Choices for Independence National Leadership Summit, Washington, DC, December 5-6, 2006 

At the Summit, AoA, the Aging Network, and other federal, state, tribal, and local leaders will engage in a peer-to-peer exchange of best practices, strategies, and tools for helping older people remain healthy and independent. For information, go to www.aoa.gov. 

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 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. For more information, go to http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu, or contact prinfo@hawaii.edu or 808-956-7539. 

Effective Community-Based Physical Activity Programs for Older Adults, Seattle, WA, February 14-15, 2007 

This conference, sponsored by the Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network, presents best health promotion practices for older adults with attention to: reach to target audiences, efficacy/effectiveness of programs, adoption by target settings or institutions, implementation or fidelity of the intervention, and maintenance of the intervention effects. 

For more information, go to http://www.uwcne.net/, or contact 206-543-1047 or cne@u.washington.edu.