Symposium Timetable

Monday 1st February

9.15am	Symposium Opening
9.30am	Key Note Presentation - Professor Steven Blair: The crucial role of physical activity in the prevention and management of overweight and obesity
11.00am	Morning Tea
11.30am	Key Note Presentation - Dr Jonathan McGavock: The role of physical activity in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes in youth
1.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm	Parallel Workshops: Workshop A: Steven Blair: Fitness, Fatness, Obesity, and Health Outcomes Workshop B: Jonathan McGavock & Sandy Mandic: The role of kinesiologists/exercise physiologists in chronic disease management clinics and centres.
4.00pm	Break
5.00pm	Official Opening Ceremony - drinks & Hors D'oeuvres will be served

7.30am	Exercise options
9.30am	Key Note Presentation - Professor Michael Jensen: Where the fat's at: the importance of fat distribution
11.00am	Morning Tea
11.30am	Key Note Presentation - Associate Professor Michael Gard: The end(s) of the obesity epidemic?
1.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm	Parallel Workshops: Workshop A: Micheal Jensen & Lynnette Jones: Prevention, management and treatment of obesity. Workshop B: Michael Gard & Lisette Burrows: Thinking and teaching about the 'obesity epidemic'
4.00pm	Break
5.30pm	Public Lecture - Steven Blair: Physical Inactivity: The Biggest Public Health Problem of the 21st Century
7.30pm	Symposium Dinner for all delegates

7.30am	Exercise Options
9.30am	Key Note Presentation - Professor Paul Campos: Ask your doctor if cultural hysteria is right for you
11.00am	Morning Tea
11.30am	Key Note Presentation - Professor Nanette Mutrie: Walk more, sit less: the behavioural challenges of this simple message
1.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm	Parallel Workshops: Workshop A: Paul Campos: The epidemiology of overweight and obesity Workshop B: Nanette Mutrie & Elaine Rose: Conducting physical activity consultations
4.00pm	Why wait? Panel Discussion on 'where now with physical activity, health & obesity research
5.00pm	Closing ceremony with Māori Protocols observed
5.30pm	Public Discussion: Big fat truth: What are we 'weighting' for? It's time to move!