8:00 am – Breakfast

8:45 am – Welcome and Introductions

Session 1: James Lohr, Chair

9:00 am – The Invisible Wounds of War
Terry Schell, PhD, Rand Corp.

9:30 am – History of Virtual Reality as an Adjunct to the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders and Virtual Vietnam
Barbara Rothbaum, PhD, Emory University School of Medicine

10:00 am – The Virtual Iraq/Afghanistan Exposure Therapy System for PTSD Albert Rizzo, PhD, Institute of Creative Technologies, University of Southern California

10:30 am – Break

Session 2: Chris Reist, Chair

10:45 am – Unraveling the Neurobiology of Fear Extinction
Victoria Risbrough, PhD, UC San Diego, San Diego VA Healthcare System

11:15 am – Enhancing Exposure Therapy for PTSD with Cognitive Enhancers and Virtual WTC
JoAnn Difede, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University

11:45 am – Psychophysiological Approach to Assessing Startle Response Conditioning and Extinction
Tanja Jovanovic, PhD, Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Emory University School of Medicine

12:15 pm – Lunch

Session 3: Skip Rizzo, Chair

1:15 pm – Application of Novel Pharmacotherapies for OIF/OEF Veterans with PTSD
Murray Raskind, MD, University of Washington, Seattle VA, VISN 21 MIRECC

1:45 pm – Trauma Management Therapy for Combat-Related PTSD
Deborah Beidel, Ph.D., University of Central Florida

2:15 pm – Stress Resilience in Virtual Environments
Galen Buckwalter, USC Institute for Creative Technologies

2:45 pm – Mobile Apps and Virtual Worlds
Nancy Skopp, Ph.D., T2, Joint Base Lewis/Mcchord

3:15 pm – Break

Session 4 JoAnn Defide, Chair

3:30 pm – SimCoach: Building Virtual Humans for Healthcare
Eric Forbell, USC Institute for Creative Technologies

4:00 pm – Looking Forward: Novel Interventions and Psychobiology of PTSD
Michael Hollifield, M.D., VA Long Beach Healthcare System

4:30 pm – Panel Discussion

5:00 pm – Demos