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This year’s meeting is held at the:

 Sheraton Hotel
3121 W. Gate City Blvd (formerly High Point Road)
  Greensboro, NC
                                         October 13-19, 2016                                       

 

  

  Date Meeting Description Time Room Name
    TUESDAY –  October 11, 2016    
JOINT 10/18 USAHA AAVLD Office 8:00 AM-6:00 PM Cardinal
    WEDNESDAY –  October 12, 2016    
JOINT 10/19 Registration 3:00 PM-6:00 PM D5-D6
JOINT 10/19 USAHA AAVLD Office 8:00 AM-7:00 PM Carolina
    THURSDAY –  October 13, 2016    
JOINT 10/13 Registration 7:00 AM-6:00 PM D5-D6
JOINT 10/13 USAHA AAVLD Office 24 hrs Carolina
JOINT 10/13 USAHA AAVLD Work Room 24 hrs Cardinal
AAVLD 10/13 Accreditation and Quality Assurance Symposium - Presented by AAVLD and NAHLN 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Guilford G
NAHLN 10/13 AAVLD/NAHLN IT meeting 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Oak
CLOSED SESSION 10/13 AAVLD Accreditation Committee – 
COMMITTEE ONLY 
1:00 PM-5:00 PM Cedar B/C
AAVLD 10/13 Best Practices for Submitting, Reviewing, and Publishing Manuscripts in JVDI 2:00 PM-4:00 PM Meadowbrook
AAVLD 10/13 New Member Orientation 5:30 PM-6:00 PM Guilford F
AAVLD 10/13 Networking Reception with New Members and first-time attendees 6:00 PM-7:00 PM Guilford F
    FRIDAY – October 14, 2016    
JOINT 10/14 Registration 7:00 AM-6:00 PM D5-D6
JOINT 10/14 USAHA AAVLD Office 24 hrs Carolina
JOINT 10/14 USAHA AAVLD Work Room 24 hrs Cardinal
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Financial Advisory Committee
COMMITTEE ONLY
7:00 AM-8:00 AM Joseph's Restaurant
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Membership Committee 8:00 AM-9:00 AM Cedar A
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Publications Committee  8:00 AM-10:00 AM Oak C
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Bacteriology and Mycology Subcommittee presents:  Round Table Discussion 8:00 AM-11:00 AM Imperial A/B
CLOSED SESSION 10/14 AAVLD Accreditation Committee
COMMITTEE ONLY 
8:00 AM-12:00 PM Cedar B/C
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Parasitology Committee 8:00 AM-12:00 PM  Imperial E/F
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Informatics Committee 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Colony B/C
AAVLD 10/14 15th CL Davis Diagnostic Dermatopathology Symposium 8:00 AM-5:50 PM  Guilford F
AAVLD 10/14 Laboratory Emergency Management Committee  10:00 AM-12:00 PM Imperial D
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Epidemiology Committee 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Oak A/B
AAVLD 10/14 LCEM User Group 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Cedar A
USAHA 10/14 USAHA Executive Committee Lunch 12:00 PM-5:00 PM Oak C
AAVLD 10/14 Poster Session - setup posters 12:00 PM-6:00 PM 3rd floor hallway
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Subcommittee on Bacteriology and Mycology 12:30 PM-1:30 PM Imperial A/B
AAVLD 10/14 ABVT Annual Meeting  1:00 PM-2:00 PM Imperial E/F
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Virology Committee 1:00 PM-3:00 PM Imperial G/H
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Executive Board  1:00 PM-5:00 PM Cedar B/C
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Quality Assurance Committee  1:00 PM-5:00 PM Imperial D
USAHA 10/14 National Assembly of State Animal
Health Officials  (State Vets and VS)
1:00 PM-6:00 PM Guilford G
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Business Meeting 1:30 PM-2:15 PM Imperial A/B
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD/AAVCT Business Meeting and Case Presentations 2:00 PM- 6:00 PM Oak A/B
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Exhibits - Exhibitors setup 2:00 PM-6:00 PM  3rd floor hallway
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Diagnostic Bacteriology case reports  2:30 PM-4:30 PM Imperial A/B
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Editorial Board of Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (JVDI) 4:00 PM-6:00 PM Imperial E/F
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Laboratory Technology Committee 3:00 PM-5:00 PM Imperial G/H
AAVLD 10/14 Vet-LIRN meeting 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Meadowbrook
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Constitution, Bylaws  and Resolutions Committee 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Riverdale
