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5th Annual National Urban Indian Health Conference   "Celebrating the Past, and Preparing for the Future"

Wednesday & Thursday, July 21 & 22, 2010
Seattle University, Seattle Washington
Location:  Pigott Building
 

Seattle U


 This year's conference welcomes health care professionals, providers, and agency representatives from across the country coming together to network and address issues relevant to the needs of Urban Indian people.

 

Conference Agenda

General Sessions

  • Best Practices/Successful Projects in Selected Urban Indian Health Organizations
  • Health Care Reform Roundtable Discussion

Workshops

  • Managing Agency Risk
  • Follow-Up of Elevated PSA Tests Among AI/AN Men
  • Getting Grants and Raising Funds
  • Children's Preventative Oral Health Practices in Native Communities
  • Employee Benefits and Health Care Reform
  • Partnerships to Support Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening
  • Health Information Technology:  Meaningful Use and Research Regulatory Systems in Urban Indian Health Organizations
  • Urban and Tribal Partnerships
  • Reporting & Displaying Management Financial Reports
  • Motivating & Managing Intergenerational Employees
  • Reproductive Health of Urban Indian Women
  • Urban Indian Health Summit Planning
  • Hepatitis Education
 

The following information will assist conference attendees as they arrive:

  • To download an updated conference information/registration packet, click here.
  • The conference will be held in the Pigott Bldg. on the Seattle University campus.  The main campus entrance is located at 12th Avenue & E. Marion Street; the Pigott Bldg. will be directly in front of you as you pass the security guard booth.  To download a map of the Seattle University campus, click here.
  • A self-serve parking lot is located directly to the right of the security guard booth and across from the Pigott Bldg.  If the lot is full, parking is also available in the Murphy Garage located on the corner of 12th Avenue & E. Cherry, 2 blocks south of the main entrance.
  • On your arrival, check in at the registration table located in the lobby.  At that time you will receive conference materials, a campus map, and other information.
  • If you are a speaker or workshop presenter, click here to download an information sheet for presenters.
  • The Seattle Indian Health Board will shuttle a van to/from the Renaissance Hotel on 5th Avenue and the conference.  The van will pick up at the Renaissance Hotel each morning at 7:45 am and will leave Seattle U at 4:30 pm.  If you have special needs, please contact Debbie Baruso.
 
 
Hotel:  Accommodations can be made by calling the

          Seattle Renaissance Marriott Hotel
          515 Madison St., Seattle, WA 98104
          (206) 583-0300/(800) 546-9184 toll free

Alternate hotels close to the conference site (subject to availability): 

    Silver Cloud Broadway Hotel                     
    1100 Broadway, Seattle WA  98122            
    (206) 325-1400                                             

    Seattle Marriott Waterfront                      
    2100 Alaskan Way, Seattle WA  98121      
    (206) 443-5000                                             
                                                                       

Thank you for joining us this year.  If we can assist you with special needs or if there is any way we can make your visit a pleasant one, please contact:

Debbie Baruso, Conference Coordinator
(206) 324-9360 ext. 1103/email:  debbieb@sihb.org
 

Would you like to share at a general session about your agency's best practices or program success stories?  Please contact us for more information!