Why WVC Nashville Is the One Conference You Cannot Miss in 2026

New city. Same legendary CE. And an energy you will not find anywhere else this year.

Every year, veterinary professionals face the same question. There are dozens of conferences, limited PTO, and a CE budget that only stretches so far. So where do you spend it? In 2026, the answer is easy. WVC is coming to Nashville, and it is the event of the year.

From August 15 through 18, the Music City Center will fill with thousands of veterinarians, technicians, practice managers, and students from every corner of the profession. It is the first time WVC has brought its signature experience to Nashville, and that alone makes this one historic. You are not just attending a conference. You are there for a first. Viticus Group CEO, Andrea Davis has more.

The education is the headline act

WVC built its reputation on one thing above all else: education that actually changes the way you practice on Monday morning. Nashville will be no different. Expect hundreds of hours of CE across companion animal, exotics, equine, practice management, and wellbeing, taught by the speakers everyone wants to learn from. These are the educators who fill rooms, take questions until staff kicks everyone out, and send you home with notes you will actually use.

Hands-on learning has always been the WVC difference, and the Nashville program is designed to keep that promise. If you learn by doing, this is your conference.

Then there is the city

Let's be honest. Location matters. After a full day of CE, you want somewhere worth walking out into. Nashville delivers like almost no other city in America. Live music on every block, hot chicken worth the burn, honky-tonks on Broadway, and a downtown built for wandering with new friends and old classmates. The Music City Center sits right in the middle of it all.

The best conference conversations never happen in session rooms. They happen at dinner, in line for coffee, and on a rooftop at 10 pm when someone finally admits what is really going on in their practice. Nashville was made for those conversations.

Be there when it happens

Some years you can afford to skip the big one. This is not that year. WVC Nashville is a first-of-its-kind event from an organization that has spent nearly a century perfecting how veterinary professionals learn, connect, and recharge. The people you want to meet will be there. The speakers you want to hear will be there. Vet Candy will be there covering every moment as an official digital media partner.

The only question left is whether you will be there too. August 15 through 18, 2026. Music City Center. Nashville. See you there. Register here for the best rates: WVC Nashville Rates