Monday, June 22, 1998

Vanderbilt University Langford Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee

All Times are Nashville Local/CDT

12:30-12:50 Opening Session, Langford Auditorium, Vanderbilt Medical School

Welcome

Joe Wyatt, Chancellor, Vanderbilt University

Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D., Co-Sponsor and Director of the Children, Youth and Family Consortium, University of Minnesota

Representative Bill Purcell, Co-Sponsor and Director of the Child and Family Policy Center at the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies

Introduction of Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore

³TEAM GAME,² A film collage, directed by Jeffrey Cole, Director of the UCLA Center for Communication Policy Introduced by Vice President Gore

12:50-3:30 ³FAMILY CENTERED HEALTH²

President Clinton, Vice President Gore, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore make remarks and lead a forum discussion with:

Milagros Batista, Program Manager, ³Best Beginnings²

Gerri Lamb, RN, Ph.D., FAAN Senior Corporate Director for Community Services Carondelet Health Network

Julie Moretz, Chair, Family Advisory Council, Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center

Irwin Redlener, M.D., Vice President, Children's Medical Center, Montifiore Hospital, Director of the Child Health Network and President of the Children's Health Fund

Ricki Robinson, M.D., MPH, Co-Director, Descanso Medical Center for Development and Learning, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, USC

Sheila Savannah, Executive Director of People in Partnership

James Tallon, Jr. President, United Hospital Fund

Anthony Watson, Chairman and C.E.O. of HIP Health Plans

Concurrent sessions

4:00-5:00 ³FAMILY FRIENDLY HOSPITALS²

Vice President Gore leads an interactive session with 3 remote sites and live participants from Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Dana Farber Cancer Center

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical CenterVanderbilt Children's Hospital and Family Resource Center

See Attached Description

4:00-5:30 Roundtable Discussions

Eleven workshops led by panels of presenters Click here for speaker bios

Held in Classrooms in the Law and Divinity Schools

5:30-7:00 Reception with Vice President and Mrs. Gore

Welcome by Elliott Moore, Chairman of the Tennessee Steering Committee for Family Re-Union 7

FAMILY RE-UNION 7: FAMILIES AND HEALTH

Tuesday, June 23, 1998

Click here for speaker bios(link)

Vanderbilt University Langford Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee

All Times are Nashville Local/CDT

8:30 WELCOME

Harry Jacobson, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University

Jill Iscol, Ed.D., Chair of Family Re-Union 7

Introduction of the Vice President and Mrs. Gore

8:40­9:50 HEALTH STARTS WITH FAMILIES:

A discussion led by Vice President Gore and Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.

Nancy Dickey, M.D., President Elect, American Medical Association

Maggie Hoffman, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Project DOCC

Robert Ross, M.D., Director, Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego County

John W. Rowe, M.D., President of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Mount Sinai Hospital. Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics

Patricia Sodomka, Executive Director, Medical College of Georgia Hospitals and Clinics

William Stead, M.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

9:50-9:55 Introduction by Tipper Gore of Boston University Film

9:55-10:15 ³FAMILIES AND HEALTH: A CHILD'S VOICE²

Directed and produced by Michael Stevenson

Department of Film and Television, College of Communication Boston University

10:15-10:25 Remarks by Tipper Gore

³Children's Mental Health and Family Illness²

10:25-12:00 ³COMMITMENTS FOR THE FUTURE FOR FAMILIES AND HEALTH²

Polly Arango, Founder and Director of ³Family Voices²

Sue Bailey, D.O., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense

Jordan Cohen, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges

Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration

Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D., Director, Children, Youth & Family Consortium, University of Minnesota

Carol Flint, Executive Producer and Writer for ³ER²

Ruby Hearn, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Janice Lachance, Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Stefany PeÒa, Student, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts

Eric Pulier, President and CEO, Digital Evolution Inc.

Bill Purcell, Director, Child and Family Policy Center

John Rother, Director of Legislation and Public Policy, American Association of Retired Persons

Ralph Smith, Vice President, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Jon Wagner-Holtz, Founder and CEO, Kids Konnected

12:00-12:15 Concluding Remarks by Vice President Gore

12:15 Adjournment