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General Information

Welcome to JFPS 2021. Here is general information to help you navigate the website and maximize your experience! 

How to Attend JFPS 2021

1. Register for JFPS 2021
2. Browse the website for a schedule-at-a glance and current information (check back often for updates)
3. Make your hotel reservation by October 14, 2021

For travel assistance and discounts, please send request via email to support@optionstravel.com or call 847-803-3000 Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 7:00pm (Eastern Time) and mention to OptionsTravel agent you are with APhA (American Pharmacists Association) and attending JFPS (Joint Federal Pharmacy Seminar) at Gaylord National Harbor, MD for October 24 to 26, 2021

Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)

Click here for information about how to claim CPE credit.

American Pharmacists Association Booth 

APhA salutes federal pharmacists and technicians!

APhA is the only organization dedicated to supporting Government Pharmacists and Technicians—and the only national association extending reduced member dues to you—we value your contributions!

Visit the APhA Membership Booth in the Exhibit Hall to take advantage of membership specials, connect with APhA’s membership team, and learn more about APhA.

Arrangements for Persons with Disabilities

If you have any disability for which you may require an auxiliary aid or special service, contact Todd McDonald, CMP at tmcdonald@aphanet.org.          

Challenge Coin

In the tradition of JFPS, attendees are provided a unique and collectable coin in the registration bags to commemorate their participation at JFPS. Each year, a new coin is designed to reflect the meeting site as well as the theme.

Supported by Teva Pharmaceuticals.

Children

Please note that children under the age of 18 (including children in strollers and carriers) are not permitted in the education sessions or the Exhibit Hall. This policy is in effect during the Opening Event in the Exhibit Hall.

On-Site Registration

On-site registration will be held in the Gaylord National Harbor, Ballroom Level near the Woodrow Wilson Ballroom.

Safety and COVID

APhA is cautiously returning to live meetings and events. This plan is subject to certain public health and safety rules and guidelines, and keeping public and staff health and safety a priority. These protocols address measures that the facility and individual participants are required to follow to ensure compliance with local public health requirements and recommendations with the goal of protecting all JFPS 2021 constituents.

All participants are required to read and confirm that they understand the APhA meeting-specific COVID-19 requirements and recommendations in place at the time of the event to ensure that each participant and vendor acts in accordance with the requirements. In addition, all attendees will be required to adhere to the following:

• Facility-specific COVID-19 requirements should be obtained immediately prior to the event, and circulated to and acknowledged by all event attendees, vendors and guests (“Participants”);
• Participants should not come to the meeting if they are not feeling well. Those that feel sick or have a fever should stay home;
• Participants shall be restricted to the maximum room occupancy allowed at the time of the event and APhA shall implement measures to enforce this requirement;
• Participants should be asked to wash hands (or use sanitizing gel) frequently during JFPS 2021.
• Participants should be encouraged to maintain social distance if required by local public health requirements;
• Use of masks should be enforced in accordance with local public health requirements;

While every effort has been made to address foreseeable pandemic safety concerns, the risk remains that  transmission of COVID-19 could occur despite any efforts to mitigate the risk of transmission. Participant agrees that they have been made aware of and assume this potential risk.

Participant expressly acknowledges that by attending JFPS 2021, they understand the heightened risks from a failure of other individuals not following proper COVID-19 protocols, such as observing public health requirements and proper hygiene measures, and that participant recognizes that any COVID-19 protocols — as designed and as implemented — may be insufficient to prevent participants from contracting COVID-19 and suffering any related injuries, and that participant expressly nevertheless assumes all of these risks.

Participant hereby acknowledges that they fully understand the nature and extent of the risk related to the COVID-19 disease and participant assumes sole responsibility for any and all personal injury, disability, death, illness, damage, loss, claim or expense of any kind that Participant may experience or incur before, during or after JFPS 2021 and related to COVID-19.  By agreeing to these terms, Participant expressly agrees to assume all of the foregoing risks including, without limitation, any exposure to, or infection by, COVID-19, of Participant and other Participants, and agrees to release APhA, its officers, directors, employees, contractors, and agents, from any and all liability, loss, damage, claim, or expense claimed by Participant or on the Participant’s behalf, arising out of or in any way relating to such risks and also agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless APhA and its officers, directors, agents, employees, and affiliates from and against any and all demands, claims, damages to persons or property, losses, and liabilities, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (collectively, “Claims”), arising solely out of such risks related to Participant’s event.


Travel Assistance

If your DTS/SATO travel agency cannot meet your needs, Options Travel is the official travel management company of APhA.

Options Travel has negotiated discounted rates with the major airlines and car rental companies. The best discounts are available when booking at least 60 days prior to travel. Call 847-803-3000 Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 7:00pm (Eastern Time) or email support@optionstravel.com and identify yourself to the Options Travel agent you are with APhA and attending JFPS 2021 at the Gaylord National Harbor, MD, October 24 to 26, 2021.

Uniform of the Day

US Air Force
Duty Uniform: Service Uniform (any combination of blue shirt/blouse and skirt/pants)
Duty Uniform for Speakers/Moderators: Service Dress Uniform

US Army
Duty Uniform: Service Uniform (ASU) Class B
Duty Uniform for Speakers/Moderators: Service Uniform (ASU) Class A
Optional for Attendees: Service Uniform (ASU) Class A

US Navy
Duty Uniform: Service Khaki
Duty Uniform for Speakers/Moderators: Service Dress Blue
Optional for Attendees: Service Dress Blues

US Coast Guard
Duty Uniform for JFPS: Tropical Blue Long
Duty Uniform for Speakers/Moderators: Service Dress Blue
Optional for Attendees: Service Dress Blue

US Public Health Service
Duty Uniform: Summer Khaki
Duty Uniform for Speakers/Moderators: Service Dress Blue
Optional for Attendees: Service Dress Blues

Civilian
Business Dress

No Cover/No Salute Required
JFPS 2021 attendees in uniform are required to wear the appropriate head gear and render a salute when protocol would require such courtesy outside of the Gaylord National Harbor Hotel.

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Who Attends

The Joint Federal Pharmacy Seminar (JFPS) is the largest annual event for federal pharmacy.  Uniformed and civil-service pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are invited to participate in this education and training-filled event. The American Pharmacists Association, working with the federal pharmacy advisors, coordinates the education and meeting activities and serves as the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) provider.

For more information, please contact the APhA help line at 800-237-2742.