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Thank you for your interest in our 3rd annual National Conference on Work and Cancer! Below is the 2013 conference agenda.

*Please note that agenda includes confirmed speakers only, and sessions and speakers are still being finalized. 

Time

Topic

8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast with Exhibitors

9:00 AM

Welcome 

Kate Sweeney, Cancer and Careers

9:15 AM

The Doctor's Perspective

Dr. Alan Astrow, Maimonides Medical Center, Dr. Ruth Oratz, NYU School of Medicine

10:00 AM

Employment Rights & Health Insurance

Joanna Morales, Esq., Cancer Rights Attorney, CEO, Triage Cancer

12:00 PM

Lunch

  Breakout Sessions (pick one):
1:15 PM

Job Search

Julie Jansen, Executive and Career Coach and Author

Healthcare Reform

Monica Bryant, Cancer Rights Attorney; COO, Triage Cancer

Working During and After Treatment

Rebecca V. Nellis, Cancer and Careers

2:15 PM Coffee Break with Exhibitors
  Breakout Sessions (pick one):
2:30PM

Career in the Age of the App

Jenny Blake, Life After College

Working During and After Treatment

Rebecca V. Nellis, Cancer and Careers

Career Change

Julie Jansen, Executive and Career Coach and Author

3:30 PMCoffee Break with Exhibitors
 Breakout Sessions (pick one):
3:45 PM

Career Coach Panel

Bud Bilanich, Career Coach
Jenny Blake
, Life After College
Julie Jansen, Executive and Career Coach and Author
Rebecca V. Nellis, Cancer and Careers

The Employer's Perspective

Nadine Mockler, Flexible Resources, Inc., Principal 
Diane Paccione, QVC, VP of Merchandising for Beauty & Jewelry

Diana Sacchi-Martinovic,  Human Resources Executive
Kate Sweeney, Cancer and Careers

Taking Time Off

Joanna Morales, Esq. Cancer Rights Attorney; CEO, Triage Cancer

5:00 PM Conference concludes