This year’s fair will feature over 100 booths and exhibits, free health screenings, seminars and workshops, Healthy Food Court, Healthy food samples and recipes from area chefs, exercise and fitness demonstrations, “Ask the Expert” pavilion with private consultations, book signings by noted authors, spa treatments, kids fitness zone, and much more.

Seminars and workshops will include topics such as:

• Healthy Desserts by Provence Catering
• Lactose and Gluten Free Cooking by Cabot Cheese
• Healthy Eating by ARIA
• How to Choose a Physician by ARIA
• Healthy Brown Bag Lunches by Hey Chef! Personal Chef Service
• Solving the Stress Puzzle: Dealing with all 6 different types of stress by Dr. Gorman
• Cholesterol and Blood pressure by ARIA
• BMI by ARIA
• Starting an Exercise Program by ARIA
• Stress Free Home Buying and Selling by Keller Williams

Special events will be offered including Wii Tournaments, Soccer Kick, Hockey Shoot Out, Hula Hoop Contests, Fitness Challenges, and Boccee Demonstrations.

The Bucks County Health and Fitness Fair will take place April 17, 18, 2010 at the Bucks County Conference & Expo Center at The Sportsplex, 1331 O’Reilly Drive, Feasterville-Trevose, PA 19053. For more information you can visit their web site at http://www.livewellexpos.com/bucksindex.php.

Seafood Processing America is co-located with The International Boston Seafood Show, North America’s largest seafood exhibition bringing together nearly 18,000 seafood buyers and sellers from around the world. You will find the largest assortment of seafood, equipment and products. The latest in packaged seafood products, condiments, and culinary dishes will be showcased. A panel of seafood buyers and experts from the retail and food service industries will conduct a live tasting of the latest seafood products on the market. “Best New Retail Product” and best New Food service Product” will be named at the Awards Ceremony and Reception.

Chef Masaharu Morimoto, star of Iron Chef and Iron Chef America, will be on hand for a discussion and to answer questions. You can submit your own question for Chef Morimoto at the conference web site.

The Seafood Marketplace Seminar will focus on industry best practices. Industry experts will discuss such topics as:

· Under the Glass and on the Ice

· Making Money with Seafood

· Frozen Seafood Sales

· Low Shrink, Low Labor Income Opportunities

· The ABC’s of Ordering

The 3^rd Annual Oyster Shucking Contest will be held at the Culinary Demonstration Theater. William “Chopper” Young, the current Guinness World Oyster Shucking Champion, will defend his title as fastest shucker in the East.

Seafood Processing America will take place March 15-17, 2009, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210. For registration and more information you can visit their web site at http://www.seafoodprocessingamerica.com/09/public/enter.aspx.

MEDICAL DEVICE Puerto Rico will feature industry leaders presenting the hottest topics offering first-hand knowledge and real-world solutions for the manufacturing and packaging of medical devices and instruments used for diagnosis, prevention, intervention, and the treatment of medical conditions. You can learn about the latest regulations, research, and success stories. Rockwell Automation and The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) will present two days of technical training with a comprehensive, hands-on learning experience.

This expo and conference is ideal for all professionals involved in the medical devices and instruments industry including corporate management, packaging engineers, plant managers, process engineers, product engineers, design engineers, production engineers, manufacturing engineers, project engineers, purchasing managers, quality assurance/quality control managers, and research & development directors. There will be opportunities to network with colleagues, peers, and suppliers at numerous special events including an Opening Night Reception and a Golf Tournament.

MEDICAL DEVICE Puerto Rico 2009 will be held January 29-30, 2009, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, 100 Convention Boulevard, San Juan, PR 00907. For more information you can contact Reed Life Sciences, 383 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851. Telephone: (888) 464-6313 or (203) 840-5630. E-mail: inquiry@medicaldevicepuertorico.com. Website: http://www.medicaldevicepuertorico.com/App/homepage.cfm?moduleid=1917&appname=100416.

The percentage of American shoppers frequently buying store brands has been steadily increasing. Seven out of ten shoppers believe that the private label products they buy are as good, if not better, than their national brand counterparts. Nearly half of all consumers say that their typical market basket contains 25% or more of store brand products. Store brands now account for one of every five items sold in U.S. supermarkets, drug chains, and mass merchandisers. They represent more than $65 billion of current business at retail.

PLMA’s “Idea Supermarket” will reveal the latest examples of what supermarkets, drug chains, and mass merchandisers around the world are doing with their private label programs. Retailers from Europe, Asia, and South America will all be represented along with chains from the U.S. and Canada. Innovations in product concepts, ingredients, and packaging will be highlighted at the “New Product Expo.”

Sunday seminars will provide the latest market research and information offering insight into sales and merchandising. In conjunction with St. Joseph’s University’s Food Marketing Institute, “Weekend with St. Joe’s” will provide executive education courses in private label branding and supply chain management.

PLMA 2008 will be held November 16-18, 2008 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center (formerly the Rosemont Convention Center), 5555 N. River Rd., Rosemont, IL 60015. For more information you can contact the Private Label Manufacturers Association, 630 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017. Telephone: (212) 972-3131. Fax: (212) 983-1382. Email: info@plma.com.

Registration can be made at the PLMA web site: http://www.plma.com.

WEFTEC was founded in 1928. Since then it has been holding annual meetings to provide a forum for knowledge and technology exchange within the water and wastewater fields.

WEFTEC 2008 is ideal for any water and wastewater professionals including collection systems managers, consultants, district managers, environmental engineers, equipment manufacturers, industrial water and wastewater professionals, regulators, researchers, students, and suppliers.

There will be technical sessions, workshops, and facility tours available. Fifteen technical tracks will allow you to design your own learning experience. You can earn Continuing Education Units by participating in workshops; earn Professional Development Hours by attending technical sessions; and earn Contact Hours by participating in tours and spending time in the exhibition. A diverse and comprehensive list of contemporary water and wastewater issues and solutions will be addressed including collection systems, membrane technologies, plant operations and treatment, regulations, research, residuals & biosolids, utility management, water reuse/recycling, and water quality & watershed management.

WEFTEC 2008 will be held October 18-22, 2008 at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60616. For more information visit their web site at: http://www.weftec.org/home.htm .

There will be two days of nonstop speakers and live entertainment. Michelle Mattsen’s topic will be, What Drives You? She will discuss the unique gifts each person is born with and how they drive your life. What are your gifts and are you using them to fulfill your purpose in life?

Cindy Locher will speak on an easier way of meditation called Brain Entrainment. Meditation can make you calmer, happier, and healthier.

Peter K will be on hand to provide music entertainment. Guitarist, composer, educator, arranger, producer, and recording artist, Peter K is the consummate musician. Over three decades he has proven himself in a wide range of musical styles and contexts.

Aliyah Sahar, co-director of “The Sisters of the Sahara,” will be performing dance. Her dance background includes more than 10 years of Middle Eastern dance, 13 years of tap, ballet and jazz and additional training in modern, ballroom, and Latin.

The Healthy Life Expo offers something for everyone. Health experts and novices alike will enjoy the sights and sounds of the event’s speakers and live musical entertainment. Special guests from local organizations as well as from around the country will offer fun and practical advice on making healthy living part of your everyday life.

The Healthy Life Expo will run two full days, October 18 and 19, 2008 at the Hopkins Eisenhower Community Center, 1001 Highway 7, Hopkins, MN 55305. For more information call (952) 238-1700 or visit the web site at: http://www.mediamaxevents.com/HealthFall/HealthFallIndex.htm