Industry-Supported Sessions, Innovation Theaters & Workshops

Take advantage of our Industry-Supported Symposia, Innovation Theaters, and Workshops—designed to complement your educational experience by further enhancing your knowledge and confidence in wound care. 

Is Pre-Registration Required?

Pre-registration is required for the pre-conferences taking place 8:00 AM-12:00 PM and 1:00-5:00 PM on April 30th. Select 1 or both of these sessions during registration checkout. If you have already registered, log back in via the "Get Login Link" button to add on these sessions.

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Pre-registration will NOT be required for:

  • Innovation Theater Lunch and Dinner on Wednesday, April 30th. 
  • Innovation Theaters, Industry-Supported Symposia, and hands-on workshops occurring during the main symposium. Seating is limited and will be available first come, first served. Please mark your calendars and view the details for these sessions below.

Wednesday, April 30: Pre-Conference

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Hands-On Workshop: Innovations, Clinical Applications, and Transitioning Care

  • Pre-Registration Is Required
  • Supported by an educational grant from Solventum, Medical Surgical Business.
  • Speakers: Karen Bauer, DNP, APRN-CNP, CWS; Britney Butt, MClSc(WH), BScN, RN, NSWOC, WOCC(C); Kara Couch, MS, CRNP, CWCN-AP, FAAWC; Michael N. Desvigne, MD, FACS; Ralph J. Napolitano Jr., DPM, CWSP, FACFAS 
  • View full session details.

12:00 - 1:00 PM: Innovation Theater Lunch (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH): Expand the Knowledge of Molecular Pathways in the Healing of Chronic Skin Wounds

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by Encoll Corporation.
  • Speaker: Subramanian Gunasekaran, PhD
  • View full session details.

1:00 - 5:00 PM: Optimizing Healing Outcomes with Debridement and Advanced Therapies: An Immersive Hands-On Workshop

  • Pre-Registration Is Required
  • Supported by an educational grant from MiMedx Group, Inc.
  • Speakers:  Scott R. Boynton DPM; Kara Couch, MS, CRNP, CWCN-AP, FAAWC; Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS; John C. Lantis, MD; Nicolas Mouawad, MD, MPH, MBA, RPVI
  • View full session details. 

5:15 - 6:45 PM: Innovation Theater Dinner (Non-Accredited/Non-Approved for CECH)

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by Smith + Nephew. 

Thursday, May 1

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7:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Industry-Supported Symposium Breakfast: Chronic Wound Healing: Using Prognostic Markers and Predictive Indicators to Inform Strategic Treatment Decisions

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by an educational grant from Organogenesis Inc.
  • Speakers: Robert Kirsner MD, PhD; David J. Margolis, MD, PhD
  • View full session details.

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH): Unlocking the Key to Overcoming Biofilm’s Impact in Hard to Heal Wounds

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by ConvaTec
  • Speaker: George Koullias, MD, PhD, FSVS, RPVI
  • View full session details. 

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH)

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by URGO.

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM: Industry-Supported Symposium: Practical Perspectives on Advanced Wound Healing with Intact Fish Skin: From Research to Reality

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by an educational grant from Kerecis.
  • Speakers: Caroline Fife, MD; Cyaandi Dove, DPM; John Lantis, MD
  • View full session details. 

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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Industry-Supported Symposium Lunch: Optimizing Complex Reconstruction and Reducing Surgical Site Complications: A Case-Based Approach to using Aseptically Processed Allografts and Placental Membranes

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by an educational grant from MTF Biologics.
  • Speakers: Jimmy Chim, MD; Michael N. Desvigne MD, FACS, CWS, FACCWS (moderator); Edward S. Lee, MD, MS
  • View full session details. 

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Innovation Theater Lunch (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH)

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by ETS. 

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Innovation Theater Lunch (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH)

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by LifeNet Health.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Innovation Theater Lunch (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH)

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by Smith + Nephew.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Innovation Theater Lunch (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH)

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by Organogenesis.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Innovation Theater Lunch (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH): Change is Inevitable: Mastering the Art of Wound Healing in an Evolving Landscape

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by MIMEDX.
  • Speakers: Nicolas Mouawad, MD, MPH, MBA, DFSVS, FRCS, FACS, RPVI; Paul Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS; Scott Boynton, DPM
  • View full session details. 

