# Third Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop
**AGENCY:**
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
**ACTION:**
Notice of public workshop.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the following public workshop: Third Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop. Hosted by the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at The Brookings Institution, this 1-day public workshop will bring together the stakeholder community for a productive discussion on a variety of topics in active medical product surveillance, including an update on Mini-Sentinel and related activities, near-term plans for FDA's Sentinel Initiative, and opportunities for coordination with other U.S. Department of Health and Human Services efforts that use distributed systems of automated health care data.
*Date and Time:* The public workshop will be held on January 12, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
*Location:* The public workshop will be held at the Renaissance Dupont Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20037.
*Contact:* Kayla Garvin, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, rm. 6331, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-7578, e-mail: *[email protected].*
*Registration:* To attend the public workshop, please register at *http://guest.cvent.com/d/hdq5r4/1Q.* When registering, provide the following information: Your name, title, company or organization (if applicable), address, phone number, and e-mail address. There is no fee to register for the public workshop, but because seating is limited, registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. A 1-hour lunch break is scheduled; however, food will not be provided. There are multiple restaurants within walking distance of the hotel where attendees can get food. If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please contact The Brookings Institution event coordinator at 202-797-4391 or e-mail: *[email protected]* at least 7 days in advance.
*Meeting Materials:* Please be advised that as soon as workshop materials are available, they will be accessible at The Brookings Institution events Web site at *http://www.brookings.edu//health/events.*
Dated: December 1, 2010.
Leslie Kux,
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.