Out and About

2013 Conferences and Meetings

October

American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting—Evaluation Practice in the Early 21st Century—October 17-19

Disability Research Consortium Annual Meeting Forum/Webinar—Disability Research and Policy: New Evidence and Promising Ideas—Washington, DC—October 15-16, 9:45 a.m.-2:45 p.m. (ET)

International Conference on Health Policy Statistics—Statistically Engaged Health Care Policy—Chicago, IL—October 9-11

September

Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness—Interdisciplinary Synthesis in Advancing Education Science—Washington, DC—September 26-28

Annual Summit on Vocational Rehabilitation Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance—Providence, RI—September 16-17

Mathematica Policy Research and the Institute on Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education—Addressing Teacher Shortages in Disadvantaged Schools: Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification and Student Achievement—Issue Forum/Webinar—September 12

United Kingdom Forum for International Education and Training International Conference on Education and Development—Education and Development Post 2015: Reflecting, Reviewing, and Re-Visioning—Oxford, United Kingdom—September 10-12

Northeast SAS Users Group Conference—Burlington, VT—September 8-11

August

National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics—Chicago, IL—August 18-21

University of Pennsylvania Workshop—Teaching Cases: Nuts and Bolts of Randomized Controlled Trials in Education—Philadelphia, PA—August 13-14

Joint Statistical Meetings—Celebrating the International Year of Statistics—Montréal, Québec, Canada—August 3-8

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Pre-Conference Workshop—The Debut of USDA's New National Food Study to Support Research on Health and Obesity, Hunger, and Nutrition Assistance Policy—Washington, DC—August 3

July

DC-American Association for Public Opinion Research & Washington Statistical Society Summer Conference—Washington, DC—July 30-31

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation—The State of Risk Adjustment and Potential Improvements—Webinar—July 25

Commission on Long-Term Care Public Hearing—Populations in Need of LTSS and Service Delivery Issues—Washington, DC—July 17

World Congress Annual Leadership Summit on Medicaid—Uncovering Medicaid Solutions in a Time of Expansion—Arlington, VA—July 15-17

Health Affairs Briefing—Health Information Technology Adoption and Use—Washington, DC—July 9

June

Institute for Research on Poverty Summer Research Workshop—Current Research on the Low-Income Population—Madison, WI—June 24-27

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting—Baltimore, MD—June 22-25

Urban Institute Forum—Social Security Disability Insurance: Challenges and Opportunities—Washington, DC—June 21

Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—Using Performance Measures to Promote Evidence-Based Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities—Washington, DC—June 20

Accountable Care Organization Summit—Washington, DC—June 12-14

Institute of Medicine Workshop—Financing Long-Term Services and Supports for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults—Washington, DC—June 12

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—New Data on Efforts to Reduce Hospitalization and Nursing Home Care Among High-Risk Medicaid Beneficiaries—Washington, DC—June 6

May

Jacobs Foundation—Good Enough: When is Evidence-Based Intervention Ready for Dissemination?—Zürich, Switzerland—May 30-June 1

ACF/OPRE Welfare Research & Evaluation Conference—Washington, DC—May 29-31

National Medicaid Congress—The Path to 2014 Implementation—Arlington, VA—May 29-31

The Commonwealth Fund and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement—The Use and Relevance of Hospital Readmission Measures for Improvement—New York, NY—May 28

Annual Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grantee Conference—Ready, Set, Sustain: Continuing Our Success—National Harbor, MD—May 20-22

National Health Policy Forum—Getting the Price Right: Ensuring Access and Promoting Efficiency in Medicare Advantage—Washington, DC—May 17

National Academy of Sciences—Public Access to Federally-Supported Research and Development Data and Publications: Two Planning Meetings—Washington, DC—May 17

American Association for Public Opinion Research—Asking Critical Questions: Toward a Sustainable Future for Public Opinion and Social Research—Boston, MA—May 16-19

Health Resources and Services Administration TARGET Center—Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Series: Empowering the Patient—Webinar—May 15

Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—Expanding the Toolbox: Using Methodological Approaches from Varied Disciplines for Health Services Research—Washington, DC—May 2

April

Head Start National Birth to Five Leadership Institute—Data Driven Leadership: Your Role in School Readiness—National Harbor, MD—April 28-30

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting—Education and Poverty: Theory, Research, Policy, and Praxis—San Francisco, CA—April 27-May 1

American Society for Nutrition Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting in Conjunction with Experimental Biology—Boston, MA—April 20-24

University of Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Workshop—Ann Arbor, MI—April 20

American Enterprise Institute—Disability Insurance: Inherent Problems, Practical Solutions, and Action for Reform—Washington, DC—April 19

Society for Research in Child Development—Seattle, WA—April 18-20

National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers—The Times, They are a-Changin': Turning Research Into Impact During Changing Times—Hilton Alexandria Old Town, VA—April 18-19

Eastern Evaluation Research Society Annual Conference—Use It or Lose It: Making the Most of Evaluation Findings—Galloway, NJ—April 14-16

Population Association of America Annual Meeting—New Orleans, LA—April 11-13

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—Young Social Security Disability Beneficiaries and Early Intervention to Increase Their Employment—Washington, DC—April 3

March

Federal CASIC Workshops—Washington, DC—March 19-21

Centre for the Study of African Economies—Oxford, United Kingdom—March 17-19

American Society on Aging National Forum on Care Transitions—It Takes a Village—Chicago, IL—March 16

Annual Conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy—Education Renewal and Reform…in the Face of Resource Constraints—New Orleans, LA—March 14-16

National Alliance for Nutrition & Activity—Current State of School Meals & Snacks: School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study IV—Webinar—March 13

Center of Excellence on Disability Research National Conference—Fulfilling the Promise: New Research on How Integrated and Coordinated Care Can Improve Outcomes for People with Disabilities—Crystal City, VA—March 11

Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness—Capitalizing on Contradiction: Learning from Mixed Results—Washington, DC—March 7-9

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago—Chicago, IL—March 6

Health Information Management Systems Society Annual Conference—New Orleans, LA—March 4-7

February

World Congress Annual Leadership Summit on Medicaid Managed Care—Maximize the Value of Managed Care Through Strategies that Improve Your Adaptability, Operations, and Population Management—Arlington, VA—February 25-27

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—Growing Pains: How Disability, Risky Behaviors, and Expectations During Youth Influence Early Adult Outcomes—Washington, DC—February 21

January

Center for Improving Research Evidence—Systematic Reviews as a Tool in Evidence-Based Decision Making: Improving Research and Informing Practice—Washington, DC—January 30

Annual National Forum on the Business of Medicare Advantage—Strategies to Survive and Expand Membership Enrollment in Tomorrow's Medicare—Washington, DC—January 28-29

American Economic Association—San Diego, CA—January 4-6