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OVTE 2025 Conference

ONTARIO VETERINARY TECHNICIAN EDUCATORS

OVTE 2025 CONFERENCE

May 26 - 28, 2025


 

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Registration Information

Registration opens March 25, 2025

IMPORTANT: Pre-registration is required to attend the OVTE Conference.

Fees

There is no cost to attend the conference.

Register Online

Conference Registration closes May 9, 2025

 

 

OVTE 2025 CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA

Monday, May 26, 2025

Time Activity  Location 
3:00 - 4:30 pm Arrival at Hotel Willow Barrel Retreat or Erie-O Motel, Erieau, ON
5:00 - 5:30 pm
Bus leaves Erieau lodging for dinner
(one bus, two trips)
Meet in front of Willow Barrel Retreat or Erie-O Motel
5:30 - 6:00 pm
Registration
Drinks and mingling
Willow Ridge Golf and Country Club, Blenheim, ON
6:00 pm Welcome, Dinner, Keynote Speaker, Entertainment

Willow Ridge Golf and Country Club, Blenheim, ON

8:30 - 9:30 pm
Bus leaves Willow Ridge Golf and Country Club to return to Erieau
(one bus, two trips)

Meet in the parking lot of the Willow Ridge Golf and Country Club.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Time Activity Location
8:00 - 8:45 am Breakfast Served Wilson Hall, Ridgetown Campus
8:45 - 10:45 am Tours of Veterinary Technology Building and Campus Tours Split into 2 groups - VT Building or Wagon Ride Campus Tour first.
10:45 - 11:00 am Coffee Break Veterinary Technology Lounge
11:00 - 1:00 pm VT Model Making Workshop Location TBA.
1:00 - 2:30 pm Trade Show Willson Hall 
1:00 - 2:30 pm Lunch Willson Hall
2:30 - 4:30 pm
New Technologies and AI in Teaching with UoG Office of Open Learning
RDC Pioneer Lecture Theatre
*Bring your own device.
4:30 - 4:45 pm Coffee Break RDC Foyer
4:45 pm Return to Hotel Enjoy hotel activities
6:30 pm Dinner Bayside Brewing Company in Erieau
8:00 - 8:30 pm
Bus leaves Bayside to Level UP! Arcade and Bowling
(one bus, two trips)
Meet in front of Bayside Brewing Company.
10:00 -10:30 pm
Bus leaves Level Up! to return to Erieau.
(one bus, two trips)
Meet in the parking lot of Level Up!

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Time Activity Location
8:00 - 8:45 am Breakfast served Willson Hall, Ridgetown Campus
8:45 - 10:30 am OVTE Annual General Meeting RDC, Pioneer Lecture Theatre
10:30 - 10:45 am Coffee Break RDC Foyer
10:45 - 12:15 pm Guest Speaker - Student Study Habits and Time Management RDC, Pioneer Lecture Theatre
12:15 pm Boxed lunches - Safe trip home! Pick up RDC Foyer

Reviewed 03/24/2025