TENTATIVE PROGRAM AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE                    

 

SATURDAY, MAY 23

8:00 am – 3:00 pm

NINAC WIC Meeting - (Cheekwoon GH)

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

NWA Finance Committee Meeting – (Magnolia Boardroom B)

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

 

State Section Representative Meeting (Board) – (Magnolia Boardroom A)

Local Agency Representative Meeting (Board) – (Cheekwood ABC)

Nutrition Services Section Meeting (Board) – (Belmont A)

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

NWA Executive Committee Meeting – (Magnolia Boardroom B)

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Stretch Break

3:30 pm – 6:30 pm

NWA Full Board of Directors Meeting – (Magnolia Boardroom B)

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Registration Desk Opens – (Tennessee lobby)

 

SUNDAY,  MAY 24

7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Registration Desk Opens –  (Tennessee lobby)

9:00 pm – 11:00 pm

NWA Orientation Training Session – (Hermitage CD)

10:00 am – 11:00 am

NWA 2010 Conference Planning Committee Meeting – Hosted by the Northeast Region – (Magnolia Boardroom B)

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Ad Hoc Meetings (Committees & Task Forces) – (Magnolia Boardroom A)

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Opening Plenary – Welcome & Remarks

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Opening Keynote – David T. Tayloe, Jr., MD, FAAP  - (Tennessee CDE)

American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008-09 President  

4:00 pm - 4:20 pm

Introduction of NWA’s Candidates for Elective Office

4:20 pm – 5:00 pm

ITO Honoring Ceremony

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

President’s Reception & Trade Show Kick-off – (Ryman Hall B1)

 

MONDAY. MAY 25

6:00 am - 7:00 am

Exercise Session – (Belmont A)

7:00 am – 6:00 pm

Registration Desk Opens – (Tennessee Lobby)

7:30 am – 5:30 pm

Lactation Suite – Ask for Key at Registration Desk – (Cheekwood F)

7:30 am – 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast, Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Sessions with Authors for Q & A – (Ryman Hall B1)

9:00 am – 10:30 am

SECTION FORUM & TOWN HALL MEETINGS

State Agency

Forum – (Cheekwood GH)

Local Agency Forum – (Tennessee A)

Nutrition Services

Section Forum – (Tennessee B)

 

Special Interest

Group Meeting – (Hermitage CD)

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Break, Networking, Visiting Exhibits & Poster Sessions - (Ryman Hall B1)

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Health/Wellness – (Tennessee A)

Nutrition Education – (Tennessee B)

Management/

Communication – (Cheekwood ABC)

Food Delivery – (Hermitage CD)

Soaring with the Eagle: Live Theater, Nutrition and Physical Activity Education

 

Sarah Miracle, MBA,RD,LDN

Stephany Paige Parker, PhD

James Wallace, MA

 

On-Line Nutrition Education

 

Robert Bensley, PhD

Patricia Zecca, MS

Amanda Hovis, MPH

 

Building Bridges:

Effective Cross Cultural Communication

 

Ira SenGupta, MA

 

WIC Food Package Implementation:  Lessons Learned  

Part I

Tim Mooney

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch on Your Own, Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Sessions with Authors for Q & A – (Ryman Hall B1)

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Health/Wellness – (Tennessee A)

Nutrition Education – (Tennessee B)

Management/

Communication – (Cheekwood ABC)

Food Delivery – (Hermitage CD)

Childhood Obesity Research

 

Dr. Hollie Raynor, RD

 

 

Nutrition Care Process: Success in WIC

 

Dee Pratt, RD, LDN

Anne Bennett, RD, MPH

Communicating Effectively through an Interpreter

 

Ira SenGupta, MA

 

Vendor Feedback on New Food Package: Lessons Learned

Part II

 

Pat Brodhagen

Mitch Klein

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Concurrent Interest Sessions with NWA’s Business Council Partners

2:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Louise J. Meyer, J.P. Morgan EFS, Inc. – (Cheekwood G)

 

Tammy Seitel, General Mills – (Cheekwood H)

 

Julie Salmen, The Kellogg Company – (Hermitage A)

BCP Name

2:50 pm - 3:30 pm

State of the Birth Market: Research Insights

 

