Save the date for Dykema’s annual Definitive Conference for DSOs. The leading law firm in dental services will host its 12th annual conference. Recognized by sellers, buyers, investors and providers as one of the can’t-miss events of the year. The Dykema DSO Conference will be held August 6th – August 8th in Aurora, CO at the Gaylord Rockies hotel and conference center.

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The Dykema DSO Conference will be held August 6th – August 8th in Aurora, CO at the Gaylord Rockies hotel and conference center.

Reserve your Hotel HERE.

Contact the DSO Events Team at DykemaDSO@dykema.com

Agenda

Wednesday, August 6th

7am-4pm – TUSK Practice Sales M&A Workshop

8am-12pm – Dental Pitch Brokerage

10am-4pm – Building a 10x DSO Workshop

3pm-7pm – Conference Registration & Welcome Champagne

4pm-6pm – Women in DSO Ascend Event

6pm-7pm – Conference Kick-Off Reception

7pm-10pm – Dinner & Reception Under the Stars

Thursday, August 7th

7am-7pm – Registration

7am-8am – Yoga

8am-6pm – Headshot Studio & GLO Lounge

8am-9am – Breakfast

9am-9.30am – Opening Remarks from Brian Colao

9.30am-10am – Building a Powerhouse DSO While Making a Difference – Dr. Sulman Ahmed

10am-10.15am – From Disney to Dentistry: How to Wow Patients – Stephanie Moritz

10.15am-10.30am – Successful Case Studies in Same Store Growth – Amol Nirgudkar

10.30am-10.45am – Revolutionary New Technology – Dr. Haley Abivardi & Dr. Goly Abivardi

10.45am-11am – All Things DSO – Zach Hoard, Virgil Ochoa, Eric White, Craig Woods

11am-11.30am – Break

11.30am-11.45am – All Things EBITDA – Matt Ornstein

11.45am-12.15pm – Maintaining Clinical Excellence While Scaling Up – Dr. Jen Derse, Dr. Yahya Mansour, Mark Adams

12.15pm-12.30pm – Joint Ventures:  Successfully Aligning Interests – Zach Hoard & J. Hedrick

12.30pm-12.45pm – Surgery Center Partnerships – Jeff Wheeler & Kyle Welch

12.45pm-1pm – Revolutionizing Lab Systems – Kevin Mosher

1pm-2.30pm – Lunch

2.30pm-3.30pm – Breakouts

• Breakout 1 – DSO Accounting – Virgil Ochoa, Mark Rudolph, Mike White, Derek Klaufuss, Harshad Khurjekar
• Breakout 2 – Lending in the DSO Space – Eric White, Mike Montgomery, Angela Baker, Evan Barker
• Breakout 3 – Dental RCM & Insurance Claim Payment Posting Workflow Automation for DSOs – Sina Amiri & Ato Kasymov
• Breakout 4 – Protecting Your Practice While Maximizing Uptime, Performance & Security – Patrick Jacobwith
• Breakout 5 – National Dental Healthcare REIT
• Breakout 6 – 2025 DSO Metrics & Benchmarks

4pm-4.30pm – Technology Panel – Steve Bilt

4.30pm-5pm – Women in DSO – Kristin Ornstein, Dr. Aman Kaur, Victoria Garcia

5pm-5.30pm – Dental Titan Award Presentation

5.30pm-6pm – Lessons in Leadership – Brian Colao, Stanley Bergman, Bob Fontana

6pm-6.30pm – From Olympic Ski Jumper to DSO Owner – Ryan Heckman

6.30pm-11pm – Thursday Night Party – Spazmatics & About a Girl

11pm-2am – Club Fuego – DJ Lane Theriault

Friday, August 8th

7am-11am – Registration

8am-9am – Breakfast

8am-12pm – Headshot Studio & GLO Lounge

9am-9.30am – International Panel

9.30am-10am – Buy-Side – David North & Dave Gapsar

10am-10.30am – Sell-Side – Kevin Cumbus, Matt Orenstein, Brannon Moncrief, Nate Thompson

10.30am-11am – Navigating the DSO Landscape – Steve Thorne

11am-11.15am – Break

11.15am-12.00pm – John McEnroe

12pm-1pm- John McEnroe Meet and Greet and Farewell Boxed Lunch