Event Details

March 21st, 2010
Montgomery Bell Academy Theater
4001 Harding Road
Nashville, TN

Doors Open: 12:00pm
Event: 1:00-6:00pm

Registration 12:00pm – 1:00pm

No physical tickets will be mailed. Instead, there will be a registration table where you will check in the day of the event. As long as you have your name and confirmation number provided by Paypal, you shouldn't have any problems. If you did not receive your confirmation number, please contact us.


PROGRAM

Speakers in order of Presentation:


Mark Montgomery, Entrepreneur - Emcee

Mark  is an Internet entrepreneur who strives to live his life on a few principles:  dream big, fear nothing and enjoy the ride.  He is well versed in the world of TED and has very  successfully navigated the ups and downs of the technology revolution over the  last 15 years, most recently with his former company, echo.  He is currently an Entrepreneur in  Residence at Claritas Capital, a Nashville venture capital firm, and serves as  a board member for several technology companies in the area.


Jeffrey Balser, M.D., Ph.D, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Title:  Personalization and the Future of Health

Dr. Balser will provide insights on how personalizing medicine will drive innovation and reshape healthcare for the future.


Jason Dinger  - CEO, Dispensary of Hope

Title: Hope...Freedom...and Medicine

Jason will take us on a journey  of what's possible when you reinvent the pharmaceutical supply chain.  Since its inception two years ago, the Dispensary of Hope has grown to  provide more than 100,000 prescriptions annually utilizing more than 50  dispensing sites throughout the country.  The solution provides medicine  at 1/10th the cost and saves hospitals tens of millions in bad  debt. While initially servicing the United States, the  Dispensary built its model to eventually serve low-income countries  throughout the world.


Greg Barz, Ph.D. - Musical Ethnomusicologist

Title: Singing for Life: HIV/AIDS and Music in Uganda

A Grammy Award-nominated medical ethnomusicologist, Dr. Barz explores the use of  music, dance and drama as a grassroots innovative medical intervention in the  fight against AIDS by communities in Uganda, East Africa.


Melvin Johnson, Ph.D. - President, Tennessee State University

Title: The Art and Science of Community Engagement

Dr. Johnson will weave a story of his own personal journey and leadership in  healthcare initiatives with world-changing implications.


Maureen Gannon, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University  Medical Center

Title: Beyond  insulin: The future of cell-based therapies to treat diabetes

Currently, insulin  replacement, in the form of multiple daily injections or via a programmable  pump, is the only form of treatment available to Type 1 diabetes patients.  While insulin replacement is clearly a lifesaver for these individuals, they must rigorously monitor their own blood sugar levels to ensure appropriate  insulin dosing…something the cells in the pancreas normally do on their own.  Thus, replacement of fully functional insulin-producing cells would be a  more ideal form of treatment and even a cure for patients with Type 1 diabetes.  Dr. Gannon will discuss the current strategies in diabetes  research including: 1. improving islet transplantation methods, 2.  generating insulin-producing cells in a Petri dish for use in transplantation, 3. making  insulin-producing cells from other types of cells, and 4. regenerating an  individual’s own insulin-producing cells.  


Donna Glassford - Executive Director of Cultural Enrichment, Vanderbilt University  Medical Center

Title: Hey Florence!

Donna commissioned a musical about nurses that was ultimately  cast and performed with working nurses from various units at Vanderbilt  University Medical Center.  Donna will speak about the value and importance  of art in health care settings and original cast members Susan Hernandez and  Demtryis Savage will perform two numbers from the musical.  


15 MINUTE BREAK


Jill Sobule - Musician

Title: Songs in the Spirit of TED

Jill  is a regular attendee at the national TED conferences.  She will perform songs from her  latest, 100% fan-funded record, California Years.


Major Scott Harrington - Physician, 101st Airborne

Title: The  Other Side of the War in Afghanistan (How We Are Winning)

An ARMY doctor for the 101st Airborne Division demonstrates how U.S. Military  doctors bring hope to a war-torn people and are a catalyst for peace in  Afghanistan.


Youth Speaks Nashville

Title: The Spoken Word

Youth  Speaks Nashville is building a community of  youth writers and a culture of  literacy through spoken word residencies, workshops, open mics, shows, and  slams. We believe that through words all youth can claim the power and hope to  determine their future. For more information, go to www.youthspeaksnashville.org .


Molly Secours - Writer, Filmmaker, Speaker, Activist

Title: The  Upside of Cancer

Molly  will share insights gained while battling stage IV uterine cancer and the  physical, emotional and spiritual transformation that occurred unexpectedly as  a result. 


15 MINUTE BREAK


Suzi Peel - Executive Director, Simple Public Health & Environment  Resources for Education (SPHERE)

Title: Health  Communication for the Least Literate Among Us

Suzi will speak on how low  literacy rates manifest in poverty and poor health outcomes and the new  communication tools being developed to share life-saving information with those  populations. 


Eddie George - Health and Fitness Guru

Title: Transformation  from Football Legend to Health and Fitness Guru

Eddie  will speak about his own life story and his current mission to give people the  knowledge, tools and inspiration to empower positive, lasting change in their  approach to healthy living.


Minton Sparks - Spoken Word Artist

Title: The  Emotional Landscape of the Southern Family

“Imagine,  if you will, Flannery O'Connor and the ghost of Hank Williams having an affair  that results in the birth of an illegitimate child . . . . I have seen Minton  Sparks. And if she’s not the ghost child of the woman who wrote Wise Blood and  the man who sang ‘I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive,’ then cotton doesn’t  grow in a cotton field.” singer/songwriter Marshall Chapman

Fusing music, poetry, and her intoxicating gift for  storytelling, wildly original spoken-word artist Minton Sparks continues to be in a category all her own.


James Hildreth, M.D., Ph.D. - Researcher, Meharry Medical College

Title: A  Journey of Faith and Hope, A Passion for Stopping AIDS

From  rural Arkansas to Harvard, Oxford and Johns Hopkins—now Nashville’s Meharry  Medical College--Dr. Hildreth will speak about the path that has taken him to  the edge of a discovery that could save the lives of millions all over the  world.  He will tell us about his  new approach to developing a contraceptive cream that holds the promise of killing the HIV virus.


Big Kenny - Musician, Philanthropist

Title: Love  Everybody

“My  mission is to highlight the good, inspire greatness and encourage mutual  responsibility for the betterment of humankind,” says Big Kenny, “and although  the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of  it.” Big Kenny will perform and speak about how his personal philosophy  and unique experiences drive his efforts to promote health-related projects all  over the world. 

6:00pm Program Adjournment

Reception 6:30-8pm at LeQuire Gallery (Free parking/Free  hors d’oeuvres/No host bar)