8:00 – 9:00 - Registration
9:00 – 9:10 - Welcome - Max Blankfeld
9:10 – 9:30 - Family Tree DNA in 2006 - Bennett Greenspan
9:30 – 10:40 - mtDNA and Genealogy - Doron Behar
10:40 – 11:00 - Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 - Breakout Sessions - Bruce Walsh
A. SNP Testing - Matt Kaplan
B. Lab Advancements - Taylor Edwards
12:00 – 13:15 - Lunch with FTDNA staff
13:15 - 14:30 - Family Genealogy – TBA
14:30 – 15:40 - Ethics and Family Tree DNA Projects – TBA
Q&A Session
15:40 – 16:00 - Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 - Special Presentation – TBA
17:00 – 18:00 - Q&A Panel – Bennett Greenspan, Matt Kaplan, Taylor Edwards
PROGRAM - Day
Two
8:00 – 8:45 - ISOGG - International Society of Genetic Genealogy
Meeting -
FTDNA Chapter
9:00 – 9:50 - The Genographic Project - Alex Moen
9:50 – 11:00 - Family Genealogy and DNA - TBA
11:00 – 11:20 - Coffee break
11:20 – 12:15 - Family Tree DNA Q&A Session
12:15 - 13:20 - Lunch with FTDNA staff
13:20 - 14:15 - Breakout Sessions
A. Time to Most Recent Common Ancestors - Bruce Walsh
B. Making the Most Out of Your Group Administrator Page - TBA
14:15 - 15:10 - Y-DNA and Population Studies – Michael Hammer
15:10 – 15:30 - Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 - Closing Panel: The Future of
Genetic Genealogy: FTDNA's Vision - Doron Behar, Michael
Hammer, Bennett
Greenspan, Max Blankfeld
PRESS RELEASE
* - Registration is limited to Group Administrators from active Surname Projects.
Registration fee includes:
- Lunch on both days
- Coffee breaks
- An "FTDNA ValuePack"
Registration will open on Friday, June 2, 2006
The Conference will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Houston,
TX..
15700 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, TX 77032
For reduced room rates call 1-800-325-3535 and mention Family Tree DNA
