SAVE THE DATE!
Feb 18-21, 2025
Hutton Hotel, Nashville, TN
(*note pattern shift Tues-Fri instead of Wed-Sat*)
Program Chair: Anna Flattau, MD, MSc, MS
* A more detailed agenda will be posted soon. Please note, some sessions may be subject to change as the schedule develops. The website will be continuously updated. Items in bold require additional registration.
Monday, February 17 (LEADS Workshop)
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- LEADS Fellowship Workshop - 2024-2025 + 2025-2026 Cohorts (12:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
Tuesday, February 18 (Pre-Conferences)
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- ADFM Board Meeting (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
- ADFM LEADS Fellowship Workshop - 2024-2025 + 2025-2026 Cohorts (8:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
- BRC Fellowship Meeting (8:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
- Administrator's Pre-Conference - Developing ourselves, our teams, and our departments (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
- Leader Development Preconference - Bridges and Pathways: Navigating Relationships and Career Transitions (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
- Building Research Capacity Preconference - Promising Practices to Fund and Support Research Participation (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
- New Attendee Orientation (5:30 PM - 6:00 PM)
- Dine Arounds + Board Dinner (6:30 PM - )
Wednesday, February 19
6:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Wellness Session (6:00 AM - 7:00 AM)
- Topical Breakfast Tables (7:00 AM - 8:30 AM)
- Welcome, President's Speech, and Business Meeting (8:30 AM - 9:30 AM)
- National Research Summit and Strategic Plan Update (9:45 AM - 10:15 AM)
- Morning Session (10:15 AM - 11:45 AM)
- Networking Lunch & Strategic Committees Meet (11:45 AM - 1:00 PM)
- Government Relations Update (1:00 PM - 1:30 PM)
- Afternoon Session (1:30 PM - 3:00 PM)
- Innovation Showcase Block 1 (3:15 PM - 4:15 PM)
- Welcome Happy Hour Reception at Tin Roof Broadway (5:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
Thursday, February 20
6:00 AM - 8:00 PM
- Wellness Session (6:00 AM - 7:00 AM)
- Breakfast + State & Regional Networking Tables (7:00 AM - 8:00 AM)
- LEADS Ignite Talks (8:00 AM - 9:30 AM)
- Morning Sessions (9:45 AM - 11:15 AM)
- Innovation Showcase Block 2 (11:30 AM - 12:30 PM)
- Chair Skills Lunch & Workshop - Blueprints for Success: Strategic Planning and Culture Building for New Chairs (12:45 PM - 2:45 PM)
- Afternoon On Your Own (12:30 PM - )
- Celebrating the LEADS Fellowship: Fellows, Alumni, Mentors, & Supporters Reception (5:30 PM - 6:00 PM)
- Leadership & Management Dilemmas Dinner (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Friday, February 21
7:30 AM - 1:00 PM
- Breakfast + Focused Networking Tables (7:30 AM - 8:30 AM)
- Morning Sessions (8:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
- Conference Close (12:00 PM - 12:10 PM )
- 2025 Conference Planning Committee Meeting - All Welcome! (12:15 PM -1:00 PM)
Registration
If you are registering as a senior leader (only for those who are nominated by their chair/admin to attend and are not already an ADFM associate member), please complete this form and send it to Kim Sevedge at adfm@adfm.org.
Please also note that IF YOU ARE REGISTERING ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE, you MUST BE LOGGED IN UNDER THEIR ACCOUNT in order for the system to process your registration correctly.
Registration Type |
Conference Registration |
Renew Dues with Registration |
Chair |
$650 |
$2,158 |
Senior Leader |
$650 |
N/A |
Associate |
$650 |
$1,268 |
Associate (Retired/Not Employed) |
$650 |
$958 |
Administrator |
$600 |
$934 |
Associate Administrator |
$600 |
$908 |
Administrator Senior Leader |
$650 |
N/A |
Additional Sessions
Session |
Cost |
Attendees |
2/18 Administrator’s Preconference: Creating a Positive Department Culture |
$165 |
Administrators only |
2/18 Leadership Development: Bridges and Pathways: Navigating Relationships and Career Transitions |
$75 |
Open to all attendees; ADFM LEADS Fellows, Senior Leaders, and New Chairs encouraged to attend |
2/18 Building Research Capacity Preconference: Promising Practices to Fund and Support Research Participation |
$75 |
Open to all attendees; BRC Fellows and those interested in growing their research capacity are encouraged to attend. |
2/20 Chair Skills Workshop: Blueprints for Success: Strategic Planning and Culture Building for New Chairs (lunch included) |
$85 |
New Chairs are encouraged to attend, open to all attendees |
Leadership and Management Dilemmas Dinner (dinner included) |
$150 |
Open to all attendees |
2025 ADFM Annual Conference Hotel Information
Hutton Hotel
1808 West End Ave
Nashville, TN 37203
Conference Hotel Rate
The ADFM Annual Conference group rate is $279 for single/double occupancy plus taxes. The deadline to make your reservations at the discounted rate Friday, January 17, 2025.
Reserve your room at the Hutton Hotel today.
Airport & Transportation
The Hutton Hotel is only 8 miles from the Nashville International Airport. There are a variety of taxi and ride share options available from the airport, as well as public transit service.
Innovation Showcase
Please consider submitting a proposal on an innovation in your department/work you've done in your department, highlighting new or creative ideas that other departments can learn from and apply in their own institutions. We anticipate these presentations to be about 15-30 minutes and will take place on Wednesday (2/19) or Thursday (2/20) of the conference.
To submit a proposal for an Innovation Showcase, please complete this form!
Breakfast Table Topics
The topics for these discussion tables can be specific (e.g. something you are doing in your department that you want to share), general (e.g. open discussion of a topic), or focused on networking. As a facilitator of the discussion topic, you would host two separate groups, 45 minutes allotted for each, during the breakfast hour on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
If you are interested in hosting a Breakfast Table Discussion Topic, please complete this form!
Learner Led Initiatives Panel Nominations
Examples might include but are not limited to curriculum development, clinical projects, or health education programs.
- The learner will be eligible for a stipend of up to $1,500 to fund travel to Nashville as well as a conference registration.
- The learner can be a former medical student or resident as long as they were a student at the time of the project they are presenting (preference for being learners within the past 3-5 years).
- If the initiative was led by a group, you must nominate one person to represent the group on the panel.
To make a nomination, please complete this form!