Wisconsin Histology Society - Tri-State Symposium

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2022 Tri-State Symposium

Note from the WHS president: The Tri-State annual meeting slated for May of 2022 has been canceled. After much consideration, the board along with the boards from Minnesota and Iowa were all in agreement to cancel the meeting. One of the biggest reasons was because most of the vendors will not be able to attend as their companies are restricting travel at this time. Without the support of our vendors we do not have the means to support a meeting. The vendor fees cover our expenses for Tri-State. Many labs are not sending techs to meetings at this time so we felt it was in our best interest to cancel the meeting this year. Hopefully we can resume next year.

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2021 Tri-State Symposium

The Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa societies have again made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 Tri-State Symposium. When the 2020 symposium was cancelled we had every hope that we could host the 2021 symposium in person. The board members of all three states are disappointed to announce that we will not be hosting an in person symposium this year. The health and safety of our members, presenters, vendors, and community are our top priority and with that in mind we cancelled the in person event.

After the cancellation of the 2020 symposium the WHS president, Stephanie, worked hard to find an alternative. Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota partnered with Roche to offer a virtual webinar series. Six webinars were offered from December 2020 to May 2021. These webinars were presented by Roche and were offered free to all histotechs (no membership required). The attendance of these webinars was great. WHS would like to thank Roche for providing the histology community with this education opportunity.

With the cancellation of the 2021 in person Tri-State symposium the WHS board is looking for alternatives. We hope to provide you with more educational opportunities this year. Check this website regularly for more information. Be the first to know about events by subscribing to the WHS email list (scroll to the bottom of the page).

Announcement regarding the cancellation of the 2020 in person Tri-State Symposium:

To our state society members and colleagues in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin:

Over the past few weeks, it has become clear that the world is facing an unprecedented challenge. Like you, we are deeply concerned and want to do what we can to help keep our communities and our families safe and healthy.

Our hearts go out to the individuals, businesses and communities affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Needless to say, as society leaders our primary focus is – and will continue to be – the health and safety of our members and all those involved in making our annual Tri-State Histology Symposium a success.

Due to the increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 as well as increasing company travel restrictions, the Tri-State Planning Committee has made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Tri-State Histology Symposium. From the onset of this situation, we have been listening to the appropriate sources for accurate and up-to-date information, and our decision reflects those inputs.

The good news is that the event has been rescheduled to April 2021 and will again be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Rochester, MN. If you have already paid registration we will work with you to refund the money.

We have also been informed by Hilton that if your hotel reservation is cancelled prior to April 27^th you will not incur any cancellation fees. The hotel will be cancelling any room reservations made under the Histotechnology Tri-State Symposium block and will send a cancellation notice to you via email however it would be in your best interest to verify that your reservation is truly cancelled. If anyone made reservations not identified with Tri-State, they will need to cancel on their own.

Thank you to all who have supported us. We look forward to next year’s meeting and will miss you all this year. Please stay safe and well and we look forward to seeing you next year!

Board members enjoy Tri-State in Madison.