New venue adds excitement to FCA National Conference


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September 2005

An impressive new venue for the National Conference of the Florida Chiropractic Association (FCA) allowed 2,600 registered attendees to roam 75,000 square feet of exhibits and pick from 47 courses for continuing education credits. The conference was held at the Gaylord Palms in Kissimmee, Fla., Aug. 26-28, 2005.

“We held our first-ever general session on the Future of Chiropractic, featuring some of the brightest minds involved in studying, forecasting, and impacting the profession’s future,” said Debbie Minor Brown, FCA CEO.

Florida chiropractors, licensed massage therapists, and acupuncture physicians earned up to 20 continuing-education credits during the three-day event, while chiropractic assistants could earn 12 hours. The continuing education courses offered at FCA were approved for chiropractic license renewal in more than 40 states.

“Everyone commented that they enjoyed the new, bigger facilities,” said Brown. “Many more attendees brought their family members to enjoy all the Gaylord has to offer. Classroom facilities, food, and parking facilities received overwhelmingly positive remarks.”

COMPANIES, INDIVIDUALS RECOGNIZED

This year, the expo was bigger than ever, with 500 exhibits from 304 companies. The FCA recognized a number of exhibitors for their exceptional booths: Advantage Claims, Core Products, Chattanooga Group, Pro Solutions, Allied OSI Labs, ChiroCere, NCMIC, Bioactive Nutrition, Foot Levelers, Aquamed, Chirotables.com, LED Visual, Harmony Cone, Spinal Aid, Vega Sign, and Visual Odyssey.

FCA gave out a number of other awards:

• Advertiser of the Year — Hessco,

• Consistent Vendor of the Year — Eclipse,

• 20+ Years of Vendor Support — Hill Laboratories,

• President’s Award — Standard Process and Standard Process of Florida,

• Vendor of the Year — Performance Health Inc./Biofreeze.

• Leaders in the Profession Award (Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine) — Wayne Wolfson, DC;

• Fellow, International College of Chiropractic — Rep. Frank Farkas, DC, and David Langheier, DC;

• D.I. Painey Legislative Award — Sen. Paula Dockery and Rep. Joe Negron;

• Outstanding Service to FCA — Drs. Don Cross, Dan Dodd, and Jim Robinson;

• Massage Therapist of the Year — DeVarah Lovett, LMT;

• CA of the Year — Tonya Howell;

• Convention Honoree — Richard Guenther, DC; and

• Chiropractor of the Year — Steve Perman, DC.

The success of the conference was partially due to the corporate sponsors, according to Brown:

• Gold Sponsor — Standard Process Inc.;

• Pinnacle Sponsors — Performance Health/Biofreeze; Breakthrough Coaching; Eclipse Practice Management Software; NCMIC Chiropractic Solutions; and Scrip Chiropractic Supply;

• Additional sponsors — Foot Levelers, Inc. (special recognition), Performance Health/Biofreeze (office product), Texas Chiropractic College (continuing-education), and Chiropractic Economics magazine (national marketing partner).

“Next year (2006) is the 75th Anniversary of the Florida Chiropractic Association,” said Brown. “Many special events will highlight this milestone at FCA National. We encourage DCs nationwide to mark their calendars for Aug. 25-27, when we will again be at the Gaylord Palms for the largest convention and expo in chiropractic!”

Source: Florida Chiropractic Association, www.fcachiro.org

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