We were back at the Hilton Bayfront for the 31st Annual SDSI Course! After months of preparation, nearly 430 registrants and faculty began arriving from 35 different countries.
We spent most of Monday meeting in Larky's room (check out just a few of the gift baskets that needed to be delivered to the faculty), putting packets together for all of the participants and enjoying a delicious dinner at Donovan's with Dr. Esch.
We added a few members to this year's staff and it was such a great group!
Wendy and Leslie took our server's suggestion and ordered Sidecars. They loved them!
Cheers to a great week!
Dinner was amazing…filet, shrimp scampi, au gratin potatoes and veggies.
The triple brownie sundae was outstanding too and we all shared a Benedictine and Brandy in honor of Dr. Esch's father.
Tuesday morning we met with the Hilton staff that would be assisting us all week.
Breakfast was on the 30th floor and the views were spectacular.
We had a perfect weather week forecasted too!
The course officially got underway Wednesday with labs, lectures and many different breakout sessions over the next few days.
Fascinating to watch and the doctors really learn so much from the hands-on instruction!
We worked hard, but played hard too! We had a fabulous Baja BBQ at Bayfront Park Wednesday night and cocktails and hors d'oeuvres in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday night. There was even a photographer taking fun laugh shots with his fisheye lens! Hard to believe this crew got rave reviews!
We didn't get too much time to enjoy the fresh air of this beautiful city, but we sure had a fun time working together and loved all of the interesting stories shared by doctors from around the world.
The course had its biggest attendance yet and we have the next 3 years contracted at the Hilton to watch it grow even bigger!
