AGENDA
  
*Subject to Change

Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
*3 CEs | **Additional 3 CEs for Q&A Vendor Time

8:00 a.m.   

Registration Open: Law and Ethics Only

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Law and Professional Ethics Workshop
Separate purchase required.

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

Registration Opens: General

GENERAL SESSION
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.  

President’s Message

GENERAL SESSION
1:30 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.

*Beyond the Breath: From Finding a Job to Fulfilling a Purpose

Speaker: Michael Sheahan, Ed.D., RRT-NPS

GENERAL SESSION
2:30 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.  

*TBD

Speaker: TBD

3:25 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.

Break

3:40 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.  

Early-Bird Raffle

GENERAL SESSION
3:45 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.  

*TBD

Speaker: TBD

NETWORKING 
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 

Welcome Reception With Vendors | **Visit each vendor to earn 3 additional CEs

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Thursday, October 9th, 2025
*6 CEs

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

Registration Desk Open

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. 

Breakfast With Vendors

GENERAL SESSION
8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.

*Be the ExpeRT

Speaker:
Joe Lewis, MSRC, RRT-ACCS

GENERAL SESSION
9:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.

*Neuromuscular Disease and it's Effects on Pulmonary Mechanics

Speaker: Kerren Kenney, BSHA, RRT-NPS-ACCS, AE-C, RPFT

GENERAL SESSION
10:30 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.

*Point of Care Testing for the Respiratory Therapist

Speaker: Cindy Raymond Buckley, BSRT, RRT

11:30 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.

Vendor Time

LUNCHEON
1:00 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. 

*Product Theatre Lunch

GENERAL SESSION
2:00 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. 

*Guiding the Next Generation: The Transformative Power of Mentorship in Respiratory Therapy

Speaker: Matthew Mendoza, MSRCL, RCP, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C

GENERAL SESSION
3:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. 

*Class III Pulmonary Hypertension - Is it Time to Treat? 

Speaker: Mueen Ghani, MD

4:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. 

*TBD

Speaker: TBD

NETWORKING 
5:00 p.m.  

Raffles | Luck O'The Draw | Dinner On Own

NETWORKING 
6:00 p.m.

Monster Mash Halloween Party

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Friday October 10, 2025
*3 CEs | **Additional 2 CEs for Preceptor Workshop

GENERAL SESSION
8:15 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.

*Health Effects of Wildfire

Speaker: Vanessa Walker, MD

9:15 a.m. - 10:40 p.m. 

Product Theatre Brunch

GENERAL SESSION
10:45 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

*High Flow Therapy: Techniques and Best Practices for Effective Use

Speaker: Matt Tolich, RRT, RRT-NPS

GENERAL SESSION
11:45 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.

*TBD

Speaker: TBD

12:45 p.m.

Adjourn: General Conference

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

**Workshop: Preceptor Course
Separate registration required.

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