Annual Meeting Highlights

Here are just some of the Annual Meeting highlights and general information that will help you get the most out of your experience at the meeting.

Opening Session

Saturday, May 21, 6 p.m-7 p.m.

Opening ceremonies include speeches by APA leaders and a guest lecturer, Anton Gunn. A former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, he is a leading expert on Socially Conscious Leadership and the first African American elected to the South Carolina legislature early in his career.

Exhibit Hall F, First Floor, New Orleans Convention Center

Monday Plenary (see Psychiatric News)

Monday, May 23, 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

Exhibit Hall F, First Floor, New Orleans Convention Center

Convocation of Distinguished Fellows

The session includes the induction of APA fellows, presentation of awards, and the William C. Menninger Memorial Convocation Lecture.

Monday, May 23, 6 p.m-7 p.m.

Exhibit Hall F, First Floor, New Orleans Convention Center

APA Foundation 30th Anniversary Benefit

7 p.m.-10 p.m. Riverboat Louis Armstrong (see Psychiatric News)

Registration

Friday, May 20, Noon-6 p.m.

Saturday, May 21, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday-Wednesday, May 22-25, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Exhibit Hall G, First Floor, New Orleans Convention Center

Scientific Sessions

Saturday-Wednesday, May 21-25

8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.; 10:30 a.m.-Noon; 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.; 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Exhibit Hall

Saturday, May 21, Noon-5 p.m.

Sunday-Monday, May 22-May 23, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 24, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Exhibit Halls G-J, First Floor, New Orleans Convention Center

APA Bookstore, Career Fair, and APA Central

Saturday, May 21, Noon-5 p.m.

Sunday-Monday, May 22-23, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 24, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Exhibit Halls G-J, First Floor, New Orleans Convention Center

Product Theaters

Saturday, May 21, Noon-3 p.m.

Sunday-Monday, May 22-23, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 24, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Product Theaters 1 & 2, Exhibit Halls G-J, First Floor, New Orleans Convention Center

Huddle Sessions

Sunday-Tuesday, May 22-24, Noon-12:20 p.m. and 1 p.m.-1:20 p.m.

The Stage, Exhibit Halls G-J, First Floor, New Orleans Convention Center

Coffee & Conversations

Saturday-Tuesday, May 21-24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Stage, Exhibit Halls G-J, First Floor, New Orleans Convention Center

Therapeutic Updates

• Saturday, May 21, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

  Hilton New Orleans Riverside and Loews

• Sunday, May 22, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

  Loews New Orleans Hotel ■