Schedule

The conference fee is only $75.  Register before June 1, 2020 for early bird registration and save $25!  Some scholarships will be offered.  The conference is FREE to all Lone Star College students and Veterinarians.  Continuing Education Credit will be offered for animal welfare professionals, vet technicians and Veterinarians.

This year's conference will feature 4 Tracks:  Animal Rescue, Municipal Sheltering, Organization Management, and Veterniary Services.

Animal Rescue Track Topics will include:  Fostering Program Development, Social Media Fund-raising, Marketing Adoptable Pets, Volunteer Management, Grant Writing, Animal Hoarding, Compassion Fatigue, New Resources in the Rescue Community, and more.

Organization Management Track Topics will include:  Networking between Executive Directors, Program Development, Media Strategies, and more.

Municipal Track will include:  Disaster Recovery Planning, Disease Control, Temperament Testing, Breed Identification, Transport Programs, Large Scale Spay/Neuter Events, Legislative Updates, Cruelty Task Force Updates, Animal Hoarding, Compassion Fatigue and more.

Veterinary Services Track will include:  Shelter Medicine Discussions, High Quality, High Volume Spay/Neuter, Best Practices, Shelter Vets and Full Service Vets Working Together and more.

We will be updating the schedule as we confirm speakers.

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration and Breakfast

9:00am Conference Start

Keynote Speaker To Be Announced

Track 1:  Animal Rescue

Track 2:  Municipal Sheltering

Track 3:  Veterinary Services

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Cocktails, Dinner and Networking

8:30am - 9:30am

Registration and Breakfast

9:30am Conference Start

Municipal Shelter Panel

Track 1:  Animal Rescue

Track 2:  Municipal Sheltering

Track 3:  Organization Management

4:30pm

Grand Prize Drawing - MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!