Make Your Respiratory Therapy Impact in Orlando
Welcome to Congress 2024! Join us Nov. 20-23 in Orlando, FL, for our annual Congress event, bringing respiratory therapists from around the globe together for learning, connecting, and the latest industry trends. Designed for respiratory therapists of all levels and specialties, Congress focuses on the topics, tools, and skills that impact your career.
Spread across four days, Congress includes more than 130 sessions filled with specially designed lectures, symposiums, social events, research presentations, and interactions with industry leaders in our exhibit hall.
Meet Your 2024 Speakers
Keynote Presenter
Jerome Adams
MD, MPH
Professor, Presidential Fellow, Executive Director
Health Equity Initiatives at Purdue
Plenary Presenters
Ellen Becker
PhD, RRT, RPFT, AE-C, FAARC
Emerita Professor
Rush University
Michael Lipnick
MD
Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
University of California San Francisco
Hannah Wunsch
MD, MSc
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Schedule Highlights
Day 1 — Nov. 20
Welcome Address and Opening Keynote
Sputum Bowl Preliminary Rounds
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening
Session Topics: General topics, New Findings, Leadership and Management, Adult Acute Care, Education, Neonatal/Pediatrics, and Pulmonary Function
Symposiums: New Horizons Exploring the Depths: Qualitative Research in Respiratory Care
Open Forum
AARC Annual Awards Ceremony
Welcome Party
Day 2 — Nov. 21
Sputum Bowl Preliminary Rounds
Session Topics: Education, Neonatal/Pediatrics, Diagnostics, Leadership and Management, Adult Acute Care, Ambulatory & Post-Acute Care, and Transport
Symposiums: Year in Review, Simulation Symposium, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Hospital-Based Education, Setting PEEP in Clinical Practice
Plenary: 40th Phil Kittredge Memorial Lecture
Open Forum
Expo Hours: 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Day 3 — Nov. 22
Session Topics: Sleep, Education, Neonatal/Pediatrics, Leadership and Management, Adult Acute Care, Post-Acute Care, Diagnostics, Ethics
Symposiums: Clinical Management of ARDS, New Professionals, Clinical Practice Guidelines
Expo Hours: 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (last day)
Flag Folding Ceremony
Plenary: 4th Robert M. Kacmarek Scientific Memorial Lecture
Open Forum
Sputum Bowl Finals
Day 4 — Nov. 23
Agency Update
Session Topics: Education, Neonatal/Pediatrics, Leadership and Management, DEI
Journal Symposium
Closing Ceremony
12th Thomas L. Petty Memorial Lecture
Location
AARC Congress meetings will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida and the Rosen Center, our host hotel. Take advantage of all the fun in the Orlando area and schedule a visit to say “Hi” to Mickey Mouse, Harry Potter, or even a dolphin.
Thank You to the AARC 2024 Corporate Partners
Corporate Partner support makes events like AARC Congress possible.
AARC Congress CRCE
AARC Congress 2024 is approved for 19.93 CRCE.
