Conference Schedule
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| Thursday, May 7, 2009 | |
| 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Open Registration Seattle Marriott Waterfront Grand Lobby |
| Opening Session | |
| 2 to 3:30 p.m. |
Welcome and Opening Event Marion Oliver McCaw Hall |
| 3:30 to 5 p.m. | Reception McCaw Grand Reception Hall |
| 5 p.m. | Board Charter Buses to World Trade Center and Seattle Marriott Waterfront |
| 5:30 to 10 p.m. | Evening Buffet, Open Bar and Late Registration World Trade Center Dining Room |
| Friday, May 8, 2009 | |
| Morning Sessions | Bell Harbor International Conference Center Bay Auditorium |
| 7:15 to 8 a.m. | Bell Harbor Breakfast Buffet |
| 8 to 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Overview Craig Rubens, MD, PhD Executive Director, Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity & Stillbirth |
| KEY FINDINGS FROM GAPPS’ LANDSCAPE REVIEW | |
| Moderators - O. Massee Bateman, MD, DTM&H Save the Children Mark Young, MD, MHSc UNICEF |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Discovery: Basic Science Michael G. Gravett, MD Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Vice Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Washington School of Medicine |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Discovery: Applied Epidemiology Joy Lawn, BMedSci, MBBS, MRCP (Paeds), MPH Senior Policy and Research Advisor Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children |
| 9 a.m. |
Development: Interventions for Preterm Births, Stillbirths and Preterm Management Zulfiqar Bhutta, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPCH, FCPS, PhD Husein Laljee Dewraj Professor & Chairman of the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health Aga Khan University Hospital |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Delivery: Strategies for Delivering Interventions Cesar G. Victora, MD, PhD Professor of Epidemiology Universidade Federal de Pelotas |
| 10 to 10:25 a.m. | Break Moderator - Jennifer L. Howse, PhD March of Dimes |
| 10:25 a.m. |
Ethics & Social Justice: Summary of Landscape Review Maureen Kelley, PhD University of Washington School of Medicine Scholar, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children’s |
| 10:50 a.m. |
Advocacy: Summary of Advocacy Research Kaia Lenhart Senior Vice President GMMB |
| 11:15 a.m. to Noon | Workgroup Introductions Bell Harbor Dining Room |
| Noon to 1 p.m. | Working Lunch seated by Workgroup Bell Harbor Dining Room |
| Afternoon Sessions | Bell Harbor and the Seattle Marriott Waterfront Breakout Rooms Please refer to the workgroup location list (last page of program) |
| 1 to 5:15 p.m. | Workgroups Meet |
| Evening | |
| 6 to 6:15 p.m. | Board Charter Buses to Union Station Great Hall for Dinner |
| 6:30 to 9 p.m. | Social and Dinner at Union Station Great Hall |
| 9 to 9:30 p.m. | Board Charter Buses to Seattle Marriott Waterfront |
| Saturday, May 9, 2009 | |
| Morning Sessions | Bell Harbor International Conference Center Bay Auditorium |
| 7:15 to 8 a.m. | Bell Harbor Breakfast Buffet
Plenary Session Moderators - France Donnay, MD, MPH Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Oluwafemi Kuti, MBBS, FRCOG (Invited) Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria |
| 8 to 8:30 a.m. |
High-Dimensional Biology to Address Preterm Birth Roberto Romero, MD Chief, Perinatology Research Branch Program Director for Obstetrics and Perinatology Intramural Division, NICHD, NIH, DHHS |
| 8:30 to 9 a.m. |
Challenges in Identifying and Developing Interventions for Impact Christopher J. Elias, MD, MPH President & CEO PATH |
| 9 to 9:30 a.m. |
Death Before Birth, Death After Birth: How to Manage the Challenge of Stillbirths and Preterm Births in the Community Abhay Bang, MD, MPH Director Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health |
| 9:30 to 10 a.m. |
Stillbirths and Prematurity in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Issues of Gender and Social Justice Mala Ramanathan, MSc, MPhil, PhD Additional Professor Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology |
| 10 to 10:15 a.m. |
*Visual Ink Recap of Day 1 Workgroup Progress |
| 10:15 to 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. to Noon | Workgroups Meet Please refer to the workgroup location list (last page of program) |
| Noon to 1 p.m. | Working Lunch Bell Harbor Dining Room |
| Afternoon Sessions | Bell Harbor and the Seattle Marriott Waterfront Breakout Rooms |
| 1 to 5 p.m. | Workgroups Meet |
| Evening | Seattle Marriott Waterfront |
| 6 to 8 p.m. | Dinner Buffet and Social Seattle Marriott Waterfront Ballroom D |
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 | |
| Morning Sessions | Bell Harbor International Conference Center |
| 7:15 to 8 a.m. | Bell Harbor Breakfast Buffet |
| 8 to 9:45 a.m. |
Workgroup Presentations and Discussion Bay Auditorium Order of Presentations is Subject to Change Ethics Moderator Cynthia Stanton, PhD, MPH The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Discovery Moderator Michael Gravett, MD University of Washington School of Medicine |
| 9:45 to 10 a.m. | Break |
| 10 to 11:45 a.m. |
Workgroup Presentations and Discussion Bay Auditorium Development Moderator Anuraj Shankar, DSc World Health Organization Delivery Moderator Cesar G. Victora, MD, PhD Universidade Federal de Pelotas Advocacy/Funding Moderator Cynthia Stanton, PhD, MPH The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Luncheon with Visual Ink Presentation of Integrated Vision/Roadmap - Bell Harbor Dining Room
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| 1 p.m. | Conference Adjourns |