Please join the Environment Section in celebrating our 100th Anniversary at the 2011 APHA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. This year’s theme, “Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds and Bodies,” provides a wonderful opportunity for the Environment Section to highlight the latest in environmental public health research and programs through 28 oral scientific sessions and seven poster sessions. Additionally, the Environment Section has several special events and activities planned to celebrate the 100th anniversary, including a special 100th anniversary social on Monday night.
You can access the full program – including cosponsored sessions – online at http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/ENV.html. All activities organized by the Environment Section will take place at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Specific room locations will be announced at a later date.
We encourage you to ‘Go Green!’ and use the APHA online Personal Scheduler to plan you APHA experience. The personal scheduler will enable registrants to view the program, select specific sessions and presentations and create a personal itinerary. Your itinerary can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection to change, update and add information at any time or download the personal scheduler to your PDA for immediate access. The personal scheduler can be found at: http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/schedule/index.cgi.
Additionally, this year the Environment Section’s program planning committee will provide only a limited number of paper handouts. In the past we have felt that this was a key marketing tool. However, with the rapid evolution of PDAs and i-Phone scheduling apps we feel this is no longer the case. Please consider importing your APHA schedule into your personal electronic device and convince your APHA colleagues to do the same.
Look forward to seeing you in Washington, D.C.!