Thursday - September 12, 2024

El PASO / NEW MEXICO

*Attire: Business casual with comfortable walking shoes.

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cardwell Collaborative / Medical Center of the Americas (MCA)

8:00 AM

• Welcome Breakfast

8:30 - 9:30 AM

Speakers

• Kristina Mena

  El Paso Campus Dean, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

• Karl H. Wenger, Ph.D.

  Chief Clinical Investigation (DCI), William Beaumont Army Medical Center

• German Rosas-Acosta, MSc, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor, UTEP and Founder & CEO, SUMOdulon, Inc.

• Moderator: Nancy Lowery, MA

  Senior Director of Innovation, MCA

10:00 AM
Board Bus and Depart to Texas Tech Health El Paso

10:35 AM – 12:30 PM
Tour: Texas Tech Health El Paso

10:35-10:40 AM

• Welcome to Texas Tech Health El Paso

10:40-11:00 AM

• Tour: Texas Tech Dental Oral Health Clinic

11:05-11:30 AM

• Tour: TECHS Simulation Lab

11:35-11:55 AM

• Lunch

12:00-12:30 PM

• Tour: Hunt School of Dental Medicine Dental Learning Center

Speakers

• Andrea Tawney, Ph.D.

  Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Texas Tech Health El Paso

• Will Henard

  Senior Clinical Department Administrator, Hunt School of Dental Medicine

• Eduardo Luevano, CHSOS

  Senior Director, TECHS

• Hunt School of Dental Medicine students

12:45 PM – 2:00 PM
University Medical Center

• Panel & Tour

Speakers

• Jacob Cintron, FACHE, MAcc, MBA, BSIE, PE-CEO, UMC

• Cindy Stout, RN, DNP, NEA, BC-CEO, El Paso Children’s Hospital

• Moderator: Henry Gallardo, Chair, UMC Board of Managers

2:00 PM
Board Bus and Depart to Las Cruces

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Welcome To Burrell and Osteopathic Medicine

• Tour and Hands On Demo Simulation Labs

• Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) Demonstration

Speakers

• William Pieratt, D.O., FACP

  Executive Vice President of Academic Services

  Dean and Chief Academic Officer

• Nina Nuñez, M.A.Ed.

  Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness

  Chief of Staff

• Sidney Alvarez, M.S.

  Director of Marketing & Public Relations

4:30 PM
Board Bus and Depart to Old Mesilla

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
La Posta

• Dinner, Wine & Presentations

Speaker

• Brooke Montgomery

  Professor of Practice, College of Engineering, NMSU

7:30 PM
Depart Old Mesilla to return to El Paso

8:15 PM
Arrive to Cardwell Collaborative/MCA

Friday - September 13, 2024

CIUDAD JUÁREZ

*Please note: Passports are required for the Juárez tour. Please also bring one dollar in change to pay the bridge tolls ($0.50 each direction).

*Attire: Business casual with comfortable walking shoes with sunscreen/hat.

7:45 AM
Meet at the Plaza Hotel, 106 West Mills Ave. 79901

8:00 AM

Board bus and depart to Juarez (Bring passports!)

8:30 AM

Arrive to FEMAP, Escuela Superior de Enfermeria

8:30 - 9:15 AM

Breakfast on the Terrace

9:30 - 10:30 AM

FEMAP presentations in the auditorium

Speakers

• Guadalupe Canales

  President, FEMAP & FEMAP Foundation

• Licenciada Maria Eugenia Parra

  FEMAP Community Outreach Director

• Dr. Sophia Torres

  Director, FEMAP Medical Units

• Maestra Gloria Molina

  Director, FEMAP Nursing School

10:30 - 11:45 AM

Tour Escuela Superior de Enfermeria & Hospital de la Familia

12:00 PM

Board bus and depart to lunch

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Lunch at Cabanas

1:30 PM
Board Bus to Center for Innovation and Integration of Advanced Technologies (CIITA)

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Tour: CIITA

32330 Av. Vicente Guerrero, Hipodromo Juarez, Chih.

Speakers

• Moderator: Enrique Avelais, Bio Med Tech Cluster Director

• Hector Palacios, COO, REXMED

• Izza Rodriguez, Director SC PMO, Johnson & Johnson MedTECH

• Adrian Samble, HR Manager, Airlife

• Javier Acosta, CEO, Mechatronics

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Tour: REXMED

Medical Device Manufacturing Plant, Fresnel 8375 Parque Ind. A. J., Bermudez, Juarez, Chih.

4:30 PM
Board Bus to Kentucky Bar

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Kentucky Bar and Mariachi

6:00 PM
Board Bus to Viva Mexico!

6:30 - 10:00 PM
Viva Mexico! Dinner & Show (Optional)

*Please Note: This dinner/show is optional. Please confirm with the EPE Co-Chairs if you would prefer to go to Viva Mexico! or walk back to El Paso after Kentucky.

10:00 PM
Board Bus to Downtown Bridge

Please ensure you have your passports and $0.50 handy.

10:30 PM
Walk Across Bridge & Return to the Plaza Hotel

Please ensure you have your passports and $0.50 handy.

Saturday - September 14, 2024

EL PASO

*Attire: Business casual with comfortable walking shoes.

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
La Nube 

9:00 AM

• Boxed Breakfast

9:20 - 11:00 AM

Speakers

• Natalie Eckberg

  Vice President of Development & Stakeholder Relations

• Dr. Melissa Ortega

  State Board of Education

• El Paso Leadership Network

• City of El Paso Economic Development

• Envision El Paso

• Tour of La Nube

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Tour: Mexican American Cultural Center

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Free Time

4:30 PM - 12:00 AM
One Region One Table – Downtown

*Attire: Semi-formal (Disco in the Desert)

Savor a divine multi-course gastronomic adventure, expertly accompanied by the finest wine pairings, promising an unforgettable dining experience.

Sunday - September 15, 2024

EL PASO

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Brunch & Tour at DeadBeach Brewery