Agenda

8:00-8:40 - Registration and Breakfast

8:40-9:00 - Introduction

9:00-9:55 - Session I: The Olmstead Decision

Reflections & Discussion by Original Litigants & Attorneys from the Olmstead Litigation
Sylvia Caley, Esq., MBA, RN, Director of the Health Law Partnership, Assistant Clinical Professor Georgia State University College of Law
Steve Caley, Esq., Weissman Nowack Curry & Wilco
Sue Jamieson, Esq., Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Charlie Bliss, Esq., Director of Advocacy, Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Dr. Richard Elliott, MD, PhD, Professor & Director of Medical Ethics, Mercer University School of Medicine

9:55-10:45 - Session II: The Current State of Olmstead Initiatives

Disability Community's Perspective
Ira A. Burnim, Esq., Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health

State's Perspective

Kathy Sawyer, ACSW, Consultant and Former State Mental Health Commissioner (Alabama)

11:00-12:30 - Session III: The Challenge of Olmstead Litigation

Toward the Future: A Constitutional Right to Community Services
David Ferleger, Esq., Philadelphia, PA

The Potential and Limitation of the Integration Mandate in Olmstead
Steven Schwartz, Esq., Executive Director, Center for Public Representation

The Lessons Learned from Brown v. Board of Education
Charlie Bliss, Esq., Director of Advocacy, Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Talley Wells, Esq., Atlanta Legal Aid Society

12:30-2:00 - Lunch Keynote Speaker: Judge Marvin Shoob

2:00-3:30 - Session IV: Old Problems, New Solutions

From the Inside Out: Personal Perspectives
Daniel Crimmins, Ph.D., Director, Georgia State University Center for Leadership in Disability
Jessica Howell, M.P.H., Assistant Director, Georgia State University Center for Leadership in Disability
Stacey Ramirez, Georgia State University Center for Leadership in Disability

Olmstead's Promise and Cohousing's Potentional
Carrie Griffin Basas, Esq., Post-Graduate Research Fellow at Harvard Law School

Olmstead's Legacy: Shining a Light on Medicaid, Community Living, and Lessons for Health Care Reform
Sidney D. Watson, Esq., Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law

3:45-4:15 - Session V: Olmstead's Application Beyond Community Based Services

Beyond Institutional Segregation: The Application of Olmstead to Segregated Employment Settings
Susan Stefan, Esq., Center for Public Representation

4:30-5:30 - Session VI: Roundtable Discussion with Panelists - The Long Road Home