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January 27-29, 2005
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC

Conference Agenda at a Glance

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Thursday, January 27, 2005

8:00am-5:00pm Registration 

Continental Breakfast

9:00am-10:45am 

OPENING PLENARY: Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves

  • Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY) - Opening Address
  • Bob Ross, California Endowment - Keynote Address
  • Sen. Barack Obama (IL) - Brief Greetings 
11:00am-12:30pm WORKSHOPS I 
12:30pm-2:00pm LUNCHEON PLENARY: Expanding Health Coverage to
America's Children
  • Sen. John Kerry (MA) 
2:15pm-3:45pm 

PLENARY: The Mother of All Medicaid Fights

  • Rep. Sherrod Brown (OH)

4:00pm-5:30pm 

WORKSHOPS II

8:00pm-9:00pm Capitol Steps 

 

Friday, January 28, 2005

 
8:00am-5:00pm Registration 
8:00am-9:00am Continental Breakfast 
8:00am-8:30pm 

SPECIAL PRESENTATION:

  • Sen. Ron Wyden (OR)
8:30am-9:00am

SPECIAL PRESENTATION:

  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy (RI)
9:00am-10:30am
 

PLENARY: Health Care as a Matter of Civil Rights -
               If Not Now, When?

  • Rep. Donna Christensen (VI)
  • Dora L. Hughes, Office of Sen. Edward Kennedy
  • Tom Perez, UMD School of Law
  • Brian Smedley, The Opportunity Agenda 
10:45am-12:15pm WORKSHOPS III 
12:15pm-2:30pm 

LUNCHEON:Consumer Health Advocate of the Year Awards
PLENARY: Covering the Uninsured: States Lead the Way

  • Mike Saxl, Maine Street Solutions
  • Alan Weil, National Academy for State Health Pollicy
  • Gordon Bonnyman, Tennessee Justice Center 
2:30pm-3:45pm WORKSHOPS IV 
4:00pm-5:30pm  
8:00pm-11:00pmEntertainment & Dessert Party 

 

Saturday, January 29, 2005 

 
8:00am-9:00am Continental Breakfast 
8:00am-2:00am UPS Booth 
9:00am-10:30amPLENARY: The New Medicare Drug Law: Where Do We Go from Here?
10:45am-12:15pm WORKSHOPS V 
12:30pm-2:30pmLUNCHEON/CLOSING PLENARY:
Joe Trippi, Trippi & Associates 
2:30pm-3:30pm Joe Trippi Book Signing 
3:30pm Conference Ends

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