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Morning
8:30 – 8:45	Welcome and Overview of the Day Kathleen Kelly, Executive Director, Family Caregiver Alliance
8:45 – 9:45	Opening Presentation "Forces Reshaping 21st Century Healthcare" – Emily Friedman Ms. Friedman is an independent writer, lecturer and health policy and ethics analyst based in Chicago, IL Questions and Dialogue
9:45 – noon	Panel Presentations Moderator: Jeanette C. Takamura, PhD Dean and Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University
	Key Data Trends: Research on Caregiving Patterns and Characteristics Brenda Spillman, PhD, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute, Washington DC
	Key Healthcare System Trends: Families as Care Partners Gregg Warshaw, MD, Professor & Director of the Office of Geriatric and Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati
	Key Economic Trends: Baby Boomer Caregivers and Retirement Security Cindy Hounsell, JD, Executive Director, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER), Washington DC
	Key Technology Trends: Care Management Tools Carol Smith, RN, PhD, Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center
	Key Media Trends: Caregiving in Popular Culture Robert Rosenblatt, Journalist, Washington DC
	Emily Friedman, Responder
	Questions and Dialogue
Afternoon
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch
1:00 – 2:45	Promising Practices and Research Trends: Concurrent Workshops
	Caregiver Assessment: Filling the Gap in Policy and Practice Moderator: Katie Maslow, MSW, Associate Director, Alzheimer's Association Lynn Friss Feinberg, MSW, Deputy Director, National Center on Caregiving, Family Caregiver Alliance Susan Reinhard, RN, PhD, Co-Director, Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University
	Workforce Issues: The Link Between the Informal and Formal Care Networks Moderator: Nancy Giunta, MSW, John A. Hartford Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley Gail Hunt, President & CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving Dorie Seavey, PhD, National Policy Specialist, Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute Robyn Stone, DrPH, Executive Director, Institute for the Future of Aging Services, American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging
	Caregiver Health: The Link Between Prolonged Stress and Illness Moderator: Rick Greene, MSW, Project Officer, Office of State & Community Programs, U.S. Administration on Aging Elena Andresen, PhD, Professor & Chair of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Florida Richard Schulz, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry & Director, Center for Social & Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh
2:45 – 3:15	Break
3:15 – 5:00	Promising Practices and Research Trends: Concurrent Workshops
	Diverse Caregiver Populations Moderator: Donna Benton, PhD, Director, Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center Kimberly Acquaviva, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University Carmela Lacayo, President and CEO, Asociacion Nacional pro Personsas Majores Carol Miller, Director, National Center for Frontier Communities, Ojo Sarco, New Mexico
	Leading Edge Caregiver Interventions Moderator: Vicki Schmall, PhD, Consultant in Aging Services Laura Gitlin, PhD, Director, Center for Applied Research on Aging & Health, Thomas Jefferson University Mary Mittelman, Dr.PH., Director of Psychosocial Research & Support, Silberstein Aging & Dementia Research Center, New York University Carol Whitlatch, PhD, Assistant Director of Research, Margaret Blenkner Research Institute, Benjamin Rose.
	Integration of Caregivers in the Healthcare System Moderator: Jodi Cohn, DrPH, Research Director, Geriatric Practice Innovation Research , SCAN Health Plan Adam Darkins, MD, Chief Consultant for Care Coordination, Department of Veterans Affairs Carol Levine, Director, Families & Health Care Project, United Hospital Fund Jennifer Wolff, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins University Medical Center
5:15 – 6:30	Reception and Networking

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