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June 13-15, 2005 Sheraton Midtown Atlanta Hotel at Colony Square Atlanta, Georgia  "CDC is committed to building a public health system that is fully prepared to protect the health of the American people.  A better understanding of public health law is crucial to ensuring state and local preparedness." Dr. Julie L. Gerberding Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	2005 Conference           Purpose     Who Should Attend     Goals/Objectives     Program Highlights     Preliminary Agenda     Concurrent Sessions     Continuing Education     Conference Hotel     Call for Exhibitors     Contact Us

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PURPOSE:
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Law Program and the American Society for Law, Medicine & Ethics cosponsor the annual public health law conference: The Public's Health & the Law in the 21st Century.  The 2005 conference will focus on innovative legal tools for improved public health with emphasis on information participants can use in day-to-day practice.  The conference faculty will reflect the multidisciplinary composition of the conference participants, exploring cutting-edge issues at the intersection of public health and the law and presenting concrete examples of law as a public health tool, both domestically and internationally.

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
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• Elected officials who make public health laws
• Public health practitioners and legal counsel
• Physicians and nurses in public health and clinical practice
• Emergency management and law enforcement officials
• Judges and attorneys active in public health and health care
• Educators and researchers in public health law, and
• All who are active in, and interested in, law as a tool for improved public health.

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GOALS/ OBJECTIVES:
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By taking part in this conference, participants will be better able to:

• Explain the critical role law plays in protecting the health of the public and in strengthening the public health system for potential emergencies
• Describe practical approaches to applying legal tools to today's top-priority public health issues
• Identify and assess scientific and other evidence for law-based public health strategies, and
• Build partnerships with colleagues across professional boundaries

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS :
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1.   Three keynote addresses by prominent leaders in domestic and global public health law and policy

• Hon. Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas
• Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, President and CEO, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and
• David Byrne, Esq., Special Envoy for the International Health Regulations, World Health Organization, and former European Commissioner for Health and Public Safety

2.   A special plenary session on today's relevance of the 1905 U.S. Supreme Court Jacobson v. Massachusetts ruling that addressed the balance between individual health and community well being, and

3.    25 concurrent sessions on current and rapidly evolving issues important to every public health practitioner, policy maker, and attorney.

Preliminary Conference Tracks and Topics Include:

Track 1: Life Stages
- The Early Years: Lead Poisoning Prevention
- The Early Years: Exploring Options for Expanded     
   Newborn Screening
- Childhood Immunization: Exemptions and Vaccine Safety
- Preventing Victimization of Youth and Teens
- Domestic Violence in the Adult Years

Track 2: Partners & Powers
- Reducing the Risk-Drugs and Schools: Medical Management and Illegal Use
- What Should be the Scope of Practice for Public Health 
   Professionals and Volunteers?
- The Media, Law and the Public's Health
- Attorneys General as Public Health Officials
- Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Using the Law to Improve the Public's Health

Track 3: Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness
- Joint Consequence Management of Public Health 
  Emergencies
- Quarantine Laws and Public Health Realities
- Community and Interjurisdictional Legal Preparedness
- Judicial Preparedness For Public Health Emergencies
- The Private Bar: A Force for Public Health

Track 4: Legal and Scientific Frameworks
- Legal Issues and Cancer Prevention
- Policy Makers & Science: Two-Way Communication
- From Science to Policy to Healthy Outcomes
- Legal Frameworks for Preventing Chronic Disease
- Shaping Healthy Environments

Track 5: Cross-Cutting
- Public Health Ethics in Action
- Post-SARS Public Health Law Developments in Canada
- Migration, Law, and the Public's Health
- International Trade Agreements: Vehicles for Better Public 
  Health?
- Motor Vehicle Injuries: U.S. and Global Legal
   Interventions

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PRELIMINARY AGENDA:
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Click here to view the preliminary agenda.

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
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Click here to view more details about the concurrent sessions.

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CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:
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Continuing Medical Education Units

Accreditation
The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the ACCME.

CME Credits
ASLME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 11.5 hours in category 1 credit toward the AMA Physicians Recognition Award.  Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

Disclosure
To ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in this educational program, all faculty are required to disclose to the program audiences any association or apparent conflict(s) of interest that might be related to the content of their presentations.

