8:00 – 8:45 - Registration
8:45 – 9:00 - Welcome - Max Blankfeld
9:00 – 9:15 - DNA and Genealogy – How it all started - Bennett Greenspan
9:15 – 10:30 - Recruiting Participants for Your DNA Project - Megan Smolenyak
10:30 – 10:45 - Coffee break
10:45 – 12:00 - Surname Projects and Mutation Rates – Matt Kaplan
12:00 – 13:30 - Lunch – Discussion Panel with FTDNA staff
13:30 – 14:45 - Time to Most Recent Common Ancestor – Bruce Walsh
14:45 – 15:00 - Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:00 - Case Study – Mumma Surname Project - Doug Mumma
16:00 – 17:00 - Multi-copy markers and nomenclature issues: Matt Kaplan
17:00 – 18:00 - Closing Remarks followed by Q&A with FTDNA Staff
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Things to do in Houston
* - Registration is limited to Group Administrators and spouses, from active Surname Projects.
Registration fee is $59 per person and includes:
- Luncheon with guest speakers
- Beverages and coffee breaks
- An "FTDNA ValuePack"
Please enter Group Administrator's Kit Number and Password below to start registration process.
The Conference will be held at the Sheraton North Houston Hotel.
15700 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, TX 77032
For reduced room rates call 1-800-325-3535 and mention Family Tree DNA
Continental Airlines is the official carrier for this event and is offering special Conference fares to participants. Call 1-800-468-7022 and advise agent of promo code UZKVLX and Z Code: ZHB1.
