CHECK INTO THE CONFERENCE EARLY AND AVOID WAITING IN LONG LINES!

 

Early conference registration will be available at the Hyatt Regency Burlingame Hotel on Tuesday, June 17 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Check-into the conference early and avoid waiting in long lines!

 

Agenda

 

Day 1 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)
  7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.   Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibit Viewing
           
  8:30 a.m. - 8:35 a.m.   Conference Commencement
            Martin D. Martinez III, Chair, Native American Constituency Committee
  8:35 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.   Opening Remarks
            Adrienne Tissier, President, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
  8:40 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.   Welcome Address
            Susan P. Kennedy, Chief of Staff to Governor Schwarzenegger
  9:10 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.   Welcome Address
            Renee Zito, Director, California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
  9:20 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.   Conference Framework
           

Michael Cunningham, Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
  9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.   What if Addiction were Treated, Evaluated and Reimbursed as a Chronic Illness?
            A. Thomas McLellan, CEO, Treatment Research Institute, and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
  10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.   Break/Exhibit Viewing
             
  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.   Workshop Session One (See Workshop Listings)
             
  12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.   Luncheon and Awards
             
  1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.   The Wellbriety Movement
            Don Coyhis, President, White Bison, Inc.
  2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.   Refreshment Break/Exhibit Viewing
             
  2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.   Workshop Session Two (See Workshop Listings)
             
             

Day 2 (Thursday, June 19, 2008)
  7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.   Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibit Viewing
             
  8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.   Welcome Address
           

Michael Cunningham, Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
  8:40 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.   The Role of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Substance Abuse and Recovery
            Kathy Sanders-Phillips, Professor of Pediatrics, Howard University School of Medicine, and Director, Research Program, Epidemiology and Prevention of Drug Abuse
  9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.   Reflections on a Career in Substance Abuse Treatment – Progress, Not Perfection
            Pablo Stewart, Psychiatric Consultant, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine
  10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.   Break/Exhibit Viewing
             
  10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.   Workshop Session Three (Workshop Listings)
             
  12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.   Luncheon
             
  1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.   Workshop Session Four (See Workshop Listings)
             
  3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.   Refreshment Break/Exhibit Viewing
             
  3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.   Workshop Session Five (See Workshop Listings)
             
             

Day 3 (Friday, June 20, 2008)
  7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.   Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibit Viewing
             
  8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m.   Welcome Address
            Michael Cunningham, Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
  8:10 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.   Keynote Address
            Karen Bass, Assembly Speaker, California State Assembly
  8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.   Break/Exhibit Viewing
             
  9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.   Workshop Session Six (See Workshop Listings)
             
  10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.   Break/Exhibit Viewing
             
  10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.   Workshop Session Seven (Workshop Listings)
             
  12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.   Luncheon and Closing Remarks
            Renee Zito, Director, California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
  1:30 p.m.       Conference Adjourns