The Pacific Veterinary Conference is sponsored by the California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA). If you are not a CVMA member, you can join now and save money on registration! Call 800.655.2862 for more information.

 

PacVet promises to be four days of learning and fun, with outstanding continuing education and plenty of time to spend with family and friends!

Veterinary CE
The Pacific Veterinary Conference offers over 230 hours of California-approved continuing education (CE).

 

Technician CE
The conference provides over 27 hours of technician-specific CE. These hours will be applicable toward alternate route certification in California.

California Veterinarians: The CVMA, the sponsor of the Pacific Veterinary Conference, is a statutorily approved CE provider in California. CE earned at PacVet will be accepted by the California Veterinary Medical Board toward the mandatory 36 hours required every two years for re-licensure.

 

Texas Veterinarians: To receive credit for your CE at PacVet, you must follow proper procedures per the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. Pick up a checklist at the registration desk and sign in. Then track your CE hours on the checklist and turn that in before you leave the conference. A PacVet staff member must verify your hours before you leave and give you a certificate. These certificates cannot be mailed or given out after the conference.

 

Veterinarians from outside California and Texas: Contact your local Veterinary Medical Board or licensing agency to determine what CE at PacVet qualifies in your state.

Full Conference Registration
Full conference registration for veterinarians, practice managers, veterinary technicians and veterinary staff includes the following: all CE sessions, Vet Expo admission, complimentary lunches and breaks in the Vet Expo, continental breakfasts, refreshment breaks, evening events, a meeting tote bag, and a syllabus on flashdrive. Labs and non-hosted events are at an additional charge.

 

One Day Registration
One day conference registration for veterinarians, practice managers, veterinary technicians and veterinary staff includes the following for the day registered: CE sessions, refreshments, syllabus on flashdrive, and, if available that day, Vet Expo admission, complimentary lunch, and evening event. Labs and non-hosted events are at an additional charge.

 

Staff Group Registration
The Pacific Veterinary Conference offers a staff group registration option for non-veterinarian staff from the same practice! This allows four different staff members to attend one of the four days of the conference.

 

Discount Practice Team Registration
Bring additional staff members from your practice! With Discount Practice Team Registration, one CVMA-member veterinarian and additional registrants from the same practice receive a 10% discount on their full conference registration.

 

The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) is sponsoring an internet café during the conference. Visit the computers in the registration area to check your e-mail or catch up with your favorite blogs.

Several food events are available to full conference attendees at the Pacific Veterinary Conference! Continental breakfast and coffee/beverage breaks are provided for attendees and registered guests each day. On Friday and Saturday, a hosted lunch is provided in the Vet Expo. Lunch is on your own on Thursday and Sunday.

Your name badge is required to attend sessions and to enter the Vet Expo. Please wear it each day. Name badges can be picked up at the registration desk - they will not be mailed in advance.

 

GUEST BADGES 
If you wish to have friends and family join you Friday and/or Saturday, you may purchase guest badges for a minimal fee in advance or at registration. Guests can visit the Vet Expo and go to free special events, but cannot attend continuing education sessions, labs, workshops or breakfast sessions. Guests may join registrants for lunch and/or breakfast at an additional cost. Meal tickets can be purchased in advance or at the registration desk. Guest badges are not available for veterinarians or RVTs.

Each attendee is provided with a syllabus on flashdrive. The syllabus will also be available online before the conference; you will be able to print the sections you want before you come to the conference. If you are interested in purchasing additional flashdrives, visit the registration desk.

Moderators receive discounted registration. Moderators must be CVMA members. If you are interested in moderating for two, three, or four days, contact Shirley Ingleston at 800.655.2862, ext. 11.

Pacific Veterinary Conference management reserves the right to cancel any Sunrise Breakfast or lab that does not meet minimum registrations by June 14, 2010. If the event is cancelled by the Pacific Veterinary Conference, registrants will be notified and all paid fees credited or refunded. Labs and breakfast sessions are available only to attendees registered for the conference on the day of the session.

All cancellation requests must be sent in writing via fax, e-mail or regular mail to the Pacific Veterinary Conference Meetings and Events Department. Refunds due will be paid no earlier than 45 days after the close of the conference. Cancellations received prior to May 17, 2010 will incur a cancellation fee of 15% of registration costs. Cancellations received between May 17, 2010 and June 18, 2010 will be refunded 50% of registration costs. No refund will be issued for cancellations received June 19, 2010 or later. There are no refunds for laboratories.