Select Power Point presentations from the Aspen Children’s Forum are available. Presentations are hyperlinked within the session in which they were given. All plenary sessions were videotaped and may be accessed via the link following the session title and in the “Watch Sessions” section of this site. All Breakout Sessions were audiotaped and may be accessed via the "Listen to this Breakout Session" link.

Policy Determinants of a Child's Well-being and Health Outcomes
[Watch this Plenary Session]
What is the relationship between policy inputs and child health outcomes? What role can philanthropy play in forging partnerships with private and public sector actors to meet an unmet public health need? This session will examine models of cross-sector partnerships in an effort o underscore the importance of both collaboration and leverage on behalf of children's health and well-being.

• Mickey Edwards, Vice President, Director, Aspen Institute Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership, The Aspen Institute
• Timothy P. Shriver, PhD, Chairman and CEO, Special Olympics (PPT Presentation)
• Sterling K. Speirn, President and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Moderator: Madeline Bell, MS, President and COO, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Achieving Equal Access to Quality Pediatric Care—What Will It Take?
[Listen to this Breakout Session]
There are significant disparities in access to quality care in our current healthcare system. Geography, financial status, language, race and ethnicity are among the factors that can determine the level and type of care received by children throughout North America. How can we create a healthcare delivery system that guarantees that all children receive the same access to high-quality care?

• David Rubin, MD, MSCE, Senior Co-director, PolicyLab, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (PPT Presentation)
• Sterling Speirn, President and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Paul H. Wise, MD, MPH, Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society, Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Mediciene, and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University
• Moderator: Mary Jo Haddad, CM, LLD, MHSc, BScN, President and CEO, The Hospital for Sick Children

The Danger All Around—Injuries and Environmental Hazards [Listen to this Breakout Session]
Accidental injury and environmental hazards both have adverse effects on children’s health outcomes, and largely are preventable through changes in policy and practice. What progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of injuries and in the control of environmental conditions that affect children’s health? What steps need to be taken to increase child safety and to ensure that children are not needlessly exposed to such hazards as air pollution and second-hand smoke, among many others?

• Martin R. Eichelberger, MD, Founder, Safe Kids Worldwide; Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine; Attending Surgeon, Children's National Medical Center
• Frederica P. Perera, DrPH, Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (PPT Presentation)
• Moderator: Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH, Professor, Pediatrics and Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego (PPT Presentation)

Training the Next Generation of Pediatric Health Professionals [Listen to this Breakout Session]
The education and training of healthcare professionals must adapt to take into account major shifts in pediatric care. How can we ensure that pediatric medical education keeps pace with medical practice? What is the role of philanthropy, cross-sector collaborations and partnerships between pediatric institutions and medical schools in the transformation of pediatric medical education? What are the causes of and potential solutions to shortages of pediatric specialists?

• Benjamin Danielson, MD, Medical Director, Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, Seattle Children’s
• Moderator: Philip A. Pizzo, MD, Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine