Conference Room Location in Nashville

by Adam Payne | Nov 21, 2013 | Conference

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A reminder that the ISITDBT 2013 Conference meetings will be held in Nashville, Tennessee in the Conference Center at the Opryland Hotel on Novemnber 21, 2013 starting in Tennessee Ballrooms D & E. Registration opens at 8AM.

Please register in Tennessee Lobby A between 8AM and 8:30AM. Please be promptly ready for the ISITDBT Conference to start at 8:30AM in Tennessee Ballrooms D & E (enter from the Tennessee A Lobby).  Continental Breakfast will be served from 8:00AM to 8:30AM in Tennessee Lobby A for ISITDBT registrants only.

Some of the workshops will take place one level below.  Please start the day in Tennessee Ballroom D & E. Instructions for how to get to late morning workshops being held in Ryman Studios P & Q will be given during the opening remarks.

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It takes a village ….

by Adam Payne | Nov 18, 2013 | Conference

It takes a village to put on a conference of over 270 people.  The ISITDBT village includes graduate students who have volunteered to help with the logistics of the ISITDBT day on Thursday.  When you see them, please say “hello” and give a word of appreciation to these volunteers.  The 2013 volunteers are graduate students at Rutgers University, working with Shireen Rizvi, PhD  They helped out last year as well, so they know the ISITDBT “vibe”.

See you Thursday,
Adam

Remember the Poster Presentations

by Adam Payne | Nov 17, 2013 | Conference

Please remember to take a look at the list of Poster Presentations for the Poster Session and Cocktail hour at ISITDBT.

We have more poster presentations than ever this year, so make sure that you are acquainted with the topics that will be presented. We hope that you will be able to then speak with those DBTers who are engaged in projects that may influence or connect to your own DBT work.

The cocktail hour is a cash bar, so bring your wallet and pocketbook so you can get a beverage of your choice. We hope the whole Poster Presentation experience will make for an enjoyable networking and learning opportunity.

See you in Nashville!

-Adam

A word of thanks … and some information

by Adam Payne | Nov 17, 2013 | Conference

Please join with me in offering a word of thanks to Andrew Fleming, PhD, who will be leading our mindfulness practice to start the ISITDBT 2013 Conference on Thursday, November 21, 2013.  I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Fleming several years ago in my role as Clinical Supervisor at the Behavior Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington. Dr. Fleming has recently returned to the University of Washington after an internship year at UCLA. It was a great pleasure working with Dr. Fleming in the past so I am glad that he accepted my request that he lead our opening mindfulness practice. Dr. Fleming is a fantastic DBT skills group leader and he vows to help bring us into the present moment to start the ISITDBT day.

And some information for you all: Prior to the start of ISITDBT on Thursday, and even before registration begins, Randy Wolbert, LMSW, CAADC will be leading a sitting mindfulness in Ryman Studio Q from 7:30AM to 8:00AM.  (Registration will then open outside of Tennessee Ballroom D at 8AM, after this sitting mindfulness practice.) The Ryman Studios are one level below our main conference area, but these two conference areas share a staircase, so they are quite nearby one another. We have 40 seats available in Ryman Studio Q, so please come and join Randy to start your ISITDBT day.

–Adam

Less than one week to go ….

by Adam Payne | Nov 15, 2013 | Conference

I am glad to report that all the logistics for ISITDBT 2013 are falling into place.  Please know that we will be checking registrants in electronically on Thursday morning.  As an additional safeguard, if you print out your Eventbrite tickets and bring them with you, that would make sure that we have several ways to check you in easily.

More details to come, but please take a look at this map so you will get your bearings for the conference.

When you enter the Opryland, you will come into the green Cascades section at the bottom of the map.  The conference on Thursday morning will be in the blue Convention Center section at the top of the map.  ISITDBT will be held in the Tennessee Section.

And please get ready to enjoy the Opryland gardens.  Some opportunities for mindfulness for sure.  The gardens are magnificent!  Please note the restaurants and their locations for your lunch on Thursday as well.

See you soon,
Adam