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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast for Workshop, and Committee Volunteers, and AAVSB Staff

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

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

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Early Registration Opens at 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

10:15 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)

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

8:00 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)

4:30 pm – 6:30 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 - 11:30 pm

8:00 am – 9:20 am
Call to Order and Welcome

9:20 am – 10:30 am
Delegate Assembly Business Session starts

10:30 am – 10:45 am
Break

10:45 am - 11:30 am Delegate Assembly Business Session continues

11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch

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

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Facility Inspections and Standards – The Good, the Bad and the “Are You Kidding Me?!”: Dr. Margitta Dziwenka, Deputy Registrar of ABVMA

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
How Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Affects Regulation and 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, Esq., AAVSB Legal Counsel

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

5:15 pm Recess

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

9:00 am – 9:40 am
AAVSB Veterinary Team Survey: Understanding the Results Speaker: Dr. Beth Venit of AAVSB

9:40 am - 9:55 am
Break

9:55 am - 10:50 am
International Regulator Guest Panel

11:00 am - 12:00 pm The Importance & Impact of Public Members & Veterinary Technicians on Regulatory Boards Speakers: Leslie Wereszczak from Tennessee as RVT & Christopher Rohlfing as Public Member

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch

Educational Sessions: 1:00 pm - 4:45 pm

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Controlled Substances Overview & Best Practices Speakers: Linda Staller, and Jennifer Reed, Staff Coordinators for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration

3:00 pm –3:30 pm
Break

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Closing Session

4:00 pm Adjournment

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