The 46th Annual Symposium
on Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy will be held
November 6-7, 2009

Distinguished Guest Lecturer
Christopher A. Cullis, PhD
Frances Hobart Herrick Professor of Biology
Dr. Cullis is the Frances Hobart Herrick Professor of Biology at Case Western Reserve University. His research is focused upon heritable changes that occur in plant cells as a result of external stimuli, providing fundamental new insights into possible mechanisms of evolution and stress adaptation. He is the founder and director of NovoMark Technologies, a plant biotechnology company located in Cleveland, OH.

Location
The Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel on 14th & K Street NW. The hotel is located on Franklin Square, just 5 blocks from the White House, and close to Washington, DC’s museums and national monuments including the Smithsonian, the Corcoran Gallery, and the National Mall.

Metro Accessibility: Located one block from McPherson Square Metro on the blue and orange lines.

DVDs and Audio Materials from the Conference
Orders for DVDs and audio materials from the 46th Symposium will be taken in-person at the event and will also be available for purchase on our online store following the Symposium. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.

About the Symposium
The Symposium was initiated in 1965 by graduating psychiatric residents at Georgetown University Medical School. They proposed an annual “homecoming” at which they could present papers to each other and hear about new developments at Georgetown and in the family field nationally. As interest in family systems ideas grew, a decision was made to open the Symposium to professional people around the country.

When the Family Center opened in 1975, responsibility for planning the Symposium shifted to the faculty. Since the beginning, an important feature of the Symposium has been the distinguished guest lecture, featuring pioneers in the field of family therapy as well as researchers and scientists whose work had the potential to extend knowledge about the family and develop a science of human behavior. Distinguished Guest Lecturers have been leading authorities in such diverse fields as sociobiology, ecology, primatology, evolution, neurobiology, genetics, and medicine.