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CONFERENCES
Organizer: Healthy Housing Conferences
Date: October 15-16, 2009
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Summary: A Networking and Educational Conference Devoted to the Elimination of Childhood Lead Poisoning, Implementing Healthy Homes Programs and Combating Indoor Environmental Hazards.
The conference brings together professionals from health, housing, community development, community groups, advocacy organizations, the lead industry, real estate firms, and residential and commercial facilities to explore ways to undertake programs and projects designed to prevent incidents of lead poisoning and eliminate indoor environmental hazards.
The conference also features a special Symposium on the Long Term Effects of Lead Poisoning on Cognitive Functioning, School Achievement and Behavioral Adjustment presented by three of the nation's leading researchers whose finding provide new insights into the long-term health effects of lead poisoning.
Early Bird Registration Rates Apply to Registration Forms Received Before
July 31, 2009
Registration payment does not have to accompany the registration form unless you are paying by credit card.
Partial Registration Scholarships Are Available
Website: http://www.http://leadmoldconferences.com/website/
Organizer: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Date: January 14-16, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosts its annual Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQ TfS) National Symposium in Washington, DC, to bring together past, present, and future leaders in protecting and improving IAQ in our nation's schools. The IAQ TfS Program is a nationwide initiative to help school officials assess, resolve, and prevent IAQ problems, and to reduce exposure to asthma triggers in school facilities. While school officials, administrators, facilities and operations personnel, teachers, parents, and students traditionally attend, the Symposium is open to anyone with an interest in IAQ in schools.
Website: http://www.iaqsymposium.com/
Organizer: Children's Environmental Health Network
Date: May 8, 2009
Location: Ginsburg Tower, Creation Conference Rooms D & E
Florida Hospital Center for Children
601 East Rollins Street
Orlando, FL 32803
Summary: There will be a panel presentation and town hall discussion on children’s environmental health protection. Speakers Include:Lisa Jackson, U.S. EPA Administrator (INVITED), Dr. Antonia Novello,Vice President, Women and Children’s Health and Policy Affairs, Florida Hospital for Children, Former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Joel Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland Church, Part of President Obama's Advisory Council and Dr. Karen van Caulil, Executive Director, Health Council of East Central Florida, Inc. Community Advisory Group, National Children’s Study – Orange County, Florida
Contact: Please RSVP to Laura Washington
Children's Environmental Health Network
110 Maryland Ave. NE Suite 505
Washington, DC 20019
Tel: 202-543-4033 ext. 12
E-mail: lwashington@cehn.org
Website: www.cehn.org
Sponsor: World Health Organization (WHO)
Date: June 7 - 10, 2009
Location: Busan, Republic of Korea
Summary: The event aims at extending the recognition of children's environmental health needs and providing a platform for the exchange of scientific experiences, for learning about research efforts, and promoting protective policies. It will also enable us to work out why existing global efforts have not progressed more rapidly and what needs to be done, both in developing and industrialized countries.
Website: http://ceh2009.org/
National Environmental Health Assocation (NEHA) Annual Conference " A Revealing Look at How the Environmental Health Profession is Evolving"
Sponsors: National Environmental Health Association
Date: June 21-24, 2009
Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Summary: More than ever, environmental health professionals need the knowledge, skills, and abilities to prepare for where the practice of environmental health is heading. This year’s conference will give serious attention to how the profession is changing—especially in response to economic pressures and the emergence of profession-based performance standards. From the keynote speaker, Dr. Howard Frumkin, to numerous speakers to tours on the CDC campus— the involvement of CDC in the NEHA conference gives attendees the opportunity to learn and interact with an agency and group of experts that are helping to lead environmental health into the future.
Website: http://www.neha.org/AEC/2009/index.htm
Sponsors: Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Date: September 11, 2009
Location: Mt. Washington Conference Center, Baltimore, MD
Summary: This annual conference allows MACCHE to advance it's goals of working with regional partners to mitigate the adverse immpact of environmental pollutants on the health of children. The entire day will focus on engagingg discussions surrounding Children's Environmental Health.
Website: http://www.meetmax.com/sched/macc909/~public/conference_home.html?event_id=3762
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in conjunction with the National Environmental Health Association
Date: October 26-28, 2009
Location: Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, 165 Courtland Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Summary: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. The conference aims to develop and encourage innovative strategies for addressing existing and emerging issues in addition to being a forum for CDC/ATSDR and its many partners to share research, scientific, and program information focusing on environmental public health priorities.
Website: http://www.team-psa.com/2009nephc/main.asp
Sponsors: American Public Health Association
Date: November 7-11, 2009
Location: Independence HallAmerican Public Health Association 137th Annual Meeting & Expo, Philadelphia, PA
Summary: The APHA Annual Meeting theme is "Water and Public Health: the 21st Century Challenge." The conference will feature: Scientific Sessions, Special Sessions, APHA Learning Institutes, CEU's, an APHA Public Health Expo and more.
Website: http://www.apha.org/meetings/highlights/
Notice:
If you have any further information about these or
additional conferences or meetings on Children's Environmental Health please
contact us at: cehn@cehn.org
