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2025 Great Lakes Veterinary Conference

Multi-day conference
Earn up to 12 hours of CE

Sunday, June 22, 2025 to Tuesday, June 24, 2025

* Registration open until 6/6/25 at 12:00 PM (EST)

Join us for the Great Lakes Veterinary Conference. 3 days learning with and from veterinary professionals in beautiful Traverse City! 

Conference Registration Rates: 

MVMA Member Veterinarian - $395
MVMA Member LVT/Practice Staff - $265

Nonmember Veterinarian - $499
Nonmember Veterinarian - $299

  • Registration fee is for full conference attendance only. No single day rates/registration options are available.
  • Online registration closes Friday, June 6, at Noon

Conference Schedule At-Glance

Sunday, June 22

Noon Registration Opens
130 - 5pm Opening Seminar
5:30 - 6:30 Welcome Reception (registered attendees and registered/paid guests are welcome) 

Monday, June 23

7am Registration Opens
7 - 8:15am Breakfast with Leaders (registered attendees only; no guests)
8:30 - 11:30am CE Sessions (3 concurrent)
11:30 - 1pm Lunch (registered attendees only; no guests)
1 - 4pm CE Sessions (2 concurrent)
7:30 - 9:30pm

Off-site Social Event - Tour of the former Traverse City State Hospital
(optional; separate preregistration & fee required)

Tuesday, June 24

7:30am Registration Opens
8:30 - 11:30am CE Sessions (2 concurrent)
11:30am Conference concludes

*All times are subject to change
**Formal agenda and speaker line-up to come! 

Welcome Reception
Sunday, June 22
5:30 - 6:30pm

Network with colleagues and friends for an informal evening on Great Wolf's beautiful lawn! Enjoy food & cocktails under the tent or by the fire pit. Guests are welcome, though preregistration and additional fee is required. 

Welcome Reception Guest Price: 

  • Adult Guests - $40
  • Child Guests - $25

Tour of the former Traverse City State Hospital
Monday, June 23
7:30 - 9:30pm
(Optional - additional registration & fee required)

Join us for a 60-minute guided tour which highlights the history of one of the un-renovated buildings of the Village Campus - a unique insight into one of the dozens of historic buildings formerly known as the Traverse City State Hospital. 

Our tour guide will highlight history, providing a glimpse of Dr. Munson's "Beautify is Therapy" theory on patient care, discuss the former uses of structures on the property and the purpose of the architecture & more. 

Participants will depart Great Wolf Lodge by charter buss and meet the tour guide at Earthen Ales (a local Traverse City Brewery). From there, you'll begin the one-hour tour of the grounds and finish back at Earthen Ales.

*ALL tours of the Village Campus are ages 12 and over only. Per Village guidelines, for safety reasons, guests 11 and under are not permitted on tours. 

Tour Price: 

  • Adult/Child (12+) - $30 each

Price includes: 

  • 60 minute guided tour (approximately one (1) mile of walking - not wheelchair accessible)
  • Transportation (round-trip)

**ALL times are subject to change

For More Information:

Angel Davis
Angel Davis
Director of Operations Michigan Veterinary Medical Association (517)347-3173
Registration will open soon! 

Please be sure to review MVMA's cancellation and registration Event Policy here