AAVLD 10/14 AAVLD Reception and Foundation Auction 6:00 PM-9:00 PM Guilford B/C
    SATURDAY – October 15, 2016    
JOINT 10/15 Registration 7:00 AM-5:00 PM D5-D6
JOINT 10/15 USAHA AAVLD Office 24 hrs Carolina
JOINT 10/15 USAHA AAVLD Work Room 24 hrs Cardinal
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD Foundation Committee 7:00 AM-8:00 AM Links
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD – Plenary  Session  -  Precision Diagnostic Medicine: Game Changing Technology…Is Your Lab Ready? 7:45 AM-11:30 AM Imperial D
JOINT 10/15 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Animal Emergency Management  8:00 AM-1:00 PM Auditorium IV
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD Exhibits 9:00 AM-6:00 PM 3rd floor Hallway
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD Poster Session  9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Presenters 3:00-4:00
3rd floor Hallway
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD House of Delegates and
General Membership   
11:30 AM-12:15 PM Imperial D
AAVLD 10/15 LCEM User Group 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Cedar A/B
JOINT 10/15 Student Luncheon 12:00 PM-1:30 PM Augusta B
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD – Scientific Session
Serology 
1:00 PM-3:00 PM Imperial G
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD – Scientific Session
Epidemiology 1
1:00 PM-3:00 PM Imperial C
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD - Scientific Session
Pathology 1
1:00 PM-3:00 PM  Imperial A
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD – Scientific Session
Virology 1
1:00 PM-3:00 PM Imperial F
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD – Scientific Session
Bacteriology 1
1:00 PM-3:00 PM  Imperial B
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD - Scientific Session
Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics 1
1:00 PM-3:00 PM Imperial H
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD Laboratory Administrative Management Personnel Committee 1:00 PM-3:00 PM Imperial E
USAHA 10/15 National Assembly of State Animal
Health Officials Meeting
1:00 PM-6:00 PM  Guilford G
JOINT 10/15 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Diagnostic Laboratory and Veterinary Workforce Development 
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Imperial C
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD Laboratory Safety Committee  3:00 PM-5:00 PM Cedar A/B
USAHA 10/15 Applied Animal Health, Public Health Research and Extension Veterinarians Symposium  3:00 PM-6:00 PM Pebble Beach
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD Bacteriology Steering Committee Meeting  3:30 PM-4:15 PM  Imperial B
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD - Government Relations Committee  3:30 PM-5:30 PM Imperial E
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD Diagnostic Pathology Slide Seminar 3:30 PM-5:45 PM Imperial A
JOINT 10/15 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Environment and Toxicology 3:30 PM-6:30 PM Imperial G
AAVLD 10/15 AAVLD and NAHLN Laboratory Directors Committee 5:30 PM-7:30 PM Augusta
AAVLD 10/15 Biovet innovates again with Multiplex serology, ELISA diagnostic kits and a brand new qPCR product line 6:00 PM-6:30 PM Imperial F
USAHA 10/15 USAHA Trichomoniasis Subcommittee of Infectious Diseases of Cattle, Bison and Camelids 6:00 PM-8:00 PM Cedar A/B
USAHA 10/15 Extension Veterinarians Business Meeting  6:00 PM-8:00 PM Pebble Beach
USAHA 10/15 USAHA Committee on Program 6:00 PM-8:30 PM Oak
AAVLD 10/15 Gross Pathology Mock Examination   6:00 PM-8:30 PM Imperial A
USAHA 10/15 Board of Directors of the American
Association of Food Safety and Public Health Veterinarians
6:00 PM-10:00 PM Olympia
AAVLD 10/15 Thermo Fisher -Meeting today’s diagnostic needs – innovating for tomorrow’s challenges 6:30 PM-7:00 PM Imperial B
AAVLD 10/15 Qiagen - Explore new frontiers with Qiagen's sample to insight solutions for animal health 6:30 PM-7:00 PM Imperial F
AAVLD 10/15 USA LIMS User Group - Craig Carter 7:00 PM-8:30 PM Imperial E
IDEXX 10/15 IDEXX Reception 8:00 PM-11:00 PM Club Fifth
    SUNDAY – October 16, 2016    
JOINT 10/16 Registration 7:00 AM-5:00 PM D5-D6
JOINT 10/16 USAHA AAVLD Office 24 hrs Carolina
JOINT 10/16 USAHA AAVLD Work Room 24 hrs Cardinal
USAHA 10/16 Prayer Breakfast 6:30 AM-8:00 AM Grandover East
USAHA 10/16 USAHA District Breakfast (NE, S, W, NC, Allied) 7:00 AM-8:30 AM Blue Ashe
