13th Annual Health & Fitness Summit,
Atlanta, Georgia March 25-28, 2009.
Early Bird Deadline 12/31/08!
 
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For exhibit information, contact Anne Krug, or call 317
637-9200 ext. 135.
Preliminary Program
Click on the tracks below to view the
titles, speakers, and descriptions:
Nutrition
Special
Populations
Exercise
Program Design
Sports
Medicine/Medical
Personal
Training and Fitness Assessment
Business
Management and Professional Development
Mind/Body
Strategies
for Behavioral Change
Worksite
Health Promotion
Workouts
We are excited to highlight the
following events making their BIG DEBUT at the Atlanta
Summit:
*38
new faculty
*Lunch
with the Leaders – a student event
*Highlighted Lecture:
Exercise IS MedicineTM
*First-ever ALL Summit group exercise session “Fitness through the
Ages”
*GPS Adventure
Training
*BeamingTM
*Body Bar Dynamic Balance
*ZumbaTM &Zumba for Kids
Meet the Faculty
’09:
We are excited to introduce you to our faculty
during a series of Summit biography sessions only on the ACSM
website! Each month, we will highlight speakers by one of our nine
tracks, so that you become familiar with their talents, dedication and
contributions to the world of health and fitness.
This December, please help us welcome the
Exercise Program Design track experts!! Click on the photo to view
their bio, and click on the title to view the description.
TRACK:
EXERCISE PROGRAM DESIGN
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Newly
Released U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines
Jackie Epping, M.P.E., CDC, Atlanta,
GA |
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The
Role of Strength Exercise in Weight Loss and Wellness: Why and
How
Wayne Westcott, Ph.D., South Shore
YMCA, Quincy, MA |
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No
More “Dirty Laundry” - Good News in the Fitness Industry!!
Michael R. Bracko, Ed.D, FACSM, Institute for
Hockey Research, Calgary, AB, Canada |
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Importance
of Exercise Intensity for Health and Exercise Prescription
James S. Skinner, Ph.D., FACSM, Indiana University,
Brevard, NC |
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Functional
Connections: Movement that Matters
Dixie Stanforth, M.S., UT Austin, Austin,
TX |
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Functional
Connections: Movement that Matters
Karen
Smith, M.A., Advanced Rehabilitation/Rogue Training Systems, Austin,
TX
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Last Month's Highlighted Track: Nutrition
3 PRE-CONFERENCES TO IN
HOT TOPICS
"Women's
Health Across the
Lifespan"
(3 CECs)
"Creating
A Culture of Health: Policy to Practice Solutions for the
Worksite"
(4 CECs)
"The
Final Chapter of Follow the Evidence, Not the Gurus"
(3.5 CECs)
2009
KEYNOTERS
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Pat
Williams
Orlando Magic
"The Magic of Teamwork"
Wednesday, March 25, 5:30-6:30
p.m. |
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Nanette Wenger, M.D.
Emory University School of Medicine
"Coronary Heart Disease
and
the Millennial Woman"
Thursday, March 26, 8:15-9:30
a.m. |
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Walter Bortz, M.D.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
"Surgery and Diabesity;
Square Peg, Round Hole"
Friday, March 27, 8:15-9:30
a.m. |
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Len Kravitz, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico
"Stardate 2009: The Next
Generation
Research to Practice
Presentation"
Saturday, March 28, 10:45 a.m. -
12:00 p.m. | |
If you work in a university,
corporate, commercial fitness, clinical, rehabilitative, hospital,
physician’s or office setting,
the SUMMIT is for
you!
9 TRACKS
CECs
EXPOSITION
WORKOUTS
THREE
PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS
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