USEA Convention Program

3 W ELCO M E Welcome to the USEA Annual Meeting and Convention! We can't believe another year has passed by in the blink of an eye. Thank you for joining us as we reflect on the accomplishments of our members and anxiously look for ward to the future! Our Area VI hosts will undoubtedly help us to make this one of the most memorable conventions in the histor y of our Association. The 2017 convention is dedicated to our organizers! With over 240 recognized events held from Woodside, California to South Woodstock, Vermont our organizers make this sport possible. Whether they organize a 30-starter horse trial or a 600-starter festival of eventing they pour their time, money and heart into our sport and they deser ve our thanks. The schedule for the USEA Annual Meeting and Convention is as packed as it has ever been! It is hard to highlight any talk over another, but we hope that the tracks help you organize your interests and schedule your days. Among our many speakers are several talks that have been made possible thanks to our amazing sponsors. Please take a minute to thank them for all that they do for our sport! Of special note Nutrena is sponsoring Dr. Russell K. Mueller to speak on "Nutrition for our Equine Athlete," Dr. Mike Van Noy of Auburn Laboratories will join Katherine Cooper to talk about the "USEA Funded Equine Health Research," Brian Sabo of Eventing Training Online will lead a presentation on "Bridging the Eventing Pipelines,"Allyn Mann is speaking about "Constructing a Wellness Program for the Aging Performance Horse" thanks to Adequan, and Roy Burek of Charles Owen will present a thought provoking presentation on "How Rider Injuries Differ by Gender." On Thursday please join us for the Board of Governors Welcome Reception at the Aquarium of the Pacific. We are lucky to have a representative of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic committee joining us to talk with us about plans for the return of the Olympics to the United States. Saturday will once again include the annual meeting of members and a keynote speech from the 2017 USEA Rider of the Year, Boyd Martin. As the highest placed American in the previous two World Games, Boyd's insight will undoubtedly be pertinent to the talks immediately following, "U.S. Preparation for the 2018 World Equestrian Games," and a presentation by German team gold medalist Peter Thomsen on "No Medals to Gold Medals – How it Happened for Germany." We will wrap up all the parties on Saturday as we will be celebrate our members' successes at the USEA year-end awards dinner, with Hall of Fame member Jim Wofford again ser ving as our master of ceremonies. Finally, please extend your thanks to all of our convention sponsors: Adequan, Devoucoux, Nutrena, Charles Owen, SmartPak, Rebecca Farm, Mountain Horse, Merck Animal Health, Standlee Hay, Auburn Laboratories, Eventing Training Online, DG Stackhouse & Ellis Saddles, Point Two, Professional's Choice, Bit of Britain, Staples Inc., World Equestrian Brands, Gallops Saddler y, RevitaVet, CWD, H.E. Tex Sutton For warding Company, Parker Equine Insurance and more! Visit them and our fabulous vendors at our trade fair area throughout the convention. We thank you for your membership and for your commitment to the sport we love! USEA Chief Executive Officer, Rob Burk USEA President, Carol Kozlowski

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