​National Conference on Adolescent Sleep
and School Start Times Agenda

Agenda Themes:
​Why Change School Start Times 
​How To Change School Start Times ​At The Local Level
How To Change School Start Times At The State Level

Friday, October 18
​9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 

8:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Networking Opens

9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks – Amy Wolfson, PhD, Loyola University Maryland and Afra Hersi, PhD, Dean of the School of Education, Loyola University Maryland

9:20 AM Icebreaker and Logistics – Lisa VanBuskirk, PE, CDR USCGR (Ret), Start School Later Maryland

9:30 AM  Changing School Start Times: The Goldilocks Solution  – Kyla Wahlstrom, PhD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

9:50 AM Science of Sleep and School Start Times  – Rafael Pelayo, MD, Stanford Medicine

10:30 BREAK

10:45 - 12:05 The Benefits of Age-Appropriate School Hours Panel Discussions with Moderator and Q&A
Panel 1 - Benefits to Physical and Mental Health, Safety, and Performance – Moderator Charles Czeisler, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School

• Rachel Widome, PhD, MHS, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• ​Jared Saletin, PhD, Alpert Medical School of Brown University and E.P. Bradley Hospital

Panel 2 - Benefits to School Communities, At-Risk Populations, and Economies – Moderator Rafael Pelayo, MD, Stanford Medicine

• Lisa Meltzer, PhD, Nyxeos Consulting and National Jewish Health
• Maria-Rachelle Narcisse, PhD, MSc, Brown University
• Wendy Troxel, PhD, Rand Corporation

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12:05 LUNCH

1:05 PM Recognitions

1:20 PM Implementation Solutions Slideshow

 1:35 PM Implementation Success Stories

• Overview of Successful Efforts – Phyllis Payne, MPH, Start School Later Implementation Director
• Transportation Basics – Tom Platt, Center for Effective School Operations
• Radnor Township School District, Pennsylvania – Amy Goldman, Immediate Past President School Board 
• Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland – Joanna Tobin, PhD, Immediate Past President School Board and Mark Bedell, EdD, Superintendent
• Honoring the Voices of a Diverse Group of Problem-Solvers –  Gary Snyder, EdD, Virginia Tech and Former Principal at Princeton High School, New Jersey

2:45 PM BREAK

3:05 PM  Working Groups:  (Multiple Working Groups will discuss same topics - Audience to be Assigned)

• Advocating for School and Statewide Policy: Communication, Collaboration and Community-Engagement Strategies 
• Overcoming Challenges to Bell Time Change: Effective Change Management and Creative Solutions 

4:45 PM BREAK

5:00 State Legislation: Getting it Done – Moderator Terra Ziporyn Snider, PhD, Executive Director and Co-Founder Start School Later

• Massachusetts Student Effort – Zorianna Petrosyan, University of Vermont student and former leader, SSL Falmouth MA (student chapter)
• 2018 California Legislation – Lisa Lewis, Author of The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, and How Parents and Schools Can Help Them Thrive
• 2023 Florida Legislation – John Temple, Florida State Representative District 52 (Video Remarks)

5:45 PM Closing Remarks – Frank Golom, PhD, Dean College of Arts and Science, Loyola University Maryland

6:00 PM Adjourn for the day

​6:00-7:30 PM Collaboration and Cocktails – Optional Networking Opportunity at Fernandez Center, Loyola University Maryland

Saturday, October 19
​9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

​8:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Networking

9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks – Terra Ziporyn Snider, PhD, Executive Director and Co-Founder Start School Later

​9:05 AM Perspective: Turning Sleep and Circadian Science Into School Policy – Mary Carskadon, PhD, Alpert Medical School of Brown University and E.P. Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Lab

9:25 AM School Start Times in Urban Environments: Baltimore Case Study – Moderator Amy R. Wolfson, PhD, Loyola University Maryland

• Overview of Baltimore City Schools, Adolescent Sleep Health, and School Start Times – Amy R. Wolfson, PhD, Loyola University Maryland and Johns Hopkins University, Bloomburg School of Public Health
• Current Sleep Challenges Facing Children and Adolescents in Baltimore City – Laura Sterni, MD, Johns Hopkins Pediatric Sleep Center
• Juvenile Crime and Later School Start Times in Baltimore and Beyond – Dylan Jackson, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Sleep-Living Environment for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System – Sam Abed, JD, Director of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services for the District of Columbia and former Secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services

 
10:25 AM BREAK

10:35 AM Transportation Solutions with Q&A – Moderator Phyllis Payne, MPH, Start School Later

• Tatia Prieto, PhD, MBA, PMP, Prismatic Services, Inc.

11:25 AM Recent State Legislative Efforts in the Mid-Atlantic – Moderator Terra Ziporyn Snider, PhD, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Start School Later

• Permanent Daylight Saving Time & Impact on School Start Time – Charles Czeisler, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School  
• Maryland Legislation – April Fleming Miller, OD, Maryland State Delegate District-4
• Pennsylvania Legislation – Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, MD, University of Pittsburgh
• New Jersey Legislation – Deborah Steinbaum, MD, New Jersey American Academy of Pediatrics

 
12:25 PM Closing Remarks - Ann Gallagher, PMP, President Start School Later Board of Directors and Conference Chairperson

12:30 PM Adjourn Conference

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