Saturday, February 26, 2005

Saturday, February 26, 2005

7:00 a.m. Breakfast

7:15 a.m. Roundtable Discussions

8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks

8:45 a.m. Active Living Research Grantee Reports:
1) Testing Associations between Physical Activity and the Built Environment, Daniel Rodriguez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2) Measurement and Analysis of Walkability in the Twin Cities, Ann Forsyth, PhD, University of Minnesota
3) Neighborhood and School Environments and Accelerometer Estimates of Youth Physical Activity Levels, Angie Cradock, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
4) Neighborhood Design and Physical Activity: A Pre-test/Post-test Examination, Nancy Wells, PhD, Cornell University
5) Moderating Effect of the Environment on Adolescent Physical Activity Change, Russell Jago, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Paper Presentations:
1) Operational Definitions of Walkable Neighborhood: Empirical and Theoretical Insights, Anne Vernez Moudon, Dr es Sc, University of Washington
2) Physical Activity and Future Health Care Costs among People in Late Middle Age, Tatiana Andreyeva, MA, M.Phil, RAND Graduate School; Roland Sturm, PhD, RAND Corporation
3) Measuring Perceptual Qualities of the Urban Environment, Reid Ewing, PhD, University of Maryland

P.M.

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. Overview of Afternoon Session

1:30 p.m. Paper Presentations:
1) Objectively Measured Environmental Correlates of Adolescent Physical Activity, Sandra Nutter, MPHc, San Diego State University
2) Environmental Justice: Physical Activity, Healthy Eating and Obesity, Wendell Taylor, PhD, MPH, The University of Texas

2:30 p.m. Active Living by Design Program Update, Richard Killingsworth, Director

2:45 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. Keynote Address

Bogotá and its Public Space: A case of Evolution, Revolution or Confusion?, Mario Noriega, MA, Urban Planner & Chief Urban Designer, Mockus Administration, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Columbia

4:00 p.m. TRB/IOM Report, Susan Hanson, PhD, Clark University

4:45 p.m. Discussion and Wrap Up

5:30 p.m. Dinner on your own

8:00 p.m. Live rock 'n' roll music and dancing featuring Forgotten Space with Jim Sallis