Upcoming Veterinary CE Conferences from October to December 2026

Twelve veterinary and animal health events are scheduled across the United States from October to December 2026: eight in October, one in November, and three in December. The calendar covers 11 cities, with Las Vegas hosting two events, including the final conference of the year. 
Most of these events offer continuing education, and the range is wide. Vet Together offers 10+ hours of CE. The Gulf Atlantic Veterinary Conference offers 200+ hours, and the AAEP Convention offers 100+ hours.

Upcoming Veterinary Conferences at a Glance

Veterinary Conferences Taking Place from October to December 2026

October is the busiest month of the season, with eight events in five weeks. November has one, and December has three. Here is a closer look at each event, including dates, location, CE opportunities, and educational focus.

1. Vet Together Veterinary Conference 2026

Website: vettogether.com

Dates: October 1 to 3, 2026

Location: Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada

CE: 10+ hours of continuing education.

Educational Focus: Practice growth, revenue strategy, staffing, client retention, margin management, workplace wellbeing, and veterinary technology.

Conference Highlights:

• Sessions built around the business side of veterinary medicine rather than clinical lectures alone.
• CE talks on healthy veterinary workplaces, change management, inventory and compliance, senior pet nutrition, revenue leakage, and the psychology of client spending.
• Speakers including Marie Holowaychuk, DVM, and Brady Beale, VMD, DACVO, CEO of AAHA.
• An exhibit floor where practice owners and managers can meet suppliers.

Why Attend: Vet Together draws practice owners, hospital administrators, and managers who are actively looking at vendors and products. It is a good fit if your goals this quarter are about running a stronger practice, not just earning credits. Online registration is now closed, so contact the Vet Together team about on-site options.

2. AAV Annual Conference and Expo 2026

Website: aav.org

Dates: October 2 to 5, 2026

Location: Renaissance Austin Hotel, Austin, Texas

CE: 25+ hours of continuing education.

Educational Focus: Avian medicine, aviculture, behavior, diagnostics, disease syndromes, pathology, nutrition, research, therapeutics, welfare, wildlife and conservation, and technician education.

Conference Highlights:

• Three concurrent educational tracks and in-depth masterclasses.
• Friday workshops on the essentials of avian practice, ultrasound of the chicken coelom, advanced raptor procedures, avian orthopedics, and surgery of the beak and skull.
• A full day offsite workshop on wild avian disease investigation.
• A Friday evening welcome reception and a Sunday evening Birds of a Feather Community Forum.

Why Attend: The 47th AAV Annual Conference brings avian veterinarians, residents, technicians, and students together for four focused days. Full registration covers the sessions, exhibit hall, receptions, and weekend luncheons.

3. 40th Annual Veterinary Dental Forum

Website: veterinarydentalforum.org

Dates: October 7 to 10, 2026

Location: Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld, Orlando, Florida

CE: Lectures and labs across the full four-day program. The Forum is cosponsored by the American Veterinary Dental College, with lectures and hands-on labs scheduled throughout the four-day program.

Educational Focus: Veterinary dentistry and oral surgery, with tracks for beginner, intermediate, and advanced attendees.

Conference Highlights:

• A featured keynote speaker addressing all attendees.
• Advanced invited speaker sessions on Friday and Saturday.
• Hands-on labs and lectures on oral surgery, dental imaging, periodontal care, and endodontics.
• A welcome reception on October 7 and an exhibit hall open from October 8 to 10.
• The Forum's annual Fun Run and Walk, plus a Friday career fair.

Why Attend: Founded in 1987, the Forum is the largest and longest-running veterinary dental conference, and it moves to a new city every year. The program includes introductory, intermediate, and advanced dental education, making it relevant to general practitioners and veterinary dental specialists.

4. ACVS Surgery Summit 2026

Website: acvs.org

Dates: October 7 to 10, 2026 (laboratories on October 7; seminars and scientific abstracts on October 8 to 10)

Location: Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina

CE: Up to 27 RACE-approved CE credits.

Educational Focus: Orthopedics, soft tissue surgery, minimally invasive surgery, oncology, emergency and critical care, equine surgery, rehabilitation, surgical performance, and practice management.

Conference Highlights:

• Large animal and small animal keynote lectures, including one on equine humerus fractures.
• Specialty seminars, resident forums, and scientific abstract presentations.
• Technician sessions on anesthesia and rehabilitation.
• Poster presentations and a Draft and Craft Poster Social on October 8.
• An exhibit hall with surgical products and services.

Why Attend: The Summit is organized by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and serves surgeons, residents, technicians, and primary care veterinarians. It gives you a compact stretch of surgical education, from hands-on labs to evidence-based seminars.

5. The Wild West Vet Conference 2026 (WWVC)

Website: wildwest.vetshow.com

Dates: October 14 to 17, 2026

Location: Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, Reno, Nevada

CE: Up to 36 CE credits across 140+ sessions.

Educational Focus: Small animal medicine, equine and farm animal topics, veterinary technician and nursing education, and practice management.

Conference Highlights:

• 50+ speakers, with the program curated with Clinician's Brief, NAVTA, and Veterinary Practice News.
• 140+ CE sessions for personalized learning.
• A dedicated technician and nursing theater.
• Up to 17 hours of VHMA-approved CE for practice managers working toward CVPM certification.
• An exhibit hall with 100+ exhibitors, open October 14 and 15.

Why Attend: Wild West Vet brings together clinical, technician, nursing, and practice-management education in a four-day program. It mixes clinical CE, technician education, and practice management in one four-day program, so the whole team can attend together.

6. AALAS National Meeting 2026

Website: aalas.org

Dates: October 25 to 29, 2026

Location: George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas

CE: Around 300 sessions covering a broad range of laboratory animal science topics.

