2011 Conference Agenda

November 11, 2011

8:00 – 9:00 Check-in

9:00  Welcome Remarks  – Travis Stovall, Board Chair; Liz Baxter, Executive Director

9:15  Keynote: Sharon Gary-Smith, Executive Director, McKenzie River Gathering Foundation

9:45  Liz Baxter, Executive Director: Framing the Day

10:00  Concurrent Breakout Sessions

A.  Take It to the Bridge: Health Care News and Blues Moderator, John Mullin; Panelists, Bruce Fife and Ellen Whyte (Upstairs, Great Room)

B.  The 101s of CCOs: Tina Edlund (Downstairs, Room 1)

C.  The Intersection of Environmental Health and the Health Care System; Moderator, Diane Lund; Panelists, Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis, Maye Thompson, Cheyenne Chapman. (Downstairs, Room 2)

11:15  Come back to Great Room and grab box lunch!

11:30  Thomas Aschenbrener, introducing the Jewish Theatre Collaborative: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Well-Being: The Story of Lillian Wald (Upstairs, Great Room)

1:00  Concurrent Breakout Sessions

A.  (re)Framing Single Payer: Mike Huntington, Joe Zaerr, Betty Johnson, Richard Bruno, Pam Hood Szivek, Sam Metz, Larry Steward (Upstairs, Breakout space)

B.  Health Equity and Emerging Leaders: Rachel Gilmer, Reyna Lopez, Steven Gilliam (Downstairs, Room 1)

C.  Engaging Patients to Improve Health Care Quality: Katrina Kahl, Angela Mitchell, Trisha Herber (Downstairs, Room 2)

2:15  Fifteen minute break

2:30  Concurrent Breakout Sessions

A.  Lesson in Drumming: Bobby Torres (Upstairs, Mezzanine)  

B.  Food Equity and Food Deserts: Amy Gilroy, Adriana Voss-Andreae, Inger McDowell (Downstairs, Room 1)

C.  Health for Everybody? Viewing Health Through the Lens of the Commons: Eleanore Hunter, Bob Robison (Downstairs, Room 2) maximum capacity of 25 participants

3:45  Return to Main Space

4:00  Working in Concert – Looking from the Ground Up: Gary Cobb and Liz Baxter

4:30  Adjourn to Networking Reception

Special Musical Guests: The Bobby Torres Ensemble and HomeBrew, featuring Bruce Goldberg, OHA Director

6:00 We will be joined by very special guests, Governor John Kitzhaber and First Lady Cylvia Hayes.