THURSDAY: September 11, 2003
5:00pm-10:00pm BOARD MEETING
(Post Conference Board Meeting: Saturday, September 13@3:45pm)
FRIDAY: September 12, 2003
9:00am-10:00am A "Get-together For Early Arrivals
WELCOMING COMMITTEE: QLA BOARD MEMBERS
10:00am- Off-site Function (Group visit)
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
(Sponsor: Austin Medical Products)
Must sign-up on Registration Form
1:00pm-2:00pm EXHIBITS SET UP
2:30pm-5:00pm REGISTRATION
EXHIBITS OPEN
(Meeting: Patient/Spouse Panel - Joe Turant)
3:30pm-5:30pm WELCOME RECEPTION (Cash Bar)
5:00pm-5:30pm OPENING REMARKS
Velma Bragg, RN, WOC, (ET)
Conference Planning Chair
OFFICIAL WELCOME
Bruce Baldwin, CEO
Palms of Pasadena Hospital
St. Petersburg, Florida
5:30pm-6:30pm "Panel of CIR Patients/Spouses"
Moderator: Joe Turant
6:30pm-7:30pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Debra J. Crumpton, MBA
Elk Grove, California
7:30pm Welcome to "Margarita-Ville"
Sponsor: Palms of Pasadena Hospital
SATURDAY AM: September 13, 2003
7:30am-8:15am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Sponsor: J. Sherwood White
REGISTRATION/EXHIBITS
8:15am-8:30am PRESIDING: Conlee Isaacson, President
INVOCATION: Sherwood White
8:30am-9:30am Pouchitis: Use of Probiotic Therapy
Larry Blumenstein, US & International
Product Development Manager, VSL Pharmaceuticals,NY
9:30am-10:45am Membership Business Meeting
Election: President/Vice Pres. Elect
Secretary
Treasurer
One Director
Presentation: WOB Harbinger Award
10:45am-11:15am BREAK--EXHIBITS
11:15am-12:15pm "Break Out" Session
l Moderators: Board Members
12:15pm-2:15pm LUNCHEON/AUCTION
Sponsor: Columbia Southern Univerity
Bob & Mimi Mayes
l Jerry Hall, Auctioneer
EXHIBITS (3pm closing/take down)
2:15pm-3:00pm Presentation: Report, "Article, 1000 BCIR Patients"
Dr. James Pollack, St. Petersburg, FL
Susan Kay, RN, St. Petersburg, FL
3:00pm-3:45pm Physicians Panel: COC Surgeons
Moderator: Dr. Don Schiller
3:45pm- Closing Remarks
3:45pm-4:45pm OPTIONAL SESSION:
J. Sherwood White, CFP
"Managing your Finances in Uncertain Times"
(Sign up on Registration Form)
SATURDAY EVENING ACTIVITIES
7:00pm-8:00pm PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION
8:00pm-M/N DINNER/DANCE (Indoor "Beach Blast") CASH BAR
Music Sponsored by: The Torbot Group Inc.