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8:30am - 4:30pm
Marriott Downtown Hotel | 85 West Street | New York City

12th Annual Information Forum | 2013

 
 
VOICES 12th Annual
Day of Remembrance Information Forum
 
Promoting Resilience, Healing Families & Communities
 
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
 
Marriott Downtown Hotel | 85 West Street | New York City
Registration Opens: 8:00 am | Program: 8:30am - 4:30pm
 

On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 VOICES hosted our 12th Annual Day of Remembrance Information Forum. This event was an insightful day featuring presentations, panel discussions and interactive workshops led by accomplished clinicians, authors, and researchers. We were pleased to bring together this group of professionals with expertise in the fields of psychology, research, occupational health, and medicine.

The day-long event included the following speakers and presentations:

 

 
8:00am
Registration Begins
 
8:30am
Round Table Conversation for Families
 
Round Table Conversation for Survivors and Responders
 
10:00am
Victim Compensation Fund Update
 
Sheila Birnbaum - Special Master of VCF
 
Laurie Breyer - WTC Health Program Services Manager
 
10:00am
Update on the 9/11 Memorial & Museum
 
Joe Daniels - President/CEO, National September 11 Memorial & Museum
 
Alice M. Greenwald - Executive Vice President for Programs, Director of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum
 
12:00pm
Lunch
 
1:00pm
Medical Update on the WTC Health Program
 
Laurie Breyer - WTC Health Program Services Manager
 
Terry Miles - Executive Director, WTC Environmental Health Center
 
Sheila Smyth-Giambanco - Clinical Director, Cancer Care Coordinator
 
Annie Lok - Program Coordinator, Responder Program Data Center at Mt. Sinai
 
 
Meeting the Unmet Needs of Victims' Families & Survivors
 
2:00pm
Breathing and Meditation Workshop
 
Dr. Richard P. Brown - Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons; Chairman of "Serving Those Who Serve"
 
3:00pm
Break
 
3:30pm
"Battle For Ground Zero"
 
Elizabeth Greenspan - Author: Urban Anthropologists, Teaching at Harvard University
 
3:30pm
"We're Not Leaving"
 
Dr. Benjamin Luft - Author: Director of the Long Island Clinical Center of Excellence
 
4:30pm
Closing Remarks
 

 
September 11th Family Luncheon
PJ Clarke's On The Hudson Four World Trade Center
 
P.J. Clarke's on the Hudson was kind enough to offer a luncheon for 9/11 families after the Commemorative Event at the 9/11 Memorial located at Four World Financial Center.