We are pleased to welcome Dr. Geoffrey McLennan of the University of the Iowa, Carver College of Medicine as our keynote conference facilitator. A leader in academic medicine in his fields of pulmonology and biomedical engineering, Dr. McLennan has also tapped the energy of transnational collaborations through his leadership of the Iowa-City Adelaide Transnational Alliance. We look forward to learning from his experience as he assists us in considering transnational relationships within the genetic counseling community.

Dr. McLennan will be with us throughout the conference, assisting our process of collaboration.

His keynote address:

 Academic Globalization: Transnational Potential within Genetic Counseling

 From Dr. McLennan,

I look forward to working with each of you as we consider global interaction via the computer mediated information revolution. We will define the critical components of transnational collaboration as we share experiences with the barriers, successes and failures of the transnational model.  We will also explore the concept of the public good in the transnational context and in relation to the complex web of personal, political, religious, technological, institutional and national objectives that constitute the health care paradigm.