Continuing Legal Education Units
ASLME is an accredited sponsor of continuing legal education programs according to the regulations of the states of AR, CA, GA, IN, IA, MS, MO, NV, NM, NC, PA, RI, SC, VA, WA and WV.  Under the NYS CLE Board "approved jurisdiction procedures", ASLME is permitted to provide CLE credits in NY.  ASLME routinely applies to various other states.  Attorneys desiring accreditation must notify ASLME upon registering for the conference and must indicate for which state they are seeking credit.

Continuing Nursing Education Units
American Public Health Association Public Health Nursing Section is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.  By attending and evaluating approved sessions, APHA will issues a certificate of attendance with indication of the total contact hours earned.

Continuing Certified Health Education Specialist Units
The American Public Health Association is accredited by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. to sponsor continuing education for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES). This program is a designated event for the CHES (Certified Health Education Specialists) to receive up to 12 Category I CE contact hours (CECH). By attending and evaluating approved sessions, APHA will issue a certificate of attendance with indication of the total CECH earned.

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CONFERENCE HOTEL:
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The conference will be held at:
Sheraton Midtown Atlanta Hotel at Colony Square
188 14^th Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia, 30361
#888.625.5144

Depending on your travel schedule, a few rooms are still available at the government rate at the conference hotel.  As an alternate to the conference hotel, please consider:

Atlanta Marriott Suites Midtown
35 14^th Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
P 404-876-8888

Through June 3rd, a block of rooms is reserved at the prevailing federal government rates of $113.00 (single) and $133.00 (double) per night plus 14% occupancy tax. To make reservations, call the hotel directly.

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CALL FOR EXHIBITORS:
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CDC's Public Health Law Program and the American Society for Law, Medicine & Ethics are pleased to offer this invitation to exhibit at our 4th annual partnership conference entitled, "The Public's Health and the Law in the 21st Century," June 13-15, 2005, at the Sheraton Midtown Atlanta Hotel at Colony Square.

Exhibiting Details
The Exhibit Hall will be located in the foyer of the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Midtown Atlanta Hotel at Colony Square.  The foyer is a high traffic area near the front lobby of the hotel where registration, breakfasts, lunches and "Exhibit Breaks" will all be hosted.

Who Should Exhibit
Preference will be given to federal and state agencies, public and private corporations and foundations, national health and law organizations as well as publishers.  Exhibitors should be interested and engaged in using law as a tool for improved public health.

Standard Exhibitor Benefits ( Each 8' x 10' exhibit space includes:)

• Organization identification sign (8 ½ inches by 11 inches)
• One 6' draped table
• Two chairs
• One wastebasket
• Complimentary exhibit space
• Organizational listing in selected conference publications
• Interaction with conference attendees
• Onsite recognition
• Pre and post conference publicity

Exhibit Hall Features

• Site of daily breakfasts, lunches and refreshment breaks
• Conveniently located close to plenary sessions, registration areas and the breakout rooms
• Overhead lighting and air conditioning
• Carpeting throughout

Exhibit Space Rental Fee
Exhibit space is complimentary.

Registration
All persons working in the Exhibit Hall must wear a conference badge at all times.  Exhibitors will be provided with a maximum of two complimentary "Exhibit Hall Only" badges.  Those individuals who wish to attend conference sessions must pay registration fees in accordance with registration guidelines.

Floor Plan
Click here to view the exhibit hall floor plan.

Application
To become and Exhibitor, please click here for an application

Exhibitor Prospectus
For more information, please click here to download the complete exhibitor prospectus.

Deadline
Please submit your application on or before May 13, 2005, by sending it to us at:

Attn: Andrea Hines/ Tonya Roberts
Public Health Law Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway, Mailstop K36
Atlanta, Georgia 30341
Fax: 770-488-2420
Ahines@cdc.gov
tsroberts@cdc.gov

Exhibit space will be assigned on a first-come first served basis, and we will attempt to honor all requests.

Please note that the Public Health Law Program does not provide shipping services.  All exhibitors must arrange for the shipping of their material to arrive at the conference hotel on or before June 11, 2005.  Please see the exhibitor prospectus for more details.

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CONTACT US:
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For more information please contact, Briana Grovhoug Kennedy at #770-488-2839 or bgrovhoug@cdc.gov.