Virtual Access Pass Schedule

Virtual Schedule at a Glance

Below is the virtual access pass schedule for the NSGC 43rd Annual Conference, that took place September 17-21, 2024 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. The virtual access pass is for those who cannot attend the conference in person, providing access to High-Demand, On-Demand sessions, live streamed plenary sessions (14 total), and one live streamed session per educational breakout session timeslot (4 total), determined by the Annual Conference Program Committee.

Tuesday, Sept 17
Wednesday, Sept 18
Thursday, Sept 19
Friday, Sept 20
Saturday, Sept 21

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Virtual First-Time Attendee Welcome Event & Orientation

If you are a registered first time virtual attendee, please be on the look out for a calendar invite for the meeting.

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

NSGC State of the Society

10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Educational Breakout Session (EBS): Precision Prenatal Medicine: Genetic Counseling and Fetal Exome Sequencing

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

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

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Educational Breakout Session (EBS): This or That? Debating the Role of Panels, Exomes, and Genomes in the Diagnostic Odyssey

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

9:00 AM - 10:15 PM

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

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)

3:45 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

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Educational Breakout Session (EBS): Age of Treatment: The Clinical, Social and Ethical Implications of Genetic Therapies

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