13th Annual SHIP Director's Conference

The 13th Annual SHIP Director's Conference is an opportunity for the SHIP Programs and their partners to network amongst colleagues, share replicable activities and initiatives, discuss lessons learned, gather in forums to discuss important policy and advocacy issues, and learn about new Medicare products, programs and initiatives. This year's conference will be held June 9-13, 2007 at the Doubletree Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia.

SHIP registration is now closed.

Paperless Conference

This year's conference agenda will feature a mix of plenary, breakout and roundtable sessions organized around five track sessions. The tracks were selected based on topic suggestions submitted, anticipated submitted abstracts and common themes that have been identified by the SHIP network as interest areas.

• Counseling tools
• Reaching diverse populations
• Volunteer management
• Program promotion
• Partnerships

Unlike year's past, this conference will be a paperless conference. All abstracts, speaker bios, presentation materials, and handouts will be posted on this Website as soon as they are received. Copies of presentation materials will not be available at the conference. Attendees are encouraged to print in advance any presentation materials they want to have at the conference. All presentation materials will be posted on line at this site after the conference for attendees to download.

The conference agenda will be updated periodically as sessions become finalized. Please check the agenda page for updates.