NOTE: Application for 12 CE credits has
been submitted, pending approval.We anticipate credit through Parker College. Check with
your Board to confirm credit in your state.
WCA Summit Agenda
Thursday March 1, 2001 -- Washington Welcomes Subluxation-based Chiropractors!
Noon - 5pm: Registration begins,
Washington Court Hotel.
5 - 7 pm: A special reception in the
Mansfield Room of the Senate Building. Dozens of top Washington dignitaries have been
invited and we expect a solid turnout of Senators and House Members. Come "meet and
greet" the legislators who will help us promote and safeguard subluxation-based
chiropractic through effective and fair legislation in the coming session. Bus
transportation to the Senate Building will be provided and photojournalists will be on
hand to commemorate this historic occasion. Note: Registration is limited for this event
and will require prior security clearance. If interested in attending, contact the World
Chiropractic Alliance at 800-347-1011 by February 10.
Friday March 2, 2001 -- Legislative & Leadership Day /
Global Activities
This is a tentative schedule and includes all invited
guests and speakers. Speaking reservations have not yet been confirmed and the list of
actual speakers and guests, as well as presentation topics, are subject to change.
9 - 9:30 am: Opening remarks by
Dr. Terry A. Rondberg, President, World Chiropractic Alliance.
9:30 - 10 am: Keynote speech. The role of chiropractic care
in the overall American health system -- Secretary of Health & Human Services or
representative.
10 -10:30 am: Welcome from the House
of Representatives. Invited to speak: Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Tex.), Majority
Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), and Minority Whip David
Bonior (D-Mich.).
10:30 - 11 am: Welcome from the United
States Senate. Invited to speak: Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Majority Whip
Don Nickles (R-Okla.), Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), and Assistant Democratic
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
11 - 11:30 am: The role of the federal
government in promoting chiropractic research. Invited to speak: Sen. Arlen Specter
(R-Pa.), Chairman of the Senate HHS Subcommittee on Appropriations; Sen. Ernest Hollings
(D-S.C.); and Rep. Ralph Regula (Ohio), Chairman of the House HHS Subcommittee on
Appropriations.
11:30 - noon: Chiropractic care and
Medicare. Invited to speak: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee; Sen. John D. Rockefeller, IV (D-W.Va.), ranking member of the Senate
Subcommittee on Health; and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), ranking member on the Senate
Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee.
Noon - 12:30 pm: Chiropractic care in the military and veterans
affairs. Invited to speak: Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.), Chairman of the Personnel
Subcommittee, Senate Armed Forces Committee; Sen. Max Cleland (D-Ga.), ranking Democrat,
Personnel Subcommittee, Senate Armed Forces; Committee; and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.),
member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.
12:30 - 2 pm: LUNCH
2 - 2:30 pm: How to impact the public
policy debate in the U.S. Senate. Invited to speak: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Deputy
Majority Whip.
2:30- 3 pm: The impact of the 2000
elections on health care policy in the U.S. Invited to speak: Sen. Joseph Lieberman
(D-Conn.).
3 - 3:30 pm: Chiropractic and the role of the National Institutes
of Health. Invited to speak: Ruth L. Kirchstein, acting Director, NIH, and William R.
Harlan, Associate Director, Office of Disease Prevention.
3:30 - 4 pm: Chiropractic care and its place in American history.
Invited to speak: Sen. Orin Hatch (R-Utah) member of the Health Subcommittee of the Senate
Finance Committee.
4 - 5 pm: The importance of chiropractic educational standards. Fabrizio
Mancini, D.C., President Parker College of Chiropractic.
5 - 6 pm: The work of the White House
Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Veronica Gutierrez, D.C., the
sole chiropractic representative on CAM .
6 - 7 pm: Chiropractic
intraprofessional cooperation and legislative affairs. Patrick Gentempo, D.C.
Saturday March 3, 2001 -- The Learning Never Stops
9 - 9:30 am: Dr. Terry A. Rondberg,
President, World Chiropractic Alliance.
9: 30 - 10:30 am: Examining chiropractic research and techniques.
Matthew McCoy, D.C, Editor Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research.
10:30 - 11:30 am: Chiropractic pediatrics: caring for the world's
children. Drs. Stuart and Theresa Warner.
11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Public education
and risk management. Timothy Feuling, Vice President of the World Chiropractic
Alliance.
12:30 - 2 pm: LUNCH
2 - 3 pm: Honoring and remembering B.J. Palmer.
Clair O'Dell, D.C. and others who knew B.J. -- an open mike tribute to the developer of
chiropractic.
3 - 4 pm: "The Big Idea ... A
vision of world-wide wellness from your practice to Capitol Hill. David Jackson, D.C.
4 - 5 pm: A special presentation by Dr. Karl Pribram, one of today's
most influential scholars in the study of the mind-brain relationship.
5 - 6 pm: Chiropractic philosophy. Fred Barge, D.C.
6 - 7 pm: Chiropractic's role in
global wellness. Christopher Kent, D.C., will discuss the WCA's working relations
with the World Health Organization and his work as the Main NGO representative to the
United Nations Department of Information.
Sunday March 4, 2001 -- Reviving the Spirit
9 - 10 am: Topic to be announced.
Dave Mager.
10 - 11 am: "A Totally New
Vision." Drs. David Jackson and Patrick Gentempo.
11 - noon: Feedback from the WCA
International Board of Governors; "One-Minute Comments," and close. Dr.
Terry A. Rondberg.
Note: Specific topics, speakers and
times are subject to change
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