Schedule

All programs will be held on the first floor in the Adams Ballroom.

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

8:00 to 8:55 am

Breakfast Buffet

9:00 am

Chapter Networking

10:00 am

Hearing Loss and Relationships
Pat Dobbs, DEI Coach and HLAA Downeast Maine President