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The Carter Center to Host Experts on
Psychological Effects of Hurricane Katrina
Nov. 8- 9, 2006

SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8, 2006
Opening Session 1 to 6 p.m.
Reception and Dinner 6 to 9 p.m.

Time	Event
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.	Video clips of the Gulf Coast Ivan Allen Chapel —
Noon – 1 p.m.	REGISTRATION Ivan Allen III Pavilion Lobby
1- 1:15 p.m.	WELCOME and OPENING REMARKS Thomas Bornemann, Ed.D., Director, The Carter Center Mental Health Program
1:15 - 2:30 p.m.	KEYNOTE PANEL Hurricane Survivors Moderator: Norman Robinson, News Anchor, WDSU-TV, New Orleans Panelists: James Cooper, Office Coordinator, The Extra Mile Jeff Wellborn, Assistant Commander, Crisis Transportation Services New Orleans Police Department Sally Sullivan, Project Recovery, Mississippi Verlyn O. Lewis-Boyd, Executive Director, Louisiana Federation of Families
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.	Q & A
2:45 - 3:05 p.m.	Break/ Video clip – Norman Robinson
3:05 - 4:15 p.m.	PANEL I Science and Research Moderator: Greg Miller, Writer, Science Magazine 2004-2005 Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism Panelists: Robert Ursano, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Joy Osofsky, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Public Health, Head, Division of Pediatric Mental Health, Louisiana State University Medical Center Monica Schoch-Spana, Ph.D., Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School
4:15 - 4:30 p.m.	Q & A
4:30 p.m.	DISMISS TO WORK GROUPS Lei Ellingson, M.P.P., Assistant Director, The Carter Center Mental Health Program
4:45 - 6 p.m.	WORK GROUPS IN SESSION
6 - 6:15 p.m.	Break/Transition to Reception/Museum Lobby
6:15 - 7 p.m.	Reception/Jimmy Carter Museum Lobby Note: Museum is open to guests
7- 7:15 p.m.	Transition to Dinner/Cyprus Room
7:15 -9 p.m.	Dinner
8- 8:30 p.m.	Dinner Speaker Scott Cowen, D.B.A., President, Tulane University
8:30 -8:45 p.m.	Q & A

THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 2006
8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Ivan Allen III Pavilion
9-10:10 a.m.	PANEL II Science to Practice *Moderator:* Jane Hansen, Staff Writer, The Atlanta Journal Constitution *Panelists:* David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Center of Excellence for Health Disparities, Poussaint/Satcher/Cosby Chair in Mental Health, Morehouse School of Medicine Member, The Carter Center Mental Health Program Paula Madrid, Psy.D., Director, Resiliency Program National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University W. Dennis Derr, Ed.D., SPHR, Partner, Signature Resources
10:10 -10:25 a.m.	Q & A
10:25 -10:40 a.m.	Break
10:40 - 11:50 a.m.	PANEL III Policy *Moderator:* Bill Lichtenstein, President, Lichtenstein Creative media *Panelists:* Anthony Speier, Ph.D., Director, Disaster Mental Health Louisiana Office of Mental Health Brian Flynn, Ed.D., Associate Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University Craig Fugate, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management
11:50a.m. -12:05 p.m.	Q & A
12:05 p.m.	DISMISS TO WORK GROUPS Lei Ellingson, M.P.P., Assistant Director, The Carter Center Mental Health Program
12:15 - 2:30 p.m.	WORK GROUPS IN SESSION (lunch delivered to work groups)
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.	Break/Transition to General Discussion Cecil B. Day Chapel
2:45 -3:45 p.m.	GENERAL DISCUSSION A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
3:45 -3:50 p.m.	CLOSING REMARKS Thomas Bornemann, Ed.D., Director, The Carter Center Mental Health Program
3:50 -4 p.m.	CONCLUDING REMARKS Rosalynn Carter, Chair, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force
4 p.m.	ADJOURN

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