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Registration (Day 1)

9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m.

Welcome, Special Remarks, and Introduction

10:00 a.m. — 10:20 a.m.

  • Kody Kinsley, NCDHHS

    Kody Kinsley, MPP — Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health & IDD, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services

Morning Keynotes

10:20 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.

  • NC Opioid Summit Mandy-Cohen NCDHHS Secretary

    Secretary Mandy Cohen, MD — North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)

  • NC-Governor-Roy-Cooper-500x500

    N.C. Governor Roy Cooper

  • Admiral James Winnefeld

    Stopping the Epidemic Together: A Comprehensive Response to the Opioid Epidemic

    ADM. James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr., USN (Ret.)

    Retired U.S. Navy admiral James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr. speaks about the impact of the opioid crisis on his family after the loss of his 19-year-old son Jonathan to an overdose, and how that tragedy motivated them to fight the epidemic. Whether it was seeking treatment, getting answers, or understanding the nature of the disease – Mary and Sandy Winnefeld knew there needed to be a different solution to help other families facing the same journey with substance use disorder. SAFE Project connects with communities, campuses, law enforcement, medical groups, treatment programs, and others to advance best ways to fight the opioid crisis. He explains how SAFE Project created programs such as SAFE Campuses and SAFE Communities, and leads efforts that are unifying, non-partisan and evidence-based.

Luncheon Keynote + Networking

Networking Lunch Commences
12:00 p.m. — 12:30 p.m.

Luncheon Keynote: Legislative Action to Combat the Opioid Epidemic (Featuring Senator Jim Davis and Senator Gladys A. Robinson)
12:30 p.m. — 1:00 p.m.

  • NC Senator Jim Davis

    Senator Jim Davis

    Senator Jim Davis has represented NC Senate District 50 since 2011. He serves on a range of committees including: Chairman Joint Legislative Committee Transportation Appropriations; Chairman Senate Transportation Policy Committee; Member Senate Finance, Health Care, and Judiciary Committees; Chairman Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government; Chairman Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government; Member Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations; Member Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government. He received his BA in biology from Southern Adventist University, DDS from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, and MS in Orthodontics from the Loma Linda University Graduate School. He is currently serving as the National Conference of State Legislatures Opioid Policy Fellow for 2019.

  • NC Senator Robinson, PhD

    Senator Gladys A. Robinson, Ph.D

    Senator Gladys Ashe Robinson, Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina Senate, has been elected to her fifth term in the Senate. She is Chair of the Guilford County Delegation and is a dedicated advocate for the people of North Carolina, specifically Guilford County. Senator Robinson serves on the following Legislative Committees: Appropriations/Base Budget, Education/Higher Education, Commerce and Insurance, Health Care and Select Committee on Nominations. Non-Standing Committees: Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice and Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services. Senator Robinson also serves as the North Carolina/South Carolina Co-Chair of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators Region V and the Governors State Health Coordinating Council.

Networking Break

1:00 p.m. — 1:15 p.m.

Film Screening & Discussion

1:00 p.m.

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    Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope

    Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. Experts now believe that toxic stress is one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression. These extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior. Resilience chronicles this new approach among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities who are using cutting-edge science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease.

    Resilience centers around groundbreaking research findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente that looked at how 10 types of childhood traumatic life events affect long-term health. They include: physical, emotional and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect; living with a family member who is addicted to alcohol or other substances, or who is depressed or has other mental illnesses; experiencing parental divorce or separation; having a family member who is incarcerated, and witnessing domestic violence.

Breakout Sessions I

1:15 p.m. — 2:15 p.m.

Networking Break

2:15 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.

Film Screening & Discussion

2:30 p.m.

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    Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope

    Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. Experts now believe that toxic stress is one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression. These extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior. Resilience chronicles this new approach among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities who are using cutting-edge science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease.

    Resilience centers around groundbreaking research findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente that looked at how 10 types of childhood traumatic life events affect long-term health. They include: physical, emotional and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect; living with a family member who is addicted to alcohol or other substances, or who is depressed or has other mental illnesses; experiencing parental divorce or separation; having a family member who is incarcerated, and witnessing domestic violence.

Breakout Sessions II

2:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.

Networking Break

3:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions III

4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.

Networking Reception & Group Activity

Registration (Day 2)

8:00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m.

Morning Plenary Session I

9:00 a.m. — 10:10 a.m.

