Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:30 – 8:40 Welcome: Linda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director and Co-Founder
8:40 – 8:45 Arthur Frank, MD, PhD and Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH
8:45 – 8:50 Michael Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP,  Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
8:50 – 8:55 Laurie Kazan-Allen, Founder and Coordinator, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS)
Session I Prevention, Still Our Only Cure
Chair: Laurie Kazan-Allen, IBAS
8:55 – 9:15 Asbestos is a Proven Carcinogen
James Webber, PhD
9:15 – 9:30 Identifying Asbestos in Your Home, Workplace and Beyond
Sean Fitzgerald, PG
9:30 – 9:45 Case Study, Asbestos Scandal on Illinois State Beach
Jeff Camplin
9:45 – 10:00 21st Century Progress in Protecting Workers

Terry Lynch, International Vice President, Insulators Union
10:00 – 10:10 Injustice for All: A State Crime of Omission Beneath the Steps of the United States Capitol

Patrick Gerkin
10:10 – 10: 25 Panel Q & A
Moderator Laurie Kazan-Allen, IBAS
Session II Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of ARD

Chair: Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH
10:40 – 11:00 CARD Clinic, Working Model for ARD Treatment Centers
Brad Black, MD
11:00 – 11:20 Non-Malignant ARD
Michael Harbut, M.D., MPH, FCCP
11:20 – 11: 40 Malignant Mesothelioma
Hedy Lee Kindler, MD
11:40 – 11:55 Panel Q & A
Moderator Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH
Session III Patient and Family Resources and Support

Chair: Michael Harbut, M.D., MPH, FCCP
2:00- 2:20 Resources for Patients and Families QOL
Kimberly Rowse and Tanis Hernandez
2:20 – 2:40 Patient Empowerment: Developing Your Holistic Treatment Plan
Linda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director and Co-Founder
2:40 – 3:00 Panel Q & A
Moderator Michael Harbut, M.D., MPH, FCCP and Hedy Lee Kindler, MD
Session IV Global Advocacy and the Continuing Crisis
Chair: Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD
3:15 – 3:35 Latin America’s Asbestos Struggle!
Fernanda Giannasi, Brazil
3:35 – 3:50 Canadian Asbestos: A Global Concern
Nathan Cullen, Canadian Member of Parliament
3:50 – 4:05 Governmental Agencies Role in Protecting Public Health
Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH
4:05 – 4:20 Progress Update: The Americas
Barry Castleman, ScD
4:20 – 4:35 A Victims’ Call to Action!
Laurie Kazan-Allen, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS)
4:35 – 4:45 Panel Q & A
Moderator Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD
Session V Concluding Session
4:45 – 5:00 Linda Reinstein, Dr. Michael Harbut, and Laurie Kazan-Allen

Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:30 – 8:40

Welcome: Linda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director and Co-Founder

8:40 – 8:45

Arthur Frank, MD, PhD and Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH

8:45 – 8:50

Michael Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP,  Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

8:50 – 8:55

Laurie Kazan-Allen, Founder and Coordinator, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS)

Session I

Prevention, Still Our Only Cure

Chair: Laurie Kazan-Allen, IBAS

8:55 – 9:15

Asbestos is a Proven Carcinogen

James Webber, PhD

9:15 – 9:30

Identifying Asbestos in Your Home, Workplace and Beyond

Sean Fitzgerald, PG

9:30 – 9:45

Case Study, Asbestos Scandal on Illinois State Beach

Jeff Camplin

9:45 – 10:00

21st Century Progress in Protecting Workers

Terry Lynch, International Vice President, Insulators Union

10:00 – 10:10

Injustice for All: A State Crime of Omission Beneath the Steps of the United States Capitol

Patrick Gerkin

10:10 – 10: 25

Panel Q & A

Moderator Laurie Kazan-Allen, IBAS

Session II

Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of ARD

Chair: Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH

10:40 – 11:00

CARD Clinic, Working Model for ARD Treatment Centers

Brad Black, MD

11:00 – 11:20

Non-Malignant ARD

Michael Harbut, M.D., MPH, FCCP

11:20 – 11: 40

Malignant Mesothelioma

Hedy Lee Kindler, MD

11:40 – 11:55

Panel Q & A

Moderator Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH

Session III

Patient and Family Resources and Support

Chair: Michael Harbut, M.D., MPH, FCCP

2:00- 2:20

Resources for Patients and Families QOL

Kimberly Rowse and Tanis Hernandez

2:20 – 2:40

Patient Empowerment: Developing Your Holistic Treatment Plan

Linda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director and Co-Founder

2:40 – 3:00

Panel Q & A

Moderator Michael Harbut, M.D., MPH, FCCP and Hedy Lee Kindler, MD

Session IV

Global Advocacy and the Continuing Crisis

Chair: Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD

3:15 – 3:35

Latin America’s Asbestos Struggle!

Fernanda Giannasi, Brazil

3:35 – 3:50

Canadian Asbestos: A Global Concern

Nathan Cullen, Canadian Member of Parliament

3:50 – 4:05

Governmental Agencies Role in Protecting Public Health

Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH

4:05 – 4:20

Progress Update: The Americas

Barry Castleman, ScD

4:20 – 4:35

A Victims’ Call to Action!

Laurie Kazan-Allen, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS)

4:35 – 4:45

Panel Q & A

Moderator Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD

Session V

Concluding Session

4:45 – 5:00

Linda Reinstein, Dr. Michael Harbut, and Laurie Kazan-Allen

 

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