Washington, DC  - 9:00 a.m.  Registration

9:30  Welcome, Ma Cristina Caballero, President/CEO, Dialogue on Diversity   CONVENOR

          Introductory, Overview –  American Federation of Teachers

10:00  Cultural Competency:  Barriers: Linguistic,  social and class, geographical isolation

          Barriers through Inequality in access and treatment

             Kinte Ibbott,  Vice President, Maximus, Inc.

             Stephen B. Thomas, Professor, Health Services Administration, University of Maryland

10:45  The ACA:  a Summing Up as of 2015    The Remaining Legal Challenges:  Is There a Plan B?  

         What changes in health care/medical practice is the ACA bringing?

     Karen Davenport, Director, Health Policy, National Women’s Law Center

     Leni Gonazlez   Virginia, status of ACA, Medicaid  

     Jeanette Contreras, WH Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics

11:30  Nutrition:

Countering obesity  –   Diet as a Preventive Regimen  –  Genetically altered  food-stuffs – “natural” (by breeding) vs. high-tech (genetic interventions)

     Jessica Donze Black,  Pew Charitable Trusts, Director, Childhood Nutrition

      Elena Rios, President, National Hispanic Medical Association

     Laura MacCleery,  Center for Science in the Public  Interest

12:30 p.m.  Midday/Lunch Session

     Malcolm N. Joseph, III,  Medical Director, CareFirst BlueCross/BlueShield

     Honorable  Judy  Chu, U..S. House of Representatives  Health Leadership Award  

     LaQuandra Nesbitt, Director, D.C. Department of Health

      Dr. John Oliver Davies-Cole,  Chief Epidemiologist, D.C..  Health Equity Leadership Award

     Ruby Jade Corado, Founder, Casa Ruby, Community Health Leadership Award   

1:30  The Roles and Travails of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Clinical Trials – Can these be speeded up?   Divining the Long-Run     How long is the long run?

      Daniel Dawes,  Director, Government Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine

      Jonca Bull,  Director, Office of Minority Health, Food and Drug Administration 

     Tony  L. Hursey, Office of Clinical Trials, Georgetown University

 2:45:  Aspects of the Widespread (Universal) IT Adoption  in the Health Care/Medical Enterprise

This Year’s Responses to Perennial Problems Developments   Patient Privacy:  What is now our protective armor?    The Medical Office Revolution:  Administration in the IT Age  – Remedies?

      Debo rah  C. Peel,  M.D.,  Chair, Patient Privacy Rights

      Ellen  Langhans,  Program Manager, healthfinder.gov  Department of Health and Human Services

3:45:  Diabetes Mental Illness:, Substance Abuse:   The Persisting Problems – 2015’s Answers:

Diagnosis,  Prevention, Advances in Curative Techniques

      J ose Segura,  La Clínica del Pueblo     Rosa Pizzi,  Director, Vida Senior Centers, 

        Regina Renteria Weitzman,  American Diabetes Association

       Maria Schiff,  Pew Charitable Trusts, Director, State Health Expenditures

4:30  Final Remarks,  Adjournment

Health Fair:  Concurrent Session – 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Mercedes Blanco,  Maximus, Inc.

What the Elderly Should Know

Reception:  5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

The Symposium and Reception are free and open to the Public

 – Lunch and Refreshments Provided

Simultaneous Translation (English/Spanish)

Register Early  at www.dialogueondiversity.org