The Education Service Center, Region 2 is pleased to announce the 2021 Summer Conference for School Nutrition Programs will be held virtually on July 26-29, 2021.This year's conference will feature a diverse offering of virtual training opportunities. These sessions will help school nutrition professionals meet the training hours needed as outlined in the Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs regulations. These sessions will all be live, instructor-paced workshops for school nutrition staff at all levels.

Registration for the conference will look a little different this year and will only require participants to register for the Main Conference to access the sessions offered. Once registered, you will receive a link to Sched. Sched is a conference platform that will contain all the individual workshop links, materials, and information for each of the sessions. Please ensure that staff registering for the conference has a valid email address in their ESC 2 Workshop account. A link to join Sched, along with important information, will be sent to each registrant's email address on file prior to the conference.

Important Notices

• Register only for Main Conference on the ESC 2 Website
• Conference registration will open May 3, 2021
• Registration fee: None
• If you plan to have more than one participant viewing the training from a single location, a Google Form link will be provided as the group sign-in sheet.
• We will be utilizing Sched, a conference platform, which will contain all the individual session details, training links, and materials in a single location.
• Link to Sched will be provided after conference registration.
• Individual workshop information will be provided in Sched only.

Conference Planning Staff

• Suzanne Horine – Food and Nutrition Program Specialist for School Nutrition
• Carly Shock – Food and Nutrition Program Specialist for School Nutrition
• Kristina Bednorz – Food and Nutrition Program Specialist for Community Nutrition
• Valerie Fountain – Food and Nutrition Program Specialist for Community Nutrition
• Patricia Galvan - Food and Nutrition Program Secretary

Summer Conference Dates: Monday - Thursday

• July 26, 2021, 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
• July 27, 2021, 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
• July 28, 2021, 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
• July 29, 2021, 8:00 am – 11:30 am