92nd ALDA Annual Meeting

Wednesday, March 20th, 3 CEs

10:00 a.m.  ALDA Legislative Day

12:30 p.m.  Registration for Optional Wednesday Afternoon Session @ MCC

1:00 p.m.  Optional Pre-Conference Workshop

Confidently Navigating the Social Media Landscape: Building a Strong

Brand Presence for Registered Dietitians, Andy Mathis, MA, RDN, LD

4:00 p.m.  ALDA Board Meeting @ MCC

5:30 p.m.  Meet Friends for Dinner at the Shoppes at EastChase, Details to follow

Thursday, March 21st, 5 CEs

8:00 a.m.  Registration & Refreshments

8:30 a.m.  Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:45 a.m.    Eating Beyond the Headlines: Sorting Evidence from Emotion,

Neva Cochran, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

9:45 a.m.    Refreshment Break

10:00 a.m.    TBA, Melissa Joy Dobbins, MS, RDN, CDCES

11:00 a.m.  What happens to the "Really Good Patient?": Using Culinary Medicine Demonstrations as a Nutrition Intervention for Neurological Recovery, Diabetes and More, Jacquelyn Nyenhuis, PhD, RDN, LDN

12:00 p.m.    Annual Meeting & Award Announcements

1:30 p.m.    Inspiring the Next Generation of Dietitians, Amber Salmon, RDN

2:30 p.m.    Refreshment Break

2:45 p.m.    Public Health Nutrition: New Solutions for Old Problems,

Lita Chatham, MS, RDN, LD

3:45 p.m.  What's the Skinny? Drug Therapy for Weight Loss,

Jeanna Sewell, PharmD, BCACP

5:00 p.m. Member Reception

Friday, March 22nd, 5 CEs

8:30 a.m.  Registration & Refreshments

8:45 a.m.    Licensure Compact, Janie Clay, MS, RD, Alabama Delegate to AND HOD

9:45 a.m.    Chronic Disease Management Through an Intuitive Eating Lens,

Sheena Gregg, MS, RDN, LD

10:45 a.m.  Refreshment Break

11:00 a.m.  Eat To Sleep, Karman Meyer, RDN, LD

12:00 p.m.    Luncheon with Networking Topics Per Table

1:15 p.m.  AI Unleashed: Shaping Dietetics Practice in the Digital Age, Drew Hemler, MSc, RD, CDN, FAND

2:15 p.m.    Speaker TBA

3:15 p.m.  Closing Remarks & Drawing for Foundation Basket Winners