Let’s be honest – you’ve probably been to your share of aesthetic conferences that promised the world but delivered little more than glorified sales pitches and networking happy hours. After sitting through countless presentations that felt more like infomercials than education, we started wondering if there was a conference out there that actually respects our time and intelligence.

The difference between a mediocre conference and a transformative one isn’t just the speakers or the location. It’s whether you walk away with actual techniques you can use, insights that change how you approach patient care and connections with true colleagues who challenge you to be better. Most conferences talk a good game, but few deliver on that promise.

This is why the Global Aesthetics Conference (GAC) is quickly becoming the best plastic surgery conference and most comprehensive aesthetic medicine event in the United States. Unlike traditional single-specialty gatherings, GAC Miami delivers an unmatched educational experience that addresses the full spectrum of modern aesthetic practice. 

Will you join us there? Keep reading to learn why we think you should.

What Sets GAC Apart

Most aesthetic conferences operate in silos, focusing exclusively on either surgical or nonsurgical approaches. This narrow perspective fails to reflect how modern aesthetic practices actually operate. Today’s successful practitioners understand that optimal patient outcomes often require integrating multiple modalities – from surgical techniques to injectables, energy-based devices, and regenerative therapies.

GAC’s revolutionary multi-specialty format breaks down these artificial barriers. Our carefully curated program brings together leading plastic surgeons, dermatologists, facial plastic surgeons, and aesthetic medicine specialists under one roof. This unique approach allows attendees to gain insights across disciplines, fostering the kind of comprehensive thinking that drives innovation and excellence in patient care.

Rather than limiting your learning to the perspective of a single specialty, GAC provides the broader context needed to make informed decisions about incorporating new techniques, technologies, and treatment approaches into your practice. This multidisciplinary foundation is why GAC consistently ranks among the top aesthetic medicine events in 2025 for forward-thinking practitioners.

Elite Faculty Delivering Real-World Pearls

Conference quality ultimately depends on faculty caliber and content relevance. GAC assembles an extraordinary roster of recognized leaders who combine clinical excellence with teaching expertise. Our speakers aren’t just accomplished practitioners – they’re innovators who have shaped the field and continue to push boundaries.

What distinguishes GAC faculty presentations is the focus on practical, immediately applicable insights. Rather than theoretical discussions or promotional talks, speakers deliver hard-earned pearls from their extensive clinical experience. Attendees consistently report that GAC sessions provide specific techniques, troubleshooting strategies and insights they can implement immediately.

Comprehensive Programming for Every Team Member

Modern aesthetic practices succeed through team excellence, not individual heroics. Recognizing this reality, GAC offers robust programming tailored to the diverse roles within aesthetic practices. Our comprehensive curriculum serves MDs, RNs, nurse practitioners, and practice managers with specialty-specific content that addresses their unique challenges and opportunities.

For physicians, GAC provides advanced surgical techniques, emerging nonsurgical modalities and strategic insights for practice growth. Nursing professionals benefit from specialized tracks covering injection techniques, patient care protocols and safety considerations. Practice managers gain valuable knowledge about operations, marketing, compliance and team development.

This inclusive approach ensures that entire practice teams can attend together, fostering shared understanding and coordinating the implementation of new strategies. The result is more cohesive practices that deliver consistent, high-quality patient experiences across all touchpoints.

Atmosphere Matters

Location significantly impacts the conference experience, and GAC Miami offers an unparalleled setting that enhances both learning and networking. Miami’s vibrant aesthetic medicine community provides the perfect backdrop for exploring cutting-edge treatments and connecting with like-minded professionals.

The city’s international appeal attracts diverse attendees, creating rich networking opportunities with practitioners from varied backgrounds and markets. This global perspective enriches discussions and exposes attendees to different approaches and market insights they might not encounter elsewhere.

Beyond the professional benefits, Miami’s world-class amenities and attractions make GAC an event that teams actually want to attend. This enthusiasm translates into higher engagement, better retention of educational content and stronger team cohesion.

Continuing Education That Inspires

GAC maintains rigorous educational standards, offering substantial CME credits that meet the highest accreditation requirements. Our commitment to educational excellence ensures that your time investment delivers both immediate practical value and long-term professional development credit.

The conference’s CME-accredited sessions cover evidence-based practices, safety protocols, and emerging research, providing the scientific foundation that sophisticated practitioners demand. This academic rigor and practical application create a learning environment that satisfies regulatory requirements and professional growth objectives.

Plan Your 2025 Professional Development

As you evaluate your 2025 conference calendar, consider what you truly need from professional development investments. Numerous options exist for surface-level overviews or vendor-driven presentations. However, if you demand comprehensive education, diverse perspectives, elite faculty and immediately applicable insights, GAC stands alone.

