Ortho Summit

2:00 PM

Check-in and badge pick-up

5:30 – 6:30 PM

Summit welcome session

Kick off the Summit with a dynamic opening session that celebrates the innovations and customers that help define and redefine that is possible with Invisalign treatment and digital orthodontics, including cases that were once thought impossible for clear aligner treatment. smiles.

6:30 PM

Welcome celebration in Innovation Hub

Innovation Hub
Open throughout the Ortho Summit, the Innovation Hub is an immersive experience that showcases digital tools, resources, and programs to support your practice and deliver the outcomes you want, with 1:1 demos, consults, training opportunities, and more. Plan time in the Hub to go beyond awareness of recent innovations and updates to get personalized and hands-on support for what your practice needs.

7:30 AM

Breakfast and Innovation Hub open

9:00 – 10:30 AM

Opening general session

Friday’s presentation-packed General Session focuses on visualization tools for patient education and case acceptance, clinical excellence that starts with the ClinCheck^® signature experience for digital treatment planning, a first look at the Invisalign Specifix™ Attachment System, new programs for consumer demand and conversion, and much more.

Featured speakers include Align CEO Joe Hogan; Dr. Shiva Khatami; Dr. Don Spillers; Dr. Marta Baird; and Align SVP Global Brand, Consumer & Americas Marketing Kamal Bhandal.

11:00 AM – 3:45 PM

Breakout sessions

Friday breakout sessions feature a range of clinical and practice development lectures for doctors and team members. All sessions run twice.

• Stop Chasing Cases: Build a Referral Engine that Runs While You Sleep | Emily Abecasis, Dr. Jason Gladwell  DOCTOR & TEAM
• From New Patient Exam to ClinCheck Plan in Minutes | Dr. Brian Amy, Julie Branscum  DOCTOR & TEAM
• Complex Teen and Adult Cases: Tackling the Giants | Dr. Spencer Blackham  DOCTOR
• iTero™ Features You’re Missing out on: Getting More from Your iTero Scanner | Dr. David Boschken, Nicole Pruitt  DOCTOR & TEAM
• Early Growth Guidance with Invisalign Treatment: A New Era of Orthodontic–Orthopedic Synergy | Dr. Manal Ibrahim  DOCTOR
• Integrating Align Innovations into Your Practice | Dr. William Graham Gardner  DOCTOR & TEAM
• From Digital Workflow to Digital Growth: Why the Invisalign Doctor Subscription Plan Is the New Orthodontic Multiplier | Dr. Sam Lee  DOCTOR
• Beyond Brackets: The New Phase I – Rethinking Early Orthodontic Treatment in the Aligner Era | Dr. Derick Phan  DOCTOR & TEAM
• The Invisalign Specifix™ Attachment System: 3D Printed Attachment Creation and Bonding System | Dr. Sandra Tai  DOCTOR & TEAM
• Invisalign Virtual Care AI: Now and Near-future | Dr. David Walt  DOCTOR & TEAM

12:45 – 2:00 PM

Lunch

7:30 AM

Breakfast and Innovation Hub open

9:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Breakout sessions

Saturday breakout sessions include lectures and new “Ask the Expert”-focused Q&A sessions to help doctors and team members integrate and optimize new treatment workflows and techniques. Lecture sessions run once; “Ask the Expert” sessions run twice.

• The Class II Crossroads: A Decision-matrix for Sequential Distalization vs. Bite Jump | Dr. Jason Yang  DOCTOR
• 3D Face Visualization for Adult Surgery and Teen MAOB Cases | Dr. Shiva Khatami  DOCTOR
• Debunking Invisalign Treatment Myths and Overcoming Barriers to Treatment | Dr. Erin Fraundorf  DOCTOR & TEAM
• The Digital Tools that Matter to Patients and Parents in Invisalign Treatment for Kids | Petra Putnam  DOCTOR & TEAM
• Profitability in Today’s Digital Orthodontic Practice | Dr. Sam Daher  DOCTOR
• Conquering the Growth Curve to a Fully Digital Practice | Dr. Jacquee Schieck  DOCTOR & TEAM
• 20 Lessons from 20 Years of Invisalign Treatment | Dr. Bella Shen Garnett  DOCTOR
• Family Says “No Surgery” – Now What? Non-surgical Class III Correction with Invisalign Aligners | Dr. Regina Blevins  DOCTOR
• Interdisciplinary Treatment with Invisalign Smile Architect™ | Dr. William Graham Gardner  DOCTOR
• “Ask the Experts: Treating Growing Patients from Phase 1 to MA Treatment” Q&A Session | Dr. Maz Moshiri, Dr. Jonathan Nicozisis  DOCTOR & TEAM
• “Ask the Experts: Invisalign Palatal Expander and Invisalign First” Q&A Session | Dr. Kent Morris, Dr. Sandra Tai  DOCTOR & TEAM
• “Ask the Experts: Scaling for Growth and Profitability” Q&A Session | Dr. Spencer Blackham, Dr. Derick Phan  DOCTOR
• “Ask the Experts: ClinCheck Signature Experience” Q&A Session | Dr. Brian Amy, Dr. Marta Baird  DOCTOR & TEAM
• “Ask the Experts: Nothing But Pearls” Q&A Session | Dr. Sam Daher  DOCTOR

12:15 PM

Lunch

1:45 – 3:00 PM

Saturday closing session

The Saturday closing session is all about celebrating milestones and your impact on patient lives, the most impactful innovations for today and tomorrow, and why everything is possible in your practice.

Featured speakers include Dr. Kelly Toombs, Align EVP & Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Mitra Derakhshan, Align EVP Research & Development Srini Kaza, and Dr. Sam Lee.

7:00 PM

Gala dinner