Need a reason to attend the Annual Session? Explore these highlights and build your Annual Session plan to include the best in education, speakers, entertainment and more. The 2008 Annual Session offers fantastic opportunities to:

• Visit our Annual Session sponsors.
• Explore San Antonio
• Distinguished Speaker Series
• First Time Attendees
• World Marketplace Exhibition
• Continuing Education
• ADA’s Rockin’ Rodeo and Barbeque
• Dental Related Organizations
• House of Delegates
• American Dental Assistants Association
• Health Screening Program Hiatus

Dazzling and diverse, San Antonio is a city where Old Spanish walls remain beside modern glass towers, with rows of Victorian mansions a block away, a combination that lends the city a charm sought out by millions of visitors.

The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is located just steps away from the world-famous Alamo and is situated directly on the River Walk, three miles of cobbled walkways filled with restaurants, shops and more.

If you'd like to learn more about San Antonio, visit the San Antonio Board of Tourism, or watch the video below:

• Visit San Antonio : Broadband/2.2MB
• See tours set up especially for Annual Session attendees

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Don’t miss these two remarkable events! Join your colleagues at San Antonio’s Alamodome and be a part of what promises to be the largest gathering of dental professionals under one roof in history.

Proudly presented by:

Tom Brokaw
Friday, Oct. 17
8:15am

Join your colleagues as award-winning broadcast journalist and author Tom Brokaw kicks off the 2008 Distinguished Speaker Series.

Mr. Brokaw joined NBC News in 1966. His political reporting and documentaries have earned him many accolades, including the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the best-selling author of The Greatest Generation, a collection of personal accounts of citizens from all walks of life remembering their experiences in World War II, plus four other books.

Mr. Brokaw, who recently stepped in as moderator for NBC’s "Meet the Press," following the death of Tim Russert June 13, will take the helm for network television’s longest running program through the November 2008 presidential election.

Learn more at ADA News.

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Bob and Lee Woodruff
Saturday, Oct. 18
8:30am

Don’t miss the authors of the book, In An Instant and their beautiful story of survival, and of marriage for better and for worse.

In January 2006, within weeks of being named co-anchor of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” Bob Woodruff was nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. And since that day, his remarkable recovery has inspired people all over the world.

Just as inspiring is the story of how the event tested him and his wife of 20 years, Lee, and how their triumph over adversity taught them significant lessons about persevering and about the indomitable human spirit.

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First Time Attendees

Navigating the largest dental meeting in the United States can present some challenges, especially for those attending for the first time.

But don't despair: at the ADA's Annual Session (Oct. 16-19), first timers will get some much-needed support through their very own home-away-from-home, the First-Time Attendee Orientation Center.

Learn about the First-Time Attendee Orientation Center in the ADA News.

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World Marketplace Exhibition

Find solutions for your business and the hottest dental products and services. Shop at the ADA World Marketplace Exhibition and learn from the more than 650 exhibitors and touch, feel and use products—before you buy.

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Continuing Education

Select from among hundreds of options both inside and outside the classroom. Learn about the many unique opportunities offered by the ADA including the Live Operatory Center, Education in the Round and ADA365.org, along with more than 100 of the industry's highest-rated speakers.

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ADA’s Rockin’ Rodeo and Barbeque

Friday, October 17—Historic Freeman Coliseum

Round-trip shuttle transportation provided from ADA Official Hotels

Dust off your boots, grab your hat and come celebrate America’s original sport – rodeo!

The ADA’s Rockin’ Rodeo and Barbeque is a real competitive rodeo featuring the U.S. Marshal’s Posse, ladies’ barrel racing, bare-back bronco riding…and the most anticipated event of the evening, bull riding! Following the rodeo, enjoy a live concert with some of the best party music ever.

This action-packed event is ideal for the entire family. The price of $65 ($30 for children 12 and under) includes:

• The rodeo
• Traditional rodeo fare such as barbeque beef, cheese quesadillas, tacos and more’
• Ice-cold watermelon, cookies and brownies
• Beer, wine, soft drinks and bottled water

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Dental Related Organizations

• Dental Related Organization Meetings
• Group Housing Blocks

Dental Related Organization Meetings

More than 200 dental related organizations will come together during this year’s Annual Session. Don’t miss this unparalleled networking opportunity.

You may download a list of alumni, fraternal, military and professional dental organization meetings that are being held in conjunction with the 2008 ADA Annual Session, Oct. 16-19 in San Antonio. There may be additional meetings in San Antonio for which no information has been received for publication.

• Download the Dental Related Organization List | PDF file/77k

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House of Delegates

As the legislative and governing body, the House of Delegates is the supreme authority in the American Dental Association. As such, it speaks for the 156,000 members of the Association and for the dental profession in the United States.

Meetings of the House of Delegates will take place beginning on Friday, Oct. 17 and ending on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Anyone may attend the meetings of the House of Delegates as a visitor, upon display of a 149th Annual Session badge. Details of this important meeting are available in the 2008 Preliminary Program (page 17) and on ADA.org.

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American Dental Assistants Association

The 2008 meeting of the American Dental Assistants’ Association will take place in San Antonio, concurrent with the 2008 ADA Annual Session. The ADA extends a warm welcome to all dental assistants and encourages you to take part in this outstanding event.

ADAA attendees will register through the Annual Session registration system for the Annual Session and special events including the ADAA Reception and Fiesta (Thursday, Oct. 16); the ADAA Foundation Fundraiser (Friday, Oct. 17); and the ADAA President’s Grand Reception and Convocation (Saturday, Oct. 18). See page 15 in the 2008 Preliminary Program for more information, or visit www.dentalassistant.org.

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