Upcoming Events

Below is a list of public health-related conferences, seminars, and special meetings taking place around the nation in the coming months. If you would like to have an event added to this listing, please submit a summary, contact information, and other important details to info@naccho.org.

RAND Center for Public Health Preparedness Webinar: Quality Improvement Strategies for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
From:	11/19/08 12:00 PM
To:	11/19/08 1:00 PM
Join the RAND Center for Public Health Preparedness for a live webinar on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, on applying quality improvement (QI) methods to public health emergency preparedness. Understand how your agency can use QI methods to identify areas for improvement and to develop solutions. Learn about the experience of a pilot QI learning collaborative in public health emergency preparedness. Learn about using small scale drills for performance assessment and continuous improvement. The RAND Public Health Preparedness team will also preview a new interactive CD-ROM, *PREPARE for Pandemic Influenza: A Quality Improvement Toolkit, that will be released in late November. This FREE Toolkit is a collection of strategies, tips, and resources designed to assist state and local public health professionals in applying a QI approach to their emergency preparedness activities, particularly for pandemic influenza preparedness. Presenters:* Debra Lotstein, M.D., M.P.H. Project Director, PREPARE for Pandemic Influenza Pilot Learning Collaborative RAND Corporation Jeanne Ringel, Ph.D. Deputy Director RAND Center for Public Health Preparedness April Swartout, M.P.A. Public Health Program Coordinator Genesee County, MI Health Department Webinar Details: When: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:00 AM–10:00 AM PST To register for this event, please go the following link: http://connectpro42569910.acrobat.com/prepareqi/event/registration.html Audio Conference Line: (866) 244-4530

20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare
Nashville, TN
From:	12/08/08 12:00 AM
To:	12/11/08 11:59 PM
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) welcomes healthcare leaders and learners who are passionate about improving care to join the 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare in Nashville, TN. This uniquely energizing conference draws nearly 6,500 health care professionals from around the world and thousands more via satellite broadcast. This year's keynote speakers include: Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP (President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement); Susan Dentzer (Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, and On-Air Health Policy Analyst, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS); and John Kitzhaber, MD (President, Estes Park Institute, and Director for the Center for Evidence-Based Policy at Oregon Health and Science University). Visit IHI's National Forum conference Web site for more information.

8th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
Albuquerque, New Mexico
From:	01/22/09 9:00 AM
To:	01/24/09 5:00 PM
The New Partners for Smart Growth Conference is the premier event for those interested in sharing experiences and insights and valuable tools and strategies to encourage smart growth implementation. The 2009 conference will draw a multidisciplinary audience of local elected officials, city and county staff, planners, transportation professionals, and all others committed to building safer, healthier, and more livable communities. Click here to learn more about Community Design principles.

2009 Public Health Preparedness Summit
San Diego, CA
From:	02/18/09 12:00 PM
To:	02/20/09 5:00 PM
Save the date for this unifying public health event. Please join us for the 4th Annual Public Health Preparedness Summit in San Diego, California on February 18–20, 2009! The Summit is the largest conference for public health and emergency preparedness professionals offering a variety of plenary, panel, and poster presentations, roundtable discussions, and interactive workshops all focused on building, enhancing, and sustaining our nation’s ability to plan for, respond to, and recover from disasters and other public health emergencies. The Summit is jointly sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories, the Association of Schools of Public Health, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Association of City and County Health Officials, the National Emergency Management Association, the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, and the Medical Reserve Corps program. For more information, visit www.phprep.org.

National Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference
Washington, DC
From:	02/24/09 9:00 AM
To:	02/26/09 9:00 PM
Tracks 2009 will serve as the platform for CDC to officially launch its National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. This is a nationwide network of integrated health and environmental data to be used to provide information in support of actions that improve the health of communities. Anticipated attendees are any person or organization engaged in the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program or interested in learning more about tracking. This may include representatives from federal, state, and local public health agencies; federal, state, and local environmental agencies; federal, state, and local policymakers: public health and environmental non-governmental organizations; academic institutions; professional associations; advocacy organizations; and community-based organizations. For more information on the Tracking Program, please visit NACCHO's EPHT program page.

Lean Six Sigma Conference
Phoenix, AZ
From:	03/02/09 12:00 AM
To:	03/03/09 11:59 PM
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) welcomes quality improvement professionals to join the 2009 Lean Six Sigma conference in Phoenix, AZ. This conference promises to provide the latest in Lean Six Sigma tools, methodologies, and solutions to organizational improvement. The conference will also feature networking and learning opportunities from sponsors and exhibitors from a variety of markets and levels of experience. Visit ASQ's Lean Six Sigma conference Web site for more information.

2009 Nebraska Public Health Conference
The Cornhusker, A Marriott Hotel, Lincoln, NE
From:	04/08/09 9:00 AM
To:	04/09/09 5:00 PM
The goal of this conference is to engage a diverse audience in building the future of Public Health in Nebraska and to collectively improve the health of our State. Further information can be found at http://cme.creighton.edu. Submit RFPs (no later than 9/15/08) to Lea Pounds, Center for Biopreparedness Education, 984550 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198.

World Conference on Quality and Improvement
Minneapolis, MN
From:	05/18/09 12:00 AM
To:	05/20/09 11:59 PM
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) welcomes quality improvement professionals to join the 2009 World Conference on Quality and Improvement in Minneapolis, MN. This year's theme, The Culture of Quality: Serving Customers, Organizations, and Communities, focuses on the following topics: quality basics; customer service; driving quality throughout the organization; improved performance; and 21st Century needs, competencies, and issues. Visit ASQ's conference Web site for more information.

Promoting Environmental and Policy Change to Support Healthy Aging
Chapel Hill, NC
From:	09/15/09 9:00 AM
To:	09/16/09 5:00 PM
The CDC presents a research symposium on Promoting Environmental and Policy Change to Support Healthy Aging, September 15-16, 2008, in Chapel Hill, NC. This symposium will address the challenges amenable to environmental and policy change. For more information on this symposium please visit www.prc-han.org