Institute of Medicine
Workshop on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation
Keck Center of the National Academies
Conference Room 100
500 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
June 20, 2005

Note:  Online presentations from the Workshop on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation are subject to copyright protection.  Permission from the speaker is required prior to any copying, reproducing, or rebroadcasting any portion of a speaker's presentation. 

Continental Breakfast  - Lobby Area

8:00 -- 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

                           James Childress, Chair

8:10 -- 9:00         Panel 1: Determinants of Donation and Views on Incentives 
                          (Moderator: David Schkade)

                           8:10      Laura Siminoff, Case Western Reserve University 
                           8:25      Jim Wells, The Gallup Organization
                           8:40      Discussion with the committee

9:00 -- 10:15       Panel 2: International Perspective 
                          (Moderator: Raul de Velasco)
           
                           9:00      Leo Roels, Donor Action Foundation, Belgium
                           9:20      Rafael Matesanz, Organizacion Nacional de
                                       Trasplantes, Spain (invited)
                           9:40      Discussion with the committee

10:15 -- 12:00      Panel 3: System Changes
                          (Moderator: Clive Callender)

                           10:15    Jade Perdue, Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative
                           10:35    Nancy Ascher, University of California, San Francisco
                           10:45    Pamela Lipsett, Johns Hopkins University
                           10:55    Richard Hasz, Gift of Life Donor Program
                           11:05    Janet Mart, Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates 
                           11:15    Discussion with the committee

12:00 -- 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 -- 2:00         Panel 4: Economic Considerations Regarding Incentives 
                         (Moderator: David Howard)
               
                           1:00      David Kaserman, Auburn University
                           1:10      Lloyd Cohen, George Mason University
                           1:20      Emmanuel Thorne, Brooklyn College, City University of New York 
                           1:30      Discussion with the committee

2:00 -- 3:30         Panel 5: Ethical Issues Regarding Incentives
                         (Moderator: Jim DuBois)

                           2:00      Frank Delmonico, New England Organ Bank
                           2:10      Robert Veatch, Georgetown University
                           2:20      Dan Brock, Harvard University  
                           2:30      Sheldon Zink, University of Pennsylvania
                           2:40      Discussion with the committee

3:30 -- 4:30         Panel 6: Individual Decision-Making (Moderator: Debra Schwinn)

                           3:30      Aaron Spital, New York Organ Donor Network
                           3:40      Eric Johnson, Columbia University
                           3:50      Kevin Myer, LifeNet
                           4:00      Discussion with the committee

4:30 -- 5:30         Panel 7: Donation After Cardiac Death (Moderator: Lewis Goldfrank)

                           4:30      Frank Delmonico, New England Organ Bank
                           4:40      Jimmy Light, Washington Hospital Center
                           4:50      Kenneth Wood, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
                           5:00      Discussion with the committee

5:30 -- 6:15         Public Comments -- Registered Speakers

6:15 -- 7:00         Reception -- Guests and Committee- Atrium -- 3^rd Floor