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Innovation in Physical Activity

Innovation in Physical Activity
The NWHPAF Annual Conference 2011
The Westleigh Conference Centre, Preston
Thursday, 10th. February 2011

The North West Health and Physical Activity Forum (NWHPAF) is a voluntary group of individuals with a common goal of promoting good practice in the area of health and physical activity.

Delegates to this year’s Conference will have the opportunity to hear Dr. Costas Karageorghis, author of Inside Sport Psychology

Keynote presentations and speakers at the 2011 conference will include:

Physical Activity and Innovation – the Regional Perspective
Dr Ruth Hussey OBE, Regional Director of Public Health / Senior Medical Director, NHS North West / Department of Health

Nudge, Budge and Fudge
Dr Harry Rutter, Consultant in Public Health Medicine and Director of the National Obesity Observatory

Why public health should be more like the best theme park in the world, and less like your local bank
Denise Hampson, Health Behaviour Economist and MD, Hampson Solutions Ltd
Latest Technology in Physical Activity Measurement and Dr Charlie Foster, British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Unit, University of Oxford.

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