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The 2024 Annual Convention & Exposition (ACE) is scheduled as an in-person event taking place Feb. 23-25, 2024, in Detroit.
ACE 2024 Agenda
Thursday, Feb. 22
3:30-6:30 p.m. | Exhibitor Move in and Registration
Friday, Feb. 23
7 a.m.-7 p.m. | Registration
8-9:30 a.m. | Four Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- MSCP | New Drug Update 2024: Inpatient and Infusion Clinic Focus | Speakers: Regan VanderVeen, Preston Taylor and Katie Wenstrom
- MSHP | Biologic Therapies: Improving Patient Outcomes Through Collaborative Care Models in Ambulatory and Specialty Pharmacy Practice | Speakers: Amber Lanae Martirosov and Melissa Pleva
- CSPM | USP Update | Speaker: TBD
- Immunization Update 2024 | Speaker: Joe Fava
9:45-11:15 a.m. | Four Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Value-Based Care: Stepping Outside the Traditional Scope | Speakers: Hae Mi Choe, Amy Thompson
- Developing a Roadmap for Enhancing Community Pharmacy Practice: Navigating the Speed Bumps and Potholes | Speakers: Brittany Stewart, Michelle Kelly, Karen Farris
- Management of Patients on Opioids Across Care Settings: Where Do We Go From Here? | Speaker: Insaf Mohammad
- Recognizing and Managing Oral Anticoagulant Drug Interactions | Speakers: Maureen Smythe and Candice Garwood
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Lunch with Product Theaters
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. | PAC Luncheon
1:30-3 p.m. | OPENING KEYNOTE
- Out of the Shadows: The National Push for PBM Reform has Arrived | Speaker: Antonio Ciaccia, co-founder and president, 3 Axis Advisors; co-founder and CEO, 46brooklyn Research
Antonio Ciaccia
3:15-4:45 p.m. | Four Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Workplace Environment Committee Update 2023: Rising Challenges and a Call to Action | Speakers: Rony Foumia, Megan Christensen, Lindsey Clark
- MSPT | Rx-Rated Trivia | Speaker: TBD
- Pharmacotherapy for Infertility: A Pharmacist’s Primer | Speaker: Sheila Wilhelm
- It’s OK to Ask – Talking to Patients about Sexual Heath | Speakers: Katie Axford and Bianca Clark, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
4-5:30 p.m. | INVITATION-ONLY SESSION
- Michigan Pharmacy Immunization Roundtable: A Call to Action | Speakers: Farah Jalloul and Lisa Bade
3:30-4:30 p.m. | PAC Reception
4:30-7:30 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Reception
7:30-8:30 p.m. | Tech Connect Reception
Programming includes sessions that meet requirements for Ethics and Jurisprudence, Pain and Implicit Bias.
Saturday, Feb. 24
7 a.m.-6 p.m. | Registration
7-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast
8:30-10 a.m. | Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Take a Fresh Breath: Updates in Respiratory Care | Speakers: Amber Lanae Martirosov and Alison Lobkovich
- The Risk Landscape of Medication Errors | Speakers: Brooke Roe and Charlie Mollien
- Rethinking Race and Hypertensive Treatment | Speaker: Shelby Kelsh
- Student Session | Connecting Life and Wealth | Speakers: Reuben Levinsohn and Amanda Beeler
- Resume Review for Students (ongoing throughout the day; pre-registration required)
10:15-11:45 a.m. | KEYNOTE
- Hope for the Future in Current Challenging Practice Circumstances | Speaker: Michael Hogue, executive vice president and CEO, American Pharmacists Association
Michael Hogue
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | Lunch & Exhibit Hall
Noon-1 p.m. | Section Lunches
2-3:30 p.m. | NASPA Self Care Competition | Host: Brittany Stewart, Moderator: Kevin Szyskowski; Judges: Natalie Pirkola, Maria Young and Heather Rickle
3:45-5:45 p.m. | Breakout 2-hour session
- Implicit Bias Training – Disability Awareness Training for Health Professionals: Equitable and Inclusive Health Care Practices| Speakers: Steve Erickson and Elizabeth Janks
4-5:30 p.m. | Three Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Embracing Clinical Autonomy: Strategies to Enhance Consistency and Efficiency | Speakers: Lisa Bade and David Bright
- Engaging Community Pharmacists in Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship | Speakers: Michael Klepser and Austin Brown
- MSHP/Student Session | Clinical Pearls for Pharmacy, 2024 | Moderator: Amber Lanae Martirosov
6:30-7 p.m. | Awards Banquet Cocktail Reception
7-9:30 p.m. | Awards Banquet Dinner
Sunday, Feb. 25
7 a.m.-Noon | Registration
7-8 a.m. | Breakfast
8-9:30 a.m. | Three Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Law and Jurisprudence | Speaker: Kim Sveska
- The Impact of Prescribing GLP-1s for Weight Loss on Commercial and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug | Speaker: Brooke Penny
- Help, My Patient Has a Codeine Allergy! Tackling Opioid Allergies Safely and Effectively | Speakers: Rebecca Rudaski Nelson and Steve Erickson
9:45-11:15 a.m. | Two Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- The Impact of Community Pharmacist Intervention on 30-Day Readmission Rates for Patients at High Risk of Readmission| Speakers Tonino Michienzi and Anthony Sleep
9:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. | House of Delegates