WAGR Weekend 2020 Conference: Education, Research, Support

July 31 - August 2, 2020

Hosted by the Morris Family

Virtual WAGR Weekend 2020 was held on August 1, 2020 live from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forgoing the annual in-person US-based conference due to COVID-19, the IWSA revised the original format and provided the opportunity for international participation by all individuals interested in WAGR syndrome, related research, and the IWSA. Conference registrants numbered 167, attending from 25 countries. The event was concurrently streamed live on the IWSA's Facebook page and reached more than 6,000 people.

The agenda included presentations from representatives of the IWSA and Japan WAGR Syndrome Association as well as a number of experts, including:

• Alex Levin, MD, ophthalmology, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA
• Joan Han, MD, endocrinologist, LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
• Vicki Huff, PhD, geneticist/researcher, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
• Jennifer Kalish, MD, geneticist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Janna Hols, MD, PhD candidate/researcher, Prinses Maxima Centrum for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands

This event was funded by a Delta Gamma Foundation Service for Sight grant.

View the Q&A from the conference here

View the live recording of the conference on youtube: