Cost of Attendance:
Before 5/9/2017: $35
After 5/9/2017: $50
Methods of payment include credit card or check only. If paying by check, please put "2017 Symposium and Celebration" in the memo section and deliver in person OR mail to:
Center for Donation and Transplant
218 Great Oaks Blvd.
Albany, NY 12203
Donate Life Symposium and Celebration 2017
Join us at this year's Donate Life Symposium and Celebration, a day long opportunity to provide our hospital partners with tools and resources to help maximize the gifts of organ, eye and tissue donation and celebrate all the Donate Life Champions that help make donation "Mission: Possible!"
New this year: Valet parking is included in the price of this year's ticket!
Event Outline:
Symposium:
10:30-11 am: Registration
11:15 – 12 pm: Plenary Session – Addressing the Heroin Epidemic in the Donation and Transplantation Community: Chris Curran, New England Donor Services
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: Breakout Sessions (Attendees choose one):
A. Saving Lives: Increasing the Number of Registered Donors in New York State: Aisha Tator, Executive Director of the New York Alliance for Donation (NYAD)
B. HIV and Organ Donation: What is Possible: CDT Staff
1:15-2 pm: Lunch & Networking
2:15 - 3:15 pm: Breakout Sessions (Attendees choose one):
A. Saving Lives: Increasing the Number of Registered Donors in New York State: Aisha Tator, Executive Director of the New York Alliance for Donation (NYAD)
B. HIV and Organ Donation: What is Possible: CDT Staff
3:30 – 4 pm: Afternoon Plenary Session: Connect to Purpose: Dr. Chris Kjolhede, MD, MPH, Bassett Healthcare Network & Donor Father
*CEUs to be awarded pending approval
Celebration:
**Suggested Dress: This is a celebration, with a "Mission: Possible" theme! Feel free to dress up a little and join in on the fun.**
4:30 - 5:30: Cocktail hour featuring live music, a photobooth and a prizewheel!
5:30 - 6:30: Dinner
6:30: Donate Life Celebration Awards Ceremony
Please note: Registration will close automatically on 5/15/2017.