Over the last thirty years the Western States Conference meeting in Reno has been a touchstone for 11 state dental laboratory associations and their dental lab technicians to meet and take technical/professional courses. The western style fun and hospitality has grown in reputation over the years.
The glue that holds this important regional meeting together is the shared interests of the associations and dental technicians. For thirty years our state associations have worked together to ensure that the Reno meeting continues and prospers. With the reorganization of the National Association of Dental Laboratories (NADL) in 2000, the Western States Conference took the bold step to formally organize itself to create a network of these eleven western states.
A non-profit trade association - Western States Conference, Inc. was formed in 2000 with the mission of providing educational opportunities that will help promote the advancement of our industry.
A natural transition
Our transition into a regional structure was easy. We had and continue to have a very successful history of the western states working together for the benefit of our industry regionally. The leadership is the same as the previous national structure which contained Districts VII and VIII. Three trustees and the state association leaders make up the team along with our Western States Conference coordinator Carol Bae