Meetings & Conferences

The AAVC brings the academic veterinary community together three times across a two-year cycle. Each gathering serves a different group at a different stage — residents interested in academic veterinary medicine as their path, faculty in their first years on the job, and the department heads and hospital directors who lead our member institutions.

The AAVC charges no registration fee for the residents’ and early-career faculty conferences and provides all meals. Attendees are nominated by their home institution.

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Department Heads and Hospital Directors Meeting

An annual gathering of the leaders who lead academic veterinary colleges and teacihng hospitals, covering AAVC business, VIRMP updates, and professional development.

March 18-19, 2027
Atlanta, GA

Conference Group

Early-Career Faculty Professional Development & Leadership Conference

For faculty in their first five years. Scholarship, publishing, research, service, and communication in an academic setting.

March 19-20, 2027
Atlanta, GA

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Residents' Professional Development & Leadership Conference

For residents considering a career in academic veterinary medicine. Held every two years since 2012.

March 2028
Atlanta, GA