  • Mark Benton, DHHS Deputy Secretary for Health Services

    Mark Benton — DHHS Deputy Secretary for Health Services

  • NC Opioid Summit Josh Stein NC Attorney General

    Josh Stein, MPA, JD, NC Attorney General

  • Bertha Madras, Professor of Pscyhobiology and Drug Abuse Expert

    Bertha Madras, Professor of Psychobiology and Drug Abuse Expert

    Introduction By: Dr. Carrie Brown

    The Opioid Crisis: Made in America…Fade in America

    The opioid crisis is a uniquely American challenge. Many factors catalyzed this national nightmare and others continue to fuel it. This presentation will delve into some of the major contributors, offer recommendations for reducing this deadly public health problem, and describe challenges for implementation. How the United States stumbled into a series of imprudent decisions is instructive for two reasons: it is feasible to “reverse-engineer” past mistakes and it’s important to be aware of the lessons learned a cautionary tale for other drug classes. The initial stimulus, over-prescribing of pain-killers can be reversed, albeit with thoughtful actions. Responses cannot remain stagnant, however, as emerging threats continue to challenge old premises. Illicit fentanyl and heroin now are the two leading contributors to overdose deaths. Supply solutions clearly would differ from those involving prescription opioids. But universal principles of alternatives for pain management, evidence-based treatment, rescue, and long term recovery support can be applied to those with an opioid use disorder regardless of opioid categories. Nonetheless, challenges to implementation abound, ranging from resistance to change, scalability, effective transitions for patients, and reluctance to engage, either in providing or seeking treatment.

Networking Break

10:10 a.m. — 10:25 a.m.

Morning Plenary Session II

10:25 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.

  • Monique Tula

    Monique Tula — Harm Reduction Coalition

    Introduction By: Virgil Hayes — Harm Reduction Coalition

    Conditions of Possibility: Harm Reduction as a Pathway to Responsibility

    A national overview of the current state of opioid addiction in the US that will highlight the stigma and barriers to care experienced by people who use drugs and discuss potential solutions.

Networking Break

11:15 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.

Breakout Sessions IV

11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.

Networking Lunch

12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions V

1:45 p.m. — 2:45 p.m.

Networking Break and Transition

2:45 p.m. — 2:50 p.m.

Closing Plenaries, Announcements, and Updates

2:50 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.

Facilitated By: Alan J. Dellapenna, Jr. RS, MPH
Branch Head of the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB), North Carolina Division of Public Health

Tuesday, June 11th

Registration (Day 1)

9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m.

Welcome, Special Remarks, and Introduction

10:00 a.m. — 10:20 a.m.

  • Kody Kinsley, NCDHHS

    Kody Kinsley, MPP — Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health & IDD, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services

Morning Keynotes

10:20 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.

  • NC Opioid Summit Mandy-Cohen NCDHHS Secretary

    Secretary Mandy Cohen, MD — North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)

  • NC-Governor-Roy-Cooper-500x500

    N.C. Governor Roy Cooper

  • Admiral James Winnefeld

    Stopping the Epidemic Together: A Comprehensive Response to the Opioid Epidemic

    ADM. James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr., USN (Ret.)

    Retired U.S. Navy admiral James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr. speaks about the impact of the opioid crisis on his family after the loss of his 19-year-old son Jonathan to an overdose, and how that tragedy motivated them to fight the epidemic. Whether it was seeking treatment, getting answers, or understanding the nature of the disease – Mary and Sandy Winnefeld knew there needed to be a different solution to help other families facing the same journey with substance use disorder. SAFE Project connects with communities, campuses, law enforcement, medical groups, treatment programs, and others to advance best ways to fight the opioid crisis. He explains how SAFE Project created programs such as SAFE Campuses and SAFE Communities, and leads efforts that are unifying, non-partisan and evidence-based.

Luncheon Keynote + Networking

Networking Lunch Commences
12:00 p.m. — 12:30 p.m.

Luncheon Keynote: Legislative Action to Combat the Opioid Epidemic (Featuring Senator Jim Davis and Senator Gladys A. Robinson)
12:30 p.m. — 1:00 p.m.

  • NC Senator Jim Davis

    Senator Jim Davis

    Senator Jim Davis has represented NC Senate District 50 since 2011. He serves on a range of committees including: Chairman Joint Legislative Committee Transportation Appropriations; Chairman Senate Transportation Policy Committee; Member Senate Finance, Health Care, and Judiciary Committees; Chairman Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government; Chairman Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government; Member Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations; Member Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government. He received his BA in biology from Southern Adventist University, DDS from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, and MS in Orthodontics from the Loma Linda University Graduate School. He is currently serving as the National Conference of State Legislatures Opioid Policy Fellow for 2019.

