October 26-30, 2008

Convention CME and Seminar Information

• Avoiding Disaster: Osteopathic Approach to the Flu Pandemic
• Maximize the Effectiveness of Your EMR (PDF, 56kb)

Conventioneer Magazine

• Interactive version (Offsite media)
• Current issue (PDF, 1.4 mb)

Convention Advance Registration

Register now online!

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Download, complete, and mail or fax the registration form (PDF).

Advance registration online, by mail or fax, must be completed by Friday, September 5, 2008. Registrations received after this date will be processed and held onsite for pickup. For onsite registrations $50.00 will be added to the advance registration fee.

Convention Hotel Reservations

Make your hotel reservations now online!

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Make your reservations by phone by calling (888) 283-6423 from 5:00 am - 1:00 am PST

The official AOA Hotel is The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino, a connected sister property of the Venetian Resort Hotel, 3325 Las Vegas, NV 89109 Las Vegas, featuring more than 3,000 suites. The 50-story Palazzo Hotel tower is an all suite property approximately 720 square feet, king-size bed, overhead reading lights, remote-controlled Roman shades and curtains, 42” flat Screen television in the living room, 42” flat screen in the bedroom, 17” LCD television in the bathroom, in-suite safe, three dual-line telephones, wireless high-speed internet access, personal fax/printer/copier.

Please note:

1. There is no paper application for hotel reservations this year.
2. All reservations will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis and must be received by the Palazzo Hotel by September 5, 2008.
3. AOA special rates apply before Friday, September 5, 2008. After that date, rate and availability cannot be guaranteed. All rates are per room and are subject to 9% tax (subject to change). Special requests cannot be guaranteed; however, the hotel will do its best to honor all requests. Hotel will assign specific room types upon check-in, based on availability. Check out time is 11:00 am.
4. A deposit for the first night's occupancy, plus 9% tax, is required with each reservation request.
5. Your deposit will be forfeited if you do not cancel 14 DAYS PRIOR to your arrival date.

Airfare Discount

is offering special meeting discounts for attendees of the American Osteopathic Association Annual Convention. Purchase your ticket(s) online at www.united.com or call (800) 521-4041 at least 30 days in advance, and receive a 5% discount off the lowest applicable fares.

At United.com, enter your origin and destination, travel dates and your promotion code number 550KM. Available flights will display, and those that qualify for the discount will be clearly identified with a red star symbol, which means that the itinerary is "electronic certificate eligible." When you select an electronic certificate eligible flight, United will automatically calculate and present your discounted fare. This special offer applies to flights to or from the US only.

There are no fees for booking on line. Note the CODE 550KM is case sensitive and the characters need to be capitalized. This special offer applies to travel on domestic segments of all United Airlines, United Express, TED and United code share flights (UA*) operated by US Airways, US Airways Express and Air Canada.