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2002 Conference Programme

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All conference events other than Advocacy Day located at Omni Shoreham Hotel

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SESSION TYPES

Plenary Sessions
Sessions featuring the over-arching themes of the conference, with featured keynote speakers. These are designed for all participants to attend and no other sessions run concurrently with them.

Concurrent Panel Sessions (Labeled A-G)
Moderated sessions in which 3-4 presenters have 15 minutes each to present, followed by a question-and-answer period. Typically, there are approximately 7 sessions to choose from in any one 90-minute period.

Poster Session Reception
This session will take place in the Exhibition Hall on Wednesday, May 29 at 5:30 pm. Presenters are provided with a 4-foot bulletin board area to place charts, graphs, photos, text and other artifacts that describe their project or study. All poster presenters will be available during this session to speak with participants about their work. The posters will remain up until Thursday evening.

Roundtable Session
This session will take place in several different rooms, organized by track, on Thursday, May 30 at 3:30 pm. Presenters sit with small groups of participants to discuss a program or research topic.

X-Fire Session
These are 90-minute sessions during which speakers representing opposing approaches or opinions on a theme-related global health issue present their positions for discussion and debate.

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

Tuesday, 28 May 2002
8:00am-5:00pm	Registration Open for General Conference: Omni Shoreham Hotel
9:00am	ADVOCACY DAY: Transportation departs for Advocacy Day Participants from Omni Shoreham Hotel
9:30am-12:00 noon	ADVOCACY DAY: Advocating for Global Health Training - Capitol Hill location (to be announced)
12:00 noon-1:30pm	ADVOCACY DAY: Congressional Luncheon on Capitol Hill
1:30-4:30pm	ADVOCACY DAY: Capitol Hill Meetings
9:00 am - 12:00noon	Skills Building Workshops: Omni Shoreham Hotel
	W1 Delivering Winning Presentations	W2 The Human Rights Approach to Health	W3 Improving the Effectiveness of Public Health Interventions	W4 Lighting the Way for Health-Care Decision-Makers: How Research Synthesis Can Help
1:00-4:00pm	W5 How to Be in Development Communication and Remain Sane	W6 Using Simulation Games for Communication Strategies in Crisis Response	W7 Diffusing Innovation: Large-Scale Implementation of Quality Improvement Pilot Projects	W8 Survey Design in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
2:00pm	Exhibit Set-Up in Exhibit Hall
2:00 - 5:00pm	Career Connection Orientation & Social Hour
5:00 - 9:00pm	Special Sessions and Receptions

Wednesday, 29 May 2002
7:00-8:30am	Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall
7:30am-5:00pm	Registration Open
7:30-8:30am	Career Connection Breakfast Session: How to Network at the Conference, Interviewing Skills
9:00-10:30am	Opening Plenary Session
10:30-11:00am	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
11:00am-12:30pm	Concurrent Panel Sessions - A Series
	A1 Mitigating Natural Disaster: Preparation, Management, Recovery	A2 MTCT-PLUS: Linking Efforts to Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission	A3 Rolling Back Malaria (Part I): Case Studies for Scaling Up Effective Action	A4 Assessing Health and Family Planning Needs of Refugees and Displaced Persons	A5 Human Trafficking: Raising Awareness Among Vulnerable Populations	A6 The Impact of Economic Transition on Health in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union	A7 Building it to Last: Developing and Assessing Sustainability
12:30pm-2:00pm	Lunch Break
12:45pm-1:45pm	Demonstration: Using the Arts in Health Interventions, Session 1
2:00-3:30pm	Concurrent Panel Sessions - B Series
	B1 Improving Child Health in Conflict-Affected Areas	B2 Understanding AIDS Among Refugees and the Displaced	B3 Rolling Back Malaria (Part II): Case Studies for Scaling Up Effective Action	B4 Maternal Mortality: A Human Rights Perspective	B5 Coloring Outside the Lines: Partnerships Among NGO's	B6 Challenges in Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict Settings	B7 Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean
3:30-4:00pm	Coffee Break in the Exhibition Hall
4:00-6:00pm	Plenary Session
5:30-7:00pm	Poster Session and Welcome Reception in Exhibition Hall
6:30-8:00pm	Global Health Council Annual Membership Dinner Meeting

Thursday, 30 May 2002
7:00-8:00am	Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall
7:30am-5:00pm	Registration Open
8:30-10:00am	Plenary Session
10:00-10:30am	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10:30am-12:00 noon	Concurrent Panel Sessions - C Series
	C1 Examining a Region in Crisis: DR Congo	C2 AIDS Treatment: Pricing and Care	C3 Strategies to Contain Antimicrobial Resistance in Poor Countries	C4 Mobilizing for Maternal Health in Times of Crisis	C5 Tobacco's Global Reach: The Preventable Crisis	C6 Diarrhea, Dysentry and Disaster
12:00 noon-1:30pm	Lunch Break
12:15-1:15pm	Demonstration: Using the Arts in Health Interventions, Session 2
12:30-1:20pm	Career Connection Brown Bag Session
1:30-3:00pm	Concurrent Panel Sessions - D Series
	D1 Psychosocial Programming: A Model for Theory and Practice	D2 Saving the Next Generation: Increasing AIDS Awareness Among Youth	D3 X-Fire: Ethical Issues in Humanitarian Aid	D4 Reproductive Health Programs: Ensuring Human Rights During Crises	D5 Multi-site Youth Studies: Methodological Advance or Management Nightmare?	D6 Approaches to Rebuild Trust in the Health-Care System
3:00-3:30pm	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
3:30-5:00pm	Roundtable Session
5:00-6:30pm	Pre-Awards Banquet Reception in Exhibition Hall
6:30-8:30pm	Gala Banquet and Awards Ceremony - Omni Shoreham Hotel
8:30-10:00pm	Post-Awards Banquet Dessert Reception and Dancing: This reception is dedicated to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Visit PAHO's website: www.paho.org.

Friday, 31 May 2002
7:00-8:00am	Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall
7:30am	Registration Open
8:30-10:00am	Concurrent Panel Sessions - E Series
	E1 Monitoring Nutrition in Conflict-Affected Populations	E2 HIV/AIDS and Security Cooperation Among Military Development Sectors in Developing Countries	E3 Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings	E4 Interventions for Educating Sex Workers and Garment Workers	E5 Media and Health: Building Powerful Partnerships in Crises	E6 Water in Crisis: Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Hazards
10:00-10:30am	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10:30am-12:00 noon	Concurrent Panel Sessions - F Series
	F1 Addressing Mental Health in Disasters and Conflict	F2 Tuberculosis and HIV: The Critical But Ignored Linkage	F3 Eliminating Preventable Blindness: Trachoma	F4 Gender Inequality and Its Effect on Women's Health	F5 Violence and Injury: The Neglected Epidemic	F6 Building Evidence: Research to Policy
12:00-1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30am-3:00pm	Concurrent Panel Sessions - G Series
	G1 X-Fire: Effective Tuberculosis Treatment: DOT... or Not?	G2 Care in the African Community: Coordinating the Response to AIDS	G3 Community Efforts for Improving Health-Care Access	G4 Reproductive Health Service Models Among Adolescent Refugees	G5 Using Health as a Bridge to Peace	G6 Overcoming Obstacles to Food Security and Nutrition
3:00-3:30pm	Break
3:30-5:00pm	Plenary Session
5:00-7:00pm	White Ribbon Alliance Awards Presentation and Closing Reception

* Please note that changes in the schedule may occur.

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