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2024 AAVSB Annual Meeting & Conference

Agenda

September 25 28, 2024

AGENDA


Tuesday, September 24, 2024

7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast for Workshop and Committee volunteers and staff

8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Exam Development Workshop for VTNE® (closed session)

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch for Workshop and Committee volunteers and staff


Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Early Registration Open 7:00 am – 6:00 pm

7:00 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast for Member Board Training participants, volunteers, and staff

8:00 am – 9:30 am
Finance Committee Meeting

8:00 am – 9:30 am
Executive Directors Advisory Committee Meeting

8:00 am – 10:00 am
VTNE® Committee Meeting

8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Regulatory Policy Committee

8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Member Board Training
(optional pre-conference session; registration required)

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Board of Directors Meeting

10:45 am – 5:00 pm
Exam Development Workshop for VTNE®
(closed session)

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch for Member Board Training participants, volunteers, and staff

1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Executive Directors' & Registrars' Summit
(optional pre-conference session; registration required)
- Unlicensed Practices
- How can Member Boards most efficiently utilize veterinary technicians?
- The Role of Regulatory Boards: Changing the Perception
- VCPR & Telehealth
- Student Interns/Trainees
AAVSB Topics:
- MAP
- VTNE Eligibility
- Regional Mentorship Program
- Additional updates

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Bylaws Committee Meeting

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Student Outreach Task Force

Evening
Dinner on Your Own


Thursday, September 26, 2024

Registration 7:00 am – 4:00 pm

7:00 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast for participants in training and daily meetings

7:30 am – 9:30 am
Leadership Development Committee Meeting

8:00 am – 5:00 pm
VTNE® Exam Development Workshop(closed session)

8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Regulatory Policy Committee Meeting

8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Executive Directors' & Registrars' Summit
(optional pre-conference session; registration required)
(continued from prior day)

8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Member Board Training
(optional pre-conference session; registration required)
(continued from prior day)

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch for participants in training and daily meetings

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
AAVSB VTNE® Deep Dive Session
(optional pre-conference session)

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
ICVA NAVLE® Deep Dive Session
(optional pre-conference session)

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
President’s Reception
(Members and Volunteers Only)

6:30 pm
Dinner with Future Friends
(optional networking)


Friday, September 27, 2024

Registration: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Breakfast: 7:00 am - 8:00 am

Business Sessions: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

8:00 am – 9:40 am
Call to Order and Welcome

9:40 am – 9:55 am
Break

9:55 am – 11:30 am
Delegate Assembly Business Session

11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch

Educational Sessions: 1:00 pm - 5:15 pm

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Facility Inspections
Speaker: Dr. Margitta Dziwenka, Deputy Registrar of ABVMA

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
How Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Affects Regulation & Licensure
Speaker: Dr. Lisa Greenhill, Chief Diversity Officer & Senior Director for Institutional Research

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Break

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Top Legal Cases
Speaker: Dale Atkinson, AAVSB Legal Counsel

4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Veterinarians and Cognitive Decline: Mental Health Support, Diversion Management, Monitoring, and Fitness to Practice
Speaker: Nabil El-Ghoroury, PhD, CAE of Executive Therapy & Consulting


Saturday, September 28, 2024

Registration: 7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Breakfast: 7:00 am - 8:00 am

Business Sessions 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

8:00 am Reconvene
8:00 am Delegate Assembly Business Session

10:05 am – 10:35 am
Break

10:35 am – 11:15 am
International Regulator Guest Panel

11:15 am - 11:55 am
AAVSB Veterinary Team Survey: Understanding the Results
Dr. Beth Venit of AAVSB

11:55 am - 1:25 pm
Break

Educational Sessions: 1:25 pm - 4:45 pm

1:25 pm – 2:25 pm
The Importance & Impact of Public Members & RVTs
Speakers: Leslie Wereszczak from Tennessee as RVT & Christopher Rohlfing as Public Member

2:25 pm – 2:40 pm
Break

2:40 pm – 4:10 pm
Controlled Substances Overview and Best Practice
Speakers: Linda Staller and Jennifer Reed of the DEA

4:10 pm - 4:45 pm
2024 Board Installation


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