Key Events You Won't Want to Miss
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Animal Care Pre-Conference Forum 9:00am - 4:20pm Come to Keystone Veterinary Conference a day early and earn an extra 6 hours of approved continuing education credit! Join Dr. Michael Moyer and Dr. Temple Grandin for an Animal Care Pre-Conference Forum on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, from 9:00am–4:20pm. This program is intended for veterinarians, veterinary technicians and assistants, humane society police officers, and humane society/shelter staff. Click here to view the full details, or click here to register. Separate registration is required from KVC. Thursday, August 12, 2010y and Producer Experts Pennsylvania’s Veterinary and Agricultural Communities Joining Together: Pennsylvania Alliance for Livestock Care and Well-Being—Dr. Lisa Murphy Lunch and Learn: Lyme Disease: The Risk, Treatment, and Prevention 11:00am–1:30pm SPONSORED BY BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA Earn 1.50 additional hours of CE credit! Registration is open to the first 100 registrants. Lunch will be provided. Book Signing With Temple Grandin 5:30–7:00pm Join nationally known animal welfare expert Dr. Temple Grandin during the Exhibitor Appreciation Reception on Thursday, August 12, 2010, for a book signing event. You’ll have the unique opportunity to meet Dr. Grandin, purchase one of her books, and have it signed. The following books will be available: Animals Make Us Human Humane Livestock Handling Thinking in Pictures Dr. Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. In North America, almost half of the cattle are handled in a center track restrainer system that she designed for meat plants. Curved chute and race systems Dr. Grandin has designed for cattle are used worldwide, and her writings on the flight zone and other principles of grazing animal behavior have helped many people to reduce stress on their animals during handling. Today she teaches courses on livestock behavior and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal welfare. She has appeared on television shows such as 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN Larry King Live, and has been featured in People Magazine, the New York Times, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, and Time Magazine. She has authored over 300 articles in both scientific journals and livestock periodicals on animal handling, welfare, and facility design and is the author of several books. Friday, August 13, 2010 PVF Silent Auction 9:00am–5:00pm Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:00am–2:00pm Highest bidders announced at 4:15pm on Saturday Shop for unique items and help raise money for the Pennsylvania Veterinary Foundation (PVF). PVF will host its annual silent auction on Friday and Saturday during the Keystone Veterinary Conference. Gift baskets, jewelry, arts and crafts, and collectibles are among this year’s coveted items. Be sure to bring along some extra cash (or credit!) to the meeting so you can participate in this fun, charitable event. If you are interested in donating an item for this auction, please complete this form. Scenario Planning—What’s In Your Crystal Ball? 8:00am–5:15pm SPONSORED BY THE COMMITTEE ON CORPORATE AND PUBLIC PRACTICE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CO-SPONSORED BY PFIZER ANIMAL HEALTH In the time of eBay, people no longer need to travel beyond the walls of their home to find a bargain. How does this relate to veterinary medicine? Very simply, our clients (whether companion animal or livestock owners) have new options for getting both products and information. Technology, and the way people interact with it, is evolving rapidly. (In fact, it may sound like a bad sci-fi movie but there are already self-labeled “Virtual Veterinarians” prowling the internet!) Whether you are a veterinary student, a new practitioner or a seasoned vet, your future requires some serious thought and we need to look to the simple Darwinian principle of adapting to survive. The penny has already dropped for many in corporate America and those that want to thrive are implementing a process of scenario planning. It is all about the “What If” factor. More importantly, it is being able to recognize the markers or signals that indicate the need to change and determining the actions necessary to carry it out successfully. To help get our membership and others in the profession thinking about the “What If” scenarios, the PVMA committee on Corporate and Public Practice will be sponsoring a day-long seminar at the Keystone Veterinary Conference in August. The program is for all veterinary healthcare professionals with an eye to the future; practice owners, new graduates, students, technicians, practice managers and everyone in-between. All those who attend will have an opportunity to challenge comments from the speakers and benefit from the mutual discussion that will round out the day’s program. This full day’s program will include: Dr. Donald Smith, Dean Emeritus of Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Boarded Equine Surgeon; Dr. Karen Felsted, Executive Director of NCVEI; Dr. Jordan Kocen, Chief of Integrative Medicine, Southpaws Veterinary Specialty Hospital; Nathaneal Oster, President of the National Chapter of the Student Veterinary Business Managers Association and junior veterinary student at University of Pennsylvania; as well as Dr. Michael Cavanaugh, Executive Director of AAHA. This is a program that aims to provide guidance on some of the burning questions about the immediate future of our profession: Will it make a difference if you are board certified or not? How will public opinion on food safety, MRSA, and animal rights impact the way you practice and or the liability insurance premiums you pay? Does complementary or integrative practice make sense? How does one charge for these services? Can pet health insurance help you break through the glass ceiling on pricing and your income? How has the profession overcome hurdles in the past and are their insights we can gain? It is this day-long seminar that will provide you with insights into these scenarios and hopefully stir interest in the next steps that need to be taken, both by you personally and the profession as a whole. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by! Plan on attending KVC and take a firmer grip on your future with this valuable seminar! Saturday, August 14, 2010 Help Benefit PVF by Participating Cash For Gold 10:00am – 2:00pm RSVP IS REQUIRED Please check the appropriate box on the registration form (to ensure the appropriate number of appraisers) It’s easy! Here’s how it works: Bring your 10k, 14k, 18k, 24k gold or platinum jewelry, sterling silver flatware, giftware or jewelry, coins, and fine watches … anything unwanted, no matter what the condition. NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL! An appraiser from American Gold & Diamond Buyers will be on hand to give you a professional, competitive evaluation of your items. Receive CASH ON THE SPOT (if you decide to sell your items) A generous donation will be made by AGDB to the Pennsylvania Veterinary Foundation based on the overall purchases. Any questions, contact AGDB Event Planner Laurie Alfano-Cristaldi at (201) 320-3623 or at laurie@americancash4gold.com.