The 2009 National Survivors of Suicide Day Conference will be 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Renaissance Chicago O'Hare, 8500 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago.

The conference will begin with a lunch buffet and networking. Survivors from throughout the country will watch a nationally televised webcast to learn about coping with and healing from a suicide loss.

A panel of local survivors will share the various ways that they have worked through their grief.

People present will meet in small groups. The cost is $20 per participant.

For more information, visit the Greater Chicago/Illinois Chapter of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Web site at afsp.org/illinois/SOS or call (847) 695-6799.