Georgia Galanoudis, Meredith Parenthood Group – (Cheekwood G)

Medela, Inc. – (Cheekwood H)

HemoCue, Inc. – (Hermitage A)

BCP Name

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Nutrition Break, Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Sessions with Authors for Q & A – (Ryman Hall B1)

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Health/Wellness – (Tennessee A)

Nutrition Education – (Tennessee B)

Management/

Communication – (Cheekwood ABC)

Food Delivery  - (Hermitage CD)

Tasting Balance in a Time-Starved World

Chere Bork, RD

 

Participant Centered Education Project: Implementing a New WIC Nutrition Education Model

 

Rich Proulx

Karen Sell, RD

Loren Bell

Susan Greathouse, RD, MPH

Managing a Multi-Generational Work Force

 

Barbara Phillips, MEd

Effect of New Food Package on Eating Habits and Food Preferences

 

Pamela Doughty, PhD

Mary Van Eck, MS, RD, LD

    6:00 pm Until     

Planned On-site/Off-site event(s) or Dinner on Your Own

 

TUESDAY, MAY 26

6:00 am – 7:00 am

Exercise Session (Belmont A)

7:00 am – 6:00 pm

Registration Desk Opens (Tennessee Lobby)

7:30 am – 5:30 pm

Lactation Suite – Ask for Key at Registration Desk – (Cheekwood F)

7:30 am – 10:00 am

Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Sessions with Authors for Q & A – (Ryman Hall B1)

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 10:00 am

NWA Business Meeting & Breakfast – (Hermitage AB)

10:00 am – 11:30 pm

Health/Wellness – (Tennessee A)

Nutrition Education – (Tennessee B)

Management/

Communication – (Cheekwood ABC)

Food Delivery  - (Hermitage CD)

Mother Knows Breast: Helping Mothers Build Confidence in their Milk Supply

Cathy Carothers, BLA, IBCLC, RLC

Kendall Cox, BA , IBCLC,RLC

 

Mom Circle: Waking the Dream by Connecting Moms for Change

Part I

 

Melinda Newport, MS, RD

Debi Tipton, MS, RD

Connie Merriman, MS

Pam McCarthy, MS, RD

Say It with Feeling! New Mom-Tested Nutrition Messages for WIC Participants

 

Judy Wilson, MSPH, RD

Alicia White, MS,RD

Patricia O. Race, MED, RD, CDN

Participants’ Response to WIC Food Package Changes

Maureen Black, PhD

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

NWA Awards Luncheon – (Tennessee CDE)

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

USDA TOWN HALL MEETING – (Tennessee CDE)

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Nutrition Break, Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Sessions with Authors for  Q & A – (Ryman Hall B1)

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Health/Wellness – (Tennessee A)

Nutrition Education – (Tennessee B)

Management/

Communication – (Cheekwood ABC)

Food Delivery  - (Hermitage CD)

Issues and Ethics of Breastfeeding

 

Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC, FILCA

 

 

 

 

 

Mom Circle: Waking the Dream by Connecting Moms for Change

Part 2

 

Melinda Newport, MS, RD

Debi Tipton, MS, RD

Connie Merriman, MS

Pam McCarthy, MS, RD

Addressing Literacy and Numeracy in Childhood Obesity Prevention

 

Russell Rothman, MD, MPP

 

 

Vendor Management Round Table

6:00 pm Until

Planned On-site/Off-site event(s) or Dinner on Your Own

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

 

 

7:00 am – 12:00 Noon

Registration Desk Open – (Tennessee Lobby)

7:30 am – 11:30 am

Lactation Suite – Ask for Key at Registration Desk (Cheekwood F)

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast & Networking – (Tennessee Lobby)

9:00 am – 9:15 am

Assembly and Poster Session Recognition & Awards – (Tennessee CDE)

9:15 am - 9:30 am

Introduction of the NWA 2009 - 2010 Board of Directors

9:30 am -10:30 am

Closing Keynote

 Creating Positive Energy for Change

 Chere Bork, RD

10:30 am – 11:00 am

NWA’s New President Closing Remarks

11:15 am –  1:00 pm

NWA 2009 – 2010 Board of Directors Meeting – (Magnolia Ballroom B)