The Business Case in Three Lines
- One evening, the room of practice owners you'd need a year of conferences to meet. The event compresses what would otherwise be twelve months of networking into a single night.
- The most valuable continuing education is peer conversation, not slides. The event is engineered for the conversations that change how a practice operates next year.
- Empire's network is the ROI. Confirmed attendees gain year-long access to Empire's practice-owner community, briefings, and preferred enrollment in workshops.
What You'll Bring Back to the Practice
Concrete Operating Insight
The pricing, staffing, and patient-experience decisions other top practices are making right now — captured in unhurried, in-person conversation, not in slides.
Industry Direction
An early read on regulatory shifts, new product launches, and the next generation of regenerative aesthetics — direct from the executives shipping them.
Vendor & Partner Relationships
Face time with the leadership at Galderma, Merz, Revanesse, Sculptra, Daxxify, and the partners shaping injectables and devices.
Recruiting Edge
The room includes some of the practices everyone is trying to hire from. Bring the kind of card you can hand someone.
Tax & Deduction Notes
Travel, lodging, and event-related expenses for continuing professional development and business networking are typically deductible business expenses for practice owners and practice-employed practitioners. Empire is not a tax advisor — please confirm specifics with your accountant, but the documentation we provide (event invoice, programming summary) is built for that conversation.
A Letter You Can Adapt and Send
Copy the text below, paste it into an email to your medical director, practice owner, or finance lead. Adjust the bracketed parts.
Subject: Attending The Art of the Face Event — Practice Investment Request
Hi [name],
I'd like approval to attend The Art of the Face Event in New York City on December 4, 2026. The event is hosted by Empire Medical Training — the largest aesthetic CME provider in the country — and is built specifically for aesthetic practice owners and the senior practitioners shaping their practices.
This isn't a conference. It's a curated, invitation-only evening designed around one purpose: the conversations and relationships that move a practice forward. The room is intentionally small (under [N] seats). Past attendees include practice owners from across the country, board-certified plastic and cosmetic surgeons, leading dermatologists, NP/PA-led med spa founders, and the leadership at the major aesthetic-industry partners.
What I'm hoping to bring back to our practice:
- Concrete operating insight from peer practices on pricing, staffing, retention, and the patient-experience decisions other top practices are making right now.
- An early read on what's next in regenerative aesthetics, injectables, and the device space — directly from the executives setting product strategy.
- Face time with the leadership of the partners we already work with (and the ones we should).
- Year-long access to Empire's practice-owner network, which is the longest-tail value of attending.
Estimated investment:
- Event seat: [amount per seat as quoted by Empire]
- Travel: [estimated airfare]
- Lodging: [estimated 2 nights at preferred hotel]
- Ground transportation & incidentals: [estimate]
I've reviewed the full program and the agenda at empiremedicaltraining.com/empire-holiday-gala. Happy to walk through the agenda and the specific outcomes I'm targeting whenever works.
Thanks for considering,
[your name]
Need a custom version for your specific role or specialty? Email [email protected] — we'll tailor it.