2024 Convention Schedule

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Schedule At-A-Glance

Start Time End Time CE Credits
7:00 AM 5:00 PM NDA Registration
8:00 AM 11:00 AM NDA Eddie G. Smith Leadership Training and Breakfast (invitation only)
11:30 AM 1:00 PM NDA Joint HOD & BOT/Committee Reports (invitation only)
1:30 PM 3:00 PM NDHA Board of Trustees Meeting
5:00 PM 8:00 PM NDHA Registration
6:00 PM 9:00 PM NDHA Board of Trustees Meeting

Start Time End Time CE Credits
7:00 AM 8:00 PM NDA Registration
7:30 AM 3:30 PM NDHA Registration
12:00 PM 5:00 PM Exhibitor Move-in
8:00 AM 5:00 PM NDAA Registration
9:00 AM 12:00 PM NDA Minority Faculty Administrators & Practitioners Forum 3
8:00 AM 5:00 PM NDAF Meeting
9:00 AM 12:00 PM NDHA CPR Certification
9:00 AM 11:00 AM NDA Session: Molar Surgery 2
10:00 AM 12:00 PM NDAA 60th Kickoff Prayer Breakfast 2
12:15 PM 1:45 PM NDA Minority Faculty Awards Luncheon (must attend the morning session in order to attend the luncheon) 1
12:30 PM 2:00 PM NDAA Executive Board Meeting
1:00 PM 3:00 PM NDHA Session: Infection Control
1:00 PM 3:00 PM NDA Session: Digital Dentistry: From Single Tooth to Full Arch 2
1:00 PM 7:00 PM SDNA Registration
1:00 PM 4:00 PM ANDA Executive Board Meeting
2:00 PM 4:00 PM NDA Research Forum (Fireside Chat) 2
4:00 PM 5:00 PM NDA VIP Reception (by invitation only)
4:00 PM 5:00 PM NDHA General Business Meeting
4:30 PM 5:45 PM NDA/SDNA Mentor/Mentee Speed Networking Mixer
6:00 PM 7:00 PM NDA Opening Session
7:00 PM 9:00 PM NDA President's Welcome Reception
8:00 PM 11:00 PM SNDA Welcome Reception
9:00 PM 11:00 PM NDAA Social Gathering

Start Time End Time CE Credits
9:00 AM 11:00 AM SDNA/Henry Schein Hygiene Pack Event
8:00 AM 12:00 PM SDNA Headshot Lounge & Podcast
7:00 AM 8:00 PM NDA Registration
7:30 AM 3:30 PM NDHA Registration
8:00 AM 5:00 PM NDAA Registration
8:00 AM 10:00 AM NDA Session: The Great Debate to Save or not to Save 2
8:30 AM 12:00 PM NDA-HEALTH NOW® Community Outreach
9:00 AM 12:00 PM SDNA Registration hours
9:30 AM 11:00 AM NDA Session: Managing Endodontic Mishaps & It’s Legal
Implications
10:10 AM 11:10 AM NDA Session: Pediatrics/Airway 1
10:10 AM 12:10 PM NDA Session: New Dentists Track: Human Trafficking 2
9:00 AM 11:00 AM NDHA Session: Caries Management by Risk Assessment
11:00 AM 5:00 PM NDA Exhibit Hall
11:00 AM 12:30 PM NDAA General Business Meeting
11:00 AM 1:00 PM SDNA/USNDA Post Graduate Opportunities Fair
11:00 AM 1:00 PM SDNA Student Research Competition
11:15 AM 12:15 PM NDA Session: Practice Acquisitions 1
11:15 AM 12:15 PM NDA Session: Academic Trends in Admissions 1
11:30 AM 1:00 PM NDA Colgate President Luncheon (invitation only)
11:30 AM 1:00 PM NDA Legally Mine Lunch and Learn
1:00 PM 3:00 PM NDAA Session: TBD
1:15 PM 2:15 PM NDA Board of Trustees Training (invitation only)
1:30 PM 4:15 PM SDNA Workshops
1:00 PM 4:00 PM ANDA General Business Meeting
1:15 PM 3:15 PM NDHA Dental Hygiene at the Crossroads
Panel Discussion
1:30 PM 2:30 PM NDA Session: New Dentists Track: Pediatric Dentistry 1
1:30 PM 2:30 PM NDA Session: Digital Implant Dentistry for the Restorative Dentist
2:45 PM 3:45 PM NDA Session: Work/Life Balance: Calm Mind Fit Body Inspired
3:30 PM 5:30 PM NDHA Session: Biological Dental Hygeine
4:30 PM 6:00 PM SDNA Dental Shark Tank
4:45 PM 5:30 PM NDA Caucus Meetings
4:45 PM 5:30 PM NDA District I Caucus Meeting
4:45 PM 5:30 PM NDA District II Caucus Meeting
4:45 PM 5:30 PM NDA District III Caucus Meeting
4:45 PM 5:30 PM NDA District IV Caucus Meeting
4:45 PM 5:30 PM NDA District V Caucus Meeting
4:45 PM 5:30 PM NDA District VI Caucus Meeting
5:30 PM 8:30 PM NDHA Get Acquainted Reception
5:30 PM NDAA Outing
6:00 PM 7:30 PM NDA Alumni Receptions
6:00 PM 7:30 PM UMSOD Alumni & Friends Reception
6:00 PM 7:30 PM University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry Alumni Reception
6:00 PM 7:30 PM University of Michigan School of Dentistry Alumni Reception
6:00 PM 7:30 PM HUCDAA Reception
6:00 PM 7:30 PM CWRU Alumni Reception (register using the QR code)
6:00 PM 9:00 PM Meharry Medical College - Dean's Alumni Reception
6:00 PM 7:00 PM SDNA Final Registration
8:00 PM 12:00 AM NDA President's Gala (ticketed event)

