Upcoming Conferences and Events

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Conference Opportunities:

NEAFCS 2009 Annual Session
- Birmingham, AL
- Sept 14-18, 2009
- Celebration of the organization's 75th Anniversary
- Click here for more information
- If you would like to exhibit any of your state healthy home educational materials contact Laura Booth.
2009 Southeat Symposium
- "Children’s Environmental Health:
  Safe and Healthy School Environments"
- Presented by Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit at Emory University
- September 9, 2009
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global Communication and Training Center
- 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
- Advance registration is absolutely required to access the CDC campus.
- Click here for more information
Penn-ICOWHI 18th International Congress on Women’s Health
- “Cities and Women’s Health: Global Perspectives”
- April 7-10, 2010
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
- The deadline is July 31, 2009
Statewide Rural Roundtable
- Thursday, October 22, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Annapolis Doubletree Hotel
- Register before June 30 and attend for $40 per person. Early Bird Application
- Limited exhibit space is also available. Reserve your spot before June 30 for $100. After June 30, if space is available, the space is $125. (Includes 6-foot skirted table and one registration.)
- In tough economic times, amid shrinking budgets and shoestring staff resources, you can maintain and even expand your organization's capacity by pooling resources and getting creative. Workshop tracks will focus on Rural Health, Rural & Agricultural Development, and Financial Education & Asset Building.
- Come to the Statewide Rural Roundtable and get ideas that work for you.
9th International Healthy Buildings
Conference and Exhibition
- Syracuse, NY
- September 13-17, 2009
- A forum for exchange of leading research and technology developments, a unique opportunity to share information on your company's innovative products and services, and an extraordinary venue to network with national and global leaders and professionals in the fields of indoor air quality and healthy built environments
- Registration Is Now Open (click here)
Call for Abstracts for the 2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference
- Held October 25-28, 2009 in Atlanta
- For more information click here
- Abstracts are due May 8, 2009
- submit an abstract electronically here
- The conference will focus on the following six tracks:
  - Healthy Places
  - Public Health & Environmental Exposures
  - Sustainability & Public Health
  - Environmental Systems & Public Health
  - Environmental Health Emergencies
  - Environmental Health Science and Practice

Upcoming Meetings and Events:

Rural Maryalnd Council Annual Meeting
- October 21, 2009 in Annapolis - the day before the Statewide Rural Roundtable.
- The purpose of the meeting is to elect Board members and Board officers to serve on the Executive Board for the next year.
- All elected positions are for one year and start on January 1. There are no term limits. A Nominating Committee is being established.
- If you are interested in serving on the RMC Board or attending the Annual Meeting, please email us at: rmc@mda.state.md.us.
- For more information, please visit: www.rural.state.md.us

For more information, contact Lis Maring

Last updated: 07/31/2009

Kid’s Science Challenge
WELCOME TO YEAR 2 OF THE KIDS' SCIENCE CHALLENGE! With the help of three new teams of scientists and engineers, there is a brand new set of challenges for kids in the 3rd to 6th grade to consider. - posted Nov 6, 2009

Maryland Secretary of Agriculture
The SGA Speaker Series presents: Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Buddy Hance Tuesday, Nov. 10th. - posted Nov 6, 2009

Good Luck and Congratulations Maryland State 4-H Animal Science Teams
Congratulations to each of the Maryland 4-H youth that were named to the 2009 Maryland State 4-H Judging, Bowl, Hippology and related Teams! We have a large number of youth, staff, and volunteers who will be participating in national contests that will be held at the 2009 North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, KY, November 7-20. - posted Nov 6, 2009

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