Educational Focus: Laboratory animal science, including the production, care, and use of laboratory animals.

Conference Highlights:

• Workshops, lectures, and poster sessions across five days.
• Seminars on topics such as murine pathogens and animal housing design.
• An exhibit hall open October 25 to 28, with a Sunday evening welcome reception.
• 4,500+ attendees from academia, research institutions, government, and industry.

Why Attend: The 77th AALAS National Meeting is the largest gathering in the world of professionals working with laboratory animals. The program is designed for laboratory animal veterinarians, technicians, researchers, and other professionals working with laboratory animals.

7. Animal Health, Nutrition, and Technology Innovation USA

Website: ahnti-us.com

Dates: October 26 to 28, 2026

Location: The Westin Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts

CE: This is an industry and investment summit, not a CE conference.

Educational Focus: Innovation across prediction, prevention, detection, and treatment in animal health, nutrition, diagnostics, biopharma, and technology.

Conference Highlights:

• 500+ senior decision makers from across the animal health industry.
• An Innovation Showcase on October 26 featuring emerging technologies, including a new discovery category for preclinical and proof-of-concept companies.
• Partnering and networking between startups, investors, and corporate leaders
• Organized by Kisaco Research.

Why Attend: AHNTI US is aimed at people building, funding, or partnering on animal health products. The event is geared toward professionals involved in animal health products, technology, investment, and industry partnerships.

8. New York VET Conference 2026

Website: newyork.vetshow.com

Dates: October 29 to 30, 2026

Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, New York

CE: Up to 16 CE credits in two days.

Educational Focus: Small animal medicine, business and practice management, and veterinary technician and nursing education.

Conference Highlights:

• Three clinical streams, a business theater, a technician and nursing track, and sponsor-led workshops.
• A clinical program curated with Clinician's Brief.
• Conference theaters built inside the exhibit hall, so you move between CE and products without leaving the floor.
• 120 sessions listed on the official site.

Why Attend: New York VET offers up to 16 CE credits across two days, making it an option for professionals looking for a short conference schedule.

9. HVMA 73rd Annual Conference

Website: hawaiivetmed.org

Dates: November 12 to 15, 2026 (labs on November 11 and 12)

Location: Sheraton Princess Ka'iulani Waikiki Beach Hotel, 120 Ka'iulani Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii

CE: See the official lecture schedule on the HVMA site for session and credit details.

Educational Focus: Orthopedics, joint stability, dental radiography, and general small animal topics.

Conference Highlights:

• An orthopedic fracture repair lab on November 11 using locking plates on saw bone models.
• A joint repair lab on November 12 covering CCL repair, medial patellar luxation, and hip dislocation, with instructors Brian Beale and Don Hulse.
• A dental radiograph positioning lab on November 12 led by Denise Rollings, CVT, VTS (Dentistry).
• An exhibit hall and networking events. General registration is not required for lab-only sign-up.

Why Attend: The Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association's annual meeting combines practical, skills-based labs with a Waikiki setting. Attendee registration is open, and the group hotel rate runs until October 12 or until the block sells out.

10. The Gulf Atlantic Veterinary Conference 2026

Website: fvma.org

Dates: December 3 to 5, 2026

Location: Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa, 3030 Holiday Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

CE: The conference offers 200+ hours of RACE-approved content, with up to 188 hours for DVMs and 68 hours for technicians. Each 50-minute lecture counts as one credit hour.

Educational Focus: Small animal and exotic medicine, with lectures and wet labs.

Conference Highlights:

• 14+ hands-on wet labs.
• A welcome reception on Thursday, December 3, and an exhibit hall happy hour on Friday, December 4.
• Networking events on an oceanfront property.

Why Attend: Now in its 13th year, this is the Florida Veterinary Medical Association's premier event for small animal and exotic professionals. It gives you a very large CE menu in a warm December location.

11. Fetch Long Beach Veterinary Conference 2026

Website: dvm360events.com

Dates: December 3 to 5, 2026 (the main CE program runs December 4 and 5)

Location: Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California

CE: 14 CE hours per person (7 hours each day), with sponsored meals offering up to 16 total. RACE approval is pending.

Educational Focus: Small animal medicine, cardiology, behavior, technician education, and practice management.

Conference Highlights:

• 70+ CE sessions across 25+ learning tracks in small classroom settings.
• New 30-minute, 0.5-credit sessions, so you can fit two topics into one hour.
• Keynotes from Brianna Potter, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology), and Meghan E. Herron, DVM, DACVB.
• Hands-on labs and strong technician-focused tracks.
• This year's theme is The Music That Moves You.

Why Attend: The conference features small-group sessions, practical topics, hands-on labs, and technician-focused education. Early bird rates run through October 2, 2026.

12. 72nd Annual AAEP Convention

Website: aaep.org

Dates: December 7 to 11, 2026 (the educational program begins Tuesday, December 8)

Location: Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

CE: 100+ hours of classroom-style seminars and continuing education.

Educational Focus: Equine medicine, including lameness, diagnostic imaging, reproduction, infectious disease, joint therapies, and dentistry.

Conference Highlights:

• Classroom-style seminars and discussion-oriented forums.
• A trade show from December 8 to 10 with the newest equine products and services.
• A Las Vegas Fun Run and Walk on Wednesday, December 9, plus alumni receptions and networking events.
• A Monday opening day with a welcome reception, an extended student program, and member roundtables.

Why Attend: The AAEP Convention is the largest meeting of equine veterinarians in the world. This year's schedule opens on a Monday rather than the usual Saturday, so plan your travel accordingly.

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