Welcome | AARC Congress 2025

Join us for AARC Congress 2025

Welcome to Congress 2025! Join us Dec. 6–9 in Phoenix, Arizona, for our annual Congress event, bringing respiratory therapists from around the globe together for learning, connecting, and getting a glimpse of the latest industry trends.

Designed for respiratory therapists of all levels and specialties, Congress will focus on the topics, tools, and skills to enhance your career.

Spread across four days, Congress includes 142 sessions filled with specially designed lectures, symposiums, networking events, research presentations, and exhibit hall browsing.

See you soon!

Meet Your 2025 Plenary Speakers

Keynote Presenter

Dr. Glaucomflecken
MD

Plenary Presenters

Michael Davis
RRT, PhD, FAARC

Associate Professor
Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University School of Medicine

Michelle Gong
MD, MS, ATSF

Interim Chair of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center

Gerard Criner
MD

Professor, Founding Chair — Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Temple University

Schedule Highlights

Day 1 — Saturday, Dec. 6

Welcome Address and Opening Keynote

Expo Hall Grand Opening

Session Topics: General Topics, New Findings, Leadership and Management, Adult Acute Care, Education, Neonatal/Pediatrics, and Pulmonary Function

AARC Annual Awards Ceremony

Welcome Party

4.0+ CRCE Available

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Day 2 — Sunday, Dec. 7

Plenary: 5th Robert M. Kacmarek Scientific Memorial Lecture

Session Topics: Education, Neonatal/Pediatrics, Diagnostics, Leadership and Management, Adult Acute Care, and Transport

Open Forum

5.0+ CRCE Available

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Day 3 — Monday, Dec. 8

Flag Folding Ceremony

Plenary: 41st Phil Kittredge Memorial Lecture

Session Topics: Sleep, Adult Acute Care, Patient Safety, Ambulatory and Post Acute Care, Neonatal/Pediatrics, Leadership and Management, and Ethics

Open Forum

6.0+ CRCE Available

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Day 4 — Tuesday, Dec. 9

Agency Update

Closing Ceremony

Plenary: 13th Thomas L. Petty Memorial Lecture

Session Topics: Education, Adult Acute Care, Neonatal/Pediatrics, and Clinical Practice

Symposiums: Journal Symposium

3.0+ CRCE Available

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Location

AARC Congress 2025 will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center just a quick ride from the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Surrounded by more than 3,000 hotel rooms, 190+ restaurants, nightlife, professional sports venues, performing arts theaters, live music venues, cultural museums, and more all within walking distance, the Phoenix Convention Center and our host hotels are at the center of your Congress experience.