Bosslet, Gabriel T.Carmona, HugoBurkart, Kristin M.McCallister, JenniferReitzner, JoyceKreider, MarylLenz, Peter H.2021-04-282021-04-282020-09Bosslet, G. T., Carmona, H., Burkart, K. M., McCallister, J., Reitzner, J., Kreider, M., & Lenz, P. H. (2020). Virtually Hosting a National Medical Society Conference. Lessons Learned from the 2020 Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors Conference. ATS Scholar, 1(3), 307-315. https://doi.org/10.34197/ats-scholar.2020-0054INhttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/25790The coronavirus pandemic forced the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors to change the 2020 annual conference to a virtual format with relatively short notice. Using the experience of the planning committee and survey feedback from attendees, we describe the steps taken to implement a virtual conference and lessons learned in the process. The lessons described include frequent and concise communication, establishment of roles within a discrete production team, preparing speakers with a protocolized training session, active moderation of the chat box, using interactive polling and online documents to improve interactivity, a shorter agenda with more frequent breaks, encouraging “virtual happy hours” to connect with colleagues, and establishing facilitators for breakout rooms.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationaleducationconferencesvirtual learningArticle