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9:00 - 9:30 am
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Registration, Posters & Exhibits
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9:30 - 9:45
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Welcome: Tim Garvin, President and CEO, United Way of Central Mass.
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9:45 - 10:30
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Keynote Presentation - A review of the Commonwealth’s efforts to promote the prevention and control of diabetes within the context of the implementation of health care reform and the promotion of optimal quality of care at a manageable cost. Commissioner John Auerbach - Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
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10:30 - 10:50
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Question and Answer Session
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10:50 - 11:05
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Break, Posters & Exhibits
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11:05 - 11:50
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Keynote Presentation - Diabetes in the Latino/Hispanic population: Converting challenges into opportunities. Enrique Caballero, MD Director, Joslin Latino Diabetes Initiative Director, Medical Affairs, Professional Education, Joslin Diabetes Center Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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11:50 - 12:05 pm
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Question and Answer Session
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12:05 - 12:50
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Lunch, Posters & Exhibits
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12:50 - 1:20
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Executive and Standing Committee Reports
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1:20 - 2:20
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions: 1. Community Mobilization: Jeff Geller, Director of Integrative Medicine and Group Programming at the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, will speak about the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center successful group empowerment program
2. Health Care Access & Quality - Diana Cullum-Dugan RD LD RYT will describe and contrast the techniques of motivational interviewing and usual counseling styles (confrontational counseling) in health behavior change.
3. Surveillance, Monitoring & Evaluation: David Potter, Chief Marketing Officer of Vermedx will speak about Vermedx’s experience with the creation of the A1c registries in Vermont, NYC and San Antonio.
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2:20 - 2:35
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Lunch, Posters & Exhibits
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2:35 - 3:30 pm
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Standing Committee Meetings: Community Mobilization Health Care Access & Quality Surveillance, Monitoring & Evaluation
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3:30 pm
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Meeting Adjourns
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