11:00 am - 6:00 pm

Registration Open

12:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Pre-Conference Symposia*

• D – [A]I- Y: Practical Implementation of AI into GC Practice
• CGA-IGC Presents: An In-Depth Exploration of Polyposis
• From Genome to Transcriptome to Methylome: A Journey Through the “-omes” Coming Soon to a Clinic Near You!
• Gender-Inclusive Genetic Counseling: Education and Skill-building for Clinic, Industry, and Supervision

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

First-Time Attendee Welcome Event & Orientation

Is it your first time attending the NSGC Annual Conference? Watch the recorded webinar to learn more about NSGC as an organization, how the conference is developed, and how to best prepare to ensure you get the most out of your in-person or virtual experience!

 

 

*Requires pre-registration and an additional fee

7:00 AM. - 6:00 PM

Registration Open

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia*

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8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

NSGC State of the Society

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM 

Refreshment Break

10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Concurrent Educational Breakout Session (EBS) : Just Because We Can, Should We? Examining PGT Through the Lens of Ableism, Access, and Clinical Actionability

10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Workshops (Pre-Registration required)

• Essential Skills for a Job Seeker: Networking, Resume Building, Interviewing & Negotiating
• From Words to Impact: A Workshop on Inclusive and Accessible Content Writing for GCs
• Leveraging Your Leadership Skills to Translate Your Vision into Action
• Preparing for a Leap of Faith: Considering and Navigating a Career Transition
• Restorative Justice: Transforming Our Response to Harm

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM 

Exhibit Hall Open (Lunch will be available for purchase)

12:30 PM- 1:45 PM 

Sponsored Lunch Symposia*

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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Educational Breakout Sessions (EBS)

• All Grown Up! Applying Lessons Learned from Cystic Fibrosis across Prenatal, Pediatric, Adult, and Cancer Settings
• Client Guilt, Shame, Anger: Counseling Strategies to Support Decision-Making and Improve Outcomes
• How Do We Do Better? Improving Disability Inclusivity within the Genetic Counselor Professional Trajectory
• Precision Prenatal Medicine: Genetic Counseling and Fetal Exome Sequencing
• Trusting Your Gut: A Guide to Caring for Hereditary Gastric Cancer Patients

3:45 PM  - 4:45 PM

Jane Engelberg Memorial Fellowship (JEMF) Presentation

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Plenary Session: Work Perk or Pitfall? ELSI and Practice Considerations of Workplace Genetic Testing

5:45 PM - 7:00 PM

Exhibit Hall and Poster Reception

6:00 PM - 6:20 PM

Learning Theater 1

6:30 PM - 6:50 PM

Learning Theatre 2

*Requires pre-registration

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia*

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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

2024 Janus Lecture - The Sacred Disease: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of the Epilepsies

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Goodbye 96040, Hello 9X100: A Genetic Counseling CPT Code Update for All Genetic Counselors

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Educational Breakout Sessions (EBS)

• From Conception to Cradle: Enhancing Perinatal Care Workflows
• One Size Doesn't Fit All: Anti-Fat Bias in Genetic Counseling
• Take it at Faith Value: A Look at the Needs of Genetic Counseling in the Hindu, Pakistani Muslim, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), and Orthodox Jewish Communities
• The Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of the Gamete Transaction: What All Clinical Genetic Counselors Need to Know
• This or That? Debating the Role of Panels, Exomes, and Genomes in the Diagnostic Odyssey

12:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open (Lunch will able available for purchase starting at 12:30 PM)

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM 

Sponsored Lunch Symposia*

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2:00 PM - 2:30 PM 

Janus Lecture Encore Chat

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 

Career Fair Open - Cancelled

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

NSGC Professional Issues Panel: Genetic Counseling around the Globe: Insights, Lessons, and Collaboration for a Future-Proof Profession

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Incoming Presidential Address

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Exhibit Hall and Poster Reception

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM 

Career Fair Open - Cancelled

4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Essential Skills for Job Seekers Encore Chat

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Learning Theatre

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Social Networking Function Sponsored by Ambry: Ambry Gras: Beads and Boas

You're invited to a special celebration for the eras! Join Ambry Genetics as we "laissez les bon temps roulez" and honor the incredible work and contributions of the genetic counseling community. We’ll bring the beads, you bring your bling or boa! We look forward to seeing you in the Big Easy! Please pre-register as space is limited.

 

*Requires pre-registration

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia*

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9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

2024 Rollnick Lecture: Ordering “The Cure” with a Side of Trepidation: The Challenges of Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

10:15 AM - 2:30 PM

Exhibit Hall Open 

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall 

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Platform Presentations

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Beverly Rollnick Memorial Lecture Encore Chat

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM 

Sponsored Lunch Symposia*

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2:00 PM - 2:15 PM 

Passport to Prizes in Exhibit Hall 

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Natalie Weissberger Paul National Achievement Award Presentation

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Audrey Heimler Special Projects Award (AHSPA)

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Refreshment Break 

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Leading Beyond the Horizon Abstracts

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Plenary Session: A Genetic Counselor’s Guide to Long-Read Sequencing: Preparing for the Future of Genomic Medicine

*Requires pre-registration

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia*

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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Educational Breakout Sessions (EBS)

• Age of Treatment: The Clinical, Social and Ethical Implications of Genetic Therapies
• Finding Ourselves as Genetic Counselors: Examining our Personal and Professional Identities
• Navigating the Moral Maze of Genetic Testing in Transplantation Decision-making
• Not Just a Carrier: Medical and Emotional Impact of Being a Carrier for an X-linked Disorder
• Reflexivity across the Research Lifespan: Planning, Conducting, Supervising, and Mobilizing Ethical Genetic Counseling Research

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Refreshment Break

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Abstract Awards 

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Late Breaking Plenary Session: New FDA Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs): What Genetic Counselors Need to Know

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM

Closing Remarks

*Requires pre-registration