American Academy of Dental Group Practice (AADGP) 2026 – code gdnow2026 – Save 25%

Join the American Academy of Dental Group Practice on February 4th – 6th, 2026 in Austin, Texas at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort.

Use code gdnow2026 to save 25%.
This is code is for dental practices & dental groups only

Agenda

Wednesday, February 4th

Arrival with a Welcome Event at the hotel

Thursday, February 5th 

3 Morning Workshops

• Mortenson Dental Partners: Revenue Cycles Strategies in Action
• Polaris: Clinician to CEO: Your Roadmap to Leadership, Freedom, & Rising to the Top
• Legally Mine: Safeguarding Wealth: Lawsuit Prevention and Tax Strategies

 State of the Industry Address from Bill Becknell

Payer Summit in the Afternoon

Key Session: PPO vs Pay for Service – How do you decide? 

Karen Wever (Chief Dental Officer, Health Care Service Corporation), Melissa Wagner (President of DenteMax)

Fun networking event on Thursday evening – Live Band, Mechanical Bull, and more! 

Friday, February 6th

8:00 to 9:00 AM: Breakfast 

9:00 to 10:30 AM: Workshop Block 1 

• Polaris: Scaling Smarter: Crafting Business Plans that Drive Maximum Value
• Elliot Davis:  Margins That Matter: Why Profitable Growth Starts with Your Accounting Function
• Inside Desk: Bridging the RCM Gap: Modernizing the DSO Payer Connection
• Sunset:AI-Powered Cyberattacks Are Coming for Dentistry

10:30 to 11:00 AM: Break

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM: Workshop Block 2

• Wes Lyon: Smart Tax Strategies
• Hello Patient: Power Your Practice with Conversational AI
• Matt DiBlasi (Abyde): Your Get-Out-of-HIPAA-Jail Free Card
• Thomas Passalaqua:  Increasing your practice’s profitability by providing an exceptional patient experience and improving your leadership skills to drive your team to success.

12:00 to 1:00 PM: Lunch 

1:00 to 2:00 PM: Workshop Block 3

• TED Talks
• Greg Essenmacher: Print to Profit: Mastering In-House Nightguard Production
• Marti Law: Buying or Selling a Dental Group: What to Know About Dental M&A
• MORTENSON: Inside Mortenson Dental Partners, the largest Doctor and ESOP Owned DSO
• Dina Eisenberg: Shadow Friction: Spot It, Solve It, See the ROI

2:00 to 3:00 PM: Workshop Block 4 

• TED Talks e.g. Your AI Isn’t Broken—Your Dental Associates Just Aren’t Confident Enough (Yet) Lincoln Harris, Founder and CEO Ripe Global
• Nate Thompson: Market Trends, Exit Strategy and how buyers are valuing your business in a post-Covid climate and rates.
• Tim Hines: From Click to Case Acceptance: Transforming Inquiries into Loving & Loyal Patients

3:00PM: Networking, One-on-one meetings, Enjoying the resort offerings

8:00PM: Telescope Stargazing

Use code gdnow2026 to save 25%.
This is code is for dental practices & dental groups only