

Fri, Mar 24
|Pelham Civic Center
2023 ALDA Annual Meeting
Join us for the 2023 ALDA Annual Meeting!
Time & Location
Mar 24, 1:00 PM – Mar 25, 4:00 PM
Pelham Civic Center, 500 Amphitheater Rd, Pelham, AL 35124
About the Event
Thursday, March 23rd, Optional Pre-Conference Workshop
9:30 AM: Registration & Refreshments
Ballroom I
10:00 AM: Mindful Eating Foundational Training
Linda Knol, PhD, RD
12:00 Noon: Lunch Break
12:30 – 4:00 PM: Mindful Eating Foundational Training, continued
Friday, March 24th, Annual Meeting, Day 1
11:00 AM: ALDA Board of Directors Meeting
Ballroom II
12:00 Noon: ALDA Registration Desk Open
Ballroom Foyer
1:00 PM: Welcome & Opening Remarks
Jennifer DeHart, MS, RDN, LD, ALDA President
1:15 – 4:00 PM: Setting-up and Maintaining a Private Practice
Amy Plano, RD, Amy Plano.com
Partnership Through The Beef Checkoff, Alabama Cattlemen’s Association
4:15 – 4:45 PM: Licensure in the State of Alabama
Brittanie Chester & Tammie Brown
5:00 – 6:30 PM: ALDA Welcome Reception
Partnership through Abbott
Saturday, March 25th, Annual Meeting, Day 2
7:30 AM: ALDA Registration Desk Open
Ballroom Foyer
8:00 AM: Welcome & Opening Remarks
Ballroom I Julie Drzewiecki, RD, LD, ALDA President-Elect
8:15 AM: The Role of Anti-Inflammatory Foods in the Diet
Carolyn Williams, PhD, RD
Partnership through The Dairy Alliance
9:15 AM: Sweet Grown Alabama, The $70 Billion Impact
Katheen Royal Phillips, Sweet Grown Alabama Ambassador
10:15 AM: Refreshment Break
10:25 AM: Going Green: RDNs as Agents of Change in Creating Sustainable Food Systems
Laura Wild, MPH, RDN
11:25 AM: Karen Wright Memorial Lecture: Reporting on the Global Malnutrition Composite
Score: Implications for Nutrition Practice and Healthcare Quality
Sharon Hibay, DNP, BS, RN and Christina Badaracco, MPH, RD, LDN
12:30 PM: ALDA Awards Luncheon, Poster Sessions & Annual Business Meeting
Ballroom II Jennifer DeHart, ALDA President Presiding
1:30 PM: Short Bowel Syndrome
Melissa Hughey, MS, RD, LD, CNSC
2:30 PM: Student Breakout Session
Ballroom II
2:30 PM: Reshaping Diabetes Care, Dexcom Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring
(RT-CGM)
Ballroom I Megan Lindsey-Taheri, MA, RDN and Bethany Suddreth, MS, RDN, LDN,
CDCES
3:30 PM: Closing Remarks & Drawing for Foundation Basket Winners
Ballroom Foyer
Tickets
Price
Quantity
Total
Member: Full Meeting
$230.00
This ticket includes all events on Friday/Saturday. Registration for the pre-conference Thursday Workshop is not included. Includes Saturday lunch.
$230.00
0$0.00
Member: Thursday Workshop
$35.00
$35.00
0$0.00
Member: Friday ONLY
$150.00
$150.00
0$0.00
Member: Saturday ONLY
$175.00
$175.00
0$0.00
Non-member: Full Meeting
$330.00
This ticket includes all events on Friday/Saturday. Registration for the Thursday Workshop is NOT included. Includes Saturday lunch.
$330.00
0$0.00
Non-member: Thursday Workshop
$50.00
$50.00
0$0.00
Non-member: Friday ONLY
$250.00
$250.00
0$0.00
Non-member: Saturday ONLY
$275.00
Includes lunch.
$275.00
0$0.00
Student: Full Meeting
$75.00
This ticket includes all events on Friday/Saturday. Includes Saturday lunch.
$75.00
0$0.00
Student: Friday ONLY
$40.00
$40.00
0$0.00
Student: Saturday ONLY
$65.00
Includes lunch.
$65.00
0$0.00
Retired/50+ yr: Entire Meeting
$90.00
This ticket includes all events on Friday/Saturday. Registration for the Thursday Workshop is NOT included. Includes Saturday lunch.
$90.00
0$0.00
Retired/50+ yr: Friday ONLY
$40.00
$40.00
0$0.00
Retired/50+ yr: Saturday ONLY
$75.00
Includes lunch.
$75.00
0$0.00
Optional Donation
$45.00
Donations benefit the Alabama Memorial Scholarship Fund
$45.00
0$0.00
Saturday Lunch Only
$40.00
$40.00
0$0.00
Total
$0.00