Agenda: 2013 NYC Conference

Time	Topic	Speaker
9:00 – 9:30 am	Welcome and Intro to Meso Foundation	Lee Krug and Mary Hesdorffer
9:30 – 9:55 am	Management of pleural effusions and initial workup of suspected mesothelioma	Robert Caccavale (Somerset)
9:55 – 10:20 am	A discussion about surgery in malignant pleural mesothelioma	Raja Flores (Mt. Sinai)
10:20 – 10:45 am	Peritoneal mesothelioma: surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy	John Chabot (Columbia)
10:45 – 11:15 am	Panel Q&A	Caccavale, Flores, Chabot
11:15 – 11:30 am	Coffee Break
11:30 – 11:55 am	Genetics of mesothelioma	Mark Robson and Marjorie Zauderer (MSKCC)
11:55– 12:20 pm	Novel biomarkers for mesothelioma	Harvey Pass (NYU)
12:20 – 1:00 pm	Panel Q&A	Robson, Zauderer, Pass
1:00 – 2:00 pm	Lunch
2:00 – 2:25 pm	Pleural radiation therapy	Andreas Rimner (MSKCC)
2:25 – 2:50 pm	Current clinical trials with new agents for mesothelioma	Lee Krug (MSKCC)
2:50 – 3:15 pm	Asbestos exposure and risk	Andy Todd (Mt. Sinai)
3:15 – 3:35 pm	Social support for patients and caregivers	Mary Hesdorffer and Liz Blackler (MSKCC)
3:35 – 4:00 pm	Legal implication of mesothelioma	Bob Komitor, Esq., LPK
	Cocktail hour