Program - Tentative Schedule At-A-Glance                    
 
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Historic Louisville Tour (more)

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Registration Open
Poster Sessions, Exhibit Halls Setup

 
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

7:00 am - 6:00 pm

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Registration, Poster Session, Exhibit Hall, Lactation Suite Open
Continental Breakfast, Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Sessions
8:00 am - 8:30 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:30 am - 10:00 am

Opening Keynote
Working In the Positive Zone
Susan Miller, MA

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Nutrition Break, Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Sessions with Authors for Q & A

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding

Healthy Habits  For Life:

A Sesame Workshop and NWA Partnership

Jeanette Betancourt

Cecilia Richardson

 

Breastfeeding and Frenulum
 Brian Palmer, DDS

State/Local Agency Peer Counselor Program Showcase
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch On Your Own, Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Session with Authors

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Nutrition
Nutrition Breastfeeding Breastfeeding

The Influence of Social Determinants of Health on Community Health
Adewale Troutman, MD

 

Fruits & Veggies -
More MattersĀ®
Jennifer Seymour
Connie Fisher

Helping Mothers Who Exclusively Pump
Nancy Mohrbacher

Implementing the New WIC Food Package
Assessment & Management of the Breastfeeding Dyad


Patti Mitchell, Tihesha Salley, Mary Sammer


 

3:00 pm - 3:30pm

Nutrition Break, Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Sessions with Authors for Q & A

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Nutrition
Nutrition Breastfeeding Breastfeeding

New Food Package:
Ready, Set, Go
Donna Thompson
June Beckford

Diane Hepburn
Erika Trainer

WIC Program Strategies for Obesity Management
Sandy Benton-Davis

Breastfeeding and Frenulum
Brian Palmer, DDS

 

Guidelines for Lactation Management
Amy Spangler

5:30 - 7:00pm

Special Program Highlight
NY: Computer Pilot Program

Parenthood Plus:  Using Technology to Achieve Better

Outcomes for Mothers and Children

Mary, McCormick, MA, MBA, Ph.D., President, Fund for the City of New York
Theresa Landau, MS, RD, CDN, Director, Morrisania WIC Program

 
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

6:00 am - 7:00 am

7:00 am - 6:00 pm

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Exercise Session TBA
Registration, Poster Session, Exhibit Hall, Lactation Suite Open
Continental Breakfast & Networking

8:00 am - 9:30 am

Plenary Session
Healthy Babies are Worth the Weight
Ruth Ann Shepherd, MD, FAAP, CPHQ

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Nutrition Break, Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Sessions with Authors for Q & A


10:30 am - 12:00 pm

 

Nutrition
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding

New Food Packages: Marketing Our Messages

Shirley Sword
Kara Ryan
Linnea Sallack

 

The Winners Circle of Local Agency VENA Implementation
Tony Zech
Kimberly McGee
Susan Terry
Connie James
Gabriel Torres

The Late Pre-term Infant
Maria Lennon

Empowering Mothers: Everybody Can Do It
Carole Peterson

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch On Your Own, Networking, Visiting Exhibits & Poster Sessions

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Nutrition
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding

An Ounce of Prevention:

Shaping the Habits that Shape the Child
Robert Murray, MD

WIC's Workforce for the Future

Stephanie Cooks
Michele Van Eyken

Alice Lenihan

Fatima Hoger
Kendra Sticka

Just 1 Bottle
Marsha Walker

Breastfeeding, A
Magical Bond of
Love

USDA

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Nutrition Break, Networking, Visit Exhibits & Poster Sessions with Authors for Q & A

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Nutrition Nutrition Breastfeeding Breastfeeding

Beyond Knowledge in Nutrition
Education
Jennifer Seth

Understanding and Managing Lactose Maldigestion
Jeanette N. Keith, MD
Just 1 Bottle
Marsha Walker

A Business Case for Breastfeeding
Cathy Carothers
Kendall Cox

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

An Evening at the Kentucky Derby Museum (more)

 
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

6:00 am - 7:00 am

7:00 am - 12:00 pm

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Exercise Session TBA
Registration and Lactation Suite Open

Continental Breakfast, Networking & Round Table Discussions

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8:30 am - 9:45 am

Nutrition Nutrition Breastfeeding Breastfeeding

Influencing Your
Customer - How to
Create Meaningful Conversations for a
Value Enhanced
Nutrition Assessment

Susan Mayer

What's New in Prenatal Nutrition?
Marcia Greenblum
Suann Jewell

Joyce Robl

Health Risk Messages: The Art
of Persuasion

Amy Spangler

Empowering
Mothers: Everybody
Can Do It

Carole Peterson

9:45 am - 10:15 am

Nutrition Break, Networking

10:15 am -11:30 am

Closing Keynote, Grand Ballroom A
The WIC Salon: Welcome to a New You!

Cathy Carothers
Kendall Cox

11:30 am

Closing Remarks

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, Headquarters and Regional Nutrition Staff Meeting- Wilson Room
 
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