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The Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM) Regional Meetings are coming to a town near you in early 2025.

Benefits

InFORM Regional Meetings support efforts to prevention and control of disease, disability, and death caused by foodborne, waterborne, and environmentally transmitted infections. Participants have the opportunity to:

• Discuss strategic goals and exchange expertise about improving surveillance systems and practices for detecting, investigating, and controlling enteric disease outbreaks
• Learn in joint and discipline-specific sessions for environmental health specialists, epidemiologists, laboratory scientists, health communicators, and other federal, state, and local public health officials involved with foodborne and enteric disease outbreak response.
• Network and share knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned with other professionals in your region.

Registration

Register today for the location nearest to you.

• January 28 - 29, 2025: East Regional Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL | East Agenda
• February 11 - 12, 2025: Central Regional Meeting, St. Louis, MO | Central Agenda
• February 19 - 20, 2025: West Regional Meeting, San Francisco, CA | West Agenda

Accommodations

Daily lodging rates follow GSA鈥檚 FY 2025 Per Diem Rates by Locality.

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Embassy Suites by Hilton Fort Lauderdale 17th Street
1100 SE 17th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
$224 per room/night (excluding taxes)
Reservation cut-off date: January 13

St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Union Station Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton
1820 Market St, St. Louis, MO 63103
$150 per room/night (excluding taxes)
Reservation cut-off date: January 20

San Francisco, CA

The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square
335 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102
$259 per room/night (excluding taxes)
Reservation cut-off date: January 28

Continuing Education

Continuing education credits for each regional meeting are being offered through NEHA. No other continuing education or CDC/PACE credits will be offered.

Travel Funding

There is no fee to attend but registration is required. CDC Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) grant funds should be used to support travel to attend the regional meeting. Contact inform@cdc.gov if you have questions or need a letter of support for travel.

Scholarships

There were a limited number of scholarships available for travel support and the applications are now closed. Travel scholarships are available to staff at local, state, or tribal health departments who work in foodborne and enteric disease surveillance, outbreak response, or environmental health investigations/assessments. Students were eligible to apply. Federal employees are not eligible to apply.