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FDC Things to Know Before You Go

Things to Know Before You Go …

1. ON-SITE BADGE PICKUP HOURS & LOCATIONS

• • Wednesday, June 22 – 4-9 PM (Hotel Lobby) Thursday, June 23 – 7 AM-8 PM (City Hall Lobby) • • • or 4-9 PM (Hotel Lobby) Friday, June 24 – 7 AM-6 PM (City Hall Lobby) Saturday, June 25 – 7 AM-3 PM (City Hall Lobby) If you are registered as “Exhibit Hall Only,” you will pick up your badge at the first-floor rotunda outside the Exhibit Hall on Thursday & Friday, 8 AM-5 PM and Saturday, 8-11 AM.

2. FREE OFFSITE PARKING & SHUTTLE SERVICE

•Free parking and shuttle service to the Gaylord Palms will be available for attendees at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports • (700 S Victory Way, Reunion, FL 34747). Shuttle Hours: o Thursday, June 23 – 7 AM-11:30 PM o Friday, June 24 – 7 AM- 11 PM • o Saturday, June 25 – 7 AM-6 PM Please allow ample time (at least one hour prior to course start) for parking and shuttle service.

3. MOBILE APP

•Download the mobile app by searching “FDC2022” in the

Apple App store or Google Play the beginning of June. To view your personalized course schedule and course/event location you must be logged into the app with your registration ID and • last name. You can also download handouts, search exhibitors, view the event schedule, access the Gaylord Palms maps and more with the app! Be sure to turn on your notifications.

4. COURSE HANDOUTS

•Course handouts will be available within your online • registration dashboard 2 weeks prior to FDC. In an effort to “go green,” FDC will not provide handouts onsite. Please print, download on your mobile device or • view in the mobile app on-site. Note: some handouts may be too large to view within the mobile app. Please download and save to your device or print ahead of time.

5. EXHIBIT HALL

•Exhibit Hall Hours: o Thursday, June 23 – 11 AM-6 PM o Friday, June 24 – 8:45 AM-6 PM • o Saturday, June 25 – 9 AM-2 PM View the current exhibitor listing and find FDC-exclusive exhibitor coupons at exhibithall.floridadentalconvention.com.

6. SOCIAL EVENTS INCLUDED IN YOUR REGISTRATION

•Make plans to attend the social events included in your registration* o Thursday, June 23 • Cocktail Hour in the Exhibit Hall – 4-6 PM (drink ticket for this event will be loaded on your badge) • Dueling Pianos – 8-11 PM • Guitarist in Wreckers – 10 PM-1 AM o Friday, June 24 • Alumni Receptions – 5-7 PM • Sea Vibes Party – 7:30-10:30 PM • The After Party – 10 PM-1 AM * Events are not included in the free “Exhibit Hall Only” registration.

7. ATTENDEE LUNCH VOUCHERS

•If you have purchased a Thursday morning and afternoon course or have signed up to be a speaker host, you will receive a $20 lunch voucher for Exhibit Hall concessions.

Vouchers can be used in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday through • Saturday, 11 AM-2 PM. Your lunch voucher will be automatically loaded onto your badge. Just tap and go during checkout to use.

8. CE VERIFICATION/REPORTING

•Per the Florida Board of Dentistry, you must be present in a course 50 of 60 minutes to receive 1 hour of CE credit.

Your badge will be scanned when you enter and exit a • course to calculate your hours attended. Your CE certificate will also be emailed to you by Monday,

June 27. CE certificate printing stations also will be available on-site on Thursday through Saturday from 7 AM-5:30 PM • on the classroom level. CE credit will be reported to CE Broker for all Florida licensed attendees by July 23, 2022.

9. SPEAKER HOST ORIENTATION

•If you are a first-time Speaker Host volunteer, plan on attending the Orientation Meeting the first day of your • assigned hosting position. Orientation Meetings are held 7-7:30 AM and 11-11:30 AM, daily. You will pick up your host packet and your $20 lunch voucher will be activated at this meeting.

10. COVID-19 ON-SITE PROTOCOLS

• • Mask wearing is recommended, but not required. Attendees are not required to be vaccinated and proof of • vaccine status will not be required to attend. On-site policies are subject to change. FDC will continue to follow CDC, Gaylord Palms, and state/local ordinances. Visit floridadentalconvention.com for health & safety updates.

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