2023 Knowledge Is Power Symposium
The symposium scheduled for October 20 has been postponed. We’ll update this page when details regarding a new date become available.
Friday, October 20
8:45am – 4:30pm
Registration and breakfast starting at 8am
Alverno College, Milwaukee
Featuring multiple educational sessions as well as informational displays from community partners, this day-long event is free and open to the public. It is intended for a wide audience, to include survivors and caregivers, healthcare workers, researchers and medical students, and community and social justice advocates.
Preliminary Schedule
Schedule subject to change
8am
Registration and Breakfast
8:45am
Symposium Kickoff
Lindsey Nathan O’Connor, WBCC President
9am
Policy/Advocacy/Survivorship Track: State and Federal Legislation and Advocacy
Dawn Anderson and Linda Hansen, WBCC Policy Committee members and breast cancer advocates
Clinical/Science Track: TBD
10am
Policy/Advocacy/Survivorship Track: TBD
Clinical/Science Track: Public Health
Alexandria Kohn, Public Health Strategist, City of Milwaukee Health Department
Dominique Hyatt-Oates MSN, RN, PHN, PHN Coordinator, City of Milwaukee Health Department
11am
Survivor Panel
12pm
Lunch
All of Us Research
Karen Dotson, MHSA, Program Director, All of Us Research Program, Medical College of Wisconsin
Jeffrey Whittle, MD, MPH, Staff Physician, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center and Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
1pm
Keynote Lecture
TBD
2:30pm
Policy/Advocacy/Survivorship Track: Team Phoenix
Ilka Hoffins, Program Director, Team Phoenix Cancer Survivor Training Program, Aurora Health Care
Clinical/Science Track: Art Therapy and Positive Patient Outcomes
Jill McNutt, Art Therapist and Counselor, Art Therapy House, Inc; Art Therapist, Advocate Aurora Health
4pm
Wrap up and survey
Check back for updated schedule and registration information!