Conference Programming
DAILY AGENDAS (with session descriptions and panelists)
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For Saturday, December 8 click here
The following panels have been confirmed and will be included in the 2007 programming:
| Topic | Session Title | Confirmed Speaker(s) |
| AIDS in the South | AIDS and Drug Policy in the South: Working Towards a New Bottom Line | Kathy Hiers, Valencia Robinson, Ron Crowder, Bishop Joyce Turner Keller, Rep. Laura Hall, James Learned |
| Ban the Box | Ban the Box: Winning Back the Right to Work | Sakeenah Robinson, Chuck Turner, Malik Rahim, Dorsey Nunn |
| Black America | Black America: the Debate Within | Isaac Fulwood, Glenn Loury, Rev. Ed Sanders, Marie Kirkley Bey, Dr. James Peterson |
| Campus Change | Campus Change Campaign: Colleges as Laboratories for Reform | Stacia Cosner, Dan Cornelius, Micah Daigle |
| Canadian Medical Marijuana | Northern Exposure: Cutting-Edge Medical Cannabis Research and Legal Reform in Canada | Philippe Lucas, Dr. Andy Hathaway, Lynne Belle-Isle, Rielle Capler, Kirk Tousaw |
| Congress Update | Building Momentum in Congress | Rob Kampia, Nkechi Taifa, Jesselyn McCurdy, Bill Piper, Daniel Raymond, Kris Krane, Sanho Tree, Tom Angell |
| Diversion | Diversion for Non Addicts? | Alex Stevens, Lou Martinez, Mike Lawlor, Sharon Woo, Margaret Dooley |
| Drinking Age / Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction | Harm Reduction Goes to College: Is it Time to Lower the Drinking Age? | John McCardell, Aaron Hess, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Deborah Lewis, Marsha Rosenbaum |
| Drug Law Informants | To Snitch or Not to Snitch? Diverse Viewpoints on the Role of Informants in American Drug Law Enforcement | Mark Lamont Hill, Davey D, Ethan Brown |
| Drug Textbooks | Drugs and Behavior 101: A Tool to Teach Critical Thinking Skills | Carl Hart, Charles Ksir, Mark Galizio |
| Drug User Organizing | Bridging the Gap: Drug User Organizing | Berne Stalenkrantz, Stijn Goossens, Louie Jones, Matt Curtis |
| Drug War Costs | Against the Odds: Reversing the Personal and Cultural Impact of Incarceration | Kathie Kane-Willis, Silja Talvi, Suzanne Mayo, Mike Whitty, Carol Shapiro |
| Europe Roundtable | Europe and Drug Policy Reform: Stepping Forward or Falling Back? | Michael Jourdan, Paul Thewissen, Peter Sarosi, Sophie Pinkham, Joep Oomen, Craig Reinarman, Sebastian Saville |
| Faith Panel | Faith, Action and Change: Mobilizing Religious Opposition to the Drug War | Rev. Ed Sanders, Chuck Thomas |
| Hallucinogens | Physically, Mentally, Emotionally Better: Psychedelics as Healing Agents | Jodie Evans, Mark Plotkin, Norbert Litzinger, Ken Tupper, Jag Davies |
| Harm Reduction Therapy | Harm Reduction Therapy: Clinical and Ethical issues in Practice | Patt Denning, Traci Williams, Andrew Tatarsky, Fred Rotgers |
| HEA - ongoing | Restoring Education: The Fight to Repeal the HEA Aid Elimination Penalty | Kris Krane, Adam Wolf, Tom Angell, Shawn Heller |
| History of Harm Reduction | The Hidden Histories of Harm Reduction | Joe Spillane, Nancy Campbell, Caroline Acker, Sheigla Murphy, Allan Clear |
| Ibogaine | IBOGAINE - An Effective Therapy for Chemical Dependence | Howard Lotsof, Jeffrey Kamlet, Patrick Kroupa, Dana Beal, Clare Wilkins, Dimitri Mugianis, Allan Clear |
| Immigration | Collateral Damage: Immigrants and the War on Drugs | Alina Das, Deepali Gokhale |
| Integrating Harm Reduction | Integrating Harm Reduction into Public Systems | Daliah Heller, Bernie Lieving, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Donald MacPherson, Roseanne Scotti |
| Juvenile Justice / BZT | Dismantling the School-to-Jail Pipeline: Drug Policy Reform and Juvenile Justice | Bart Lubow, Jim Freeman, Dana Kaplan, Tshaka Barrows, Jasmine Tyler |
| Latin America | Confronting the U.S. War on Drugs in Latin America: Local and Regional Strategies | Sanho Tree, Luiz Guanabara, Pablo Cyerman, Bolivian Representative, Nancy Sanchez Mendez, Ricardo Garrido (invited), Luciana Boiteux |
| LEAP | Drug Warriors Against the War | James Anthony, Tim Datig, Mike Smithson, Judge Eleanor Schockett, Rusty White |
| Legalization | Beyond Prohibition: Describing a Drug War Exit Strategy | Roger Goodman, Alex Wodak, Eugene Oscapella, Frederick Polak, Maria Lucia Karam, Steve Rolles |
| Marijuana Arrests | Reefer Madness: Cannabis Law Enforcement Around the U.S. | Bruce Johnson, Harry Levine, Mason Tvert, Ray Warren, Deborah Small |
