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Media & Events
Calendar of Events 2008


Support Groups
 
2008  
MAY  
May 30 Spring 2008 Brain Injury Conference
  Location: Longinotti Auditorium at Saint Francis Hospital, 5959 Park Avenue, Memphis, TN 38119 (near Poplar Avenue and Interstate 240)

For more information, contact: Carolyn Chambers, TBI Service Coordinator at 901-545-8487
JUNE  
June 5 Brain Injury Symposium of Mid-Michigan.  Bridging the Gap: Breaking Down Barriers in Brain Injury
  Location: Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center -  Michigan State University

For more information contact: Jennifer Pascoe at 517-455-0264 or visit
http://www.origamirehab.org/community/calendar.html#Symposium
June 5-6 A World of Hope: Making Lifetime Connections
  Location: Marriott Hotel, Wolf Road, Albany NY

For more information contact: Rachel Swire at 518-459-7911
Or visit www.bianys.org
June 5-6 The 2008 Williamsburg Conference:  Rehabilitation of the Adult and Child with Brain Injury-Practical Solutions to Real World Problems
  Location: Williamsburg Hospitality House Hotel and Conference Center

For more information contact: Linda Nowsherwan at 703-451-8881 or visit www.braininjurysvcs.org
June 6-8 2008 National Brain Injury Caregiver’s Conference
Presented by the Brain Injury Association of America
 

Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport Hotel, Dallas, TX

Featuring best-selling author, Lee Woodruff and over 25 expert speakers on all aspects of brain injury. Highlights include: Special sessions for caregivers of military personnel and civilians whether the injury is recent or many years ago. Dedicated educational sessions about mild brain injury and for parents, spouses, siblings, children of a parent with brain and other caregivers.

Click here for all the details and forms

Sponsorship and Exhibiting opportunities are available.  Contact Jenny Toth, jtoth@biausa.org or (703) 761-0750 x621 for more information.
June 19- 20 Fifteenth Annual Brain Injury Conference Mayo Medical Center
  Location: Rochester, MN

For more information contact: Grace Liu at 507-255-0600
Or visit  http://www.mayoclinic.org/jobs-nursing-rst/calendarconf.html
June 23-24 8th Annual Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania Conference:  Best Practices in Brain Injury
 

Meeting the Challenges of Role and Life Cycle Change
New Alternatives in Treatment - Activism and Advocacy - Improving the Quality of Life

Location: Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey
Harrisburg, PA

A Pre-Conference AACBIS training course will be offered June 22-23. Sign up when you register for the 2008 Conference.

For more information, Sponsorship, Advertising and Exhibitor opportunities, contact:
Amy Lucas
BIAPA, 2400 Park Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Phone:  (717) 657-7608
email:  alucas@parf.org or contact the Brain Injury Resource Line 1-866-635-7097 or visit www.biapa.org
JULY  
July 20-25 Camp Brant - A residential camping experience for those who have experienced a brain injury
 

Location: Cincinnati, OH

For more information contact: Danielle Harris at (513) 872-1511
AUGUST  
SEPTEMBER  
September 1- 3 Insights and Solutions: The 2nd International Conference on Alcohol and Other Drug Related Brain Injury and the Brain Injury Australia National Conference
  Location: Melbourne, Australia

Date: September 1- 3 2008

For more information visit:  www.arbias.org.au  or www.bia.net.au
September 18-19 The Brain Injury Association of Ohio - 27th Annual Conference
  Location: University Plaza Hotel & Conference Center (Columbus, Ohio)

For more information, contact: Michelle Corpron at (614) 481-7100 or (866) 644-6242 Visit the Brain Injury Association of Ohio website:  www.biaoh.org
September 25-26 Brain Injury Association of Michigan's 28th Annual Conference - "One Goal Many Paths"
  Location: Lansing Center. Lansing, Michigan

For more information, contact: Cheryl Burda or Katie Walsh at (810) 229-5880 or visit www.biami.org
   
OCTOBER  
October 1-4 Brain Injury Association of Missouri Annual Conference
  Location: St. Charles, MO

For more information contact: Scott Gee at 314-426-4024 or visit
www.biamo.org
October 2-3 Brain Injury Association of Indiana 2008 Annual Education Conference
  Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

For more information contact: Stacy Payne Miller at 317-356-7722 Or visit the BIA Indiana website at www.biausa.org/Indiana
October 9-10 19th Annual Family & Professionals Conference
  Location: Davis Conference Center, Layton, Utah

For more information contact: Ron S. Roskos at 800-281-8442
Or visit www.biau.org
October 22 Brain Injury of Delaware Annual Conference
  Location: Sheraton, Dover Delaware

For more information: contact Esther Curtis, Director at 800-411-0505 or
visit www.biausa.org/Delaware/bia.htm
October 31

Blast Injury Conference
  Location: Ramada Inn, South Charleston, WV

For more information: contact Michael Davis at 304 766-4892

Or visit: www.biausa.org/WVirginia
NOVEMBER  
November 10-12 2008 Brain Injury Business Practice College
 

Westin Casuarina Hotel & Spa, Las Vegas, NV
DECEMBER  
   
SUPPORT GROUPS*
(*This section is for those states and groups that do not have their own web sites)
Black Hills, SD

Brain Injury Support Group of Rapid City
Location: Community Transitions,
803 Soo San Drive
Rapid City, SD
Dates: 2nd Tuesday of Every Month from 6:15PM to 8:00PM
For more information, visit www.brainrehab.org
Contact: Ron Sasso Phone: (605) 718-8446