The ADAO Conference Agenda and Schedule

Conference Location & Schedule

Saturday, March 29th - Conference 8:30 am to 6:00 pm

Sunday, March 30th - Brunch and Remembrance Service 9:30 am - 11:30 am

8:00-8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

Session 1: Introduction

8:30-8:40 Welcome: Linda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director and Cofounder

8:40-8:50 Welcome: John C. Ruckdeschel, M.D., president and CEO, Karmanos Cancer Institute

8:50- 9:10 Opening Address: History of Asbestos Disease and Preventing Exposure-- Prevention is the Best Cure! - Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS (Ret.) ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair

Session 2: Diagnosis and Treatment: Chair: Michael Harbut, M.D., MPH, FCCP,

9:10-9:30 Non-malignant ARD, Michael R. Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP Co-Director, National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers Karmanos Cancer Institute

9:30-9:50 Malignant ARD, John C. Ruckdeschel, M.D., president and CEO, Karmanos Cancer Institute

9:50-10.10 Psycho-Social Impact of ARD – Rebecca J. W. Cline, PhD, Senior Scientist, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, and Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University

10:10-10:30 Patient Advocacy and Matrix of Care: Linda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director and Cofounder

10:30-10:50 Canadian Regimen for ARD Diagnosis & Treatment, Warren Teel, M.D., Consultant Physician Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers, Sarnia-Lambton

10:50-11:10 Break

11:10-11:40 Patients Q & A

11:40-12:10 Awards

12:10-12:30 To Be Announced

12:30-1:30 Lunch

Session 3: North American Action on Asbestos: Chair: Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel University School of Public Health ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair

1:30-1:50 Canadian Fallout from Asbestos Mining and Use – Jim Brophy, PhD Executive Director, Occupational Health Clinic for Ontario Workers, Sarnia

1:50-2:10 Canadian Asbestos: A Global Concern - Pat Martin, Canadian Member of Parliament

2:10-2:30 Card Clinic & Community Action in Libby – Brad Black, MD, Medical Director, Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD)

2:30-2:50 EPA (NOA and Superfund Sites) – Aubrey Miller, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Officer & Toxicologist, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

2:40–2:50 ADAO Product Testing Report - Paul Zygielbaum, ADAO Project Manager and Mesothelioma Patient

2:50-3:10 Asbestos Under the Steps of the U.S. Capitol – John Thayer, Former U.S. Capitol Tunnel Worker Supervisor

3:10-3:30 Break

Session 4: Global Contamination and Advocacy: Chair: Laurie Kazan-Allen

3:30-3:50 Case Study: The Canadian Autoworkers’ Asbestos Campaign, Lyle Hargrove, Director of CAW Health and Safety Training Fund and Sari Sairanen, CAW National Health & Safety Director

3:50-4:10 U.S. Developments: Legal/ Judicial - Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant

4:10-4:30 Global Panorama 2008- Laurie Kazan-Allen, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat

4:30-4:50 General Conference Q & A

Concluding Session

4:50-5:00 Jordan Zevon, ADAO National Spokesperson and Musician

Information courtesy of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

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