2023 USHPCN Summit – Centering Equity While Moving Through Wellness To Wellbeing

February 16^th to February 18^th, 2023

The U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network invites you to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to the first in-person National Summit “Centering Equity While Moving Through Wellness To Wellbeing.” The Summit will begin on Thursday, February 16^th and conclude on Saturday, February 18^th, 2023.  

Presentations will focus on the following themes:

Theme 1: Establishing a successful Okanagan Charter adoption process
Theme 2: Post-adoption campuses, keeping the momentum
Theme 3: Health education, prevention, health promotion, and well-being: Understanding the differences
Theme 4: The intersection of equity, social justice, and wellbeing
Theme 5: Measuring success through data collection and assessment

Participants will leave with a better understanding of the imperative of centering equity in their wellbeing work and how to utilize principles of the Okanagan Charter to move their campus forward. This Summit centers the aspirations of the Okanagan Charter to “enhance the success of their institutions; create campus cultures of compassion, well-being, equity and social justice; improve the health of the people who live, learn, work, play and love on our campuses; and strengthen the ecological, social and economic sustainability of our communities and wider society.” 

What to expect during the Summit:

• Opening Keynote: Centering Equity: The Imperative for wellbeing in person, place, and planet
• USHPCN President’s Panel
• Student Panel 
• Presentations from USHPCN Institutions
• Keynote by a nationally recognized historian and curator 
• Guided tours of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 16^th St Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park, Legacy Museum, and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery 
• And more! 

Cost:

• Early Bird: $150 (Ends November 15, 2022)
• Regular: $250 (Ends December 15, 2022)

The Early Bird registration will open on Thursday, September 15^th, 2022, and will end on Tuesday, November 15^th, 2022. Regular registration, at the $250 rate will end Thursday, December 15th, 2022.

Registration has closed.

Hotel Information:

Hilton Birmingham at UAB

808 20th Street South, Birmingham, Alabama 35205

The UAB Hilton Hotel is located only a few blocks away from the Hill Student Center, where the majority of the conference sessions will take place. A complimentary shuttle will assist you with transportation to and from the Hill Student Center for conference sessions.

The UAB Hilton provides a limited shuttle service that travels in a one-mile radius and to/from Birmingham Airport for travel needs outside the conference sessions. Other hotel amenities include two restaurants, an outdoor pool, immersive spin bikes in the fitness center.

To request accommodations or receive additional information, please contact Holly Holliday-Jones at hhj@uab.edu. 

We look forward to seeing you in Birmingham!