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The Focused Scientific Sessions of the combined 70th Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) and 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ASVCP) begin on Sunday, November 10, 2019, following the Opening Reception where the veterinary student posters are displayed (Saturday evening, November 9). Sunday and Tuesday sessions include clinical pathology, diagnostic pathology, education, experimental disease, natural disease, and industrial and toxicologic pathology topics. We anticipate a large number of original abstracts from institutions all over the world. The meeting abstracts will be published on the ACVP website and will add to the permanent searchable archive of annual meeting abstracts available since 2012. Abstracts can be viewed in an “open access” location on the ACVP website approximately one month before the meeting, where they can be searched by any word in the title or body of any abstract. Moving the abstracts to the ACVP website has brought flexibility to the timeline by allowing a later abstract submission date of July 1 again this year. Use of the website also allows easy access to veterinary pathology topics and increases the visibility of ACVP and ASVCP while providing an enhanced resource to serve people around the globe. The Focused Scientific Session Committees have been hard at work organizing programs to showcase the work of our College members and to bring innovative science and technology from outside resources to the attention of our membership. Highlights for the focused group programs at the San Antonio annual meeting include the following: Clinical pathology: