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Wednesday, June 11 Highlights
Schedule:
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Opening Panel
10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Break in Exhibit Hall
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Track Sessions
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Awards Luncheon
2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Dessert in Exhibit Hall
2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Concurrent Track Sessions
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Concurrent Track Sessions
Wednesday will open with a timely and critical panel exploring the practical implications of the recently-released National Response Framework (NRF), which guides response efforts to manmade and natural disasters at all levels of government. The Framework presents the guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies by establishing a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response. The Framework identifies the key response principles, as well as roles and structures that organize national response. The purpose of this panel is to explore resulting changes to health and medical services as well as mass care operational plans and their impact on communities, tribes, states and the Department of Health and Human Services. The session will open with an overview of the NRF by a representative from FEMA, followed by a discussion of the implications with representatives from federal, tribal, state and local agencies. This discussion will be moderated by RADM W. Craig Vanderwagen, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The remainder of the day will feature concurrent track sessions focusing on: Strategies for Improving Health Care in the U.S.; Strategies for Addressing the Growing International Element of Public Health; Strategies for Innovative Federally Funded Health Programs; and Strategies for Improving Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response. Details coming soon.