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Preliminary Program Schedule
This year's meeting is held at the

Sheraton Kansas City Hotel & Crown Center

2345 McGee Street

Kansas City, MO 64108

October 18-22, 2018

 


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  Date Meeting Description Time Room
    WEDNESDAY –  October 17, 2018    
JOINT 10/17 Pre-Registration Only  3:00 PM-6:00 PM The Terrace
    THURSDAY –  October 18, 2018    
JOINT 10/18 Registration 7:00 AM-6:00 PM The Terrace
AAVLD 10/18 Accreditation and Quality Assurance Symposium Details 7:15 AM-12:00 PM Chicago 
AAVLD 10/18 USA LIMS User Group Registration Form 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Empire C
AAVLD 10/18

Basic Bioinformatics for Molecular Assay Design in Veterinary Diagnostics Symposium

Details

 8:00 AM-4:00 PM Chouteau AB
AAVLD 10/18

AAVLD Pre-Meeting Symposium: Emerging Trends, Disruptive Technologies and Innovations in Veterinary Diagnostic Science 

Agenda, Flyer & Details

 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Chicago 
NAHLN 10/18 AAVLD/NAHLN IT meeting 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Empire AB
AAVLD 10/18 AAVLD Accreditation Committee – 
COMMITTEE ONLY 		 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Atlanta A
AAVLD 10/18 Spouses Welcome Mixer 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Benton AB
AAVLD 10/18 Open Q&A Session: Ask your Fellow Diagnosticians Details 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Chouteau AB
AAVLD 10/18 ECL2/Q-Pulse User Meeting  5:00 PM-6:30 PM Atlanta A
AAVLD 10/18 New Member Orientation 5:30 PM-6:00 PM New York A
AAVLD 10/18 Networking Reception with New Members 6:00 PM-7:00 PM New York A
    FRIDAY – October 19, 2018    
JOINT 10/19 Registration 7:00 AM-6:00 PM The Terrace
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Financial Advisory Committee
COMMITTEE ONLY		 7:00 AM-8:00 AM Northrup
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Bacteriology Mini-Symposium: AST Magical Mystery Tour Agenda and Details 7:30 AM-12:30 PM Chicago A
AAVLD 10/19 AAAVLD Membership Committee 8:00 AM-9:00 AM Northrup
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Parasitology Committee 8:00 AM-11:00 AM  Atlanta A
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Accreditation Committee
COMMITTEE ONLY 		 8:00 AM-12:00 PM New York A
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Informatics Committee 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Roanoke - WESTIN
AAVLD 10/19 18th CL Davis Diagnostic Pathology Symposium: Diagnostic Gastrointestinal Pathology Details 8:00 AM-5:50 PM  Chicago C
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Publications Committee  9:00 AM-10:00 AM Fremont
AAVLD 10/19 Meet and Greet Tabling Session  9:00 AM-5:30 PM Empire B
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Editorial Board of Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (JVDI) 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Fremont
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD & NAHLN Laboratory Emergency Management Committee  10:00 AM-12:00 PM Chouteau AB
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Epidemiology Committee 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Benton AB
AAVLD 10/19 Joint efforts to face new challenges on assay development: the importance of the interface between industry and academia."  Luis  Gimenez-Lirola Clinical Assistant Professor  from ISU
"Molecular Diagnostics Assay Development: The South Dakota State University perspective of partnerships with commercial companies” Jane Christopher-Hennings DVM, MS, Professor Head, Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences Department
Director, SD Animal Disease Research & Diagnostic Laboratory - PRESENTED BY TETRACORE		 11:00 AM-11:30 AM Empire C
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Subcommittee on Bacteriology and Mycology  12:30 PM-1:30 PM Chicago A
AAVLD 10/19 ABVT Annual Meeting  1:00 PM-2:00 PM Benton AB
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Virology Committee  1:00 PM-3:00 PM Empire A
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Executive Board  1:00 PM-5:00 PM New York A
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Quality Assurance Committee  1:00 PM-5:00 PM Chouteau AB
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Business Meeting   1:30 PM-2:15 PM Chicago A
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD/AAVCT Business Meeting and Case Presentations  2:00 PM-6:00 PM Benton AB
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Diagnostic Bacteriology case reports   2:30 PM-4:30 PM Chicago A
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Laboratory Technology Committee  3:00 PM-5:00 PM Empire A
AAVLD 10/19 Vet-LIRN meeting 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Chicago A
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Constitution, Bylaws  and Resolutions Committee 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Northrup
AAVLD 10/19 AAVLD Reception and Foundation Auction 6:00 PM-9:00 PM Exhibit Hall B
    SATURDAY – October 20, 2018    
JOINT 10/20 Registration 7:00 AM-5:00 PM The Terrace
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD Foundation Committee 7:00 AM-8:00 AM Northrup
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD – Plenary Session: Professional Wellness 7:45 AM-11:30 AM Exhibit Hall B
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD Exhibits and Poster Session 9:00 AM-6:00 PM Atlanta B, New York B & San Francisco
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD House of Delegates and General Membership    11:30 AM-12:15 PM Exhibit Hall B
JOINT 10/20 Student Luncheon 12:00 PM-1:30 PM Chouteau A
