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CONFERENCE AGENDA
The Preconference will be held on Tuesday 10/17, with morning sessions
from 9:00am-12noon and afternoon sessions from 1:30pm-4:30pm. The main
conference will be held Wednesday 10/18 through Friday 10/20, beginning
at 8:30am each day. Conference sessions will run until 5:45pm on Wed and
Thurs, followed by a cocktail reception in the Resource Center on Wednesday
and a performance by Tony Award winning Broadway actor, Sarah Jones on
Thursday. The conference will adjourn after lunch on Friday at approximately
2pm. Three optional special tours have been organized for Friday afternoon
to enhance your experience in Seattle. A Post Conference Special Session
has also been added.
MAIN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE):
DRAFT AGENDA
Updates to the agenda will be made monthly as sessions and times become
finalized. Click
here to view or download a PDF of the Current Draft Conference Program,
which details session titles and presenters for main conference concurrent
sessions.
CONFERENCE SESSIONS & FORMAT
PRE-CONFERENCE INTENSIVE TRAINING SESSIONS
Tuesday, October 17th: 9:00am-12noon and 1:30pm-4:30pm
As in previous years, the conference will offer half and full-day intensive
training sessions on cultural competence training, language access and
policy issues. Advance enrollment is required and participation is limited.
(See
preconference listings for more information.)
MAIN CONFERENCE
Wednesday, October 18th – Friday, October
20th
Plenary Sessions
Wed. 10/18, 8:30am-10:15am
Thurs. 10/19, 8:30am-9:45am
Fri. 10/20, 8:30am-10:00am; 12:30pm-2:00pm
Courtyard Ballroom
The 2006 conference will feature 9 national leaders speaking in general
plenary sessions on the latest trends, practices, and policies.
- Confirmed Plenary Speakers include:
- Margaret O’Kane, National Committee for Quality Assurance
Anne Beal, The Commonwealth Fund
Benjamin Danielson, Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic
Ralph Forquera, Seattle Indian Health Board
Lauren LeRoy, Grantmakers in Health
Faith Mitchell, The Institute of Medicine
Concurrent
Sessions: Workshops, Peer-to-Peers, Roundtable Discussions
Wed. 10/18, 10:45am-12:15pm; 2:00pm-4:00pm; 4:15pm-5:45pm
Thurs. 10/19, 10:15am-12:15pm; 2:00pm-4:00pm; 4:15pm-5:45pm
Fri. 10/20, 10:30am-12:30pm
Workshops. Presenters will address specific implementation,
policy or evaluation challenges from their own experiences. Discussion
will be facilitated around problem-solving or developing strategies
with the audience, through their active participation. Workshop attendees
will be encouraged to consider implications for community involvement,
collaboration and policy, comment on their related experiences and ask
questions of presenters.
Peer-to-peer practice advancement sessions. Many participants
have commented on how useful it is to share experiences face-to-face
with others working in their field of specialty. Introduced in 2004,
peer-to-peer sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange and documentation
of practice challenges and solutions. A group of 6-10 selected panelists
engage in discussion of a specific challenge (e.g. how to design and
market cultural competence training to busy health care professionals).
An expert facilitator leads participants in a 2-3 hour session that
includes discussion and brainstorming around cutting-edge practices
and solving specific implementation problems. Background materials on
each participant’s program are distributed in advance, and the
session proceedings are documented and summarized for later distribution.
Roundtable Discussions. Informal, moderated roundtable discussions
on emerging efforts related to quality health care for culturally diverse
populations, with launch questions or challenge topics to prompt dialogue
and information sharing.
Poster Sessions/Resource
Center/Technology Salon
Wed. 10/18, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Thurs. 10/19, 7:30am-8:30am; 9:45am-10:15am; 12:15pm-2:00pm; 4:00pm-5:45pm
3rd Floor
The conference will have a large resource
center with invited poster sessions, as well as formal exhibits
to facilitate learning and information sharing beyond the formal conference
sessions. Poster presenters will be available for informal discussion,
and small tables and chairs will invite participants to sit down and
network. The Resource Center will also include a Technology Salon, which
will feature hands-on demonstrations of innovative uses of technology
for cultural competence training, interpretation and dissemination of
translated materials.
Film
Festival
Wed. 10/18, 4:15pm-5:45pm
Ballroom Level - Superior
A special session will offer educational videos and films on cross-cultural
health topics. Filmmakers will be present to describe their work, receive
feedback and answer questions.
“A Right to Care”
by Sarah Jones
Thurs. 10/19, 7:30pm-9:00pm
Kane Hall, University of Washington
Commissioned and underwritten by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and written
and performed by Sarah Jones, A Right to Care explores the ways
in which ethnic, racial and economic health disparities impact people’s
daily lives. Through her critically acclaimed style of character portrayal,
Jones utilizes the voices of modern America, both female and male, Native
American, Black, Latino, Asian and White, to illuminate key public health
topics.
For more information about Sarah Jones and A Right to Care,
please visit her website: http://www.sarahjonesonline.com
Special Tours
Fri. 10/20, 2:00pm-5:00pm
Three optional special tours have been organized for Friday afternoon
to enhance your experience in Seattle. A Post Conference Special Session
has also been added: Eliminating Health Disparities in Washington:
A Public Forum. For full details, please
visit the Special Tours page.
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