and innovative glass design. Please note that the Sheraton is now completely sold out. We have negotiated a special rate for NAPCRG attendees to stay at the nearby Sutton Place Hotel in Vancouver. To make reservations, call 866-378-8866 or you may also send an e-mail. To view the hotel's Web site, click here. Once again, NAPCRG will offer laptop computers for use in the presentation rooms, as well as for checking e-mail in the computer cafe. No more lugging that heavy laptop around in your suitcase! Just bring your presentation loaded onto a USB drive or a CD-ROM, and plug it into the laptop at the meeting! For any questions about this service, please contact Kelly Parry at the phone or e-mail shown at the bottom of this page. Plenary Speakers: For 2007, NAPCRG
has an exciting line-up of fabulous speakers to kick off each morning's
sessions. On Sunday, October 21, David Kuhl, MD, PhD, from the University
of British Columbia, will enlighten attendees about the lived experience
of having a terminal illness with his presentation "Facing Death,
Embracing Life: What Dying People Want." Wrapping up the conference on Tuesday, October 23, Jeffrey Borkan, MD, PhD, from Brown Medical School, will discuss "Secrets Your Chair, Research Director, and Dean Never Told You: Getting Going, Getting Better, and Getting Your Research Story Right," an interactive plenary focused on the less discussed, though often crucial, issues in the lives and research careers of family medicine investigators. The Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre is approximately nine miles from Vancouver International Airport. For assistance in making your airline reservations for the conference, call Passport Incentives & Meetings at 800-417-2902 and ask for the NAPCRG Travel Desk. Office hours are 9 am-5 pm (central time) Monday through Friday. Please note that there is a $45.00 US ticketing fee for ticketing on international flights. If you are planning to spend an extra day or two exploring Vancouver, consider renting a car. Hertz is the official rental car provider for the NAPCRG 2007 Annual Meeting. Special discounted rates beginning at $52 Can/day and $220 Can/week are available 1 week prior through 1 week after the conference dates, subject to car availability. The conference rate includes unlimited mileage. Reservations may be placed here or by calling 800-654-2240 (in the US or Canada), or at 405-749-4434 outside the US and Canada. When making reservations, please reference CV#043H0001. Ground Transportation Information The Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre is approximately a 25-minute drive from the Vancouver International Airport. Transportation can be obtained by shuttle service. To arrange for shuttle service to the Sheraton, call the Vancouver Airporter at 604-946-8866, or tickets may be purchased at the airport. Shuttles run every 20 minutes. Costs are $12 Can one-way or $18 roundtrip for adults, $5 Can one-way or $10 roundtrip for children aged 6-12. Check with the service for senior discounts. Children aged 5 or under may ride with a paying adult free of charge. NAPCRG proudly presents Art, activism, and disability are the starting point for what unfolds as a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals. Director Bonnie Sherr Klein (Not a Love Story, and Speaking Our Peace) has been a pioneer of women's cinema and an inspiration to a generation of filmmakers around the world. SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability marks Klein's return to a career interrupted by a catastrophic stroke in 1987. Always the activist, she now turns the lens on the world of disability culture, and ultimately, the transformative power of art. For more information, click here. Evening Event at the Sheraton: Celebrating the Olympic Spirit NAPCRG is known for throwing a great party at its annual meeting, and this year will follow that same tradition. To celebrate Vancouver's hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympics, NAPCRG's 2007 conference party will use the Olympics as our theme. We'll start things off with a reception to give you some time for conversing with fellow research colleagues. Following the reception, the Sheraton chefs will prepare a great sit-down dinner. We're going to bring in a band to play a variety of dance music that will make all the NAPCRG dance fans want to twist and shout! While this evening of food and entertainment is included as part of your conference registration fee, you must mark the appropriate place on the registration form to reserve your spot for the event as well as to purchase guest tickets, if applicable. Additional guest tickets will be $66 US, $72 Can. We'll offer a meal for kids ages 5-12 for $25 US, $28 Can. Children under age 5 may attend and eat for free. Please also mark on the registration form if you would prefer a vegetarian meal. For any other questions, please contact Kelly Parry at 800-274-2237, ext 5422 or via e-mail at kparry@stfm.org.
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