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Serology  1:00 PM-3:00 PM Atlanta A
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Epidemiology 1 1:00 PM-3:00 PM Chicago AB
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Pathology 1 1:00 PM-3:00 PM  Empire A
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Virology  1:00 PM-3:00 PM Empire C
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Bacteriology 1 1:00 PM-3:00 PM  Empire B
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics 1 1:00 PM-3:00 PM Chicago C
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD Laboratory Administrative Management Personnel Committee 1:00 PM-3:00 PM Chouteau B
JOINT 10/20 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Diagnostic Laboratory and Veterinary Workforce Development 
1:00 PM-3:00 PM		 New York A
USAHA 10/20 USDA APHIS VS Open Forum 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Liberty - Westin 
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD Laboratory Safety Committee  3:00 PM-5:00 PM Empire C
OTHER 10/20 Applied Animal Health, Public Health Research and Extension Veterinarians Symposium  3:00 PM-6:00 PM Chicago C
AAVLD 10/20 Rapid Point-of-Care multiplexed PCR detection for UTI in dogs - PRESENTED BY LEXA GENE 3:30 PM-4:00 PM New York A
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD Bacteriology Steering Committee Meeting  3:30 PM-4:15 PM  Empire B
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD - Government Relations Committee  3:30 PM-5:30 PM Chouteau B
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD Diagnostic Pathology Slide Seminar 3:30 PM-5:45 PM Empire A
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD Veterinary Analytical Toxicology and Mycology  3:30 PM-6:30 PM Atlanta A
    Veterinary Diagnostic and Animal Facility Planning and Benchmarking - PRESENTED BY THE CLARK ENERSEN PARTNERS 4:15 PM-4:45 PM New York A
USAHA 10/20 OIE Special Session 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Exhibit Hall B
OTHER 10/20 Extension Veterinarians Business Meeting 6:00 PM-8:00 PM Chicago C
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD Laboratory Directors Committee 6:00 PM-8:00 PM Chicago AB
AAVLD 10/20 AAVLD Gross Pathology Mock Examination   6:00 PM-8:30 PM Empire A
AAVLD 10/20 Hello, we are INDICAL
(formerly QIAGEN Animal Health) -
a leading provider for molecular diagnostic workflows for your testing needs & News from Biovet - PRESENTED BY INDICAL & BIOVET		 6:15 PM-6:45 PM Empire B
AAVLD 10/20 What’s new with IDEXX? - PRESENTED BY IDEXX 6:15 PM-6:45 PM Empire C
AAVLD 10/20 Simple, fast and complete solutions for mastitis identification - PRESENTED BY THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC 7:00 PM-7:30 PM Empire B
IDEXX 10/20 IDEXX Reception 8:00 PM-11:00 PM Pershing Place - WESTIN
    SUNDAY – October 21, 2018    
JOINT 10/21 Registration 7:00 AM-5:00 PM The Terrace
AAVLD 10/21 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Toxicology 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Atlanta A
AAVLD 10/21 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Molecular Diagnostics and Informatics 2 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Empire C
AAVLD 10/21 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Epidemiology 2 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Chicago C
AAVLD 10/21 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Bacteriology 2 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Empire B
AAVLD 10/21 AAVLD – Scientific Session - Pathology 2 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Empire A
AAVLD 10/21 AAVLD Laboratory Administrative Management Personnel Committee  8:00 AM-10:00 PM Benton AB
AAVLD 10/21 AAVLD Exhibits and Poster Session 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Atlanta B, New York B & San Francisco
AAVLD 10/21 AAVLD Pathology Committee  12:00 PM-2:00 PM Empire A
JOINT 10/21 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on NAHLN
(National Animal Health Laboratory Network)		 12:00 PM-3:00 PM Pershing Place W - WESTIN
OTHER 10/21 USDA-ARS/NIFA Research Reviews 12:30 PM-5:30 PM Atlanta A
JOINT 10/21 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Aquaculture 12:30 PM-5:30 PM Chicago C
JOINT 10/21 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Food and Feed Safety 1:30 PM-5:30 PM Empire C
AAVLD 10/21 Veterinary Forensics: From the Crime Scene to the Necropsy Floor 2:00 PM-5:00 PM New York A
AAVLD 10/21 AAVLD-NSVL Proficiency Testing Committee 3:00 PM-5:00 PM Pershing Place W - WESTIN
AAVLD 10/21 AAVLD – Strategic Planning Committee 3:00 PM-6:00 PM Benton AB
JOINT 10/21 USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Animal Health Surveillance and Information System 3:00 PM-6:00 PM Empire A
JOINT 10/21 Presidents' Reception 5:30 PM-6:30 PM Exhibit Hall B
JOINT 10/21 USAHA/AAVLD President's Dinner 6:30 PM-9:00 PM Exhibit Hall B
    MONDAY – October 22, 2018    
JOINT 10/22 Registration 7:00 AM-5:00 PM The Terrace
AAVLD 10/22 AAVLD Past Presidents Breakfast  7:00 AM-8:00 AM Fremont
JOINT 10/22 USAHA/AAVLD - Joint Plenary Scientific Session: Strategic Collaborations to Support Agro-defense 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Exhibit Hall B
AAVLD 10/22 AAVLD House of Delegates    12:00 PM-12:45 PM Empire A
AAVLD 10/22 AAVLD Committee Chairs and Program Committee 1:30 PM-3:30 PM Benton AB
JOINT 10/22 USAHA and AAVLD Executive Committees 3:30 PM-5:00 PM Benton AB
OTHER 10/22 National Association of Federal Veterinarians  5:30 PM-8:00 PM Chouteau B
Global VetLINK 10/22 Global VetLINK 7:00 PM-9:00 PM Washington Park Place - WESTIN 
 
USAHA Tentative Schedule

                     

 


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