Conference Agenda

 

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.   REGISTRATION
8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.  

WELCOME

 

Sheriff Leroy D. Baca, ICAN Chairperson

 

Introduction of Color Guard

 

Sergeant Angela Shepherd and Officer Lisa Richardson
“National Anthem”
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.   Deanne Tilton Durfee
Executive Director, Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN)
8:40 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.  

OPENING COMMENTS

 

Honorable Steve Cooley
District Attorney

 

Jonathan Fielding, M.D.
Director, Department of Public Health

 

P. Michael Freeman
Fire Chief, Forester and Fire Warden

 

Michael P. Judge
Public Defender, Los Angeles County

 

Honorable Michael Nash
Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court

 

Patricia Ploehn
Director, Department of Children and Family Services

 

Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, M.D.
Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, Department of Coroner

 

Marvin Southard , D.S.W.
Director, Department of Mental Health

 

John Wagner
Director, California Department of Social Services

 

Bernard Warner
Chief Deputy Secretary, California Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice

 

Carol Baker
Director, Public Affairs, First 5 LA

9:20 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.   CHILDREN AND LOSS: THE FINAL WORK OF ELISABETH KÜBLER-ROSS
David Kessler

Author/Director of Palliative Care for Citrus Valley Health Partners
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 p.m.   KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dave Pelzer, New York Times and International Best Selling Author
“A Child Called It,” “The Lost Boy,” “A Man Named Dave,”
“The Privilege of Youth”
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.   MEET THE PLENARY SPEAKERS
NETWORKING AND VISITING DISPLAYS
12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.  

LUNCHEON PROGRAM
The Rainbow Riders Choir

 

WELCOME and GREETINGS
Alan Landsburg
President, ICAN Associates

 

Presentation of Video
“Hand To Hand”

 

LUNCH KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jane Seymour
Actor, Artist, Child Advocate

 

SPECIAL AWARDS PRESENTED BY:
Lindsay Wagner
Author/Actor, Honorary Chairperson, ICAN Associates

 

France Nuyen
Performing Artist/Child Advocate

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.   WORKSHOP PANELS - Session One (1)
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.   WORKSHOP PANELS - Session Two (2)