Keynote Speakers

Opening Session & Business Meeting

Keynote Speaker: Dolly Chugh 

Join us on Thursday morning for our Opening Session, featuring Keynote Speaker, Dolly Chugh, social psychologist and management professor at the New York University Stern School of Business. Dolly will lead us through an empowering discussion on DEI and ways we can enhance our massage community by fostering a more inclusive and supportive environment for both practitioners and clients.

Named as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere Magazine, Dolly is best known for authoring two books: The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias and A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with our Past and Driving Social Change.

We will also be celebrating achievements throughout the massage therapy profession and all the ways our members have contributed to the success of AMTA.

Closing Panel | 1.5 CE Hours

The Power of Touch – Integrating New Research into your Massage Therapy Practice

Join us on Saturday afternoon as we bring together leading experts in integrative healthcare to discuss the latest science in massage therapy and how you can apply it to your practice. This session will focus on three key research areas: the role of massage in alleviating chronic pain, the benefits of massage therapy for cancer patients, and the positive impact massage has on mental health. Listen as our panel explores how emerging research can better inform your massage practice and lead to improved outcomes for your clients. Leave this session feeling inspired and empowered to make a positive impact in your massage practice.