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Symposium 6 – Symposium Schedule

Monday, February 17
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Evening Welcoming Reception/Registration
Tuesday, February 18
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration and Morning Beverages in Exhibit area (Hotel breakfast starts at 6:30 a.m.)
8:30 Opening general session
10:00 Break
10:15 – 11:30 What Do We Know? – Marty Ahrens, NFPA
11:30 – 1:00 Networking Lunch
1:00 – 2:15

Model Program Presentations I

2:15 – 2:30 Break
2:30 – 3:45

Model Program Presentations II

3:45 – 4:00 Break
4:00 – 5:15

Model Programs in Community Risk Reduction III

5:30 – 7:30 Reception Sponsored by First Alert
Wednesday, February 19
7:00 – 7:50 a.m.

Sunrise Sessions – by Invitation Only

  • Underwriters Laboratories
  • IROL
7:30 – 8:30 Registration and Morning Beverages
8:30 – 9:45

Model Program Presentations IV

9:45 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 11:30 Facilitated Breakout Sessions – Sponsored by Omnishield
11:30 – 1:00 Networking Lunch
1:00 – 2:15

Reports from Breakout Sessions

Model Program Presentations V

2:15 – 2:30 Break
2:30 – 3:45

Research Panel to Inform Community Risk Reduction Projects

3:45 – 4:00 Break
4:00 – 5:15

Panel of Innovative Ideas for Community Risk Reduction

5:30 – 7:00 Networking in Exhibit Area, cash bar
Thursday, February 20
7:00 – 7:50 a.m. Sunrise Sessions – by invitation only
7:30 – 8:30 Morning Beverages
8:30 – 10:00 Overcoming Challenges – Facilitated Breakout Sessions by Geographic Areas
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:00 Reports from Breakout Sessions/Town Hall
11:00 – 12:00

Closing session

  • Hurricane Katrina: Tulane Medical Center’s Story of Survival – Kim Ryan, former CEO, Atlanta Medical Center

Want an idea of what you might be seeing? You can see the programs and presentations from 2018201620142012 and 2010.

Symposium 6 is a partnership between The Vision 20/20 Project and these organizations.

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