How do I use the ABCT 2024 Convention website/Itinerary planner?
Enter your registration e-mail and registration confirmation number to login. Global search will allow you to look for sessions using presenter name, presentation title, poster presenter, poster, attendee or any selected word. The speaker search is divided into 2 separate lookups: one for posters only and the other for all other sessions. If you do not know your registration confirmation number, click on forgot confirmation number from the home registration link and reset. When setting up your profile in the planner, be sure to set your time zone to eastern standard time. The system defaults to Central time.
Navigate to the session of interest. Click on the title of the sessions, and then view the session abstract or description. To create your own personalized schedule, you must be registered first for the convention.
How do I register to attend the convention?
Click here to register online. To pay by check, complete the registration form available in PDF format on the ABCT website. Registration is now open.
A PDF of the program flipbook will be available and posted to the ABCT convention page at least two weeks before the start date of the convention.
To receive member registration fees, members must renew for 2025 before completing their registration process.
Registration for all Ticketed Sessions (AMASS, Clinical Intervention Seminars, Institutes, Master Clinician Seminars, Traditional Workshops) requires an additional fee.
What events and sessions are scheduled in the Downtown Marriott?
A variety of scientific sessions, the ABCT Annual Meeting of Members, SIG Expo and Reception, Saturday reception with DJ and Karaoke, all poster sessions, all Special Interest Group (SIG) committee meetings, ABCT Awards Ceremony, all invited addresses, the Lifetime Achievement Award Address, the Presidential Address, ABCT Day of Service, all meet & greets, all ticketed events, ABCT orientation to the convention.
What sessions are scheduled in the Loews hotel?
There are a variety of scientific sessions on Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16 only.
Sessions in the Loews hotel conclude at 4:00 PM EST. each day.
What time are coffee breaks?
Coffee breaks are scheduled in the Downtown Marriott: 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM and 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM in the Franklin Hall, level 4.
Coffee breaks are scheduled in the Loews Hotel: 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM and 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM in the Regency Foyer, second floor mezzanine.
How do I cancel my registration?
Cancellation of registration must be submitted in writing via email and must be dated on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 to receive a refund less a $50 USD registration cancellation processing fee. After October 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time no refunds will be granted. Cancellation for the ABCT Annual Convention does not cancel membership dues paid during the registration process. Cancellation of membership dues will result in a $50 charge.
What services are available at the Marriott Downtown?
Childcare, prayer room, wellness room, nursing mother’s room, presenter practice room, coat check, and gender-neutral bathrooms.
What sessions provide Continuing Education Credit (CE)?
All sessions designated on the convention website/itinerary planner and the app with a credit value will award CE credit. Attendees must be scanned into and out of each session to qualify for CE credit. ABCT staff will be checking the scanning reports to verify that the attendee has participated in the entire session. Partial credit will not be awarded.
How do I obtain Continuing Education Credits (CE)?
To access the Continuing Education Module for the Convention, make certain that you’re logged into the Convention website or the app with your registration confirmation number and your registration email. The CE module is accessed via the tile at the bottom labeled, “CE Credits” or via the Convention App labeled, “Evaluation.”
You will now see a page that has three categories: ‘Instructions for CE credit,’ ‘Tasks,’ ‘Completed Sessions.’ Underneath the ‘Tasks’ category, select the clickable link that says, ‘Select Sessions Attended.’ You will now be brought to a page that lists the conference dates/times.
Complete the evaluation questions for each session attended. Next, complete the overall convention evaluation and submit it by Sunday, March 31, 2025. Certificates will not be available for download until at least December 13, 2024. At that time, choose the CE sponsor for the certificate: APA, CAMFT, NBCC, NYS psychology or NYS social workers. Certificates may be printed or sent via e-mail to yourself once all continuing education credits have been verified with the scanning data.
ABCT will not be sending out certificates individually to attendees.
Continuing Education
Looking to earn continuing education at this year’s convention? The ABCT convention offers continuing education for ALL presentations except membership panels, poster presentations, and special events such as the awards ceremony and the annual meeting of members and the meet & greets. You must register as a licensed professional. The academic professional fee does not include continuing education. Registrants must sign up for the license professional rate to obtain continuing education .Attendees who want to obtain CE are required to prepay for the CE during your registration. If you would like to add it on site, please visit the “Add CE/Ticket” counter at the onsite registration area.
All presentation evaluations will be available directly through the convention website and app during the convention and continuing education certificates will be available for download once they have been completed! The deadline to complete your continuing education evaluations and receive your certificate is Sunday, March 31, 2025. Registrants will only have access to the evaluations if they register for the license professional category.
Convention Mobile App
The ABCT Convention Mobile App is downloadable from the Apple store of the Google play store and will become available about one week before the first date of the convention. Search for the app by looking for ‘ABCT Events’. If you planned your schedule using the itinerary planner, you will see your same personalized schedule on the app. To add a session or poster, click on the star next to the session title to favorite the session or poster and add it to your schedule.
Also available on the app: Exhibitor Listing, Philadelphia Map, Philadelphia Restaurants, Presentation Guidelines, Convention FAQs, Floorplans of the Marriott Downtown and Loews Hotels, connections to social media, ability to take notes, messages to fellow attendees.