Virtual Patient Education Day Live Web Cast
Hope for the Future: Update on CF Research
A Virtual Patient Education Day Live Web Cast!
September 19, 2006 (September 20 in Australia)
Presented by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cystic fibrosis (CF) researchers continue to make progress by developing new therapies that address every aspect of the disease. Please join the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as it hosts a live 60-minute Web cast that will offer the latest news about comprehensive research underway to find the cure. Robert J Beall, Ph.D., president and CEO of the CF Foundation and Preston W. Campbell III, M.D., executive vice president for medical affairs at the CF Foundation, will be interviewed by an adult with CF and a parent of a child with the disease. You will have the opportunity to submit questions during registration and during the live Web cast for Drs. Beall and Campbell to answer.
To pre-register, go to the CF Foundation Web site, www.cff.org or www.cfwebcast.org.
Please use code PT459 when you pre-register. Please submit questions at the time of registration. Questions also may be submitted during the live broadcast.
Topic:
Hope for the Future: Update on CF Research
When:
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9 p.m. Eastern Time (in the USA)
11:00:00 a.m. Wednesday September 20, 2006 in Sydney
Who:
- Robert J. Beall, Ph.D., President and CEO, CFF
- Preston W. Campbell, III, M.D., Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, CFF
- Caryl Siems, mother of a 12-year old child with CF
- Chip Hawkins, 39, an adult with CF
On Sept. 19, about 10 minutes before the broadcast, go to the CF Foundation Web site www.cff.org) or www.cfwebcast.org, and click on the Virtual Patient Education Day icon. The screen will remain blank until the program begins. Participation will be limited to the first 1,000 people online.
To view this Web cast, your computer must have Microsoft Media Player, version 9.0 or higher. For free Microsoft Media Player go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia
*It is recommended that you verify the ability to view the Web cast by watching an archived Virtual Patient Education Day Web cast. You can find these archived Web casts on the CF Foundations Web site, www.cff.org or www.cfwebcast.org.
If you can join the live Web cast, the program will be archived on the CF Foundations Web site (www.cff.org). You can submit questions during the archived Web cast.
This Virtual Patient Education Day Live Web cast was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, Inc.
