Webinar on Childhood Obesity, August 5

I apologize for not posting this earlier. This webinar will originate in Charlotte, and in-person attendance is available, although I imagine folks with an interest in this will be more interested in the webinar. Details follow.

A day-long webinar/conference on childhood obesity, a concern across many disciplines at NC State, is scheduled for August 5th, sponsored through a USDA grant by the Kannapolis Scholars of the North Carolina Research Campus.   The webinar will be broadcast live from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. from the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, N.C. 

Speakers from academia, industry, government, as well as stakeholders from the community, will discuss how to address this issue, which has become an increasing concern not only in the United States, but worldwide. Here are links that will tell you more:
About the webinar--

http://www.wix.com/kannapolisscholars/2011symposium
About the Kannapolis Scholars program-- http://www.ncsu.edu/kannapolis/

Here is an approximate schedule for the Aug 5th webinar/conference:
LOST IN TRANSLATION: A CONVERSATION ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY

10:15 Welcome: Dr. Jack Odle, NC State University, Director, USDA-AFRI Training Grant
10:25 Introduction and Overview: M.C., Dr. Keith Harris, NC State University
10:35 Academic Perspective: Dr. Suzie Goodell, Assistant Professor,
Department of Food Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences, NC State University

10:55 Panel Discussion 1

11:05 Roundtable Discussion 1

11:20 Government Perspective: Dr. Etta Saltos, National Program Leader,
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA
Government Efforts to Combat Childhood Obesity

11:40 Panel Discussion 2
11:50 Roundtable Discussion 2
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Industry Perspective: Coca-Cola Representative TBA

1:20 Panel Discussion 3
1:30 Roundtable Discussion 3
1:45 Stakeholder Perspective: Dr. Vondell Clark, M.D.,

Catawba Valley Medical Center Healthy House

2:05 Panel Discussion 4
2:15 Roundtable Discussion 4
2:30 Group Forum
3:30 Closing Discussion & Remarks

To register for this webinar, go to https://nutrition.webex.com/nutrition/k2/j.php?ED=131306752&UID=1105377462&HMAC=dc1dac126a8c6e0b279648a75e3c96cafe7247c0&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D&FM=1and and click on Register. 

Once you are approved by the host, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the session.

If you would like to attend the meeting in person in Kannapolis, you are welcome to do that as well.
Please go to the following link to let us know if you would like to attend in person:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L5QQTQY
Continental breakfast and lunch are included with registration.
Kannapolis is about a 2 1/2 hour drive from Raleigh.
Here is a link showing the location of the North Carolina Research Campus
in Kannapolis:http://www.ncresearchcampus.net/about-ncrc/location-directions.aspx
Dr. Jack Odle recommends taking the train:
Amtrak #73 leaves at 6:57 a.m. from the Cary train station. Amtrak #76
returns to Cary at 8:10 p.m. It's a long day, but much more relaxing than
driving.
The train station is a short walk from the North Carolina Research Campus
Core Lab.
Here is a link to the Amtrak website:http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage