Family & Scientific Conferences

If you have the ability to attend in person, we would highly recommend it. The chance to meet with other BBSOAS families and experts is an amazing opportunity. 95% of attendees last year said they would recommend families to attend in person.

Yes, bring the whole family! Bring your BBSOAS children, siblings and even grandparents. You can book as many tickets as you need.  

We won’t have any childcare available, but all children are welcome to join in the conference room. You’ll see plenty of children watching iPads, playing with toys, drawing or even napping. We’re used to this. Some families bring a sitter or grandparents to entertain the children elsewhere in the hotel. Whatever works best for your family, works for us.

Yes. We have reserved an area in the bar on Wednesday evening for families to meet.  There will be breaks throughout the day and typically families gather around the pool after the conference on Thursday. On Friday afternoon, there will be a family afternoon hosted by the Foundation at the pool area. We want to give plenty of chances for you to make connections, we know they are important.

Book your in-person tickets by 6 March 2026 (and the hotel room rates are only guaranteed until 6 March 2025 too). You can book a virtual ticket until 5 April 2026.

Breakfast on Thursday and Friday. Lunch on Thursday. Conference t-shirt, goodie bag and direct access to the world leading BBSOAS experts!

First, book your conference in-person tickets. If you’d like to host a NR2F1 Foundation fundraiser using our fundraising tool Givebutter, reach out to jennifer.coughlin@nr2f1.org 

Once you’ve raised $1,000 via the Givebutter fundraiser, we’ll refund your conference tickets up to the value of 2 adults and 1 child (BBSOAS patients are free).

Email Candice.Conseur@nr2f1.org to talk about setting up your fundraiser.

Yes we do. We have suggestions on how to fundraise to cover the costs of the trip for your family. We also have suggestions on fundraisers you could set up to raise funds for the NR2F1 Foundation, and take advantage of the offer to get your tickets reimbursed by raising $1,000 for the Foundation.

Email Candice.Conseur@nr2f1.org to talk about setting up your fundraiser.

A participant in the 2024 conference was asked ‘what was the biggest take away from the virtual conference’. They said ‘Community. Even though not in person, I felt I was included.’  You’ll get access to all the same speakers and presenters to hear the latest on BBSOAS research. 100% of virtual attendees in 2024 said they’d like to attend another BBSOAS Family and Scientific virtual conference in the future.

No. In-person tickets need to be purchased by 6 March 2026. Virtual tickets will remain available until 5 April 2026.

No, you can choose to stay wherever you like. We have negotiated rates for our families at Sheraton Orlando Lake Buena Vista Resort. This means you’re close to all the conference activities and other BBSOAS families.

The deadline to receive the discounted rate of $109 per/night is Friday 16 March 2026.

• One free appetizer voucher per room, per stay valued at $12.00. This can be redeemed at Palms or the Zest Restaurant during dinner

• Assorted flavors of infused water in the lobby from 8am-11am, daily

• Access to the pools, waterslide, splash pad, and on-site fitness center

• Wi-Fi in your room

• Scheduled Disney shuttle transportation

We’ll publish the agenda on this website once it’s ready and all speakers are confirmed.