BlazeSports Clubs of America National Disability Sports Conference, Athens, GA, March 17-20, 2005

The University of Georgia, in conjunction with the U.S. Disabled Athletes Fund, will host its fourth annual National Disability Sports Conference. The four-day conference provides an opportunity for community-based coaches, educators, students, adaptive sports professionals, rehabilitation and health care professionals, community recreation administrators and delegates of national organizations promoting sports for people with physical disabilities to increase their knowledge related to physical activity, healthy lifestyle, and competitive sports opportunities for children and adults with physical disabilities.

Dr. James Rimmer, Director of NCPAD, will give one of the keynote addresses, and Randy Snow, one of the most successful wheelchair athletes in history, will give the other.

For more information, go to http://www.ncpad.org/688/3128/2005-03-01#14.

ACSM's Health and Fitness Summit & Exposition, Las Vegas, NV, March 29-April 1, 2005

This conference includes speakers such as Dr. John Jakicic, who will discuss an effective toolbox approach to improve health-related behaviors; Dr. William Dietz, Director, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, NCCDPHP, CDC, on worksite interventions; and Dr. James Rimmer, Director of the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability, on the need for exercise professionals to increase their involvement in working with people with disabilities.

For more information, go to http://www.ncpad.org/688/3128/2005-03-01#15.

Society for Public Health Education 2005 Midyear Scientific Conference, Boston, MA, April 13-16, 2005

The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) hosts the 2005 Midyear Scientific Conference, which provides an opportunity for professionals to share innovative and effective research and practice methodologies in health education, health promotion, and community health for persons with disabilities and chronic conditions.

For more information, go to http://www.ncpad.org/688/3128/2005-03-01#16.

34th Annual Midwest Symposium on Therapeutic Recreation and Adapted Physical Activity, Springfield, IL, April 22-24, 2005

For more information, go to http://www.ncpad.org/688/3128/2005-03-01#17.

ICORR 2005 (International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics), IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Chicago, IL, June 28-July 1, 2005

ICORR highlights the most recent advances in the basic sciences of rehabilitation robotics.

For more information, go to http://www.ncpad.org/688/3128/2005-03-01#18.

ISAPA (International Symposium on Adapted Physical Activity) Conference, Verona, Italy, July 5-9, 2005

The symposium will attract speakers worldwide on the topics of adapted physical activity across the lifespan, education of APA professionals, disability sport, and more.

For more information, go to http://www.ncpad.org/688/3128/2005-03-01#19.