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Conference Agenda
Wednesday, March 18

| 2:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | |
Registration in Hotel Lobby |
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| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | |
Facilitator's Orientation |
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| 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | |
Reception |
Thursday, March 19

| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | |
Opening Session
Welcome and Greetings from Key Dignataries
Moderator: Jack Peters, Staff Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy (USA)
Speakers: Nelba Chavez, Ph.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (USA)
Mariano Francisco Herrán Salvatti, Attorney General's Special Office for Crimes Against Health (Mexico)
David F. Musto, M.D., Professor, Yale University School of Medicine (USA)
Juan Ramón de la Fuente, M.D., Secretary of Health (Mexico) |
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| 10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. | |
Break |
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| 10:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | |
Theoretical Framework for Demand Reduction
Co-Moderator: Hoover Adger, Jr., M.D., MPH, Deputy Director,
Office of National Drug Control Policy (USA)
Co-Moderator: Roberto Tapia-Conyer, M.D., Undersecretary for Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health (Mexico)
Research and Evaluation:
Karol L. Kumpfer, Ph.D., Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (USA)
Haydée Rosovsky, Director, National Council on Addictions - Ministry of Health (Mexico)
Treatment:
Shirley Coletti, D.H.L., President, Operation PAR (USA)
Victor Guisa Cruz, Director, Treatment and Rehabilitation, Youth Integration Centers (Mexico)
Prevention:
Gilbert J. Botvin, Ph.D., Professor, Cornell University Medical College (USA)
Jesús Cabrera Solís, Director General, Youth Integration Centers (Mexico)
Public Awareness, the Media, and Information Dissemination:
Daniel Schecter, Assistant Deputy Director/Acting Deputy Director, Office of Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy (USA)
Carmen Millé, Director of Information and Training, National Council on Addictions, Ministry of Health (Mexico) |
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| 12:20 p.m. - 12:40 p.m. | |
Break |
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| 12:40 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | |
Luncheon
Host: Director Barry R. McCaffrey, Office of National Drug Control Policy (USA)
Speaker: Nelba Chavez, Ph.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (USA) |
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| 2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | |
Work Group Sessions:
Research Cooperation and Exchange of Technical Information
Public Information and Awareness
Community Participation
Youth
Special Populations
The Workplace
HIV/AIDS
Violence and Drug-Related Problems |
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| 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | |
Banquet
Introductions: Ms. Haydée Rosovsky, Director, National Council on Addictions - Ministry of Health (Mexico)
Speaker: Jesús Cabrera Solís, Director General, Youth Integration Centers (Mexico)
Performance by Mariachis |
Friday, March 20

| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | |
Speaker Panel: "Drug Abuse Research: Science for Policy and Practice"
Moderator: Daniel Schecter, Assistant Deputy Director/Acting Deputy Director Office of Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy (USA)
Speakers: Donald B. Vereen, M.D., Medical Director, Office of the Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (USA)
Silvia L. Cruz, Ph.D., Researcher, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute (Mexico)
Donald Goldstone, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (USA)
María Elena Medina-Mora, Ph.D., Director of Social and Epidemiological Research, Mexican Institute of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health (Mexico)
Questions and Answers |
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| 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | |
Break |
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| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | |
Work Group Sessions |
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| 12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | |
Break |
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| 12:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. | |
Luncheon
Networking and Exchange of Ideas and Future Issues |
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| 1:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | |
Concluding Plenary Session
Work Group Reports to Conference Participants
Conference Closing
Speakers:
Nelba Chavez, Ph.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (USA)
Ms. Haydée Rosovsky, Director, National Council on Addictions - Ministry of Health (Mexico)
Hoover Adger, Jr., M.D., Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy (USA) |
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| 3:00 p.m. | |
Adjournment |
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