2019 CONFERENCE EVENTS
2019 KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND ANDREW SCHNEIDER MEMORIAL LECTURER
Dr. David Michaels
Saturday Keynote Speaker
David McCumber
Andrew Schneider Memorial Lecturer
David Michaels, PhD, MPH is an epidemiologist and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. From 2009 until January 2017, he was Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, the longest serving in OSHA's history. From 1998 to 2001, he was Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety and Health, charged with protecting the workers, community residents and environment around the nation’s nuclear weapons facilities. In addition to his epidemiologic research, much of Dr. Michaels' work has focused on protecting the integrity of the science underpinning public health and environmental protections. He is the author of Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health. His new book The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception will be published by Oxford University Press in early 2020.
David McCumber is the editor of The Montana Standard. Previously, he was Washington Bureau Chief for Hearst Newspapers, and has led newsrooms large and small over a career spanning nearly 50 years. He was managing editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for the last nine years of that newspaper's print existence. McCumber is the author of three nonfiction books: "X-Rated: The Mitchell Brothers (Simon & Schuster), made into a film starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez; Playing off the Rail: A Pool Hustler's Journey (Random House); and The Cowboy Way: Seasons of a Montana Ranch (Avon). He is the co-author, with investigative reporter Andrew Schneider, of “An Air that Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana Uncovered a National Scandal,” which grew out of work Schneider and McCumber did at the Seattle P-I.
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HOTEL
- Marriott Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel, 2800 South Potomac Ave, Arlington, VA, 22202, Phone: 1-703-413-1300.
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Please note the parking charges below:
- On-site parking, fee: $11 USD hourly, $32 USD daily.
- Valet parking, fee: $37 USD daily.
CONFERENCE DETAILS
WHERE
2800 S Potomac Ave Arlington, VA 22202
CONTACT INFORMATION
ADAO's Office
(310) 251-7477
WHERE KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION UNITE
Join us for the the 15th Annual Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference where the world’s leading experts in medicine, public health, trade unions, environmentalists, and more come together for an interdisciplinary, international discussion about the latest asbestos policy, prevention efforts, and medical advancements in the United States and around the world. A new unique event is being offered this year: on Friday, April 5, we will hold our first-ever March for Justice and Remembrance from near the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol. The march will be a peaceful public expression against the present-day dangers of asbestos that are taking the lives of nearly 40,000 Americans annually. We are extremely excited to share ADAO’s 15th anniversary celebration with our conference attendees and recognize the many who have supported our work, which has allowed us to accomplish the unimaginable, at the Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Saturday evening.
ADAO's conference is perfect for victims, scientists, health and safety professionals, the medical community, and health and environmental activists. Space is limited, so make sure to secure your seats and register today!