  • NC Senator Robinson, PhD

    Senator Gladys A. Robinson, Ph.D

    Senator Gladys Ashe Robinson, Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina Senate, has been elected to her fifth term in the Senate. She is Chair of the Guilford County Delegation and is a dedicated advocate for the people of North Carolina, specifically Guilford County. Senator Robinson serves on the following Legislative Committees: Appropriations/Base Budget, Education/Higher Education, Commerce and Insurance, Health Care and Select Committee on Nominations. Non-Standing Committees: Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice and Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services. Senator Robinson also serves as the North Carolina/South Carolina Co-Chair of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators Region V and the Governors State Health Coordinating Council.

Networking Break

1:00 p.m. — 1:15 p.m.

Film Screening & Discussion

1:00 p.m.

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    Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope

    Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. Experts now believe that toxic stress is one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression. These extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior. Resilience chronicles this new approach among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities who are using cutting-edge science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease.

    Resilience centers around groundbreaking research findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente that looked at how 10 types of childhood traumatic life events affect long-term health. They include: physical, emotional and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect; living with a family member who is addicted to alcohol or other substances, or who is depressed or has other mental illnesses; experiencing parental divorce or separation; having a family member who is incarcerated, and witnessing domestic violence.

Breakout Sessions I

1:15 p.m. — 2:15 p.m.

Networking Break

2:15 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.

Film Screening & Discussion

2:30 p.m.

  • null

    Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope

    Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. Experts now believe that toxic stress is one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression. These extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior. Resilience chronicles this new approach among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities who are using cutting-edge science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease.

    Resilience centers around groundbreaking research findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente that looked at how 10 types of childhood traumatic life events affect long-term health. They include: physical, emotional and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect; living with a family member who is addicted to alcohol or other substances, or who is depressed or has other mental illnesses; experiencing parental divorce or separation; having a family member who is incarcerated, and witnessing domestic violence.

Breakout Sessions II

2:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.

Networking Break

3:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions III

4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.

Networking Reception & Group Activity

Wednesday, June 12th

Registration (Day 2)

8:00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m.

Morning Plenary Session I

9:00 a.m. — 10:10 a.m.

  • Mark Benton, DHHS Deputy Secretary for Health Services

    Mark Benton — DHHS Deputy Secretary for Health Services

  • NC Opioid Summit Josh Stein NC Attorney General

    Josh Stein, MPA, JD, NC Attorney General

  • Bertha Madras, Professor of Pscyhobiology and Drug Abuse Expert

    Bertha Madras, Professor of Psychobiology and Drug Abuse Expert

    Introduction By: Dr. Carrie Brown

    The Opioid Crisis: Made in America…Fade in America

    The opioid crisis is a uniquely American challenge. Many factors catalyzed this national nightmare and others continue to fuel it. This presentation will delve into some of the major contributors, offer recommendations for reducing this deadly public health problem, and describe challenges for implementation. How the United States stumbled into a series of imprudent decisions is instructive for two reasons: it is feasible to “reverse-engineer” past mistakes and it’s important to be aware of the lessons learned a cautionary tale for other drug classes. The initial stimulus, over-prescribing of pain-killers can be reversed, albeit with thoughtful actions. Responses cannot remain stagnant, however, as emerging threats continue to challenge old premises. Illicit fentanyl and heroin now are the two leading contributors to overdose deaths. Supply solutions clearly would differ from those involving prescription opioids. But universal principles of alternatives for pain management, evidence-based treatment, rescue, and long term recovery support can be applied to those with an opioid use disorder regardless of opioid categories. Nonetheless, challenges to implementation abound, ranging from resistance to change, scalability, effective transitions for patients, and reluctance to engage, either in providing or seeking treatment.

Networking Break

10:10 a.m. — 10:25 a.m.

Morning Plenary Session II

10:25 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.

  • Monique Tula

    Monique Tula — Harm Reduction Coalition

    Introduction By: Virgil Hayes — Harm Reduction Coalition

    Conditions of Possibility: Harm Reduction as a Pathway to Responsibility

    A national overview of the current state of opioid addiction in the US that will highlight the stigma and barriers to care experienced by people who use drugs and discuss potential solutions.

Networking Break

11:15 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.

Breakout Sessions IV

11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.

Networking Lunch

12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions V

1:45 p.m. — 2:45 p.m.

Networking Break and Transition

2:45 p.m. — 2:50 p.m.

Closing Plenaries, Announcements, and Updates

2:50 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.

Facilitated By: Alan J. Dellapenna, Jr. RS, MPH
Branch Head of the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB), North Carolina Division of Public Health