2nd International Conference on Genetic Genealogy
for Family Tree DNA Group Administrators*

Washington, D.C., at the National Geographic Society
November 4-5, 2005

PROGRAM - Day One

8:00 – 9:00 - Registration

9:00 – 9:10 - Welcome - Max Blankfeld

9:10 – 9:30 - Genetic Genealogy – Finally mainstream? - Bennett Greenspan

9:30 – 10:40 - Improve Estimates of Time to Most Recent Common Ancestors -
                         Bruce Walsh

10:40 – 11:00 - Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 - Exploring Native American Ancestry with Genetic Data - Tad
                         Schurr

12:00 – 13:30 - Lunch with FTDNA staff

13:30 - 14:30 - The Genographic Project – Spencer Wells/Alex Moen

14:30 – 15:40 - A Case Study – The Barton Surname Project – Terry Barton

15:40 – 16:00 - Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00 - Population Structure in the United States - Michael Hammer

17:00 – 18:00 - Q&A Panel – Bruce Walsh, Matt Kaplan, Bennett Greenspan

PROGRAM - Day Two

8:00 – 8:45 - ISOGG - International Society of Genetic Genealogy meeting                        – FTDNA Chapter

9:10 – 10:00 - Genealogy in the Complete mtDNA Era – Doron Behar

10:00 - 10:45 - From Haplotypes to Haplogroups – Bennett Greenspan

10:45 – 11:00 - Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 - SNP Testing – Matt Kaplan

12:00 - 13:30 - Lunch with FTDNA staff

13:30 – 14:00 - Lab enhancements for High-Throughput – Taylor Edwards


14:00 – 15:30 - Making the Most Out of Your GAP – Robert Topping, Bennett
                         Greenspan, Max Blankfeld

15:30 – 15:50 - Coffee Break

15:50 – 17:30 - Closing Panel: The future of Genetic Genealogy - FTDNA's vision
                         Doron Behar, Matt Kaplan, Bennett Greenspan, Max Blankfeld


This program is subject to changes

PRESS RELEASE    

The Conference will be held at the
National Geographic Society in Washington D.C.
1145 17th Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-4688

The following hotels are at walking distance from National Geographic and have reduced room rates for Conference participants:
Lincoln Suites - 1823 L Street NW - (202) 223-4320
Hotel Helix - 1430 Rhode Island Avenue NW - (202) 462-9001