Below is a select listing of upcoming events and conferences. For a complete listing, go to the NCHPAD calendar at http://www.ncpad.org/events/index.php.
23rd Annual Free Special Camp Fair, Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc., January 26, 2008, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., New York City
Parents and caregivers of children and teens with disabilities can plan ahead for summer with the information offered at this annual fair. Representatives from 70 northeast day and sleep-away camps, as well as other related organizations, will be on hand to help plan productive summer experiences.
For more information, contact Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. at 212-677-4650 or go to http://www.resourcesnyc.org/rcsn.htm.
The Built Environment Assessment Training (BEAT) Institute, June 15-20, 2008, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Application Deadline: January 18, 2008
The BEAT Institute is designed to train researchers and practitioners to use a variety of measures that are now available to help plan and evaluate changes to the built environment, which can be used as strategies for controlling obesity and improving diet and physical activity.
For more information or to apply, go to www.sph.emory.edu/BEAT or contact BEAT staff at BEAT@sph.emory.edu or 404-727-2045.
2008 Games for Health Conference, May 8-9, 2008, Baltimore, Maryland Content Submissions Deadline: January 8, 2008
Send submissions to content@gamesforhealth.org
The Games for Health project has successfully brought together researchers, medical professionals, and game developers to share information about the impact games and game technologies can have on health, health care, and policy. The 2008 conference will feature a large variety of content including Accessibility for Games and Disability-focused Games as well as Virtual Worlds and Health, Exergaming and Rehabitainment, Health Behaviour Change, Cognitive Health, Epidemiology, Health Effects of Games, and Interface and Visualization Applications.
For more information or to register, go to http://www.gamesforhealth.org/ or contact 888-286-3541.
International Conference on Aging, Disability, and Independence (ICADI), St. Petersburg, Florida, February 20-23, 2008
This conference, titled "Advancing Technology and Services to Promote Quality of Life," will bring together researchers, practitioners, business leaders, consumers, and policy makers to focus on independence-related issues of aging. Submissions will be accepted in the areas of smart homes, telehealth, robotics, livable homes and communities, assistive devices, injury prevention, transportation, work, and aging.
For more information, go to http://www.icadi.phhp.ufl.edu/index.php or contact icadi@phhp.ufl.edu or 352-273-6099.
Function at the Junction, Part III, February 4, 2008, Chicago, Illinois
This fundraiser for Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital is a 50-mile ultra-Stairmaster marathon lasting from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Bally's Sports Club. The event will also feature a documentary on The Halo Man, the second person with tetraplegia to ever run a marathon.
For more information, contact 773-536-0792 or haloman7@sbcglobal.net.
American College of Sports Medicine Health & Fitness Summit, March 24-27, 2008, Long Beach, California
Experts deliver 4 days of sessions for health and fitness, strength training, and nutrition professionals. This Summit and Exposition was created as a means to bridge the gap existing between the science of sports medicine and practice for the fitness professional, broadly defined.
For more information, or to register, go to http://www.acsm.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Education/Conferences/HealthFitnessSummit/Summit.htm or contact 317-637-9200 x141 or meetings@acsm.org.