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    <title>South Central Association for Clinical Microbiology upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:42:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 Advancing Expertise in Microbiology (AEM) SCACM (1 Nov 2025)</title>
      <description>&lt;h3 align="left"&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#214C75"&gt;&lt;img src="https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/2026%20AEM%20Preliminary%20Program.png" alt="" title="" border="0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/2026AEM" target="_blank"&gt;Access Purchased 2026 Webinar(s)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;What is included in this series?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On a Tuesday Nine (9) months in 2026, Expert Speakers will:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1) Present current/cutting-edge information&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for ~45-50 minutes on the topics shown in the table below&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;one live session via scheduled Teams webinar link*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;unlimited on-demand sessions via link to downloadable video (mp4) recording*&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2) Answer your Questions&lt;/strong&gt; for ~10-15 minutes&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;one live session (voice or chat) following the scheduled Teams live lecture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;additional questions emailed to the Speaker&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"&gt;3) Provide Handouts&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;in 1, 2, 3, or 6 page(s) format*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; *&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lab education coordinators will access these session materials/links via the SCACM member portal.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-size: 16px;"&gt;SCACM, along with ASCLS, will provide Continuing Education credit for each attendee:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;; font-size: 15px;" align="left"&gt;SCACM is an approved P.A.C.E.® continuing education provider through ASCLS&lt;br&gt;
ASCLS provides their online CE Organizer Program that is one-stop-shop for&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Attendance Verification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Speaker Evaluation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;CE Certificate Generation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;P.A.C.E.® Credit Organization&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;For help with your registration and/or payment options, please send an "AEM Help Needed" email with your preferred method of contact to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:scacm@scacm.org"&gt;our SCACM Office&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and one of our volunteers will get back to you as soon as possible.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/event-6352593</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 SCACM VENDORS: FALL Educational Support Opportunities (1 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h3 style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);" open="" background-color:=""&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);" open="" background-color:=""&gt;&lt;img src="https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/ExhibitorFlyer.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"&gt;2026 Educational Support Opportunities for our Corporate Sponsors&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;lease &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;locate and click the&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img width="70" height="31" title="" alt="" src="https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/RegisterButtonWAImage.JPG" border="0"&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, on your left (PC) or above (cellphone)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, to select from the following opportunities.&amp;nbsp; Contact &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:exhibits@scacm.org"&gt;exhibits@scacm.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;dditional details about these and other opportunities that may be offered.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;(a)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;FALL&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;EXHIBITOR TABLE with space for TWO (2)&amp;nbsp; Representatives&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Each state&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$500&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;ul style=""&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Spring%20Meeting/2026%20Spring%20Meeting/2026_Exhibitor_Invitation.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;2026 Exhibitor Invitation&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Board_Member_Files/Forms/W-9_SCACM_2026_signed.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;SCACM W9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;2026 WORD Letter of Support (complete with your name where indicated)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;2026 Fall Meeting Preliminary Programs (ETA early Aug 2026)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h4 style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;OPEN-ENDED SUPPORT&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;(b) Any Amount EDUCATIONAL GRANT:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please proceed to&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/SCACM-Corporate-Partners" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/SCACM-Corporate-Partners&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
to enter the amount you wish to contribute to support our clinical microbiology educational activities.&amp;nbsp;See&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Spring%20Meeting/2026%20Spring%20Meeting/2026_Exhibitor_Invitation.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;2026_Exhibitor_Invitation.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;for more details.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://scacm27.wildapricot.org/event-6405980</link>
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