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

*Requires pre-registration and an additional fee

7:00 AM. - 6:00 PM

Registration Open

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia*

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*

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 Theatre

6:30 PM - 6:50 PM

Learning Theatre

*Requires pre-registration

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia*

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM 

Janus Lecture Encore Chat

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 

Career Fair Open

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

NSGC Professional Issues Panel

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

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Learning Theatre

*Requires pre-registration

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Sponsored Breakfast Symposia*

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*

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*

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

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM

Closing Remarks

*Requires pre-registration