October 26–29, 2023
Rosen Shingle Creek
Orlando, FL
Thursday, October 26
7:30 am–5:00 pm | AETA Board of Directors Meeting |
7:30 am–5:00 pm | AETA Certification Committee Meeting |
7:30 am–11:00 am | CETA/ACTE Certification Committee Meeting |
11:00 am–5:00 pm | CETA/ACTE Board of Directors Meeting |
1:00 pm–5:00 pm | CETA/ACTE Certification Exam (for initial certification) |
Friday, October 27
7:30 am–2:00 pm | Golf Tournament On Site at the Shingle Creek Golf Club (additional registration required) |
8:00 am–10:00 am | AETA Certification Committee Meeting |
8:00 am–12:00 pm | CETA/ACTE Certification Exam Review (for applicants who wrote the exam) |
10:00 am–12:00 pm | AETA Recertification Session (additional registration required – maximum 50 participants) |
11:00 am–5:00 pm | Registration Open |
12:00 pm–5:00 pm | Exhibit Setup |
2:00 pm–5:00 pm | Preconference Seminar I: What’s the Plan? Bovine Embryo Production and Transfer Case Discussion (additional registration required) Presented by ET Practitioners (Chaired by Dr. Charles Looney and Dr. Alvaro Garcia Guerra) |
2:00 pm–5:00 pm | Preconference Seminar II: Small Ruminant AI and ET (additional registration required) Presented by Dr. Lynn Tait |
6:00 pm–7:00 pm | Social Hour |
7:00 pm–10:00 pm | Banquet with Entertainment |
Saturday, October 28
6:45 am–5:00 pm | Registration Open |
6:45 am–5:00 pm | Exhibits Open |
6:45 am–7:45 am | Broken Wagon Ranch House Breakfast (additional registration required) Presented by Dr. Glenn Crumpler |
6:45 am–7:45 am | Breakfast Sponsorship Opportunity! |
7:45 am–8:00 am | Welcome and Exhibitor/Sponsor Recognition |
8:00 am–8:50 am | Session 1: Bovine Reproductive Physiology and Superstimulation Presented by Dr. Reuben Mapletoft |
8:50 am–9:30 am | Session 2: Forty Years of AETA: How did it start, and how far have we come? Presented by Dr. Chris Keim |
9:30 am–9:45 am | Selected Poster Presentation: TBD Presented by TBD |
9:45 am–10:00 am | Practitioner Tip: Young heifer flushing—Troubleshooting a hard cervix Presented by Dr. Matt Iager |
10:00 am–10:45 am | Break and Poster Session: Visit with the exhibitors and sponsors! Sponsorship Opportunity! |
10:45 am–12:00 pm | AETA Certification Session Presentations by TBD |
10:45 am–12:00 pm | CETA/ACTE Session |
10:45 am–12:00 pm | Student/Technician Session Presented by Dr. Peter Hansen and Dr. Rocio Rivera |
12:00 pm–1:00 pm | Student/Mentor Lunch All students attending the convention are welcome to attend the student/mentor lunch. Attendees will get food from the main lunch area and then gather in the meeting room to eat (beverages and cutlery will be in the meeting room). |
12:00 pm–1:00 pm | Lunch Sponsorship Opportunity! |
12:00 pm–1:00 pm | AETA–CETA/ACTE Joint Annual Convention Meeting |
1:00 pm–2:00 pm | Session 3: Technologies to Improve the Uterine Environment, Embryo Development, and Pregnancy Rates in Cattle Presented by Dr. Mario Binelli |
2:00 pm–3:00 pm | Session 4: Genomic Testing in Dairy Cattle: Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives Presented by Dr. Francisco Peñagaricano |
3:00 pm–3:45 pm | Break and Poster Session: Visit with the exhibitors and sponsors! Sponsorship Opportunity! |
3:45 pm–4:00 pm | Practitioner Tip: Young Donor OPU Presented by Dr. Edwin “Skip” Coles |
4:00 pm–5:00 pm | Session 5: Pregnancy Failure: What do we know, and how do we prevent it? Presented by Dr. Ky Pohler |
5:30 pm–9:00 pm | Conference Social On Site at the Rosen Shingle Creek Sponsored by Vetoquinol |
Sunday, October 29
7:00 am–3:00 pm | Exhibits Open |
7:00 am–4:00 pm | Registration Open |
7:00 am–8:00 am | Breakfast Sponsorship Opportunity! |
7:00 am–8:00 am | AETA Past Presidents Breakfast |
8:00 am–9:30 am | AETA Business Meeting |
8:00 am–9:30 am | CETA/ACTE Annual General Meeting |
9:30 am–10:00 am | Break and Poster Session: Visit with the exhibitors and sponsors! Sponsorship Opportunity! |
10:00 am–11:00 am | Session 6: Predicting and Improving Embryo Survival Presented by Dr. Peter Hansen |
11:00 am–12:00 pm | Session 7: Abnormal Calf Syndrome Presented by Dr. Rocio Rivera |
12:00 pm–1:15 pm | Lunch Sponsorship Opportunity! |
12:00 pm–1:15 pm | CETA/ACTE New Board of Directors Meeting |
12:00 pm–1:15 pm | AETA New Board of Directors Meeting |
1:15 pm–2:15 pm | Session 8: Abnormal Calf Neonatal Care Presented by Dr. Thomas Divers |
2:15 pm–3:15 pm | Session 9: Abnormal Calf Syndrome Case Reports and Panel Discussion Presented by Dr. Thomas Divers, Dr. Scott Larsen, Dr. Ky Pohler, Dr. John Prososki, and Dr. Rocio Rivera |
3:15 pm–3:45 pm | Break Sponsorship Opportunity! |
3:45 pm–4:00 pm | Selected Poster Presentation: TBD Presented by TBD |
4:00 pm–4:15 pm | Practitioner Tip: TBD Presented by TBD |
4:15 pm–5:30 pm | Session 10: IETS 50th Anniversary and The Embryo Metabolism and In Vitro Production Culture Media Presented by Dr. Rebecca Krisher |
5:30 pm–5:45 pm | Closing Remarks See you in Toronto from October 17 to 19, 2024! |