2009 ADAO Asbestos Awareness Conference Agenda: “Where Knowledge and Action Unite” Agenda
5th Annual ADAO International Asbestos Awareness Conference
“Where Knowledge and Action Unite”
March 27 – 29, 2009
| Opening Session | |
| 8:30-8:40 | Welcome: Linda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director and Co-Founder |
| 8:40-8:45 | Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD |
| 8:45-8:50 | Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH |
| 8:50-8:55 | Michael Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP |
| 8:55-9:00 | Laurie Kazan-Allen, Founder and Coordinator, IBAS |
| Session I | Prevention, Still Our Only Cure |
| Chair: Michael Harbut | |
| 9:00-9:15 | 9/11 Monitoring and Libby CARD Programs |
| Stephen Levin, MD | |
| 9:15-9:30 | Preventing Asbestos Exposure in Your Home, Workplace and Beyond |
| Brent Kynoch | |
| 9:30-9:40 | 2009 Update: ADAO Product Testing Report |
| Paul Zygielbaum, ADAO Project Manager, Mesothelioma Patient | |
| 9:40-9:50 | 2009 Update: Asbestos Under the Steps of the U.S. Capitol |
| John Thayer, former U.S.Tunnel Worker Supervisor | |
| 9:50-10:05 | Protecting Workers Safety and Health: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead |
| Margaret Seminario, Director of Safety and Health, AFL-CIO | |
| 10:05-10:20 | Panel Q&A |
| Moderator: Arthur L. Frank | |
| Session II | Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of ARD |
| Chair: Dr. Richard Lemen | |
| 10:40-11:00 | Non-malignant Asbestos-Related Disease |
| Michael Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP | |
| 11:00-11:20 | Malignant Mesothelioma |
| Robert Cameron, MD | |
| 11:20-11:40 | Making the Case for Palliative Care in Mesothelioma |
| Dr. Helen Clayson | |
| 11:40-12:10 | ADAO Award Presentation |
| 12:10-12:40 | Pulitzer Prizes |
| Session III | Patient and Family Resources and Support |
| Chair: Dr. Richard Lemen | |
| 1:45-2:00 | Taming Diagnosis and Treatment Chaos |
| Linda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director and Co-Founder | |
| 2:00-2:10 | Building Your Resource Community |
| Jill Vaughn, ADAO, ACOR Representative and Mesothelioma Survivor | |
| 2:10-2:25 | Panel Q&A |
| Moderator: Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD | |
| Session IV | Global Advocacy and the Continuing Crisis |
| Chair: Dr. Arthur L. Frank | |
| 2:25-2:35 | Asbestos Crisis in South Africa |
| Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH Assistant Surgeon General (Ret.) ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair | |
| 2:35-2:45 | Asbestos Disease and Death in the Kgalagadi District Municipality of South Africa |
| Sarah Mereeothle, RN | |
| 2:45-3:00 | The Rotterdam Convention, World Bank, and Other International Issues |
| Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant | |
| 3:00-3:15 | Asbestos and Its Victims in Germany: Challenges of an Occupational Epidemic |
| Joachim Rösler, MD, MPH, Germany | |
| 3:15-3:25 | India, The Asbestos Time Bomb |
| Laurie Kazan-Allen, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat | |
| 3:25-3:40 | Panel Q&A |
| Moderator: Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD | |
| Concluding Session | |
| 3:40-4:20 | Open Forum Q&A |
| 4:20-4:40 | Jordan Zevon and Jordan Summers Performance |
| 4:40-5:00 | Linda Reinstein, Dr. Michael Harbut, and Laurie Kazan-Allen |