The Fifth National Medicare Advantage Virtual Summit
Date: July 19, 2024
George Halvorson, Chair of the Institute for InterGroup Understanding was the lead speaker on the final day of the summit.
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Past Events
PeaceCon 2023: Beyond Fragile Ground: New Peacebuilding Architectures for Today and the Future
Date: May 3, 2023
We were honored to sponsor the Alliance for Peacebuilding's 11th annual PeaceCon.
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Alliance for Peacebuilding's 10th Annual PEACECON — PEACECON@10: COVID, CLIMATE, & CONFLICT: RISING TO THE CHALLENGES OF A DISRUPTED WORLD
Date: January 26, 2022
Institute for InterGroup Understanding CEO George C. Halvorson spoke at PeaceCon@10: COVID, Climate, and Conflict: Rising to the Challenges of a Disrupted World.
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The Inclusive Voice
Date: October 16, 2021
Listen to Institute for InterGroup Understanding Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson discuss workplace diversity, the importance of continuously improving health care, and more during his SoundCloud interview on The Inclusive Voice.
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HIMSS21 — Global Health Conference
Date: August 9, 2021
George Halvorson, Chair and CEO of the Institute for InterGroup Understanding, accepted the HIMSS Changemaker Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Modern Healthcare’s Social Determinants of Health Symposium
Date: April 29, 2021
Institute Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson discussed how linking early childhood brain development to social determinants can ensure equal opportunities for children.
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AHIMA International Conference
Date: March 24, 2021
Institute for InterGroup Understanding Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson was the closing keynote speaker, delivering a talk titled “Using Data and Information to Improve Health."
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The Quest for Health Equity
Date: February 23, 2021
This event showcased the significance data interoperability has to eliminate healthcare disparities in the country and highlighted data-centric solutions that have emerged to support and encourage health equity.
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Alliance for Peacebuilding — PeaceCon 2020 — Pandemics, Peace, and Justice: Shaping What Comes Next
Date: December 7, 2020
The Institute for InterGroup Understanding sponsored PeaceCon 2020 to help bring together experts and practitioners to consider the interplay of justice and peacebuilding, and strategies to elevate and integrate peacebuilding in our collective effort to shape a more just, secure and peaceful future in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Global Health Ministries' (GHM) Online Conference 2020
Date: October 13, 2020
Covid-19 Lessons and Innovation from Around the World
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WEDI 2020
Date: May 4, 2020
On May 6, 2020, Institute Chair George C. Halvorson spoke at WEDI 2020 Virtual, which featured 9 sessions over 3 days and offered healthcare professionals the latest information to aid them in resolving current data exchange-related roadblocks and pushing the industry toward administrative automation.
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HIMSS20 — "Digital Health Transformation: The Path Forward"
Date: March 9, 2020
Institute for InterGroup Understanding Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson was a keynote speaker at HIMSS20.
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HiMSS — "HEALTH - The Digital Leaders"
Date: November 5, 2019
Institute Chair George C. Halvorson was Keynote Speaker at the HiMSS annual innovations meeting of executives and decision makers in German healthcare.
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Champions for Children
Date: October 16, 2019
A series of special events featuring early childhood advocate, author and founder of Three Key Years — George C. Halvorson.
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SEIZING THE MOMENT FOR PEACE IN A DISRUPTED WORLD
Date: October 2, 2019
The Institute for InterGroup Understanding sponsored PeaceCon 2019. Together, we continue to work toward addressing the most pressing issues in the peacebuilding field and elevating our policies and innovative practices.
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The International Federation of Health Plans
Date: June 23, 2019
The International Federation of Health Plans held its annual meeting for senior leadership and board members June 23, 2019, in Budapest.
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GUIRR Group Meeting
Date: June 11, 2019
Opening speaker George Halvorson discussed how accessible data can help eliminate health care disparities in America.