1:45 PM - 5:15 PM: Comprehensive Venous Ulcer Management Mini-Symposium and Hands-On Workshop

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by educational grants from Engineered Tissue Solutions, HARTMANN USA, Inc., LifeNet Health, NATROX® Wound Care, OVIK Health, Smith and Nephew, Solventum, Medical Surgical Business and XSONX, LLC.
  • Speakers: Kara Couch, MS, CRNP, CWCN-AP, FAAWC; Karen Bauer, DNP, APRN-CNP, CWS; Pamela Scarborough, PT, DPT, CWS
  • View full session details. 

Friday, May 2

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7:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH): Power Up Your Practice: The New Wave of Integral Debridement and Charged Fibers

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by URGO. 
  • Speakers: Kara Couch, MS, CRNP, CWCN-AP, FAAWC; Amanda Murray, NP-C, WCC 
  • View full session details. 

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH): Pursuing a Ghost: Challenges in Diagnosing and Managing Pyoderma Gangrenosum

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
  • Speaker: Stan Tolkachjov, MD, FAAD, FACMS
  • View full session details. 

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH): Miro3D and MiroDry: Three-dimensional Solutions for Addressing Three-dimensional Wounds

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by Reprise Biomedical.
  • Speakers: John Kirby, MD; Lucian Vlad, MD; Raymond Abdo, DPM; Ryan Dirks, MS, PA; Walaya Methodius-RayfordMD, MBA, CWSP, RPVI
  • View full session details. 

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH):

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by Venture Medical.

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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Industry-Supported Symposium: Harnessing the Body’s Natural Healing Power: A Case-Based Approach to Autologous Multilayered Leukocyte, Platelet, and Fibrin Patches

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by an educational grant from Reapplix.
  • Speakers: Tyson Green, DPM; James Y. Lin, DO; Anthony Tickner, DPM, FACCWS, FAPWH, FRCPS
  • View full session details. 

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Industry-Supported Symposium: Harnessing a Clean, Cover, and Close Approach to Chronic Wounds

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by an educational grant from Smith & Nephew.
  • Speakers: Erich Lemker, MD; Rodney Lindsay, MD; Allen Raphael, DPM, FACFAS
  • View full session details. 

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Industry-Supported Symposium: The Future of Wound Healing: Leveraging the Patient’s own Adipose Tissue through Novel 3D Printing

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by an educational grant from Tides Medical.
  • Speakers: John C. Lantis, II, MD; Vincent Li, MD, MBA; Thea Price, MD
  • View full session details. 

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Industry-Supported Symposium: Integral Debridement: A New Paradigm in Wound Care – How Medical Technology is Revolutionizing Slough Removal and Supporting Debridement

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by an educational grant from Urgo Medical North America.
  • Speakers: Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS; Kara Couch, MS, CRNP, CWCN-AP, FAAWC; Abigail E. Chaffin, MD, FACS, CWSP, MAPWCA; Terry Swanson, NP
  • View full session details. 

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM: Industry-Supported Symposium: Advances in Research and Treatment for Junctional and Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by an educational grant from CHIESI USA, Inc.
  • Speakers: Lara Wine Lee, MD, PhD; Joyce Teng, MD, PhD
  • View full session details. 

6:00 PM - 7:15 PM: Innovation Theater Dinner: How to Become a Champion of Innovation: Leading Change with Evidence-based Practices, Protocols, and Clinical Experience (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH)

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by an educational grant from Solventum
  • Speakers: Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS; Kara Couch, MS, CRNP, CWCN-AP, FAAWC; Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
  • View full session details. 

Saturday, May 3

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7:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH): What’s in Your Toolbox? Insights to Help Clinicians Choose the Best Therapy for Hard-to-Heal Wounds

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Supported by an educational grant from Solventum
  • Speakers: Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS; Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, ANP/ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP
  • View full session details. 

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Innovation Spotlight Theater (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH) 

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by AOTI; DeRoyal; Hartmann; ProMed Billing Solutions.

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH) 

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
  • Sponsored by Mediwound. 

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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Innovation Theater Workshops (non-accredited)

  • Pre-Registration Is Not Required and Available First Come, First Served
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