The ATA Chronicle - March/April 2022 - 6

FROM THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
VERONIKA DEMICHELIS
veronika@veronikademichelis.com
It's Full Steam Ahead
for ATA63!
Get ready! ATA's 63rd Annual Conference will be here before you know
it, and it's shaping up to be a fantastic event.
ust before the February
Winter ATA Board
meeting in Los Angeles,
I had several meetings with
President Madalena Sánchez
Zampaulo, ATA Headquarters
staff, our event planning
vendor, and the conference
hotel staff. Work on ATA63
is in full swing, and I'm
happy to share some updates
with you.
J
Hosting a hybrid
conference in 2021 was a
necessary and very welcome
decision. However, the cost
of streaming and recording
all the conference sessions
was a heavy burden on
the Association's budget.
Having considered the cost
of streaming, and in an
effort not to raise the price
of attending the conference
this year, the Board agreed
that ATA63 will be a fully
in-person event.
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Considering the
challenges of the past two
years and that our last fully
in-person conference was
three years ago, I want to
make sure that ATA63 is
an event to remember. At
the moment, it looks like
we can all look forward
to a great conference in
Los Angeles-just like
we remember them from
pre-pandemic times. While
we're all eagerly waiting for
the conference registration
to open in July, here's what
you can expect.
Conference Hotel: Let me
tell you that the Westin
Bonaventure Hotel, the
venue for ATA63, doesn't
disappoint! Elegant and
striking, the hotel looks
like a movie set-it has
actually been featured in
several popular movies and
TV series! Walking through
the hotel during our site
visit, I could imagine our
conference attendees
enjoying the cozy, yet
spacious, atrium with its
soaring ceilings, water
features, greenery, ample
seating, and lots of nooks
where you can rest and
recharge between sessions,
catch up with friends, and
have quiet conversations
with new connections.
There's a grab-and-go café,
a bar that's buzzing with
activity, and a breakfast/
lunch restaurant in the
lobby area.
Our fitness-minded
colleagues will enjoy
the hotel gym, complete
with treadmills, Peloton
bikes, strength machines,
free weights, and other
equipment. There's a heated
outdoor pool, and, if you're
a runner, you'll love the
indoor jogging track. (Of
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