By Melissa Varnavas

It’s hard to believe that in just a couple of days the ACDIS staff will step onto a plane bound for San Antonio. It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again. And yet, this same time next week, we’ll be packing it all up and heading back home again.

This year we will once again be joined by roughly 2,000 attendees—more than 120 speakers for 60 breakout sessions and three keynote addresses, more than 50 exhibitors, more than 40 poster presentations, and dozens upon dozens of networking opportunities.

We often liken the conference to planning a wedding. It’s a multi-year process and takes the volunteer efforts of dozens of ACDIS members and staff. We pick the venue, plan the entertainment, review the educational sessions, and excitedly make the rounds—table after table, person after person—learning and engaging as we go.