BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//91¸£Àû Institute of Medicine - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:/medicine X-WR-CALDESC:Events for 91¸£Àû Institute of Medicine REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T150000 DTSTAMP:20260607T185658 CREATED:20250815T195504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250903T121253Z UID:10000315-1758616200-1758639600@umaine.edu SUMMARY:Maine Land and Sea Farmer Wellness Forum DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 23\, 2025\, 8:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.\nMaple Hill Farm Inn and Conference Center\n11 Inn Road\, Hallowell\, Maine 04347 (Google Maps)\n\nJoin this action-oriented\, professional networking event.\nHear from: \n\nHannah Carter\, Dean of University of Maine Cooperative Extension\nAmanda Beale\, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture\, Conservation\, and Forestry\nRepresentative Chellie Pingree (invited)\nMonique Coombs\, Director of Community Programs\, Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association\nCarl Wilson\, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources\n\nWho: For service providers working with Maine’s fishing and farming communities and seeing stresses and health/wellness needs.  For healthcare practitioners\, land/sea worker or farmers\, policymakers and/or providers with insurance\, finance\, healthcare\, or legal expertise that can support farming and fishing communities. \nWhat: A day to: \n\nAddress knowledge gaps about physical and psychological health\nCreate networks of care\nShare existing resources\nFind opportunities within existing structures\nConsider new policies and program\n\nLearning ~ There will be a panel with Laura Valencia-Orozco from Maine Mobile Health; Tora Johnson from Sunrise County Economic Council; Emily Horton from Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry; Bo Dennis from Maine Organic Gardeners and Farmers Association; Tara Casmir from USM School of Nursing; moderated by Alex Redfield from Wildlands\, Woodlands Farmlands & Communities and the New England Integrated Policy Partnership. \nConnecting ~ Learn more about programs through roundtable discussions with other participants and representatives from Farm Credit East\, Vermont Farm First\, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast\, The Maine Insurance Marketplace\, Slicing Through the Stigma and more. \nPlanning ~ Contribute your expertise in a Strategic Doing process to develop plans of action in our state with short term goals of mutual interest working in small groups\, facilitated by local leaders in the land and sea farming communities with guest Maria Pippidis from University of Delaware Cooperative Extension. All attendees will be invited to contribute materials and papers to the Forum Proceedings. \n\nRegistration is now open.\nPlease register HERE.\nDeadline for registration: September 15\, 2025 \nCost: Sliding scale $0–$50 to defray costs of this professional development event. \nAfter the loss of federal funds for this event\, the Maine Department of Agriculture\, Conservation\, and Forestry PFAS Fund\, the Department of Marine Resources\, and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension graciously stepped up to financially support the majority of costs for this event. To fully fund this event and provide support for work that extends beyond today\, we are offering a sliding scale fee. We recognize that not all organizations can provide funds for professional development. Still\, if you are in a position to contribute something toward the event\, it will help make this networking and solution-focused event a success. The link to register is here. Thank you! \nA networking event to create networks of care for farmer health and wellbeing.\nWith support from: URL:/medicine/event/maine-land-and-sea-farmer-wellness-forum-2/ LOCATION:ME CATEGORIES:Education,Research ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/medicine/wp-content/uploads/sites/483/2025/03/Maine-land-forum-e1741872306703.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250928 DTSTAMP:20260607T185658 CREATED:20250926T151311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T151311Z UID:10000322-1758758400-1759017599@umaine.edu SUMMARY:49th Annual Conference of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle DESCRIPTION: URL:/medicine/event/49th-annual-conference-of-the-international-merleau-ponty-circle/ LOCATION:ME ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:/medicine/wp-content/uploads/sites/483/2025/09/IMPC-2025-at-University-of-Maine.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR