Events and Seminars

April 2009

Design for the Other 90%
Hosted by the Global Health Odyssey Museum, the National Center for Environmental Health and the Coordinating Office for Global Health

Description: The exhibition Design for the Other 90% features more than 30 projects that reflect a growing movement among designers, engineers and social entrepreneurs to create low-cost solutions for everyday problems. Through local and global partnerships, individuals and organizations are finding unique ways to address the basic challenges of survival and progress faced by the world's poor. Design for the Other 90% showcases designs that use conventional and unorthodox methods, new and traditional materials, and ancient and innovative technologies to solve myriad problems—from cleaner-burning sugarcane charcoal to a solar-rechargeable battery for a hearing aid, from a portable water-purification straw to a low-cost laptop. By understanding the available resources and tools as well as the lives and needs of their potential users, these designers create simple, pragmatic objects and ingenious, adaptive systems that can help transform lives and communities.
Dates and Times: Through May 29, 2009
Location: Global Health Odyssey Museum, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, Roybal Campus, Atlanta, Ga.
Contact: GHO Web site, or contact Judy M. Gantt.

32nd Annual CDC Diabetes Conference: New Strategies for Changing Times
Hosted by CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation

Description: CDC’s 32nd Annual Diabetes Conference, New Strategies for Changing Times, will focus on new strategies for diabetes prevention and control for practitioners, providers and leaders. The conference features plenary sessions, various lectures, symposia, oral presentations, roundtable discussions, exhibits and poster sessions on the latest and most innovative advances in diabetes prevention and initiatives.
Dates and Times: April 22–24
Location: Hyatt Regency Long Beach*, 200 South Pine Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802.
Contact: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/conferences/index.htm

Autism at Home and Around the World: Perspectives of a Father and Anthropologist
Hosted by CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities and Autism Speaks, in collaboration with The Marcus Autism Center; Autism Society of America, Georgia Chapter; CADEF: The Childhood Autism Foundation

Description: Roy Grinker, Phd, is the father of a child with autism. He is also an anthropologist and studies autism around the world—looking closely at the role culture plays in how societies identify and treat individuals with autism. In this presentation, Grinker will discuss what we can learn about autism diagnosis, care and advocacy from other cultures across the globe. He will also describe his international research and explain how this research has affected the choices his family has made in parenting his own daughter, Isabel. Is there an epidemic of autism? Is autism a disability or a disease? These are questions that Grinker will address by sharing his international research and personal experiences.
Dates and Times: April 23, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Roybal Campus, Tom Harkin Global Communication Center, Auditorium B.
Contact: Melody Stevens at 404.498.3849 or sme1@cdc.gov.

March for Babies*
Hosted by the March of Dimes

Description: March for Babies, an annual walking event, will take place the weekend of April 25–26 in more than 900 communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The March of Dimes hopes to raise $117 million from the 2009 event to support research to find answers to the serious problems that threaten babies and to fund community-based programs that bring comfort and information to families whose babies were born sick or prematurely. The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. With chapters nationwide and its premier event, March for Babies^sm, the March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.
Dates and Times: April 25–26
Location: All across the United States
Contact: www.marchforbabies.org*

May 2009

2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference Call for Abstracts*
Hosted by CDC's National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and National Environmental Health Association

Description: The 2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference—Healthy People in a Healthy Environment—seeks to promote the nation's environmental health capacity by enhancing the expertise of environmental health professionals, including public health and healthcare professionals, academic researchers, representatives from communities and organizations, as well as advocacy and business groups with a primary interest in environmental public health.
Dates and Times: Deadline: May 8; Conference Dates: October 26–28
Location: Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Contact: nephc2009@cdc.gov

June 2009

113th AFDO Annual Education Conference*
Hosted by the Association of Food and Drug Officials

Description: The Association of Food and Drug Officials—a non-profit organization comprised of local, state and federal government officials and industry leaders—will hold its 113th Annual Educational Conference at the Double Tree Hotel in Chicago-Oak Brook, IL, from June 6–10. The conference is a forum for delegates from the United States, Canada and Mexico for discussion about cutting-edge food and drug safety, security and defense initiatives.

Entitled "Education is the Foundation of Tomorrow," the conference program features keynote addresses by federal, state and international food safety leaders, including the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Homeland Security, Health Canada and Mexico's Federal Commission for Protection from Sanitary Risks.
Dates and Times: June 6–10
Location: Double Tree Hotel, Chicago-Oak Brook, IL
Contact: afdo@afdo.org

August 2009

Third Annual National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media
Hosted by CDC's National Center for Health Marketing and Office of Enterprise Communication, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Cancer Institute and National Public Health Information Coalition

Description: This conference brings together individuals representing academia, public health researchers and practitioners from federal and state government and the private sector, and provides a forum for collegial dialogue within and across these disciplines. The conference is an excellent opportunity to meet with colleagues and shape the future of health communication, marketing and media practice.
Dates and Times: August 11–13
Location: Omni Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Contact:  http://www.cdc.gov/healthmarketing/NCHCMM2009/