Conferences and training opportunities related to promoting physical activity and active lifestyles are listed below, with dates, locations, and Internet links. Telephone numbers are also included if available. The list is in chronological order.

JANUARY 2008

International Play Association World Conference
January 8-11, 2008
Hong Kong, China
http://sn.polyu.edu.hk/ipa2008/

Transportation Research Board
January 13-17, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www.trb.org/meeting/

FEBRUARY

7th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities
February 7-9, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www.newpartners.org/

International Stroke Conference 2008
February 19-22, 2008
Washington, DC
http://strokeconference.americanheart.org/portal/strokeconference/sc/

3rd Annual Building Healthy Lifestyes Conference3rd
February 28-March 1, 2008
Mesa, AZ
http://www.bhlconference.com/

MARCH

National Bike Summit 2008
March 4-6, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www.bikeleague.org/conferences/summit08/index.php

17th Annual Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference
March 5-8, 2008
San Diego, CA
http://healthpromotionconference.org

2008 Group Health Seattle International Bicycle Expo
March 8-9, 2008
Seattle, WA
http://www.cascade.org/EandR/expo/index.cfm

The 8th Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Health Behavior
March 9-12, 2008
Mandalay Bay, CA
http://www.aahb.org/conference/

Trailbuilders Conference
March 9-14, 2008
Reno, Nevada
http://www.trailbuilders.org/conference/ptba_conf.html

48th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention in association with the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism
March 11-15, 2008
Colorado Springs, CO
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3038389

National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Legislative Forum
March 12-14, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentId=968

11th Annual Health Education Advocacy Summit
March 15-17, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www.healtheducationadvocate.org/Summit/

Stanford Pediatric Weight Control Program Training Institute
March 18-21, 2008
Stanford, CA
http://med.stanford.edu/sprc2/pages/public/about.html

ACSM's Health and Fitness Summit and Expo
March 21-27, 2008
Long Beach, CA
http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Health_and_Fitness_Summit

2007 Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging (ASA) & the National Council on the Aging (NCOA)
March 26-30, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www.agingconference.org/asav2/conf/jc/jc08/

2008 Annual Conference: Healthy People, Healthy Places, Inclusive Communities!
March 31-April 2, 2008
Denver, Colorado
http://www.fundersnetwork.org/info-url_nocat2778/info-url_nocat_show.htm?doc_id=533042

APRIL

2007 AAHPERD National Convention
April 8-12, 2008
Fort Worth, TX
http://member.aahperd.org/convention/index.cfm

Active Living Research Annual Conference
April 9-12, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www.activelivingresearch.org/conference/2008

2nd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health
April 14-16, 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands
http://www.icpaph08.org/

2008 National Association for Health and Fitness National Conference
April 16-18, 2008
TBA
http://www.physicalfitness.org

MAY

2008 CDC Diabetes Conference
May 5-8, 2008
Orlando, FL
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/conferences/index.htm2008

Games for Health Conference
May 8-9, 2008
Baltimore, Maryland
http://www.gamesforhealth.org/

16th European Congress on Obesity Eco 2008
May 14-17, 2008
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.eco2008.org/

Annual Meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)
May 21-24, 2008
Banff, Alberta, Canada
http://www.silvanesti-enterprises.com/isbnpa/

2008 SOPHE Mid-Year Scientific Conference
May 21-24, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
http://www.sophe.org/

Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
May 28-31, 2008
Indianapolis, IN
http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Annual_Meeting2

JUNE

Canadian Transportation Research Forum
June 1-4, 2008
Frederiction, New Brunswick
http://www.ctrf.ca/

International Making Cities Liveable (46th)
June 1-5, 2008
Santa Fe, NM
http://www.livablecities.org/46ConfSantaFe.htm

17th Annual National Conference, Social Marketing in Public Health
June 18-21, 2008
Clearwater Beach, FL
http://www.cme.hsc.usf.edu/coph/smph/index.html

53rd Annual AAHPERD Leadership Development Conference
June 18-21, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www.aahperd.org/aahperd/template.cfm?template=ldc_main.html

American Volkssport Association Biennial Convention 2007
June23 - July 1, 2008
Sacramento, CA
http://www.2007avaconvention.org

JULY

IDEA World Fitness Convention
July 8-12, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada
http://w2.ideafit.com/

33rd National Wellness Conference 2008
July 12-17, 2008
Stevens Point, WI
http://www.nationalwellness.org/

7th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity
July 26-29, 2008
Tsukuba, Japan
http://www.isapa.org/

AUGUST

Nutrition, Physical Exercise, Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer
August 1-2, 2008
Albuquerque, New Mexico
http://www.serdi-fr.com/ABQ.htm

10th Annual International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity
August 8-10, 2008
Korea: TBA
http://www.ifapa.biz/

SEPTEMBER

Pro Walk/Pro Bike 2008
September 2-5, 2008
Seattle, WA
http://www.bikewalk.org/conference.php

9th Global Conference on Ageing
September 4-7, 2008
Montreal, Canada
http://www.ageingdesignmontreal.ca/en/

8th European Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education
September 10-13, 2008
Turin, Italy
http://www.hp08torino.org/

2008 International Urban Parks Conference
September 21-23, 2008
Pittsburg, PA
http://www.urbanparks08.org/

2008 Physical Activity for Public Health Information
September 29-October 2, 2008
Banff, Alberta, Canada
http://www.cflri.ca/eng/info/2008_paph_info.php

OCTOBER

WALK 21: 9th Annual
October 8-10, 2008
Barcelona, Spain
http://www.walk21.com/conferences/barcelona.asp

National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Congress and Exposition
October 14-18, 2008
Baltimore, MD
http://www.nrpa.org/

2008 SOPHE 59th Annual Meeting
October 23-25, 2008
San Diego, CA
http://www.sophe.org/

APHA Annual Conference
October 25-29, 2008
San Diego, CA
http://www.apha.org/meetings

International Conference on Urban Health
October 29-31, 2008
Vancouver, BC
http://www.icuh2008.com/

Second world Congress on Controversies to Consensus in Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypertension (CODHy)
October 30 - November 2, 2008
Barcleona, Spain
http://www.codhy.com/2008/

NOVEMBER

2008 European Public Health Conference
November 6-8, 2008
Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.eupha.org/

National Trails Symposium
November, 15-18, 2008
San Antonio, TX
http://www.americantrails.org/2008/index.html

61st Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
November 21-25, 2008
National Harbor, MD
http://www.geron.org/

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