THE LARGEST GATHERING OF SCOLIOSIS PATIENTS IN THE WORLD!

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Lunch, dinner, morning snack and afternoon snack both Friday and Saturday. The recommended hotels have free breakfast, so all of your meals will be covered both days. 

Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options available. Casual options like pasta or taco buffets.

Mini Higgy Con themed Higgy Bear, Higgy Con t-shirt, prizes, accessories and more!

Early bird tickets are $125 per person until 12/31. $150 is the 2015 price. Tickets are fully refundable through 4/30 in case plans change. 

Hotel rooms are either $129 (at the convention center) or $119 (a block or two away.) No airport shuttle, unfortunately.

Hilton Garden Inn Dallas at Hurst Conference Center: This is the hotel that is connected that is connected to the conference center. $129 a night. 2 adult/teen breakfasts each day included. Kids 12 and under eat free. Additional adult/teen breakfasts available for a fee.

Hampton Inn & Suites Dallas- DFW- Hurst: $119 a night. Includes free breakfast. Use group code, "HBC."

Holiday Inn Express & Suites DFW- West Hurst: $119 a night. Includes free breakfast. Use group code, "HBC."

The last two hotels are within a 5 minute walk to the Hurst Conference Center. 

2025 will be my third Higgy Con. I am learning from each convention and keeping what works and changing was doesn't. A conversation with a scoli dad this year stuck with me this year in Chicago. He said that sure, minor changes and tweaks can be made here and there to improve things, but don't change too much. Clearly, there is magic here in what you have created! And that's what I aim to do! Keep the main structure, maintain the magic and improve where I can. 

The main feedback I got was that the kids room was way too big. All 200 kids and teens of all ages were in the same room. While it was a TON of fun and very silly, it was a little chaotic and didn't allow a space for the older kids and teens to connect as much as I would have liked. Next year, we will have separate rooms where kids/teens of similar ages and treatments can group together. This will allow the younger kids to still play games and do crafts, while giving space for older kids and teens to share stories and offer each other more support. I will also bring in medical professionals so teens can learn ways to thrive with scoliosis. Parents told me that a lot of the talks they heard from speakers they wish their kids and teens could have heard, too and I agree. I put together a teen committee to help me make changes for 2025 and would love your feedback, too! 

The speakers are AMAZING and we are so lucky to have such wonderful scoliosis professionals volunteer their time at Higgy Con. But, when it comes down to it, the true experts are the PARENTS. We will still have exceptional speakers and presentations, but there will be a bigger focus on parents presenting and sharing what they have learned. Parents leading support groups talking about how to help your kids not only succeed with bracing, but how to thrive with it. How to empower kids to be proud of their curves and embrace the brace or their scars. There will be a much bigger focus on parents helping parents and not quite as many medical speeches. There will be more focus on the emotional and social aspect. There will also be separate tracks for parents. Parents that are brand new to the scoliosis world need to hear different speeches than Higgy Con veterans that have been at this for years and this is their third Higgy Con. Parents, like the kids, will be divided up into different rooms and have multiple speeches/workshops to choose from depending on where they are in the journey. 

The Fashion Show was a HUGE hit and will definitely be back for 2025. The party night was so much fun, but I noticed that it was mainly the younger kids out on the dance floor, and the older kids didn't have much to do. So, we are sticking with the fashion show next year and taking the last day to all go to the water park!

The magic is staying the same. The kids eyes that light up when they see hundreds of other kids just like them. The kids that run to put their braces on so they can rock their brace like their new  friends do. The overall silly atmosphere that lends space to kids opening up and connecting. And most importantly, YOU! I hope you come again this year and for years to come!