May 7-10, Baltimore, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) – thousands of doctors, sessions are very scientific, good opportunity to schedule networking meetings and connect with other vision-related nonprofit organizations http://www.arvo.org/AM/Default.aspx
Washington, DC, May 10-12, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy – very specific, more corporate, lots of therapy and research updates – they hold other events for advocacy groups http://www.asgct.org/meetings-educational-programs/asgct-annual-meetings/2017-annual-meeting
Sofia Sees Hope has joined The Travelers Championship PGA golf tournament’s Birdies for Charity program, and we hope you will join us! Birdies for Charity is a pledge-based fundraiser. Sofia Sees Hope can earn donations based upon the number of birdies made during the 2017 Travelers Championship, June 19-25, 2017. By pledging an amount per birdie, […]
August 11-15, Boston, American Society of Retina Specialists – very relevant and specialized, possibility of free day passes, at least to the exhibit hall, for nonprofit organizations https://www.asrs.org/annual-meeting
September 14-15, Irvine, California, Global Genes – exclusively for rare disease advocacy groups http://globalgenes.cvent.com/events/2017-rare-patient-advocacy-summit/event-summary-b667f7db423b463f80ab2ef70b16b4a7.aspx
October 14 - Dinner in the Dark LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT
October 16-17, Washington DC, National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) annual Breakthrough Summit – information about advocacy, they have meetings for members, might meet potential collaborators https://rarediseases.org/summit-overview/
November 11-14, New Orleans – American Academy of Ophthalmology, thousands of people and very scientific https://www.aao.org/annual-meeting
Rare Disease Day is a global event when we raise awareness of some of the 7,000 different rare diseases. Although each disease on its own is rare, amazingly 1 in 10 Americans is living with a rare disease! The goal of RDD is to connect patients, families, caregivers, and patient organizations; to provide opportunities for […]