Conference Program

Sunday, May 21, 2006

5:00 - 8:00pm: Registration

6:30 - 9:00pm: Evening Reception and Poster Sessions

Monday, May 22, 2006

7 :30am - 6:00pm: Registration and Networking Hall Open

7:30 - 9:00am: Continental Breakfast

8 :30 - 9:00am: Welcome
Steven J. Rottman, MD, FACEP
       
9:00 - 10:00am: Keynote
Leadership for Unprecedented Events
Leonard Marcus, PhD

10:00 -10:30am: Snack Break

10:30am - Noon: Plenary Session
NDMS Activation in a Public Health Response

Moderator: Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP
Kelly Klein, MD, Kathy Rinnert, MD, MPH, Raymond Swienton, MD, FACEP, Michael Proctor, MD, Aileen M. Marty, MD, FACP


12:00 - 1:30pm: Lunch

1:30 - 3:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options

Legal Issues and Deployment of Volunteers
Lance Gable, JD, MPH

Pros and Cons of Military in Disasters
Louis Gilleran, MD, MPH, CDR, MC, USN

Pandemic Planning for Businesses
Tim Stephens, MA, Peter Katona, MD, Joe Byrne, Mike Williams

Toolbox: Information Technology in Field Data Collection
Robert T. Joyce
, MS

3:00 - 3:30pm: Snack Break

3 :30 - 5:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options

Sheltering Displaced Populations
Juan Ortiz

ASPH Resource Center
Laura Biesiadecki, MSPH

Faith-Based Disaster Response
Garry Flake, MS, Rabbi Zelig Rivkin

Toolbox: EQUIP
Michael Fraser, PHD

6:00 - 9:30pm: Dinner and a Disaster Movie

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

8:30am - 6:00pm: Registration and Networking Hall Open

8:00 - 9:00am: Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30am: Plenary Session
Public Health Response at the Astrodome

Mary des Vignes-Kendrick, MD, MPH, Umair Shah, MD, MPH, Paul E. Sirbaugh, DO, FAAP, FACEP

10:30 - 11:00am: Snack Break

11:00am - Noon: Plenary Session
WTC Evacuation
Robyn Gershon, Dr.PH

12:00 - 1:30pm: Lunch

1:30 - 3:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options

Dealing With the Media During a Disaster
Dan Page, MA, Julia Seifer

From Katrina to Kashmir: A Tale of Two Disasters
Umair Shah, MD, MPH, Arpana Gupta, MD, DTM&H


Mental Health of Disaster Responders
Dickson Diamond, MD, Phil Gruzalski, LCSW,

Toolbox: Public Health Incident Command System
Kristine M. Gebbie, DrPH, RN

3:00 - 3:30pm: Snack Break

3 :30 - 5:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options

Update on Hazard Vulnerability Assessment
Pomeroy Sinnock, PhD

Meeting Dietary Needs in Disasters
Joan Sabaté, MD, MPH, DrPH

Post-Disaster Environmental Health
Hal Marlow, MS, PhD(c)

Using Games and Mobile Devices for Exercises and Trainings
Colleen Monahan, DC, MPH

Evening On Your Own

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

8:30am - 1:00pm: Registration

8:00 - 9:00am: Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:45am: Plenary Session
Children of Responders

Rachel Hunt, CCLS, Kim Saruwatari, MPH, Mitch Saruwatari, MPH

9:45 - 10:30am: Plenary Session
Surge Capacity

Samuel J. Stratton, MD, MPH

10:30 - 10:45am: Snack Break

10:45 - 11:30am: Closing Keynote
The Ethics & Economic Impact of an Influenza Pandemic
Jonathan Fielding, MD, MA, MPH, MBA

11:30 - 12:00pm: Closing Remarks
Steven J. Rottman, MD, FACEP

12:00pm: Conference Adjourns