Conference Program
Sunday,
May 1, 2005
5:00 - 8:00pm: Registration
6:30 - 9:00pm: Evening Reception and Poster Sessions in the Networking Hall
Monday,
May 2, 2005
8:00am: Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 6:00pm: Registration
9:00 - 9:30am: Welcome
Steven J. Rottman, MD, FACEP
9:30 - 10:30am: Keynote
Historical Perspective of Emergency Public Health
Claude
de Ville de Goyet,
MD
10:30 -11:00am: Snack Break
11:00am - Noon: Plenary Session
Surge Capacity
12:00 - 1:30pm: Networking Luncheon
1:30 - 3:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options
Preparing for the Needs of Children: Schools & Beyond
Hospital Syndromic Surveillance
Mental Health Competencies for Disasters
Worker
Safety Preparedness
3:00 - 3:30pm: Snack Break
3 :30 - 5:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options
Biological Specimens: Chain of Custody and Transport
Finding Vulnerable Populations
Planning for Communicating with the Media
Toolkits
for Public Health Preparedness
6:00 - 9:30pm: Dinner and a Disaster Movie
Tuesday,
May 3, 2005
8:00am - 6:00pm: Registration
8:30am: Continental
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30am: Plenary Session
Lessons Learned: Hurricanes in Florida
10:30 - 11:00am: Snack Break
11:00am - Noon: Plenary Session
Public
Response to Emergencies: Fact or Fiction?
12:00 - 1:30pm: Networking Luncheon
1:30 - 3:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options
Designing Registries of Persons Exposed to Emergency Events
Public Health Ready
Emergency Health Powers Act
Toolbox:
Communication Technologies and Emergency Preparedness
3:00 - 3:30pm: Snack Break
3 :30 - 5:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options
Toolbox: Developing Scientifically Valid Exercise Scenarios
Planning for Tsunamis in the United States
Working with Native Populations During an Emergency
Toolbox:
Setting Up a Departmental Operations Center
Evening On Your Own
Wednesday,
May 4, 2005
8:00am - 1:00pm: Registration
8:30am: Continental
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:45am: Plenary Session
The
Truth About Federal Preparedness Policies
9:45 - 10:45am:
Plenary Session
A Report on the Impact of the South Asia Tsunami
10:45 - 11:00am:
Break
11:00 - 11:45am: Closing Keynote
Emergency
Public Health: The Future
Kimberley
Shoaf, DrPH
11:45 - 12:00pm:
Closing Remarks
Steven J. Rottman, MD, FACEP
12:00pm: Conference Adjourns