2021 NAO Biennial Conference

Join us!

June 29 to July 2, 2021

The NAO Conference Planning Committee is excited to announce our next biennial conference. The conference will be held virtually this year due to COVID-19 and the committee has been working diligently to make it a memorable event. The conference also allows us the opportunity to celebrate 50 years since legislation was passed to create the AHEC program. The conference theme, 2021 NAO Biennial Conference: Celebrating Our Past, Present, and Future will provide us the opportunity to celebrate what we have accomplished, share our current work, and focus on the future of AHEC.

Registration is per individual and includes the following:

Personalized access to virtual conference platform
Ability to join gamification mode to win a wide range of door prizes
Networking and roundtable forums
Virtual poster sessions & exhibitor rooms
Access to the conference website for six months to view archived recordings of plenary and concurrent sessions
An NAO 50^th Anniversary commemorative memorabilia gift box directly mailed to your door step

AGENDA

PLENARY SPEAKER INFORMATION

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

EXHIBITORS AND SPONSOR PROSPECTUS

Click to REGISTER as an Exhibitor or Sponsor - select the Sponsor/Exhibitor Button

Registration Fee Structure

If your AHEC is interested in paying for the Scholar’s registration, please note that you can have them individually register for the conference. On the payment page, instruct them to click pay with check. On the confirmation page, they will be able to print a receipt. They can then forward this invoice to your AHEC and one check can be sent for multiple attendees.

By June 3

Early Bird

NAO Member

$300

By June 3

Early Bird

Non NAO Member

$500

By June 3

Early Bird

AHEC Scholar (affiliated with a member AHEC)

$100

By June 3

Early Bird

AHEC Scholar (not affiliated with a member AHEC))

$300

After June 3

Late Registration

NAO Member

$375

After June 3

Late Registration

Non NAO Member

$575

After June 3

Late Registration

AHEC Scholar (affiliated with a member AHEC)

$150

After June 3

Late Registration

AHEC Scholar (not affiliated with a member AHEC)

$375

AHEC 101

New to AHEC? Asking yourself, what the heck is AHEC? Want to understand the bigger pleadership, directors and staff sharing their experiences and answering your questions. This is your time to get a better understanding of the NAO family, benefits of membership and network with other new members just like you! The AHEC 101 Orientation is designed for all levels of staffing within Program Offices and Regional AHEC Centers. All are welcome!

Please check AHEC 101 on the registration form and note there is an additional fee for this pre-conference session.

AHEC Scholar Track

An AHEC Scholars Track has been developed for this virtual conference. The conference content provides up to 8.5 Scholar Didactic Hours covering the following AHEC Core Topics: Cultural Competency, Behavioral Health Integration and Practice Transformation. Please check out registration to register any AHEC Scholars interested in attending.

Any questions please feel free to reach out to the conference planning co-chairs:

Mindy Bateman mindy.bateman@slcc.edu

Michelle Boyd Michelle.Boyd@atriumhealth.org

Anne Wenders amaynard@usf.edu