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The Institute Sponsored the Alliance for Peacebuilding's Annual Conference
Date: October 24, 2018
The Institute focuses on inter group understanding, and the sad truth is that we are tribalizing as a nation and as a world in dangerous and damaging ways. We need to understand both why that is happening and what we can do to create inter group Peace in our settings, rather than seeing an expansion of inter group anger, inter group distrust, and various levels of intentionally evil inter group behavior in multiple settings.
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Politicon 2018
Date: October 20, 2018
Institute Chair George C. Halvorson presented his Medicare Advantage for All proposal in response to other speakers advocating for Medicare for All.
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Decoding the nonverbal language of babies
Date: October 19, 2018
Institute Chair George C. Halvorson introduced Dr. Beebe’s presentation on her pioneering research, which was followed by a discussion with AEI’s Katharine B. Stevens.
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The International Peace & Security Institute (IPSI) — 2018 Sarajevo Symposium
Date: July 7, 2018
The Institute for InterGroup Understanding supported IPSI's 2018 Sarajevo Symposium in July, 2018.
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ACHP Webinar: Three Key Years
Date: June 28, 2018
A special webinar featuring the Three Key Years campaign.
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Partners In Care Foundation's 2018 Tribute Dinner
Date: June 4, 2018
As a prior honoree of the Vision and Excellence in Healthcare Leadership Award, Institute Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson gave a speech as an honorary Tribute Co-Chair for the dinner.
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LIGHT Forum: Healthcare of the Future Will be Shaped by Artificial Intelligence
Date: May 10, 2018
Institute for InterGroup Understanding Chair George C. Halvorson participated in panel of industry stakeholders predicting how the healthcare industry will transform in the next five to ten years — largely because of growth in technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).
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First 5 California's Child Health, Education, and Care Summit
Date: April 10, 2018
First 5 California announced its third Child Health, Education, and Care Summit, April 10–12, 2018.
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LOWN Conference 2018: Breaking the Cycle of High Cost & Low Value: America’s Next Health System
Date: April 9, 2018
Advancing the bold ideas we need for America’s next health system.
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The Special and Most Honored Days of Our Peace Coalition and Peace Agenda
Date: January 1, 2018
Four important, special, and explicitly honored days anchor the annual calendar for the Coalition for Ethical and Enlightened Instinctivism as a movement and as a working agenda for the people who want to work together to achieve win/win. Peace is — at its core — an enlightened, noble, and even sacred mission, and it makes sense to have designated days to celebrate and honor that mission, and to affirm that commitment and understanding by the people who want to make Peace a reality for our communities and our country.
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Parents as Teachers Annual Conference
Date: November 29, 2017
Institute for InterGroup Understanding CEO and Chair George C. Halvorson provided material and encouragement for the Parents as Teachers 2017 International Conference.
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Second Annual Bright Futures Begin at Birth
Date: November 29, 2017
Institute for InterGroup Understanding CEO and Chair George C. Halvorosn attended the event and signed copies of his paramount book on early childhood education and brain development, "Three Key Years."
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World Academy of Art and Science Conference on Future Education
Date: November 16, 2017
The Institute for InterGroup Understanding was proud to participate in the World Academy of Art and Science's second international conference on future education in Rome, Italy.
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Alliance for Peacebuilding 2017 Annual Conference
Date: October 11, 2017
The Institute for InterGroup Understanding once again sponsored the annual Alliance for Peacebuilding conference in Washington, D.C. in October.
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Social Capital Markets Conference
Date: October 10, 2017
Institute Chair George Halvorson spoke at SOCAP to help charitable foundations that grant making social services better understand the importance of brain development for children in their first three months and first three years of life.
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Alameda County Fatherhood Action Summit
Date: September 22, 2017
Jointly sponsored by Alameda County's Fathers Corps, First 5 Alameda County, and the Alameda County Interagency Children's Policy Council, the action summit brought together leaders from public systems and community based organizations to discuss strategies to increase and improve services and identify needed policy shifts, to better support Alameda County fathers.
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2017 National Walking Summit
Date: September 13, 2017
America Walks was excited to announce the 2017 National Walking Summit held in St. Paul, MN from September 13-15, 2017.
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Helping Health Care Help Children
Date: May 15, 2017
At the 2017 Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) annual conference, InterGroup Institute Chair George C. Halvorson delivered a speech to inspire attendees, and demonstrate the many ways health IT has been so important to the success of HealthPartners and Kaiser, as well as provide recommendations for WEDI constituents to consider.
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Diversity Inc Top 50 Event - Learning Sessions and Announcement Dinner (2017)
Date: May 2, 2017
More than 1,000 attendees learned, networked and built business relationships with key leaders of companies that have demonstrated leadership and commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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Providence St. Joseph Health’s Institute for Mental Health and Wellness: Discovery Summit
Date: February 9, 2017
InterGroup Institute Chair George C. Halvorson joined a planning group for Providence St. Joseph Health’s Institute for Mental Health and Wellness and participated in their Discovery Summit for a conversation of the significance on the mental, social, and spiritual health of our nation.
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Zero to Three Annual Conference -- Building Powerful Connections
Date: December 7, 2016
ZERO TO THREE’s annual multidisciplinary education and networking event (formerly NTI) for early childhood professionals took place December 7–9 in New Orleans.
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National Medical Fellowships Reception
Date: November 28, 2016
InterGroup Institute Chair George C. Halvorson gave a special presentation as keynote speaker about supporting and helping every child in America as well as issues on ethnic conflict.
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Bright Futures Begin at Birth
Date: November 1, 2016
InterGroup Institute Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson was the keynote speaker at Bright Futures Begin at Birth, an event bringing together health care and public service providers, educators and parents to learn about successful, collaborative initiatives in California and here in Minnesota that focus on giving children the best start possible.
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AHIP’s 2016 National Conference on Medicaid
Date: October 26, 2016
Institute for Intergroup Understanding Chair George C. Halvorson spoke to Medicaid leaders about child brain development.
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Grand Opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
Date: September 24, 2016
InterGroup Institute Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson and his lovely wife Lorie attended an event with President Obama prior to the museum's opening ceremony and celebratory dinner. The museum says it will open the doors with extended visiting hours and a three-day festival showcasing films, popular music, dance and other attractions. Museums around the country and in Africa also plan to host accompanying events at their locations as a welcoming salute.
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Network of Ethnic Physicians' Organization 2016 Building Healthy Communities Summit
Date: September 17, 2016
Institute for InterGroup Understanding Chair George C. Halvorson spoke at the annual Network of Ethnic Physicians' Organization's 2016 Building Healthy Communities Summit.
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The Mayo Clinic’s Annual Transform Conference
Date: September 14, 2016
Institute for InterGroup Understanding Chair George C. Halvorson Spoke at the Mayo Clinic’s annual Transform conference.
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National Medical Fellowships Lifetime Achievement Award
Date: June 16, 2016
George C. Halvorson received a lifetime achievement award from the National Medical Fellowships in recognition of his efforts involving health care disparities in care delivery. The event will include a discussion of his book, Three Key Years.
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Institute for InterGroup Understanding Chair George C. Halvorson appeared on The Dr. Oz Show
Date: May 25, 2016
Institute for InterGroup Understanding Chair George C. Halvorson appeared on The Dr. Oz Show to discuss his book, Three Key Years, and the importance of early childhood education.
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Alliance for Peacebuilding 2016 Annual Conference
Date: May 24, 2016
The Institute for InterGroup Understanding co-sponsored The Alliance for Peacebuilding’s annual 2016 conference on May 25 and 26 in Washington, D.C. The InterGroup Institute also provided copies of George C. Halvorson's book, "The Art of InterGroup Peace," to all attendees.
