Program Schedule Updates Below! Scientific/Clinical Registered Attendees Thursday, June 16, 2011 5:30pm to 6:00pm - Ljubisa Vitkovic, PhD Topic: Navigating the NIH for Early Stage Investigators (non-CME) (Informal round table follows for those interested) 6:00pm to 7:30pm - Poster Sessions with Reception and Cash Bar (odd numbers stay at posters) Click Here for a Complete Updated Scientific Meeting Schedule! Scientific/Clinical AND Patient/Family Attendees Friday, June 17, 2011 7:00am to 8:00am - Informational Session on Edison Pharma EPI-743 Drug Development Status - Gregory Enns, MB, ChB, University of California, Stanford and Bruce H. Cohen, MD, Akron Children's Hospital - Click Here for an abstract on the session topic. 4:45pm to 5:30pm - Clinical Trial Updates from *three sites (each will provide a short 5-10 minute overview and all trials will have informational tables in the exhibit area) *University of Florida, Baylor College of Medicine, and Columbia University. Visit - www.umdf.org/clinicaltrials for descriptions of their trials as well as other trials across the U.S. The North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium (NAMDC) will have representatives available at the symposium to assist patients to enroll in the Clinical Patient Registry.  Click HERE for more information! Reminder: Patient/Family Attendees Don't Forget about the Special Volunteer Workshop Thursday, June 16, 2011 2:00pm to 5:00pm! Please indicate your attendance plans for the workshop by clicking HERE.   For more information about the workshop, click here! For more information about the symposium, visit www.umdf.org/symposium.  "Every 30 minutes, a child is born who will develop a mitochondrial disease by age 10." The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation 8085 Saltsburg Road, Suite 201 | Pittsburgh, PA  15239 Toll-Free: 888-317-8633 | F: 412-793-6477 | info@umdf.org To promote research and education for the diagnosis, treatment and cure of mitochondrial disorders and to provide support to affected individuals and families.