| Marijuana & Health | Healthy and High? Marijuana as Medicine and Beyond | David Ostrow, Craig Reinarman, Tom Kujawski |
| Medical Marijuana Implementation | Medical Marijuana Implementation State-to-State | Brian Vincente, Tom Daubert, Alison Holcomb, Pam Lichty, Dan Abrahamson, Steve Jenison |
| Medical Marijuana & DEA | The DEA War on Medical Marijuana | Reena Sczezpanski, Allen Hopper, Dale Gieringer, Jag Davies, Steph Sherer, Don Duncan, Ray Warren |
| Methamphetamine | Understanding Methamphetamine | Nick Rasmussen, Carl Hart, Luciano Colonna, Susan Kingston, Jacob Sullum |
| Mexico | Mexican Trends in Drug Policy and Public Opinion | Ricardo Sala, Dr. Humberto Brocca, Dr. Luis Astorga, Gady Zabicky, Jorge Tinajero |
| National Marijuana Strategy | National Marijuana Policy: New Directions | Ethan Nadelmann, Rob Kampia, Steph Sherer, Graham Boyd, Allen St. Pierre |
| New Orleans Drug Culture | Drug Cultures in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Implications for Harm Reduction | Gwanji Richardson, Ed Morris, Eloise Dunlap, Stan Hoogereurf |
| New Orleans panel | Post-Katrina, Can New Orleans Afford to Keep Fighting the Failed "War on Drugs?" | Jackie Smith, Judge Calvin Johnson, Cory Turner, Tyrone Smith, Norris Henderson, Kevin Lavine, Else Peterson |
| Overdose | Understanding and Preventing Opioid Poisoning: A National Perspective | Sharon Stancliff, Dan Bigg, Nab Dasgupta, Steve Jones |
| Partner with Law Enforcement | Not the Usual Suspects: Working with Law Enforcement to Improve Drug Policy and Services | Jack Cole, Dominick Zurlo, Tom Wood |
| Pregnant Women | Pregnant Women: Another Casualty of the Drug War | Lynn Paltrow, Tiloma Jayasinghe, Duchy Trachtenberg, Susan Boyd, Theshia Naidoo |
| Prescribing Heroin | Prescribing Heroin | David Marsh, Peter Blanken |
| Public Safety | Public Safety and Drugs: A New Paradigm Called Justice | Lorenzo Jones, Robert Rooks, David Soares, Rosana Cruz |
| Recovery Community | Recovery Advocacy and Drug Policy Reform: Can't We All Just Get Along? | Johnny Alem, Wyndi Anderson, Howard Josepher, Donald Davis, Naomi Long, Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis |
| Selective Enforcement | A Diamond in the Rough or a Model For Change? One City's Experiment in Taking on Racially-Biased Drug Enforcement | Carlie Ware, K.L. Shannon, Andy Ko, Shakyra Diaz, Anjuli Verma, Sunil Abraham |
| Student Drug Testing | No Child Left Untested?: Fighting Back Against Random Student Drug Testing | Annette Fuentes, Bill Sciambi, David Lewis, Christopher Lauth, Jennifer Kern |
| Tobacco and Harm Reduction | Tobacco: The New Most Dangerous Drug? | Carl Phillips, David Sweanor, Cheryl Healton, Scott Ballin, Ernie Drucker |
| Training: Advocacy | Creating an Effective Advocacy Campaign | Whitney Taylor |
| Training: Antiracist | Antiracist Organizing To End The War On Drugs | Gabriel Sayegh, Clare Bayard, Ingrid Chapman |
| Training: Buprenorphine | Buprenorphine: Thinking Outside the Box | Sharon Stancliff |
| Training: BZT | Beyond Zero Tolerance: Experience It For Yourself | Chuck Ries |
| Training: Elevator Arguments | Elevator Arguments | Dave Guard, Peter Guither |
| Training: Fundraising | Fundraising Roundtable - Getting to "Yes": How To Get A Positive Response From Foundations and Your Online Supporters | Asha Bandele, David Glowka, Clovis Thorn |
| Training: Hepatitis C | Integrating Hepatitis C for Outreach & Peer Programs | Narelle Ellendon, Donald Davis |
| Training: Media | Making the News: How To Get the Media To Cover Your Issue | Bruce Mirken, Mary Jane Borden, Tommy McDonald, Tony Papa, Cole Krawitz |
| Training: Overdose Prevention | How to Design and Implement an Opioid Overdose Prevention Program | Caroline Rath, Lauren Enteen |
| Training: Policy & Politics | Evidence, Emotions and Ideology: Lessons for Drug Policy Reform from the Vexed Politics of Needle Exchange | Hilary McQuie, Daniel Raymond |
| Training: Working with Law Enforcement | Engaging with Law Enforcement: Prevention, Monitoring and Response | Basha Closic, Corey Davis |
| Training: Youth Engagement | Working with Youth: In Policy, Programs, and the Decisions That Affect Their Lives | Caitlin Padgett |
| UNGASS 08 | Around the World in 90 Minutes | Luiz Guanabara, Daniel Wolfe, Martin Jelsma, Patrick O'Hare, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Pien Metaal (INVITED), Marco Perduca (INVITED), Alex Wodak |