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Invitation Only ~ Three Key Years book briefing for early childhood staff and analysts at New America Foundation
Date: May 23, 2016
Three Key Years video-conference book briefing for early childhood staff and analysts at New America Foundation ~ Invitation Only
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The Annual Kaiser Permanente Community Service Leaders Summit
Date: May 5, 2016
The annual Kaiser Permanente community benefit leadership summit was held on May 5. The summit activities included awarding the first ever George Halvorson Community Benefit Leadership Award to a Kaiser Permanente staff member who has performed exceptional community service, either during the prior year or over the course of his or her career. The event included community benefit leaders from all Kaiser Permanente Regions.
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Diversity Inc.
Date: April 19, 2016
Luncheon Keynote George C. Halvorson spoke at Diversity Inc. April 19 for their Top 50 Event and Learning Session. More than 1,000 senior executives were there to network and build business relationships with key leaders of companies that have demonstrated leadership and commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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Parental Leave Bill Signing Ceremony In Governor Brown's Office
Date: April 11, 2016
California just passed the most comprehensive parental leave bill in America. Institute Chair George C. Halvorson attended the signing with Governor Brown, and supported the bill during the legislative process in his role as Commission Chair.
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American Enterprise Institute Meeting
Date: March 22, 2016
George C. Halvorson spoke at the American Enterprise Institute's policy development meeting, which focused on Early Childhood Learning and included a discussion of his book Three Key Years.
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The California Association of African-American Superintendents and Administrators (CAAASA)
Date: March 7, 2016
Institute for InterGroup Understanding Founder and CEO George C. Halvorson spoke about brain development in the first three years of life at the California Association of African-American Superintendents and Administrators’ (CAAASA) annual meeting.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital presented the 2016 Yancey Health Lifetime Leadership Award to George C. Halvorson
Date: January 15, 2016
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital and Community Health Foundation Boards of Directors joined in inviting George C. Halvorson to accept a very special honor: The 2016 Yancey Health Leadership Award.
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George C. Halvorson spoke at The Raising of America Panel Discussion
Date: January 13, 2016
The Raising of America series brings to life the classic economic studies of Perry Preschool and other initiatives conducted by Nobel laureate James Heckman, former Federal Reserve economist Arthur Rolnick, and others which illustrate how we can either invest early for success or pay more for failure later.
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American Indian Community Development Center Early Childhood Learning Opportunity Discussion
Date: December 16, 2015
Meeting with group leaders and concerned parents about opportunities for early childhood development tied to the first three months and first three years of life.
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Guru Retreat at The World Peace Center
Date: November 23, 2015
The meeting for authors of books on group culture was set up to talk about the role and context of culture in organizational settings. Each author has done diagnostic and culture implementation work, as well as writing about those issues in books and articles. Each author has insights into how cultures work and how they can be improved. The purpose of the retreat is to improve each author’s understanding of those key issues.
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Faith Leaders Early Childhood Working Session
Date: October 29, 2015
Faith Leaders Early Childhood Brain Development Summit and Seminar | The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans
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Modern Health Care Awards Dinner
Date: October 29, 2015
Institute Chair George C. Halvorson gave a presentation to Health Care Leaders at the Modern Health Care Vision Summit about communication efforts relative to the Early Childhood Brain Development national public health campaign and about communications as a key tool for health care brand building.
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Too Small to Fail Advisory Committee Group Site Visit
Date: October 13, 2015
The Too Small To Fail team visited sites and held a conference to demonstrate and discuss early childhood development successes in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Ready Nation Annual Leadership Summit
Date: October 1, 2015
The Ready Nation coalition held their annual business leadership summit in New York City. Three Key Years was discussed and electronic copies were made available.
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Right Start Commission Decision Meeting
Date: September 25, 2015
Members of the California Right Start Commission met in San Francisco to discuss and approve their group recommendation about early childhood development and the California education and child support agendas to the people of California.
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Network of Ethnic Physicians' Organization 2015 BHC Summit
Date: September 18, 2015
Institute Chair George C. Halvorson spoke at the annual Network of Ethnic Physicians Organization's 2015 Building Healthy Communities Summit.
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