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Media & Events
Calendar of Events 2008
(click here for 2009)



Support Groups
 
2008  
AUGUST  
SEPTEMBER  
September 1- 3 Insights and Solutions: The 2nd International Conference on Alcohol and Other Drug Related Brain Injury and the Brain Injury Australia National Conference
  Location: Melbourne, Australia

Date: September 1- 3 2008

For more information visit:  www.arbias.org.au  or www.bia.net.au
September 6 Brain Injury Association of Texas Houston Regional Seminar
  Location: Houston, Texas

For more information contact: Erin Garrison at 800-392-0040 or visit www.biatx.org
September 10 -12 ACI's 4th National Conference on Spine Centers of Excellence
 

Location: Chicago, Illinois.

3 day comprehensive gathering on how hospitals can develop, improve and optimize Spine Centers of Excellence to meet patient demand and outcomes.

For more information click here
September 18-19 The Brain Injury Association of Ohio - 27th Annual Conference
  Location: University Plaza Hotel & Conference Center (Columbus, Ohio)

For more information, contact: Michelle Corpron at (614) 481-7100 or (866) 644-6242 Visit the Brain Injury Association of Ohio website:  www.biaoh.org
September 24 8th Annual BIAW Golf Outing
  Location: Broadlands Golf Club in North Prairie, WI

Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008

For more information contact: Terri Swanson  262-790-9660 or visit www.biaw.org
September 25-26 Brain Injury Association of Michigan's 28th Annual Conference - "One Goal Many Paths"
  Location: Lansing Center. Lansing, Michigan

For more information, contact: Cheryl Burda or Katie Walsh at (810) 229-5880 or visit www.biami.org
September 27 Brain Injury Recovery: Navigating the MIND Fields
  Location: Blue Ridge Community College Plecker Center at Weyers Cave, VA

Date: Saturday, , 2008

For more information contact: Michelle Witt at 540-568-8923
or visit The Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery website at  www.c2bir.org
September 28 The Fifth Annual Kit Callahan's Miracle Mile 8K Run/Walk:  Rejoicing in the Triumphs of Survivors of Brain Injuries
  Location: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

For more information contact: Karen Luffred at 703-451-8881 or visit
website: www.kitsmiraclemile.org
OCTOBER  
October 1-4 Brain Injury Association of Missouri Annual Conference
  Location: St. Charles, MO

For more information contact: Scott Gee at 314-426-4024 or visit
www.biamo.org
October 2-3 Brain Injury Association of Indiana 2008 Annual Education Conference
  Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

For more information contact: Stacy Payne Miller at 317-356-7722 Or visit the BIA Indiana website at www.biausa.org/Indiana
October 4 5th Annual BIAW Walk for Thought
  Location: Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee, WI

Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008

For more information contact: Lori Schultz at 262-790-9660 or visit
www.biaw.org
October 4 6th Annual "Heads Held High" Brain Injury Awareness Walk
  Location: around Jamaica Pond in Jamaica Plain, MA.

For more information contact: Sally Johnson  at 617-573-2539 or visit
www.babis.info/
October 9-10 19th Annual Family & Professionals Conference
  Location: Davis Conference Center, Layton, Utah

For more information contact: Ron S. Roskos at 800-281-8442
Or visit www.biau.org
October 22 Brain Injury of Delaware Annual Conference
  Location: Sheraton, Dover Delaware

For more information: contact Esther Curtis, Director at 800-411-0505 or
visit www.biausa.org/Delaware/bia.htm
October 31

Blast Injury Conference
  Location: Ramada Inn, South Charleston, WV

For more information: contact Michael Davis at 304 766-4892

Or visit: www.biausa.org/WVirginia
NOVEMBER  
November 10-12 2008 Brain Injury Business Practice College
 

Westin Casuarina Hotel & Spa, Las Vegas, NV
DECEMBER  
   
Early Listings for 2009
May 7-9 International Vocational Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury
Conference 2009  - CALL FOR PAPERS
2009 Location: The Empire Landmark Hotel & Conference Centre, Vancouver BC Canada

Date: May 7 - 9, 2009  (deadline for Paper - Dec. 31/08)

For more information: contact Shelley Johnson at 604-875-1755 or visit
www.tbicvancouver.com
SUPPORT GROUPS*
(*This section is for those states and groups that do not have their own web sites)
Black Hills, SD

Brain Injury Support Group of Rapid City
Location: Community Transitions,
803 Soo San Drive
Rapid City, SD
Dates: 2nd Tuesday of Every Month from 6:15PM to 8:00PM
For more information, visit www.brainrehab.org
Contact: Ron Sasso Phone: (605) 718-8446