"I am energized, excited, and eager to return to my organization to implement what I've learned." - 2008 conference participant
Download the final conference agenda, with session dates and times.
When: March 11-13, 2009
Where: Los Angeles, Calif.
Conference Hotel: Wilshire Grand Hotel
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What You Missed
Attendees learned and interacted extensively with peers in a variety of settings, including:
- Three energizing KEYNOTE SESSIONS on pressing community health and health care issues, one for each day of the conference
- Practical and relevant BREAKOUT SESSIONS across four topic tracks
- Skill-building, pre-conference INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS
- Plenty of structured and open time for peer consultation, networking, and problem-solving
- Social events to help build a national community
Conference Value
Those who participated in this conference:
- Brought home practical strategies and tactics they can use
- Built bridges with peers in health care, public health, healthy communities, and philanthropy
- Engaged in sessions where everyone was a participant
- Gained skills and insights with national experts and capable peers
- Exchanged ideas and experiences that helped them develop new perspectives and approaches
This conference stands apart in its commitment to equip the field with the knowledge, tools, relationships, and inspiration to take action. In a 6-month follow-up survey of participants in ACHI's March 2008 conference:
- 44 percent reported modifying their health improvement strategies due to their conference experience
- 40 percent modified an existing program as a result of what they learned
- 55 percent formed or strengthened local partnerships
- 40 percent have stayed in touch with new professional peers they met at the meeting
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