Webcast Draft Agenda - Subject to Change
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(Webcast Begins)

1:00 – 1:05 pm Welcome
Amy Comstock Rick, J.D., Chief Executive Officer, Parkinson’s Action Network

1:05 – 2:05 pm How Government Affects Parkinson's Disease
Fred Longenecker, Director of Regulatory Affairs, GE Healthcare
Thomas Montine, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Director of Neuropathology, Alvord Endowed Chair in Neuropathology, University of Washington
Peter Schmidt, Ph.D., CIO and Vice President, Programs, National Parkinson Foundation
Ann Wasson, PAN California Congressional Coordinator

2:05 – 2:30 pm Keynote Address
U.S. Senator Mark Udall (D-CO)

2:30– 3:45 pm How Advocacy Moves Government
John Duda, M.D., Director, PADRECC, Philadelphia VA Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
Kathy Hudson, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Science, Outreach, and Policy, National Institutes of Health
James “J.P.” Paluskiewicz, Legislative Director, Representative Michael Burgess (R-TX)
James Trussell, PAN Georgia State Coordinator

3:45 – 3:55 pm New Congress Update
John Schall, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Parkinson’s Action Network

3:55 – 4:00 pm Closing Remarks

(Webcast Ends)