Educational Roadmaps

11:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Registration Open

12:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Pre-Conference Symposia*

• Reproductive Carrier Screening Today: Evolving Guidelines, Novel Treatments, and Disparities in Care
• Implement This! Learn How to Use Implementation Science to Improve Your Clinic and Advance Your Research Through Facilitated Project-Based Learning
• You Can Do It, Too! Genetics Content Creation and Science Communication via TikTok, Instagram, Podcasting, YouTube, LinkedIn and More
• When It’s Not A No-Brainer: Wrapping Our Heads Around the Ever-Changing Ethical Dilemmas in Neurodegenerative Conditions

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

First Time Attendee Welcome Event

*Requires pre-registration and an additional fee

7:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.

Registration Open

7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia*

• LabCorp
• Sanofi

8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Opening Plenary: The Era of the Final Rule: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications for Genetic Counseling Practice

10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Educational Breakout Session (EBS) : Differences in Sex Development: Care in Multifaceted Conditions Over the Lifespan

10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Workshops (Pre-Registration required)

• Rolling the Dice on Pharmacogenetics: A Gamified Workshop
• Counseling in the Moment: Broadening Genetic Counseling Skills Through Applied Improv
• Escape the PowerPoint: Immersive Experiences to Engage Gen Z Learners
• Practicar para Platicar
• Navigating Trauma and Secondary Trauma in Genetic Counseling

12:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 

Exhibit Hall Open (lunch options available for purchase)

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. 

Sponsored Lunch Symposia*

• Natera
• Variantyx

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Educational Breakout Sessions (EBS)

• How to Efficiently and Effectively Share Your Data: Publications and Beyond
• An Update on Targeted Therapies and Prevention for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
• Genetic Counseling Beyond Family Trees: How to Work with Adopted Patients Impacted by Barriers to Health, Identity, and Choice
• Residual Risk: Useful or Misleading? A Panel Discussion About Residual Risk in Carrier Screening
• Moving Genetic Counseling Into Primary Care: The Future of Our Profession

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Inspiring Chromosome 18 Story: Self-Advocate, Parent and Sibling Perspectives of Obstacles and Opportunities for those with Disabilities

5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Natalie Weissberger Paul National Achievement Award

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall and Poster Reception

5:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

Learning Lounge

6:20 p.m. - 6:50 p.m.

Learning Lounge

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Heart of Genetic Counseling Award Presentation Sponsored by Invitae

*Requires pre-registration

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration Open

7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia*

• GeneDx
• Horizon Therapeutics

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Janus Lecture - Family History: Exploring the Roots and Branches

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Professional Issues Panel

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

10:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 

Exhibit Hall Open (lunch options available for purchase from 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Educational Breakout Sessions (EBS)

• Increasing Access to Hereditary Cancer Screening in Non-Oncology Settings: Emerging Evidence on the Use of Digital Tools for Ascertainment of Individuals at Risk and Considerations for Care Delivery
• Telehealth Genomics Services in the NICU: How, Where, and Why?
• Genetic Counselors Growing Influence In Insurance: Why Our Voice is Vital to Advocate for Equitable and Sustainable Genetic Testing
• Not All Actionable Variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Are Created Equal: Challenges of Classifying and Interpreting Reduced-Penetrance Variants
• Translating Polygenic Scores into Clinical Practice: Insights from Genetic Counselors

12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 

Sponsored Lunch Symposia*

• Myriad
• Invitae

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 

Janus Encore Chat

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

NSGC State of the Society

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Incoming Presidential Address

4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Exhibit Hall and Poster Reception

4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Platform Presentations

6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Learning Lounge

*Requires pre-registration

7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration Open

7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia*

• Ambry Genetics
• Rhythm

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Beverly Rollnick Memorial Lecture - LGBTQIA+ Experiences with Conception and Medical Racism

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall Open (lunch options available for purchase starting at 12:00 p.m.) 

10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Platform Presentations

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

Rollnick Encore Chat

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

Sponsored Lunch Symposia*

• Prevention Genetics
• PTC Therapeutics

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 

Passport to Prizes

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Audrey Heimler Special Projects Award (AHSPA)

2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Jane Engelberg Memorial Fellowship (JEMF) Presentation

4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Focus Abstracts

4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Plenary Session: Say My Name, Say My Name: It's Time to Discuss the Problem with the Name "Genetic Counselor"

*Requires pre-registration

7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Registration Open

7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia

• AstraZeneca

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Educational Breakout Sessions (EBS)

• Improving the Diagnosis Experience: What We Can Learn from Families of Children with Down Syndrome
• How to Build a Somatic Testing Protocol in Oncology: We’re Building the Plane While We’re Flying It
• Keeping Up with ACMG Secondary Findings Lists: Counseling on Cardiovascular Genes from v3.0 and v3.1
• The Most Important Omics of All: Economics of Healthcare Across Private, Public, and Not-for-Profit Organizations
• Shine the Light and Bring the Heat: How to Implement a Health Equity Guide for Healthcare Transformation and Accountability

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Abstract Awards 

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Late Breaking Plenary Session: Embracing Artificial Intelligence in Genetic Counseling: Transforming Patient Care and Enhancing Clinical Outcomes

12:30 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks