BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//lymeconnection.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:9b513b42-b50c-4cad-aaa8-7394c3a2e606 X-WR-CALDESC:Lyme disease specialist and author Dr. Richard Horowitz is the keynote speaker for our ninth annual Lyme disease patient conference enti tled ' Lyme Disease: Why Can't We Get Better? From Symptoms to Solutions' \n\nThis event is free. No registration required.\n \nLocation: Western Co nnecticut State University Westside Student Center Ballroom in Danbury \n Note that this university has two locations. This event is at the WESTSIDE Campus NOT downtown\n\n1 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Dr. Wiliiam Lee Cowden and Eva Sapi's afternoon Nutramedix workshop\n\n6:00 p.m. Health Fair Opens featur ing companies and practitioners specializing in the prevention\, testing a nd ancillary treatment of tick-borne diseases. \n\n7:00 p.m. Evening progr am begins with Lyme Disease Association President Pat Smith receiving our first 'Courage in Advocacy Award.' Dr. Horowitz then takes the stage to offer insight into the root causes for chronic illness and share his road map for recovery. Autographed copies of Dr. Horowitz's NYTimes bestselling book 'Why Can't I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme & Chronic Dise ase' will be available for sale.\n\nAward Recipient Pat Smith: Decades Fig hting For Lyme Disease Patients\n\nAfter Lyme disease struck her family\, Pat began her advocacy work\, expanding the scope of the Lyme Disease Asso c .to a national organization. She developed an Affiliates Network\, as o ther groups around the country joined the LDA\, supporting the efforts she led. She worked on federal legislation\, and advised state groups on leg islation that would further the cause of research and provide patients bet ter access to Lyme knowledgeable doctors. She led the LDA's efforts in ra ising over a million dollars in funds toward the opening of the Lyme and T ick-Borne Diseases Research Center at Columbia University\, an effort take n on jointly with Time for Lyme. Pat has provided research and education grants through the funds she has raised. Under her leadership\, the LDA a nd Columbia University School of Medicine have sponsored annual scientific conferences that have focused on the latest research in tick-borne diseas es.\n\nPictured are Pat Smith and Dr. Horowitz at an earlier Ridgefield e vent.\n\nTravel Information\n\n**Please be advised that the event takes pl ace at Western Connecticut State University's Westside Campus. The campus is NOT within walking distance of the train station\, so please plan your travel accordingly. \n\nIf you are looking for a hotel\, these on Mill Pla in Road and Old Ridgebury Road are close to the campus:\nhttp://hiltongard eninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/connecticut/hilton-garden-inn-danbury-DNBDHGI/ index.html\nhttp://www.cpdanbury.com/\nhttp://www.marriott.com/hotels/trav el/dxrsh-springhill-suites-danbury/\nhttp://www.hiedanbury.com/\n\nTaxi Se rvices: \nhttp://www.acabcompany.com/\n\nHART Bus Schedules and Informatio n:\nhttp://www.hartransit.com/\n\nYou can find click-able versions of the se links below in the 'Related Links' section!\n\n\n\n X-WR-RELCALID:147a1b281394553e583e413510bf7147 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20141102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20151101T020000 RDATE:20161106T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20150308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20160313T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4df85fe7-1132-41ad-bb55-b03d6979e56b DTSTAMP:20260405T160554Z DESCRIPTION:Lyme disease specialist and author Dr. Richard Horowitz is the keynote speaker for our ninth annual Lyme disease patient conference entit led ' Lyme Disease: Why Can't We Get Better? From Symptoms to Solutions'\n \nThis event is free. No registration required.\n \nLocation: Western Conn ecticut State University Westside Student Center Ballroom in Danbury \nNo te that this university has two locations. This event is at the WESTSIDE C ampus NOT downtown\n\n1 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Dr. Wiliiam Lee Cowden and Eva Sa pi's afternoon Nutramedix workshop\n\n6:00 p.m. Health Fair Opens featurin g companies and practitioners specializing in the prevention\, testing and ancillary treatment of tick-borne diseases. \n\n7:00 p.m. Evening program begins with Lyme Disease Association President Pat Smith receiving our f irst 'Courage in Advocacy Award.' Dr. Horowitz then takes the stage to of fer insight into the root causes for chronic illness and share his road ma p for recovery. Autographed copies of Dr. Horowitz's NYTimes bestselling b ook 'Why Can't I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme & Chronic Diseas e' will be available for sale.\n\nAward Recipient Pat Smith: Decades Fight ing For Lyme Disease Patients\n\nAfter Lyme disease struck her family\, Pa t began her advocacy work\, expanding the scope of the Lyme Disease Assoc .to a national organization. She developed an Affiliates Network\, as oth er groups around the country joined the LDA\, supporting the efforts she l ed. She worked on federal legislation\, and advised state groups on legis lation that would further the cause of research and provide patients bette r access to Lyme knowledgeable doctors. She led the LDA's efforts in rais ing over a million dollars in funds toward the opening of the Lyme and Tic k-Borne Diseases Research Center at Columbia University\, an effort taken on jointly with Time for Lyme. Pat has provided research and education gr ants through the funds she has raised. Under her leadership\, the LDA and Columbia University School of Medicine have sponsored annual scientific c onferences that have focused on the latest research in tick-borne diseases .\n\nPictured are Pat Smith and Dr. Horowitz at an earlier Ridgefield eve nt.\n\nTravel Information\n\n**Please be advised that the event takes plac e at Western Connecticut State University's Westside Campus. The campus is NOT within walking distance of the train station\, so please plan your tr avel accordingly. \n\nIf you are looking for a hotel\, these on Mill Plain Road and Old Ridgebury Road are close to the campus:\nhttp://hiltongarden inn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/connecticut/hilton-garden-inn-danbury-DNBDHGI/in dex.html\nhttp://www.cpdanbury.com/\nhttp://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel /dxrsh-springhill-suites-danbury/\nhttp://www.hiedanbury.com/\n\nTaxi Serv ices: \nhttp://www.acabcompany.com/\n\nHART Bus Schedules and Information: \nhttp://www.hartransit.com/\n\nYou can find click-able versions of these links below in the 'Related Links' section!\n\n\n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150512T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150512T213000 LOCATION:Western CT State University\, West Side Campus Student Center\, Da nbury\, CT SUMMARY:Lyme Conference and Health Fair END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR