The program for the 19th Annual Legal Issues in Brain Injury Conference is now available. Attendees can expect the very latest information on brain injury litigation at this three-day hands-on event. This conference is a “must attend” event for all professionals involved in legal issues relating to brain injury. The conference will be held in conjunction with the Brain Injury Conference of the Americas, on September 14-16, 2006 at the Eden Roc Resort in Miami, Florida.

The North American Brain Injury Society is pleased to announce that it has received a record number of abstract submissions for the 2006 Brain Injury Conference of the Americas. The submission deadline has now past.

The North American Brain Injury Society is pleased to announce the formation of the second state affiliate of the Society, the North Dakota Brain Injury Society (NDBIS). NDBIS has been established to promote professional awareness, understanding and dissemination of information about brain injury through education and collaborative opportunities that advance the field of brain injury in North Dakota. NDBIS joins the Texas Brain Injury Society, which became the first affiliate of NABIS in May, 2005.

The International Brain Injury Association recently concluded the 5th World Congress on Brain Injury in Stockholm, Sweden. The Congress was extremely well attended with over 80 speakers from 30 countries presenting a broad and varied program. Abstracts of the presentations at the Congress have been published in a special supplement to IBIA’s official journal, Brain Injury, published by Taylor & Francis.