Start Time End Time CE Credits
7:00 AM 8:00 PM NDA Registration
7:30 AM 9:30 AM NDHA President's Breakfast
8:00 AM 10:45 AM SDNA House of Delegates Meeting
8:30 AM 10:30 AM NDA President's Symposium (Fireside Chat) 2
11:00 AM 5:00 PM NDA Exhibit Hall
10:45 AM 1:00 PM NDA Session: New Dentists Track: The Business of Dentistry: A Lawyer's Perspective
10:45 AM 11:45 AM NDA Session: Global Oral health Outreach
11:00 AM 12:30 PM SDNA Workshop
11:00 AM 1:00 PM NDA Voting by Delegates
11:00 PM 1:00 PM Bingo Exhibit Hall
11:00 PM 1:00 PM "NDHA Session: Ergonomics in Healthcare: Enhancing Wellness and
Performance"
11:30 AM 1:00 PM NDA Dr. Alison Riddle-Fletcher Awards Luncheon (ticketed event)
11:30 AM 2:00 PM NDAA 60th Anniversary Celebration Luncheon
1:00 PM 2:00 PM NDHA Election of President Elect (last chance-submission of ballots)
1:00 PM 2:00 PM NDA Session: Treating the Anxious Patient 1
1:00 PM 2:00 PM NDA Session: New Dentists Track: Balancing Act: Achieving Professional Success and a Luxurious Lifestyle for Dentists' 1
1:15 PM 3:30 PM NDA Session: Bone Grafting Basics and Hands on Training 2
2:00 PM 4:00 PM NDHA Session: Battling Periodontal Disease with Visual Precision
1:30 PM 3:30 PM SDNA Women to Women
1:30 PM 3:30 PM SDNA Men to Men
2:00 PM 3:00 PM NDA House of Delegates Meeting
2:00 PM 3:30 PM NDAA Session: TBD
2:15 PM 3:15 PM NDA Session: International Educational Training and Partnerships 1
2:15 PM 3:15 PM NDA Session: New Dentists Track: Building Generational Dental Wealth 1
3:00 PM 4:00 PM Glidewell Guiding Leaders presentation 1
3:30 PM 5:00 PM NDA Board of Trustees Meeting (invitation only)
3:30 PM 4:30 PM NDAA General Business Meeting
4:30 PM 5:30 PM NDHA General Business Meeting-Election Results & Installation of Officers
6:30 PM 11:00 PM SDNA Gala & Rites of Passage
7:00 PM 8:00 PM NDA 40 Under 40 Reception
8:00 PM 12:00 AM NDA 40 Under 40 Gala (ticketed event)
9:00 PM 11:00 PM NDHA Fundraiser (TBD)

Start Time End Time CE Credits
6:00 AM 12:00 PM NDA Registration hours
8:00 AM 10:30 AM NDA Sunrise Service
8:00 AM 10:30 AM NDA Past President's Breakfast (invitation only)
8:00 AM 10:00 AM NDHA Session: The Dental Professional's Role in Providing Culturally Compassionate Care
9:00 AM 10:00 AM NDAA Executive Board Meeting Wrap-up
9:00 AM 11:00 AM NDA Session: Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office 2
9:00 AM 11:00 AM NDA Session: Dentspy Sirona 2
9:00 AM 11:00 AM NDA CRT Meeting (invitation only)
9:00 AM 11:00 AM NDA House of Delegates
10:15 AM 12:15 PM NDHA BOT Meeting
11:00 AM 12:00 PM NDAA Farewell Social
12:00 PM 1:30 PM NDA Social Justice Luncheon (ticketed event)