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8:00-8:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-12:15	Wider Horizons Forum The forum will be an opportunity for professionals and community members to learn together with experts about the long-term implications of public tragedy and about effective interventions and resources available to those in need, especially children. WHYY artist-in-residence Mary Anne Bartley will lead the group in an artistic experience to show the power of art in grief and healing.
	Keynote Address: Mark Schweiker, former Pennsylvania Governor and CEO of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
	Moderator: Tracey Matisak, WHYY Program host
	Panel: Ralph Benson, Pentagon Chaplain Joyce Carnall, Bereavement Coordinator, Taylor Hospice Frank Donaghue, CEO, American Red Cross of Southeastern PA Dexter Green, Chief Safety Executive, School District of Philadelphia Rev. Jerry Paradise, Spiritual Care Committee, American Red Cross of Southeastern PA Stephen A. Pulley, DO, FACOE, Chief, Montco Critical Incident Stress Management Team Vernard Trent, Director, Office of Specialized Services, Behavioral Health, Prevention and Intervention, School District of Philadelphia
12:15-1:30	Lunch
1:30-4:00	Hospice Foundation of America Tenth Annual Teleconference-- Living With Grief: Coping with Public Tragedy WHYY will serve as a host site for the Hospice Foundation of America's Tenth Annual satellite teleconference. Hosted by Cokie Roberts, the teleconference will look at factors that define a public tragedy and offer insight and advice to organizations and professionals as they support their communities and help those coping with loss. The effects of tragedies such as 9/11, Hurricane Andrew, Oklahoma City and other significant national events will be examined. Moderator: Cokie Roberts, NPR Senior New Analyst and ABD News Correspondent Panel: Kenneth J. Doka, Ph.D., Lutheran minister and professor of gerontology at the College of New Rochelle LaVone Hawell, MS, Family therapist, death educator and grief therapist Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, MA, RN, LPC, Psychotherapist, educator, author and early hospice proponent Nadine Reimer Penner, ACSW, LSCSW, Clinical social worker and disaster mental health instructor Marlene A. Young, Ph.D., JD, Executive Director of the National Organization for Victim Assistance
4:00-4:30	Follow Up Discussion