Addictions: Past, present, and future | LA #TechWeek
Please join us and discuss the problem of addictions and how we might come together as communities to create solutions.
Our friends at BioscienceLA are our event partner and will host at their life sciences innovation community hub in Culver City.
The following is the schedule for the morning of Friday, June 9th, 2023:
9a PT - 10a PT: Networking and refreshments
10a PT - 10:30a PT: Panel 1: "Addictions: Past, present, and how communities might shape future solutions."
Speakers:
Judge Mary Beth O’Connor, author of "Junkie to Judge: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction" and Board Member of the SHE RECOVERS Foundation
Dr. Anthony Weiner, PhD, President of the Society of Addiction Psychology at the American Psychological Association and host of Let's Talk - a mental health and addiction podcast
Shannon Biello, Vice President of Treatment Quality & Strategy, Shatterproof ATLAS
10:30a PT - 11a PT: Break and networking
11:a PT - 11:30a PT: Panel 2: "The Opioid Crisis: Past, present, and how communities might shape future solutions."
Moderator: Harry Nelson, Healthcare attorney and author of "The United States of Opioids - A Prescription of Liberating a Nation in Pain"
Speakers:
Dr. Mason Turner, MD: Head of Behavioral Health @ Intermountain Health and Chair for the Education Committee for CA Society of Addiction Medicine
Eric Bailly: Senior Director @ Third Horizon Strategies; Board Member of the 2023 Rx and Illicit Drug Summit and the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, Foundation for Recovery Science and Education.
Ruby Guillen: Child Abuse Investigator & Researcher @ LA County; Co-Chair @ National Association of Social Workers-CA, Technology Council, and President's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
11:30a PT - noon PT: Networking
We will have tables for various people and organizations that are interested in working on addictions.
Onsite barbering services will be available from 9a PT - noon PT.
This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.