This year's conference theme is All Aboard! Building Partnerships for a Healthy America. The conference goal is: Build a collaborative approach among organizations and agencies to achieve a healthier and safer America by promoting health and wellness, advancing health equity and reducing health disparities.
For more details please see Sessions
Download a final program: 2016nhocfinalprogram.pdf
Wednesday April 6th | ||
12:30 - 5:00 pm | Educational Tours | |
12:30 - 5:00 pm | Pre-Conference Workshop (lunch included) | |
6:00 - 8:00 pm | Opening Session Banquet | |
Thursday April 7th | ||
7:45 - 9:20 am | Breakfast | |
8:30 - 9:20 am | Plenary Session | |
9:20 - 9:40 am | Break | |
9:40 - 10:40 am | Concurrent Sessions | LOCATION |
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Roanoke Ballroom A Session Details |
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Roanoke Ballroom B Session Details |
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Buck Mountain Session Details |
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Pocahontas Session Details | |
10:40 - 10:50 am | Break | |
10:50 - 11:50 am | Concurrent Sessions | LOCATION |
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Roanoke Ballroom A Session Details |
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Roanoke Ballroom B Session Details |
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Buck Mountain Session Details |
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Pocahontas Session Details |
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11:50 - Noon | Luncheon (Speaker) | |
1:30 - 2:30 pm | Concurrent Sessions | LOCATION |
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Roanoke Ballroom A Session Details |
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Roanoke Ballroom B Session Details |
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IGNITE!
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Buck Mountain Session Details |
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Pocahontas Session Details |
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2:30 - 2:40 pm | Break | |
2:40 - 3:40 pm | Concurrent Sessions | LOCATION |
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Roanoke Ballroom A Session Details |
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Roanoke Ballroom B Session Details |
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Buck Mountain Session Details |
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Pocahontas Session Details |
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3:40 - 4:00 pm | Break | |
4:00 - 4:50 pm | Plenary Session | |
5:00 - 6:30 pm |
Poster Session and Reception
Dinner on your own |
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Friday April 8th | ||
7:00 - 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
8:00 - 9:30 am | Plenary Session | |
9:30 - 9:40 am | Break | |
9:40 - 10:40 am | Concurrent Sessions | LOCATION |
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Roanoke Ballroom A Session Details |
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Roanoke Ballroom B Session Details |
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Buck Mountain Session Details |
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Pocahontas Session Details |
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Appalachian Session Details |
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10:40 - 10:50 am | Break | |
10:50 - 11:50 am | Concurrent Sessions | LOCATION |
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Roanoke Ballroom A Session Details |
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Roanoke Ballroom B Session Details |
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Buck Mountain Session Details |
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Pocahontas Session Details |
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Appalachian Session Details |
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Noon - 2:00 pm |
Priester Awards Luncheon
Conference Farewell |
Conference Tour Information:
Walking Tour of Downtown Roanoke
Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Time: 12:30pm
Price: $24/person (includes food tastings, and tax) Tour Guide gratuity is not included.
Attire: Casual
Tour Notes: Depending on the number of guests that register, each tour will be kept at about 15-20 persons per group. Up to 4 tours can be run, with about 20 minutes separation in start time.
Amount of Walking: Level surfaces, overall .5 mile (all within a few blocks of Downtown)
Accessibility: Handicap Accessible, elevators provided at all steps.
Tour Outline:
This tour will focus on Roanoke's history, cultural and the influence of our local food movement past and present. This tour is designed for guests that have already eaten lunch.
An hourly schedule will be available shortly. Please check back soon!
Volunteer at Feed America!
Come spend an afternoon volunteering at Feeding America, Southwest Virginia. You'll get first-hand experience on how a food bank handles donated food to make sure that it is safe and meets both federal government and Feeding America guidelines. As a volunteer, you will help with things like sorting food for dents, crushed boxes, expiration dates or other damage. You'll have an opportunity to work with other volunteers and hear how this experience has made a difference in their lives as well as those they serve. Transportation fee: $10. Tour is limited to 25 participants. Time: 1-4 p.m.
Virginia Museum of Transportation
Come experience Virginia's largest collection of trains, cars, trucks and planes that have moved people and commerce for over a century. Explore the people and technology that have made Virginia history, such as the Norfolk and Western Railway, which created the world's most powerful steam locomotives, or hear the stories of the African-American workers who worked the railroad from 1930-70. See the historic freight station, renowned rail collection and active mainline tracks. There's nothing like seeing, hearing and feeling the past, present and future, and it's only at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Admission: $7. This museum is an easy four block walk from the hotel. Departure Time: 1 p.m.
Continuing & Professional Education @ Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech's Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Statement: www.vt.edu/about/equal-opportunity.html
For individuals with disabilities: see the registration page