NICHD Network on Psychosexual Differentiation
Meeting 4, December 2-5, 2004
Agenda

Topics: Gender Identity, Informed Consent, Working Groups
Location: Washington DC

Thursday, December 2, 2004 – Arrival
Accommodations at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Crystal City, 1300 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington VA 22202, phone 703-979-9799

Thursday, December 2, 2004

5:30 PM:

Meet in hotel lobby atrium for complimentary drinks and working groups

7:30 PM:
Working dinner – Jaleo, 2250A Crystal Drive, Arlington, 703-413-8181
Seating by working groups (see tentative plan enclosed)
Friday, December 3, 2004 (Embassy Suites, Capitol Hill Room, lobby level)
8:30 AM:
Breakfast in hotel – lobby atrium
9:00 AM:
Welcome and Introduction (S. Berenbaum)
Reprise of the network purpose and activities
Brief review of previous meetings and activities
Objectives of Meeting 4
9:20 AM:
Review of network activities
Updates on pilot projects
Working groups
Methodological and statistical issues
10:00 AM:
Meeting topics in context
Variations in gender identity in intersex individuals (S. Berenbaum)
10:30 AM:
Break
10:45 AM:
Gender identity in typical children and implications for intersex
Gender identity development in young children (D. Ruble)
Gender identity: components and consequences (D. Perry)
12:30 PM:
Lunch – on your own in nearby restaurants
1:40 PM:
Comparative cognition, including gender concepts
(J. Martin-Malivel)
2:30 PM:
General Discussion
3:00 PM:
Working groups – see tentative plan enclosed (locations TBA)
Continued over complimentary drinks in hotel lobby atrium at 5:30
7:30 PM:
Dinner – Woo Lae Oak, 1500 S. Joyce Street, Arlington, 703-521-3706
Saturday, December 4, 2004 (Embassy Suites, Capitol Hill Room, lobby level)
8:00 AM:
Breakfast in hotel – lobby atrium
8:30 AM:
Updates from working groups
9:15 AM:
Treatment decisions: Informed decision-making leading to informed consent
Empirical approaches to medical treatment decision-making (L. Siminoff)
Current clinical practices in intersex (D. Sandberg)
11:00 AM:
Break
11:15 AM:
General Discussion
11:45 AM:
Working groups – see tentative plan enclosed (locations TBA)
Continue through lunch – on your own in nearby restaurants
Continue into afternoon
3:45 AM:
Break
Reconvene in main meeting room (Capitol Hill Room)
4:00 PM:
Methodological and statistical issues
Questions and Answers (J. McArdle)
4:45 PM:
Network activities (Start discussion; to be continued on Sunday morning)
Updates from working groups
Timetable for network products (results from pilot projects, publications, grants)
Continue discussion over complimentary drinks in hotel lobby atrium at 6:30
7:30 PM:
Dinner – McCormick & Schmick’s, 2010 Crystal Drive, Arlington, 703-413-6400

Sunday, December 5, 2004 (Embassy Suites, Capitol Hill Room, lobby level)
8:00 AM:
Breakfast in hotel – lobby atrium
8:30 AM:
Network activities
Continued discussion from Saturday afternoon
Preparations for Meeting 5 (March 3-6, 2004)
9:30 AM:
Adjourn Meeting 4