October 8-12, 2021

Conference Location:
Jekyll Island Convention Center
75 Beachview Dr N, Jekyll Island, GA 31527
A variety of hotel options and rates are available.  See our hotel page.

Preconference Options: Oct. 8-10
Conference Days: Oct. 10 at noon to Oct. 12 at noon

The Georgia EMS Association encourages you to come to join us at the beach for the 35th Annual GEMSA Providers & Educators Conference. We believe you are going to find the educational experience at this conference to be both enjoyable and rewarding.  In addition, we hope you take advantage of some of the great features Jekyll Island has to offer.

This event is still moving forward as an in-person event. The GEMSA Board is continuing to track data and will be meeting weekly to assess the situation.  Please review considerations below and the strategies we will be implementing in order to ensure the safety of our attendees.

As of 9/13/21, the plans for the conference include:

1. The board highly recommends masks for activities indoors and distancing as much as possible no matter your vaccination status. The room setups will allow for distancing as much as possible.
2. Sanitation efforts will include the convention center following CDC guidelines for serving food, hand sanitizer stations, and sanitizing meeting spaces with Bioesque products between sessions.
   
3. More flexible registration and cancellation options are now available.  The earlybird deadline and cancellation deadlines have been extended to Sept. 29.  Also, the fee for cancellation has been reduced to $25 from $50 in order to still cover the fees for processing. For registrations after Sept. 29, we cannot guarantee you will get a conference t-shirt.
4. If you feel sick, stay home.  If you have the symptoms of COVID-19 and/or any variant, please stay home.  All COVID cancellations after Sept. 29 will be reviewed by the board on a case by case basis. All requests can be sent to Mary Napier. 
5. The pre-conference session, "Updates in Pediatric Burn Care" scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 10 has been cancelled.  The rest of the conference will proceed as planned.