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About the Meeting

Every day, professionals like you are navigating the complexities of academic medicine—working to strengthen faculty engagement, enhance leadership, and support meaningful institutional change. This year’s GFA Conference is your opportunity to connect with peers across the spectrum of faculty affairs, development, and administration who are facing similar challenges—and building innovative, collaborative solutions. 

Whether you're a seasoned leader or new to faculty affairs, this event offers space to reflect, learn, and grow with others in the field. 

2025 Theme: Faculty Affairs in a New Era: Adaptive Approaches to Engagement, Retention, and Collaboration

Experience an exciting lineup of sessions exploring how we can adapt and thrive in an ever-changing academic landscape. Through keynote talks, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and peer-to-peer learning, we’ll examine how faculty affairs and development can drive positive change in our institutions and communities. This in-person event is designed to meet you where you are in your career and provide practical tools you can implement immediately. 

Conference Highlights

• Dynamic Plenaries: Featuring national leaders and emerging voices in academic medicine.
• Concurrent Sessions & Interactive Workshops: Tailored for early-career through senior-level professionals. 
• Meaningful Networking: Connect with colleagues from around the country. 
• City-Specific Activities: Immerse yourself Portland’s energy and culture. 
• Collaboration: Gain insight on how to tackle real-world solutions. 

Topics We’ll Explore

• Innovative faculty engagement and retention strategies
• Flourishing and self-management for leaders 
• Inclusive, equitable, and just practices in faculty affairs 
• Supporting career transitions and faculty well-being 
• Shifts in promotion, tenure, and professional expectations 
• Human-centered approaches to change management 
• Mentorship and coaching across the career spectrum 
• Faculty professionalism and accountability 
• Program evaluation and scholarship in faculty development 
• Leveraging technology to support learning and connection 

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights, grow your network, and be part of shaping the future of faculty affairs in academic medicine.

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Who Can Attend

To register for and attend an AAMC meeting, you must be affiliated with an AAMC member institution, a non-profit medical education or professional organization, or a college or university. Please note that commercial representatives are not permitted to register for the meeting unless they are approved exhibitors.

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