conference notice: Welcome to the 12th International Congress of Human Genetics annual meeting (Montreal)

On behalf of The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and the International Federation of Human Genetics Societies (IFHGS), it gives us great pleasure to invite human geneticists from all around the world to attend and participate in the 12th International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) and the 61st ASHG Annual Meeting. The Congress will be held at the Le Palais des Congrès (Convention Center) in Montreal (Quebec), Canada from Tuesday, October 11th through Saturday, October 15th 2011, coinciding with the ASHG meeting.

The ICHG is the foremost meeting of the world human genetics community and is held every five years. The first Congress was held in 1956 in Copenhagen and subsequent venues have included Berlin, Washington, DC, Rio de Janeiro, Vienna and most recently Brisbane. The anticipated attendance is 7,000 delegates from over 60 countries around the world.