All programs will be held on the first floor in the Adams Ballroom.
Please Note: No Walk-ins are permitted.

Friday March 28th
From 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm there will be social with Hors D’oeuvres.
Saturday March 29th
8:00 to 8:55 am
Breakfast Buffet
9:00 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Janine Katomski, Conference Chairman
9:15 am
A Few Words on the HLAA
Barbara Kelley, HLAA National Director
9:40 am
HLAA Engagement
Melissa Kruse, HLAA Chapter Engagement Manager
10:10 am
Cybersecurity & Hearing Loss
Andy Chandler, Cybersecurity Expert
10:50 am
Mass Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Jon O’Dell
10:55 am
Cochlear Americas
Bee Brown
11:00 am
Emergency Management for Hearing Loss
Marlborough, MA Fire Department
11:50 am
Temporal Bone Registry
Csilla Habucakova
11:55 am
Advanced Bionics
Sarah Laurello
12:00 to 12:55 pm
Lunch Buffet
1:00 pm
How to Choose a Hearing Aid
Beth Wilson, Professor at Worcester Polytechnic
1:50 pm
Aural Rehabilitation – How It Works
Geoffrey Plant, Hearing Rehabilitation Foundation
2:35 pm
Caption Call
Joe Gilles
2:40 pm
Med-El
Hannah Lopez
2:45 pm
Shanahan Sound
Catherine Shanahan
3:00 pm
Hearing Loss & Ai
Andrea Kaneb, Gathering Sound Founder
3:50 pm
Hearing Things with Julie and Brad
Brad McKenna, HLAA Boston Technology Director
&
Julie Lane, Special Education Teacher
4:45 pm
Hearing Aid Bill
Nini Silver
4:50 pm
Workplace Discrimination
Jonathan Ozek
4:55 pm
Association of Late Deafened Adults
Laura Sinclair
5:00 pm
Break
5:30 to 8:00 pm
Dinner Buffet
Sunday March 30th
8:00 to 8:55 am
Breakfast Buffet
9:00 am
Hearing Loss and Relationships
Pat Dobbs, DEI Coach and HLAA Downeast Maine President
10:00 to 11:30 am
Chapter Networking
Attendees check out of the hotel by 11:00 am