Conference Schedule
The planned schedule of events* for the 37th Annual Conference is listed below.
Download the full program and session descriptions.
Wednesday, November 14
| 8:00 am - 2:00 pm | Pre-Conference Symposia
1. A Collaborative View of Genomic Variant Interpretation: Clinical Genetic Counselors, Laboratories and Patients/span> 2. Advanced Motivational Interviewing Skills: Directional and Equipoise Guided Decision Making 3. Ahead of the Curve: Genetic Counseling Strategies for Polygenic Risk of Breast Cancer 4. Next Generation Prenatal Testing: Challenges, Utility and Application 5. Professional Growth and Development for Laboratory Genetic Counselors 6. The Art of Clinical Supervision: Developing and Enhancing Your Skills |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Welcome to the Annual Conference: First-Time Attendees |
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | NSGC SIG Fair |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Opening Remarks |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Plenary Session: Adapt, Evolve and Thrive |
| 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm | Natalie Weissberger Paul National Achievement Award |
| 4:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Plenary Session |
| 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Welcome Reception in Exhibitor Suite |
| 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm | Posters with Authors, Group A Posters |
Thursday, November 15
| 7:00 am - 7:45 am | Sponsored Breakfast Sessions |
| 8:00 am - 8:35 am | Janus Lecture |
| 8:35 am - 9:35 am | NSGC State of the Society Address |
| 9:35 am - 10:05 am | Incoming Presidential Address |
| 9:35 am - 10:05 am | Exhibit Hall Open / Networking Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:45 am | Educational Breakout Sessions
1. Genetic Counseling and LGBTQ Patients 2. Inherited Prostate Cancer and Genetic Evaluation: Opportunities and Challenges in an Evolving Field 3. Clinical Variant Interpretation Beyond the Lab Report: Is it Part of Our Role and What is the Diversity in Our Practices? 4. Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy: What the Prenatal Genetic Counselor Needs to Know 5. Promoting Genetic Counselors in Research: Funding Opportunities and Building a Research Portfolio |
| 11:45 pm - 1:30 pm | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Sponsored Lunch (Ambry Genetics & Myriad)** |
| 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Networking Break |
| 1:45 pm - 3:45 pm | Workshops and Lectures
1. Helping Patients to Call on Their Resilience 2. Learning to Lead: Becoming a Courageous Leader Through Self Assessment and Practical Application 3. Peer Supervision: Revitalizing Your Genetic Counseling Career 4. Referred a Pharmacogenetics Case, Now What? 5. Supervision Evolution: Engaging Industry Genetic Counselors for Student Rotations 6. Collaborative and Efficient Service Delivery Models that Leverage Health Technology to Improve Access to Genetic Counseling |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Networking Break |
| 4:15 pm - 5:20 pm | Dr. Beverly Rollnick Memorial Lecture |
| 5:20 pm - 5:50 pm | Audrey Heimler Special Projects Award Presentation |
| 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm | Posters with Authors, Group B Posters |
| 7:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Sponsored Evening Session (Integrated Genetics & Illumina)** |
Friday, November 16
| 7:00 am - 7:45 am | Sponsored Breakfast (Counsyl & Prevention Genetics)** |
| 8:00 am - 8:50 am | Plenary Session |
| 8:50 am - 9:05 am | Best Abstract Award Presentation |
| 9:05 am - 10:05 am | Professional Issues Panel |
| 10:05 am - 10:45 am | Networking Break and Exhibitor Suite Open |
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Platform Presentations |
| 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Exhibitor Suite Open |
| 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm | Sponsored Lunch (Invitae & GeneDX)** |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Posters with Authors, Group C Authors |
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Passport to Prizes Drawing |
| 3:10 pm - 4:40 pm | Educational Breakout Sessions
1.Immunodeficiencies and Bone Marrow Failure: What Every Genetic Counselor Should Know 2.It’s in Our Veins: Evolving Issues in Counseling for Hereditary Hematologic Malignancies 3. New Developments in Testing Methods and Bioinformatics 4. Population Sequencing and its Consequences: What Biobanks Can Teach Us About the Future of Genetic Testing 5. What to Do When that Familial Disease Might Not Be So Familial After All: New Data on HCM and ARVC |
| 4:40 pm - 5:00 pm | Networking Break |
| 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm | Plenary Session |
| 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm | Beth Fine Best Student Abstract Award Presentation |
| 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Jane Engelberg Memorial Fellowship Presentation |
Saturday, November 17
| 7:00 am - 7:45 am | Sponsored Breakfasts (Sema4 & CooperGenomics)** |
| 8:00 am - 8:50 am | Late-breaking Plenary Session |
| 8:50 am - 9:50 am | NHGRI: Establishing a 2020 Vision for Gentics |
| 10:10 am - 11:40 am | Educational Breakout Sessions 1. Bringing Precision Medicine into the Oncology Clinic: Examples from Pediatric Somatic Tumor Testing 2. Conflict of Interest: We Are Stuck With It So How Should We Address It? 3. Disorders of Sex Development: The Times are Changing 4. Sharing is Caring: Extending Shared Decision-Making Principles into Genetic Counseling Practice 5.The Science of Surveys: Foundations of Survey Design and Implementation to Improve Genetic Counselor Research and Clinical Practice |
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm | Networking Break |
| 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Platform Presentations |
*Schedule subject to change.
**Sponsored meal sessions are available for registration. Please note: food and beverage are only guaranteed to the first 225 registrants. Space is limited and available on a first come, first-served basis.