Wednesday, September 30, 2009
8:00 am -
8:30 am
Registration and Breakfast in Executive Networking Lounge
8:30 am -
11:30 am
PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOP – Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Models that Work to Improve Population Health and Decrease Costs
  • Understand what a collaborative approach to tacking obesity entails and why this model is necessary for success
  • Learn how to achieve buy-in from public, private and competing stakeholders whose mission is to improve local population health
  • Prepare a plan and set the stage for a multi-stakeholder dialogue about prevention in your community
Lead Instructor:
Andrew Webber - Speaker Photo Andrew Webber
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Business Coalition on Health

Instructors:
John M. Clymer - Speaker Photo John M. Clymer
Senior Advisor
Alliance for the Healthiest Nation

James M. Galloway - Speaker Photo James M. Galloway, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA
Assistant Surgeon General and Regional Health Administrator
Region V, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Philip Smeltzer - Speaker Photo Philip Smeltzer
Strategic Consultant for Wellness and Health Promotion Advisor, Obesity Clinical Care Team
Humana

11:30 am -
12:30 pm
Lunch on Your Own
12:30 pm -
12:40 pm
Chairperson's Welcome and Opening Remarks
Christine C. Ferguson - Speaker Photo Christine C. Ferguson, JD
Director, STOP Obesity Alliance;
Research Professor, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

12:40 pm -
1:10 pm
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS — A New Era for Obesity: Do America’s Efforts Go Far Enough?
  • Has the Obama Administration and Congress sufficiently and urgently addressed the obesity epidemic?
  • What new local, state, and federal prevention and wellness initiatives have taken root in the last year?
  • What is our responsibility as a nation to alter the trajectory of this chronic disease and its co-morbid complications?
Joseph W. Thompson - Speaker Photo Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH
Surgeon General, State of Arkansas;
Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity;
Director, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
1:10 pm -
2:00 pm
GENERAL SESSION — Reducing Health Disparities and Building Healthy Communities: Best Practices from California, New York and Louisiana
  • Uncover how evidence-based population health strategies are being employed to effectively battle obesity
  • Learn strategies on how to eliminate duplicated efforts and avoid repetitive mistakes
  • Achieve a measurable ROI through outcomes measurement: Discover why stakeholder buy-in for recording and utilizing outcomes data is a key driver for success
  • Examine how grand funding plays a critical role in facilitating these initiatives in a recovering economy
Moderator: TBD
Panelists:
Dora Barilla - Speaker Photo Dora Barilla, DrPH, MPH, CHES
Executive Director, Center for Health Policy and Leadership, Loma Linda University;
Founder and Executive Director, Partners for Better Health;
Director, Healthy Ontario, Healthy Communities Movement

Renee R. Brownstein - Speaker Photo Renee R. Brownstein
Associate Director, Human Resources, Benefits, Health and Wellness
Rochester Institute of Technology

Durand 'Rudy' Macklin - Speaker Photo Durand 'Rudy' Macklin
Director, Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals;
Louisiana State Coordinator, National Society for Physical Activity Practitioners in Public Health (NSPAPPH)
2:00 pm -
3:00 pm
Executive Leadership Seminars I (Choose 1 of 2)
3:00 pm -
3:30 pm
Networking Refreshment Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
3:30 pm -
4:30 pm
Executive Leadership Seminars II (Choose 1 of 2)
4:30 pm -
5:15 pm
GENERAL SESSION — A Physician's Perspective: Defining Obesity Medicine as an Independent Specialty
  • Understand the relationship between obesity and numerous cardiac and metabolic diseases
  • Establish a new Obesity Medicine physician credential with separate board certification
  • Mandate a strategic plan of advocacy for coverage and reimbursements to support this physician base
Robert F. Kushner - Speaker Photo Robert F. Kushner, MD, FACP
President, The Obesity Society;
Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Clyde W. Yancy - Speaker Photo Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
President-Elect, American Heart Association;
Medical Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute;
Chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Baylor University Medical Center

5:15 pm -
6:15 pm
CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS — 2010 Initiatives on the Horizon: Recommendations for Adhering to the Updated Fitness and Nutrition Guidelines
  • Preview the 2010 HHS food and physical activity guidelines for a healthier nation
  • Hear successful strategies for increasing health literacy now before nation-wide PHR mandates are a reality tomorrow
  • Learn how to implement new preventative strategies in medical and community settings to comply with guidelines
  • Utilize consumer education as a tool: How to increase engagement and treatment adherence through consumer-driven educational platforms
William H. Dietz - Speaker Photo William H. Dietz, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (NCCDPHP)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Penelope Slade-Sawyer - Speaker Photo RADM Penelope Slade-Sawyer, PT, MSW, USPHS
Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

6:15 pm -
6:20 pm
Chairperson's Closing Remarks
6:20 pm -
7:15 pm
Networking Cocktail Reception in the Executive Networking Lounge