2020 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition

Dates: March 08, 2020
Venue: Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center
Location: National Harbor, MD

“Discover Your Pathway”

March 14–17, 2020
Gaylord National Harbor and Convention Center 
National Harbor, MD


As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the difficult decision was made to cancel the 2020 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition and related ADEA events—including the ADEA GoDental Recruitment Event and Gies Awards Gala—which had been planned for March 14-17, 2020.

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Discover Your Pathway 

Exploration. Awareness. Self-Discovery. In today’s world of new technology, changing pedagogy, fluctuating budgets and expanded scientific knowledge, is your career future ready? 

Your Career. Our Future. Join us at the 2020 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition in National Harbor, MD, for Discover Your Pathway, a conference that supports ADEA members’ professional growth through personalized learning.

Evolutions in technology, health care and higher education are transforming the skill sets required by oral health professionals to deliver person-centered care in an increasingly diverse society.

Today’s dental educator must understand the nuances of rapidly changing organizational structures and principles of inclusion. Each of us can help create institutional cultures that foster individual well-being and resilience, elevate advocacy on behalf of the oral health team, further academic and administrative advancement of faculty and staff, and promote stewardship and fundraising skills among active and emerging leaders.

120+ Sessions. With more than 120 sessions tailored to dental educators’ needs, ADEA is poised to support your professional pathway of choice. Join us in National Harbor, MD, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center just outside of Washington, DC.   

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