CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

LiveOn NY’s 34th Annual Conference on Aging will be a hybrid event over a 3-day period and included a general session, breakout sessions, and virtual workshops from which to choose. To learn more about our conference structure, please see our schedule below:

Day 1 | In-Person General Session & Breakout Sessions

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 | 8:30am-12:30pm

  • Location: The Conference Center, 130 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022 (7th floor)

  • Schedule:

    • 8:30am: Registration and Advocacy Room Opens 

    • 8:30-9:30am: Networking and Vendor Show

    • 9:30-9:55am: Welcome and Opening Greetings

      • Allison Nickerson, Executive Director, LiveOn NY

      • Katherine Martinez, President/CEO, Neighborhood SHOPP,

        Conference Co-Chair

      • Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, Commissioner, New York City Aging

    • 9:55-10:40am: General Session Panel: Prioritizing Community Care: Why It Isn't Happening & What Needs to Change

      • Roger Bearden, Senior Counsel, Health and Government and Regulatory Affairs, Bond Schoeneck & King Attorneys

      • Ryan A. Murray, Executive Deputy Commissioner & Chief Program Officer, NYC Aging

      • Wayne Ho, President & CEO, Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc.

      • Rebecca Wallach, Director, Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program

      • Moderator: Kathryn Haslanger, Chief Executive Officer, JASA

    • 10:40-11:20am: Break

    • 11:20am-12:30pm: Concurrent Breakout Sessions:

      • Building our Future: Career Tabletop: Career Tabletop Discussions with New York's Leaders in Aging Services: This highly interactive career development session will feature tabletop discussions in which participants will hear from seasoned leaders in aging services about their diverse career paths and experiences, learn about the aging ecosystem, and how we all play a critical role in the process. Our Career Leaders for this session are:

        • Beth Finkel, State Director, AARP NY

        • Larinda Hooks, MPA, Director of Older Adult Services/Economic Development, Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities, Inc.

        • Melissa Y. Marcus, MBA, Director, Alpha Phi Alpha Older Adult Center

        • Isabel Ching, LMSW, Executive Director, Hamilton-Madison House

        • Donna Atmore-Dolly, Executive Director, Allen Community Non-Profit Programs

        • Laura Marceca, Director of Older Adult Services, Greenwich House

        • Lindsay Goldman, Chief Executive Officer, Grantmakers in Aging

        • Mark Jennings, MDIV, LMSW, Executive Director, Project FIND

        • Gillian Francis, Executive Director, Isaac H. Tuttle Fund

        • Nikki Stewart, EdD, MPA, Deputy Executive Director, Hudson Guild

        • Stacy Bliagos, Esq, Executive Director, HANAC, Inc.

        • Katherine Martinez, LMSW, President/CEO, Neighborhood SHOPP

      • Building Our Agenda: What It Will Take to Advocate for Community-Based Aging: In this interactive, moderated workshop, attendees will work with colleagues to brainstorm and build policy platform ideas that will guide LiveOn NY's annual policy agenda as we work to advance meaningful systems change.

    • Advocacy "Action" Room: Open all morning, this room will be an action-oriented space in which attendees can learn more about the key systems-level issues affecting aging services, connect with colleagues in the field about challenges you're seeing in your communities, and advocate in real time to your elected officials to help advance our collective work.


Days 2 & 3 | Virtual Workshops

Wednesday, January 31st — Thursday, February 1st, 2024

  • Wednesday, January 31st

    • 9:00-9:20am: Virtual Opening Session

    • 9:30-11:00am: Concurrent Workshops

    • 11:00am-1:00pm: Break

    • 1:00-2:30pm: Concurrent Workshops

  • Thursday, February 1st

    • 9:30-11:00am: Concurrent Workshops

    • 11:00am-1:00pm: Break

    • 1:00-2:30pm: Concurrent Workshops

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