Note from the ACDIS Associate Editor: Leaping into the 2020 conference

By Carolyn Riel

2020 is one of those oddities that occurs (almost) every four years: a leap year. Leap years were first created to account for the mismatch of timing between the Earth making one revolution on is own, or a day, and how long it takes to travel around the sun, which is one year. The amount of time it actually takes the Earth to revolve around the sun is 365.2422 days (if we’re rounding). That means over the course of four years, there actually adds an extra day we haven’t accounted for if we only make a 365-day calendar.

Hence the leap year, which gives us the extra day of February 29.

I love leap years because it’s like we get a little added bonus. Sort of like how there are some added bonuses prior to the 2020 Annual ACDIS Conference that you might not know about.

For example, did you catch the webinar earlier this week with ACDIS Director Brian Murphy and ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas on what to expect if you’re attending the 2020 Conference? If you didn’t, give it a listen here to know what to expect. For those on the fence about joining us in Las Vegas, give it a listen too. It’ll help you make up your mind; we hope you’ll decide to come!  

Also, if you haven’t registered yet, we still have some free ACDIS t-shirts up for grabs when you register! You can show up to Vegas in style; we all know that documentation integrity is fashionable.

Plus, you can save on your registration fee a few ways too.

If you register before March 27, everyone automatically saves $100 with the Early Bird pricing. Members will receive an additional $100 off by calling customer service at 800-650-6787 ext. 4111 to receive their exclusive member discount. This means if you are a member and register before the end of the Early Bird discount, your registration will cost $850 and you might get a free ACDIS T-shirt as well.

Have a group of your CDI friends all planning to attend? There’s a discount for that too! We have a group rate of five registrants for the price of four. You can also submit a poster presentation idea and get $200 off your admission if you’re selected.

If you’d like to present all this info to you department leadership to make the case for your attendance, download our free justification letter template.

With all of these awesome ACDIS perks, why wouldn’t you leap in (pun intended) to the 2020 Conference with us?

Editor’s note: Riel is the associate editor for ACDIS. Contact her at criel@acdis.org.