Thursday

5:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Site Visits

Group 1 - Kingston Area Health Facilities

Group 2 - Manchester Area Health Facilities

Group 3 - St. James Area Health Facilities

Group 4 - St Ann Area Health Facilities

Group 5 - Portland Area Health Facilities

2:30 p.m. -

3:30 p.m.

REGISTRATION

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Opening Ceremony

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ken Baugh,

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Moderator: Dr. Grace Allen Young

Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Health

Thursday, February 21, 2008

First Scientific Session

Moderators

Prof. Archibald McDonald (JA)

       Dr. Tom Tilbury  (US)

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Disaster Planning to Mitigate the Effects of Natural and Man-made Disasters

Dr. Michael B. Belzer

Hennepin County Medical Center

University of Minnesota

5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Emergency Response to MN Bridge Collapse

Dr. Joe Clinton

 Hennepin County Medical Center

University of Minnesota

5:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Panel Questions

5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

BARRY WINT MEMORIAL LECTURE

Emerging Models for Primary Health Care in Jamaica

Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester

Chief Medical Officer, Jamaica

Introduced by Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell

Ministry of Health, Jamaica

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

DINNER

Pirate and Wrinches (Dinner and Entertainment hosted by the Hotel)