National Health Promotion Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, September 12-14, 2006
The 2006 National Health Promotion Conference is the first joint conference presented by CDC's Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CoCHP) and its constituent groups: the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), and the Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention (OGDP). With a theme of "Innovations in Health Promotion: New Avenues for Collaboration," the conference will provide an unprecedented opportunity to create new partnerships and strengthen existing ones to move forward with a national health promotion and wellness agenda.
For more information, go to http://www.cdc.gov, or call 770-488-6509.
Current Concepts in Nutrition and Aging, Madison, WI, September 28, 2006
For those who serve the nutrition needs of older adults in a clinical or community setting, this one-day conference is an opportunity to hear University of Wisconsin faculty and other experts discuss important issues in the field. For more information, visit http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/conference/.
2006 Cooper Institute Conference Series, Dallas, TX, October 26-28, 2006
The 2006 Cooper Institute Conference Series, "Parks, Recreation, and Public Health: Collaborative Frameworks for Promoting Physical Activity," will focus on developing collaborative frameworks for researchers, practitioners, and educators in the fields of public health, parks, and recreation. For more information and to register, go to
National Prevention Summit: Prevention, Preparedness, and Promotion, Washington, D.C., October 26-27, 2006
The 2006 National Prevention Summit will focus on disease prevention, health preparedness, and health promotion, featuring innovative programs that are making a difference in communities across the country. These programs are focused on healthy choices -- eating a nutritious diet, being physically active, and getting preventive screenings -- to help prevent major health threats and burdens such as obesity, diabetes, asthma, cancer, heart disease, and stroke. For more information, visit http://www.healthierus.gov/STEPS/summit.html.
23rd Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities, Honolulu, HI, March 12-13, 2007
Pacific Rim 2007 will continue the longstanding tradition of assembling researchers, professionals, paraprofessionals, persons with disabilities, family members, students, and others to present on a variety of topics that affect everyday lives. Pac Rim continues to promote cutting-edge opportunities to learn from one another, share resources and ideas that support the quality of life, community inclusion, and self-determination for all persons with disabilities and their families to help shape our world community. Registration is open: take advantage of early bird pricing now. For more information, go to http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu, send e-mail to prinfo@hawaii.edu or call 808-956-7539.