AGENDA | Monday, August 28, 2023
NASCAR Hall of Fame Museum
10:30 AM
Registration Opens
11:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Amy Forsythe, Author, Be The One Podcast Host
Dean Kessel, CMO, American Legion
Waco Hoover, Chair, Be The One, American Legion
11:15 AM - 11:55 AM
Fireside Chat -- The Cost of War: Stigma and Natural Consequences
Moderator, David Rudd, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology, The University of Memphis
Dave Berkenfield, Team Manager Extreme E, Chip Ganassi Racing
Retired NAVY Seal Marcus Capone, CEO & Founder, TARA Mind
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Panel Discussion -- Traumatic Brain Injury
Moderator: Brandt McCartney, Founder and Executive Director, The 38 Challenge
Ann McKee, MD, Chief of Neuropathology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Jason Redman, Entrepreneur & Author, Board Member, Concussion Legacy Foundation, retired Navy SEAL
12:35 PM - 1:10 PM
Presentation -- Reprogramming Mental Health: Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
Moderator: Amber Capone, Executive Director & Co-Founder, VETS
Marcus Capone, CEO & Founder, TARA Mind, former Navy SEAL
Ian H. Kratter, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Neuropsychiatry Section, Brain Stimulation Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, CEO & Founder, Heroic Hearts Foundation
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM
Break
1:40 PM - 2:05 PM
Fireside Chat -- Digital Therapeutics for Suicide Prevention
Featuring Seth Feuerstein, Founder & CEO, Oui Therapeutics
Cristina Carlis, MPH, Chief Commercial Officer, Vita Health
2:10 PM - 2:35 PM
The Best Defense is a Good Offense - Strategies in Veterans Mental Health
Featuring Brandon Wilson, Managing Director, Veterans Services of the Carolinas In this session participants will learn how shifting our thinking can help support Veterans mental health and prevent Veterans suicide. This presentation will include thoughtful considerations such as imploring transitional programs that support transition from Service Member to Veteran, embracing and promoting community wide mental health trainings, and leveraging technology platforms/ predictive analytics as proactive strategies to prevent suicide among our Veterans.
2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Panel Discussion -- Face the Fight: Why the Time is Now
Moderator: Waco Hoover, Chair, Be The One, The American Legion
Katherine Dondanville, Psy.D., ABPP, Associate Professor, Division of Behavioral Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
General (R) Alfred K. Flowers, Sr., Board Chairman, Reach Resilience, An Endeavors Foundation
Admiral (R) John Bird, Senior Vice President of Military Affairs, USAA
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
Closing Town Hall Discussion -- Sebastian Junger's Vets Town Hall
3:50 PM
Closing Remarks