NAPNAP President Carolyn Jaramillo de Montoya also presented "Cultural Aspects of Communication about Weight Management in Children" on Aug 24 at 2P to a large audience and with good response.  

NAPNAP Co Leader of the Standards and Scope Work Group Martha Swartz was interviewed by Caroline Quast Roberts from Amsterdam, who had been asked to interview presenters as part of the Dutch Nurses Association record on Aug 23.

All delegates participated in various concurrent sessions throughout the pediatric nursing congress.  

The 25th International Congress on Pediatric opened on Aug 25 with more than 6000 participants representatives and participants from 133 countries and a busy schedule of more than 240 invited speakers, 54 symposia, 17 plenary lectures, debates, guidelines and meet the experts lectures. More than 2000 papers were submitted resulting in 1100 poster presentations and 320 oral presentations. NAPNAP participated in the Opening Ceremonies on Aug 25 and attended and were recognized at the invitational AAP Reception on Aug 28 at a beautiful restaurant at the foot of the Acropolis.  In addition, NAPNAP and SPN attended the J&J PI Leadership dinner with about 70 other participants; President Montoya and Mott were able to publicly thank all present and J&J PI in particular.

Delegates visited the 60 or so exhibits several times and learned more about the global pediatric community of organizations, including WHO and many of our corporate friends like Procter and Gamble, Johnson’s baby, Wyeth, Nestle, sanofi pasteur, GSK and others.  

Finally, by personal invitation from Dr. Andreas Constantopoulas, President of the ICP, NAPNAP attended the Farewell Dinner on August 29 at the beautiful Maria Estate in the suburbs of Athens, a ceremonial and very vibrant finale to an excellent meeting and experience with about 1500 other celebrants.