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AIRI 49th Annual Meeting

Washington, D.C., September 26-29, 2010

AIRI Annual Meeting Leadership Team
Special thanks to this year’s annual meeting leadership team who have been working on this year’s annual meeting planning for the past several months.  Left-to-right – Front row: Kim E. Witmer (AIRI President), Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Larry A. Keinath, CPA (AIRI President-Elect), Vice President, Finance & Administration, The Wistar Institute; Valerie E. Scott (Program Co-Chair), Senior Director, Scientific Services, The Jackson Laboratory; Cary E. Thomas ( Program Co-Chair) Senior Vice President, Scripps Research Institute; and Jane Sheehan, Esq (Vendor Support Chair), President, Foundation for Blood Research.  Back row: Randy Hassler (Breakout Co-Chair), Vice President, Operations & Finance, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute; Kathleen Hogue Gonzalez, CRA (Breakout Co-Chair), Vice President, Research Administration, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute; Gregory M.L. Patterson, PhD (Roundtable Chair), Vice President for Research Operations, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research; Kerstin Lynam (Presidents’ Meeting Co-Chair), Chief Executive Officer, Veterans Medical Research Foundation in La Jolla; Cheryl A. Moore (Presidents’ Meeting Co-Chair), Chief Operating Officer, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Daniel M. Oshiro (Focus Groups Chair), Vice President for Administrative Affairs, The J. David Gladstone Institutes

Mark Your Calendar for AIRI's 49th Annual Meeting to be held September 26-29, 2010 at The Fairmont Washington, D.C.! Look for the exciting lineup for this year's meeting coming in June. 

Registration rates are as follows
(*Registration prior to 8/26/10; **Registration after 8/27/10):

  • Members: $595* / $695** (first registrant);
    $550* / $650** (subsequent members)
  • Non-member (see criteria on form): $695* / $795**
  • Spouse or Invited Guest: $250* / $350**
  • Evening Event with the Capitol Steps: $150* / $200*

Click here to download the registration form.

Click to here to download the program.

The Fairmont Hotel Washington, D.C. - Reservations
We are near selling-out at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC for the meeting.  You may make your reservations by calling 1-800-441-1414 and mentioning "AIRI" to receive the negotiated room rate of $279 (Fairmont room) or $349 (deluxe room) plus applicable taxes per night. We encourage you to make your reservations now to ensure you get the AIRI rate and secure your room at the hotel.  If you have any problems getting a room at the Fairmont, please email David Issing at hq@airi.org the name for the reservation, the institution/organization, and the arrival/departure dates, and we will make every attempt to get you into the hotel.
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Washington, D.C.
After 217 years as the nation’s capital, Washington is a place brimming with a unique history of its own. It has developed as a complex and layered city with multiple personalities. As home to the federal government, it attracts a diverse mix of government workers, members of Congress from every state, foreign emissaries, lobbyists, petitioners and protestors.
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Sponsorship Opportunities Available!

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