Day 1 (July 23rd)

Agenda

Location

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration & Coffee

Plenary

9:00am - 9:15am

Welcome & Summit Introduction

Katherine Winter-Sellery, Summit Chairwoman
Filiz Odabas-Geldiay, Executive Director, IAHV

Plenary

9:15am - 9:35am

Opening Remarks: America’s Changing Mental Health Landscape: Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, PhD., Founder & President of Give an Hour, and incoming Executive Director of the Task Force PREVENTS (President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide)

Plenary

9:35am - 10:20am

Healthcare Panel Discussion & Q&A: “21st Century Healthcare: Innovative Strategies for a Comprehensive and Holistic Approach to Mental Healthcare”

Panelists: 

  • Dr. Tracy Gaudet, MD. (Executive Director of the Veterans Health Administration’s National Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation)
  • Dr. Scott Shannon, MD. (Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at University of Colorado, former President of the American Holistic Medical Association and the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine)

Dr. Emma Seppälä, PhD. (Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion, Co-Director of Yale College Emotional Intelligence Project) 

  • Dr. Farnaaz Sharief, MD., MBE. (Elected Governing Body Member and Clinical Lead for Mental Health, NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group)


Moderator: Dr. Randy Phelps, PhD. (CEO Give an Hour, former Senior Advisor, American Psychological Association)

Plenary

10:20am - 10:50am

Morning Break / Networking

Plenary

10:50am - 11:05am

Spotlight Talk (video): “Global and Local Mental Health Perspectives” by Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations and Congressman Ed Perlmutter, U.S. Representative for Colorado's 7th congressional district

Plenary

11:05am - 12:00pm

Policy Panel Discussion & Q&A: “Mental Health & Policy: Innovation Strategies for Global and Local Change”

Panelists: 

  • Sam Beard (Founder & President, GIFT Foundation, worked for 8 US presidents)

Daniel Stewart (State and Local Government Advisor – Cisco, Former Commissioner of the New York State Commission of Correction, Mayor of Plattsburg, and homeless veteran)

Ken Weil (Co-founder and Principal, Social Impact Solutions, Former Deputy Chief of Staff for CO Governor Bill Ritter)

Anjana Prewitt (Director, Community Mobilization, Red Cross)

Colonel Anselmo Brandao (General Commander of the State of Bahia Police Force, Brazil)

Moderator: Dr. Benjamin Miller, PsyD. (Chief Strategy Officer for Well Being Trust, founding Director of Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center at University of Colorado)

Plenary

12:00pm - 12:10pm

Moderated Energy Boost

Plenary

12:10pm - 12:25pm

From the Heart: Youth Perspectives & Experiences

Presenters: 

Lea Gagnon (11th-grade Student, Immaculate Heart Academy, NJ)

Pia Sellery (Rising Senior at University of Southern California)

Kelsi Lynde (National Coordinator for SKY University Program)

Plenary

12:25pm – 1:10pm

Education Panel Discussion & Q&A: “Mental Health & Education Landscape”

Panelists:

Matt Vogl (MPH, Executive Director, National Mental Health Innovation Center at University of Colorado)

Dr. Emma Seppälä, PhD. (Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion, Co-Director of Yale College Emotional Intelligence Project)

Johane Ligonde (Principal, Freeport, NY School District)

Moderators: Elan Gepner (Director of YES! For Schools) and Kamaria Clifton (UNC Masters Student and IAHV-SKY student leader)

Plenary

1:10pm - 2:30pm

Networking lunch

Track Room

2:30pm – 2:45pm

Musical Performance: MILCK (Singer/songwriter, leading figure in 2017 Women’s March)

Plenary

2:45pm - 3:30pm

Business Panel Discussion & Q&A: “Mental Health & Business: A Crisis at Work”

Panelists:

Dr. David Nill, MD. (Chief Medical Officer, Cerner Corporation)

Garrett Walker (Former Chief Human Resource Officer, Quintiles)

Johann Berlin (Chief Executive Officer, TLEX Institute)

Moderator: Louis Gagnon (Chief Executive Officer, Total Brain)

Plenary

3:30pm – 3:40pm

Spotlight Talk: “Mental Health and Human-centric Design” by John Sellery, FAIA, Group Managing Director, and Dr. Christine Bruckner, FAIA, M Moser Architects   

Plenary

3:40pm - 3:55pm

Moderated Energy Boost


3:55pm - 4:00pm

Spotlight Talk: “Social Media and Bullying” by Rabbi Abraham Cooper (Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center)

Plenary

4:00pm - 4:45pm

Selected Film Clips & Commentary

Medicating Normal by Wendy Ratcliffe & Lynn Cunningham

American Tragedy by Lisa Sabey

The Great Turning by Craig Schindler


Plenary

4:45pm - 5:00pm

Closing Remarks: “Building a Mindful Nation,” Congressman and Presidential Candidate Tim Ryan

Plenary