Early bird registration deadline: February 4, 2008
Note: Due to legislative scheduling conflicts, all sessions and speakers are subject to change. Visit SNA for the most current conference information.
SATURDAY, MARCH 1
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| 8:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Credentialing Exam |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration & Emporium
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8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Pre-Conference Session: Child Nutrition Programs: A Primer for Industry
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8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Pre-Conference Session: Intricacies of USDA's Commodity Program
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1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Pre-Conference Session: How To’s for Industry and Operators
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1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Pre-Conference Session: How to Successfully Lobby State Legislatures
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SUNDAY, MARCH 2
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Registration & Emporium
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| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
SNA PAC Booth |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
Regional Legislative Team Meetings |
9:45 am - 10:45 am
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Breakout Sessions
- State Agency Section
- First Timers Session
- Capitol Hill 101
- Legislative Victories and How to Achieve Them (Part I)
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Breakout Sessions
- State Agency Section
- Maximizing Hill Visits
- Industry Session
- Legislative Victories and How to Achieve Them (Part II)
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| 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm |
KEYNOTE LUNCHEON: Amy Walter
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2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
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FIRST GENERAL SESSION: SNA Legislative Issue Paper Overview
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4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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State Presidents and Presidents-elect Meeting |
MONDAY, MARCH 3
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Registration & Emporium
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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SNA PAC Booth
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8:30 am - 10:00 am
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SECOND GENERAL SESSION: 2008 Child Nutrition Legislative Priorities
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| 10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
THIRD GENERAL SESSION: USDA Update |
| 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Lunch on your own |
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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FOURTH GENERAL SESSION: The Politics of Child Nutrition -- CHARGE TO THE HILL
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| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
State Groups, Capitol Hill Prep Meetings |
| 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
SNA PAC Statesman Reception (invitation only) |
| 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
LAC Annual Banquet
Carl D. Perkins Memorial Lecture
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TUESDAY, MARCH 4
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| 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Hearing on Capitol Hill (tentative); Hill Visits |
| 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Global Child Nutrition Foundation Benefit Gala
(separate registration required)
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5
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8:00 am - 10:00 am
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Registration |
8:30 am - 11:00 am
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Breakfast and CLOSING GENERAL SESSION:
Town Hall: Reauthorization 2009 |
Conference agenda as of 12/18/2007