Schedule of Events

2006 Annual Meeting & Voice Institute

19 July- 22 July
This is a "working" schedule only - as of 24 February 2006

(Maximize your screen to view this schedule properly)
(Items in
BLUE are for both AM and VI participants jointly)

 

This schedule of events is “Under Construction” and subject to change. The topics listed are subject to the availability

 of anticipated speakers and their schedule. We do not anticipate major changes except for actual speakers

 and the date and time of the subjects. However, the actual subjects are probably 90% correct.

 

                                                         Voice Institute                                   Annual Meeting

 

Wednesday
19 July

 

 

8:00 Opening Events

 

8:15 Overview Laryngectomy Care & Speech Opts

 

8:45 Anatomical Considerations/ Med-Surg

 

9:15 Teaching the Use of ALDs

 

10:00 BREAK

 

10:15 ALD Clinic

 

11:00 Refinements of ALD Speech

 

11:30 Selecting an ALD

 

11:45 ALD adjustments & repairs

 

12:15 Lunch (CDG, TW & MKB meet VIPs)

 

1:15 Intro Esophageal Speech

 

1:45 Developing Functional ES

 

2:15 TEP Candidacy

 

2:45 Fitting a TE Prosthesis

 

3:30 BREAK

 

4:00 TE Prosthesis product overview, Selection

 

5:00 Evaluating Alaryngeal Speech

 

5:30 Meeting the Counseling Needs

 

7:00-10:00 Meet & Greet Reception

 

 

 

Committee Meetings All Day

 

Rooms and schedule TBD

 

12:00 -5:00   Annual Meeting Registration 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:00-10:00 Meet & Greet Reception

Thursday

20 July

Joint Session

 

7:00 Registration Opens

 

8:00 Opening Ceremonies

 

8:30 Keynote:
 Quality of Life Following Head & Neck Cancer
 Philip Doyle, PhD

 

9:15 Untitled
Dr. Frans Hilgers

 

10:00 BREAK – EXHIBITS OPEN

 

10:45 Issues in Survivorship

 

11:30 Stroke

 

12:30 Lunch

 

12:30 - 5:00 Delegate Registration

 

 

1:45-2:45 Vendor’s Lunch: Exhibits Closed

 

1:45 Medical Panel

 

2:45 Palliative Care/ End of Life Issues   

 

3:30 – 5:00 BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Water Activities – Pool Side

 

4:00 Hands-on Sessions
(Voice Institute Only)

 

5:00 Breakouts

a. Bodily Functions (Incl Dental)
b. Xerostomia

c. ALD Speech

d. Esophageal Speech

e. TEP Speech
f. Spouse Rap Session

 

6:00 Exhibits Close

 

7:45 Sing-A-Long

 

Joint Session

 

7:00 -5:00 Registration

 

8:00 Opening Ceremonies

 

8:30 Keynote:
 Quality of Life Following Head & Neck Cancer
 Philip Doyle, PhD

 

9:15 Untitled
Dr. Frans Hilgers

 

10:00 BREAK – EXHIBITS OPEN

 

10:45 Issues in Survivorship

 

11:30 Stroke 

 

12:30 Lunch

 

12:30 - 5:00 Delegate Registration

 

 

1:45-2:45 Vendor’s Lunch: Exhibits Closed

 

1:45 Medical Panel

 

2:45 Palliative Care/ End of Life Issues   

 

3:30 – 5:00 BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Water Activities – Pool Side

 

4:00 Hands-on Sessions
(Voice Institute Only)

 

5:00 Breakouts

a. Bodily Functions (Incl Dental)
b. Xerostomia

c. ALD Speech

d. Esophageal Speech

e. TEP Speech
f. Spouse Rap Session

 

6:00 Exhibits Close

 

7:45 Sing-A-Long

 

Friday

21 July

8:00 Management of TE Complications
                    Eric Blom, PhD

 

9:00 Tracheostoma Valves & Attachments

 

9:45 BREAK

 

10:15 Stoma Care & Pulmonary Rehab (HMEs)

 

11:15 Lunch/ Travel

 

12:00 TEP Clinic

 

4:00 Travel From Clinic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:00 Breakouts

      a. Bodily Functions (Incl Dental)

      b. Maintaining a hands-free seal

      c. ALD Speech
      d. Esophageal Speech

      e. Spouse Rap Session
      f. Xerostomia

 

6:00 Exhibits Close

 

 

6:30- 9:00 WebWhispers Reception and Dinner

(Reservations required)

 

8:00-12:00 Registration/Delegate Registration

 

 

9:00  Tracheoesophageal Voice Restoration—

           Then and Now
                Eric Blom, PhD

 

                      Exhibits Open @ 9:00

 

10:00 BREAK

 

10:30 TBD

 

11:15 Tobacco Education

             Bob Mehrman

 

12:00  Lunch

 

1:00 Vendor’s Lunch – Exhibits Closed

 

1:00  Neck and Shoulder Dysfunction Following  a Laryngectomy

Kelly A. Moore, MPT

 

Or

1:00 Outreach Training

Gary Miner & Barbara Nitschneider

 

1:45 Patient and Family Visitation  

Tina Long, Gary Miner, Barb Nitschneider

 

2:30  Laryngectomee Panel

            Marion Mito, SLP

Or

2:30 Public Speaking
                    Gary Miner

 

3:15  Break

 

3:45 Medicare: The Insurance Maze
                   Speaker from Social Security

Or

3:45 TBD 

 

5:00 Breakouts

      a. Bodily Functions (Incl Dental)

      b. Maintaining a hands-free seal

      c. ALD Speech
      d. Esophageal Speech

      e. Spouse Rap Session

      f. Xerostomia

 

6:00 Exhibits Close

 

 

6:30- 9:00 WebWhispers Reception and Dinner

(Reservations required)

 

 

Saturday

22 July

8:00 Laryngectomy Supplies (Vendor Panel)

 

 9:00 Dysphagia

 

9:45 Maximizing Alaryngeal Communication

 

11:00 Hands-on Sessions

 

12:00 Closing of VI

 

12:30 Lunch /IAL Test (optional)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:00 No Host Cocktails

 

7:00 Banquet and Dance

9:00 Exhibits Open

 

9:00  Annual Meeting of the Delegates

 

11:00 Lunch

 

12:00 Exhibits Close

 

12:30 Managing Grief, Anger, & Depression

                    Caryn Melvin,PhD

 

1:15  Fun Show and Raffle 

 

2:30 Spouse Session – Panel with Moderator,

           Question and Answer Format

 

2:30 IAL Board Meeting

 

6:00 No Host Cocktails

 

7:00 Banquet and Dance