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Where will the conference sessions be held? |
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All conference educational sessions, keynote and award sessions, the Clinical Pharmacy Challenge, and poster sessions will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center. The Opening Reception, Committee Lunch, and PRN Business Meetings & Networking Forums will be held at the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City which is conveniently attached to the convention center and literally just steps away from the rest of the meeting events. |
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Is there a headquarter hotel? |
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Yes, the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City is the headquarter hotel for the 2026 ACCP Annual Meeting. The hotel is handily attached to the convention center, no need to walk outside or cross busy streets. |
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Why should I stay at the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City, the ACCP headquarter hotel? What’s the benefit to me and to ACCP? |
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Staying at the Hyatt Regency offers the convenience of being directly connected to the Salt Palace Convention Center through the hotel lobby making it easy to move between sessions, networking events, and your room. When you book within the group room block, you also help ACCP fulfill its housing contract and avoid penalty fees, keeping meeting costs and registration rates more stable in the future. |
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Where do I pick up my conference name badge? |
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You can pick up your name badge at the ACCP registration desk located at the Salt Palace Convention Center in the North Foyer on the 1st Level. Easy access from the Hyatt Lobby. Registration will be open on Saturday, October 17, 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Sunday, October 18, 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Monday, October 19, 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, October 20, 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
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What is the basic schedule for the meeting? |
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The meeting opens on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. with the Keynote Session, followed by the start of the Clinical Pharmacy Student Challenge and Scientific Poster Presentations. Educational programming runs Saturday through Tuesday and will conclude by 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday. PRN Business Meetings and Networking Forums will be scheduled on Sunday and Monday during breakfast times and for evening receptions. |
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What will the weather be like in Salt Lake City? |
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In October, downtown Salt Lake City's weather features mild, comfortable days with average highs around 62-66°F (17-19°C) and cooler nights dipping to 40-44°F (4-7°C). Expect mostly sunny skies with low precipitation chances (about 13%), though early frosts or rare light snow can occur later in the month. |
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Do I need to rent a car? |
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No, you likely won't need a rental car for the meeting. Downtown Salt Lake City offers excellent walkability, with restaurants and the City Creek Center shopping area just a few blocks from the convention center. You also have access to free public transit in the downtown Free Fare Zone via UTA TRAX light rail and buses. |
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Is there anything fun to do while I’m in Salt Lake City? |
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Absolutely. Downtown Salt Lake City is easy to navigate and offers great dining, shopping, cultural attractions, and mountain views just minutes away. It’s perfect for a little sightseeing or a low‑effort “working vacation.” You might even consider staying through Wednesday, giving you Tuesday afternoon to explore the city and connect with colleagues or new contacts. |
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How Does ACCP Determine Meeting Locations? |
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Convention planning is a complicated endeavor. ACCP’s Annual Meeting is typically held in October. Situated in the fall academic semester, this date also avoids overlap with many other national pharmacy conferences. October is also one of the most popular months for conventions in general. This makes securing a location/venue for the ACCP Annual Meeting even more challenging. Here are some of the factors that influence the selection process:
- ACCP’s annual meetings require a large amount of meeting space. Finding a large hotel that has all the space needed is rare and finding one that is willing to rent that space to one group is even rarer. The amount of meeting space offered is directly tied to the number of sleeping rooms an organization can guarantee.
- ACCP signs hotel contracts with substantial financial obligations that guarantee the hotel a certain amount of revenue generated from sleeping rooms reserved and food and beverage minimum requirements. If a hotel does not think an organization brings enough sleeping rooms or provides enough catering events for the requested meeting space, they will decline booking the convention to bring in a better revenue-producing organization.
- If a hotel that can house all ACCP events under one roof is not obtainable, then a convention center with a headquarters hotel package must be considered. Most convention centers are owned and/or managed by the city in which the venue is located. The city’s goal is to use their convention center to bring in large conventions, better known as city wide conventions, that fill up all the hotels in the area surrounding the convention center. Therefore, most cities have a booking window for smaller groups (like ACCP) where they must wait until eighteen months before the convention to rent space at their convention center. This drastically reduces the number of locations that ACCP can consider and shortens the planning time for staff, speakers, etc.
- ACCP needs a city that offers a decent sized international airport with a variety of economical daily flights in and out to all areas of the country on all airlines.
- ACCP attendees come from all over the United States. Moving the conference around to different zones of the country allows everyone the opportunity to benefit when the event is held in their area of the country.
- The majority of ACCP Annual Meeting attendees fly in and do not rent a car. Therefore, having dining and entertainment options within walking distance of the meeting venue is also a determining factor.
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How Does Your Hotel Reservation Affect the ACCP Annual Meeting? (Booking within the ACCP Block) |
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- ACCP has contracted hotel rooms at discounted rates on your behalf. If contracted housing obligations are not met, ACCP must pay substantial penalty fees to the hotel. This could require ACCP to increase registration rates in the future to cover such penalties.
- ACCP can monitor attendance through the room block. When attendees stay within the block it enables ACCP to be better prepared to host a successful event and helps with cost containment.
- ACCP's business value to a city is measured by the total number of sleeping rooms booked inside the contracted room block and money spent on other hotel services. Booking within the block helps ACCP to maintain strong business value, which is critical to negotiations with future cities and cost-containment efforts.
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