FIRST TIMERS FIELD GUIDE
Welcome to the PAS 2026 Meeting! You are about to embark on a wonderful experience. You are here to learn, network, and grow, and this guide is designed to help you arrive and thrive. This is a great opportunity for you to enhance both your personal and professional growth. With can’t-miss experiences and key learning sessions, this field guide lays out everything you need to know.
Each year, the PAS Meeting brings together thousands of physicians, researchers, and health professionals from around the world to share research, explore new ideas, build career opportunities, establish meaningful connections, and experience the best the pediatric research field has to offer. Approximately 2,800 first-time attendees joined the meeting in 2025. Once you attend the PAS Meeting, you’ll want to come back again and again.
Why attend PAS?
There are so many reasons, discover brilliant content from leading pediatric experts within 70+ specialties, incredible networking opportunities with over 7,500 attendees, earn CME and MOC Part 2 credits, and access to innovative technologies, products, and services just to name a few!
Here are some helpful tips to help you arrive prepared, make the most of the meeting, and maximize your experience after the meeting ends.
Here are some helpful tips to help you arrive prepared, make the most of the meeting, and maximize your experience after the meeting ends.
PRIOR TO MEETING
REGISTER FOR MEETING
PAS TICKETED EVENTS
Jumpstart your PAS 2026 Meeting experience with these special Friday morning sessions. PAS Ticketed events are an additional fee and may be added during registration. See all PAS Ticketed Events.
BOOK YOUR HOTEL
Book a PAS Official Hotel by April 1, 2026 | 3:00 PM ET. After April 1, 2026, email: pashousing@spargoinc.com.
ROI LETTER
Need to convince your leadership? We’ve got you covered with a handy pre-written approval ROI request letter. Just edit with your info and copy and paste it into an email. Done and done! And you can always contact us at info@pasmeeting.org if we can help you in any way to seal the deal.
VISA INFORMATION
All visa information can be found on our Hotel & Travel Page.
BECOME A PAS SOCIAL MEDIA AMBASSADOR
Don’t wait until PAS 2026 in April to be part of the discussion! Lead the #PAS2026 conversation by becoming part of the Trainee Social Squad to connect physician-scientists, clinicians, and educators within the pediatric community. As a member of the Trainee Twitter Team, you will positively promote PAS 2026 by posting to your social media account before, during, and after the conference about PAS events, scientific sessions, and personal experiences/interests at PAS while reaping benefits such as PAS website recognition, extra exposure through conference channels, raffles, an exclusive PAS coffee break with PAS leaders, and the chance of winning free registration to PAS 2027 in Minneapolis!
CHOOSE INTERESTING SESSIONS
During the PAS 2026 Meeting, attendees will discover a curated lineup of top-quality educational and scientific programs covering a spectrum of specialties, with hundreds of hours of content. While it is impossible to attend every session, a little planning beforehand can help you maximize your time. Visit our Schedule-at-at-Glance for an early view of the Program.
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- Study the Program Guide (Coming Soon), and learn about all the program options available each day. Conference registrants are welcome to attend any session or presentation. Note: PAS Ticketed Events are an additional fee.
DOWNLOAD THE PAS 2026 MEETING APP
Make sure to download the app in early April and gain access to all things PAS at your fingertips – session information, location, dates, and times.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
The PAS 2026 Meeting on X and Instagram. You don’t have to wait until the meeting to start tweeting, use #PAS2026 now!
SIGNUP FOR PAS MEETING COMMUNICATIONS
Receive the latest news, announcements, discounts, and more!
DURING MEETING
SEE THE SCIENCE
Explore the Program Guide! Attend all the sessions you favorited throughout each day! With research from over 70+ specialties and 500 hours of content, there is no shortage of science!
PAS OPENING GENERAL SESSION, DEBBIE ANAGNOSTELIS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, AND JOSEPH W. ST. GEME LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Join all your colleagues for the Friday afternoon program!
- Friday, April 24, 2026 | 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Another opportunity to discuss and meet authors of poster presentations on a variety of topics.
- Poster Session I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . April 24, 2026 | 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Poster Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 25, 2026 | 3:30 pm – 5:45 pm
- Poster Session III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 26, 2026 | 9:30 am – 11:30 am
- Poster Session IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 27, 2026 | 8:00 am – 10:00 am
VISIT THE EXHIBIT HALL – THE LATEST IN TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONS
The PAS exhibit hall is a fun and exciting place, so you will want to drop in and see the abundance of ideas and the latest tools available. The Exhibit Hall is open from Friday, April 24 – Monday, April 27, 2026. Exhibitor Listing – Coming Soon.
- More than 125 exhibitors will be on-site to offer you a hands-on opportunity to explore new technology, services, and innovative products. You’ll need to wear your name badge to enter the hall, as well as to attend sessions.
VIEW ALL PAS POLICIES
TIPS FROM VETERAN PAS MEETING ATTENDEES:
- Wear comfortable shoes
- Dress in layers – the convention center stays cold
- Stay safe – don’t wear your badge outside of the convention center, unless you are at the meeting.
- Bring a pen and notebook
- Look at attendee badges – and introduce yourself. Expand your professional network.
AFTER MEETING
DOWNLOAD YOUR CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
This will be located in the Program Guide.
FILL OUT THE SURVEY
Every year, shortly after the meeting, registrants will be emailed a link to an electronic survey. Your experiences and opinions of the meeting will help us to plan and organize future meetings and events.
CLAIM YOUR CME/MOC PART 2 CREDIT
Following PAS 2026 you will receive an email with instructions and deadlines to claim your credit. It is the attendee’s responsibility to claim any credit due for CME-designated sessions attended at PAS 2026.
STAY IN TOUCH
Follow up with your new contacts. Send an email to those you’ve networked with to follow up on a question or discussion.
CONTINUED LEARNING WITH ON-DEMAND
With so much to discover and learn during the 4 action-packed days and hundreds of hours of scientific content, you will be sure to find tons of practical takeaways and ideas for you to reference keeping you ahead in your future collaborations. Access to Oral Presentation recordings until August 1, 2026.
GET READY FOR 2027
PAS 2027 will be in Minneapolis, Minnesota!
WHO ATTENDS PAS
PAS Meeting attendees are the influencers of growth in the pediatric research field. From building excitement among young med students to experienced veteran researchers our meeting inspires colleagues and collaborators of all ages and backgrounds.
Around 70 specialties from 60+ countries attend PAS each year — including Neonatology, General Pediatrics, Nephrology, Hospitalists, and many more.
