Welcome to the 2027 AERC convention!
Dates: February 26 and 27, 2027 • Location: Summerville, SC, near Charleston
Speaker line up:
Friday, February 26, 2027
Trisha Dowling, DVM, MSc, DACVIM (LAIM) & DACVP: Conformation: The Relationship of Form to Function
Lauren V. Schnabel, DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACVSM: Lameness Diagnosis & Intra-Articular Therapies
Carol Clark, DVM, DACVIM: Metabolic Diseases and Disorders
Saturday, February 27, 2027
Kathleen Crandell, PhD: Hydration & Electrolytes
Trisha Dowling, DVM, MSc, DACVIM (LAIM) & DACVP: Prohibited Substances in Feed and Forage
Claire Godwin, DVM, Angie McGhee, Heather Reynolds, and Meg Sleeper, VMD, DACVIM: The Mental Resilience of Endurance and Conditioning Your Equine
There will also be hot topics on both days, committee meetings, the membership meeting on Saturday, an exhibit hall with favorite vendors and special deals on Friday and Saturday, a special event for Juniors on Saturday, a Meet and Greet for all ages on Friday, and a dance on Friday night. To top it all off, the regional awards on Friday and national awards on Saturday. These are the presentations where we celebrate AERC’s riders and horses (and mules). Hope you will join in the fun and learning of convention with good friends, old and new, in a historic location.





