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General Session Descriptions | Summit Track Descriptions | Summit Select Descriptions
Monday, April 9, 2012
| 2:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
| 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Summit Select Sessions • Appalachian Regional Commission: Welcome to the Appalachian Delegation • Operation UNITE: Engaging Communities • ONCP: Implementing the National Drug Control Strategy • The Partnership at Drugfree.org: Changing the Public’s Behavior Around Medicine Abuse |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Morning General Session • Welcome: Hon. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-5th), Chairman, U.S. House of Representatives Appropriation Committee, and Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse; and Major General Arthur Dean, Chairman & CEO, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) • Opening Keynote: R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Executive Office of the President • Law Enforcement Keynote: Hon. Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration • Question & Answer Session with General Dean, Director Kerlikowske and Hon. Rannazzisi |
| 11:00 a.m. – Noon | General Session • Moderator: Karen Kelly, President/CEO, Operation UNITE • Remarks: Steven L. Beshear, Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky • Health Care Keynote: Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA, Surgeon General of the United States |
| Noon – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch and Exhibits |
| Noon – 7:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Breakout Sessions • Enhancing Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Through Health Information Technology • PEERx Initiative to Educate Teens on the Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse • Prescription Drug Abuse and Managed Care Organizations: Can Policies Affect Change? • Project Lazarus: Community-Based Overdose Prevention • Prosecuting the Prescription Provider |
| 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Breakout Sessions • What Every Prescriber and Pharmacist Needs to Know About Addiction • Successful Coalitions Across America • Managing Risk – Identifying Issues in the Workplace • Chronic Pain and Addiction • Strategies to Prevent “Pill Mill” Diversion |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions • What Every Clinician Needs to Know About Overdoses • Two Models on New Approaches for Community-Based Anti-Drug Coalition: State of Oregon and the U.S. Military • The Financial Impact to Employers • Treatment and Recovery in America • Building Cases Across State Lines |
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Stories of Hope Across America Personal tales of tragedy and triumph. Moderated by Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (WV-3rd), Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. |
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
| 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Registration Desk open |
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast Buffet |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | General Session • Moderator: Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (WV-3rd), Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. • Research Keynote: It’s Not What The doctor Ordered, Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health |
| 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | General Session • Moderator: Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (WV-3rd), Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. • A&E Intervention: Candy Finnigan, Interventionist, A&E’s Emmy award-winning series Intervention • Keynote: Current Trends and Recommendations, Dr. Ileana Arias, Principal Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) • Remarks: A National Awakening, Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA-45th), Chair, U.S. House of Representatives Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Panel Presentations • Safe Prescribing and Use of Opioids • Examining What’s Happening Across America • A Paradigm Shift of Payer Strategy • Drug-Exposed Infants: Trends and Challenges • Strategies for Successful Pharmaceutical Drug Diversion Investigations |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch and Exhibits |
| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Breakout Sessions • Opioid Dependence: Health Plan Problems and Strategies • Coordinating Multiple Stakeholders • Compliance With Narcotics Guidelines • Youth and Elderly Addiction Issues • Regulatory and Law Enforcement Roles in Cross-State Border Diversion |
| 3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Breakout Sessions • Responsible Prescribing Practices • Coordinating Multiple Stakeholders • Solutions in the Workplace • Creative Solutions in Lean Budget Times • Building Community Support for Law Enforcement |
| 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Summit Reception and Event Keynote • A Conversation About the Realities of Rx Drug Abuse: Hon. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-5th), Chairman, U.S. House of Representatives Appropriation Committee, and Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse • Entertainment: Early Clover, Singer/Songwriter |
Thursday, April 12, 2012
| 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Registration Open |
| 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 7:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast Buffet |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Summit Select Sessions • Appalachian Regional Commission: Mobilizing Regional Solutions to Substance Abuse Roundtable • Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence: Drug-Impaired Driving • Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Center for Excellence: PMP Panel Discussion (Note: This session qualifies for CE credits.) • RAMM Technologies, LLC: An Innovative Dispensing Alternative |
| 9:30 a.m. – Noon | General Session • Welcome and Keynote: Shutting Down “Pill Mills,” Hon. Pam Bondi, Florida Attorney General • Forum of the Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse: U.S. Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA-45th), Caucus Co-Founder and Co-Chair; U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (GA-1st), Caucus Member; U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (WV-3rd), Caucus Member; and U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-5th) Caucus Co-Founder and Co-Chair |
| Noon | National Rx Drug Abuse Summit concludes. Have a safe trip home. |
