Calendar of Events
If you have a meeting you would like to have posted to this calendar of events, please send information to calendar@obesity.org.
April 4-6, 2008
Weight Management Dietetic Practice Group 2nd Annual Symposium - Weight Management: The Harmony of Science and Practice
Loew's Vanderbilt Hotel
Nashville, TN
Obesity Society members are eligible to attend at the WMDPG member rate.
For more information and complete program details including registration forms, visit: http://www.wmdpg.org.
For additional questions, please contact: Eileen Myers at 615-330-6669 or eileenmyers@gmail.com
April 18 - 19, 2008
Coahoma Community College Health Care Conference
Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, Mississippi
The objectives for the conference are to address the critical nursing shortage; to discuss current preventive programs aimed at combating obesity; to provide an opportunity for information sharing among educators, health care professionals, and students; and to provide cutting edge research related to obesity.
There is no conference registration fee for attendees.
For more information regarding the conference, sponsorship, or exhibit space contact: Letha Richards, Project Director, Delta Rural Health Care, Coahoma Community College at 662-621-4088 or lrichards@coahomacc.edu
May 14 - 16, 2008
Integrative Physiology Conference
New York Academy of Sciences
New York, NY
The New York Academy of Sciences will be hosting a two and a half day conference in New York City titled "Integrative Physiology," which will include the latest research on where this field is now, and how we can move it forward. This event will further explore the physiological functions for various organs and the definition of genetic cascades leading to frequent degenerative diseases such as metabolic syndrome, heart failure, and osteoporosis.
For more information and conference registration, visit www.nyas.org/IPHconf
May 14-17, 2008
16th European Congress on Obesity
Geneva Switzerland
NOTE: Abstract deadline is December 1, 2007
For more information about the program, hotel and registration form:
Website: http://www.eco2008.org
Contact and information:
eco2008@easobesity.org
June 4-5, 2008
Obesity and Health: Modifying Behavior, Modifying Food or Using Policy to Optimize Both
The Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
And
The IFT/ASN/IFIC Joint Task Force on Food Science and Nutrition
Campus Center, Room 163C
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA, USA
For more information about the program and registration: https://www.aux.umass.edu/forms/conferenceservices/foodsci/index.htm
June 4-6, 2008
1st Canadian Obesity Student Meeting - The meeting for Obesity Research Update in Canada involving graduate students
Quebec City, Quebec
Université Laval Campus, Quebec
Abstract submission form deadline: January 31, 2008
For more information about the program and registration: http://obesity.ulaval.ca/events
Please note: There are 25 registrations reserved for accompanying professors
June 15 - 20, 2008
BEAT Institute: Built Environment Assessment Training Institute
Atlanta, GA
Emory University
Who Should Attend: Faculty, Post-Docs, PhD Candidates, Government Employees and Practitioners
Criteria for Applicant Selection:
- Background and skills relevant to the Institute.
- Fit with career goals and activities.
- Opportunity to use training in future research.
- Letters of recommendation.
- Diversity of entire pool of applicants – geographic, interest (nutrition v. physical activity), target population of research, racial/ethnic background, etc.
Tuition: $325 (plus food, travel, and lodging); scholarships available
Application Deadline: January 18, 2008
Notification of Selection: Applicants will be notified by Feb 18, 2008
Acceptance of Invitation: Required within 2 weeks of notification
Funding through: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2007-55215-17924; Co-sponsored by the CDC-funded Emory Prevention Research Center and the San Diego Prevention Research Center
Planning Committee Members: Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, Jim Sallis, PhD, Brian Saelens, PhD, Larry Frank, PhD
For More Information: www.sph.emory.edu/BEAT
June 19 - 21, 2008
22nd Annual “International Conference On The Practical Approaches To The Treatment Of Obesity”
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge
Offered by: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery
Course Directors: Caroline M. Apovian, MD, George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD, ee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, Scott A. Shikora, MD
Course Objectives: For over 20 years we have strived to provide health care professionals with cutting edge tools and knowledge needed to apply practical approaches to the clinical management of obesity within their specific areas of practice. Those who attend can expect to hear the country's foremost authorities from the leading centers of obesity treatment speak on the most critical topics related to obesity treatment and weight management.
Upon completion of this course, participants will have gained knowledge of:
- Identification, evaluation and management of high risk patient populations
- Current and future pharmacological approaches
- Strategies for long term weight management
- Effective counseling and behavior modification techniques
- Principles of energy homeostasis
- The role of complimentary and alternative medicine in obesity management
- Pediatric obesity
For more information about the program, hotel and registration form, go to: www.cme.hms.harvard.edu/courses/practical
July 7-10 3-5, 2008
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) 12th Annual Meeting
Groningen, The Netherlands
Conference Description: The meeting will be organized in the city of Groningen, the capital city of the province Groningen, the Netherlands, from July 7 –July 10. The city of Groningen is the home of the second oldest University in the Netherlands, founded in 1614. The university is home to one of the European largest centers for the integrative study of behavioral neurobiology ( CBN ), with a wide array of research groups that study behavior from its ecology and evolution to molecular neurobiology, and largest Dutch graduate schools Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences ( BCN ).
The conference venue will be the in the brand new education building at the University Medical Center Groningen which is a 10 minute walk from the city center.
For more information about the program, hotel and registration form:
Website: www.rug.nl/bcn/sbn/
Contact and information: Dr. C. Westenbroek,
Email:
c.westenbroek@med.umcg.nl
Download the flyer.
July 9 - 12, 2008
8th International Symposium on In-Vivo Body Composition Studies
"Body Composition & Metabolic Function Across the Lifespan"
New York, NY
New York Obesity Research Center at St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University
The symposium format includes invited lectures from internationally recognized experts on important body composition related topics as well as oral and poster presentations. A mini-symposium "Defining Sarcopenia: an Evidence-Based Approach" will be held on July 9th, 2008.
To view the scientific program and register for the symposium, go to http://www.ibc2008.com
September 11 - 13, 2008
Patient Safety in Obesity Surgery: Implementing Accreditation Standards and Best Practices
The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA
Overview: Patient Safety in Obesity Surgery will address the various social and medical issues stemming from the national epidemic of overweight and obesity, specifically the growing concerns related to weight loss surgery. General sessions and breakout sessions with different focuses are designed to meet the education needs of a highly diverse mix of target audience, increasing the course’s effectiveness in providing health care professionals with the most current information on patient safety and best practice options, and maximizing its impact on curbing this epidemic and improving the quality of life for patients.<P>
For more information about the program, hotel and registration form, go to:
http://www.psos-course.org/index.htm
September 25-27, 2008
6th Annual Congress on the Insulin
Resistance Syndrome
Hilton Universal City, Los Angeles, CA
For more information about the program:
Website:
http://www.insulinresistance.us
September 27 - 28, 2008
Workshop on Mathematical Modeling of Human Metabolism and Body Weight Regulation
Bethesda, MD
We have assembled a stellar list of speakers for a two-day workshop that will be of interest to researchers studying Human Metabolism, Nutrition, and Body Weight
Regulation. Our goal is to facilitate research collaborations with investigators involved in mathematical and computational modeling.
For more information on the workshop, visit: http://www.mitacs.ca/conferences/HMBW
October 15-18, 2008
2008 Cardiometabolic Health Congress
Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, MA
Medical experts
will present practical medical, lifestyle and surgical approaches to manage the
problems associated with obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This
program is CME
accredited.
For more information about the program:
Website:
http://www.cardiometabolichealth.org
Contact and information: Email
info@cardiometabolichealth.org
Phone number: 877-571-4700
