Registration open: 2019 AVMA Economic Summit

Are you ready to learn the latest in consumer behavior trends, financial best practices, and veterinary economic research? Secure your seat to attend the 2019 AVMA Economic Summit taking place October 22-23 in Chicago. You’ll join other leaders from across the veterinary profession and beyond for learning that will help you harness innovation and identify key areas of behavioral change.

The Economic Summit, presented in partnership with Merck Animal Health, is the only event that focuses solely on the economic challenges and opportunities of the veterinary profession. The AVMA has convened this CE conference annually for six years, and the meeting continues evolving.

This year’s summit will focus on important and emerging topics like behavioral change, innovation, and technology. Presentations and working sessions will arm attendees with the knowledge needed to help veterinary businesses, clients and our profession adopt new behaviors and create change.

The conference agenda features presenters from both inside and outside veterinary medicine, including two keynote speakers: Dr. Jayson Lusk, head of agricultural economics at Purdue University, and Allen Gannett, chief strategy officer of Skyword. We’ve added more time and content this year, with topics that cover the full breadth of economic issues affecting veterinary medicine. These include:

• Behavioral economics
• Consumer preferences and behavior
• Student debt and education
• Veterinary employment and compensation
• Demand for veterinary services
• Pet ownership and attitudes
• Economics of innovation and technology
• Practice management and performance
• Macroeconomy

The AVMA Economic Summit provides actionable insights that help individual attendees and our profession develop creative approaches to improve the economic position of veterinarians and veterinary businesses.

Interact and collaborate for peer-to-peer learning

Economic Summit attendees are thought leaders and subject matter experts from all quadrants of the veterinary profession, as well as data-driven business influencers and innovators. Learning from other attendees is an integral part of the summit experience, and we’ve added even more opportunities for peer-to-peer interaction this year.

Whether you’re a practitioner, academic, industry analyst, or rising veterinary leader, you’ll want to attend the summit to gain insights and new ideas to enable economic growth, innovation, and behavior change in veterinary medicine. Register today at avma.org/EconSummit. You’ll leave empowered to think strategically and creatively, and bring positive change to your organization and the profession.

Special thanks to our AVMA Economic Summit partners:

• Presenting Partner Merck Animal Health
• Premier Partner Care Credit
• Signature Partner: VMG Veterinary Management Groups