We would like to invite you and your community to join us for our fourth annual RARE Patient Advocacy Summit September 24 – 25, 2015 in Huntington Beach, California! Join the community at this unique event for rare disease patients and advocates: Connect. Educate. Engage. Achieve.
Registration is open!
This Summit is for every patient, patient advocacy leader, and anyone who cares about rare. Please take a look at this year’s compelling agenda and consider participating in an event that you won’t want to miss!
Why attend? Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Practical next steps for taking action in the areas of research, legislation, fundraising, and community support
- Core fundamentals and skills to help you start, grow and strengthen your nonprofit organization
- Strategies for building online communities and why they are essential for rare disease awareness
- Understanding the power of genetic data and patient involvement for advancing research for your disease
- Tools and insights into crafting successful collaborations with researchers, biotech, pharma and the FDA
- Invaluable connections with advocacy leaders that will help you define and propel your rare disease priorities forward
Register for the Summit and learn more on travel scholarships
Register now and secure your spot at the leading conference for rare disease patient advocates today! We have a limited number of travel scholarships available, which you may request here. Scholarship applications will be accepted through July 27, 2015.
Want to learn more? Sign up for our Information Session!
Sign up today for an information session on the Summit where we’ll walk you through the details, the agenda and opportunities to learn and connect, and more on how to share this with your community. Here’s how to register for the information session on July 15, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. PDT/5:00 p.m. EDT. Patients, advocates, advocacy group leaders – all are welcome to participate!
Can’t attend in person?
There is no reason you, your organizational leadership or community should miss out! Sign up to join the conference via Livestream through your computer and learn more about how you can still be an active participant using Twitter.
We hope to see you at the Summit!
Sincerely,
Kym, Carrie & Lisa
Kym H. Kilbourne
VP, Patient Advocacy
kymk@globalgenes.org
Carrie Ostrea
Manager, Advocacy/Parent Advocate
carrieo@globalgenes.org
Lisa Schill
Advocacy Ambassador/Parent Advocate
lschill@globalgenes.org
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