Practitioners who thrive in this environment embrace comprehensive learning, maintain broad perspectives and continuously refine their skills across multiple disciplines.

GAC Miami provides the ideal platform for this type of professional growth. Our multi-specialty format, elite faculty, comprehensive programming and exceptional setting create an educational experience that delivers measurable value for individual practitioners and entire practice teams.

The question isn’t whether you can afford to attend GAC – it’s whether you can afford to miss the most comprehensive aesthetic conference in the United States. Your patients, practice and professional development deserve nothing less than the best.

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Ready to experience the difference that comprehensive, multi-specialty education can make for your practice? Click here to secure your spot at the most transformative aesthetic medicine event in the U.S. Join us in Miami and discover why GAC is the conference that serious aesthetic practitioners choose for serious results.

Why You Should Attend

What to expect

Check out last year’s recap, where we brought industry-leading education and excitement from a range of local and global influences. Last year, the best minds in aesthetics all met, collaborated, and worked together just a few yards away from the sandy beaches of Miami.

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2025 Schedule

Agenda

The GAC offers 350+ presentations delivered by over 150 faculty members! Offering an unparalleled amount of content for you and your staff, GAC is simply the best Multi-Specialty event of the year.

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Exhibitors & Sponsors

Everything you need to know about exhibiting at the 2025 Global Aesthetics can be found in the Prospectus! Join the fastest growing aesthetic event in Miami today.

Location

Accommodations

Loews Miami Beach Hotel
1601 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Loews Miami Beach Hotel provides the ultimate South Beach experience, spacious hotel rooms in the perfect beachfront location, and space for the Global Aesthetics Conference – all under one roof!

Testimonials

GAC is a wonderful, immersive aesthetic meeting that clicks all the boxes: top notch faculty, educational content, and fun social events. I look forward to GAC every year!

Sheila Barbarino, MD

The GAC conference is the most comprehensive aesthetic meeting covering surgery, minimally invasive and office based treatments coupled with practice management. The expert panels are not to be missed!

James Newman, MD

One of the things I love most about GAC is the ability to pull together multiple specialties in one space, including a full track for practice management. The agenda is packed each day, and I often hear from attendees they have trouble deciding which of the courses they want to attend because there are so many. I’m proud to have participated from the conference’s inception, and always recommend my clients attend GAC!

Mara Shorr

The most comprehensive practice management track bar none. It’s a wealth of revenue growth strategies to up level your staff, marketing and processes. You can’t get this much how-to knowledge in one place anywhere else and more than pays for itself.

Catherine Maley

Each year I look forward to GAC. The talks are state of the art, the venue perfect, and organization unparalleled. [It] has a bigger impact on my practice both clinically and administratively than any other conference that I attend.

Jeffrey Spiegel, MD

The GAC conference is the most comprehensive aesthetic meeting covering surgery, minimally invasive and office based treatments coupled with practice management. The expert panels are not to be missed!

James Newman, MD

The best part of GAC is the interdisciplinary nature of it and how cordial and polite people are towards each other, even with varying viewpoints on procedures or topics. There are always nuggets of information to pick up and incorporate into your practice, no matter how novice or expert you are in a particular skill. The fusion of knowledge with talented aesthetic providers from around the world is what makes it magical.

Gary Linkov, MD

One of the things I love most about GAC is the ability to pull together multiple specialties in one space, including a full track for practice management. The agenda is packed each day, and I often hear from attendees they have trouble deciding which of the courses they want to attend because there are so many. I’m proud to have participated from the conference’s inception, and always recommend my clients attend GAC!

Mara Shorr

GAC offers Medical and Surgical Aesthetics specialists, administrators and providers a multidisciplinary educational opportunity that is unparalleled in scope and participation by industry. If you want to educate yourself and staff on aesthetic advances and current standards of care, the GAC should not be missed.

Corey M

GAC is the only truly multispecialty meeting that offers meaningful input from some of the most exceptional and diverse faculty in a relaxed atmosphere. The interaction that occurs among the faculty as well as between the faculty and attendees is unique to this meeting.

Devinder M

The most comprehensive practice management track bar none. It’s a wealth of revenue growth strategies to up level your staff, marketing, and processes. You can't get this much how-to knowledge in one place anywhere else and more than pays for itself.

Catherine M

The 2024 GAC - Expect it to continue to live up to its reputation as the original (Starting in Newport Beach, California), the best, and the most expansive and informative multidisciplinary conference on the Aesthetic ecosystem in the world. Year after year Dr. Waldman and staff deliver on the presentation of up-to-date information. Keep tuned in on what your patients need and want!

Fred F

GAC 2025

Don’t Miss The Experience

It’s the most anticipated educational aesthetic event of the year! Physicians and staff can earn up to 30 CME credits in an unsurpassed learning environment and satisfy all yearly requirements in most states! We look forward to seeing you at the beach!

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