BIAM Annual Education Conference: April 14-15, 2011

Audience: Individuals with brain injury, family members/caregivers, and a wide range of providers and professionals, including educators, clinical and medical professionals, and representatives from state agencies.

Location: Crowne Plaza Baltimore 2004 Greenspring Drive Timonium, MD 21093

Topics and Presentations: Progress, current and future challenges, strategies for improvement concerning all quality of life issues faced by individuals with brain injury and their families. To include medical, mental health, education, rehabilitation, adaptive equipment advances, as well as insights, attitude shifts, and coping strategies gained over time from the vantage points of individuals, families, communities, and the intersections and responsiveness of all layers of government. Presentations should be 60 or 90 minutes long; this includes questions and answers from the audience.

Deadline: October 22, 2010. The conference committee will meet in October and November decisions will be made by the end of November. Up to 4 presenters per session will attend for free on the day of their presentation and a discounted rate of $115 to cover food and material costs on the day that they are not presenting. A copy of each presenter's resume/vita needs to be enclosed in the RFP packet when mailed to the Brain Injury Association of Maryland. The Brain Injury Association of Maryland is unable to pay for presenters' travel, lodging, meals or other expenses associated with the conference. We appreciate your time and interest; please call the BIAM office if you have any questions.

BIAM will request CEUs from a number of providers, including:

BIAM is a provider of CEUs for the Maryland Board of Social Work and the Maryland Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

Please complete and attach the following forms so that we may request approval from Maryland Nurses Association (note that this is so that nurses attending the conference can receive Continuing Education Credits):

Please use this form to submit information on your presentation. Attach additional information, if needed. You may send proposal electronically to info@biamd.org, fax to 410-448-2924, or mail to: BIAM, 2200 Kernan Drive, Baltimore, MD 21207

Click the link to the right for the printable version: Call For Presentation (PDF Version)

RESUMES/VITAS MUST BE ATTACHED WITH PROPOSAL.

Presenter(s), up to 4 presenters, including any panel speakers:

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Attached Resumes/Vitas (if available):
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Title of Presentation:

Information for each presenter, as it would appear in conference program. This will allow conference participants to know about your training, area(s) of interest, and expertise as related to the presentation. Limit of 3 sentences per speaker.

Intended Audience:
Individuals with Brain Injury     Family Members/Friends     Educators     Professionals     Clinicians

Please write a brief description of your presentation, as it would appear in the conference program. This will aid conference participants to determine which sessions are of interest and relevant to them.

Identify 3 measurable learning objectives. eg: Participant will be able to list 3 adverse effects of Haldol.
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List current references related to the content of your presentation. References should be less than 5 years old unless it is a standard of treatment. Examples of how to provide the reference information are available at http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/.
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Please check the audio-visual equipment you will need for your presentation:
LCD     Sound Equipped LCD     Overhead Projector     Slide Projector     TV/VCR     Flip Chart
Other:

Other information you think that we should know about your presentation:

Additional Attached Information:

Biographical Data Format:
Biographical Data Form (Word Version) (download the Word document, save on your system, and upload to this location):

Conflict of Interest Form:
Conflict of Interest Form (Word Version) (download the Word document, save on your system, and upload to this location):

Interested in Exhibiting or Sponsoring?
One additional way that presenters may interact with attendees is by exhibiting and sponsoring during the conference. To find out more about being an exhibitor, please contact Suzanne Kantt at 410-448-2924 or kantt@biamd.org.

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request.
Requests must be made at least 30 days prior to the event.

Brain Injury Association of Maryland
2200 Kernan Drive
Baltimore, MD 21207

Contact Information:       410-448-2924 (phone)       410-448-3541 (fax)       info@biamd.org