10th Annual ADAO International Asbestos Awareness Conference
“Where Knowledge and Action Unite”
April 4 – 6, 2014
Conference Agenda
Friday, April 4, 2014
Private Family Washington, D.C. Tour (Invitation Only)
Private Speaker, Honoree, and Sponsor Dinner (Invitation Only)
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Linda Reinstein, ADAO President/CEO and Co-Founder: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Richard Lemen and Dr. Arthur Frank
Michael Bradley, Mesothelioma Patient: Asbestos Ruined My Life
Session I: Medical Advancements: Diagnosing and Treating Mesothelioma and Other Asbestos-Related Diseases
Chairperson: Christine Oliver, M.D.
Linda Reinstein: Where Knowledge and Action Unite
Lisa Rahe Thompson: Honoring, Remembering and Giving
Lou Williams: I Will Not Die in Vain
Dr. Richard Lemen: ADAO: A Decade of Progress
Dr. Arthur Frank: Global Update from the Front Lines
Dr. Christopher Weis & Dr. Aubrey Miller: Protecting Public Health with Prevention
Dr. David Egilman: Asbestos: The History of Corporate Corruption
Dr. Joachim Rosler: Germany: New Trends in Surveillance and Treatment
Dr. Ken Takahashi: Asian Asbestos Initiative for the Elimination of Asbestos-Related Diseases
Dr. Steven Markowitz: Early Detection of Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer: CT Screening
Rear Admiral (RADM) Boris Lushniak, Acting U.S. Surgeon General: Keynote Address
Lunch
Session II: Patients and Caregivers: Navigating the Medical Maze
Ann Samuelson: From Grief to Empowerment
Dr. Christine Oliver: Exposed to Asbestos: What’s Next?
Barbara Catlin: Coping with Grief on the Road to Healing
Q & A
Session III: Prevention: What Is It? Where Is It? What Do I Do?
Chairperson: Brad Black, M.D.
Ellen Patton: Mesothelioma Patients Speak Up and Out
Dr. Celeste Monforton: Asbestos: When Regulations Fail to Protect
Heather White: The Toxic Dump and TSCA Reform
Dr. James Webber: Asbestos Fibers: What You Can’t See Can Kill
Dr. Jim Melius: Current Aspects of Asbestos Exposure and Prevention
Sinem Kankotan, Turkish Delegate
Syed Mezab Ahmed, Pakistani Delegate
Session IV: Advocacy: Global Ban Asbestos Action
Chairperson: Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH
Marilyn Amento: A Decade of Asbestos Advocacy
Bill Ravanesi: Breath Taken: The Landscape and Biography of Asbestos
Barry Robson: Australia: from Wittenoom to the Rotterdam Convention
Fernanda Giannasi: Brazil: Protecting Workers and Families
Yvonne Waterman, Netherlands: EU Ban Asbestos History and Policy
Q & A
Saturday, April 5, 2014: Awards and Recognition Dinner
Congressman Henry Waxman: Tribute of Hope Honoree
Dr. David Egilman: Dr. Irving Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Dr. Ken Takahashi: Dr. Irving Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Bill Ravanesi: Tribute of Inspiration
Association Nationale de Défense des Victimes de l’Amiante (ANDEVA): Tribute of Unity Honoree
Congressman Bruce Vento: Warren Zevon “Keep Me in Your Heart” Honoree, presented to Susan Vento
Janelle Bedel: Alan Reinstein Honoree, posthumously
Heather Von St. James: Alan Reinstein Honoree
Lou Williams: Alan Reinstein Honoree
2014 ADAO Special Recognition Awards
Michael Bradley: The Valor Award
ADAO Leadership and Volunteers
Platinum Sponsors
Motley Rice LLC accepted by Anne Kearse
The Simmons Law Firm accepted by Perry Browder
Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, P.C. accepted by Jessica Dean
Silver Sponsor
Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney and Meisenkothen accepted by Annette Charlevois
Conclusion
Sunday, April 6, 2014: Unity and Remembrance Brunch
Dr. Richard Lemen: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Susan Vento, Keynote Speaker: Because We Must: A Call to Collective Action
Heather Von St. James: The Power in Our Voices
Jill Cagle: Blessings (written by Laura Story)