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD – Scientific Session
Bacteriology 2
8:00 AM-9:45 AM Imperial B
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD – Scientific Session
Pathology 2
8:00 AM-11:45 AM  Imperial A
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD – Scientific Session
Toxicology 
8:00 AM-11:30 AM Imperial G
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD – Scientific Session
Virology 2/Molecular Diagnostics and Informatics 2
8:00 AM-11:30 AM Imperial F
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD - Scientific Session
Epidemiology 2
8:00 AM-11:30 AM Imperial C
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD Administrative Management
Personnel Committee 
8:00 AM-12:00 PM Imperial H
USAHA 10/16 Food Safety Symposiumhosted by the  American Association of Food Safety and Public Health Veterinarians (AAFSPHV) in joint with National Association of  Federal Veterinarians (NAFV)  8:00 AM-12:00 PM Victoria A
USAHA 10/16 Northeast District Meeting 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Sandpiper
USAHA 10/16 North Central District Meeting 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Tidewater
USAHA 10/16 Southern District Meeting 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Pebble Beach
USAHA 10/16 Western District Meeting 9:00 AM-11:30 AM  Victoria C
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD Poster Session 9:00 AM-12:00 PM 3rd floorHallway
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD Exhibits - 45 min break 9:00 AM-10:15 PM 3rd floor Hallway
USAHA 10/16 Spouses Brunch 9:30 AM-12:00 PM Pinehurst
USAHA 10/16 USAHA Committee on Audit 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Oyster Bay
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD Pathology Committee  12:00 PM-2:00 PM Imperial C
JOINT 10/16 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on NAHLN
(National Animal Health Laboratory Network)
12:00 PM-3:00 PM Grandover East
USAHA 10/16 USAHA Committee on Wildlife Diseases 12:30 PM-5:00 PM Victoria A
JOINT 10/16 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Aquaculture  12:30 PM-5:30 PM Imperial B
USAHA 10/16 USAHA Committee on Import-Export  12:30 PM-5:30 PM Victoria B
USAHA 10/16 USAHA Committee on Infectious Diseases of Cattle, Bison and Camelids  12:30 PM-5:30 PM Pebble Beach
USAHA 10/16 USAHA Johne's Disease Committee 12:30 PM-5:30 PM Victoria C
USAHA 10/16 USAHA Scientific Advisory Subcommittee on Brucellosis 12:30 PM-5:30 PM Tidewater
USAHA 10/16 USAHA Subcommittee on Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area 12:30 PM-5:30 PM Tidewater
APHIS 10/16 APHIS-VS 2:00 PM-5:30 PM Imperial D
USAHA 10/16 USAHA Display Tables 1:00 PM-6:00 PM 3rd floor Hallway
JOINT 10/16 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Food and Feed Safety 1:30 PM-5:30 PM Imperial G
AAVLD 10/16 Racehorse Pathology/Diagnostics Special Session 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Imperial A
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD-NSVL Proficiency Testing Committee 3:00 PM-5:00 PM Imperial C
AAVLD 10/16 AAVLD – Strategic Planning Committee 3:00 PM-6:00 PM Imperial H
JOINT 10/16 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Animal Health Surveillance and Information System 3:00 PM-6:00 PM Imperial F
USAHA 10/16 USAHA District at Large Meeting (Allied, Industry, and Regional Delegates)  4:00 PM-5:30 PM Sandpiper
USAHA 10/16 USAHA New Member Orientation  5:00 PM-6:00 PM Grandover East
JOINT 10/16 Presidents' Reception 5:30 PM-6:30 PM Guilford A/B/C
JOINT 10/16 USAHA/AAVLD President's Dinner & General Meeting 6:30 PM-9:00 PM Guilford A/B/C
    MONDAY – October 17, 2016    
JOINT 10/17 Registration 7:30 AM-5:00 PM D5-D6
JOINT 10/17 USAHA AAVLD Office 24 hrs Carolina
JOINT 10/17 USAHA AAVLD Work Room 24 hrs Cardinal
AAVLD 10/17 AAVLD Past Presidents Breakfast  7:00 AM-8:00 AM Olympia
USAHA 10/17 Continental Breakfast 7:00 AM Imperial Foyer
JOINT 10/17 USAHA/AAVLD - Joint Plenary Scientific Session - Challenges, High Tech Solutions and Success Strategies in Animal Agriculture 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Imperial D/E/F/G/H/I
USAHA 10/17 USAHA Display Tables 8:00 AM-5:00 PM 3rd floor Hallway
USAHA 10/17 Break 9:30 AM-10:00 AM 3rd floor Hallway
USAHA 10/17 Directors of State Meat Inspection 11:00 AM-8:00 PM Colony A
USAHA 10/17 USAHA Membership Luncheon & Meeting 12:00 PM-12:30 PM Imperial D/E/F/G/H/I
