THCA Annual Convention and Trade Show

Call for presentations:

2025 THCA/TNCAL
Convention & Trade Show

Deadline – April 11, 2025

THCA/TNCAL invites individuals with expertise in long-term care to submit session proposals for presentation during the association’s 2025 annual convention Aug. 20-22 at the Music City Center in Nashville as well as other opportunities throughout the year such as webinars or the association’s Legislative Conference March 5-6.

Benefits to speakers include:

Opportunity to share ideas, knowledge and experience with professionals from a variety of disciplines;
Networking opportunities with key decision makers and front-line staff of Tennessee nursing homes and assisted care living facilities, which will ultimately increase your visibility and credibility; and
Presenters will receive a complimentary registration to the annual convention.

Presentation information

Audience: Educational sessions are offered for the following attendees: facility owners, corporate management, finance directors, nursing home and assisted living administrators, directors of nursing (DON), dietary managers, activity directors, environmental service managers, social service workers, billing office personnel, marketing/admissions managers and certified nursing assistants (CNA).

Audiovisual equipment: THCA will provide projectors, screens, and microphones. Speakers must bring their own laptop computers.

Audience characteristics: THCA/TNCAL represents more than 400 long- term care facilities and assisted living facilities that provide care and services to approximately 26,000 elderly and disabled patients. The convention draws more than 1,000 total attendees. The audience is experienced and knowledgeable and expects the most current information and highest quality training available.

Session length: Sessions are scheduled for either 60, 90, or 120 minutes, depending on the time slot. This includes time for questions and answers.

Submission policies

A maximum of two proposals may be submitted from a single individual or organization. Only proposals with the required attachments will be accepted.

Organizations or individuals that submit proposals must be members of the Tennessee Health Care Association. If you are not sure you are a member, please contact Darius McDonald dmcdonald@thca.org

Proposals/Presentations must be free of any promotional or commercial content. Presenters may not use their presentation to market products or services; all information must be product-neutral. This includes the audio-visual presentation and handouts.

If selected to make a presentation, handouts are to be submitted to THCA in both PowerPoint & PDF format by July 21, 2025. Our members appreciate handouts provided to them based on the information that is being presented. THCA will provide the material to attendees.

All convention proposals must be received by April 11, 2025. THCA/TNCAL reserves the right to modify sessions and edit descriptions.