Updated 13 November
The Fifth Annual Building Global Alliances Symposium:
“The Challenges of Migration for Health Professional Women”
and the International Distinguished Leadership Award Gala
| Sunday, 7 December 2008 | |
| 4pm to 7:30pm | Registration |
| 7:30pm to 7:45pm | Welcome and Greetings Marcia Rachel President, Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools |
| 7:45pm to 8:45pm | Opening Keynote Address Building on the Diversity and Multiculturalism of Health Professional Women Around the World Sally Armstrong Author, Filmmaker, Human Rights Activist |
| 8:45pm to 10pm | Reception |
| Monday, 8 December 2008 | |
| 7:15am to 8:15am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15am to 8:30am | Opening Remarks Barbara Nichols, Chief Executive Officer, CGFNS International |
| 8:30am to 9:15am | The Future of the Nursing Workforce in the United States Peter Buerhaus, Director Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, Institute of Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| 9:15am to 9:30am | Questions and Discussion Phyllis Kritek, Facilitator |
| 9:30am to 10:15am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:15am to 11am | Cross-cultural Challenges for Women in the Health Professions: A Historical Perspective Katrin Schultheiss, Associate Professor History Department, Gender and Women’s Studies Program, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 11am to 11:15am | Questions and Discussion Phyllis Kritek, Facilitator |
| 11:15am to 12 noon | Policy and Politics in Nursing and Healthcare: Its Impact on the Migration of Health Professional Women Diana Mason, Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Nursing |
| 12 noon to 12:15pm | Questions and Discussion Phyllis Kritek, Facilitator |
| 12:15pm to 1.15pm | Networking Luncheon |
| 1:15pm to 2pm | Trafficked Women: Links to Migration and Other Forms of Transnational Movement Laura J. Lederer, Senior Advisor on Human Trafficking U.S. Department of State; Adjunct Professor of Law |
| 2pm to 2:15pm | Questions and Discussion Phyllis Kritek, Facilitator |
| 2:15pm to 2:45pm | Refreshment Break |
| 2:45pm to 3:30pm | The Challenges of Global Migration for Health Professional Women: Moving to Understanding and Change Deborah Washington, Director Diversity in Patient Care Services, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 3:30pm to 3:45pm | Questions and Discussion Phyllis Kritek, Facilitator |
| 3:45pm to 4:15pm | Presentation to the Adele Herwitz Scholars |
| 4:15pm to 4:30pm | Summary and Closing Remarks |
| 6:30pm to 10pm | International Distinguished Leadership Award Reception and Dinner |
