Partial support is requested for the 2011 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms, to be held February 13-18, 2011 at Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas. This is the fifth Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms. The meeting convenes biannually, with past meetings held in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009. These meetings provide a venue for international scientific discourse on the mechanisms that underlie disturbances in cardiac rhythm and lethal arrhythmias, and the novel approaches to therapy and prevention.
The Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms was held at Hotel Galvez Galveston, TX , February 13-18, 2011. The Conference was well-attended with 122 participants (attendees list attached). The attendees represented the spectrum of endeavor in this field coming from academia, industry, and government laboratories, both U.S. and foreign scientists, senior researchers, young investigators, and students. Of the 176 attendees, 71 voluntarily responded to a general inquiry regarding ethnicity which appears on our registration forms. Of the 87 respondents, 23% were Minorities – 3% Hispanic, 19% Asian and 1% African American. Approximately 49 % of the participants at the 2011 meeting were women. In designing the formal speakers program, emphasis was placed on current unpublished research and discussion of the future target areas in this field. There was a conscious effort to stimulate lively discussion about the key issues in the field today. Time for formal presentations was limited in the interest of group discussions. In order that more scientists could communicate their most recent results, poster presentation time was scheduled. Attached is a copy of the formal schedule and speaker program and the poster program. In addition to these formal interactions, "free time" was scheduled to allow informal discussions. Such discussions are fostering new collaborations and joint efforts in the field.
