Saturday, April 11
Veterinary Professional Track
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30AM-8:15AM | Check-In, Breakfast, Vendors | |
| 8:15AM-8:30AM | Welcome; Opening | Margaret Gruen & Alex Lynch |
| 8:30AM-9:20AM | Nutritional needs for senior cats | Kara Burns - Sponsored by Hills |
| 9:30AM-10:20AM | The constipated cat | Katie Tolbert |
| 10:20AM-10:50AM | BREAK | |
| 10:50AM-11:40AM | "Nutrition Talks" Q&A Panel with Morning Speakers | Burns / Tolbert |
| 11:50AM-12:30PM | Hospitalizing the Senior Cat | Alex Lynch |
| 12:30PM-1:30PM | Lunch & Tours | |
| 1:30PM-1:50PM | EveryCat Remarks | Kara Burns |
| 2:00PM-2:50PM | Updates on Chronic Kidney Disease in Cats | Autumn Harris |
| 3:00PM-3:50PM | Nine Lives, Narrow Margins: Anesthesia in the Aging Cat | Lydia Love |
| 3:50PM-4:10PM | BREAK | |
| 4:10PM-5:00PM | The Sarah F. Hawes Memorial Feline Health Keynote Lecture:Feline infectious anaemias | Severine Tasker |
| 5:00PM-6:30PM | Reception sponsored by PRN PHARMACAL Presentation of The Vladimir Cader Early Innovator in Feline Research Award |
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Cat fanciers, owners, lovers
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00AM-8:30AM | Check-In & Breakfast | |
| 8:30AM-9:20AM | Diabetes updates - Basal Insulin Use in Cats | Karen Tefft |
| 9:30AM-10:20AM | Diagnosing infectious diseases in cats – a guideline preview! | Severine Tasker- Sponsored by wedgewood pharmacy |
| 10:20AM-10:50AM | BREAK | |
| 10:50AM-11:40AM | Updates on Dentistry in Geriatric Cats | Lenin Villamizar-Martinez |
| 11:50AM-12:20PM | Speaker Panel | Karen Tefft, Severine Tasker & Lenin Villamizar-Martinez |
| 12:20PM-12:30PM | Closing Remarks | Margaret Gruen, Alex Lynch & EveryCat |
Sunday, April 12
Veterinary Professional Track
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30AM-9:15AM | Check-In, Breakfast, and Vendors | |
| 9:15AM-9:30AM | Welcome | Margaret Gruen & Alex Lynch |
| 9:30AM-10:20AM | The Sarah F. Hawes Memorial Feline Health Keynote Lecture: Pale infections in cats – caregiver update | Severine Tasker |
| 10:30AM-11:20AM | Still Got Nine Lives: A Guide to Your Aging Cat's Best Years | Wendy Simpson |
| 11:20AM-12:30PM | Lunch & tours | |
| 12:30PM-1:20PM | Pain management | Duncan Lascelles |
| 1:30PM-2:20PM | CATalyst Survey Results | Wendy Simpson |
| 2:30PM-2:45PM | BREAK | |
| 2:45PM-3:45PM | End of life | Kady Gjessing |
| 3:45PM-4:15PM | It May Not be the Fountain of Youth: But It May Help - Enrichment for Senior Cats | Steve Dale |
| 4:15PM-5:00PM | Afternoon Speaker Panel | Duncan Lascelles, Wendy Simpson, Kady Gjessing and Steve Dale |
| 5:00PM-6:30PM | Reception sponsored by PRN PHARMACAL Presentation of The Vladimir Cader Early Innovator in Feline Research Award |
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