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Program

* This schedule is subject to changes without prior notice

Day One - Saturday, March 14th
8:00 – 9:00Registration
9:00 – 9:10Welcome - Max Blankfeld
9:10 – 9:30Family Tree DNA in 2008 – Bennett Greenspan
9:30 – 10:20Lessons Learned from Running a Large Surname Project – Bob McLaren
10:20 – 10:40Coffee break
10:40 – 11:40Breakout Sessions
A. A Walk Through the Y Update & NULL Alleles – Thomas Krahn
B. Minding the GAP – Adrian Williams
11:40 – 12:30Privacy & Ethics of DNA Testing – Ricki Lewis
12:30 – 2:00Lunch with FTDNA staff
2:00 – 3:00The Genographic Project – Spencer Wells
3:00 – 3:20Coffee Break
3:20 – 4:20Advances in mtDNA – Doron Behar & William Hurst
4:20 – 5:00Q&A Panel
Day Two - Sunday, March 15th
8:00 – 8:45ISOGG - International Society of Genetic Genealogy Meeting – FTDNA Chapter
9:00 – 9:50Dating the Nodes of the Phylogenetic Tree – Michael Hammer
9:50 – 10:40The Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project – David Ewing
10:40 – 11:00Coffee break
11:00 – 11:50Breakout Sessions
A. Challenges to the Genetic Genealogist – David Ewing & Bob McLaren
B. Haplogroups: Applications for Your Project – Eileen Krause
11:50 – 1:20Lunch with FTDNA staff
1:20 – 2:10Advances in TMRCA – Michael Hammer
2:10 - 3:00A. Y-DNA Phylogenetic Trees Made Simple – Taylor Edwards & Matt Kaplan
3:00 – 3:20Coffee Break
3:20 – 3:50Family Tree DNA IT Presentation – Mark Williams
3:50 – 4:30Closing Panel

On Friday, March 13th, conference participants are invited to join Family Tree DNA in our hospitality room from 7pm to 9pm.

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