AAVLD 10/17 AAVLD House of Delegates    12:00 PM-12:45 PM Colony B
USAHA 10/17 USDA-ARS National Animal Health Research Review 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Imperial A
USAHA 10/17 USAHA Subcommittee on Farmed Cervidae 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Augusta
USAHA 10/17 USAHA  Committee on Brucellosis  1:00 PM-6:00 PM Auditorium IV
USAHA 10/17 USAHA Committee on Infectious Diseases of Horses 1:00 PM-6:00 PM Auditorium II
USAHA 10/17 USAHA Committee on Transmissible  Diseases of Poultry and Other Avian Species 1:00 PM-6:00 PM Auditorium III
USAHA 10/17 USAHA Committee on Transmissible Diseases of Swine  1:00 PM-6:00 PM Grandover West
USAHA 10/17 USAHA Committee on Tuberculosis Scientific Advisory Subcommittee 1:00 PM-6:00 PM Grandover East
AAVLD 10/17 AAVLD Committee Chairs and Program Committee 1:30 PM-3:30 PM Pebble Beach
USAHA 10/17 Break 2:30 PM-3:30 PM 3rd floor Hallway
JOINT 10/17 USAHA and AAVLD Executive Committees 3:30 PM-5:00 PM Pebble Beach
USAHA 10/17 National Association of Federal
Veterinarians
5:30 PM-8:00 PM Imperial B
USAHA 10/17 USAHA Board of Directors Meeting  6:00 PM-7:00 PM Imperial D
Global VetLINK 10/17 Global VetLINK 7:00 PM-10:00 PM Club Fifth
    TUESDAY – October 18, 2016    
JOINT 10/18 Registration 7:30 AM-5:00 PM D5-D6
JOINT 10/18 USAHA AAVLD Office 24 hrs Carolina
JOINT 10/18 USAHA AAVLD Press-Committee Report Reading-Speaker Ready Room 24 hrs Cardinal
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Past President Breakfast 7:30 AM-9:30 AM Turnberry
USAHA 10/18 National Scrapie Oversight Board  8:00 AM-9:00 AM Imperial B
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Captive Wildlife and Alternative Livestock 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Colony B
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Livestock Identification 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Guilford F
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Pharmaceuticals 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Imperial F
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Salmonella 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Imperial C
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Display Tables 8:00 AM-5:00 PM 3rd floor Hallway
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Foreign and Emerging Diseases 8:00 AM-5:30 PM Guilford E
USAHA 10/18 Directors of State Meat Inspection 8:00 AM-5:30 PM Colony A
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Scrapie 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Imperial B
USAHA 10/18 Break 9:30 AM-10:30 AM 3rd floor Hallway
USAHA 10/18 American Association of Avian Pathologist Liaison with AVMA 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Imperial E
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Public Health and Rabies 1:00 PM-5:30 PM Imperial G/H
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Sheep and Goats 1:00 PM-5:30 PM Imperial B
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Transmissible  Diseases of Poultry and Other Avian Species  1:00 PM-5:30 PM Auditorium III
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Tuberculosis 1:00 PM-5:30 PM Guilford D
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Committee on Biologics and Biotechnology 1:00 PM-5:30 PM Imperial F
USAHA 10/18 Break 2:30 PM-3:30 PM 3rd floor Hallway
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Board of Directors Meeting  6:00 PM-7:00 PM Imperial D
    WEDNESDAY – October 19, 2016    
JOINT 10/19 Registration 7:30 AM-10:00 AM D5-D6
JOINT 10/19 USAHA AAVLD Office 8:00 AM-on Carolina
JOINT 10/19 USAHA AAVLD Press-Committee Report Reading-Speaker Ready Room 8:00 AM -12:00 AM Cardinal
USAHA 10/18 USAHA Display Tables 8:00 AM-12:00 PM 3rd floor Hallway
USAHA 10/19 One Health Symposium - Lyme Disease 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Auditorium II
USAHA 10/19 USAHA Committee on Animal Welfare   8:00 AM-12:00 PM Imperial A/B
USAHA 10/19 USAHA Committee on Parasitic and Vector Borne Diseases 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Imperial C
USAHA 10/19 Break 9:30 AM-10:30 AM 3rd floor Hallway
USAHA 10/19 USAHA Business Session - Membership Meeting 2:00 PM-3:30 PM Imperial A/B
USAHA 10/19 USAHA Board of Directors Meeting  3:30 PM-4:30 PM Imperial D
USAHA 10/19 USAHA Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner 6:00 PM Turnberry

                      

 


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