13th ADAO Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference
Where Knowledge and Action Unite
Washington, DC
April 7 – 9, 2017
Friday, April 7, 2017
ADAO Leadership Strategic Planning Meetings (By Invitation Only)
Saturday, April 8, 2017: ADAO Conference
Opening Remarks
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Linda Reinstein, ADAO President and CEO: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Lou Williams (AU) and Mavis Nye (UK): International Mesothelioma Warrior Messages of Support, International Mesothelioma Warrior Messages of Support
Session I – Progress and Challenges from the Frontline (Moderator: Brad Black, MD)
Hilarie Kearns, Mesothelioma Warrior: Staying Positive through Setbacks
Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD; Professor of Public Health and Chair Emeritus of the Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Drexel University School of Public Health: Anti-Asbestos Work in Developing Nations
Linda Reinstein, ADAO President/CEO: Progress and Challenges in Changing Political Times
Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH; Assistant U.S. Surgeon General (Ret.) and Rear Admiral, USPHS (Ret.): Mesothelioma, Today, Tomorrow, & Never
Session II – Medical Advancements: Diagnosing and Treating Mesothelioma and Other Asbestos-Related Diseases (Moderator: Raja Flores, MD)
Mike Mattmuller, Mesothelioma Warrior and ADAO State Leadership Team Eastern Co-Regional Director: Fighting for the Future
Michael R. Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP; Chief of the Center for Occupational and Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine: Diagnosing and Treating Asbestos-Related Diseases
Steven Markowitz, MD, DrPH; Director of the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY): Saving Lives with Low-Dose CT Screening
Edward Emmett, MD; Professor and Director of Academic Programs in Occupational Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine: Disease Prevention: Advancements and Challenges in Outreach and Surveillance
Marie-Claude Jaurand, PhD; Director of Research at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM): Developing Researches and their Incidence in Diagnosing and Treating
Tracy McNew, LPN, MPA; Center for Asbestos and Related Disease (CARD), Libby, MT: Navigating Heathcare and Maintaining Quality of Life
David McCumber, Investigative Journalist and Author of “An Air That Kills”: Keynote Speaker: Death and Duplicity: Why We All Must Keep Fighting to Ban Asbestos
Speakers Group Picture
Lunch
Session III – Prevention: What Is It? Where Is It? What Do I Do? (Moderator: Brent Kynoch, President of Kynoch Environmental Management, US)
Quincy Jones, Comedian and Mesothelioma Warrior: Asbestos is Legal? You Must Be Joking…
Claire Deacon, PhD; South Africa Occupational Safety and Health: Preventing Legacy Exposures
Deirdre Fitzgerald, Inspector II, Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency: Preserving the Air We Share: Asbestos Enforcement at a Local Level
Michael Borowick; Assistant Secretary, Australia Trade Union Council (ACTU): Prevention after an Asbestos Ban
Mark Catlin, Occupational Health and Safety Director for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU): Making TSCA Work for Workers and Families
Peg Seminario, Safety and Health Director, AFL-CIO: Worker Prevention Programs, Policy, and the Future
Break
Session IV – Education and Advocacy: Global Ban Asbestos Action (Moderator: Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH)
Domani Tripam, US; Mesothelioma Warrior: Be the Hero You Wish to See in the World
Hassan Yussuff, Canada; President of the Canadian Labour Council (CAC): Canadian Labour’s Efforts in Achieving a Federal Ban
Barry Castleman, ScD, US; Author of the “Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects”: Exposure Risk Beyond Factory Walls
Fernanda Giannasi, Brazil; founder of the Brazilian Association of People Exposed to Asbestos (ABREA), and João Gabriel Lopes: Brazil: Making a Case for the Polluter-Pays Principle
Carmen Lima, Portugal; Waste Information Centre of Quercus: Portugal: Safety, Management, and Policy
Barry Robson, Australia (VIA SKYPE); President of the Asbestos Disease Foundation of Australia (ADFA): ASEA: Pioneering Government-Based Prevention
Program Concludes
Saturday, April 8, 2017: Awards and Recognition Dinner
Meet the Artists Signature Cocktail Reception: Earl Dotter, Quincy Jones, Paolo Monico, David McCumber, Tony Rich, and Jordan Zevon
Awards Dinner with Performance by Jordan Zevon, ADAO Spokesperson and Musician
The Dioguardi Family: 2017 Alan Reinstein Award (Presenter: Linda and Emily Reinstein)
The Mattmuller Family: 2017 Alan Reinstein Award (Presenter: Linda and Emily Reinstein)
Raja Flores, MD: 2017 Dr. Irving Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Award (Presenter: Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD)
Marie-Claude Jaurand, PhD: 2017 Dr. Irving Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Award (Presenter: Brad Black, MD)
Bruce Robinson, MD: 2017 Dr. Irving Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Award (Presenter: Raja Flores, MD)
U.S. Senator Jon Tester: 2017 Tribute of Hope Award (Presenter: Brad Black, MD)
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families: 2017 Tribute of Inspiration Award (Accepted by: Andy Igrejas, Presenter: Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD)
Associação Brasileira Dos Expostos Ao Amianto (ABREA): 2017 Tribute of Unity Award (Accepted by: Leonardo Amarante, Presenter: Barry Castleman, ScD)
Quincy Jones: 2017 Warren Zevon “Keep Me in Your Heart” Tribute Award (Presenter: Jordan Zevon, ADAO Spokesperson and Musician)
David McCumber: Memorial Tribute to Andrew Schneider
David McCumber: Keynote Speaker
Jordan Zevon: Keynote Speaker
2017 Sponsorship Recognition
Platinum Sponsor: Motley Rice, LLC (Accepting: Anne Kearse)
Platinum Sponsor: Simmons Hanly Conroy, LLC (Accepting: Perry Browder)
Gold Sponsor: Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, P.C. (Accepting: Erin Nowell)
Silver Sponsor: Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen (Accepting: Annette Charlevois)
Sunday, April 9, 2017: Unity and Remembrance Brunch (Moderator: Ellen Costa, 2017 ADAO Conference Coordinator, Strategy Consultant at Wells Fargo, US)
Linda Reinstein, ADAO CEO/President, US: Presentation
Ellen Costa, ADAO Board Member
Jordan Zevon: Keynote Speaker: Making Messages Sing with Art and Advocacy
Paolo Monico: Screening of “The Mother,” Putting a Spotlight on Asbestos Awareness through Film
Jill Cagle, Mesothelioma Widow and Singer: Performing “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus
Ellen Tunkelrott, ADAO Board Member: Candle Lighting
