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Tuesday, March 27	Friday, March 30
Wednesday, March 28	Saturday, March 31
Thursday, March 29	Sunday, April 1

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

5:00–8:00 pm

Registration Desk Open

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

7:00 am–6:00 pm	Registration Desk Open
8:00 am–6:45 pm	9th Annual What’s Next Boomer Business Summit
8:30 am–1:00 pm	Capitol Hill Advocacy Day
2:00–5:00 pm	Concurrent Workshops
5:30–8:30 pm	Multicultural tour of Washington DC

Thursday, March 29, 2012

7:00 am–6:00 pm	Registration Desk Open
8:00–11:00 am	Concurrent Workshops
8:00–11:00 am	Boot Camp 1: How to Raise Money for Your Nonprofit Organization Through Partnerships
8:00–11:00 am	Boot Camp 2: Using Social Strategies to Connect With Consumers
8:00–11:00 am	Boot Camp 3: The Dollars and Sense of Sustainable Senior Transportation
8:00–11:00 am	Advocacy in Washington: Community for Social Change
8:00–11:30 am	Creating Change for Aging and Long-Term Services and Supports Through Social Action
8:00 am–12:30 pm	Creating an Environment of Safety and Inclusion for LGBT Older Adults
8:00 am–12:30 pm	Team-Based Models That Put Individuals and Family at the Center of Care
8:00 am–2:30 pm	HAN Program: Strategies for Enhancing the Health and Independence of Older Adults
8:00 am–2:30 pm	NCOA Program–Day 1
8:00 am–2:30 pm	National Forum on Brain Health
8:00 am–2:30 pm	NEST Program: Taking Tools and Models for Supporting Aging in Place to Scale
9:00 am–Noon	Scaling Up Effective Caregiver Programs: Best Practices and New Opportunities
10:00–11:00 am	Networking Orientation
10:00 am–2:30 pm	LAIN Program: Culturally Appropriate Services and Programs to Meet the Needs of LGBT Older Adults
11:30 am–12:30 pm	Concurrent Workshops/Poster Sessions
11:30 am–2:30 pm	National Forum on the Affordable Care Act: A Way Toward Aging With Dignity in America
1:00–2:30 pm	Concurrent Workshops
3:00–4:30 pm	General Session 1: The 2012 Political Landscape and Older Adults
4:30–7:30 pm	Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Reception

Friday, March 30, 2012

7:00 am–6:00 pm	Registration Desk Open
8:00–9:30 am	Concurrent Workshops
8:00–11:00 am	Family Caregivers: Policy Perspectives and Media Musings
8:00 am–12:30 pm	BFA Program: Business and Aging—Trends and Opportunities
8:00 am–12:30 pm	National Forum on Building a Workforce to Care for an Aging Society
8:00 am–12:30 pm	NOMA Program: The Impact of Demographic Changes on Elders of Color
8:00 am–12:30 pm	The Future of Entitlement Programs
8:00 am–2:30 pm	FORSA Program: Living Out Compassion Through Social Justice
8:00 am–3:30 pm	NCOA Program: Empowering Older Adults Through Evidence-Based Interventions
8:00 am–3:30 pm	New Ways to Make a Difference: Older Adults Are Leading Community Change (It's Happening Everywhere!)
8:30 am–3:30 pm	National Forum on the Future of Aging
9:00 am–3:00 pm	Creativity and Aging in America Initiative
9:30 am–4:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
10:00 am–2:00 pm	Concurrent Workshops/Poster Sessions
2:30–3:30 pm	Concurrent Workshops
4:00–5:00 pm	General Session 2: Malnutrition Among Older Adults
5:00–6:00 pm	General Session 3: Hunger in America
6:30–8:30 pm	Dinner out on the Town: Lebanese Taverna
6:30–8:30 pm	The 2011 Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards Reception

Saturday, March 31, 2012

7:00 am–6:00 pm	Registration Desk Open
8:00 am–4:30 pm	MHAN Program: Clinical Approaches to Mental Health for Aging and Culturally Diverse Populations
8:00–9:00 am	Concurrent Workshops
9:30 am–Noon	Concurrent Workshops/Poster Sessions
9:30 am–1:30 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
12:30–4:30 pm	Concurrent Workshops
5:00–6:00 pm	General Session 4: The Future of Caregiving
6:00–7:00 pm	Capitol Steps Entertainment
7:30–10:30 pm	DC Lights! Tour